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facilities not proposed to be used
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basic maintenance
• Deconstruction and site restoration
[Docket Nos. 50–369 and 50–370; NRC–
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2016, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., New
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Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC; McGuire
Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2;
Alternative to the Physical Inventory
Requirements for Movable In-Core
Detectors
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Exemption; issuance.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is issuing an
exemption for Renewed Facility
Operating License Nos. NPF–9 and
NPF–17, issued to Duke Energy
Carolinas, LLC (the licensee) that would
allow an alternative to the physical
inventory requirements for movable incore detectors for the McGuire Nuclear
Station, Units 1 and 2 (McGuire),
located in Mecklenburg County, North
Carolina.
SUMMARY:
July 5, 2016.
Please refer to Docket ID
NRC–2016–0049 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–2016–0049. 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.
The exemption is being withheld from
public disclosure pursuant section 2.390
of title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR), because it
contains official use only securityrelated information. A non-sensitive
summary of the exemption is included
in this notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: G.
Edward Miller, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415–
2481, email: Ed.Miller@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DATES:
ADDRESSES:
I. Background
Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC is the
holder of Renewed Facility Operating
License Nos. NPF–9 and NPF–17, which
authorize operation of McGuire. The
license provides, among other things,
that the facility is subject to all rules,
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regulations, and orders of the NRC now
or hereafter in effect. The facility
consists of two pressurized-water
reactors located in Mecklenburg County,
North Carolina.
II. Request/Action
The regulation in 10 CFR 74.19,
‘‘Recordkeeping,’’ identifies
recordkeeping requirements applicable
to special nuclear material (SNM), and
10 CFR 74.19(c) requires, in part, that,
‘‘each licensee who is authorized to
possess special nuclear material, at any
one time and site location, in a quantity
greater than 350 grams of contained
uranium-235, uranium-233, or
plutonium, or any combination thereof,
shall conduct a physical inventory of all
special nuclear material in its
possession under license at intervals not
to exceed 12 months.’’
The licensee requested an exemption
from certain recordkeeping
requirements in 10 CFR 74.19(c). The
exemption would allow the licensee to
seek relief from the physical inventory
requirements only for movable incore
nuclear detectors that have been
removed from service and stored in a
location that is not readily accessible
and is subject to security modifications.
The purpose of this request for
exemption is to allow an alternative to
the physical inventory-taking practices
for these non-fuel SNM incore detectors.
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III. Discussion
Pursuant to 10 CFR 74.7, ‘‘Specific
exemptions,’’ the Commission may,
upon application of any interested
person or upon its own initiative, grant
exemptions from the requirements of 10
CFR part 74 when the exemptions are
authorized by law and will not endanger
life or property or the common defense
and security, and are otherwise in the
public interest.
The Exemption Is Authorized by Law
This exemption allows the licensee to
have an alternative to the physical
inventory requirements of 10 CFR
74.19(c) only for movable incore nuclear
detectors that have been removed from
service. The NRC staff has determined
that granting the licensee’s proposed
exemption pursuant to 10 CFR 74.7 will
not result in a violation of the Atomic
Energy Act of 1954, as amended, or the
Commission’s regulations. Therefore,
the exemption is authorized by law.
theft, diversion, or loss. Based on the
information provided, no new accident
precursors are created by the
description of actions the licensee has
provided concerning the physical
inventory for the incore nuclear
detectors. Thus, the probability of
postulated accidents is not increased.
Also, the consequences of postulated
accidents are not increased. Therefore,
there is no undue risk to public health
and safety.
The Exemption Is Consistent With the
Common Defense and Security
The proposed exemption would allow
the licensee to address the physical
inventory of the non-fuel SNM. The
licensee indicated that the overall
alternative approach will continue to
meet the intent of the physical
inventory requirements of 10 CFR
74.19(c). Therefore, the common
defense and security are not impacted
by this exemption.
IV. Conclusion
Accordingly, the Commission has
determined that pursuant to 10 CFR
74.7, the exemption is authorized by
law, will not present an undue risk to
the public health and safety, and is
consistent with the common defense
and security. Therefore, the Commission
hereby grants Duke Energy Carolinas,
LLC an exemption from the physical
inventory requirements of 10 CFR
74.19(c) for McGuire.
Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.32, ‘‘Finding of
no significant impact,’’ the Commission
has determined that the granting of this
exemption will not have a significant
effect on the quality of the human
environment as published in the
Federal Register on March 8, 2016 (81
FR 12132).
The exemption is effective upon
issuance.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 23rd day
of June, 2016.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Anne T. Boland,
Director, Division of Operating Reactor
Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
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The Exemption Presents No Undue Risk
to Public Health and Safety
The underlying purpose of 10 CFR
74.19(c) is to ensure SNM is properly
accounted for, appropriately secured,
and that authorities are informed of any
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[NRC–2016–0127]
Biweekly Notice; Applications and
Amendments to Facility Operating
Licenses and Combined Licenses
Involving No Significant Hazards
Considerations
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 June 7, 2016,
to June 20, 2016. The last biweekly
notice was published on June 21, 2016.
DATES: Comments must be filed by
August 4, 2016. A request for a hearing
must be filed by September 6, 2016.
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–2016–0127. 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.
• Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey,
Office of Administration, Mail Stop:
OWFN–12–H08, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555–0001.
For additional direction on obtaining
information and submitting comments,
see ‘‘Obtaining Information and
Submitting Comments’’ in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lynn Ronewicz, Office of Nuclear
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[Docket Nos. 50-369 and 50-370; NRC-2016-0049]
Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC; McGuire Nuclear Station, Units 1 and
2; Alternative to the Physical Inventory Requirements for Movable In-
Core Detectors
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Exemption; issuance.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing an
exemption for Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-9 and NPF-17,
issued to Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC (the licensee) that would allow an
alternative to the physical inventory requirements for movable in-core
detectors for the McGuire Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2 (McGuire),
located in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.
DATES: July 5, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2016-0049 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-2016-0049. 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.
The exemption is being withheld from public disclosure pursuant
section 2.390 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR),
because it contains official use only security-related information. A
non-sensitive summary of the exemption is included in this notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: G. Edward Miller, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-2481, email: Ed.Miller@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC is the holder of Renewed Facility
Operating License Nos. NPF-9 and NPF-17, which authorize operation of
McGuire. The license provides, among other things, that the facility is
subject to all rules,
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regulations, and orders of the NRC now or hereafter in effect. The
facility consists of two pressurized-water reactors located in
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.
II. Request/Action
The regulation in 10 CFR 74.19, ``Recordkeeping,'' identifies
recordkeeping requirements applicable to special nuclear material
(SNM), and 10 CFR 74.19(c) requires, in part, that, ``each licensee who
is authorized to possess special nuclear material, at any one time and
site location, in a quantity greater than 350 grams of contained
uranium-235, uranium-233, or plutonium, or any combination thereof,
shall conduct a physical inventory of all special nuclear material in
its possession under license at intervals not to exceed 12 months.''
The licensee requested an exemption from certain recordkeeping
requirements in 10 CFR 74.19(c). The exemption would allow the licensee
to seek relief from the physical inventory requirements only for
movable incore nuclear detectors that have been removed from service
and stored in a location that is not readily accessible and is subject
to security modifications. The purpose of this request for exemption is
to allow an alternative to the physical inventory-taking practices for
these non-fuel SNM incore detectors.
III. Discussion
Pursuant to 10 CFR 74.7, ``Specific exemptions,'' the Commission
may, upon application of any interested person or upon its own
initiative, grant exemptions from the requirements of 10 CFR part 74
when the exemptions are authorized by law and will not endanger life or
property or the common defense and security, and are otherwise in the
public interest.
The Exemption Is Authorized by Law
This exemption allows the licensee to have an alternative to the
physical inventory requirements of 10 CFR 74.19(c) only for movable
incore nuclear detectors that have been removed from service. The NRC
staff has determined that granting the licensee's proposed exemption
pursuant to 10 CFR 74.7 will not result in a violation of the Atomic
Energy Act of 1954, as amended, or the Commission's regulations.
Therefore, the exemption is authorized by law.
The Exemption Presents No Undue Risk to Public Health and Safety
The underlying purpose of 10 CFR 74.19(c) is to ensure SNM is
properly accounted for, appropriately secured, and that authorities are
informed of any theft, diversion, or loss. Based on the information
provided, no new accident precursors are created by the description of
actions the licensee has provided concerning the physical inventory for
the incore nuclear detectors. Thus, the probability of postulated
accidents is not increased. Also, the consequences of postulated
accidents are not increased. Therefore, there is no undue risk to
public health and safety.
The Exemption Is Consistent With the Common Defense and Security
The proposed exemption would allow the licensee to address the
physical inventory of the non-fuel SNM. The licensee indicated that the
overall alternative approach will continue to meet the intent of the
physical inventory requirements of 10 CFR 74.19(c). Therefore, the
common defense and security are not impacted by this exemption.
IV. Conclusion
Accordingly, the Commission has determined that pursuant to 10 CFR
74.7, the exemption is authorized by law, will not present an undue
risk to the public health and safety, and is consistent with the common
defense and security. Therefore, the Commission hereby grants Duke
Energy Carolinas, LLC an exemption from the physical inventory
requirements of 10 CFR 74.19(c) for McGuire.
Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.32, ``Finding of no significant impact,'' the
Commission has determined that the granting of this exemption will not
have a significant effect on the quality of the human environment as
published in the Federal Register on March 8, 2016 (81 FR 12132).
The exemption is effective upon issuance.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 23rd day of June, 2016.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Anne T. Boland,
Director, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation.
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