NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC; Seabrook Station, Unit No. 1, 9563-9564 [2019-04821]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 51 / Friday, March 15, 2019 / Notices added, amended, or removed in this update. The Office welcomes comments on the public draft. In the meantime, the update will remain in draft form pending the Office’s review of any comments that are received.8 Dated: March 11, 2019. Regan A. Smith, General Counsel and Associate Register of Copyrights. [FR Doc. 2019–04798 Filed 3–14–19; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 1410–30–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket No. 50–443; NRC–2010–0206] NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC; Seabrook Station, Unit No. 1 Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: License renewal and record of decision; issuance. AGENCY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF–86 to NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC (NextEra), Hudson Light & Power Department, Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company, and Taunton Municipal Lighting Plant. Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF–86 authorizes NextEra to operate Seabrook Station, Unit No. 1 (Seabrook) at reactor core power levels not in excess of 3,648 megawatts thermal, and in accordance with the provisions of the Seabrook renewed operating license and technical specifications. In addition, the NRC has prepared a record of decision (ROD) that supports the agency’s decision to issue Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF–86 authorizing operations at Seabrook for an additional 20 years. DATES: The NRC issued Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF–86 on March 12, 2019. 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 amozie on DSK9F9SC42PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: 8 Documents and copyright claims recorded or registered on or after the date that the final version goes into effect will be governed by that version of the Compendium. Registrations and recordations issued by the Office before that date generally will be governed by the December 29, 2014 or September 29, 2017 versions of the Compendium (as the case may be), except where those versions have been superseded by an amendment to the regulations, intervening case law, or previously announced changes in practices. VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:53 Mar 14, 2019 Jkt 247001 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–2010–0206. Address questions about NRC dockets in Regulations.gov to Krupskaya Castellon; telephone: 301–287–9221; email: Krupskaya.Castellon@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 Document collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ adams.html. To begin the search, select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS, 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, MD 20852. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William ‘‘Butch’’ Burton, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415–6332; email: William.Burton@ nrc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Introduction The NRC hereby gives notice that it has issued Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF–86 to NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC (NextEra), Hudson Light & Power Department, Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company, and Taunton Municipal Lighting Plant. Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF–86 authorizes NextEra to operate Seabrook Station, Unit No. 1 (Seabrook) at reactor core power levels not in excess of 3,648 megawatts thermal, and in accordance with the provisions of the Seabrook renewed operating license and technical specifications. The NRC ROD that supports the NRC’s decision to issue Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF–86 is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML19002A160. The NRC documented its environmental review for the license renewal in the ROD and the final supplemental environmental PO 00000 Frm 00088 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 9563 impact statement (FSEIS) for the Seabrook license renewal, NUREG– 1437, Supplement 46, ‘‘Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants Regarding Seabrook Station, Final Report,’’ dated July 2015 (ADAMS Accession Nos. ML15209A575 and ML15209A870). As part of its environmental review, the NRC considered a range of reasonable alternatives to license renewal that included a natural gas-fired combinedcycle (NGCC) alternative, a new nuclear alternative, a combination alternative of NGCC and wind, and the no-action alternative. As discussed in Chapter 9, ‘‘Conclusion,’’ of the FSEIS, the NRC has 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 decision makers would be unreasonable. This recommendation is based on: (1) The analysis and findings in the generic environmental impact statement (NUREG–1437), (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. Seabrook is a pressurized-water reactor located approximately 15 miles (24 km) south of Portsmouth, NH. The Seabrook license renewal application, dated May 25, 2010 (ADAMS Package Accession No. ML101590094), as supplemented by letters dated through August 29, 2018, complies with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the NRC’s regulations in Chapter I of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR). As required by the Act and the NRC’s regulations, the NRC has made appropriate findings, which it has set forth in the renewed license. On July 21, 2010, the NRC published in the Federal Register a public notice of the proposed issuance of the renewed license for Seabrook. This public notice also included an opportunity to request a hearing (75 FR 42462). No adjudicatory matters are pending before the Commission or the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board regarding the Seabrook license renewal application. For further details with respect to the issuance of the Seabrook renewed operating license, see: (1) NextEra’s license renewal application for Seabrook dated May 25, 2010 (ADAMS E:\FR\FM\15MRN1.SGM 15MRN1 9564 Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 51 / Friday, March 15, 2019 / Notices Package Accession No. ML101590094), as supplemented by letters through August 29, 2018 (see Appendix B of the NRC’s safety evaluation report for the listing of the correspondence between the NRC and NextEra), (2) the NRC’s safety evaluation report published on January 2, 2019 (ADAMS Accession No. ML18362A370), (3) the NRC’s final supplemental environmental impact statement (NUREG–1437, Supplement 46) for Seabrook license renewal published in July 2015 (ADAMS Accession Nos. ML15209A575 and ML15209A870), and (4) the NRC’s record of decision (ADAMS Accession No. ML19002A160). II. Conclusion The NRC has determined that NextEra’s license renewal application for Seabrook dated May 25, 2010, as supplemented by letters through August 29, 2018, complies with the standards and requirements of the Act, and the NRC’s regulations in 10 CFR. As required by the Act and the NRC’s regulations, the NRC has made appropriate findings, which are set forth in the renewed license and the ROD. Accordingly, the NRC has issued Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF–86, authorizing operation of Seabrook through March 15, 2050. Dated at Rockville, MD, on March 12, 2019. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Joseph E. Donoghue, Acting Director, Division of Materials and License Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. [FR Doc. 2019–04821 Filed 3–14–19; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket No. 50–443; NRC–2019–0075] NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC; Seabrook Station, Unit No. 1 Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: License amendment; issuance. AGENCY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued an amendment to Facility Operating License No. NPF–86, issued to NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC, for operation of the Seabrook Station, Unit No. 1. The amendment revised the Facility Operating License and Updated Final Safety Analysis Report to adopt a methodology for the analysis of seismic Category I structures with concrete affected by alkali-silica reaction. amozie on DSK9F9SC42PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:53 Mar 14, 2019 Jkt 247001 The amendment was issued on March 11, 2019. ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2019–0075 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–2019–0075. Address questions about NRC Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Krupskaya Castellon; telephone: 301–287–9221; email: Krupskaya.Castellon@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 ‘‘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 in this document (if that document is available in ADAMS) is provided the first time that a document is referenced. • 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: Justin C. Poole, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 0001; telephone: 301–415–2048, email: Justin.Poole@nrc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC has issued Amendment No. 159 to NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC, which revised the Facility Operating License and Updated Final Safety Analysis Report for operation of the Seabrook Station, Unit No. 1, located in Rockingham County, New Hampshire. A publicly-available version is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML18204A291. Documents related to this amendment are listed in the safety evaluation enclosed with the amendment. The amendment was effective as of the date of its issuance. The application for the amendment 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 DATES: PO 00000 Frm 00089 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 9990 findings as required by the Act and the Commission’s rules and regulations in chapter I of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), which are set forth in the license amendment. A Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment and Proposed No Significant Hazards Consideration Determination and Opportunity for Hearing in connection with this action was published in the Federal Register on February 7, 2017 (82 FR 9604). A request for a hearing was filed on April 10, 2017, by C–10 Research and Education Foundation, Inc. Under its regulations, the Commission may issue and make an amendment immediately effective, notwithstanding the pendency before it of a request for a hearing from any person, in advance of the holding and completion of any required hearing, where it has determined that no significant hazards consideration is involved. The Commission has applied the standards of 10 CFR 50.92 and has made a final determination that the amendment involves no significant hazards consideration. The basis for this determination is contained in the safety evaluation related to this action. Accordingly, as described above, the amendment has been issued and made immediately effective and any hearing will be held after issuance. The Commission has determined that this amendment satisfies 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 this amendment. For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendment dated August 1, 2016 (ADAMS Package Accession No. ML16216A250), as supplemented by letters dated September 30, 2016; October 3, 2017; October 17, 2017; December 11, 2017; and June 7, 2018 (ADAMS Accession Nos. ML16279A047 (Package), ML17277A337, ML17291B136, ML17345A641, and ML18158A540, respectively). Dated at Rockville, Maryland, on March 12, 2019. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Justin C. Poole, Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch I, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. [FR Doc. 2019–04832 Filed 3–14–19; 8:45 a.m.] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P E:\FR\FM\15MRN1.SGM 15MRN1

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-443; NRC-2010-0206]


NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC; Seabrook Station, Unit No. 1

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: License renewal and record of decision; issuance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued 
Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF-86 to NextEra Energy 
Seabrook, LLC (NextEra), Hudson Light & Power Department, Massachusetts 
Municipal Wholesale Electric Company, and Taunton Municipal Lighting 
Plant. Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF-86 authorizes NextEra 
to operate Seabrook Station, Unit No. 1 (Seabrook) at reactor core 
power levels not in excess of 3,648 megawatts thermal, and in 
accordance with the provisions of the Seabrook renewed operating 
license and technical specifications. In addition, the NRC has prepared 
a record of decision (ROD) that supports the agency's decision to issue 
Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF-86 authorizing operations at 
Seabrook for an additional 20 years.

DATES: The NRC issued Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF-86 on 
March 12, 2019.

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 Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2010-0206. Address 
questions about NRC dockets in Regulations.gov to Krupskaya Castellon; 
telephone: 301-287-9221; email: Krupskaya.Castellon@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 Document collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ``Begin Web-based ADAMS 
Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, 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, MD 20852.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William ``Butch'' Burton, Office of 
Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-6332; email: 
William.Burton@nrc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction

    The NRC hereby gives notice that it has issued Renewed Facility 
Operating License No. NPF-86 to NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC (NextEra), 
Hudson Light & Power Department, Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale 
Electric Company, and Taunton Municipal Lighting Plant. Renewed 
Facility Operating License No. NPF-86 authorizes NextEra to operate 
Seabrook Station, Unit No. 1 (Seabrook) at reactor core power levels 
not in excess of 3,648 megawatts thermal, and in accordance with the 
provisions of the Seabrook renewed operating license and technical 
specifications.
    The NRC ROD that supports the NRC's decision to issue Renewed 
Facility Operating License No. NPF-86 is available in ADAMS under 
Accession No. ML19002A160. The NRC documented its environmental review 
for the license renewal in the ROD and the final supplemental 
environmental impact statement (FSEIS) for the Seabrook license 
renewal, NUREG-1437, Supplement 46, ``Generic Environmental Impact 
Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants Regarding Seabrook 
Station, Final Report,'' dated July 2015 (ADAMS Accession Nos. 
ML15209A575 and ML15209A870). As part of its environmental review, the 
NRC considered a range of reasonable alternatives to license renewal 
that included a natural gas-fired combined-cycle (NGCC) alternative, a 
new nuclear alternative, a combination alternative of NGCC and wind, 
and the no-action alternative. As discussed in Chapter 9, 
``Conclusion,'' of the FSEIS, the NRC has 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 
decision makers would be unreasonable. This recommendation is based on: 
(1) The analysis and findings in the generic environmental impact 
statement (NUREG-1437), (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.
    Seabrook is a pressurized-water reactor located approximately 15 
miles (24 km) south of Portsmouth, NH. The Seabrook license renewal 
application, dated May 25, 2010 (ADAMS Package Accession No. 
ML101590094), as supplemented by letters dated through August 29, 2018, 
complies with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act 
of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the NRC's regulations in Chapter I 
of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR). As required by 
the Act and the NRC's regulations, the NRC has made appropriate 
findings, which it has set forth in the renewed license. On July 21, 
2010, the NRC published in the Federal Register a public notice of the 
proposed issuance of the renewed license for Seabrook. This public 
notice also included an opportunity to request a hearing (75 FR 42462). 
No adjudicatory matters are pending before the Commission or the Atomic 
Safety and Licensing Board regarding the Seabrook license renewal 
application.
    For further details with respect to the issuance of the Seabrook 
renewed operating license, see: (1) NextEra's license renewal 
application for Seabrook dated May 25, 2010 (ADAMS

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Package Accession No. ML101590094), as supplemented by letters through 
August 29, 2018 (see Appendix B of the NRC's safety evaluation report 
for the listing of the correspondence between the NRC and NextEra), (2) 
the NRC's safety evaluation report published on January 2, 2019 (ADAMS 
Accession No. ML18362A370), (3) the NRC's final supplemental 
environmental impact statement (NUREG-1437, Supplement 46) for Seabrook 
license renewal published in July 2015 (ADAMS Accession Nos. 
ML15209A575 and ML15209A870), and (4) the NRC's record of decision 
(ADAMS Accession No. ML19002A160).

II. Conclusion

    The NRC has determined that NextEra's license renewal application 
for Seabrook dated May 25, 2010, as supplemented by letters through 
August 29, 2018, complies with the standards and requirements of the 
Act, and the NRC's regulations in 10 CFR. As required by the Act and 
the NRC's regulations, the NRC has made appropriate findings, which are 
set forth in the renewed license and the ROD. Accordingly, the NRC has 
issued Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF-86, authorizing 
operation of Seabrook through March 15, 2050.

    Dated at Rockville, MD, on March 12, 2019.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Joseph E. Donoghue,
Acting Director, Division of Materials and License Renewal, Office of 
Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2019-04821 Filed 3-14-19; 8:45 am]
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