In the Matter of All Operating Reactor Licensees, 4077-4078 [2018-01514]

Download as PDF sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 19 / Monday, January 29, 2018 / Notices 1. The title of the information collection: ‘‘10 CFR part 100, Reactor Site Criteria.’’ 2. OMB approval number: 3150–0093. 3. Type of submission: Extension. 4. The form number if applicable: Not applicable. 5. How often the collection is required or requested: As necessary in order for the NRC to assess the adequacy of proposed seismic design bases and the design bases for other site hazards for nuclear power and test reactors constructed and licensed in accordance with parts 50 and 52 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations and the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended. 6. Who will be required or asked to respond: Applicants who apply for an early site permit (ESP), combined license (COL) or a construction permit (CP) or operating license (OL) on or after January 10, 1997. 7. The estimated number of annual responses: 1.3. 8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 1.3. 9. An estimate of the total number of hours needed annually to comply with the information collection requirement or request: 94,900 hours (73,000 hours per application × 1.3 applications). 10. Abstract: Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 100, ‘‘Reactor Site Criteria,’’ establish approval requirements for proposed sites for the purpose of constructing and operating stationary power and testing reactors. Subpart B, ‘‘Evaluation Factors for Stationary Power Reactor Site Applications on or After January 10, 1997,’’ requirements apply to applicants who apply for an early site permit (ESP), combined license (COL) or a construction permit (CP) or operating license (OL) on or after January 10, 1997. This clearance is necessary since the NRC is expecting approximately two COL, one CP, and one OL application over the next 3 years. The applicants must provide information regarding the physical characteristics of the site in addition to the potential for natural phenomena and man-made hazards. This includes information on meteorological hazards (such as hurricanes, tornadoes, snowfall, and extreme temperatures), hydrologic hazards (such as floods, tsunami, and seiches) geologic hazards (such as faulting, seismic hazards, and the maximum credible earthquake) and factors such as population density, the proximity of man-related hazards, and site hydrological and atmospheric dispersion characteristics. The NRC staff reviews the submitted information and, if necessary, generates a request for additional information. The staff meets VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:19 Jan 26, 2018 Jkt 244001 with the applicant and conducts a site visit to resolve any open issues. When the open issues have been resolved, the staff writes the final safety evaluation report, which is published and used as a basis for the remainder of the NRC licensing process. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 17th day of January 2018. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. David Cullison, NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer. [FR Doc. 2018–01543 Filed 1–26–18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [NRC–2016–0061] In the Matter of All Operating Reactor Licensees Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Revised director’s decision under 10 CFR 2.206; issuance. AGENCY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued a revised director’s decision in response to a petition dated February 19, 2016, filed by Roy Mathew, Sheila Ray, Swagata Som, Gurcharan Singh Matharu, Tania Martinez Navedo, Thomas Koshy, and Kenneth Miller (Petitioners), requesting that the NRC take enforcement-related action with regard to all operating nuclear power plants. The petitioner’s requests and the director’s decision are included in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document. DATES: The revised director’s decision was issued on January 18, 2018. ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2016–0061 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 website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC–2016–0061. 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 publiclyavailable documents online in the ADAMS Public Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00055 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 4077 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 ADAMS accession number for each document referenced (if it is available in ADAMS) is provided the first time that it is mentioned in this document. • 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: Tanya Mensah, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415– 3610, email: Tanya.Mensah@nrc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that the Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, has issued a revised director’s decision (ADAMS Accession No. ML18005A053) under section 2.206 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), on a petition filed by the Petitioners on February 19, 2016 (ADAMS Accession No. ML16050A223). The Petitioners requested that the NRC take enforcement action against all operating nuclear power plants. Specifically, the Petitioners requested that the NRC either: (1) Issue orders to require immediate corrective actions including compensatory measures to address the operability of electric power systems in accordance with their plant technical specifications, and to implement plant modifications in accordance with current NRC regulatory requirements and staff guidance provided in the references within the 2.206 petition; or (2) issue orders to immediately shut down the nuclear power plants that are operating without addressing the significant design deficiency identified in NRC Bulletin 2012–01, ‘‘Design Vulnerability in Electric Power System,’’ dated July 27, 2012, (ADAMS Accession No. ML12074A115) since the licensees are not in compliance with their technical specifications (typically Section 3.8.1) related to onsite and offsite power systems. On February 24, 2016, the NRC’s petition manager acknowledged receipt of the petition and offered the Petitioners an opportunity to address the Petition Review Board (PRB). The Petitioners declined an opportunity to address the PRB on the basis that the petition already contained all of the E:\FR\FM\29JAN1.SGM 29JAN1 sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES 4078 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 19 / Monday, January 29, 2018 / Notices relevant facts to support the PRB’s review. The NRC sent a copy of the proposed director’s decision to the Petitioners and to the licensees for comment by letters dated September 18, 2017 (ADAMS Accession Nos. ML17156A197 and ML17156A214, respectively). The Petitioners and the licensees were provided the opportunity to provide comments 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. The Petitioners provided comments by letter dated October 11, 2017 (ADAMS Accession No. ML17291A040), and the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) provided comments, on behalf of licensees, by letter dated October 16, 2017 (ADAMS Accession No. ML17291A846). No new information was provided. To enhance the clarity of the director’s decision, the NRC staff revised the description of the NRC’s accident sequence precursor (ASP) program provided in Section D of the director’s decision, to differentiate between condition and event assessments. The comments from the Petitioners and NEI, along with the NRC staff’s responses to the comments, are included as an attachment to the director’s decision. The attachment identifies any updates to the director’s decision, as a result of comments received from the Petitioners and NEI. On December 12, 2017, the NRC issued a final director’s decision (ADAMS Accession No. ML17304A893). Subsequently, the NRC was informed of a minor error in the final director’s decision. Specifically, Section D of the final director’s decision refers to a December 2015 open phase condition event at Oconee and states, ‘‘Two separate transformers required for safe shutdown of the three operating Oconee nuclear units were identified with open phase conditions.’’ This statement is in error because only one Oconee transformer experienced an open phase condition. Although this error does not change the decision in the director’s decision, the NRC revised it, as appropriate, for accuracy. The Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, has determined that the request(s) to issue orders to operating reactor licensees regarding an open phase condition be denied. The reasons for this decision are explained in the Director’s Decision DD–17–04, pursuant to 10 CFR 2.206. 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 VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:19 Jan 26, 2018 Jkt 244001 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. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 23rd day of January, 2018. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Tanya M. Mensah, Senior Project Manager, ROP Oversight and Generic Communications Branch, Division of Inspection and Regional Support, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. [FR Doc. 2018–01514 Filed 1–26–18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket Nos. 52–025 and 52–026; NRC– 2008–0252] Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc., Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Units 3 and 4; Containment Air Filtration Exhaust Rooms West Walls Removal Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Exemption and combined license amendment; issuance. AGENCY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is granting an exemption to allow a departure from the certification information of Tier 1 of the generic design control document (DCD) and is issuing License Amendment Nos. 98 and 97 to Combined Licenses (COL), NPF–91 and NPF–92, respectively. The COLs were issued to Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc., and Georgia Power Company, Oglethorpe Power Corporation, MEAG Power SPVM, LLC, MEAG Power SPVJ, LLC, MEAG Power SPVP, LLC, Authority of Georgia, and the City of Dalton, Georgia (the licensee); for construction and operation of the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant (VEGP) Units 3 and 4, located in Burke County, Georgia. The granting of the exemption allows the changes to Tier 1 information asked for in the amendment. Because the acceptability of the exemption was determined in part by the acceptability of the amendment, the exemption and amendment are being issued concurrently. SUMMARY: The exemption and amendment were issued on November 14, 2017. ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2008–0252 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You may obtain publicly-available DATES: PO 00000 Frm 00056 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 information related to this document using any of the following methods: • Federal Rulemaking website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC–2008–0252. 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 publiclyavailable 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 ADAMS accession number for each document referenced (if it is available in ADAMS) is provided the first time that it is mentioned in this document. The request for the amendment and exemption was submitted by letter dated May 24, 2017 (ADAMS Accession No. ML17144A413), as supplemented by letter dated August 31, 2017 (ADAMS Accession No. ML17243A445). • 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: Chandu Patel, Office of New Reactors, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415–3025; email: Chandu.Patel@ nrc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Introduction The NRC is granting an exemption from paragraph B of section III, ‘‘Scope and Contents,’’ of appendix D, ‘‘Design Certification Rule for the AP1000,’’ to part 52 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), and issuing License Amendment Nos. 98 and 97 to COLs, NPF–91 and NPF–92, respectively, to the licensee. The exemption is required by paragraph A.4 of section VIII, ‘‘Processes for Changes and Departures,’’ appendix D, to 10 CFR part 52 to allow the licensee to depart from Tier 1 information. With the requested amendment, the licensee sought proposed changes to the Updated Final Safety Analysis Report in the form of departures from the incorporated E:\FR\FM\29JAN1.SGM 29JAN1

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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 19 (Monday, January 29, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4077-4078]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-01514]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2016-0061]


In the Matter of All Operating Reactor Licensees

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Revised director's decision under 10 CFR 2.206; issuance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued a 
revised director's decision in response to a petition dated February 
19, 2016, filed by Roy Mathew, Sheila Ray, Swagata Som, Gurcharan Singh 
Matharu, Tania Martinez Navedo, Thomas Koshy, and Kenneth Miller 
(Petitioners), requesting that the NRC take enforcement-related action 
with regard to all operating nuclear power plants. The petitioner's 
requests and the director's decision are included in the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION section of this document.

DATES: The revised director's decision was issued on January 18, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2016-0061 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 website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2016-0061. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; email: [email protected]. 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 [email protected]. The 
ADAMS accession number for each document referenced (if it is available 
in ADAMS) is provided the first time that it is mentioned in this 
document.
     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: Tanya Mensah, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-3610, email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that the Director, 
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, has issued a revised director's 
decision (ADAMS Accession No. ML18005A053) under section 2.206 of title 
10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), on a petition filed by 
the Petitioners on February 19, 2016 (ADAMS Accession No. ML16050A223).
    The Petitioners requested that the NRC take enforcement action 
against all operating nuclear power plants. Specifically, the 
Petitioners requested that the NRC either: (1) Issue orders to require 
immediate corrective actions including compensatory measures to address 
the operability of electric power systems in accordance with their 
plant technical specifications, and to implement plant modifications in 
accordance with current NRC regulatory requirements and staff guidance 
provided in the references within the 2.206 petition; or (2) issue 
orders to immediately shut down the nuclear power plants that are 
operating without addressing the significant design deficiency 
identified in NRC Bulletin 2012-01, ``Design Vulnerability in Electric 
Power System,'' dated July 27, 2012, (ADAMS Accession No. ML12074A115) 
since the licensees are not in compliance with their technical 
specifications (typically Section 3.8.1) related to onsite and offsite 
power systems.
    On February 24, 2016, the NRC's petition manager acknowledged 
receipt of the petition and offered the Petitioners an opportunity to 
address the Petition Review Board (PRB). The Petitioners declined an 
opportunity to address the PRB on the basis that the petition already 
contained all of the

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relevant facts to support the PRB's review.
    The NRC sent a copy of the proposed director's decision to the 
Petitioners and to the licensees for comment by letters dated September 
18, 2017 (ADAMS Accession Nos. ML17156A197 and ML17156A214, 
respectively). The Petitioners and the licensees were provided the 
opportunity to provide comments 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. The Petitioners provided comments by 
letter dated October 11, 2017 (ADAMS Accession No. ML17291A040), and 
the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) provided comments, on behalf of 
licensees, by letter dated October 16, 2017 (ADAMS Accession No. 
ML17291A846). No new information was provided. To enhance the clarity 
of the director's decision, the NRC staff revised the description of 
the NRC's accident sequence precursor (ASP) program provided in Section 
D of the director's decision, to differentiate between condition and 
event assessments. The comments from the Petitioners and NEI, along 
with the NRC staff's responses to the comments, are included as an 
attachment to the director's decision. The attachment identifies any 
updates to the director's decision, as a result of comments received 
from the Petitioners and NEI.
    On December 12, 2017, the NRC issued a final director's decision 
(ADAMS Accession No. ML17304A893). Subsequently, the NRC was informed 
of a minor error in the final director's decision. Specifically, 
Section D of the final director's decision refers to a December 2015 
open phase condition event at Oconee and states, ``Two separate 
transformers required for safe shutdown of the three operating Oconee 
nuclear units were identified with open phase conditions.'' This 
statement is in error because only one Oconee transformer experienced 
an open phase condition. Although this error does not change the 
decision in the director's decision, the NRC revised it, as 
appropriate, for accuracy.
    The Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, has determined 
that the request(s) to issue orders to operating reactor licensees 
regarding an open phase condition be denied. The reasons for this 
decision are explained in the Director's Decision DD-17-04, pursuant to 
10 CFR 2.206.
    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.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 23rd day of January, 2018.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Tanya M. Mensah,
Senior Project Manager, ROP Oversight and Generic Communications 
Branch, Division of Inspection and Regional Support, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2018-01514 Filed 1-26-18; 8:45 am]
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