Biweekly Notice; Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations, 21294-21301 [2014-08219]
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Biweekly Notice; Applications and
Amendments to Facility Operating
Licenses and Combined Licenses
Involving No Significant Hazards
Considerations
I. Accessing Information and
Submitting Comments.
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Biweekly notice.
AGENCY:
Pursuant to Section 189a. (2)
of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as
amended (the Act), the U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission (NRC) is
publishing this regular biweekly notice.
The Act requires the Commission to
publish notice of any amendments
issued, or proposed to be issued and
grants the Commission the authority to
issue and make immediately effective
any amendment to an operating license
or combined license, as applicable,
upon a determination by the
Commission that such amendment
involves no significant hazards
consideration, notwithstanding the
pendency before the Commission of a
request for a hearing from any person.
This biweekly notice includes all
notices of amendments issued, or
proposed to be issued from March 20,
2014, to April 2, 2014. The last biweekly
notice was published on April 1, 2014.
DATES: Comments must be filed by May
15, 2014. A request for a hearing must
be filed by June 16, 2014.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by any of the following methods (unless
this document describes a different
method for submitting comments on a
specific subject):
• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2014–0082. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol
Gallagher; telephone: 301–287–3422;
email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For
technical questions, contact the
individual listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this
document.
• Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey,
Office of Administration, Mail Stop:
3WFN–06–44M, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555–0001.
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SUMMARY:
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For additional direction on accessing
information and submitting comments,
see ‘‘Accessing Information and
Submitting Comments’’ in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Angela Baxter, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
0001; telephone: 301–415–2976, email:
angela.baxter@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Accessing Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2014–
0082 when contacting the NRC about
the availability of information regarding
this document. You may access
publicly-available information related to
this document by any of the following
methods:
• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2014–0082.
• NRC’s Agencywide Documents
Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may access publicly
available documents online in the
ADAMS Public Documents collection at
https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
adams.html. To begin the search, select
‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then
select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS
Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS,
please contact the NRC’s Public
Document Room (PDR) reference staff at
1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by
email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov.
Documents may be viewed in ADAMS
by performing a search on the document
date and docket number.
• NRC’s PDR: You may examine and
purchase copies of public documents at
the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One
White Flint North, 11555 Rockville
Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
B. Submitting Comments.
Please include Docket ID NRC–2014–
0082 in the subject line of your
comment submission, in order to ensure
that the NRC is able to make your
comment submission available to the
public in this docket.
The NRC cautions you not to include
identifying or contact information that
you do not want to be publicly
disclosed in you comment submission.
The NRC will post all comment
submissions at https://
www.regulations.gov as well as enter the
comment submissions into ADAMS.
The NRC does not routinely edit
comment submissions to remove
identifying or contact information.
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If you are requesting or aggregating
comments from other persons for
submission to the NRC, then you should
inform those persons not to include
identifying or contact information that
they do not want to be publicly
disclosed in their comment submission.
Your request should state that the NRC
does not routinely edit comment
submissions to remove such information
before making the comment
submissions available to the public or
entering the comment submissions into
ADAMS.
II. Notice of Consideration of Issuance
of Amendments to Facility Operating
Licenses and Combined Licenses and
Proposed No Significant Hazards
Consideration Determination
The Commission has made a
proposed determination that the
following amendment requests involve
no significant hazards consideration.
Under the Commission’s regulations in
§ 50.92 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR), this means that
operation of the facility in accordance
with the proposed amendment would
not (1) involve a significant increase in
the probability or consequences of an
accident previously evaluated, or (2)
create the possibility of a new or
different kind of accident from any
accident previously evaluated; or (3)
involve a significant reduction in a
margin of safety. The basis for this
proposed determination for each
amendment request is shown below.
The Commission is seeking public
comments on this proposed
determination. Any comments received
within 30 days after the date of
publication of this notice will be
considered in making any final
determination.
Normally, the Commission will not
issue the amendment until the
expiration of 60 days after the date of
publication of this notice. The
Commission may issue the license
amendment before expiration of the 60day period provided that its final
determination is that the amendment
involves no significant hazards
consideration. In addition, the
Commission may issue the amendment
prior to the expiration of the 30-day
comment period should circumstances
change during the 30-day comment
period such that failure to act in a
timely way would result, for example in
derating or shutdown of the facility.
Should the Commission take action
prior to the expiration of either the
comment period or the notice period, it
will publish in the Federal Register a
notice of issuance. Should the
Commission make a final No Significant
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Hazards Consideration Determination,
any hearing will take place after
issuance. The Commission expects that
the need to take this action will occur
very infrequently.
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A. Opportunity To Request a Hearing
and Petition for Leave To Intervene
Within 60 days after the date of
publication of this notice, any person(s)
whose interest may be affected by this
action may file a request for a hearing
and a petition to intervene with respect
to issuance of the amendment to the
subject facility operating license or
combined license. Requests for a
hearing and a petition for leave to
intervene shall be filed in accordance
with the Commission’s ‘‘Agency Rules
of Practice and Procedure’’ in 10 CFR
Part 2. Interested person(s) should
consult a current copy of 10 CFR 2.309,
which is available at the NRC’s PDR,
located at One White Flint North, Room
O1–F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first
floor), Rockville, Maryland 20852. The
NRC’s regulations are accessible
electronically from the NRC Library on
the NRC’s Web site at https://
www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doccollections/cfr/. If a request for a hearing
or petition for leave to intervene is filed
by the above date, the Commission or a
presiding officer designated by the
Commission or by the Chief
Administrative Judge of the Atomic
Safety and Licensing Board Panel, will
rule on the request and/or petition; and
the Secretary or the Chief
Administrative Judge of the Atomic
Safety and Licensing Board will issue a
notice of a hearing or an appropriate
order.
As required by 10 CFR 2.309, a
petition for leave to intervene shall set
forth with particularity the interest of
the petitioner in the proceeding, and
how that interest may be affected by the
results of the proceeding. The petition
should specifically explain the reasons
why intervention should be permitted
with particular reference to the
following general requirements: (1) The
name, address, and telephone number of
the requestor or petitioner; (2) the
nature of the requestor’s/petitioner’s
right under the Act to be made a party
to the proceeding; (3) the nature and
extent of the requestor’s/petitioner’s
property, financial, or other interest in
the proceeding; and (4) the possible
effect of any decision or order which
may be entered in the proceeding on the
requestor’s/petitioner’s interest. The
petition must also identify the specific
contentions which the requestor/
petitioner seeks to have litigated at the
proceeding.
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Each contention must consist of a
specific statement of the issue of law or
fact to be raised or controverted. In
addition, the requestor/petitioner shall
provide a brief explanation of the bases
for the contention and a concise
statement of the alleged facts or expert
opinion which support the contention
and on which the requestor/petitioner
intends to rely in proving the contention
at the hearing. The requestor/petitioner
must also provide references to those
specific sources and documents of
which the petitioner is aware and on
which the requestor/petitioner intends
to rely to establish those facts or expert
opinion. The petition must include
sufficient information to show that a
genuine dispute exists with the
applicant on a material issue of law or
fact. Contentions shall be limited to
matters within the scope of the
amendment under consideration. The
contention must be one which, if
proven, would entitle the requestor/
petitioner to relief. A requestor/
petitioner who fails to satisfy these
requirements with respect to at least one
contention will not be permitted to
participate as a party.
Those permitted to intervene become
parties to the proceeding, subject to any
limitations in the order granting leave to
intervene, and have the opportunity to
participate fully in the conduct of the
hearing.
If a hearing is requested, the
Commission will make a final
determination on the issue of no
significant hazards consideration. The
final determination will serve to decide
when the hearing is held. If the final
determination is that the amendment
request involves no significant hazards
consideration, the Commission may
issue the amendment and make it
immediately effective, notwithstanding
the request for a hearing. Any hearing
held would take place after issuance of
the amendment. If the final
determination is that the amendment
request involves a significant hazards
consideration, then any hearing held
would take place before the issuance of
any amendment.
B. Electronic Submissions (E-Filing)
All documents filed in NRC
adjudicatory proceedings, including a
request for hearing, a petition for leave
to intervene, any motion or other
document filed in the proceeding prior
to the submission of a request for
hearing or petition to intervene, and
documents filed by interested
governmental entities participating
under 10 CFR 2.315(c), must be filed in
accordance with the NRC’s E-Filing rule
(72 FR 49139; August 28, 2007). The E-
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Filing process requires participants to
submit and serve all adjudicatory
documents over the internet, or in some
cases to mail copies on electronic
storage media. Participants may not
submit paper copies of their filings
unless they seek an exemption in
accordance with the procedures
described below.
To comply with the procedural
requirements of E-Filing, at least ten 10
days prior to the filing deadline, the
participant should contact the Office of
the Secretary by email at
hearing.docket@nrc.gov, or by telephone
at 301–415–1677, to request (1) a digital
identification (ID) certificate, which
allows the participant (or its counsel or
representative) to digitally sign
documents and access the E-Submittal
server for any proceeding in which it is
participating; and (2) advise the
Secretary that the participant will be
submitting a request or petition for
hearing (even in instances in which the
participant, or its counsel or
representative, already holds an NRCissued digital ID certificate). Based upon
this information, the Secretary will
establish an electronic docket for the
hearing in this proceeding if the
Secretary has not already established an
electronic docket.
Information about applying for a
digital ID certificate is available on the
NRC’s public Web site at https://
www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals/
apply-certificates.html. System
requirements for accessing the ESubmittal server are detailed in the
NRC’s ‘‘Guidance for Electronic
Submission,’’ which is available on the
agency’s public Web site at https://
www.nrc.gov/site-help/esubmittals.html. Participants may
attempt to use other software not listed
on the Web site, but should note that the
NRC’s E-Filing system does not support
unlisted software, and the NRC Meta
System Help Desk will not be able to
offer assistance in using unlisted
software.
If a participant is electronically
submitting a document to the NRC in
accordance with the E-Filing rule, the
participant must file the document
using the NRC’s online, Web-based
submission form. In order to serve
documents through the Electronic
Information Exchange System, users
will be required to install a Web
browser plug-in from the NRC’s Web
site. Further information on the Webbased submission form, including the
installation of the Web browser plug-in,
is available on the NRC’s public Web
site at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/esubmittals.html.
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Once a participant has obtained a
digital ID certificate and a docket has
been created, the participant can then
submit a request for hearing or petition
for leave to intervene. Submissions
should be in Portable Document Format
(PDF) in accordance with NRC guidance
available on the NRC’s public Web site
at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/esubmittals.html. A filing is considered
complete at the time the documents are
submitted through the NRC’s E-Filing
system. To be timely, an electronic
filing must be submitted to the E-Filing
system no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern
Time on the due date. Upon receipt of
a transmission, the E-Filing system
time-stamps the document and sends
the submitter an email notice
confirming receipt of the document. The
E-Filing system also distributes an email
notice that provides access to the
document to the NRC’s Office of the
General Counsel and any others who
have advised the Office of the Secretary
that they wish to participate in the
proceeding, so that the filer need not
serve the documents on those
participants separately. Therefore,
applicants and other participants (or
their counsel or representative) must
apply for and receive a digital ID
certificate before a hearing request/
petition to intervene is filed so that they
can obtain access to the document via
the E-Filing system.
A person filing electronically using
the NRC’s adjudicatory E-Filing system
may seek assistance by contacting the
NRC Meta System Help Desk through
the ‘‘Contact Us’’ link located on the
NRC’s public Web site at https://
www.nrc.gov/site-help/esubmittals.html, by email to
MSHD.Resource@nrc.gov, or by a tollfree call at 866–672–7640. The NRC
Meta System Help Desk is available
between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern
Time, Monday through Friday,
excluding government holidays.
Participants who believe that they
have a good cause for not submitting
documents electronically must file an
exemption request, in accordance with
10 CFR 2.302(g), with their initial paper
filing requesting authorization to
continue to submit documents in paper
format. Such filings must be submitted
by: (1) First class mail addressed to the
Office of the Secretary of the
Commission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
0001, Attention: Rulemaking and
Adjudications Staff; or (2) courier,
express mail, or expedited delivery
service to the Office of the Secretary,
Sixteenth Floor, One White Flint North,
11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville,
Maryland, 20852, Attention:
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Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff.
Participants filing a document in this
manner are responsible for serving the
document on all other participants.
Filing is considered complete by firstclass mail as of the time of deposit in
the mail, or by courier, express mail, or
expedited delivery service upon
depositing the document with the
provider of the service. A presiding
officer, having granted an exemption
request from using E-Filing, may require
a participant or party to use E-Filing if
the presiding officer subsequently
determines that the reason for granting
the exemption from use of E-Filing no
longer exists.
Documents submitted in adjudicatory
proceedings will appear in the NRC’s
electronic hearing docket which is
available to the public at https://
ehd1.nrc.gov/ehd/, unless excluded
pursuant to an order of the Commission,
or the presiding officer. Participants are
requested not to include personal
privacy information, such as social
security numbers, home addresses, or
home phone numbers in their filings,
unless an NRC regulation or other law
requires submission of such
information. However, a request to
intervene will require including
information on local residence in order
to demonstrate a proximity assertion of
interest in the proceeding. With respect
to copyrighted works, except for limited
excerpts that serve the purpose of the
adjudicatory filings and would
constitute a Fair Use application,
participants are requested not to include
copyrighted materials in their
submission.
Petitions for leave to intervene must
be filed no later than 60 days from the
date of publication of this notice.
Requests for hearing, petitions for leave
to intervene, and motions for leave to
file new or amended contentions that
are filed after the 60-day deadline will
not be entertained absent a
determination by the presiding officer
that the filing demonstrates good cause
by satisfying the three factors in 10 CFR
2.309(c)(1)(i)–(iii).
For further details with respect to
these license amendment applications,
see the application for amendment
which is available for public inspection
in ADAMS and at the NRC’s PDR. For
additional direction on accessing
information related to this document,
see the ‘‘Accessing Information and
Submitting Comments’’ section of this
document.
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Entergy Operations, Inc., Docket No. 50–
368, Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 2,
Pope County, Arkansas
Date of amendment request: January
21, 2014, as supplemented by letter
dated March 17, 2014. A publiclyavailable version is in ADAMS under
Accession Nos. ML14021A085 and
ML14077A139.
Description of amendment request:
The amendment would modify
Technical Specification (TS) 6.5.16,
‘‘Containment Leakage Rate Testing
Program,’’ to require a seal contact
verification in lieu of a seal pressure test
with respect to the Emergency Escape
Air Lock doors.
Basis for proposed no significant
hazards consideration determination:
As required by 10 CFR 50.91(a), the
licensee has provided its analysis of the
issue of no significant hazards
consideration, which is presented
below:
1. Does the proposed change involve a
significant increase in the probability or
consequences of an accident previously
evaluated?
Response: No.
The proposed change would permit
Emergency Escape Air Lock door seal leak
rate testing to be performed by a seal contact
check following door opening, overall full
pressure test of the Emergency Escape Air
Lock, or seal contact adjustments. The seal
contact test method will result in a
continuation of the established practice
which has provided a high degree of
confidence in door seal performance. At
Palisades [Nuclear Plant,] Emergency Escape
Air Lock door seals which have been
inspected in accordance with the proposed
methodology have passed subsequent full
pressure Emergency Escape Air Lock leakage
tests and have not interfered with successful
Containment Building Integrated Leak Rate
Testing (ILRT).
Since the proposed methodology can be
used to successfully verify door seal
condition and contact, the use of this
methodology for testing will not cause an
increase in the probability of a leaking
Emergency Escape Air Lock door seal going
undetected. The combination of the door seal
contact check and the overall full pressure
testing of the Emergency Escape Air Lock
will provide high confidence of the air lock
performing its design function under
accident conditions.
Therefore, this change does not involve a
significant increase in the probability or
consequences of an accident previously
evaluated.
2. Does the proposed change create the
possibility of a new or different kind of
accident from any accident previously
evaluated?
Response: No.
The proposed change is associated
exclusively with testing of features related to
Containment Building integrity. The change
affects only the testing methodology of the
Emergency Escape Air Lock door seals. The
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proposed testing method does not result in
any physical alterations to the plant
configuration, no new structure, system, or
component (SSC) is added, no SSC interfaces
are modified, and no changes to any design
function of an SSC or the methods of SSC
operation are being made. As the proposed
change would not change the design,
configuration, or operation of the plant, the
change would not cause the Containment
Leakage Rate Testing Program to become an
accident initiator.
Therefore, this change does not create the
possibility of a new or different kind of
accident from an accident previously
evaluated.
3. Does the proposed change involve a
significant reduction in a margin of safety?
Response: No.
The proposed change is associated
exclusively with testing of features related to
Containment Building integrity. The change
affects only the testing methodology of the
Emergency Escape Air Lock door seals. The
change is unrelated to an initiator of any
accident previously evaluated. The proposed
application of a door seal contact check in
lieu of a between-the-seals pressure test along
with continuation of the overall full pressure
test of the Emergency Escape Air Lock will
continue to provide high confidence that the
Containment Building leakage rate criteria for
the Emergency Escape Air Lock will not
exceed the maximum allowable leakage rates
defined in the TSs or assumed in the
accident analysis.
Therefore, this change does not involve a
significant reduction in a margin safety.
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The NRC staff has reviewed the
licensee’s analysis and, based on this
review, it appears that the three
standards of 10 CFR 50.92(c) are
satisfied. Therefore, the NRC staff
proposes to determine that the
amendment request involves no
significant hazards consideration.
Attorney for licensee: Joseph A.
Aluise, Associate General Counsel–
Nuclear, Entergy Services, Inc., 639
Loyola Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana
70113.
NRC Branch Chief: Michael T.
Markley.
Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.,
Docket No. 50–333, James A. FitzPatrick
Nuclear Power Plant (JAFNPP), Oswego
County, New York
Date of amendment request: May 7,
2013. A publicly-available version is in
ADAMS under Accession No.
ML13128A165.
Description of amendment request:
The proposed amendment would revise
JAFNPP’s Renewed Facility Operating
License (RFOL) Condition 2.T wording
to be congruent with the proposed
license condition wording contained in
NUREG–1905 SER Section 1.7 and to
clarify that the programs and activities
described in the Updated Final Safety
Analysis Report (UFSAR) Supplement
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(and identified in Appendix A of
NUREG–1905) are to be completed no
later than the period of extended
operation date. The change removes any
potential inference that any of the
activities are being implemented after
the period of extended operation. The
intent of this proposed amendment is to
ensure that (1) the changes made to
these programs and activities are made
in accordance with the 10 CFR 50.59
process, and clarify that (2) only the
changes to the implementation date of
those license renewal commitments that
have been codified by inclusion into the
UFSAR are required to be made in
accordance with the 10 CFR 50.90
process.
Basis for proposed no significant
hazards consideration determination:
As required by 10 CFR 50.91(a), the
licensee has provided its analysis of the
issue of no significant hazards
consideration, which is presented
below:
4.1.1 Does the proposed amendment
involve a significant increase in the
probability or consequences of an accident
previously evaluated?
No, the proposed amendment does not
involve a change to a System, Structure, or
Component (SSC) that initiates a plant
accident. The change clarifies JAFNPP RFOL
Condition 2.T. The license condition deals
with the administrative controls over
information contained in the Updated Final
Safety Analysis Report (UFSAR) supplement.
In addition, the change provides the actual
completion date in lieu of the schedule
contained in the Commitment Appendix of
the SER, for license renewal commitments
codified into the UFSAR and removes the
inference that any programs and activities are
being implemented during the period of
extended operation. The proposed changes
are administrative and the license condition
does not initiate or mitigate any previously
evaluated accidents.
Therefore, the proposed amendment does
not involve a significant increase in the
probability or consequences of an accident
previously evaluated.
4.1.2 Does the proposed amendment create
the possibility of a new or different kind of
accident from any accident previously
evaluated?
No, the proposed amendment does not
involve any physical alteration of plant
equipment and does not change the method
by which any safety-related system performs
its function. The license condition deals with
the administrative controls over information
contained in the UFSAR supplement. In
addition, the change provides the actual
completion date in lieu of the schedule
contained in the Commitment Appendix of
the SER, for license renewal commitments
codified into the UFSAR and removes the
inference that any activities are being
implemented during the period of extended
operation. No new or different types of
equipment will be installed and the basic
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operation of installed equipment is
unchanged.
Therefore, the proposed amendment does
not create the possibility of a new or different
kind of accident from any accident
previously evaluated.
4.1.3: Does the proposed amendment
involve a significant reduction in a margin of
safety?
No, the proposed amendment does not
affect design codes or design margins. The
changes that clarifies JAFNPP RFOL
Condition 2.T are administrative in nature
and do not have the ability to affect any
analyzed safety margins.
Therefore, operation of JAFNPP in
accordance with the proposed amendment
change will not involve a significant
reduction in the margin of safety.
The NRC staff has reviewed the
licensee’s analysis and, based on this
review, it appears that the three
standards of 10 CFR 50.92(c) are
satisfied. Therefore, the NRC staff
proposes to determine that the
amendment request involves no
significant hazards consideration.
Attorney for licensee: Jeanne Cho,
Assistant General Counsel, Entergy
Nuclear Operations, Inc., 440 Hamilton
Avenue, White Plains, NY 10601.
NRC Branch Chief: Benjamin G.
Beasley.
Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.,
Docket No. 50–255, Palisades Nuclear
Plant, Van Buren County, Michigan
Date of amendment request:
December 30, 2013. A publicly available
version is in ADAMS under Accession
No. ML13364A328.
Description of amendment request:
The proposed amendment would
change the Palisades Nuclear Plant
(PNP) Cyber Security Plan (CSP)
Milestone 8 full implementation date as
set forth in the Cyber Security Plan
Implementation Schedule approved by
Amendment No. 243 issued on July 28,
2011, to Renewed Facility Operating
License No. DPR–20 for PNP (ADAMS
Accession No. ML111801243).
Basis for proposed no significant
hazards consideration determination:
As required by 10 CFR 50.91(a), the
licensee has provided its analysis of the
issue of no significant hazards
consideration, which is presented
below:
1. Does the proposed change involve a
significant increase in the probability or
consequences of an accident previously
evaluated?
Response: No.
The proposed change to the CSP
Implementation Schedule is administrative
in nature. This change does not alter accident
analysis assumptions, add any initiators, or
affect the function of plant systems or the
manner in which systems are operated,
maintained, modified, tested, or inspected.
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The proposed change does not require any
plant modifications which affect the
performance capability of the structures,
systems, and components relied upon to
mitigate the consequences of postulated
accidents, and has no impact on the
probability or consequences of an accident
previously evaluated.
Therefore, the proposed change does not
involve a significant increase in the
probability or consequences of an accident
previously evaluated.
2. Does the proposed change create the
possibility of a new or different kind of
accident from any accident previously
evaluated?
Response: No.
The proposed change to the CSP
Implementation Schedule is administrative
in nature. This proposed change does not
alter accident analysis assumptions, add any
initiators, or affect the function of plant
systems or the manner in which systems are
operated, maintained, modified, tested, or
inspected. The proposed change does not
require any plant modifications which affect
the performance capability of the structures,
systems and components, relied upon to
mitigate the consequences of postulated
accidents and does not create the possibility
of a new or different kind of accident from
any accident previously evaluated.
Therefore, the proposed change does not
create the possibility of a new or different
kind of accident from any accident
previously evaluated.
3. Does the proposed change involve a
significant reduction in a margin of safety?
Response: No.
Plant safety margins are established
through limiting conditions for operation,
limiting safety system settings, and safety
limits specified in the technical
specifications. The proposed change to the
CSP Implementation Schedule is
administrative in nature. In addition, the
milestone date delay for full implementation
of the CSP has no substantive impact because
other measures have been taken which
provide adequate protection during this
period of time. Because there is no change to
established safety margins as a result of this
change, the proposed change does not
involve a significant reduction in a margin of
safety.
Therefore, the proposed change does not
involve a significant reduction in a margin of
safety.
The NRC staff has reviewed the
licensee’s analysis and, based on this
review, it appears that the three
standards of 10 CFR 50.92(c) are
satisfied. Therefore, the NRC staff
proposes to determine that the
amendment request involves no
significant hazards consideration.
Attorney for licensee: William Dennis,
Assistant General Counsel, Entergy
Nuclear Operations, Inc., 440 Hamilton
Ave., White Plains, NY 10601.
NRC Branch Chief: Robert D. Carlson.
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FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating
Company, et al., Docket No. 50–440,
Perry Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 1, Lake
County, Ohio
Date of amendment request:
December 6, 2013, as supplemented by
a letter dated. February 27, 2014. A
publicly-available version is in ADAMS
under Accession Nos. ML13343A013
and ML14059A221.
Description of amendment request:
The proposed amendment would revise
the Updated Safety Analyses Report
(USAR) to reflect updated radiological
calculations using an alternative
accident source term (AST) from the
applicable design bases event and to
revise the technical specification (TS)
definition of DOSE EQUIVALENT
IODINE–131.
Basis for proposed no significant
hazards consideration determination:
As required by 10 CFR 50.91(a), the
licensee has provided its analysis of the
issue of no significant hazards
consideration which is presented below:
1. This proposed amendment does not
involve a significant increase in the
probability or consequences of an accident
previously evaluated.
The proposed amendment involves
implementation of the AST for the control
rod drop accident (CRDA) and the main
steam line break (MSLB) at PNPP. The
proposed amendment also updates the
methods and assumptions used in the loss of
coolant accident (LOCA) dose calculation,
which maintains conformance with
Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.183, and revises the
TS DOSE EQUIVALENT 1–131 definition.
The proposed amendment does not involve
any physical design modifications to plant
structures, systems or components other than
the planned use of GNF2 fuel beginning with
Cycle 16, and the revised calculations do not
impact any accident initiators. Because
design basis accident initiators are not being
altered, the probability of an accident
previously evaluated is not affected.
With respect to consequences, the AST is
an input to calculations used to evaluate the
consequences of an accident, and that AST
input does not by itself affect the plant
response, or the actual path of radiation
postulated to be released. The design basis
radiological consequence analyses
themselves, which include updates to the
core source term, input assumptions, and the
methodology used to calculate dose
consequences, do not affect the plant
response, or the actual pathway of radiation
that might be released during an event.
Likewise, the DOSE EQUIVALENT 1–131
definition revision does not affect any plant
response. For the evaluated events and the
definition revision, the analyses demonstrate
acceptable doses within regulatory limits. As
detailed in the technical evaluation for the
amendment request, a comparison of the
former dose consequences against the newly
calculated dose consequences for the
evaluated events showed that the doses at the
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changed or are lower than previously
evaluated, except for the CRDA Scenario 1
analysis, for which the calculated doses
increase, but by less than 2 percent of the
margin to the acceptance criteria. The
acceptance criteria for the CRDA is specified
in RG–1.183 Table 6, and is only 25 percent
of the regulatory limit specified in 10 CFR
50.67. Control room doses for the LOCA
event decrease; for the other events, control
room doses were not previously required to
be calculated. Therefore, it is concluded that
the consequences of previously evaluated
accidents are not significantly increased.
Based on the above conclusions, this
proposed amendment does not involve a
significant increase in the probability or
consequences of an accident previously
evaluated.
2. This proposed amendment does not
create the possibility of a new or different
kind of accident from any accident
previously evaluated.
The proposed amendment does not involve
a physical alteration of the plant. No new or
different type of equipment will be installed
and there are no physical modifications to
existing installed equipment associated with
the proposed changes. Also, there are no
proposed changes to the methods governing
plant/system operation, so no new initiators
or precursors of a new or different kind of
accident are created. New equipment or
personnel failure modes that might initiate a
new type of accident are not created as a
result of the proposed amendment.
Thus, this amendment does not create the
possibility of a new or different kind of
accident from any accident previously
evaluated.
3. This proposed amendment does not
involve a significant reduction in a margin of
safety.
Approval is requested for changes that
primarily conform with RG–1.183 for the
CRDA, MSLB, and LOCA analyses, as well as
the TS DOSE EQUIVALENT 1–131
definition. The results of the accident
analyses, including the use of FGR 11 dose
conversion factors, are subject to acceptance
criteria specified in 10 CFR 50.67 ‘‘Accident
source term,’’ and RG–1.183. The analyses
have been performed using conservative
methodologies, as specified in RG–1.183.
Safety margins have been evaluated and
analytical conservatism has been utilized to
ensure the analyses adequately bound
postulated event scenarios. The dose
consequences remain within the acceptance
criteria presented in 10 CFR 50.67 ‘‘Accident
source term,’’ and RG–1.183. The only
calculated doses that were determined to
increase did so by less than 2 percent of the
margin to the acceptance criteria specified in
RG–1.183 (the regulatory guide acceptance
criteria are 25 percent of the regulatory limits
specified in 10 CFR 50.67).
Therefore the proposed license amendment
does not involve a significant reduction in a
margin of safety.
The NRC staff has reviewed the
licensee’s analysis and, based on this
review, it appears that the three
standards of 10 CFR 50.92(c) are
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proposes to determine that the
amendment request involves no
significant hazards consideration.
Attorney for licensee: David W.
Jenkins, Attorney, FirstEnergy
Corporation, Mail Stop. A–GO–15, 76
South Main Street, Akron, OH 44308.
NRC Branch Chief: Travis L. Tate.
PSEG Nuclear LLC, Docket No. 50–354,
Hope Creek Generating Station, Salem
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Date of amendment request:
September 5, 2013. A publicly-available
version is in ADAMS under Accession
No. ML13249A242.
Description of amendment request:
The proposed amendment would
relocate the operability and surveillance
requirements for flood protection from
the Hope Creek Generating Station
(Hope Creek) Technical Specifications
(TS) to the Hope Creek Technical
Requirements Manual (TRM).
Basis for proposed no significant
hazards consideration determination:
As required by 10 CFR 50.91(a), the
licensee has provided its analysis of the
issue of no significant hazards
consideration, which is presented below
with the NRC staff’s edits in square
brackets:
1. Do the proposed changes involve a
significant increase in the probability or
consequences of an accident previously
evaluated?
Response: No.
The proposed changes to the TS would
relocate the operability and surveillance
requirements for the flood protection from
the TS to the TRM. Flood protection is not
assumed to be an initiator of an accident in
the Hope Creek UFSAR [Updated Final
Safety Analysis Report]. The proposed
changes do not alter the design of any
system, structure, or component (SSC). The
proposed changes conform to NRC regulatory
[requirements] regarding the content of plant
TS, as identified in 10 CFR 50.36, [and the
regulatory guidance identified in] NUREG–
1433, and [also conform with] the NRC’s
Final Policy Statement published on July 22,
1993 (58 FR 39132).
Therefore, these proposed changes do not
represent a significant increase in the
probability or consequences of an accident
previously evaluated.
2. Do the proposed changes create the
possibility of a new or different kind of
accident from any accident previously
evaluated?
Response: No.
The proposed changes to the TS would
relocate the operability and surveillance
requirements for flood protection from the TS
to the TRM. The proposed changes do not
involve a modification to the physical
configuration of the plant or a change in the
methods governing normal plant operation.
The proposed changes will not impose any
new or different requirement or introduce a
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new accident initiator, accident precursor, or
malfunction mechanism.
Additionally, there is no change in the
types or increases in the amounts of any
effluent that may be released off-site and
there is no increase in individual or
cumulative occupational exposure.
Therefore, the proposed changes do not
create the possibility of a new or different
kind of accident from any accident
previously evaluated.
3. Do the proposed changes involve a
significant reduction in a margin of safety?
Response: No.
The proposed changes to the TS would
relocate the operability and surveillance
requirements for flood protection from the TS
to the TRM. This relocation will not affect
protection criteria for plant equipment and
will not reduce the margin of safety.
Operability and surveillance requirements
will be established in a licensee-controlled
document, the TRM, to ensure the capability
for external flood protection remains intact.
Changes to these requirements in the TRM
will be subject to the provisions of 10 CFR
50.59, providing an appropriate level of
regulatory control.
Therefore, the proposed changes do not
involve a significant reduction in a margin of
safety.
The NRC staff has reviewed the
licensee’s analysis and, based on this
review, and with the changes noted
above in square brackets, it appears that
the three standards of 10 CFR 50.92(c)
are satisfied. Therefore, the NRC staff
proposes to determine that the
amendment request involves no
significant hazards consideration.
Attorney for licensee: Jeffrie J. Keenan,
PSEG Nuclear LLC—N21, P.O. Box 236,
Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038.
NRC Branch Chief: Meena K. Khanna.
South Carolina Electric and Gas Docket
Nos.: 52–027 and 52–028, Virgil C.
Summer Nuclear Station (VCSNS) Units
2 and 3, Fairfield County, South
Carolina
Date of amendment request: February
27, 2014. A publicly-available version is
in ADAMS under Accession No.
ML14065A022.
Description of amendment request:
The proposed change would amend
Combined License Nos. NPF–93 and
NPF–94 for the Virgil C. Summer
Nuclear Station (VCSNS) Units 2 and 3
by departing from the plant-specific
Design Control Document (DCD) Tier 1
(and corresponding Combined License
Appendix C information) and Tier 2
material by making changes to the
annex and radwaste building structures
and layout by:
(1) Updating the annex building
column line designations on affected
Tier 1 Figures and Tier 2 Figure 3.7.2–
19; and
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(2) Revising the radwaste building
configuration including the shielding
design and radiation area monitoring.
Because, this proposed change
requires a departure from Tier 1
information in the Westinghouse
Advanced Passive 1000 DCD, the
licensee also requested an exemption
from the requirements of the Generic
DCD Tier 1 in accordance with
52.63(b)(1).
Basis for proposed no significant
hazards consideration determination:
As required by 10 CFR 50.91(a), the
licensee has provided its analysis of the
issue of no significant hazards
consideration, which is presented
below:
1. Does the proposed amendment involve
a significant increase in the probability or
consequences of an accident previously
evaluated?
Response: No.
The proposed annex building changes
updating column line designations and the
radwaste building change to add three
bunkers for storage of moderate and high
activity waste, incorporate the Waste
Accumulation Room and the Packaged Waste
Storage Room, revise shield wall thicknesses,
and eliminate a radiation monitor no longer
needed do not alter the assumed initiators to
any analyzed event. These proposed changes
do not affect the operation of any systems or
equipment that could initiate an analyzed
accident. The proposed changes to the annex
building column line designations update the
annex building column line designations in
the UFSAR figures to make them consistent
with the UFSAR figure for the auxiliary
building. The radwaste building proposed
changes do not affect any accident initiators,
because there is no accident initiator located
within that building. Based on the above, the
probability of an accident previously
evaluated will not be increased by these
proposed changes.
The proposed annex and radwaste building
configuration changes do not affect any
radiological dose consequence analysis for
UFSAR Chapter 15. No accident source term
parameter or fission product barrier is
impacted by these changes. Structures,
systems, and components (SSCs) required for
mitigation of analyzed accidents are not
affected by these changes, and the functions
of these buildings are not adversely affected
by these changes. Consequently, this activity
will not increase the consequences of any
analyzed accident, including the main steam
line limiting break.
Therefore, the proposed activity does not
involve a significant increase in the
probability or consequences of an accident
previously evaluated.
2. Does the proposed amendment create
the possibility of a new or different kind of
accident from any accident previously
evaluated?
Response: No.
The proposed annex building changes
updating column line designations and the
radwaste building change to add three
bunkers for storage of moderate and high
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activity waste, incorporate the Waste
Accumulation Room and the Packaged Waste
Storage Room, revise shield wall thicknesses,
and eliminate a radiation monitor no longer
needed do not change the design function of
the either of these buildings or any of the
systems or equipment contained therein or in
any other Nuclear Island structures. These
proposed changes do not adversely affect any
system design functions or methods of
operation. These changes do not introduce
any new equipment or components or change
the operation of any existing systems or
equipment in a manner that would result in
a new failure mode, malfunction, or sequence
of events that could affect safety-related or
non-safety-related equipment or result in a
radioactive material release. This activity
does not allow for a new radioactive material
release path or result in a new radioactive
material barrier failure mode.
Therefore, this activity does not create the
possibility of a new or different kind of
accident from any accident previously
evaluated.
3. Does the proposed amendment involve
a significant reduction in a margin of safety?
Response: No.
The proposed changes do not affect any
safety-related equipment, design code
compliance, design function, design analysis,
safety analysis input or result, or design/
safety margin. The margin in the design of
the annex and radwaste buildings is
determined by the use of the current codes
and standards and adherence to the
assumptions used in the analyses of this
structure and the events associated with this
structure. The column line designations for
the annex building in UFSAR Tier 2 figures
are updated to make them consistent with the
UFSAR figures for the auxiliary building.
This change has no adverse impact on plant
construction or operation. The design of the
radwaste building, including the newly
added bunkers for moderate and high activity
waste, merging of the Waste Accumulation
Room and the Packaged Waste Storage Room,
will continue to be in accordance with the
same codes and standards as stated in the
UFSAR. The activity has no effect on off-site
dose analysis for analyzed accidents.
Therefore, the proposed change does not
involve a significant reduction in a margin of
safety.
The NRC staff has reviewed the
licensee’s analysis and, based on this
review, it appears that the three
standards of 10 CFR 50.92(c) are
satisfied. Therefore, the NRC staff
proposes to determine that the
amendment request involves no
significant hazards consideration.
Attorney for licensee: Kathryn M.
Sutton, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLC,
1111 Pennsylvania Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20004–2514.
NRC Branch Chief: Lawrence
Burkhart.
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III. Notice of Issuance of Amendments
to Facility Operating Licenses and
Combined Licenses
During the period since publication of
the last biweekly notice, the
Commission has issued the following
amendments. The Commission has
determined for each of these
amendments that the application
complies with the standards and
requirements of the Atomic Energy Act
of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the
Commission’s rules and regulations.
The Commission has made appropriate
findings as required by the Act and the
Commission’s rules and regulations in
10 CFR Chapter I, which are set forth in
the license amendment.
A notice of consideration of issuance
of amendment to facility operating
license or combined license, as
applicable, proposed no significant
hazards consideration determination,
and opportunity for a hearing in
connection with these actions, was
published in the Federal Register as
indicated.
Unless otherwise indicated, the
Commission has determined that these
amendments satisfy the criteria for
categorical exclusion in accordance
with 10 CFR 51.22. Therefore, pursuant
to 10 CFR 51.22(b), no environmental
impact statement or environmental
assessment need be prepared for these
amendments. If the Commission has
prepared an environmental assessment
under the special circumstances
provision in 10 CFR 51.22(b) and has
made a determination based on that
assessment, it is so indicated.
For further details with respect to the
action see (1) the applications for
amendment, (2) the amendment, and (3)
the Commission’s related letter, Safety
Evaluation and/or Environmental
Assessment as indicated. All of these
items can be accessed as described in
the ‘‘Accessing Information and
Submitting Comments’’ section of this
document.
Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, LLC,
Docket Nos. 50–317, 50–318, and 72–8,
Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant,
Units 1 and 2, Calvert County, Maryland
Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, LLC,
Docket No. 50–220 and 50–410, Nine
Mile Point Nuclear Station, Units 1 and
2, Oswego County, New York
R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant, LLC,
Docket No. 50–244, R.E. Ginna Nuclear
Power Plant, Wayne County, New York
Date of amendment request: August 6,
2013, as supplemented by letters and
emails dated August 14, 2013,
September 23, 2013, September 26,
2013, December 17, 2013, January 9,
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2014, February 14, 2014, and February
21, 2014.
Brief description of amendments: The
amendments conform the licenses to
reflect the direct transfer of operating
authority for Calvert Cliffs Nuclear
Power Plant, (Calvert Cliffs) Units 1 and
2, the Calvert Cliffs Independent Spent
Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI), Nine
Mile Point Nuclear Station (Nine Mile
Point), Units 1 and 2, and R.E. Ginna
Nuclear Power Plant (Ginna) to Exelon
Generation Company, LLC, as approved
by the Commission Order dated March
24, 2014.
Date of issuance: April 1, 2014.
Effective date: As of the date of
issuance and shall be implemented
within 60 days of issuance.
Amendment Nos.: Calvert Cliffs—305
and 283, Calvert Cliffs ISFSI—10, Nine
Mile Point—214 and 144, and Ginna—
115. (ADAMS Accession Nos.
ML14091A297, ML14091A323 and
ML14091A366; documents related to
these amendments are listed in the
Safety Evaluation referenced in this
notice).
Renewed Facility Operating License
Nos. DPR–53, DPR–69, SNM–2505,
DPR–63. NPF–69, and DPR–18: The
amendments revised the Licenses and
Technical Specifications.
Date of initial notice in Federal
Register: December 26, 2013 (78 FR
78411).
The Commission’s related evaluation
of the amendments is contained in a
Safety Evaluation for Calvert Cliffs
dated March 24, 2014, and for Nine Mile
Point and Ginna dated March 25, 2014.
No significant hazards consideration
comments received: No.
Exelon Generation Company, LLC,
Docket Nos. 50–352 and 50–353,
Limerick Generating Station, Units 1
and 2, Montgomery County,
Pennsylvania
Date of application for amendments:
April 9, 2013.
Brief description of amendments: The
amendments delete certain reporting
requirements contained in the Technical
Specifications (TSs).
Date of issuance: March 26, 2014.
Effective date: As of the date of
issuance, to be implemented within 60
days.
Amendments Nos.: 211 and 172.
(ADAMS Accession No. ML13214A092;
documents related to these amendments
are listed in the Safety Evaluation
referenced in this notice).
Facility Operating License Nos. NPF–
39 and NPF–85: The amendments
revised the Facility Operating Licenses
and the TSs.
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Date of initial notice in Federal
Register: May 14, 2013 (78 FR 28252).
The Commission’s related evaluation
of the amendments is contained in a
Safety Evaluation dated March 26, 2014.
No significant hazards consideration
comments received: No.
FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating
Company, et al., Docket No. 50–346,
Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station, Unit
1, Ottawa County, Ohio
Date of application for amendment:
January 18, 2013, as supplemented by
letters dated September 27, and
December 13, 2013, and January 10,
2014.
Brief description of amendment: This
amendment revises Davis-Besse Nuclear
Power Station (DBNPS) Technical
Specification (TS) 3.4.17, ‘‘Steam
Generator (SG) Tube Integrity’’; TS
3.7.18, ‘‘Steam Generator Level’’; TS
5.5.8, ‘‘Steam Generator (SG) Program’’;
and TS 5.6.6, ‘‘Steam Generator Tube
Inspection Report.’’ The revision to
these TSs is to support plant operations
following the replacement of the
original SGs which is scheduled to be
completed in April 2014. The changes
to TS 3.4.17, TS 5.5.8, and TS 5.6.6
impose requirements that reflect the
analysis and tube materials of the
replacement SGs. These changes are
consistent with Technical Specifications
Task Force (TSTF) traveler TSTF–510,
Revision 2, ‘‘Revision to Steam
Generator Program Inspection
Frequencies and Tube Sample
Selection,’’ which was approved by the
NRC on October 27, 2011. The revisions
to TS 5.5.8 also include minor editorial
changes and eliminates the
requirements for special visual
inspections of the internal auxiliary
feedwater header, since this component
will not be part of the replacement SGs.
The changes to TS 3.7.18 impose
inventory limits on the secondary-side
that reflect the design characteristics
and dimensions of the replacement SGs.
The revised limits will ensure that plant
operations with the replacement SGs is
bounded by the values used in the
existing main steam line break analysis
presented in the DBNPS Updated Safety
Analysis Report.
Date of issuance: March 31, 2014.
Effective date: As of the date of
issuance and shall be implemented
within 30 days.
Amendment No.: 287. (ADAMS
Accession No. ML14023A766;
documents related to this amendment
are listed in the Safety Evaluation
referenced in this notice).
Facility Operating License No. NPF–3:
Amendment revised the Technical
Specifications and License.
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Date of initial notice in Federal
Register: March 19, 2013 (78 FR 16883).
The September 27, and December 13,
2013, and January 10, 2014,
supplements contained clarifying
information within the scope of the
proposed action noticed and did not
change the staff’s initial proposed
finding of no significant hazards
consideration.
The Commission’s related evaluation
of the amendment is contained in a
Safety Evaluation dated March 31, 2014.
No significant hazards consideration
comments received: No.
Florida Power and Light Company,
Docket No. 50–335, St. Lucie Plant Unit
1, St. Lucie County, Florida
Date of application for amendment:
May 10, 2013, as supplemented by letter
dated September 30, 2013.
Brief description of amendment: The
amendment revises the Technical
Specifications (TSs) to allow the use of
AREVA M5® material as an approved
fuel rod cladding.
Date of issuance: March 31, 2014.
Effective date: As of the date of
issuance and shall be implemented
within 60 days of issuance.
Amendment No.: 218. (ADAMS
Accession No. ML14064A129;
documents related to this amendment
are listed in the Safety Evaluation
referenced in this notice).
Renewed Facility Operating License
No. DPR–67: Amendment revises the
license and the TSs.
Date of initial notice in Federal
Register: August 6, 2013 (78 FR 47790).
The September 30, 2013, supplemental
letter provided additional information
that clarified the application, did not
expand the scope of the proposed
amendment as originally noticed, and
did not change the initial proposed no
significant hazards consideration
determination as published in the
Federal Register.
The Commission’s related evaluation
of the amendment is contained in a
Safety Evaluation dated March 31, 2014.
No significant hazards consideration
comments received: No.
Northern States Power Company—
Minnesota (NSPM), Docket No. 50–263,
Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant
(MNGP), Wright County, Minnesota
Date of application for amendment:
January 21, 2010, as supplemented by
letters dated March 4, 2010, September
28, 2010, November 11, 2011, June 27,
2012, September 28, 2012, November
30, 2012, December 21, 2012, March 21,
2013, May 13, 2013, June 26, 2013, July
8, 2013, July 31, 2013, August 14, 2013,
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and February 24, 2014.
Brief description of amendment: The
amendment revises the MNGP technical
specifications to allow plant operation
from the currently licensed Maximum
Extended Load Line Limit Analysis
(MELLLA) operating domain to
operation in the expanded MELLLA
Plus (MELLLA+) operating domain
under the current extended power
uprate conditions of 2004 megawatts
thermal rated core thermal power.
Date of issuance: March 28, 2014.
Effective date: As of the date of
issuance and shall be implemented
within 120 days of issuance.
Amendment No: 180. (ADAMS
Accession No. ML14070A042;
documents related to this amendment
are listed in the Safety Evaluation
referenced in this notice).
Renewed Facility Operating License
No. DPR–22: The amendment revised
the Renewed Facility Operating License
and Technical Specifications.
Date of initial notice in Federal
Register: September 21, 2010 (75 FR
57527). The supplemental letters dated
March 4, 2010, September 28, 2010,
November 11, 2010, June 27, 2012,
September 28, 2012, November 30,
2012, December 21, 2012, March 21,
2013, May 13, 2013, June 26, 2013, July
8, 2013, July 31, 2013, August 14, 2013,
October 4, 2013, December 20, 2013,
and February 24, 2014, provided
additional information that clarified the
application, did not expand the scope of
the application as originally noticed,
and did not change the staff’s initial
proposed no significant hazards
consideration determination as
published in the Federal Register.
The Commission’s related evaluation
of the amendment is contained in a
Safety Evaluation dated March 28, 2014.
No significant hazards consideration
comments received: No.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 4th day
of April 2014.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Michele G. Evans,
Director, Division of Operating Reactor
Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2014-0082]
Biweekly Notice; Applications and Amendments to Facility
Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant
Hazards Considerations
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Biweekly notice.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 189a. (2) of the Atomic Energy Act of
1954, as amended (the Act), the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(NRC) is publishing this regular biweekly notice. The Act requires the
Commission to publish notice of any amendments issued, or proposed to
be issued and grants the Commission the authority to issue and make
immediately effective any amendment to an operating license or combined
license, as applicable, upon a determination by the Commission that
such amendment involves no significant hazards consideration,
notwithstanding the pendency before the Commission of a request for a
hearing from any person.
This biweekly notice includes all notices of amendments issued, or
proposed to be issued from March 20, 2014, to April 2, 2014. The last
biweekly notice was published on April 1, 2014.
DATES: Comments must be filed by May 15, 2014. A request for a hearing
must be filed by June 16, 2014.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods
(unless this document describes a different method for submitting
comments on a specific subject):
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2014-0082. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-287-
3422; email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact
the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of
this document.
Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, Office of Administration,
Mail Stop: 3WFN-06-44M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555-0001.
For additional direction on accessing information and submitting
comments, see ``Accessing Information and Submitting Comments'' in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Angela Baxter, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-2976, email: angela.baxter@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Accessing Information and Submitting Comments.
A. Accessing Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2014-0082 when contacting the NRC
about the availability of information regarding this document. You may
access publicly-available information related to this document by any
of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2014-0082.
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may access publicly available documents online in the
ADAMS Public Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ``ADAMS Public Documents'' and
then select ``Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.'' For problems with ADAMS,
please contact the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at
1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov.
Documents may be viewed in ADAMS by performing a search on the document
date and docket number.
NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public
documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
B. Submitting Comments.
Please include Docket ID NRC-2014-0082 in the subject line of your
comment submission, in order to ensure that the NRC is able to make
your comment submission available to the public in this docket.
The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact
information that you do not want to be publicly disclosed in you
comment submission. The NRC will post all comment submissions at https://www.regulations.gov as well as enter the comment submissions into
ADAMS. The NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to remove
identifying or contact information.
If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons
for submission to the NRC, then you should inform those persons not to
include identifying or contact information that they do not want to be
publicly disclosed in their comment submission. Your request should
state that the NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to
remove such information before making the comment submissions available
to the public or entering the comment submissions into ADAMS.
II. Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendments to Facility
Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses and Proposed No Significant
Hazards Consideration Determination
The Commission has made a proposed determination that the following
amendment requests involve no significant hazards consideration. Under
the Commission's regulations in Sec. 50.92 of Title 10 of the Code of
Federal Regulations (10 CFR), this means that operation of the facility
in accordance with the proposed amendment would not (1) involve a
significant increase in the probability or consequences of an accident
previously evaluated, or (2) create the possibility of a new or
different kind of accident from any accident previously evaluated; or
(3) involve a significant reduction in a margin of safety. The basis
for this proposed determination for each amendment request is shown
below.
The Commission is seeking public comments on this proposed
determination. Any comments received within 30 days after the date of
publication of this notice will be considered in making any final
determination.
Normally, the Commission will not issue the amendment until the
expiration of 60 days after the date of publication of this notice. The
Commission may issue the license amendment before expiration of the 60-
day period provided that its final determination is that the amendment
involves no significant hazards consideration. In addition, the
Commission may issue the amendment prior to the expiration of the 30-
day comment period should circumstances change during the 30-day
comment period such that failure to act in a timely way would result,
for example in derating or shutdown of the facility. Should the
Commission take action prior to the expiration of either the comment
period or the notice period, it will publish in the Federal Register a
notice of issuance. Should the Commission make a final No Significant
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Hazards Consideration Determination, any hearing will take place after
issuance. The Commission expects that the need to take this action will
occur very infrequently.
A. Opportunity To Request a Hearing and Petition for Leave To Intervene
Within 60 days after the date of publication of this notice, any
person(s) whose interest may be affected by this action may file a
request for a hearing and a petition to intervene with respect to
issuance of the amendment to the subject facility operating license or
combined license. Requests for a hearing and a petition for leave to
intervene shall be filed in accordance with the Commission's ``Agency
Rules of Practice and Procedure'' in 10 CFR Part 2. Interested
person(s) should consult a current copy of 10 CFR 2.309, which is
available at the NRC's PDR, located at One White Flint North, Room O1-
F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland 20852. The
NRC's regulations are accessible electronically from the NRC Library on
the NRC's Web site at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/cfr/. If a request for a hearing or petition for leave to intervene is
filed by the above date, the Commission or a presiding officer
designated by the Commission or by the Chief Administrative Judge of
the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, will rule on the request
and/or petition; and the Secretary or the Chief Administrative Judge of
the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board will issue a notice of a hearing
or an appropriate order.
As required by 10 CFR 2.309, a petition for leave to intervene
shall set forth with particularity the interest of the petitioner in
the proceeding, and how that interest may be affected by the results of
the proceeding. The petition should specifically explain the reasons
why intervention should be permitted with particular reference to the
following general requirements: (1) The name, address, and telephone
number of the requestor or petitioner; (2) the nature of the
requestor's/petitioner's right under the Act to be made a party to the
proceeding; (3) the nature and extent of the requestor's/petitioner's
property, financial, or other interest in the proceeding; and (4) the
possible effect of any decision or order which may be entered in the
proceeding on the requestor's/petitioner's interest. The petition must
also identify the specific contentions which the requestor/petitioner
seeks to have litigated at the proceeding.
Each contention must consist of a specific statement of the issue
of law or fact to be raised or controverted. In addition, the
requestor/petitioner shall provide a brief explanation of the bases for
the contention and a concise statement of the alleged facts or expert
opinion which support the contention and on which the requestor/
petitioner intends to rely in proving the contention at the hearing.
The requestor/petitioner must also provide references to those specific
sources and documents of which the petitioner is aware and on which the
requestor/petitioner intends to rely to establish those facts or expert
opinion. The petition must include sufficient information to show that
a genuine dispute exists with the applicant on a material issue of law
or fact. Contentions shall be limited to matters within the scope of
the amendment under consideration. The contention must be one which, if
proven, would entitle the requestor/petitioner to relief. A requestor/
petitioner who fails to satisfy these requirements with respect to at
least one contention will not be permitted to participate as a party.
Those permitted to intervene become parties to the proceeding,
subject to any limitations in the order granting leave to intervene,
and have the opportunity to participate fully in the conduct of the
hearing.
If a hearing is requested, the Commission will make a final
determination on the issue of no significant hazards consideration. The
final determination will serve to decide when the hearing is held. If
the final determination is that the amendment request involves no
significant hazards consideration, the Commission may issue the
amendment and make it immediately effective, notwithstanding the
request for a hearing. Any hearing held would take place after issuance
of the amendment. If the final determination is that the amendment
request involves a significant hazards consideration, then any hearing
held would take place before the issuance of any amendment.
B. Electronic Submissions (E-Filing)
All documents filed in NRC adjudicatory proceedings, including a
request for hearing, a petition for leave to intervene, any motion or
other document filed in the proceeding prior to the submission of a
request for hearing or petition to intervene, and documents filed by
interested governmental entities participating under 10 CFR 2.315(c),
must be filed in accordance with the NRC's E-Filing rule (72 FR 49139;
August 28, 2007). The E-Filing process requires participants to submit
and serve all adjudicatory documents over the internet, or in some
cases to mail copies on electronic storage media. Participants may not
submit paper copies of their filings unless they seek an exemption in
accordance with the procedures described below.
To comply with the procedural requirements of E-Filing, at least
ten 10 days prior to the filing deadline, the participant should
contact the Office of the Secretary by email at hearing.docket@nrc.gov,
or by telephone at 301-415-1677, to request (1) a digital
identification (ID) certificate, which allows the participant (or its
counsel or representative) to digitally sign documents and access the
E-Submittal server for any proceeding in which it is participating; and
(2) advise the Secretary that the participant will be submitting a
request or petition for hearing (even in instances in which the
participant, or its counsel or representative, already holds an NRC-
issued digital ID certificate). Based upon this information, the
Secretary will establish an electronic docket for the hearing in this
proceeding if the Secretary has not already established an electronic
docket.
Information about applying for a digital ID certificate is
available on the NRC's public Web site at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals/apply-certificates.html. System requirements for accessing
the E-Submittal server are detailed in the NRC's ``Guidance for
Electronic Submission,'' which is available on the agency's public Web
site at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html. Participants
may attempt to use other software not listed on the Web site, but
should note that the NRC's E-Filing system does not support unlisted
software, and the NRC Meta System Help Desk will not be able to offer
assistance in using unlisted software.
If a participant is electronically submitting a document to the NRC
in accordance with the E-Filing rule, the participant must file the
document using the NRC's online, Web-based submission form. In order to
serve documents through the Electronic Information Exchange System,
users will be required to install a Web browser plug-in from the NRC's
Web site. Further information on the Web-based submission form,
including the installation of the Web browser plug-in, is available on
the NRC's public Web site at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html.
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Once a participant has obtained a digital ID certificate and a
docket has been created, the participant can then submit a request for
hearing or petition for leave to intervene. Submissions should be in
Portable Document Format (PDF) in accordance with NRC guidance
available on the NRC's public Web site at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html. A filing is considered complete at the time the
documents are submitted through the NRC's E-Filing system. To be
timely, an electronic filing must be submitted to the E-Filing system
no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date. Upon receipt of
a transmission, the E-Filing system time-stamps the document and sends
the submitter an email notice confirming receipt of the document. The
E-Filing system also distributes an email notice that provides access
to the document to the NRC's Office of the General Counsel and any
others who have advised the Office of the Secretary that they wish to
participate in the proceeding, so that the filer need not serve the
documents on those participants separately. Therefore, applicants and
other participants (or their counsel or representative) must apply for
and receive a digital ID certificate before a hearing request/petition
to intervene is filed so that they can obtain access to the document
via the E-Filing system.
A person filing electronically using the NRC's adjudicatory E-
Filing system may seek assistance by contacting the NRC Meta System
Help Desk through the ``Contact Us'' link located on the NRC's public
Web site at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html, by email to
MSHD.Resource@nrc.gov, or by a toll-free call at 866-672-7640. The NRC
Meta System Help Desk is available between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern
Time, Monday through Friday, excluding government holidays.
Participants who believe that they have a good cause for not
submitting documents electronically must file an exemption request, in
accordance with 10 CFR 2.302(g), with their initial paper filing
requesting authorization to continue to submit documents in paper
format. Such filings must be submitted by: (1) First class mail
addressed to the Office of the Secretary of the Commission, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, Attention:
Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff; or (2) courier, express mail, or
expedited delivery service to the Office of the Secretary, Sixteenth
Floor, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville,
Maryland, 20852, Attention: Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff.
Participants filing a document in this manner are responsible for
serving the document on all other participants. Filing is considered
complete by first-class mail as of the time of deposit in the mail, or
by courier, express mail, or expedited delivery service upon depositing
the document with the provider of the service. A presiding officer,
having granted an exemption request from using E-Filing, may require a
participant or party to use E-Filing if the presiding officer
subsequently determines that the reason for granting the exemption from
use of E-Filing no longer exists.
Documents submitted in adjudicatory proceedings will appear in the
NRC's electronic hearing docket which is available to the public at
https://ehd1.nrc.gov/ehd/, unless excluded pursuant to an order of the
Commission, or the presiding officer. Participants are requested not to
include personal privacy information, such as social security numbers,
home addresses, or home phone numbers in their filings, unless an NRC
regulation or other law requires submission of such information.
However, a request to intervene will require including information on
local residence in order to demonstrate a proximity assertion of
interest in the proceeding. With respect to copyrighted works, except
for limited excerpts that serve the purpose of the adjudicatory filings
and would constitute a Fair Use application, participants are requested
not to include copyrighted materials in their submission.
Petitions for leave to intervene must be filed no later than 60
days from the date of publication of this notice. Requests for hearing,
petitions for leave to intervene, and motions for leave to file new or
amended contentions that are filed after the 60-day deadline will not
be entertained absent a determination by the presiding officer that the
filing demonstrates good cause by satisfying the three factors in 10
CFR 2.309(c)(1)(i)-(iii).
For further details with respect to these license amendment
applications, see the application for amendment which is available for
public inspection in ADAMS and at the NRC's PDR. For additional
direction on accessing information related to this document, see the
``Accessing Information and Submitting Comments'' section of this
document.
Entergy Operations, Inc., Docket No. 50-368, Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit
2, Pope County, Arkansas
Date of amendment request: January 21, 2014, as supplemented by
letter dated March 17, 2014. A publicly-available version is in ADAMS
under Accession Nos. ML14021A085 and ML14077A139.
Description of amendment request: The amendment would modify
Technical Specification (TS) 6.5.16, ``Containment Leakage Rate Testing
Program,'' to require a seal contact verification in lieu of a seal
pressure test with respect to the Emergency Escape Air Lock doors.
Basis for proposed no significant hazards consideration
determination: As required by 10 CFR 50.91(a), the licensee has
provided its analysis of the issue of no significant hazards
consideration, which is presented below:
1. Does the proposed change involve a significant increase in
the probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated?
Response: No.
The proposed change would permit Emergency Escape Air Lock door
seal leak rate testing to be performed by a seal contact check
following door opening, overall full pressure test of the Emergency
Escape Air Lock, or seal contact adjustments. The seal contact test
method will result in a continuation of the established practice
which has provided a high degree of confidence in door seal
performance. At Palisades [Nuclear Plant,] Emergency Escape Air Lock
door seals which have been inspected in accordance with the proposed
methodology have passed subsequent full pressure Emergency Escape
Air Lock leakage tests and have not interfered with successful
Containment Building Integrated Leak Rate Testing (ILRT).
Since the proposed methodology can be used to successfully
verify door seal condition and contact, the use of this methodology
for testing will not cause an increase in the probability of a
leaking Emergency Escape Air Lock door seal going undetected. The
combination of the door seal contact check and the overall full
pressure testing of the Emergency Escape Air Lock will provide high
confidence of the air lock performing its design function under
accident conditions.
Therefore, this change does not involve a significant increase
in the probability or consequences of an accident previously
evaluated.
2. Does the proposed change create the possibility of a new or
different kind of accident from any accident previously evaluated?
Response: No.
The proposed change is associated exclusively with testing of
features related to Containment Building integrity. The change
affects only the testing methodology of the Emergency Escape Air
Lock door seals. The
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proposed testing method does not result in any physical alterations
to the plant configuration, no new structure, system, or component
(SSC) is added, no SSC interfaces are modified, and no changes to
any design function of an SSC or the methods of SSC operation are
being made. As the proposed change would not change the design,
configuration, or operation of the plant, the change would not cause
the Containment Leakage Rate Testing Program to become an accident
initiator.
Therefore, this change does not create the possibility of a new
or different kind of accident from an accident previously evaluated.
3. Does the proposed change involve a significant reduction in a
margin of safety?
Response: No.
The proposed change is associated exclusively with testing of
features related to Containment Building integrity. The change
affects only the testing methodology of the Emergency Escape Air
Lock door seals. The change is unrelated to an initiator of any
accident previously evaluated. The proposed application of a door
seal contact check in lieu of a between-the-seals pressure test
along with continuation of the overall full pressure test of the
Emergency Escape Air Lock will continue to provide high confidence
that the Containment Building leakage rate criteria for the
Emergency Escape Air Lock will not exceed the maximum allowable
leakage rates defined in the TSs or assumed in the accident
analysis.
Therefore, this change does not involve a significant reduction
in a margin safety.
The NRC staff has reviewed the licensee's analysis and, based on
this review, it appears that the three standards of 10 CFR 50.92(c) are
satisfied. Therefore, the NRC staff proposes to determine that the
amendment request involves no significant hazards consideration.
Attorney for licensee: Joseph A. Aluise, Associate General Counsel-
Nuclear, Entergy Services, Inc., 639 Loyola Avenue, New Orleans,
Louisiana 70113.
NRC Branch Chief: Michael T. Markley.
Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., Docket No. 50-333, James A.
FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant (JAFNPP), Oswego County, New York
Date of amendment request: May 7, 2013. A publicly-available
version is in ADAMS under Accession No. ML13128A165.
Description of amendment request: The proposed amendment would
revise JAFNPP's Renewed Facility Operating License (RFOL) Condition 2.T
wording to be congruent with the proposed license condition wording
contained in NUREG-1905 SER Section 1.7 and to clarify that the
programs and activities described in the Updated Final Safety Analysis
Report (UFSAR) Supplement (and identified in Appendix A of NUREG-1905)
are to be completed no later than the period of extended operation
date. The change removes any potential inference that any of the
activities are being implemented after the period of extended
operation. The intent of this proposed amendment is to ensure that (1)
the changes made to these programs and activities are made in
accordance with the 10 CFR 50.59 process, and clarify that (2) only the
changes to the implementation date of those license renewal commitments
that have been codified by inclusion into the UFSAR are required to be
made in accordance with the 10 CFR 50.90 process.
Basis for proposed no significant hazards consideration
determination: As required by 10 CFR 50.91(a), the licensee has
provided its analysis of the issue of no significant hazards
consideration, which is presented below:
4.1.1 Does the proposed amendment involve a significant increase
in the probability or consequences of an accident previously
evaluated?
No, the proposed amendment does not involve a change to a
System, Structure, or Component (SSC) that initiates a plant
accident. The change clarifies JAFNPP RFOL Condition 2.T. The
license condition deals with the administrative controls over
information contained in the Updated Final Safety Analysis Report
(UFSAR) supplement. In addition, the change provides the actual
completion date in lieu of the schedule contained in the Commitment
Appendix of the SER, for license renewal commitments codified into
the UFSAR and removes the inference that any programs and activities
are being implemented during the period of extended operation. The
proposed changes are administrative and the license condition does
not initiate or mitigate any previously evaluated accidents.
Therefore, the proposed amendment does not involve a significant
increase in the probability or consequences of an accident
previously evaluated.
4.1.2 Does the proposed amendment create the possibility of a
new or different kind of accident from any accident previously
evaluated?
No, the proposed amendment does not involve any physical
alteration of plant equipment and does not change the method by
which any safety-related system performs its function. The license
condition deals with the administrative controls over information
contained in the UFSAR supplement. In addition, the change provides
the actual completion date in lieu of the schedule contained in the
Commitment Appendix of the SER, for license renewal commitments
codified into the UFSAR and removes the inference that any
activities are being implemented during the period of extended
operation. No new or different types of equipment will be installed
and the basic operation of installed equipment is unchanged.
Therefore, the proposed amendment does not create the
possibility of a new or different kind of accident from any accident
previously evaluated.
4.1.3: Does the proposed amendment involve a significant
reduction in a margin of safety?
No, the proposed amendment does not affect design codes or
design margins. The changes that clarifies JAFNPP RFOL Condition 2.T
are administrative in nature and do not have the ability to affect
any analyzed safety margins.
Therefore, operation of JAFNPP in accordance with the proposed
amendment change will not involve a significant reduction in the
margin of safety.
The NRC staff has reviewed the licensee's analysis and, based on
this review, it appears that the three standards of 10 CFR 50.92(c) are
satisfied. Therefore, the NRC staff proposes to determine that the
amendment request involves no significant hazards consideration.
Attorney for licensee: Jeanne Cho, Assistant General Counsel,
Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., 440 Hamilton Avenue, White Plains, NY
10601.
NRC Branch Chief: Benjamin G. Beasley.
Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., Docket No. 50-255, Palisades Nuclear
Plant, Van Buren County, Michigan
Date of amendment request: December 30, 2013. A publicly available
version is in ADAMS under Accession No. ML13364A328.
Description of amendment request: The proposed amendment would
change the Palisades Nuclear Plant (PNP) Cyber Security Plan (CSP)
Milestone 8 full implementation date as set forth in the Cyber Security
Plan Implementation Schedule approved by Amendment No. 243 issued on
July 28, 2011, to Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-20 for PNP
(ADAMS Accession No. ML111801243).
Basis for proposed no significant hazards consideration
determination: As required by 10 CFR 50.91(a), the licensee has
provided its analysis of the issue of no significant hazards
consideration, which is presented below:
1. Does the proposed change involve a significant increase in
the probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated?
Response: No.
The proposed change to the CSP Implementation Schedule is
administrative in nature. This change does not alter accident
analysis assumptions, add any initiators, or affect the function of
plant systems or the manner in which systems are operated,
maintained, modified, tested, or inspected.
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The proposed change does not require any plant modifications which
affect the performance capability of the structures, systems, and
components relied upon to mitigate the consequences of postulated
accidents, and has no impact on the probability or consequences of
an accident previously evaluated.
Therefore, the proposed change does not involve a significant
increase in the probability or consequences of an accident
previously evaluated.
2. Does the proposed change create the possibility of a new or
different kind of accident from any accident previously evaluated?
Response: No.
The proposed change to the CSP Implementation Schedule is
administrative in nature. This proposed change does not alter
accident analysis assumptions, add any initiators, or affect the
function of plant systems or the manner in which systems are
operated, maintained, modified, tested, or inspected. The proposed
change does not require any plant modifications which affect the
performance capability of the structures, systems and components,
relied upon to mitigate the consequences of postulated accidents and
does not create the possibility of a new or different kind of
accident from any accident previously evaluated.
Therefore, the proposed change does not create the possibility
of a new or different kind of accident from any accident previously
evaluated.
3. Does the proposed change involve a significant reduction in a
margin of safety?
Response: No.
Plant safety margins are established through limiting conditions
for operation, limiting safety system settings, and safety limits
specified in the technical specifications. The proposed change to
the CSP Implementation Schedule is administrative in nature. In
addition, the milestone date delay for full implementation of the
CSP has no substantive impact because other measures have been taken
which provide adequate protection during this period of time.
Because there is no change to established safety margins as a result
of this change, the proposed change does not involve a significant
reduction in a margin of safety.
Therefore, the proposed change does not involve a significant
reduction in a margin of safety.
The NRC staff has reviewed the licensee's analysis and, based on
this review, it appears that the three standards of 10 CFR 50.92(c) are
satisfied. Therefore, the NRC staff proposes to determine that the
amendment request involves no significant hazards consideration.
Attorney for licensee: William Dennis, Assistant General Counsel,
Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., 440 Hamilton Ave., White Plains, NY
10601.
NRC Branch Chief: Robert D. Carlson.
FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company, et al., Docket No. 50-440, Perry
Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 1, Lake County, Ohio
Date of amendment request: December 6, 2013, as supplemented by a
letter dated. February 27, 2014. A publicly-available version is in
ADAMS under Accession Nos. ML13343A013 and ML14059A221.
Description of amendment request: The proposed amendment would
revise the Updated Safety Analyses Report (USAR) to reflect updated
radiological calculations using an alternative accident source term
(AST) from the applicable design bases event and to revise the
technical specification (TS) definition of DOSE EQUIVALENT IODINE-131.
Basis for proposed no significant hazards consideration
determination: As required by 10 CFR 50.91(a), the licensee has
provided its analysis of the issue of no significant hazards
consideration which is presented below:
1. This proposed amendment does not involve a significant
increase in the probability or consequences of an accident
previously evaluated.
The proposed amendment involves implementation of the AST for
the control rod drop accident (CRDA) and the main steam line break
(MSLB) at PNPP. The proposed amendment also updates the methods and
assumptions used in the loss of coolant accident (LOCA) dose
calculation, which maintains conformance with Regulatory Guide (RG)
1.183, and revises the TS DOSE EQUIVALENT 1-131 definition. The
proposed amendment does not involve any physical design
modifications to plant structures, systems or components other than
the planned use of GNF2 fuel beginning with Cycle 16, and the
revised calculations do not impact any accident initiators. Because
design basis accident initiators are not being altered, the
probability of an accident previously evaluated is not affected.
With respect to consequences, the AST is an input to
calculations used to evaluate the consequences of an accident, and
that AST input does not by itself affect the plant response, or the
actual path of radiation postulated to be released. The design basis
radiological consequence analyses themselves, which include updates
to the core source term, input assumptions, and the methodology used
to calculate dose consequences, do not affect the plant response, or
the actual pathway of radiation that might be released during an
event. Likewise, the DOSE EQUIVALENT 1-131 definition revision does
not affect any plant response. For the evaluated events and the
definition revision, the analyses demonstrate acceptable doses
within regulatory limits. As detailed in the technical evaluation
for the amendment request, a comparison of the former dose
consequences against the newly calculated dose consequences for the
evaluated events showed that the doses at the EAB and the LPZ are
either negligibly changed or are lower than previously evaluated,
except for the CRDA Scenario 1 analysis, for which the calculated
doses increase, but by less than 2 percent of the margin to the
acceptance criteria. The acceptance criteria for the CRDA is
specified in RG-1.183 Table 6, and is only 25 percent of the
regulatory limit specified in 10 CFR 50.67. Control room doses for
the LOCA event decrease; for the other events, control room doses
were not previously required to be calculated. Therefore, it is
concluded that the consequences of previously evaluated accidents
are not significantly increased.
Based on the above conclusions, this proposed amendment does not
involve a significant increase in the probability or consequences of
an accident previously evaluated.
2. This proposed amendment does not create the possibility of a
new or different kind of accident from any accident previously
evaluated.
The proposed amendment does not involve a physical alteration of
the plant. No new or different type of equipment will be installed
and there are no physical modifications to existing installed
equipment associated with the proposed changes. Also, there are no
proposed changes to the methods governing plant/system operation, so
no new initiators or precursors of a new or different kind of
accident are created. New equipment or personnel failure modes that
might initiate a new type of accident are not created as a result of
the proposed amendment.
Thus, this amendment does not create the possibility of a new or
different kind of accident from any accident previously evaluated.
3. This proposed amendment does not involve a significant
reduction in a margin of safety.
Approval is requested for changes that primarily conform with
RG-1.183 for the CRDA, MSLB, and LOCA analyses, as well as the TS
DOSE EQUIVALENT 1-131 definition. The results of the accident
analyses, including the use of FGR 11 dose conversion factors, are
subject to acceptance criteria specified in 10 CFR 50.67 ``Accident
source term,'' and RG-1.183. The analyses have been performed using
conservative methodologies, as specified in RG-1.183. Safety margins
have been evaluated and analytical conservatism has been utilized to
ensure the analyses adequately bound postulated event scenarios. The
dose consequences remain within the acceptance criteria presented in
10 CFR 50.67 ``Accident source term,'' and RG-1.183. The only
calculated doses that were determined to increase did so by less
than 2 percent of the margin to the acceptance criteria specified in
RG-1.183 (the regulatory guide acceptance criteria are 25 percent of
the regulatory limits specified in 10 CFR 50.67).
Therefore the proposed license amendment does not involve a
significant reduction in a margin of safety.
The NRC staff has reviewed the licensee's analysis and, based on
this review, it appears that the three standards of 10 CFR 50.92(c) are
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satisfied. Therefore, the NRC staff proposes to determine that the
amendment request involves no significant hazards consideration.
Attorney for licensee: David W. Jenkins, Attorney, FirstEnergy
Corporation, Mail Stop. A-GO-15, 76 South Main Street, Akron, OH 44308.
NRC Branch Chief: Travis L. Tate.
PSEG Nuclear LLC, Docket No. 50-354, Hope Creek Generating Station,
Salem County, New Jersey
Date of amendment request: September 5, 2013. A publicly-available
version is in ADAMS under Accession No. ML13249A242.
Description of amendment request: The proposed amendment would
relocate the operability and surveillance requirements for flood
protection from the Hope Creek Generating Station (Hope Creek)
Technical Specifications (TS) to the Hope Creek Technical Requirements
Manual (TRM).
Basis for proposed no significant hazards consideration
determination: As required by 10 CFR 50.91(a), the licensee has
provided its analysis of the issue of no significant hazards
consideration, which is presented below with the NRC staff's edits in
square brackets:
1. Do the proposed changes involve a significant increase in the
probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated?
Response: No.
The proposed changes to the TS would relocate the operability
and surveillance requirements for the flood protection from the TS
to the TRM. Flood protection is not assumed to be an initiator of an
accident in the Hope Creek UFSAR [Updated Final Safety Analysis
Report]. The proposed changes do not alter the design of any system,
structure, or component (SSC). The proposed changes conform to NRC
regulatory [requirements] regarding the content of plant TS, as
identified in 10 CFR 50.36, [and the regulatory guidance identified
in] NUREG-1433, and [also conform with] the NRC's Final Policy
Statement published on July 22, 1993 (58 FR 39132).
Therefore, these proposed changes do not represent a significant
increase in the probability or consequences of an accident
previously evaluated.
2. Do the proposed changes create the possibility of a new or
different kind of accident from any accident previously evaluated?
Response: No.
The proposed changes to the TS would relocate the operability
and surveillance requirements for flood protection from the TS to
the TRM. The proposed changes do not involve a modification to the
physical configuration of the plant or a change in the methods
governing normal plant operation. The proposed changes will not
impose any new or different requirement or introduce a new accident
initiator, accident precursor, or malfunction mechanism.
Additionally, there is no change in the types or increases in
the amounts of any effluent that may be released off-site and there
is no increase in individual or cumulative occupational exposure.
Therefore, the proposed changes do not create the possibility of
a new or different kind of accident from any accident previously
evaluated.
3. Do the proposed changes involve a significant reduction in a
margin of safety?
Response: No.
The proposed changes to the TS would relocate the operability
and surveillance requirements for flood protection from the TS to
the TRM. This relocation will not affect protection criteria for
plant equipment and will not reduce the margin of safety.
Operability and surveillance requirements will be established in
a licensee-controlled document, the TRM, to ensure the capability
for external flood protection remains intact. Changes to these
requirements in the TRM will be subject to the provisions of 10 CFR
50.59, providing an appropriate level of regulatory control.
Therefore, the proposed changes do not involve a significant
reduction in a margin of safety.
The NRC staff has reviewed the licensee's analysis and, based on
this review, and with the changes noted above in square brackets, it
appears that the three standards of 10 CFR 50.92(c) are satisfied.
Therefore, the NRC staff proposes to determine that the amendment
request involves no significant hazards consideration.
Attorney for licensee: Jeffrie J. Keenan, PSEG Nuclear LLC--N21,
P.O. Box 236, Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038.
NRC Branch Chief: Meena K. Khanna.
South Carolina Electric and Gas Docket Nos.: 52-027 and 52-028, Virgil
C. Summer Nuclear Station (VCSNS) Units 2 and 3, Fairfield County,
South Carolina
Date of amendment request: February 27, 2014. A publicly-available
version is in ADAMS under Accession No. ML14065A022.
Description of amendment request: The proposed change would amend
Combined License Nos. NPF-93 and NPF-94 for the Virgil C. Summer
Nuclear Station (VCSNS) Units 2 and 3 by departing from the plant-
specific Design Control Document (DCD) Tier 1 (and corresponding
Combined License Appendix C information) and Tier 2 material by making
changes to the annex and radwaste building structures and layout by:
(1) Updating the annex building column line designations on
affected Tier 1 Figures and Tier 2 Figure 3.7.2-19; and
(2) Revising the radwaste building configuration including the
shielding design and radiation area monitoring.
Because, this proposed change requires a departure from Tier 1
information in the Westinghouse Advanced Passive 1000 DCD, the licensee
also requested an exemption from the requirements of the Generic DCD
Tier 1 in accordance with 52.63(b)(1).
Basis for proposed no significant hazards consideration
determination: As required by 10 CFR 50.91(a), the licensee has
provided its analysis of the issue of no significant hazards
consideration, which is presented below:
1. Does the proposed amendment involve a significant increase in
the probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated?
Response: No.
The proposed annex building changes updating column line
designations and the radwaste building change to add three bunkers
for storage of moderate and high activity waste, incorporate the
Waste Accumulation Room and the Packaged Waste Storage Room, revise
shield wall thicknesses, and eliminate a radiation monitor no longer
needed do not alter the assumed initiators to any analyzed event.
These proposed changes do not affect the operation of any systems or
equipment that could initiate an analyzed accident. The proposed
changes to the annex building column line designations update the
annex building column line designations in the UFSAR figures to make
them consistent with the UFSAR figure for the auxiliary building.
The radwaste building proposed changes do not affect any accident
initiators, because there is no accident initiator located within
that building. Based on the above, the probability of an accident
previously evaluated will not be increased by these proposed
changes.
The proposed annex and radwaste building configuration changes
do not affect any radiological dose consequence analysis for UFSAR
Chapter 15. No accident source term parameter or fission product
barrier is impacted by these changes. Structures, systems, and
components (SSCs) required for mitigation of analyzed accidents are
not affected by these changes, and the functions of these buildings
are not adversely affected by these changes. Consequently, this
activity will not increase the consequences of any analyzed
accident, including the main steam line limiting break.
Therefore, the proposed activity does not involve a significant
increase in the probability or consequences of an accident
previously evaluated.
2. Does the proposed amendment create the possibility of a new
or different kind of accident from any accident previously
evaluated?
Response: No.
The proposed annex building changes updating column line
designations and the radwaste building change to add three bunkers
for storage of moderate and high
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activity waste, incorporate the Waste Accumulation Room and the
Packaged Waste Storage Room, revise shield wall thicknesses, and
eliminate a radiation monitor no longer needed do not change the
design function of the either of these buildings or any of the
systems or equipment contained therein or in any other Nuclear
Island structures. These proposed changes do not adversely affect
any system design functions or methods of operation. These changes
do not introduce any new equipment or components or change the
operation of any existing systems or equipment in a manner that
would result in a new failure mode, malfunction, or sequence of
events that could affect safety-related or non-safety-related
equipment or result in a radioactive material release. This activity
does not allow for a new radioactive material release path or result
in a new radioactive material barrier failure mode.
Therefore, this activity does not create the possibility of a
new or different kind of accident from any accident previously
evaluated.
3. Does the proposed amendment involve a significant reduction
in a margin of safety?
Response: No.
The proposed changes do not affect any safety-related equipment,
design code compliance, design function, design analysis, safety
analysis input or result, or design/safety margin. The margin in the
design of the annex and radwaste buildings is determined by the use
of the current codes and standards and adherence to the assumptions
used in the analyses of this structure and the events associated
with this structure. The column line designations for the annex
building in UFSAR Tier 2 figures are updated to make them consistent
with the UFSAR figures for the auxiliary building. This change has
no adverse impact on plant construction or operation. The design of
the radwaste building, including the newly added bunkers for
moderate and high activity waste, merging of the Waste Accumulation
Room and the Packaged Waste Storage Room, will continue to be in
accordance with the same codes and standards as stated in the UFSAR.
The activity has no effect on off-site dose analysis for analyzed
accidents.
Therefore, the proposed change does not involve a significant
reduction in a margin of safety.
The NRC staff has reviewed the licensee's analysis and, based on
this review, it appears that the three standards of 10 CFR 50.92(c) are
satisfied. Therefore, the NRC staff proposes to determine that the
amendment request involves no significant hazards consideration.
Attorney for licensee: Kathryn M. Sutton, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
LLC, 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20004-2514.
NRC Branch Chief: Lawrence Burkhart.
III. Notice of Issuance of Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses
and Combined Licenses
During the period since publication of the last biweekly notice,
the Commission has issued the following amendments. The Commission has
determined for each of these amendments that the application complies
with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954,
as amended (the Act), and the Commission's rules and regulations. The
Commission has made appropriate findings as required by the Act and the
Commission's rules and regulations in 10 CFR Chapter I, which are set
forth in the license amendment.
A notice of consideration of issuance of amendment to facility
operating license or combined license, as applicable, proposed no
significant hazards consideration determination, and opportunity for a
hearing in connection with these actions, was published in the Federal
Register as indicated.
Unless otherwise indicated, the Commission has determined that
these amendments satisfy the criteria for categorical exclusion in
accordance with 10 CFR 51.22. Therefore, pursuant to 10 CFR 51.22(b),
no environmental impact statement or environmental assessment need be
prepared for these amendments. If the Commission has prepared an
environmental assessment under the special circumstances provision in
10 CFR 51.22(b) and has made a determination based on that assessment,
it is so indicated.
For further details with respect to the action see (1) the
applications for amendment, (2) the amendment, and (3) the Commission's
related letter, Safety Evaluation and/or Environmental Assessment as
indicated. All of these items can be accessed as described in the
``Accessing Information and Submitting Comments'' section of this
document.
Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, LLC, Docket Nos. 50-317, 50-318,
and 72-8, Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2, Calvert
County, Maryland
Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, LLC, Docket No. 50-220 and 50-410,
Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2, Oswego County, New York
R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant, LLC, Docket No. 50-244, R.E. Ginna
Nuclear Power Plant, Wayne County, New York
Date of amendment request: August 6, 2013, as supplemented by
letters and emails dated August 14, 2013, September 23, 2013, September
26, 2013, December 17, 2013, January 9, 2014, February 5, 2014,
February 10, 2014, February 14, 2014, and February 21, 2014.
Brief description of amendments: The amendments conform the
licenses to reflect the direct transfer of operating authority for
Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, (Calvert Cliffs) Units 1 and 2, the
Calvert Cliffs Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI),
Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station (Nine Mile Point), Units 1 and 2, and
R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant (Ginna) to Exelon Generation Company,
LLC, as approved by the Commission Order dated March 24, 2014.
Date of issuance: April 1, 2014.
Effective date: As of the date of issuance and shall be implemented
within 60 days of issuance.
Amendment Nos.: Calvert Cliffs--305 and 283, Calvert Cliffs ISFSI--
10, Nine Mile Point--214 and 144, and Ginna--115. (ADAMS Accession Nos.
ML14091A297, ML14091A323 and ML14091A366; documents related to these
amendments are listed in the Safety Evaluation referenced in this
notice).
Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-53, DPR-69, SNM-2505,
DPR-63. NPF-69, and DPR-18: The amendments revised the Licenses and
Technical Specifications.
Date of initial notice in Federal Register: December 26, 2013 (78
FR 78411).
The Commission's related evaluation of the amendments is contained
in a Safety Evaluation for Calvert Cliffs dated March 24, 2014, and for
Nine Mile Point and Ginna dated March 25, 2014.
No significant hazards consideration comments received: No.
Exelon Generation Company, LLC, Docket Nos. 50-352 and 50-353, Limerick
Generating Station, Units 1 and 2, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Date of application for amendments: April 9, 2013.
Brief description of amendments: The amendments delete certain
reporting requirements contained in the Technical Specifications (TSs).
Date of issuance: March 26, 2014.
Effective date: As of the date of issuance, to be implemented
within 60 days.
Amendments Nos.: 211 and 172. (ADAMS Accession No. ML13214A092;
documents related to these amendments are listed in the Safety
Evaluation referenced in this notice).
Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-39 and NPF-85: The amendments
revised the Facility Operating Licenses and the TSs.
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Date of initial notice in Federal Register: May 14, 2013 (78 FR
28252).
The Commission's related evaluation of the amendments is contained
in a Safety Evaluation dated March 26, 2014.
No significant hazards consideration comments received: No.
FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company, et al., Docket No. 50-346,
Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station, Unit 1, Ottawa County, Ohio
Date of application for amendment: January 18, 2013, as
supplemented by letters dated September 27, and December 13, 2013, and
January 10, 2014.
Brief description of amendment: This amendment revises Davis-Besse
Nuclear Power Station (DBNPS) Technical Specification (TS) 3.4.17,
``Steam Generator (SG) Tube Integrity''; TS 3.7.18, ``Steam Generator
Level''; TS 5.5.8, ``Steam Generator (SG) Program''; and TS 5.6.6,
``Steam Generator Tube Inspection Report.'' The revision to these TSs
is to support plant operations following the replacement of the
original SGs which is scheduled to be completed in April 2014. The
changes to TS 3.4.17, TS 5.5.8, and TS 5.6.6 impose requirements that
reflect the analysis and tube materials of the replacement SGs. These
changes are consistent with Technical Specifications Task Force (TSTF)
traveler TSTF-510, Revision 2, ``Revision to Steam Generator Program
Inspection Frequencies and Tube Sample Selection,'' which was approved
by the NRC on October 27, 2011. The revisions to TS 5.5.8 also include
minor editorial changes and eliminates the requirements for special
visual inspections of the internal auxiliary feedwater header, since
this component will not be part of the replacement SGs.
The changes to TS 3.7.18 impose inventory limits on the secondary-
side that reflect the design characteristics and dimensions of the
replacement SGs. The revised limits will ensure that plant operations
with the replacement SGs is bounded by the values used in the existing
main steam line break analysis presented in the DBNPS Updated Safety
Analysis Report.
Date of issuance: March 31, 2014.
Effective date: As of the date of issuance and shall be implemented
within 30 days.
Amendment No.: 287. (ADAMS Accession No. ML14023A766; documents
related to this amendment are listed in the Safety Evaluation
referenced in this notice).
Facility Operating License No. NPF-3: Amendment revised the
Technical Specifications and License.
Date of initial notice in Federal Register: March 19, 2013 (78 FR
16883). The September 27, and December 13, 2013, and January 10, 2014,
supplements contained clarifying information within the scope of the
proposed action noticed and did not change the staff's initial proposed
finding of no significant hazards consideration.
The Commission's related evaluation of the amendment is contained
in a Safety Evaluation dated March 31, 2014.
No significant hazards consideration comments received: No.
Florida Power and Light Company, Docket No. 50-335, St. Lucie Plant
Unit 1, St. Lucie County, Florida
Date of application for amendment: May 10, 2013, as supplemented by
letter dated September 30, 2013.
Brief description of amendment: The amendment revises the Technical
Specifications (TSs) to allow the use of AREVA M5[supreg] material as
an approved fuel rod cladding.
Date of issuance: March 31, 2014.
Effective date: As of the date of issuance and shall be implemented
within 60 days of issuance.
Amendment No.: 218. (ADAMS Accession No. ML14064A129; documents
related to this amendment are listed in the Safety Evaluation
referenced in this notice).
Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-67: Amendment revises
the license and the TSs.
Date of initial notice in Federal Register: August 6, 2013 (78 FR
47790). The September 30, 2013, supplemental letter provided additional
information that clarified the application, did not expand the scope of
the proposed amendment as originally noticed, and did not change the
initial proposed no significant hazards consideration determination as
published in the Federal Register.
The Commission's related evaluation of the amendment is contained
in a Safety Evaluation dated March 31, 2014.
No significant hazards consideration comments received: No.
Northern States Power Company--Minnesota (NSPM), Docket No. 50-263,
Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant (MNGP), Wright County, Minnesota
Date of application for amendment: January 21, 2010, as
supplemented by letters dated March 4, 2010, September 28, 2010,
November 11, 2011, June 27, 2012, September 28, 2012, November 30,
2012, December 21, 2012, March 21, 2013, May 13, 2013, June 26, 2013,
July 8, 2013, July 31, 2013, August 14, 2013, October 4, 2013, December
20, 2013, and February 24, 2014.
Brief description of amendment: The amendment revises the MNGP
technical specifications to allow plant operation from the currently
licensed Maximum Extended Load Line Limit Analysis (MELLLA) operating
domain to operation in the expanded MELLLA Plus (MELLLA+) operating
domain under the current extended power uprate conditions of 2004
megawatts thermal rated core thermal power.
Date of issuance: March 28, 2014.
Effective date: As of the date of issuance and shall be implemented
within 120 days of issuance.
Amendment No: 180. (ADAMS Accession No. ML14070A042; documents
related to this amendment are listed in the Safety Evaluation
referenced in this notice).
Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-22: The amendment
revised the Renewed Facility Operating License and Technical
Specifications.
Date of initial notice in Federal Register: September 21, 2010 (75
FR 57527). The supplemental letters dated March 4, 2010, September 28,
2010, November 11, 2010, June 27, 2012, September 28, 2012, November
30, 2012, December 21, 2012, March 21, 2013, May 13, 2013, June 26,
2013, July 8, 2013, July 31, 2013, August 14, 2013, October 4, 2013,
December 20, 2013, and February 24, 2014, provided additional
information that clarified the application, did not expand the scope of
the application as originally noticed, and did not change the staff's
initial proposed no significant hazards consideration determination as
published in the Federal Register.
The Commission's related evaluation of the amendment is contained
in a Safety Evaluation dated March 28, 2014.
No significant hazards consideration comments received: No.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 4th day of April 2014.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Michele G. Evans,
Director, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation.
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