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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
hereby given that the Director, Office of
Nuclear Reactor Regulation, has issued
a director’s decision (ADAMS Accession
No. ML15183A164) on a petition filed
by the petitioner on June 18, 2012
(ADAMS Accession No. ML12171A409).
The petition was supplemented on
November 16, 2012, January 16, 2013,
and February 6, 2013 (ADAMS
Accession Nos. ML12325A748,
ML13029A643, and ML13109A075,
respectively).
The petitioner requested that the NRC
order SCE to submit a license
amendment application for the design
and installation of the SONGS, Units 2
and 3, replacement steam generators.
As the basis of the request, the
petitioner asserted that the licensee
violated section 50.59 of Title 10 of the
Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR),
‘‘Changes, Tests, and Experiments,’’
when the steam generators for SONGS,
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Units 2 and 3, were replaced in 2010
and 2011, without a license amendment
request.
On January 16, 2013, the petitioner
met with the NRC’s Petition Review
Board (PRB). The meeting provided the
petitioner and the licensee an
opportunity to provide additional
information and to clarify issues cited in
the petition. During the PRB meeting,
the petitioner further requested that the
NRC suspend SCE’s licenses until they
are amended. The transcript for that
meeting was treated as a supplement to
the petition and is available in ADAMS
under Accession No. ML13029A643.
The NRC sent a copy of the proposed
director’s decision to the petitioner and
the licensee for comment on February
27, 2015 (ADAMS Accession Nos.
ML15020A121 and ML15020A165,
respectively). The petitioner and the
licensee were asked to provide
comments within 30 days on any part of
the proposed director’s decision that
was considered to be erroneous or any
issues in the petition that were not
addressed. Comments were received
from the petitioner and are addressed in
an attachment to the final director’s
decision. The licensee had no comments
on the proposed director’s decision;
however, the licensee did provide a
response to the petitioner’s comments.
The NRC staff reviewed the response
from the licensee and determined that,
because the licensee’s comments are
direct rebuttals to the petitioner’s
comments and raised no concerns with
the director’s decision, no changes to
the director’s decision are required as a
result of these comments.
The Director of the Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation has determined that
the requests for the NRC to order the
licensee to submit a license amendment
application for the design and
installation of the SONGS, Units 2 and
3, replacement steam generators and to
suspend SCE’s licenses until they are
amended be denied. The reasons for this
decision are explained in the director’s
decision (DD–15–07) pursuant to 10
CFR 2.206, ‘‘Requests for action under
this subpart,’’ of the Commission’s
regulations.
The NRC will file a copy of the
director’s decision with the Secretary of
the Commission for the Commission’s
review in accordance with 10 CFR
2.206. As provided by this regulation,
the director’s decision will constitute
the final action of the Commission 25
days after the date of the decision unless
the Commission, on its own motion,
institutes a review of the director’s
decision in that time.
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Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 28 day
of July 2015.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
William M. Dean,
Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
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NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC;
Seabrook Station, Unit 1
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Supplemental environmental
impact statement; issuance.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is issuing a final
plant-specific supplement, Supplement
46, to NUREG–1437, ‘‘Generic
Environmental Impact Statement for
License Renewal of Nuclear Plants’’
(GEIS), regarding the renewal of NextEra
Energy Seabrook, LLC (NextEra)
operating license NPF–86 for an
additional 20 years of operation for
Seabrook Station, Unit 1 (Seabrook).
DATES: The final Supplement 46 to the
GEIS is available as of August 7, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID
NRC–2010–0206 when contacting the
NRC about the availability of
information regarding this document.
You may obtain publicly-available
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• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to
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for Docket ID NRC–2010–0206. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol
Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463;
email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For
technical questions, contact the
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INFORMATION CONTACT section of this
document.
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Supplement 46 to the GEIS is in
ADAMS under Accession No.
SUMMARY:
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ML15209A270 (Volume 2).
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lois
James, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
0001; telephone: 301–415–3306; email:
Lois.James@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 30th day
of July 2015.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
James G. Danna,
Chief, Projects Branch 2, Division of License
Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
I. Background
Special Nuclear Material Doorway
Monitors
In accordance with § 51.118 of Title
10 of the Code of Federal Regulations,
the NRC is making available final
Supplement 46 to the GEIS regarding
the renewal of NextEra operating license
NPF–86 for an additional 20 years of
operation for Seabrook. Draft
Supplement 46 to the GEIS was noticed
by the NRC in the Federal Register on
August 5, 2011 (76 FR 47612), and
noticed by the Environmental Protection
Agency on August 12, 2011 (76 FR
50214). The public comment period on
draft Supplement 46 to the GEIS ended
on October 26, 2011. In April 2013, a
supplement to draft Supplement 46 was
published. The supplement to draft
Supplement 46 was noticed by the
Environmental Protection Agency on
May 3, 2013 (78 FR 26027). The end of
the comment period for the supplement
to draft Supplement 46 was on June 30,
2013. The comments received on the
draft Supplement 46 published in 2011
and supplement to the draft Supplement
in 2013 are addressed in final
Supplement 46 to the GEIS. Final
Supplement 46 to the GEIS is available
as indicated in the ADDRESSES section of
this document.
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II. Discussion
As discussed in Section 9.4 of the
final Supplement 46 to the GEIS, the
NRC determined that the adverse
environmental impacts of license
renewal for Seabrook are not so great
that preserving the option of license
renewal for energy-planning
decisionmakers would be unreasonable.
This recommendation is based on: (1)
the analysis and findings in the GEIS;
(2) information provided in the
environmental report and other
documents submitted by NextEra; (3)
consultation with Federal, State, local,
and Tribal agencies; (4) the NRC staff’s
independent environmental review; and
(5) consideration of public comments
received during the scoping process and
on the draft Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement.
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ACTION: Regulatory guide; issuance.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is issuing a revised
regulatory guide, (RG) 5.27, Revision 1,
‘‘Special Nuclear Material Doorway
Monitors.’’ This guidance addresses
NRC requirements that individuals must
be searched as they leave a material
access area (MAA) for facilities that
contain special nuclear material (SNM)
of a type and quantity that require an
MAA.
SUMMARY:
Please refer to Docket ID
NRC–2014–0062 when contacting the
NRC about the availability of
information regarding this document.
You may access information related to
this document, which the NRC
possesses and is publicly available,
using the following methods:
• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2014–0062. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol
Gallagher; telephone: 301–287–3422;
email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov.
• NRC’s Agencywide Documents
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ADAMS Public Documents collection at
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‘‘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
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that document is available in ADAMS)
is provided the first time that a
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Regulatory Guide 5.27 is available in
ADAMS under Accession No.
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ML14290A268. The regulatory analysis
may be found in ADAMS under
Accession No. ML12237A124.
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Regulatory guides are not
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Al
Tardiff, Office of Nuclear Security and
Incident Response, telephone: 301–415–
7015, email: Al.Tardiff@nrc.gov or,
Richard Jervey, Office of Nuclear
Regulatory Research, telephone:
telephone: 301–251–7404, email:
Richard.Jervey@nrc.gov; U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555–0001.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
The NRC is issuing a new guide in the
NRC’s ‘‘Regulatory Guide’’ series. This
series was developed to describe and
make available to the public information
such as methods that are acceptable to
the NRC staff for implementing specific
parts of the agency’s regulations,
techniques that the staff uses in
evaluating specific problems or
postulated accidents, and data that the
staff needs in its review of applications
for permits and licenses.
Regulatory Guide 5.27, Revision 1 was
issued for comment as Draft Regulatory
Guide (DG) 5038. The NRC developed
this regulatory guide to describe a
method that the NRC staff considers
acceptable to implement the search
requirement for concealed SNM applied
to personnel exiting a material access
area MAA. For holders of a reactor
license under part 50 of title 10 of the
Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR)
(Ref. 1), ‘‘Domestic Licensing of
Production and Utilization Facilities,’’ a
combined license under 10 CFR part 52,
‘‘Licenses, Certifications, and Approvals
for Nuclear Power Plants,’’ or a fuel
cycle facility license under 10 CFR part
76, ‘‘Certification of Gaseous Diffusion
Plants,’’ having the need to possess or
use SNM within their facility, the NRC
typically has included in their license a
condition granting a general license to
use SNM under 10 CFR part 70,
‘‘Domestic Licensing of Special Nuclear
Material.’’ The RG applies to facilities
that contain SNM of a type and quantity
to require an MAA. An MAA is any
location which contains special nuclear
material, within a vault or a building,
the roof, walls, and floor of which each
constitute a physical barrier.
This RG is being revised because it
was out-of-date with current, related
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 50-443; NRC-2010-0206]
NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC; Seabrook Station, Unit 1
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Supplemental environmental impact statement; issuance.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing a
final plant-specific supplement, Supplement 46, to NUREG-1437,
``Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear
Plants'' (GEIS), regarding the renewal of NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC
(NextEra) operating license NPF-86 for an additional 20 years of
operation for Seabrook Station, Unit 1 (Seabrook).
DATES: The final Supplement 46 to the GEIS is available as of August 7,
2015.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2010-0206 when contacting the
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You
may obtain publicly-available information related to this document
using any of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2010-0206. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact
the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of
this document.
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain 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. The
final Supplement 46 to the GEIS is in ADAMS under Accession No.
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ML15209A575 (Volume 1) and ML15209A270 (Volume 2).
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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lois James, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001; telephone: 301-415-3306; email: Lois.James@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
In accordance with Sec. 51.118 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations, the NRC is making available final Supplement 46 to the
GEIS regarding the renewal of NextEra operating license NPF-86 for an
additional 20 years of operation for Seabrook. Draft Supplement 46 to
the GEIS was noticed by the NRC in the Federal Register on August 5,
2011 (76 FR 47612), and noticed by the Environmental Protection Agency
on August 12, 2011 (76 FR 50214). The public comment period on draft
Supplement 46 to the GEIS ended on October 26, 2011. In April 2013, a
supplement to draft Supplement 46 was published. The supplement to
draft Supplement 46 was noticed by the Environmental Protection Agency
on May 3, 2013 (78 FR 26027). The end of the comment period for the
supplement to draft Supplement 46 was on June 30, 2013. The comments
received on the draft Supplement 46 published in 2011 and supplement to
the draft Supplement in 2013 are addressed in final Supplement 46 to
the GEIS. Final Supplement 46 to the GEIS is available as indicated in
the ADDRESSES section of this document.
II. Discussion
As discussed in Section 9.4 of the final Supplement 46 to the GEIS,
the NRC determined that the adverse environmental impacts of license
renewal for Seabrook are not so great that preserving the option of
license renewal for energy-planning decisionmakers would be
unreasonable. This recommendation is based on: (1) the analysis and
findings in the GEIS; (2) information provided in the environmental
report and other documents submitted by NextEra; (3) consultation with
Federal, State, local, and Tribal agencies; (4) the NRC staff's
independent environmental review; and (5) consideration of public
comments received during the scoping process and on the draft
Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 30th day of July 2015.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
James G. Danna,
Chief, Projects Branch 2, Division of License Renewal, Office of
Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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