GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy; Acceptance for Docketing of an Application for Renewal of the U.S. Advanced Boiling Water Reactor Design Certification, 9612-9613 [2011-3734]

Download as PDF 9612 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 34 / Friday, February 18, 2011 / Notices Interested parties are invited to submit written data, comments, or vies with respect to the permit modification by March 21, 2011. The permit modification request may be inspected by interested parties at the Permit Office, address below. ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to Permit Office, Room 755, Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia 22230. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Polly A. Penhale or Nadene G. Kennedy at the above address or (703) 292–8030. DATES: Description of Permit Modification Requested On July 21, 2008, the National Science Foundation issued a waste management permit (2009 WM–001) to Quark Expeditions, Inc. of Waterbury, VT after positing a notice in the June 9, 2008 Federal Register. Public comments were not received. 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Tremaine Donnell, NRC Clearance Officer, Office of Information Services. [FR Doc. 2011–3724 Filed 2–17–11; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket No. 52–045; NRC–2011–0020] GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy; Acceptance for Docketing of an Application for Renewal of the U.S. Advanced Boiling Water Reactor Design Certification On December 7, 2010, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) submitted an application to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for a design certification (DC) renewal for the U.S. Advanced Boiling Water Reactor (ABWR) in accordance with the requirements contained in 10 CFR part 52, ‘‘Licenses, Certifications and Approvals for Nuclear Power Plants.’’ A notice of receipt and availability of this application was previously published in the Federal Register (76 FR 4948) on January 27, 2011. The NRC staff has determined that GEH has submitted information in accordance with 10 CFR Part 52 that is acceptable for docketing. The docket number established for the GEH ABWR DC renewal is 52–045. The NRC staff will perform a detailed technical review of the application. E:\FR\FM\18FEN1.SGM 18FEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 34 / Friday, February 18, 2011 / Notices Docketing of the application does not preclude the NRC from requesting additional information from the applicant as the review proceeds, nor does it predict whether the Commission will grant or deny the application. The Commission will receive a report on the DC renewal application from the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards in accordance with 10 CFR 52.57, ‘‘Application for Renewal.’’ The Commission will announce in a future Federal Register notice the opportunity to comment on a proposed rulemaking to issue the renewal. If the Commission finds that the DC renewal application meets the applicable standards of the Atomic Energy Act and the Commission’s regulations, and that required notifications to other agencies and bodies have been made, the Commission will issue a DC renewal, in the form and containing conditions and limitations that the Commission finds appropriate and necessary. Documents may be examined, and/or copied for a fee, at the NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR), located at One White Flint North, Public File Area O1 F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland, and will be accessible electronically through the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Public Electronic Reading Room link at the NRC Web site https://www.nrc.gov/ reading-rm/adams.html. The application is also available at https:// www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/ design-cert.html. Persons who do not have access to ADAMS or who encounter problems in accessing documents located in ADAMS should contact the NRC PDR Reference staff by telephone at 1–800–397–4209, 301– 415–4737, or by e-mail to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 14th day of February 2011. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ˜ Adrian Muniz, Project Manager, BWR Projects Branch, Division of New Reactor Licensing, Office of New Reactors. [FR Doc. 2011–3734 Filed 2–17–11; 8:45 am] WReier-Aviles on DSKGBLS3C1PROD with NOTICES BILLING CODE 7590–01–P VerDate Mar<15>2010 13:57 Feb 17, 2011 Jkt 223001 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [EA–11–013] USEC Inc. (American Centrifuge Lead Cascade Facility and American Centrifuge Plant); Order Approving Direct Transfer of Licenses and Conforming Amendment I USEC, Inc. (USEC) is the holder of material licenses numbers SNM–7003 and SNM–2011 for the American Centrifuge Lead Cascade Facility (Lead Cascade) and American Centrifuge Plant (ACP), respectively, which authorize the licensee to: (1) Possess and use source and special nuclear material at the Lead Cascade at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant site in Piketon, Ohio, in accordance with material license number SNM–7003; and, (2) construct and operate a gas centrifuge uranium enrichment facility (the ACP) at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant site in Piketon, Ohio, in accordance with material license number SNM–2011. II By letter dated September 10, 2010, USEC requested that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) consent to transfer control of material license numbers SNM–7003 and SNM–2011 from USEC to a subsidiary limited liability company, American Centrifuge Operating (ACO), LLC. In addition, USEC requested NRC approval of changes to the Lead Cascade and the ACP material licenses. With NRC’s approval of the request to transfer licenses, USEC will then make conforming changes to the license applications to reflect ACO as the Licensee. USEC’s request included conforming changes to Chapter 2 of the combined Lead Cascade and ACP security program. Approval of the direct transfer of the licenses and of the conforming license amendments was requested pursuant to 10 CFR 70.36. A notice of consideration of approval was published in the Federal Register on November 17, 2010 (75 FR 70300), including a notice of opportunity to request a hearing, or to submit written comments. No requests for a hearing were submitted in response to this notice. However, the Ohio Sierra Club submitted a written request, dated December 5, 2010 (ADAMS Accession No. ML103370366), for a public meeting to discuss this request to transfer licenses. In response, the NRC held a public meeting on January 4, 2011, in Piketon, Ohio, to discuss NRC’s process for reviewing PO 00000 Frm 00080 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 9613 USEC’s request to transfer licenses with members of the Sierra Club and other members of the public. During the meeting, the Southern Ohio Neighbors Group (SONG) submitted written comments regarding the transfer of licenses to the NRC. SONG’s comments were received after the December 17, 2010, due date for submittal of comments provided in the November 17, 2010, Federal Register Notice. The NRC considered the comments to the maximum extent practicable within the enclosed Safety Evaluation Report. Pursuant to 10 CFR 30.34(b), 40.46, and 70.36, no license granted under those parts, and no right thereunder to use byproduct, source, or special nuclear material, shall be transferred, assigned, or in any manner disposed of, directly or indirectly, through transfer of control of any license, to any person, unless the Commission shall, after securing full information, find that the transfer is in accordance with the provisions of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (the Act), as amended, and shall give its consent in writing. The Commission will approve an application for the direct or indirect transfer of a license if the Commission determines that the proposed restructuring and reorganization will not affect the qualifications of the Licensee to hold the license, and that the transfer is otherwise consistent with applicable provisions of law, regulations, and orders issued by the Commission pursuant thereto. After review of the information in USEC’s request and other information before the Commission, and relying on the representations and agreements contained in the request, the NRC staff has determined that the proposed corporate restructuring and direct transfer of the licenses are acceptable and consistent with applicable provisions of law, regulations, and orders issued by the Commission. The NRC staff has further determined that the application for the proposed license amendments complies with the standards and requirements of the Act, as amended, and the Commission’s rules and regulations set forth in Title 10 Chapter I. The requested direct transfer of the licenses and issuance of the conforming license amendments would not be inimical to the common defense and security, or to the health and safety of the public, or the environment. Furthermore, the issuance of the proposed amendments would be in accordance with 10 CFR part 51 of the Commission’s regulations, and all applicable requirements have been satisfied. E:\FR\FM\18FEN1.SGM 18FEN1

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[Docket No. 52-045; NRC-2011-0020]


GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy; Acceptance for Docketing of an 
Application for Renewal of the U.S. Advanced Boiling Water Reactor 
Design Certification

    On December 7, 2010, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) submitted an 
application to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for a 
design certification (DC) renewal for the U.S. Advanced Boiling Water 
Reactor (ABWR) in accordance with the requirements contained in 10 CFR 
part 52, ``Licenses, Certifications and Approvals for Nuclear Power 
Plants.'' A notice of receipt and availability of this application was 
previously published in the Federal Register (76 FR 4948) on January 
27, 2011.
    The NRC staff has determined that GEH has submitted information in 
accordance with 10 CFR Part 52 that is acceptable for docketing. The 
docket number established for the GEH ABWR DC renewal is 52-045.
    The NRC staff will perform a detailed technical review of the 
application.

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Docketing of the application does not preclude the NRC from requesting 
additional information from the applicant as the review proceeds, nor 
does it predict whether the Commission will grant or deny the 
application. The Commission will receive a report on the DC renewal 
application from the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards in 
accordance with 10 CFR 52.57, ``Application for Renewal.'' The 
Commission will announce in a future Federal Register notice the 
opportunity to comment on a proposed rulemaking to issue the renewal. 
If the Commission finds that the DC renewal application meets the 
applicable standards of the Atomic Energy Act and the Commission's 
regulations, and that required notifications to other agencies and 
bodies have been made, the Commission will issue a DC renewal, in the 
form and containing conditions and limitations that the Commission 
finds appropriate and necessary.
    Documents may be examined, and/or copied for a fee, at the NRC's 
Public Document Room (PDR), located at One White Flint North, Public 
File Area O1 F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, 
Maryland, and will be accessible electronically through the Agencywide 
Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Public Electronic 
Reading Room link at the NRC Web site https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. The application is also available at https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/design-cert.html. Persons who do not have access 
to ADAMS or who encounter problems in accessing documents located in 
ADAMS should contact the NRC PDR Reference staff by telephone at 1-800-
397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by e-mail to pdr.resource@nrc.gov.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 14th day of February 2011.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Adrian Mu[ntilde]iz,
Project Manager, BWR Projects Branch, Division of New Reactor 
Licensing, Office of New Reactors.
[FR Doc. 2011-3734 Filed 2-17-11; 8:45 am]
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