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(iii) There is no significant increase in
individual or cumulative public or
occupational radiation exposure;
Staff analysis: Since the proposed
action involves only a schedule change
which is administrative in nature, it
does not contribute to any significant
increase in occupational or public
radiation exposure.
(iv) There is no significant
construction impact;
Staff analysis: The proposed action
involves only a schedule change which
is administrative in nature; the
application review is underway and no
license will be issued prior to receipt of
the afore-mentioned March 30, 2012
submittal of the revised FSAR, hence
the proposed action does not involve
any construction impact.
(v) There is no significant increase in
the potential for or consequences from
radiological accidents; and
Staff analysis: The proposed action
involves only a schedule change which
is administrative in nature, and does not
impact the probability or consequences
of accidents, and
(vi) The requirements from which an
exemption is sought involve:
(B) Reporting requirements; or
(G)Scheduling requirements;
Staff analysis: The proposed
exemption involves requirements in
both of these categories because it
involves submitting an updated FSAR
by UNE and also relates to the schedule
for submitting FSAR updates to the NRC
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Accordingly, the NRC has determined
that, pursuant to 10 CFR 50.12, the
exemption is authorized by law, will not
present an undue risk to the public
health and safety, and is consistent with
the common defense and security. Also,
special circumstances are present.
Therefore, the NRC hereby grants UNE
a one-time exemption from the
requirements of 10 CFR 50.71(e)(3)(iii)
pertaining to the CCNPP3 COL
application to allow submittal of the
next FSAR update, no later than March
30, 2012.
Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.22, the NRC
has determined that the exemption
request meets the applicable categorical
exclusion criteria set forth in 10 CFR
51.22(c)(25), and the granting of this
exemption will not have a significant
effect on the quality of the human
environment.
This exemption is effective upon
issuance.
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Entergy Operations, Inc.; Notice of
Intent To Prepare an Environmental
Impact Statement and Conduct the
Scoping Process for Grand Gulf
Nuclear Station, Unit 1
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Intent to prepare environmental
impact statement and conduct scoping
process; public meeting.
AGENCY:
Entergy Operations, Inc.
(Entergy) has submitted an application
for renewal of Facility Operating
License NPF–29 for an additional 20
years of operation at Grand Gulf Nuclear
Station, Unit 1 (GGNS). GGNS is located
in Claiborne County, Mississippi.
The current operating license for
GGNS expires on November 1, 2024.
The application for renewal, dated
October 28, 2011, was submitted
pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of
Federal Regulations (10 CFR) part 54,
which included an environmental
report (ER). A separate notice of receipt
and availability of the application was
published in the Federal Register on
November 17, 2011 (76 FRN 71379). A
notice of acceptance for docketing of the
application and opportunity for hearing
regarding renewal of the facility
operating license is also being published
in the Federal Register. The purpose of
this notice is to inform the public that
the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC or the Commission)
will be preparing an environmental
impact statement (EIS) related to the
review of the license renewal
application and to provide the public an
opportunity to participate in the
environmental scoping process, as
defined in 10 CFR 51.29.
As outlined in 36 CFR 800.8,
‘‘Coordination with the National
Environmental Policy Act,’’ the NRC
plans to coordinate compliance with
Section 106 of the National Historic
Preservation Act (NHPA) in meeting the
requirements of the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(NEPA). Pursuant to 36 CFR 800.8(c),
the NRC intends to use its process and
documentation for the preparation of
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the EIS on the proposed action to
comply with Section 106 of the NHPA
in lieu of the procedures set forth at 36
CFR 800.3 through 800.6.
In accordance with 10 CFR 51.53(c)
and 10 CFR 54.23, Entergy submitted
the ER as part of the application.
DATES: Submit comments by February
27, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Please include Docket ID
NRC–2011–0262 in the subject line of
your comments. For additional
instructions on submitting comments
and instructions on accessing
documents related to this action, see
‘‘Submitting Comments and Accessing
Information’’ in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section of this document.
You may submit comments by any one
of the following methods:
• Federal Rulemaking Web Site: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for documents filed under Docket ID
NRC–2011–0262. Address questions
about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher,
telephone: (301) 492–3668; email:
Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov.
• Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey,
Chief, Rules, Announcements, and
Directives Branch (RADB), Office of
Administration, Mail Stop: TWB–05–
B01M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
0001.
• Fax comments to: RADB at (301)
492–3446.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Submitting Comments and Accessing
Information
Comments submitted in writing or in
electronic form will be posted on the
NRC Web site and on the Federal
rulemaking Web site, https://
www.regulations.gov. Because your
comments will not be edited to remove
any identifying or contact information,
the NRC cautions you against including
any information in your submission that
you do not want to be publicly
disclosed.
The NRC requests that any party
soliciting or aggregating comments
received from other persons for
submission to the NRC inform those
persons that the NRC will not edit their
comments to remove any identifying or
contact information, and therefore, they
should not include any information in
their comments that they do not want
publicly disclosed.
You can access publicly available
documents related to this document
using the following methods:
• NRC’s Public Document Room
(PDR): The public may examine and
have copied, for a fee, publicly available
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One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville
Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
• NRC’s Agencywide Documents
Access and Management System
(ADAMS): Publicly available documents
created or received at the NRC are
available online in the NRC Library at
https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
adams.html. From this page, the public
can gain entry into ADAMS, which
provides text and image files of the
NRC’s public documents. If you do not
have access to ADAMS or if there are
problems in accessing the documents
located in ADAMS, contact the NRC’s
PDR reference staff at 1–(800) 397–4209,
(301) 415–4737, or by email to
pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The ER is
available electronically under ADAMS
Accession Number ML113080132 and
may also be viewed on the Internet at
https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/
licensing/renewal/applications.html. In
addition, the ER is available to the
public near the site at the Harriette
Person Memorial Library, 606 Main St.,
Port Gibson, Mississippi 39150.
• Federal Rulemaking Web Site:
Public comments and supporting
materials related to this notice can be
found at https://www.regulations.gov by
searching on Docket ID NRC–2011–
0262.
This notice advises the public that the
NRC intends to gather the information
necessary to prepare a plant-specific
supplement to the NRC’s ‘‘Generic
Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS)
for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants’’
(NUREG–1437), related to the review of
the application for renewal of the GGNS
operating license for an additional 20
years.
Possible alternatives to the proposed
action (license renewal) include no
action and reasonable alternative energy
sources. The NRC is required by 10 CFR
51.95 to prepare a supplement to the
GEIS in connection with the renewal of
an operating license. This notice is
being published in accordance with
NEPA and the NRC’s regulations found
at 10 CFR Part 51.
The NRC will first conduct a scoping
process for the supplement to the GEIS
and, as soon as practicable thereafter,
will prepare a draft supplement to the
GEIS for public comment. Participation
in the scoping process by members of
the public and local, State, Tribal, and
Federal government agencies is
encouraged. The scoping process for the
supplement to the GEIS will be used to
accomplish the following:
a. Define the proposed action, which
is to be the subject of the supplement to
the GEIS;
b. Determine the scope of the
supplement to the GEIS and identify the
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significant issues to be analyzed in
depth;
c. Identify and eliminate from
detailed study those issues that are
peripheral or that are not significant;
d. Identify any environmental
assessments and other ElSs that are
being or will be prepared that are
related to, but are not part of, the scope
of the supplement to the GEIS being
considered;
e. Identify other environmental
review and consultation requirements
related to the proposed action;
f. Indicate the relationship between
the timing of the preparation of the
environmental analyses and the
Commission’s tentative planning and
decision-making schedule;
g. Identify any cooperating agencies
and, as appropriate, allocate
assignments for preparation and
schedules for completing the
supplement to the GEIS to the NRC and
any cooperating agencies; and
h. Describe how the supplement to
the GEIS will be prepared and include
any contractor assistance to be used.
The NRC invites the following entities
to participate in scoping:
a. The applicant, Entergy;
b. Any Federal agency that has
jurisdiction by law or special expertise
with respect to any environmental
impact involved or that is authorized to
develop and enforce relevant
environmental standards;
c. Affected State and local
government agencies, including those
authorized to develop and enforce
relevant environmental standards;
d. Any affected Indian tribe;
e. Any person who requests or has
requested an opportunity to participate
in the scoping process; and
f. Any person who has petitioned or
intends to petition for leave to
intervene.
In accordance with 10 CFR 51.26, the
scoping process for an EIS may include
a public scoping meeting to help
identify significant issues related to a
proposed activity and to determine the
scope of issues to be addressed in an
EIS. The NRC has decided to hold
public meetings for the GGNS license
renewal supplement to the GEIS. The
scoping meetings will be held on
January 31, 2012, and there will be two
sessions to accommodate interested
parties. The first session will convene at
2 p.m. and will continue until 3:30 p.m.
The second session will convene at 7
p.m. with a repeat of the overview
portions of the meeting and will
continue until 8:30 p.m., as necessary.
Both sessions will be held at the Port
Gibson City Hall, 1005 College Street,
Port Gibson, Mississippi 39150.
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Both meetings will be transcribed and
will include: (1) an overview by the
NRC staff of the NEPA environmental
review process, the proposed scope of
the supplement to the GEIS, and the
proposed review schedule; and (2) the
opportunity for interested government
agencies, organizations, and individuals
to submit comments or suggestions on
the environmental issues or the
proposed scope of the supplement to the
GEIS. Additionally, the NRC staff will
host informal discussions one hour
prior to the start of each session at the
same location. No formal comments on
the proposed scope of the supplement to
the GEIS will be accepted during the
informal discussions. To be considered,
comments must be provided either at
the transcribed public meetings or in
writing, as discussed in the ADDRESSES
section of this notice.
Persons may register to attend or
present oral comments at the meetings
on the scope of the NEPA review by
contacting the NRC Project Manager,
David Drucker, by telephone at (800)
368–5642, ext. 6223, or by email at
David.Drucker@nrc.gov no later than
January 24, 2012. Members of the public
may also register to speak at the meeting
within 15 minutes of the start of each
session. Individual oral comments may
be limited by the time available,
depending on the number of persons
who register. Members of the public
who have not registered may also have
an opportunity to speak if time permits.
Public comments will be considered in
the scoping process for the supplement
to the GEIS. David Drucker will need to
be contacted no later than January 10,
2012, if special equipment or
accommodations are needed to attend or
present information at the public
meeting so that the NRC staff can
determine whether the request can be
accommodated.
Participation in the scoping process
for the supplement to the GEIS does not
entitle participants to become parties to
the proceeding to which the supplement
to the GEIS relates. Matters related to
participation in any hearing are outside
the scope of matters to be discussed at
this public meeting. The notice of
acceptance for docketing of the
application and opportunity for hearing
that was published in the Federal
Register describes the hearing process.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 22nd
day of December, 2011.
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rulemaking Web site, https://
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any information in your submission that
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disclosed.
The NRC requests that any party
soliciting or aggregating comments
received from other persons for
submission to the NRC inform those
persons that the NRC will not edit their
comments to remove any identifying or
contact information, and therefore, they
should not include any information in
their comments that they do not want
publicly disclosed.
You can access publicly available
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using the following methods:
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documents at the NRC’s PDR, O1–F21,
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• NRC’s Agencywide Documents
Access and Management System
(ADAMS): Publicly available documents
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available online in the NRC Library at
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draft NUREGs for comment.
• Federal Rulemaking Web Site:
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materials related to this notice can be
found at https://www.regulations.gov by
searching on Docket ID NRC–2011–
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Discussion
The draft NUREG presents a
probabilistic risk assessment (PRA)
method for quantitatively analyzing fire
risk in commercial nuclear power plants
during low power operation and
shutdown (LPSD) conditions, including
the determination of core damage
frequency (CDF) and large early release
frequency (LERF). Future updates are
expected to be made to this document
as experience is gained with LPSD
quantitative risk analyses of both
internal events and fires.
The NRC developed this LPSD fire
quantitative risk method so analysts
would be able to use a quantitative
approach for estimating fire risk during
LPSD conditions. While current LPSD
safety analyses for fires performed
under National Fire Protection
Association Standard 805 (NFPA 805)
focus on qualitative, defense-in-depth
methods, it is envisioned that
applications in the future may evolve to
a more quantitative method.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 21 day
of December, 2011.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Mark H. Salley,
Chief, Fire Research Branch, Division of Risk
Analysis, Office of Nuclear Regulatory
Research.
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Entergy Operations, Inc.; Notice of Intent To Prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement and Conduct the Scoping Process for
Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Unit 1
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Intent to prepare environmental impact statement and conduct
scoping process; public meeting.
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SUMMARY: Entergy Operations, Inc. (Entergy) has submitted an
application for renewal of Facility Operating License NPF-29 for an
additional 20 years of operation at Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Unit 1
(GGNS). GGNS is located in Claiborne County, Mississippi.
The current operating license for GGNS expires on November 1, 2024.
The application for renewal, dated October 28, 2011, was submitted
pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) part
54, which included an environmental report (ER). A separate notice of
receipt and availability of the application was published in the
Federal Register on November 17, 2011 (76 FRN 71379). A notice of
acceptance for docketing of the application and opportunity for hearing
regarding renewal of the facility operating license is also being
published in the Federal Register. The purpose of this notice is to
inform the public that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or
the Commission) will be preparing an environmental impact statement
(EIS) related to the review of the license renewal application and to
provide the public an opportunity to participate in the environmental
scoping process, as defined in 10 CFR 51.29.
As outlined in 36 CFR 800.8, ``Coordination with the National
Environmental Policy Act,'' the NRC plans to coordinate compliance with
Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) in meeting
the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(NEPA). Pursuant to 36 CFR 800.8(c), the NRC intends to use its process
and documentation for the preparation of the EIS on the proposed action
to comply with Section 106 of the NHPA in lieu of the procedures set
forth at 36 CFR 800.3 through 800.6.
In accordance with 10 CFR 51.53(c) and 10 CFR 54.23, Entergy
submitted the ER as part of the application.
DATES: Submit comments by February 27, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Please include Docket ID NRC-2011-0262 in the subject line
of your comments. For additional instructions on submitting comments
and instructions on accessing documents related to this action, see
``Submitting Comments and Accessing Information'' in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section of this document. You may submit comments by any
one of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web Site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for documents filed under Docket ID NRC-
2011-0262. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher,
telephone: (301) 492-3668; email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov.
Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, Chief, Rules,
Announcements, and Directives Branch (RADB), Office of Administration,
Mail Stop: TWB-05-B01M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555-0001.
Fax comments to: RADB at (301) 492-3446.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Submitting Comments and Accessing Information
Comments submitted in writing or in electronic form will be posted
on the NRC Web site and on the Federal rulemaking Web site, https://www.regulations.gov. Because your comments will not be edited to remove
any identifying or contact information, the NRC cautions you against
including any information in your submission that you do not want to be
publicly disclosed.
The NRC requests that any party soliciting or aggregating comments
received from other persons for submission to the NRC inform those
persons that the NRC will not edit their comments to remove any
identifying or contact information, and therefore, they should not
include any information in their comments that they do not want
publicly disclosed.
You can access publicly available documents related to this
document using the following methods:
NRC's Public Document Room (PDR): The public may examine
and have copied, for a fee, publicly available documents at the NRC's
PDR, O1-F21,
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One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): Publicly available documents created or received at the NRC
are available online in the NRC Library at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. From this page, the public can gain entry into ADAMS,
which provides text and image files of the NRC's public documents. If
you do not have access to ADAMS or if there are problems in accessing
the documents located in ADAMS, contact the NRC's PDR reference staff
at 1-(800) 397-4209, (301) 415-4737, or by email to
pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The ER is available electronically under ADAMS
Accession Number ML113080132 and may also be viewed on the Internet at
https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications.html. In addition, the ER is available to the public near
the site at the Harriette Person Memorial Library, 606 Main St., Port
Gibson, Mississippi 39150.
Federal Rulemaking Web Site: Public comments and
supporting materials related to this notice can be found at https://www.regulations.gov by searching on Docket ID NRC-2011-0262.
This notice advises the public that the NRC intends to gather the
information necessary to prepare a plant-specific supplement to the
NRC's ``Generic Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS) for License
Renewal of Nuclear Plants'' (NUREG-1437), related to the review of the
application for renewal of the GGNS operating license for an additional
20 years.
Possible alternatives to the proposed action (license renewal)
include no action and reasonable alternative energy sources. The NRC is
required by 10 CFR 51.95 to prepare a supplement to the GEIS in
connection with the renewal of an operating license. This notice is
being published in accordance with NEPA and the NRC's regulations found
at 10 CFR Part 51.
The NRC will first conduct a scoping process for the supplement to
the GEIS and, as soon as practicable thereafter, will prepare a draft
supplement to the GEIS for public comment. Participation in the scoping
process by members of the public and local, State, Tribal, and Federal
government agencies is encouraged. The scoping process for the
supplement to the GEIS will be used to accomplish the following:
a. Define the proposed action, which is to be the subject of the
supplement to the GEIS;
b. Determine the scope of the supplement to the GEIS and identify
the significant issues to be analyzed in depth;
c. Identify and eliminate from detailed study those issues that are
peripheral or that are not significant;
d. Identify any environmental assessments and other ElSs that are
being or will be prepared that are related to, but are not part of, the
scope of the supplement to the GEIS being considered;
e. Identify other environmental review and consultation
requirements related to the proposed action;
f. Indicate the relationship between the timing of the preparation
of the environmental analyses and the Commission's tentative planning
and decision-making schedule;
g. Identify any cooperating agencies and, as appropriate, allocate
assignments for preparation and schedules for completing the supplement
to the GEIS to the NRC and any cooperating agencies; and
h. Describe how the supplement to the GEIS will be prepared and
include any contractor assistance to be used.
The NRC invites the following entities to participate in scoping:
a. The applicant, Entergy;
b. Any Federal agency that has jurisdiction by law or special
expertise with respect to any environmental impact involved or that is
authorized to develop and enforce relevant environmental standards;
c. Affected State and local government agencies, including those
authorized to develop and enforce relevant environmental standards;
d. Any affected Indian tribe;
e. Any person who requests or has requested an opportunity to
participate in the scoping process; and
f. Any person who has petitioned or intends to petition for leave
to intervene.
In accordance with 10 CFR 51.26, the scoping process for an EIS may
include a public scoping meeting to help identify significant issues
related to a proposed activity and to determine the scope of issues to
be addressed in an EIS. The NRC has decided to hold public meetings for
the GGNS license renewal supplement to the GEIS. The scoping meetings
will be held on January 31, 2012, and there will be two sessions to
accommodate interested parties. The first session will convene at 2
p.m. and will continue until 3:30 p.m. The second session will convene
at 7 p.m. with a repeat of the overview portions of the meeting and
will continue until 8:30 p.m., as necessary. Both sessions will be held
at the Port Gibson City Hall, 1005 College Street, Port Gibson,
Mississippi 39150.
Both meetings will be transcribed and will include: (1) an overview
by the NRC staff of the NEPA environmental review process, the proposed
scope of the supplement to the GEIS, and the proposed review schedule;
and (2) the opportunity for interested government agencies,
organizations, and individuals to submit comments or suggestions on the
environmental issues or the proposed scope of the supplement to the
GEIS. Additionally, the NRC staff will host informal discussions one
hour prior to the start of each session at the same location. No formal
comments on the proposed scope of the supplement to the GEIS will be
accepted during the informal discussions. To be considered, comments
must be provided either at the transcribed public meetings or in
writing, as discussed in the ADDRESSES section of this notice.
Persons may register to attend or present oral comments at the
meetings on the scope of the NEPA review by contacting the NRC Project
Manager, David Drucker, by telephone at (800) 368-5642, ext. 6223, or
by email at David.Drucker@nrc.gov no later than January 24, 2012.
Members of the public may also register to speak at the meeting within
15 minutes of the start of each session. Individual oral comments may
be limited by the time available, depending on the number of persons
who register. Members of the public who have not registered may also
have an opportunity to speak if time permits. Public comments will be
considered in the scoping process for the supplement to the GEIS. David
Drucker will need to be contacted no later than January 10, 2012, if
special equipment or accommodations are needed to attend or present
information at the public meeting so that the NRC staff can determine
whether the request can be accommodated.
Participation in the scoping process for the supplement to the GEIS
does not entitle participants to become parties to the proceeding to
which the supplement to the GEIS relates. Matters related to
participation in any hearing are outside the scope of matters to be
discussed at this public meeting. The notice of acceptance for
docketing of the application and opportunity for hearing that was
published in the Federal Register describes the hearing process.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 22nd day of December, 2011.
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For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David J. Wrona,
Chief, Projects Branch 2, Division of License Renewal, Office of
Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2011-33461 Filed 12-28-11; 8:45 am]
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