Biweekly Notice; Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations, 40094-40105 [2019-17160]
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[NRC–2019–0162]
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Biweekly Notice; Applications and
Amendments to Facility Operating
Licenses and Combined Licenses
Involving No Significant Hazards
Considerations
I. Obtaining Information and
Submitting Comments
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to 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 July 16,
2019, to July 29, 2019. The last biweekly
notice was published on July 30, 2019.
DATES: Comments must be filed by
September 12, 2019. A request for a
hearing must be filed by October 15,
2019.
You may submit comments
by any of the following methods:
ADDRESSES:
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Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2019–
0162, facility name, unit number(s),
plant docket number, application date,
and subject when contacting the NRC
about the availability of information for
this action. You may obtain publiclyavailable information related to this
action by any of the following methods:
• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2019–0162.
• 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 (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.
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B. Submitting Comments
Please include Docket ID NRC–2019–
0162, facility name, unit number(s),
plant docket number, application date,
and subject in your comment
submission.
The NRC cautions you not to include
identifying or contact information that
you do not want to be publicly
disclosed in your 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 into ADAMS.
II. Background
A. Obtaining Information
AGENCY:
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• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2019–0162. Address
questions about NRC dockets IDs in
Regulations.gov to Jennifer Borges;
telephone: 301–287–9127; email:
Jennifer.Borges@nrc.gov. For technical
questions, contact the individual listed
in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section of this document.
• Mail comments to: Office of
Administration, Mail Stop: TWFN–7–
A60M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
0001, ATTN: Program Management,
Announcements and Editing Staff.
For additional direction on obtaining
information and submitting comments,
see ‘‘Obtaining Information and
Submitting Comments’’ in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
this document.
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.
III. 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
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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 if 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.
If the Commission takes 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. If the Commission makes a
final no significant 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 persons
(petitioner) whose interest may be
affected by this action may file a request
for a hearing and petition for leave to
intervene (petition) with respect to the
action. Petitions shall be filed in
accordance with the Commission’s
‘‘Agency Rules of Practice and
Procedure’’ in 10 CFR part 2. Interested
persons should consult a current copy
of 10 CFR 2.309. The NRC’s regulations
are accessible electronically from the
NRC Library on the NRC’s website at
https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doccollections/cfr/. Alternatively, a copy of
the regulations is available at the NRC’s
Public Document Room, located at One
White Flint North, Room O1–F21, 11555
Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville,
Maryland 20852. If a petition is filed,
the Commission or a presiding officer
will rule on the petition and, if
appropriate, a notice of a hearing will be
issued.
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As required by 10 CFR 2.309(d) the
petition should specifically explain the
reasons why intervention should be
permitted with particular reference to
the following general requirements for
standing: (1) The name, address, and
telephone number of the petitioner; (2)
the nature of the petitioner’s right under
the Act to be made a party to the
proceeding; (3) the nature and extent of
the 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 petitioner’s interest.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.309(f),
the petition must also set forth the
specific contentions which the
petitioner seeks to have litigated in 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 petitioner
must 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 petitioner intends to
rely in proving the contention at the
hearing. The petitioner must also
provide references to the specific
sources and documents on which the
petitioner intends to rely to support its
position on the issue. The petition must
include sufficient information to show
that a genuine dispute exists with the
applicant or licensee on a material issue
of law or fact. Contentions must be
limited to matters within the scope of
the proceeding. The contention must be
one which, if proven, would entitle the
petitioner to relief. A petitioner who
fails to satisfy the requirements at 10
CFR 2.309(f) 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. Parties have the opportunity
to participate fully in the conduct of the
hearing with respect to resolution of
that party’s admitted contentions,
including the opportunity to present
evidence, consistent with the NRC’s
regulations, policies, and procedures.
Petitions must be filed no later than
60 days from the date of publication of
this notice. Petitions and motions for
leave to file new or amended
contentions that are filed after the
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) through (iii). The petition
must be filed in accordance with the
filing instructions in the ‘‘Electronic
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Submissions (E-Filing)’’ section of this
document.
If a hearing is requested, and the
Commission has not made a final
determination on the issue of no
significant hazards consideration, the
Commission will make a final
determination on the issue of no
significant hazards consideration. The
final determination will serve to
establish 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 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 the amendment
unless the Commission finds an
imminent danger to the health or safety
of the public, in which case it will issue
an appropriate order or rule under 10
CFR part 2.
A State, local governmental body,
Federally-recognized Indian Tribe, or
agency thereof, may submit a petition to
the Commission to participate as a party
under 10 CFR 2.309(h)(1). The petition
should state the nature and extent of the
petitioner’s interest in the proceeding.
The petition should be submitted to the
Commission no later than 60 days from
the date of publication of this notice.
The petition must be filed in accordance
with the filing instructions in the
‘‘Electronic Submissions (E-Filing)’’
section of this document, and should
meet the requirements for petitions set
forth in this section, except that under
10 CFR 2.309(h)(2) a State, local
governmental body, or Federallyrecognized Indian Tribe, or agency
thereof does not need to address the
standing requirements in 10 CFR
2.309(d) if the facility is located within
its boundaries. Alternatively, a State,
local governmental body, Federallyrecognized Indian Tribe, or agency
thereof may participate as a non-party
under 10 CFR 2.315(c).
If a hearing is granted, any person
who is not a party to the proceeding and
is not affiliated with or represented by
a party may, at the discretion of the
presiding officer, be permitted to make
a limited appearance pursuant to the
provisions of 10 CFR 2.315(a). A person
making a limited appearance may make
an oral or written statement of his or her
position on the issues but may not
otherwise participate in the proceeding.
A limited appearance may be made at
any session of the hearing or at any
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prehearing conference, subject to the
limits and conditions as may be
imposed by the presiding officer. Details
regarding the opportunity to make a
limited appearance will be provided by
the presiding officer if such sessions are
scheduled.
B. Electronic Submissions (E-Filing)
All documents filed in NRC
adjudicatory proceedings, including a
request for hearing and petition for
leave to intervene (petition), 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 that
request to participate under 10 CFR
2.315(c), must be filed in accordance
with the NRC’s E-Filing rule (72 FR
49139; August 28, 2007, as amended at
77 FR 46562; August 3, 2012). The EFiling process requires participants to
submit and serve all adjudicatory
documents over the internet, or in some
cases to mail copies on electronic
storage media. Detailed guidance on
making electronic submissions may be
found in the Guidance for Electronic
Submissions to the NRC and on the NRC
website at https://www.nrc.gov/sitehelp/e-submittals.html. 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 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 (1) request a digital
identification (ID) certificate, which
allows the participant (or its counsel or
representative) to digitally sign
submissions and access the E-Filing
system for any proceeding in which it
is participating; and (2) advise the
Secretary that the participant will be
submitting a petition or other
adjudicatory document (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 website at https://
www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals/
getting-started.html. Once a participant
has obtained a digital ID certificate and
a docket has been created, the
participant can then submit
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adjudicatory documents. Submissions
must be in Portable Document Format
(PDF). Additional guidance on PDF
submissions is available on the NRC’s
public website at https://www.nrc.gov/
site-help/electronic-sub-ref-mat.html. A
filing is considered complete at the time
the document is 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 EFiling 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 document on those
participants separately. Therefore,
applicants and other participants (or
their counsel or representative) must
apply for and receive a digital ID
certificate before adjudicatory
documents are filed so that they can
obtain access to the documents via the
E-Filing system.
A person filing electronically using
the NRC’s adjudicatory E-Filing system
may seek assistance by contacting the
NRC’s Electronic Filing Help Desk
through the ‘‘Contact Us’’ link located
on the NRC’s public website at https://
www.nrc.gov/site-help/esubmittals.html, by email to
MSHD.Resource@nrc.gov, or by a tollfree call at 1–866–672–7640. The NRC
Electronic Filing Help Desk is available
between 9 a.m. and 6 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 stating why there is good cause for
not filing electronically and 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, 11555 Rockville Pike,
Rockville, Maryland 20852, Attention:
Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff.
Participants filing adjudicatory
documents in this manner are
responsible for serving the document on
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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://
adams.nrc.gov/ehd, unless excluded
pursuant to an order of the Commission
or the presiding officer. If you do not
have an NRC-issued digital ID certificate
as described above, click ‘‘Cancel’’
when the link requests certificates and
you will be automatically directed to the
NRC’s electronic hearing dockets where
you will be able to access any publiclyavailable documents in a particular
hearing docket. Participants are
requested not to include personal
privacy information, such as social
security numbers, home addresses, or
personal phone numbers in their filings,
unless an NRC regulation or other law
requires submission of such
information. For example, in some
instances, individuals provide home
addresses in order to demonstrate
proximity to a facility or site. 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.
For further details with respect to
these license amendment application(s),
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 ‘‘Obtaining Information and
Submitting Comments’’ section of this
document.
Exelon Generation Company, LLC and
PSEG Nuclear LLC, Docket Nos. 50–277
and 50–278, Peach Bottom Atomic
Power Station (Peach Bottom), Units 2
and 3, York and Lancaster Counties,
Pennsylvania
Date of amendment request: June 7,
2019. A publicly-available version is in
ADAMS under Accession No.
ML19158A312.
Description of amendment request:
The amendments would revise the
Peach Bottom Technical Specifications
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(TS) Limiting Condition for Operation
(LCO) 3.8.4, ‘‘DC Sources—Operating,’’
to add an additional LCO for the
opposite unit’s inoperable battery
charger condition. The proposed
changes are required to address
simultaneous conflicting LCO Required
Action Completion Times of 72 hours
for one unit and 12 hours for the other
unit for a single inoperable battery
charger on one unit.
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 NRC staff edits shown in
square brackets:
1. Does the proposed change involve a
significant increase in the probability or
consequences of an accident previously
evaluated?
Response: No.
The proposed changes clarify Required
Actions and Completion Times for both Units
when a battery charger is inoperable on one
Unit. The DC [direct current] electrical power
system, including associated battery chargers,
is not an initiator of any accident sequence
analyzed in the Updated Final Safety
Analysis Report (UFSAR). Operation in
accordance with the proposed TS ensures
that the DC electrical power system is
capable of performing its function as
described in the UFSAR. Therefore, the
mitigative functions supported by the DC
electrical power system will continue to
provide the protection assumed by the
analysis, and the probability of previously
analyzed accidents will not increase by
implementing these changes. The proposed
changes permit both Units to implement
TSTF–500 [Technical Specifications Task
Force], ‘‘DC Electrical Rewrite-Update to
TSTF–360,’’ as fully intended.
The integrity of fission product barriers,
plant configuration, and operating
procedures as described in the UFSAR will
not be affected by the proposed changes.
Therefore, the consequences of previously
analyzed accidents will not increase by
implementing these changes.
The proposed changes do 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; therefore, there is no impact to the
probability or consequences of an accident
previously evaluated.
Therefore, the proposed changes do 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 changes involve
restructuring the TS for the DC electrical
power system. The DC electrical power
system, including associated battery chargers,
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is not an initiator to any accident sequence
analyzed in the UFSAR. The DC electrical
power system provides power to equipment
used to mitigate an accident.
The proposed changes do 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; therefore, it does not create the
possibility of a new or different accident
previously evaluated.
Therefore, the proposed changes do 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.
The margin of safety is established through
equipment design, operating parameters, and
the setpoints at which automatic actions are
initiated. The proposed changes will not
adversely affect operation of plant
equipment. The proposed changes will not
result in a change to the setpoints at which
protective actions are initiated. Sufficient DC
power and capacity to support operation of
mitigation equipment is ensured. The DC
electrical power subsystems will continue to
provide adequate power to safety related
equipment in accordance with safety analysis
assumptions.
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, 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: Tamra Domeyer,
Associate General Counsel, Exelon
Generation Company, LLC, 4300
Winfield Rd., Warrenville, IL 60555.
NRC Branch Chief: James G. Danna.
Indiana Michigan Power Company,
Docket Nos. 50–315 and 50–316, Donald
C. Cook Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2,
Berrien County, Michigan
Date of amendment request: June 27,
2019. A publicly-available version is in
ADAMS under Accession No.
ML19184A070.
Description of amendment request:
The proposed amendments would
modify technical specification (TS)
requirements in TS 3.8.1, ‘‘AC
Sources—Operating.’’ The proposed
amendments would remove the TS
requirements related to the diesel
generator (DG) load test resistor banks
because the load test resistor banks are
no longer operational or needed for DG
testing.
Basis for proposed no significant
hazards consideration determination:
As required by 10 CFR 50.91(a), the
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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 of
occurrence or consequences of an accident
previously evaluated?
Response: No.
The proposed TS change involves deletion
of an SR [surveillance requirement]. The SR
to be deleted verifies the availability of the
DGs in a configuration that will no longer be
possible. Neither the DGs nor the associated
SR are accident initiators. The safety function
of the DGs is to mitigate the consequences of
an accident. The availability or unavailability
of the DGs does not affect the likelihood that
the accident they are designed to mitigate
will occur. The presence or absence of the SR
does no cause or prevent an accident from
occurring. Therefore the probability of a
previously evaluated accident will not be
significantly increased.
The DGs are designed to mitigate the
consequences of a previously evaluated
accident. The function of the SR to be deleted
is solely to assure the availability of the DG
when connected to its load test resistor bank.
That configuration will no longer occur. The
test conditions that will occur are addressed
by another SR that is not affected by the
proposed change. The unaffected SR will
continue to provide assurance that the
availability of the DG to mitigate the
previously evaluated accident is not
compromised when the DG is connected to
the bus used for testing. Other systems,
structures, and components required for the
mitigation of an accident are unaffected by
the proposed change.
Therefore, the proposed amendment 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.
No new accident scenarios, failure
mechanisms, or single failures will be
introduced as a result of the proposed change
to delete an SR. The proposed SR deletion
will have no adverse effects on any safetyrelated systems or components and will not
challenge the performance or integrity of any
safety-related system. There will be no
changes to the methods by which any safetyrelated plant system performs its safety
function. The DG testing using grid and plant
component loads does not involve operation
of any structure, system, or component
outside its established design boundaries.
The proposed deletion of an SR will not
involve a change in plant operational
parameter.
Therefore, the proposed amendment 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.
The margin of safety applicable to the
proposed change is the amount by which the
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DGs exceed the minimum capability required
for them to adequately mitigate the
consequences of an accident. The capability
of the DGs to adequately mitigate the
consequences of an accident will be
unaffected by the proposed SR deletion.
Assurance of that capability will continue to
be verified by SR 3.8.1.21, and the other DG
related SRs.
Therefore, the proposed 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
satisfied. Therefore, the NRC staff
proposes to determine that the
amendment requests involve no
significant hazards consideration.
Attorney for licensee: Robert B.
Haemer, Senior Nuclear Counsel, One
Cook Place, Bridgman, MI 49106.
NRC Branch Chief: Lisa M. Regner.
PSEG Nuclear LLC, and Exelon
Generation Company, LLC, Docket Nos.
50–272 and 50–311, Salem Nuclear
Generating Station (Salem), Unit Nos. 1
and 2, Salem County, New Jersey
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Date of amendment request: June 28,
2019. A publicly-available version is in
ADAMS under Accession No.
ML19179A073.
Description of amendment request:
The amendments would relocate Salem,
Unit Nos. 1 and 2 Technical
Specification (TS) 3/4.9.3, ‘‘Decay
Time,’’ and TS 3/4.9.12, ‘‘Fuel Handling
Area Ventilation,’’ to the Salem
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:
1. Does the proposed change involve a
significant increase in the probability or
consequences of an accident previously
evaluated?
Response: No.
The proposed relocation of Technical
Specifications 3/4.9.3 and 3/4.9.12 to the
Salem TRM does not alter the requirements
for component operability or surveillance
currently in the Technical Specifications.
The proposed change to remove these
requirements from the Technical
Specifications and relocate the information to
an administratively controlled document will
have no impact on any safety related
structure, system or component (SSC).
The decay time and the Fuel Handling
Area Ventilation System (FHAVS) are not
initiators of any analyzed event in the
Updated Final Safety Analysis Report
(UFSAR). The proposed changes do not alter
the design of the FHAVS or any other SSC.
The consequences of the fuel handling
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accident (FHA) in the fuel handling building
(FHB) are not altered by this change. The
proposed changes conform to NRC regulatory
guidance regarding the content of plant TS,
as identified in 10 CFR 50.36, NUREG–1431,
and the NRC Final Policy Statement on
Technical Specifications Improvements for
Nuclear Power Reactors in 58 FR 39132.
Therefore, these proposed changes do 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 previously evaluated?
Response: No.
The proposed change to the TS would
relocate the decay time and FHAVS
requirements to the Salem TRM. The
proposed change does not involve a
modification to the physical configuration of
the plant or 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.
Therefore, the proposed change does 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 relocation of Technical
Specifications 3/4.9.3 and 3/4.9.12 to the
Salem TRM does not alter the requirements
for component operability or surveillance
currently in the Technical Specifications.
The proposed change to remove these
requirements from the Technical
Specifications and relocate the information to
an administratively controlled document
does not alter any assumptions in the Salem
FHA analysis in the FHB. Future revisions to
the TRM will be subject to review pursuant
to 10 CFR 50.59.
The proposed amendment will not result
in a design basis or safety limit being
exceeded or altered. The assumptions of the
FHA are not altered by the proposed
amendment.
Therefore, since the proposed changes do
not impact the response of the plant to a
design basis accident, 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, 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: Steven
Fleischer, PSEG Services Corporation,
80 Park Plaza, T–5, Newark, NJ 07102.
NRC Branch Chief: James G. Danna.
PSEG Nuclear LLC, Docket No. 50–354,
Hope Creek Generating Station, Salem
County, New Jersey
Date of amendment request: June 18,
2019. A publicly-available version is in
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ML19170A070.
Description of amendment request:
The amendment would adopt Technical
Specifications Task Force (TSTF)
Traveler TSTF–563, ‘‘Revise Instrument
Testing Definitions to Incorporate the
Surveillance Frequency Control
Program.’’ TSTF–563 revises the
Technical Specification (TS) definitions
of Channel Calibration and Channel
Functional Test.
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 change revises the TS
definitions of Channel Calibration and
Channel Functional Test to allow the
frequency for testing the components or
devices in each step to be determined in
accordance with the TS Surveillance
Frequency Control Program. All components
in the channel continue to be calibrated and
tested. The frequency at which a channel is
tested or calibrated is not an initiator of any
accident previously evaluated, so the
probability of an accident is not affected by
the proposed change. The channels
surveilled in accordance with the affected
definitions continue to be required to be
operable and the acceptance criteria of the
surveillances are unchanged. As a result, any
mitigating functions assumed in the accident
analysis will continue to be performed.
Therefore, the proposed change 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 previously evaluated?
Response: No.
The proposed change revises the TS
definitions of Channel Calibration and
Channel Functional Test to allow the
frequency for testing the components or
devices in each step to be determined in
accordance with the TS Surveillance
Frequency Control Program. All components
in the channel continue to be calibrated and
tested. The design function or operation of
the components involved are not affected and
there is no physical alteration of the plant
(i.e., no new or different type of equipment
will be installed). No credible new failure
mechanisms, malfunctions, or accident
initiators not considered in the design and
licensing bases are introduced. The changes
do not alter assumptions made in the safety
analysis. The proposed changes are
consistent with the safety analysis
assumptions.
Therefore, the proposed change does not
create the possibility of a new or different
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kind of accident from any previously
evaluated.
3. Does the proposed amendment involve
a significant reduction in a margin of safety?
Response: No.
The proposed change revises the TS
definitions of Channel Calibration and
Channel Functional Test to allow the
frequency for testing the components or
devices in each step to be determined in
accordance with the TS Surveillance
Frequency Control Program. All components
in the channel continue to be calibrated and
tested. The Surveillance Frequency Control
Program assures sufficient safety margins are
maintained, and that design, operation,
surveillance methods, and acceptance criteria
specified in applicable codes and standards
(or alternatives approved for use by the NRC)
will continue to be met as described in the
plants’ licensing basis. The proposed change
does not adversely affect existing plant safety
margins, or the reliability of the equipment
assumed to operate in the safety analysis. As
such, there are no changes being made to
safety analysis assumptions, safety limits, or
limiting safety system settings that would
adversely affect plant safety as a result of the
proposed change. Margins of safety are
unaffected by method of determining
surveillance test intervals under an NRCapproved licensee-controlled program.
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: Steven
Fleischer, PSEG Services Corporation,
80 Park Plaza, T–5, Newark, NJ 07102.
NRC Branch Chief: James G. Danna.
PSEG Nuclear LLC, Docket No. 50–354,
Hope Creek Generating Station, Salem
County, New Jersey
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PSEG Nuclear LLC and Exelon
Generation Company, LLC, Docket Nos.
50–272 and 50–311, Salem Nuclear
Generating Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2,
Salem County, New Jersey
Date of amendment request: July 8,
2019. A publicly-available version is in
ADAMS under Accession No.
ML19189A316.
Description of amendment request:
The amendments would revise certain
Emergency Response Organization
(ERO) positions for the facilities listed
with the minimum staff ERO guidance
specified in the ‘‘Alternative Guidance
for Licensee Emergency Response
Organizations.’’
Basis for proposed no significant
hazards consideration determination:
As required by 10 CFR 50.91(a), the
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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 amendment, which
eliminates two Chemistry technicians from
the Emergency Response Organization
minimum staffing, has no effect on normal
plant operation or on any accident initiator
or precursors and does not impact the
function of plant structures, systems, or
components. The proposed changes do not
alter or prevent the ability of the Emergency
Response Organization to perform their
intended functions to mitigate the
consequences of an accident or event.
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 amendment does not impact
any accident analysis. The change does not
involve a physical alteration of the plant (i.e.,
no new or different type of equipment will
be installed), a change in the method of plant
operation, or new operator actions. The
proposed change does not introduce failure
modes that could result in a new accident,
and the change does not alter assumptions
made in the safety analysis. The proposed
change revises the on-shift staffing in the
PSEG Nuclear Emergency Plan.
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.
Margin of safety is associated with
confidence in the ability of the fission
product barriers (i.e., fuel cladding, reactor
coolant system pressure boundary, and
containment structure) to limit the level of
radiation dose to the public. The proposed
change is associated with the PSEG
Emergency Plan staffing and does not impact
operation of the plant or its response to
transients or accidents. The change does not
affect the Technical Specifications. The
proposed change does not involve a change
in the method of plant operation and no
accident analyses will be affected by the
proposed change. Safety analysis acceptance
criteria are not affected by the proposed
change. The revised PSEG Emergency Plan
will continue to provide the necessary
response staff.
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
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satisfied. Therefore, the NRC staff
proposes to determine that the
amendment request involves no
significant hazards consideration.
Attorney for licensee: Steven
Fleischer, PSEG Services Corporation,
80 Park Plaza, T–5, Newark, NJ 07102.
NRC Branch Chief: James G. Danna.
Tennessee Valley Authority, Docket
Nos. 50–390 and 50–391, Watts Bar
Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, Rhea
County, Tennessee
Date of amendment request: June 7,
2019. A publicly-available version is in
ADAMS under Accession No.
ML19158A398.
Description of amendment request:
The amendments would modify the
Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2,
Technical Specifications (TSs) by
making several administrative changes.
These changes would include deletion
of previously issued one-time TS
changes that have since expired,
replacement of site area TS figures with
text descriptions, changes to selected
Unit 2 TSs for consistency with Unit 1
TSs, and correction of the TS Table of
Contents to reflect previously issued
amendments.
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
consequence of an accident previously
evaluated?
Response: No.
The proposed changes are all
administrative in nature. Administrative
changes such as this are not initiators of any
accident previously evaluated. As a result,
the probability of an accident previously
evaluated is not affected. The consequences
of an accident with the incorporation of these
administrative changes are not different than
the consequences of the same accident
without this change. As a result, the
consequences of an accident previously
evaluated are not affected by this change.
Based on the above, it is concluded that the
proposed changes do 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 changes do not modify the
plant design, nor do the proposed changes
alter the operation of the plant or equipment
involved in either routine plant operation or
in the mitigation of design basis accidents.
The proposed changes are administrative
only.
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Based on the above, it is concluded that 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 amendment involve
a significant reduction in a margin of safety?
Response: No.
The proposed changes are administrative
in nature. The changes do not alter the
manner in which safety limits, limiting safety
system settings, or limiting conditions for
operation are determined. The safety analysis
acceptance criteria are not affected by this
change. The proposed changes will not result
in plant operation in a configuration outside
of the design basis. 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, 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: General
Counsel, Tennessee Valley Authority,
400 West Summit Hill Drive, 6A West
Tower, Knoxville, TN 37902.
NRC Branch Chief: Undine Shoop.
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Virginia Electric and Power Company,
Docket Nos. 50–280 and 50–281, Surry
Power Station (Surry), Unit Nos. 1 and
2, Surry County, Virginia
Date of amendment request: May 15,
2019. A publicly-available version is in
ADAMS under Accession No.
ML19143A201.
Description of amendment request:
The amendments would revise Action
8.A associated with Item 18 in Surry
Power Station Technical Specifications
(TS) Table 3.7–1, ‘‘Reactor Trip
Instrument Operating Conditions,’’ for
one inoperable Reactor Trip Breaker
(RTB). The revised Action 8.A would
provide a completion time (CT) of 24
hours to restore an RTB to operable
status in addition to the 6-hour Hot
Shutdown requirement. Implementation
of the 24-hour CT provides time to
perform maintenance activities on a
single RTB during power operation
while minimizing risk associated with
the loss of compound function.
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.
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The proposed change provides a 24-hour
CT for restoration of an inoperable RTB: RPS
[Reactor Protection System] performance will
remain within the bounds of the previously
performed accident analyses since no change
to reactor trip instrumentation or plant
hardware is being made. The RPS will
continue to function in a manner consistent
with the plant design basis.
The proposed change does not modify any
system interfaces and does not affect the
probability of any event initiators. There will
be no degradation in the performance of, or
an increase in the number of challenges
imposed on, safety-related equipment
assumed to function during an accident
situation. There is no change to normal plant
operating parameters or accident mitigation
performance.
The determination that the results of the
proposed change are acceptable was
established in the NRC Safety Evaluation (SE)
prepared for WCAP–15376–P–A.
Implementation of the proposed change will
result in an insignificant risk impact.
Applicability of these conclusions has been
verified through plant-specific reviews and
implementation of the generic analysis
results in accordance with the NRC SE
conditions.
The proposed change to add the CT
reduces the potential for unnecessary entries
into TS action statements and resultant plant
transients and, therefore, does not increase
the probability of any accident previously
evaluated. The proposed change does not
alter the response of the plant to any
accidents. The RPS instrumentation and
RTBs will remain highly reliable, and the
proposed changes will not result in a
significant increase to the risk of plant
operation. The PRA [Probabilistic Risk
Assessment] performed for the proposed CT
change is based on justification presented in
NRC approved WCAP–15376. The PRA
concluded that the increase in risk associated
with the proposed change is consistent with
the RG 1.174 [Regulatory Guide] and RG
1.177 acceptance guidelines for a permanent
TS CT change. The PRA demonstrates that
defense-in-depth will not be significantly
impacted by allowing a single RTB to be
inoperable for up to 24 hours.
A detailed review of PRA importance
metrics (Risk Achievement Worth,
FussellVesely) from the Tier 1 PRA model
did not reveal any risk significant
maintenance configurations when one RTB is
unavailable. To maintain appropriate
measures of defense in depth, no
maintenance will be planned on the AMSAC
[Mitigating System Actuation Circuitry]
system while one RTB is inoperable. No
additional enhancements, procedure
revisions or compensatory actions are
recommended from the Tier 2 evaluation.
Therefore, it is concluded that 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 provides a 24-hour
CT for restoration of an inoperable RTB.
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There are no hardware changes, nor are there
any changes in the method by which any
safety related plant system performs its safety
function. The proposed change does not
affect the normal method of plant operation
and does not result in physical alteration to
any plant system. The proposed change does
not include any changes to instrumentation
setpoints or changes to accident analysis
assumptions. No new accident scenarios,
transient precursors, failure mechanisms, or
limiting single failures are introduced as a
result of this change. There will be no
adverse effects or challenges imposed on any
safety-related system as a result of the
proposed change.
Therefore, the proposed change does not
create the possibility of a new or different
kind of accident from any previously
evaluated.
3. Does the proposed change involve a
significant reduction in a margin of safety?
Response: No.
The proposed change provides a 24-hour
CT for restoration of an inoperable RTB. The
proposed change does not adversely affect
any current plant safety margins or the
reliability of equipment assumed in the
safety analysis. There are no changes being
made to any safety analysis assumptions,
safety limits, or limiting safety system
settings that would adversely affect plant
safety. Furthermore, as noted above, a
supporting PRA was performed for the
proposed CT. The PRA concluded that the
increase in risk associated with the proposed
change is consistent with the RG 1.174 and
RG 1.177 acceptance guidelines for a
permanent TS CT change. This PRA
demonstrates that defense-in-depth will not
be significantly impacted by allowing a
single RTB to be inoperable for up to 24
hours.
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: Lillian M.
Cuoco, Senior Counsel, Dominion
Resources Services, Inc., 120 Tredegar
St., RS–2, Richmond, VA 23219.
NRC Branch Chief: Michael T.
Markley.
IV. Previously Published Notices of
Consideration of Issuance of
Amendments to Facility Operating
Licenses and Combined Licenses,
Proposed No Significant Hazards
Consideration Determination, and
Opportunity for a Hearing
The following notices were previously
published as separate individual
notices. The notice content was the
same as above. They were published as
individual notices either because time
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did not allow the Commission to wait
for this biweekly notice or because the
action involved exigent circumstances.
They are repeated here because the
biweekly notice lists all amendments
issued or proposed to be issued
involving no significant hazards
consideration.
For details, see the individual notice
in the Federal Register on the day and
page cited. This notice does not extend
the notice period of the original notice.
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Tennessee Valley Authority, Docket
Nos. 50–259, 50–260, and 50–296,
Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant (Browns
Ferry), Units 1, 2 and 3, Limestone
County, Alabama
Date of amendment request: July 3,
2019. A publicly-available version is in
ADAMS under Accession No.
ML19184A633.
Brief description of amendment
request: The amendments would revise
the Browns Ferry, Units 1, 2, and 3,
Renewed Facility Operating Licenses by
changing license conditions associated
with the fire protection program
controlled by 10 CFR 50.48(c),
‘‘National Fire Protection Association
Standard NFPA 805.’’ The amendments
would extend the implementation due
dates for Modifications 102 and 106
listed in Item 2 under ‘‘Transition
License Conditions’’ in Browns Ferry,
Units 1, 2, and 3, Renewed Facility
Operating Licenses to the end of Unit
1’s Fall 2020 outage, and April 30, 2020,
respectively.
Date of publication of individual
notice in Federal Register: July 11,
2019 (84 FR 33094).
Expiration date of individual notice:
August 12, 2019 (public comments);
September 9, 2019 (hearing requests).
V. 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,
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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 ‘‘Obtaining Information and
Submitting Comments’’ section of this
document.
Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC, Docket
Nos. 50–269, 50–270, and 50–287,
Oconee Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2, and
3, Oconee County, South Carolina
Date of amendment request:
November 1, 2018, as supplemented by
letter dated March 7, 2019.
Brief description of amendments: The
amendments revised the dose
consequences for the facility, as
described in the Updated Final Safety
Analysis Report, to provide fission gas
gap release fractions for high-burnup
fuel rods that exceed the linear heat
generation rate limit detailed in
Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.183,
‘‘Alternative Radiological Source Terms
for Evaluating Design Basis Accidents at
Nuclear Power Reactors’’ (ADAMS
Accession No. ML003716792), Table 3,
Footnote 11. The amendments allow a
higher bounding rod power history and
the removal of a restriction on the
number of rods per assembly that can
exceed the rod power burnup criteria of
Footnote 11 in RG 1.183.
Date of issuance: July 17, 2019.
Effective date: As of the date of
issuance and shall be implemented
within 120 days of issuance.
Amendment Nos.: 413 (Unit 1), 415
(Unit 2), and 414 (Unit 3). A publiclyavailable version is in ADAMS under
Accession No. ML19183A317;
documents related to these amendments
are listed in the Safety Evaluation
enclosed with the amendments.
Facility Operating License Nos. DPR–
38, DPR–47 and DPR–55: The
amendments revised the Facility
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Operating Licenses and Technical
Specifications.
Date of initial notice in Federal
Register: January 31, 2019 (84 FR 811).
The supplemental letter dated March 7,
2019, provided additional information
that clarified the application, did not
expand the scope of the application as
originally noticed, and did not change
the NRC staff’s original 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 July 17, 2019.
No significant hazards consideration
comments received: No.
Duke Energy Progress, LLC, Docket
No. 50–400, Shearon Harris Nuclear
Power Plant, Unit 1, Wake and Chatham
Counties, North Carolina
Date of amendment request: August
13, 2018, as supplemented by letter
dated December 17, 2018.
Brief description of amendment: The
amendment revised the Emergency Plan
Emergency Action Level Scheme
associated with the fission product
barrier degradation Emergency Action
Level thresholds and the cold
shutdown/refueling system malfunction
Emergency Action Level thresholds.
Date of issuance: July 18, 2019.
Effective date: As of the date of
issuance and shall be implemented
within 180 days.
Amendment No.: 173. A publiclyavailable version is in ADAMS under
Accession No. ML19108A173;
documents related to this amendment
are listed in the Safety Evaluation
enclosed with the amendment.
Renewed Facility Operating License
No. NPF–63: The amendment revised
the Renewed Facility Operating License
to authorize revision to the Emergency
Plan.
Date of initial notice in Federal
Register: November 6, 2018 (83 FR
55571). The supplemental letter dated
December 17, 2018, provided additional
information that clarified the
application, did not expand the scope of
the application as originally noticed,
and did not change the NRC staff’s
original 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 July 18, 2019.
No significant hazards consideration
comments received: No.
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Southern Nuclear Operating Company,
Docket Nos. 50–348 and 50–364, Joseph
M. Farley Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2,
Houston County, Alabama
Date of amendment request:
November 29, 2018.
Brief description of amendments: The
amendments changed Technical
Specifications (TSs) by revising certain
TSs to remove the requirements for
engineered safety feature systems to be
operable after sufficient radioactive
decay of irradiated fuel has occurred
following a plant shutdown; revising
certain TSs actions that are not needed
to mitigate accidents postulated during
shutdown; revising the licensing basis
to Fuel Handling Accident analysis;
partially adopting Standard Technical
Specifications (STS) Change Traveler
Technical Specifications Task Force
(TSTF)–51, ‘‘Revise containment
requirements during handling irradiated
fuel and core alterations,’’ Revision 2;
and partially adopting STS Change
Traveler TSTF–471, ‘‘Eliminate use of
term CORE ALTERATIONS in
ACTIONS and Notes,’’ Revision 1.
Date of issuance: July 16, 2019.
Effective date: As of the date of
issuance and shall be implemented
within 60 days of issuance.
Amendment Nos.: 223 (Unit 1) and
220 (Unit 2). A publicly-available
version is in ADAMS under Accession
No. ML19071A138; documents related
to these amendments are listed in the
Safety Evaluation enclosed with the
amendments.
Renewed Facility Operating License
Nos. NPF–2 and NPF–8: The
amendments revised the Renewed
Facility Operating Licenses and TSs.
Date of initial notice in Federal
Register: January 30, 2019 (84 FR 495).
The Commission’s related evaluation
of the amendments is contained in a
Safety Evaluation dated July 16, 2019.
No significant hazards consideration
comments received: No.
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Susquehanna Nuclear, LLC, Docket Nos.
50–387 and 50–388, Susquehanna
Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2,
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Date of amendment request: March
28, 2019.
Brief description of amendments: The
amendments revised the Susquehanna
Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2,
Technical Specifications to eliminate
second completion times from required
actions regarding the operation of
alternating current sources in alignment
with Technical Specifications Task
Force Traveler (TSTF) 439, Revision 2,
‘‘Eliminate Second Completion Times
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to Meet an LCO [Limiting Condition for
Operation].’’ Specifically, the
amendments revised Technical
Specification 3.8.7.
Date of issuance: July 16, 2019.
Effective date: As of the date of
issuance and shall be implemented
within 90 days of issuance.
Amendment Nos.: 273 (Unit 1) and
255 (Unit 2). A publicly-available
version is in ADAMS under Accession
No. ML19155A264; documents related
to these amendments are listed in the
Safety Evaluation enclosed with the
amendments.
Renewed Facility Operating License
Nos. NPF–14 and NPF–22: The
amendments revised the Renewed
Facility Operating Licenses and
Technical Specifications.
Date of initial notice in Federal
Register: May 7, 2019 (84 FR 19973).
The Commission’s related evaluation
of the amendments is contained in a
Safety Evaluation dated July 16, 2019.
No significant hazards consideration
comments received: No.
Tennessee Valley Authority, Docket
Nos. 50–390 and 50–391, Watts Bar
Nuclear Plant (Watts Bar), Units 1 and
2, Rhea County, Tennessee
Date of amendment request: July 23,
2018.
Brief description of amendments: The
amendments revised the Watts Bar,
Units 1 and 2, Technical Specifications
4.2.1, ‘‘Fuel Assemblies,’’ and 5.9.5,
‘‘Core Operating Limits Report (COLR),’’
to allow the use of Optimized ZIRLOTM
fuel rod cladding material.
Date of issuance: July 25, 2019.
Effective date: As of the date of
issuance and shall be implemented
within 30 days of issuance.
Amendment Nos.: 127 (Unit 1) and 30
(Unit 2). A publicly-available version is
in ADAMS under Accession No.
ML19112A004; documents related to
these amendments are listed in the
Safety Evaluation enclosed with the
amendments.
Facility Operating License Nos. NPF–
90 and NPF–96: The amendments
revised the Facility Operating Licenses
and Technical Specifications.
Date of initial notice in Federal
Register: November 6, 2018 (83 FR
55576).
The Commission’s related evaluation
of the amendments is contained in a
Safety Evaluation dated July 25, 2019.
No significant hazards consideration
comments received: No.
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VI. Notice of Issuance of Amendments
to Facility Operating Licenses and
Combined Licenses and Final
Determination of No Significant
Hazards Consideration and
Opportunity for a Hearing (Exigent
Public Announcement or Emergency
Circumstances)
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 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 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.
Because of exigent or emergency
circumstances associated with the date
the amendment was needed, there was
not time for the Commission to publish,
for public comment before issuance, its
usual notice of consideration of
issuance of amendment, proposed no
significant hazards consideration
determination, and opportunity for a
hearing.
For exigent circumstances, the
Commission has either issued a Federal
Register notice providing opportunity
for public comment or has used local
media to provide notice to the public in
the area surrounding a licensee’s facility
of the licensee’s application and of the
Commission’s proposed determination
of no significant hazards consideration.
The Commission has provided a
reasonable opportunity for the public to
comment, using its best efforts to make
available to the public means of
communication for the public to
respond quickly, and in the case of
telephone comments, the comments
have been recorded or transcribed as
appropriate and the licensee has been
informed of the public comments.
In circumstances where failure to act
in a timely way would have resulted, for
example, in derating or shutdown of a
nuclear power plant or in prevention of
either resumption of operation or of
increase in power output up to the
plant’s licensed power level, the
Commission may not have had an
opportunity to provide for public
comment on its no significant hazards
consideration determination. In such
case, the license amendment has been
issued without opportunity for
comment. If there has been some time
for public comment but less than 30
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days, the Commission may provide an
opportunity for public comment. If
comments have been requested, it is so
stated. In either event, the State has
been consulted by telephone whenever
possible.
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
documents related to this action.
Accordingly, the amendments have
been issued and made effective 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 51.12(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 application for
amendment, (2) the amendment to
Facility Operating License or Combined
License, as applicable, 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 ‘‘Obtaining Information and
Submitting Comments’’ section of this
document.
A. Opportunity To Request a Hearing
and Petition for Leave To Intervene
The Commission is also offering an
opportunity for a hearing with respect to
the issuance of the amendment. Within
60 days after the date of publication of
this notice, any persons (petitioner)
whose interest may be affected by this
action may file a request for a hearing
and petition for leave to intervene
(petition) with respect to the action.
Petitions shall be filed in accordance
with the Commission’s ‘‘Agency Rules
of Practice and Procedure’’ in 10 CFR
part 2. Interested persons should
consult a current copy of 10 CFR 2.309.
The NRC’s regulations are accessible
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electronically from the NRC Library on
the NRC’s website at https://
www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doccollections/cfr/. Alternatively, a copy of
the regulations is available at the NRC’s
Public Document Room, located at One
White Flint North, Room O1–F21, 11555
Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville,
Maryland 20852. If a petition is filed,
the Commission or a presiding officer
will rule on the petition and, if
appropriate, a notice of a hearing will be
issued.
As required by 10 CFR 2.309(d) the
petition should specifically explain the
reasons why intervention should be
permitted with particular reference to
the following general requirements for
standing: (1) The name, address, and
telephone number of the petitioner; (2)
the nature of the petitioner’s right under
the Act to be made a party to the
proceeding; (3) the nature and extent of
the 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 petitioner’s interest.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.309(f),
the petition must also set forth the
specific contentions which the
petitioner seeks to have litigated in 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 petitioner
must 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 petitioner intends to
rely in proving the contention at the
hearing. The petitioner must also
provide references to the specific
sources and documents on which the
petitioner intends to rely to support its
position on the issue. The petition must
include sufficient information to show
that a genuine dispute exists with the
applicant or licensee on a material issue
of law or fact. Contentions must be
limited to matters within the scope of
the proceeding. The contention must be
one which, if proven, would entitle the
petitioner to relief. A petitioner who
fails to satisfy the requirements at 10
CFR 2.309(f) 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. Parties have the opportunity
to participate fully in the conduct of the
hearing with respect to resolution of
that party’s admitted contentions,
including the opportunity to present
evidence, consistent with the NRC’s
regulations, policies, and procedures.
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Petitions must be filed no later than
60 days from the date of publication of
this notice. Petitions and motions for
leave to file new or amended
contentions that are filed after the
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) through (iii). The petition
must be filed in accordance with the
filing instructions in the ‘‘Electronic
Submissions (E-Filing)’’ section of this
document.
If a hearing is requested, and the
Commission has not made a final
determination on the issue of no
significant hazards consideration, the
Commission will make a final
determination on the issue of no
significant hazards consideration. The
final determination will serve to
establish 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 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 the amendment
unless the Commission finds an
imminent danger to the health or safety
of the public, in which case it will issue
an appropriate order or rule under 10
CFR part 2.
A State, local governmental body,
Federally-recognized Indian Tribe, or
agency thereof, may submit a petition to
the Commission to participate as a party
under 10 CFR 2.309(h)(1). The petition
should state the nature and extent of the
petitioner’s interest in the proceeding.
The petition should be submitted to the
Commission no later than 60 days from
the date of publication of this notice.
The petition must be filed in accordance
with the filing instructions in the
‘‘Electronic Submissions (E-Filing)’’
section of this document, and should
meet the requirements for petitions set
forth in this section, except that under
10 CFR 2.309(h)(2) a State, local
governmental body, or Federallyrecognized Indian Tribe, or agency
thereof does not need to address the
standing requirements in 10 CFR
2.309(d) if the facility is located within
its boundaries. Alternatively, a State,
local governmental body, Federallyrecognized Indian Tribe, or agency
thereof may participate as a non-party
under 10 CFR 2.315(c).
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If a hearing is granted, any person
who is not a party to the proceeding and
is not affiliated with or represented by
a party may, at the discretion of the
presiding officer, be permitted to make
a limited appearance pursuant to the
provisions of 10 CFR 2.315(a). A person
making a limited appearance may make
an oral or written statement of his or her
position on the issues but may not
otherwise participate in the proceeding.
A limited appearance may be made at
any session of the hearing or at any
prehearing conference, subject to the
limits and conditions as may be
imposed by the presiding officer. Details
regarding the opportunity to make a
limited appearance will be provided by
the presiding officer if such sessions are
scheduled.
B. Electronic Submissions (E-Filing)
All documents filed in NRC
adjudicatory proceedings, including a
request for hearing and petition for
leave to intervene (petition), 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 that
request to participate under 10 CFR
2.315(c), must be filed in accordance
with the NRC’s E-Filing rule (72 FR
49139; August 28, 2007, as amended at
77 FR 46562; August 3, 2012). The EFiling process requires participants to
submit and serve all adjudicatory
documents over the internet, or in some
cases to mail copies on electronic
storage media. Detailed guidance on
making electronic submissions may be
found in the Guidance for Electronic
Submissions to the NRC and on the NRC
website at https://www.nrc.gov/sitehelp/e-submittals.html. 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 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 (1) request a digital
identification (ID) certificate, which
allows the participant (or its counsel or
representative) to digitally sign
submissions and access the E-Filing
system for any proceeding in which it
is participating; and (2) advise the
Secretary that the participant will be
submitting a petition or other
adjudicatory document (even in
instances in which the participant, or its
counsel or representative, already holds
an NRC-issued digital ID certificate).
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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 website at https://
www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals/
getting-started.html. Once a participant
has obtained a digital ID certificate and
a docket has been created, the
participant can then submit
adjudicatory documents. Submissions
must be in Portable Document Format
(PDF). Additional guidance on PDF
submissions is available on the NRC’s
public website at https://www.nrc.gov/
site-help/electronic-sub-ref-mat.html. A
filing is considered complete at the time
the document is 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 EFiling 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 document on those
participants separately. Therefore,
applicants and other participants (or
their counsel or representative) must
apply for and receive a digital ID
certificate before adjudicatory
documents are filed so that they can
obtain access to the documents via the
E-Filing system.
A person filing electronically using
the NRC’s adjudicatory E-Filing system
may seek assistance by contacting the
NRC’s Electronic Filing Help Desk
through the ‘‘Contact Us’’ link located
on the NRC’s public website at https://
www.nrc.gov/site-help/esubmittals.html, by email to
MSHD.Resource@nrc.gov, or by a tollfree call at 1–866–672–7640. The NRC
Electronic Filing Help Desk is available
between 9 a.m. and 6 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 stating why there is good cause for
not filing electronically and requesting
authorization to continue to submit
documents in paper format. Such filings
must be submitted by: (1) First class
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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, 11555 Rockville Pike,
Rockville, Maryland 20852, Attention:
Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff.
Participants filing adjudicatory
documents 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://
adams.nrc.gov/ehd, unless excluded
pursuant to an order of the Commission
or the presiding officer. If you do not
have an NRC-issued digital ID certificate
as described above, click ‘‘Cancel’’
when the link requests certificates and
you will be automatically directed to the
NRC’s electronic hearing dockets where
you will be able to access any publiclyavailable documents in a particular
hearing docket. Participants are
requested not to include personal
privacy information, such as social
security numbers, home addresses, or
personal phone numbers in their filings,
unless an NRC regulation or other law
requires submission of such
information. For example, in some
instances, individuals provide home
addresses in order to demonstrate
proximity to a facility or site. 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.
Florida Power & Light Company, et al.,
Docket No. 50–335, St. Lucie Plant, Unit
No. 1, St. Lucie County, Florida
Date of amendment request: July 19,
2019, as supplemented by letters dated
July 24, 2019, and July 25, 2019.
Description of amendment request:
The amendment modified Technical
Specification 3/4.8.1, ‘‘A.C. [Alternating
Current] Sources,’’ Action b, to allow for
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a one-time extension of the allowed
outage time for an emergency diesel
generator from 14 days to 30 days.
Date of issuance: July 26, 2019.
Effective date: As of the date of
issuance and shall be implemented
immediately.
Amendment No.: 248. A publiclyavailable version is in ADAMS under
Accession No. ML19203A166;
documents related to this amendment
are listed in the Safety Evaluation
enclosed with the amendment.
Renewed Facility Operating License
No. DPR–67: The amendment revised
the Renewed Facility Operating License
and Technical Specifications.
Public comments requested as to
proposed no significant hazards
consideration (NSHC): Yes. The notice
appeared on July 23, 2019, and July 24,
2019, in the Treasure Coast
Newspapers, St. Lucie County, Florida.
The notice provided an opportunity to
submit comments on the Commission’s
proposed NSHC determination. No
comments were received.
By letter dated July 24, 2019, the
licensee supplemented its license
amendment request dated July 19, 2019,
to request the deferral of certain
surveillance requirements on the
remaining emergency diesel generators
until after the completion of the
proposed extended allowed outage time.
By letter dated July 25, 2019, the
licensee withdrew its request to defer
performance of the surveillance
requirements based on the current
repair schedule for the inoperable
emergency diesel generator. The
licensee stated that its July 25, 2019,
letter replaced the July 24, 2019, letter
in its entirety. As a result, the NRC staff
only reviewed the changes requested in
the licensee’s July 19, 2019, request, as
supplemented by the licensee’s letter
dated July 25, 2019.
The Commission’s related evaluation
of the amendment, finding of exigent
circumstances, State consultation, and
final NSHC determination are contained
in a Safety Evaluation dated July 26,
2019.
Attorney for licensee: Debbie Hendell,
Managing Attorney—Nuclear, Florida
Power & Light, 700 Universe Blvd., MS
LAW/JB, Juno Beach, FL 33408–0420.
NRC Branch Chief: Undine Shoop.
Specification Table 3.3.3–1, ‘‘Post
Accident Monitoring Instrumentation,’’
Function 15c, to permit the reactor
vessel level instrumentation system
(RVLIS) upper range level channels to
not be operable for the remainder of
Operating Cycle 23 under certain
compensatory actions. Sequoyah, Unit
2, is scheduled to start the Cycle 23
refueling outage in Spring 2020.
The licensee also added License
Condition 2.C.(26) to the Renewed
Facility Operating License to implement
the compensatory measures described in
Section 3.8, ‘‘Additional Compensatory
Measures,’’ of the enclosure during the
timeframe the RVLIS upper range level
channels are not required to be operable
for the remainder of Cycle 23. If the
RVLIS upper range level channels are
returned to operable status prior to the
end of Cycle 23, then these
compensatory measures will no longer
be required.
Date of issuance: July 18, 2019.
Effective date: As of the date of
issuance and shall be implemented
immediately.
Amendment No.: 338. A publiclyavailable version is in ADAMS under
Accession No. ML19196A221;
documents related to this amendment
are listed in the Safety Evaluation
enclosed with the amendment.
Renewed Facility Operating License
DPR–79: The amendment revised the
Renewed Facility Operating License and
Technical Specifications.
Public comments requested as to
proposed no significant hazards
consideration (NSHC): Yes. The notice
appeared on July 17, 2019, in the
Chattanooga Times Free Press,
Hamilton County, Tennessee. The
notice provided an opportunity to
submit comments on the Commission’s
proposed NSHC determination. No
comments have been received.
The Commission’s related evaluation
of the amendment, finding of exigent
circumstances, State consultation, and
final NSHC determination are contained
in a Safety Evaluation dated July 18,
2019.
Attorney for licensee: General
Counsel, Tennessee Valley Authority,
400 West Summit Hill Drive, 6A West
Tower, Knoxville, TN 37902.
NRC Branch Chief: Undine Shoop.
Tennessee Valley Authority, Docket No.
50–328, Sequoyah Nuclear Plant
(Sequoyah), Unit 2, Hamilton County,
Tennessee
Date of amendment request: July 14,
2019.
Description of amendment: The
amendment approved a one-time change
to Sequoyah, Unit 2, Technical
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 6th day
of August, 2019.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Blake D. Welling,
Deputy Director, Division of Operating
Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION
[NRC–2019–0001]
Sunshine Act Meetings
Weeks of August 12, 19,
26, September 2, 9, 16, 2019.
PLACE: Commissioners’ Conference
Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville,
Maryland.
STATUS: Public and Closed.
MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:
TIME AND DATE:
Week of August 12, 2019
Wednesday, August 14, 2019
9:00 a.m. Hearing on Early Site Permit
for the Clinch River Nuclear Site:
Section 189a. of the Atomic Energy
Act Proceeding (Public Meeting).
(Contact: Mallecia Sutton: 301–415–
0673)
This hearing will be webcast live at
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Tuesday, September 10, 2019
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Agencies
[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 156 (Tuesday, August 13, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40094-40105]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-17160]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2019-0162]
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 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 July 16, 2019, to July 29, 2019. The last
biweekly notice was published on July 30, 2019.
DATES: Comments must be filed by September 12, 2019. A request for a
hearing must be filed by October 15, 2019.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2019-0162. Address
questions about NRC dockets IDs in Regulations.gov to Jennifer Borges;
telephone: 301-287-9127; email: [email protected]. For technical
questions, contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section of this document.
Mail comments to: Office of Administration, Mail Stop:
TWFN-7-A60M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001, ATTN: Program Management, Announcements and Editing Staff.
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
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington DC
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-1927, email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2019-0162, facility name, unit
number(s), plant docket number, application date, and subject when
contacting the NRC about the availability of information for this
action. You may obtain publicly-available information related to this
action by any of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2019-0162.
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 ``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.
B. Submitting Comments
Please include Docket ID NRC-2019-0162, facility name, unit
number(s), plant docket number, application date, and subject in your
comment submission.
The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact
information that you do not want to be publicly disclosed in your
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 into ADAMS.
II. Background
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.
III. 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
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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 if 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. If the Commission
takes 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. If the Commission makes a final no significant 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
persons (petitioner) whose interest may be affected by this action may
file a request for a hearing and petition for leave to intervene
(petition) with respect to the action. Petitions shall be filed in
accordance with the Commission's ``Agency Rules of Practice and
Procedure'' in 10 CFR part 2. Interested persons should consult a
current copy of 10 CFR 2.309. The NRC's regulations are accessible
electronically from the NRC Library on the NRC's website at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/cfr/. Alternatively, a copy of
the regulations is available at the NRC's Public Document Room, located
at One White Flint North, Room O1-F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first
floor), Rockville, Maryland 20852. If a petition is filed, the
Commission or a presiding officer will rule on the petition and, if
appropriate, a notice of a hearing will be issued.
As required by 10 CFR 2.309(d) the petition should specifically
explain the reasons why intervention should be permitted with
particular reference to the following general requirements for
standing: (1) The name, address, and telephone number of the
petitioner; (2) the nature of the petitioner's right under the Act to
be made a party to the proceeding; (3) the nature and extent of the
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 petitioner's interest.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.309(f), the petition must also set
forth the specific contentions which the petitioner seeks to have
litigated in 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 petitioner must 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 petitioner
intends to rely in proving the contention at the hearing. The
petitioner must also provide references to the specific sources and
documents on which the petitioner intends to rely to support its
position on the issue. The petition must include sufficient information
to show that a genuine dispute exists with the applicant or licensee on
a material issue of law or fact. Contentions must be limited to matters
within the scope of the proceeding. The contention must be one which,
if proven, would entitle the petitioner to relief. A petitioner who
fails to satisfy the requirements at 10 CFR 2.309(f) 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.
Parties have the opportunity to participate fully in the conduct of the
hearing with respect to resolution of that party's admitted
contentions, including the opportunity to present evidence, consistent
with the NRC's regulations, policies, and procedures.
Petitions must be filed no later than 60 days from the date of
publication of this notice. Petitions and motions for leave to file new
or amended contentions that are filed after the 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) through (iii). The petition must be filed in
accordance with the filing instructions in the ``Electronic Submissions
(E-Filing)'' section of this document.
If a hearing is requested, and the Commission has not made a final
determination on the issue of no significant hazards consideration, the
Commission will make a final determination on the issue of no
significant hazards consideration. The final determination will serve
to establish 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 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 the amendment unless the Commission finds an imminent
danger to the health or safety of the public, in which case it will
issue an appropriate order or rule under 10 CFR part 2.
A State, local governmental body, Federally-recognized Indian
Tribe, or agency thereof, may submit a petition to the Commission to
participate as a party under 10 CFR 2.309(h)(1). The petition should
state the nature and extent of the petitioner's interest in the
proceeding. The petition should be submitted to the Commission no later
than 60 days from the date of publication of this notice. The petition
must be filed in accordance with the filing instructions in the
``Electronic Submissions (E-Filing)'' section of this document, and
should meet the requirements for petitions set forth in this section,
except that under 10 CFR 2.309(h)(2) a State, local governmental body,
or Federally-recognized Indian Tribe, or agency thereof does not need
to address the standing requirements in 10 CFR 2.309(d) if the facility
is located within its boundaries. Alternatively, a State, local
governmental body, Federally-recognized Indian Tribe, or agency thereof
may participate as a non-party under 10 CFR 2.315(c).
If a hearing is granted, any person who is not a party to the
proceeding and is not affiliated with or represented by a party may, at
the discretion of the presiding officer, be permitted to make a limited
appearance pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.315(a). A person
making a limited appearance may make an oral or written statement of
his or her position on the issues but may not otherwise participate in
the proceeding. A limited appearance may be made at any session of the
hearing or at any
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prehearing conference, subject to the limits and conditions as may be
imposed by the presiding officer. Details regarding the opportunity to
make a limited appearance will be provided by the presiding officer if
such sessions are scheduled.
B. Electronic Submissions (E-Filing)
All documents filed in NRC adjudicatory proceedings, including a
request for hearing and petition for leave to intervene (petition), 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 that request to
participate under 10 CFR 2.315(c), must be filed in accordance with the
NRC's E-Filing rule (72 FR 49139; August 28, 2007, as amended at 77 FR
46562; August 3, 2012). 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. Detailed
guidance on making electronic submissions may be found in the Guidance
for Electronic Submissions to the NRC and on the NRC website at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html. 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 10
days prior to the filing deadline, the participant should contact the
Office of the Secretary by email at [email protected], or by
telephone at 301-415-1677, to (1) request a digital identification (ID)
certificate, which allows the participant (or its counsel or
representative) to digitally sign submissions and access the E-Filing
system for any proceeding in which it is participating; and (2) advise
the Secretary that the participant will be submitting a petition or
other adjudicatory document (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 website at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals/getting-started.html. Once a participant has obtained a
digital ID certificate and a docket has been created, the participant
can then submit adjudicatory documents. Submissions must be in Portable
Document Format (PDF). Additional guidance on PDF submissions is
available on the NRC's public website at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/electronic-sub-ref-mat.html. A filing is considered complete at the
time the document is 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
document on those participants separately. Therefore, applicants and
other participants (or their counsel or representative) must apply for
and receive a digital ID certificate before adjudicatory documents are
filed so that they can obtain access to the documents via the E-Filing
system.
A person filing electronically using the NRC's adjudicatory E-
Filing system may seek assistance by contacting the NRC's Electronic
Filing Help Desk through the ``Contact Us'' link located on the NRC's
public website at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html, by
email to [email protected], or by a toll-free call at 1-866-672-
7640. The NRC Electronic Filing Help Desk is available between 9 a.m.
and 6 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
stating why there is good cause for not filing electronically and
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, 11555
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852, Attention: Rulemaking and
Adjudications Staff. Participants filing adjudicatory documents 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://adams.nrc.gov/ehd, unless excluded pursuant to an order of the
Commission or the presiding officer. If you do not have an NRC-issued
digital ID certificate as described above, click ``Cancel'' when the
link requests certificates and you will be automatically directed to
the NRC's electronic hearing dockets where you will be able to access
any publicly-available documents in a particular hearing docket.
Participants are requested not to include personal privacy information,
such as social security numbers, home addresses, or personal phone
numbers in their filings, unless an NRC regulation or other law
requires submission of such information. For example, in some
instances, individuals provide home addresses in order to demonstrate
proximity to a facility or site. 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.
For further details with respect to these license amendment
application(s), 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
``Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments'' section of this
document.
Exelon Generation Company, LLC and PSEG Nuclear LLC, Docket Nos. 50-277
and 50-278, Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station (Peach Bottom), Units 2
and 3, York and Lancaster Counties, Pennsylvania
Date of amendment request: June 7, 2019. A publicly-available
version is in ADAMS under Accession No. ML19158A312.
Description of amendment request: The amendments would revise the
Peach Bottom Technical Specifications
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(TS) Limiting Condition for Operation (LCO) 3.8.4, ``DC Sources--
Operating,'' to add an additional LCO for the opposite unit's
inoperable battery charger condition. The proposed changes are required
to address simultaneous conflicting LCO Required Action Completion
Times of 72 hours for one unit and 12 hours for the other unit for a
single inoperable battery charger on one unit.
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 NRC staff edits shown in
square brackets:
1. Does the proposed change involve a significant increase in
the probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated?
Response: No.
The proposed changes clarify Required Actions and Completion
Times for both Units when a battery charger is inoperable on one
Unit. The DC [direct current] electrical power system, including
associated battery chargers, is not an initiator of any accident
sequence analyzed in the Updated Final Safety Analysis Report
(UFSAR). Operation in accordance with the proposed TS ensures that
the DC electrical power system is capable of performing its function
as described in the UFSAR. Therefore, the mitigative functions
supported by the DC electrical power system will continue to provide
the protection assumed by the analysis, and the probability of
previously analyzed accidents will not increase by implementing
these changes. The proposed changes permit both Units to implement
TSTF-500 [Technical Specifications Task Force], ``DC Electrical
Rewrite-Update to TSTF-360,'' as fully intended.
The integrity of fission product barriers, plant configuration,
and operating procedures as described in the UFSAR will not be
affected by the proposed changes. Therefore, the consequences of
previously analyzed accidents will not increase by implementing
these changes.
The proposed changes do 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; therefore, there is no impact to the
probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated.
Therefore, the proposed changes do 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 changes involve restructuring the TS for the DC
electrical power system. The DC electrical power system, including
associated battery chargers, is not an initiator to any accident
sequence analyzed in the UFSAR. The DC electrical power system
provides power to equipment used to mitigate an accident.
The proposed changes do 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; therefore, it does not create the possibility
of a new or different accident previously evaluated.
Therefore, the proposed changes do 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.
The margin of safety is established through equipment design,
operating parameters, and the setpoints at which automatic actions
are initiated. The proposed changes will not adversely affect
operation of plant equipment. The proposed changes will not result
in a change to the setpoints at which protective actions are
initiated. Sufficient DC power and capacity to support operation of
mitigation equipment is ensured. The DC electrical power subsystems
will continue to provide adequate power to safety related equipment
in accordance with safety analysis assumptions.
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, 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: Tamra Domeyer, Associate General Counsel,
Exelon Generation Company, LLC, 4300 Winfield Rd., Warrenville, IL
60555.
NRC Branch Chief: James G. Danna.
Indiana Michigan Power Company, Docket Nos. 50-315 and 50-316, Donald
C. Cook Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, Berrien County, Michigan
Date of amendment request: June 27, 2019. A publicly-available
version is in ADAMS under Accession No. ML19184A070.
Description of amendment request: The proposed amendments would
modify technical specification (TS) requirements in TS 3.8.1, ``AC
Sources--Operating.'' The proposed amendments would remove the TS
requirements related to the diesel generator (DG) load test resistor
banks because the load test resistor banks are no longer operational or
needed for DG testing.
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 of occurrence or consequences of an accident
previously evaluated?
Response: No.
The proposed TS change involves deletion of an SR [surveillance
requirement]. The SR to be deleted verifies the availability of the
DGs in a configuration that will no longer be possible. Neither the
DGs nor the associated SR are accident initiators. The safety
function of the DGs is to mitigate the consequences of an accident.
The availability or unavailability of the DGs does not affect the
likelihood that the accident they are designed to mitigate will
occur. The presence or absence of the SR does no cause or prevent an
accident from occurring. Therefore the probability of a previously
evaluated accident will not be significantly increased.
The DGs are designed to mitigate the consequences of a
previously evaluated accident. The function of the SR to be deleted
is solely to assure the availability of the DG when connected to its
load test resistor bank. That configuration will no longer occur.
The test conditions that will occur are addressed by another SR that
is not affected by the proposed change. The unaffected SR will
continue to provide assurance that the availability of the DG to
mitigate the previously evaluated accident is not compromised when
the DG is connected to the bus used for testing. Other systems,
structures, and components required for the mitigation of an
accident are unaffected by the proposed change.
Therefore, the proposed amendment 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.
No new accident scenarios, failure mechanisms, or single
failures will be introduced as a result of the proposed change to
delete an SR. The proposed SR deletion will have no adverse effects
on any safety-related systems or components and will not challenge
the performance or integrity of any safety-related system. There
will be no changes to the methods by which any safety-related plant
system performs its safety function. The DG testing using grid and
plant component loads does not involve operation of any structure,
system, or component outside its established design boundaries. The
proposed deletion of an SR will not involve a change in plant
operational parameter.
Therefore, the proposed amendment 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.
The margin of safety applicable to the proposed change is the
amount by which the
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DGs exceed the minimum capability required for them to adequately
mitigate the consequences of an accident. The capability of the DGs
to adequately mitigate the consequences of an accident will be
unaffected by the proposed SR deletion. Assurance of that capability
will continue to be verified by SR 3.8.1.21, and the other DG
related SRs.
Therefore, the proposed 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
satisfied. Therefore, the NRC staff proposes to determine that the
amendment requests involve no significant hazards consideration.
Attorney for licensee: Robert B. Haemer, Senior Nuclear Counsel,
One Cook Place, Bridgman, MI 49106.
NRC Branch Chief: Lisa M. Regner.
PSEG Nuclear LLC, and Exelon Generation Company, LLC, Docket Nos. 50-
272 and 50-311, Salem Nuclear Generating Station (Salem), Unit Nos. 1
and 2, Salem County, New Jersey
Date of amendment request: June 28, 2019. A publicly-available
version is in ADAMS under Accession No. ML19179A073.
Description of amendment request: The amendments would relocate
Salem, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 Technical Specification (TS) 3/4.9.3, ``Decay
Time,'' and TS 3/4.9.12, ``Fuel Handling Area Ventilation,'' to the
Salem 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:
1. Does the proposed change involve a significant increase in
the probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated?
Response: No.
The proposed relocation of Technical Specifications 3/4.9.3 and
3/4.9.12 to the Salem TRM does not alter the requirements for
component operability or surveillance currently in the Technical
Specifications. The proposed change to remove these requirements
from the Technical Specifications and relocate the information to an
administratively controlled document will have no impact on any
safety related structure, system or component (SSC).
The decay time and the Fuel Handling Area Ventilation System
(FHAVS) are not initiators of any analyzed event in the Updated
Final Safety Analysis Report (UFSAR). The proposed changes do not
alter the design of the FHAVS or any other SSC. The consequences of
the fuel handling accident (FHA) in the fuel handling building (FHB)
are not altered by this change. The proposed changes conform to NRC
regulatory guidance regarding the content of plant TS, as identified
in 10 CFR 50.36, NUREG-1431, and the NRC Final Policy Statement on
Technical Specifications Improvements for Nuclear Power Reactors in
58 FR 39132.
Therefore, these proposed changes do 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 previously evaluated?
Response: No.
The proposed change to the TS would relocate the decay time and
FHAVS requirements to the Salem TRM. The proposed change does not
involve a modification to the physical configuration of the plant or
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.
Therefore, the proposed change does 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 relocation of Technical Specifications 3/4.9.3 and
3/4.9.12 to the Salem TRM does not alter the requirements for
component operability or surveillance currently in the Technical
Specifications. The proposed change to remove these requirements
from the Technical Specifications and relocate the information to an
administratively controlled document does not alter any assumptions
in the Salem FHA analysis in the FHB. Future revisions to the TRM
will be subject to review pursuant to 10 CFR 50.59.
The proposed amendment will not result in a design basis or
safety limit being exceeded or altered. The assumptions of the FHA
are not altered by the proposed amendment.
Therefore, since the proposed changes do not impact the response
of the plant to a design basis accident, 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, 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: Steven Fleischer, PSEG Services Corporation,
80 Park Plaza, T-5, Newark, NJ 07102.
NRC Branch Chief: James G. Danna.
PSEG Nuclear LLC, Docket No. 50-354, Hope Creek Generating Station,
Salem County, New Jersey
Date of amendment request: June 18, 2019. A publicly-available
version is in ADAMS under Accession No. ML19170A070.
Description of amendment request: The amendment would adopt
Technical Specifications Task Force (TSTF) Traveler TSTF-563, ``Revise
Instrument Testing Definitions to Incorporate the Surveillance
Frequency Control Program.'' TSTF-563 revises the Technical
Specification (TS) definitions of Channel Calibration and Channel
Functional Test.
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 change revises the TS definitions of Channel
Calibration and Channel Functional Test to allow the frequency for
testing the components or devices in each step to be determined in
accordance with the TS Surveillance Frequency Control Program. All
components in the channel continue to be calibrated and tested. The
frequency at which a channel is tested or calibrated is not an
initiator of any accident previously evaluated, so the probability
of an accident is not affected by the proposed change. The channels
surveilled in accordance with the affected definitions continue to
be required to be operable and the acceptance criteria of the
surveillances are unchanged. As a result, any mitigating functions
assumed in the accident analysis will continue to be performed.
Therefore, the proposed change 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 previously evaluated?
Response: No.
The proposed change revises the TS definitions of Channel
Calibration and Channel Functional Test to allow the frequency for
testing the components or devices in each step to be determined in
accordance with the TS Surveillance Frequency Control Program. All
components in the channel continue to be calibrated and tested. The
design function or operation of the components involved are not
affected and there is no physical alteration of the plant (i.e., no
new or different type of equipment will be installed). No credible
new failure mechanisms, malfunctions, or accident initiators not
considered in the design and licensing bases are introduced. The
changes do not alter assumptions made in the safety analysis. The
proposed changes are consistent with the safety analysis
assumptions.
Therefore, the proposed change does not create the possibility
of a new or different
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kind of accident from any previously evaluated.
3. Does the proposed amendment involve a significant reduction
in a margin of safety?
Response: No.
The proposed change revises the TS definitions of Channel
Calibration and Channel Functional Test to allow the frequency for
testing the components or devices in each step to be determined in
accordance with the TS Surveillance Frequency Control Program. All
components in the channel continue to be calibrated and tested. The
Surveillance Frequency Control Program assures sufficient safety
margins are maintained, and that design, operation, surveillance
methods, and acceptance criteria specified in applicable codes and
standards (or alternatives approved for use by the NRC) will
continue to be met as described in the plants' licensing basis. The
proposed change does not adversely affect existing plant safety
margins, or the reliability of the equipment assumed to operate in
the safety analysis. As such, there are no changes being made to
safety analysis assumptions, safety limits, or limiting safety
system settings that would adversely affect plant safety as a result
of the proposed change. Margins of safety are unaffected by method
of determining surveillance test intervals under an NRC-approved
licensee-controlled program.
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: Steven Fleischer, PSEG Services Corporation,
80 Park Plaza, T-5, Newark, NJ 07102.
NRC Branch Chief: James G. Danna.
PSEG Nuclear LLC, Docket No. 50-354, Hope Creek Generating Station,
Salem County, New Jersey
PSEG Nuclear LLC and Exelon Generation Company, LLC, Docket Nos. 50-272
and 50-311, Salem Nuclear Generating Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2, Salem
County, New Jersey
Date of amendment request: July 8, 2019. A publicly-available
version is in ADAMS under Accession No. ML19189A316.
Description of amendment request: The amendments would revise
certain Emergency Response Organization (ERO) positions for the
facilities listed with the minimum staff ERO guidance specified in the
``Alternative Guidance for Licensee Emergency Response Organizations.''
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 amendment, which eliminates two Chemistry
technicians from the Emergency Response Organization minimum
staffing, has no effect on normal plant operation or on any accident
initiator or precursors and does not impact the function of plant
structures, systems, or components. The proposed changes do not
alter or prevent the ability of the Emergency Response Organization
to perform their intended functions to mitigate the consequences of
an accident or event.
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 amendment does not impact any accident analysis.
The change does not involve a physical alteration of the plant
(i.e., no new or different type of equipment will be installed), a
change in the method of plant operation, or new operator actions.
The proposed change does not introduce failure modes that could
result in a new accident, and the change does not alter assumptions
made in the safety analysis. The proposed change revises the on-
shift staffing in the PSEG Nuclear Emergency Plan.
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.
Margin of safety is associated with confidence in the ability of
the fission product barriers (i.e., fuel cladding, reactor coolant
system pressure boundary, and containment structure) to limit the
level of radiation dose to the public. The proposed change is
associated with the PSEG Emergency Plan staffing and does not impact
operation of the plant or its response to transients or accidents.
The change does not affect the Technical Specifications. The
proposed change does not involve a change in the method of plant
operation and no accident analyses will be affected by the proposed
change. Safety analysis acceptance criteria are not affected by the
proposed change. The revised PSEG Emergency Plan will continue to
provide the necessary response staff.
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: Steven Fleischer, PSEG Services Corporation,
80 Park Plaza, T-5, Newark, NJ 07102.
NRC Branch Chief: James G. Danna.
Tennessee Valley Authority, Docket Nos. 50-390 and 50-391, Watts Bar
Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, Rhea County, Tennessee
Date of amendment request: June 7, 2019. A publicly-available
version is in ADAMS under Accession No. ML19158A398.
Description of amendment request: The amendments would modify the
Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, Technical Specifications (TSs)
by making several administrative changes. These changes would include
deletion of previously issued one-time TS changes that have since
expired, replacement of site area TS figures with text descriptions,
changes to selected Unit 2 TSs for consistency with Unit 1 TSs, and
correction of the TS Table of Contents to reflect previously issued
amendments.
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 consequence of an accident previously evaluated?
Response: No.
The proposed changes are all administrative in nature.
Administrative changes such as this are not initiators of any
accident previously evaluated. As a result, the probability of an
accident previously evaluated is not affected. The consequences of
an accident with the incorporation of these administrative changes
are not different than the consequences of the same accident without
this change. As a result, the consequences of an accident previously
evaluated are not affected by this change.
Based on the above, it is concluded that the proposed changes do
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 changes do not modify the plant design, nor do the
proposed changes alter the operation of the plant or equipment
involved in either routine plant operation or in the mitigation of
design basis accidents. The proposed changes are administrative
only.
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Based on the above, it is concluded that 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 amendment involve a significant reduction
in a margin of safety?
Response: No.
The proposed changes are administrative in nature. The changes
do not alter the manner in which safety limits, limiting safety
system settings, or limiting conditions for operation are
determined. The safety analysis acceptance criteria are not affected
by this change. The proposed changes will not result in plant
operation in a configuration outside of the design basis. 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, 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: General Counsel, Tennessee Valley Authority,
400 West Summit Hill Drive, 6A West Tower, Knoxville, TN 37902.
NRC Branch Chief: Undine Shoop.
Virginia Electric and Power Company, Docket Nos. 50-280 and 50-281,
Surry Power Station (Surry), Unit Nos. 1 and 2, Surry County, Virginia
Date of amendment request: May 15, 2019. A publicly-available
version is in ADAMS under Accession No. ML19143A201.
Description of amendment request: The amendments would revise
Action 8.A associated with Item 18 in Surry Power Station Technical
Specifications (TS) Table 3.7-1, ``Reactor Trip Instrument Operating
Conditions,'' for one inoperable Reactor Trip Breaker (RTB). The
revised Action 8.A would provide a completion time (CT) of 24 hours to
restore an RTB to operable status in addition to the 6-hour Hot
Shutdown requirement. Implementation of the 24-hour CT provides time to
perform maintenance activities on a single RTB during power operation
while minimizing risk associated with the loss of compound function.
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 provides a 24-hour CT for restoration of an
inoperable RTB: RPS [Reactor Protection System] performance will
remain within the bounds of the previously performed accident
analyses since no change to reactor trip instrumentation or plant
hardware is being made. The RPS will continue to function in a
manner consistent with the plant design basis.
The proposed change does not modify any system interfaces and
does not affect the probability of any event initiators. There will
be no degradation in the performance of, or an increase in the
number of challenges imposed on, safety-related equipment assumed to
function during an accident situation. There is no change to normal
plant operating parameters or accident mitigation performance.
The determination that the results of the proposed change are
acceptable was established in the NRC Safety Evaluation (SE)
prepared for WCAP-15376-P-A. Implementation of the proposed change
will result in an insignificant risk impact. Applicability of these
conclusions has been verified through plant-specific reviews and
implementation of the generic analysis results in accordance with
the NRC SE conditions.
The proposed change to add the CT reduces the potential for
unnecessary entries into TS action statements and resultant plant
transients and, therefore, does not increase the probability of any
accident previously evaluated. The proposed change does not alter
the response of the plant to any accidents. The RPS instrumentation
and RTBs will remain highly reliable, and the proposed changes will
not result in a significant increase to the risk of plant operation.
The PRA [Probabilistic Risk Assessment] performed for the proposed
CT change is based on justification presented in NRC approved WCAP-
15376. The PRA concluded that the increase in risk associated with
the proposed change is consistent with the RG 1.174 [Regulatory
Guide] and RG 1.177 acceptance guidelines for a permanent TS CT
change. The PRA demonstrates that defense-in-depth will not be
significantly impacted by allowing a single RTB to be inoperable for
up to 24 hours.
A detailed review of PRA importance metrics (Risk Achievement
Worth, FussellVesely) from the Tier 1 PRA model did not reveal any
risk significant maintenance configurations when one RTB is
unavailable. To maintain appropriate measures of defense in depth,
no maintenance will be planned on the AMSAC [Mitigating System
Actuation Circuitry] system while one RTB is inoperable. No
additional enhancements, procedure revisions or compensatory actions
are recommended from the Tier 2 evaluation.
Therefore, it is concluded that 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 provides a 24-hour CT for restoration of an
inoperable RTB. There are no hardware changes, nor are there any
changes in the method by which any safety related plant system
performs its safety function. The proposed change does not affect
the normal method of plant operation and does not result in physical
alteration to any plant system. The proposed change does not include
any changes to instrumentation setpoints or changes to accident
analysis assumptions. No new accident scenarios, transient
precursors, failure mechanisms, or limiting single failures are
introduced as a result of this change. There will be no adverse
effects or challenges imposed on any safety-related system as a
result of the proposed change.
Therefore, the proposed change does not create the possibility
of a new or different kind of accident from any previously
evaluated.
3. Does the proposed change involve a significant reduction in a
margin of safety?
Response: No.
The proposed change provides a 24-hour CT for restoration of an
inoperable RTB. The proposed change does not adversely affect any
current plant safety margins or the reliability of equipment assumed
in the safety analysis. There are no changes being made to any
safety analysis assumptions, safety limits, or limiting safety
system settings that would adversely affect plant safety.
Furthermore, as noted above, a supporting PRA was performed for the
proposed CT. The PRA concluded that the increase in risk associated
with the proposed change is consistent with the RG 1.174 and RG
1.177 acceptance guidelines for a permanent TS CT change. This PRA
demonstrates that defense-in-depth will not be significantly
impacted by allowing a single RTB to be inoperable for up to 24
hours.
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: Lillian M. Cuoco, Senior Counsel, Dominion
Resources Services, Inc., 120 Tredegar St., RS-2, Richmond, VA 23219.
NRC Branch Chief: Michael T. Markley.
IV. Previously Published Notices of Consideration of Issuance of
Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses,
Proposed No Significant Hazards Consideration Determination, and
Opportunity for a Hearing
The following notices were previously published as separate
individual notices. The notice content was the same as above. They were
published as individual notices either because time
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did not allow the Commission to wait for this biweekly notice or
because the action involved exigent circumstances. They are repeated
here because the biweekly notice lists all amendments issued or
proposed to be issued involving no significant hazards consideration.
For details, see the individual notice in the Federal Register on
the day and page cited. This notice does not extend the notice period
of the original notice.
Tennessee Valley Authority, Docket Nos. 50-259, 50-260, and 50-296,
Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant (Browns Ferry), Units 1, 2 and 3, Limestone
County, Alabama
Date of amendment request: July 3, 2019. A publicly-available
version is in ADAMS under Accession No. ML19184A633.
Brief description of amendment request: The amendments would revise
the Browns Ferry, Units 1, 2, and 3, Renewed Facility Operating
Licenses by changing license conditions associated with the fire
protection program controlled by 10 CFR 50.48(c), ``National Fire
Protection Association Standard NFPA 805.'' The amendments would extend
the implementation due dates for Modifications 102 and 106 listed in
Item 2 under ``Transition License Conditions'' in Browns Ferry, Units
1, 2, and 3, Renewed Facility Operating Licenses to the end of Unit 1's
Fall 2020 outage, and April 30, 2020, respectively.
Date of publication of individual notice in Federal Register: July
11, 2019 (84 FR 33094).
Expiration date of individual notice: August 12, 2019 (public
comments); September 9, 2019 (hearing requests).
V. 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
``Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments'' section of this
document.
Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC, Docket Nos. 50-269, 50-270, and 50-287,
Oconee Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2, and 3, Oconee County, South
Carolina
Date of amendment request: November 1, 2018, as supplemented by
letter dated March 7, 2019.
Brief description of amendments: The amendments revised the dose
consequences for the facility, as described in the Updated Final Safety
Analysis Report, to provide fission gas gap release fractions for high-
burnup fuel rods that exceed the linear heat generation rate limit
detailed in Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.183, ``Alternative Radiological
Source Terms for Evaluating Design Basis Accidents at Nuclear Power
Reactors'' (ADAMS Accession No. ML003716792), Table 3, Footnote 11. The
amendments allow a higher bounding rod power history and the removal of
a restriction on the number of rods per assembly that can exceed the
rod power burnup criteria of Footnote 11 in RG 1.183.
Date of issuance: July 17, 2019.
Effective date: As of the date of issuance and shall be implemented
within 120 days of issuance.
Amendment Nos.: 413 (Unit 1), 415 (Unit 2), and 414 (Unit 3). A
publicly-available version is in ADAMS under Accession No. ML19183A317;
documents related to these amendments are listed in the Safety
Evaluation enclosed with the amendments.
Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-38, DPR-47 and DPR-55: The
amendments revised the Facility Operating Licenses and Technical
Specifications.
Date of initial notice in Federal Register: January 31, 2019 (84 FR
811). The supplemental letter dated March 7, 2019, provided additional
information that clarified the application, did not expand the scope of
the application as originally noticed, and did not change the NRC
staff's original 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 July 17, 2019.
No significant hazards consideration comments received: No.
Duke Energy Progress, LLC, Docket No. 50-400, Shearon Harris
Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 1, Wake and Chatham Counties, North Carolina
Date of amendment request: August 13, 2018, as supplemented by
letter dated December 17, 2018.
Brief description of amendment: The amendment revised the Emergency
Plan Emergency Action Level Scheme associated with the fission product
barrier degradation Emergency Action Level thresholds and the cold
shutdown/refueling system malfunction Emergency Action Level
thresholds.
Date of issuance: July 18, 2019.
Effective date: As of the date of issuance and shall be implemented
within 180 days.
Amendment No.: 173. A publicly-available version is in ADAMS under
Accession No. ML19108A173; documents related to this amendment are
listed in the Safety Evaluation enclosed with the amendment.
Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF-63: The amendment
revised the Renewed Facility Operating License to authorize revision to
the Emergency Plan.
Date of initial notice in Federal Register: November 6, 2018 (83 FR
55571). The supplemental letter dated December 17, 2018, provided
additional information that clarified the application, did not expand
the scope of the application as originally noticed, and did not change
the NRC staff's original 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 July 18, 2019.
No significant hazards consideration comments received: No.
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Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Docket Nos. 50-348 and 50-364,
Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, Houston County, Alabama
Date of amendment request: November 29, 2018.
Brief description of amendments: The amendments changed Technical
Specifications (TSs) by revising certain TSs to remove the requirements
for engineered safety feature systems to be operable after sufficient
radioactive decay of irradiated fuel has occurred following a plant
shutdown; revising certain TSs actions that are not needed to mitigate
accidents postulated during shutdown; revising the licensing basis to
Fuel Handling Accident analysis; partially adopting Standard Technical
Specifications (STS) Change Traveler Technical Specifications Task
Force (TSTF)-51, ``Revise containment requirements during handling
irradiated fuel and core alterations,'' Revision 2; and partially
adopting STS Change Traveler TSTF-471, ``Eliminate use of term CORE
ALTERATIONS in ACTIONS and Notes,'' Revision 1.
Date of issuance: July 16, 2019.
Effective date: As of the date of issuance and shall be implemented
within 60 days of issuance.
Amendment Nos.: 223 (Unit 1) and 220 (Unit 2). A publicly-available
version is in ADAMS under Accession No. ML19071A138; documents related
to these amendments are listed in the Safety Evaluation enclosed with
the amendments.
Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-2 and NPF-8: The
amendments revised the Renewed Facility Operating Licenses and TSs.
Date of initial notice in Federal Register: January 30, 2019 (84 FR
495).
The Commission's related evaluation of the amendments is contained
in a Safety Evaluation dated July 16, 2019.
No significant hazards consideration comments received: No.
Susquehanna Nuclear, LLC, Docket Nos. 50-387 and 50-388, Susquehanna
Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Date of amendment request: March 28, 2019.
Brief description of amendments: The amendments revised the
Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2, Technical
Specifications to eliminate second completion times from required
actions regarding the operation of alternating current sources in
alignment with Technical Specifications Task Force Traveler (TSTF) 439,
Revision 2, ``Eliminate Second Completion Times Limiting Time from
Discovery of Failure to Meet an LCO [Limiting Condition for
Operation].'' Specifically, the amendments revised Technical
Specification 3.8.7.
Date of issuance: July 16, 2019.
Effective date: As of the date of issuance and shall be implemented
within 90 days of issuance.
Amendment Nos.: 273 (Unit 1) and 255 (Unit 2). A publicly-available
version is in ADAMS under Accession No. ML19155A264; documents related
to these amendments are listed in the Safety Evaluation enclosed with
the amendments.
Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-14 and NPF-22: The
amendments revised the Renewed Facility Operating Licenses and
Technical Specifications.
Date of initial notice in Federal Register: May 7, 2019 (84 FR
19973).
The Commission's related evaluation of the amendments is contained
in a Safety Evaluation dated July 16, 2019.
No significant hazards consideration comments received: No.
Tennessee Valley Authority, Docket Nos. 50-390 and 50-391, Watts Bar
Nuclear Plant (Watts Bar), Units 1 and 2, Rhea County, Tennessee
Date of amendment request: July 23, 2018.
Brief description of amendments: The amendments revised the Watts
Bar, Units 1 and 2, Technical Specifications 4.2.1, ``Fuel
Assemblies,'' and 5.9.5, ``Core Operating Limits Report (COLR),'' to
allow the use of Optimized ZIRLOTM fuel rod cladding
material.
Date of issuance: July 25, 2019.
Effective date: As of the date of issuance and shall be implemented
within 30 days of issuance.
Amendment Nos.: 127 (Unit 1) and 30 (Unit 2). A publicly-available
version is in ADAMS under Accession No. ML19112A004; documents related
to these amendments are listed in the Safety Evaluation enclosed with
the amendments.
Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-90 and NPF-96: The amendments
revised the Facility Operating Licenses and Technical Specifications.
Date of initial notice in Federal Register: November 6, 2018 (83 FR
55576).
The Commission's related evaluation of the amendments is contained
in a Safety Evaluation dated July 25, 2019.
No significant hazards consideration comments received: No.
VI. Notice of Issuance of Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and
Combined Licenses and Final Determination of No Significant Hazards
Consideration and Opportunity for a Hearing (Exigent Public
Announcement or Emergency Circumstances)
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 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 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.
Because of exigent or emergency circumstances associated with the
date the amendment was needed, there was not time for the Commission to
publish, for public comment before issuance, its usual notice of
consideration of issuance of amendment, proposed no significant hazards
consideration determination, and opportunity for a hearing.
For exigent circumstances, the Commission has either issued a
Federal Register notice providing opportunity for public comment or has
used local media to provide notice to the public in the area
surrounding a licensee's facility of the licensee's application and of
the Commission's proposed determination of no significant hazards
consideration. The Commission has provided a reasonable opportunity for
the public to comment, using its best efforts to make available to the
public means of communication for the public to respond quickly, and in
the case of telephone comments, the comments have been recorded or
transcribed as appropriate and the licensee has been informed of the
public comments.
In circumstances where failure to act in a timely way would have
resulted, for example, in derating or shutdown of a nuclear power plant
or in prevention of either resumption of operation or of increase in
power output up to the plant's licensed power level, the Commission may
not have had an opportunity to provide for public comment on its no
significant hazards consideration determination. In such case, the
license amendment has been issued without opportunity for comment. If
there has been some time for public comment but less than 30
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days, the Commission may provide an opportunity for public comment. If
comments have been requested, it is so stated. In either event, the
State has been consulted by telephone whenever possible.
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 documents related to this action. Accordingly, the amendments have
been issued and made effective 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 51.12(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
application for amendment, (2) the amendment to Facility Operating
License or Combined License, as applicable, 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
``Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments'' section of this
document.
A. Opportunity To Request a Hearing and Petition for Leave To Intervene
The Commission is also offering an opportunity for a hearing with
respect to the issuance of the amendment. Within 60 days after the date
of publication of this notice, any persons (petitioner) whose interest
may be affected by this action may file a request for a hearing and
petition for leave to intervene (petition) with respect to the action.
Petitions shall be filed in accordance with the Commission's ``Agency
Rules of Practice and Procedure'' in 10 CFR part 2. Interested persons
should consult a current copy of 10 CFR 2.309. The NRC's regulations
are accessible electronically from the NRC Library on the NRC's website
at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/cfr/. Alternatively,
a copy of the regulations is available at the NRC's Public Document
Room, located at One White Flint North, Room O1-F21, 11555 Rockville
Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland 20852. If a petition is filed,
the Commission or a presiding officer will rule on the petition and, if
appropriate, a notice of a hearing will be issued.
As required by 10 CFR 2.309(d) the petition should specifically
explain the reasons why intervention should be permitted with
particular reference to the following general requirements for
standing: (1) The name, address, and telephone number of the
petitioner; (2) the nature of the petitioner's right under the Act to
be made a party to the proceeding; (3) the nature and extent of the
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 petitioner's interest.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.309(f), the petition must also set
forth the specific contentions which the petitioner seeks to have
litigated in 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 petitioner must 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 petitioner
intends to rely in proving the contention at the hearing. The
petitioner must also provide references to the specific sources and
documents on which the petitioner intends to rely to support its
position on the issue. The petition must include sufficient information
to show that a genuine dispute exists with the applicant or licensee on
a material issue of law or fact. Contentions must be limited to matters
within the scope of the proceeding. The contention must be one which,
if proven, would entitle the petitioner to relief. A petitioner who
fails to satisfy the requirements at 10 CFR 2.309(f) 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.
Parties have the opportunity to participate fully in the conduct of the
hearing with respect to resolution of that party's admitted
contentions, including the opportunity to present evidence, consistent
with the NRC's regulations, policies, and procedures.
Petitions must be filed no later than 60 days from the date of
publication of this notice. Petitions and motions for leave to file new
or amended contentions that are filed after the 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) through (iii). The petition must be filed in
accordance with the filing instructions in the ``Electronic Submissions
(E-Filing)'' section of this document.
If a hearing is requested, and the Commission has not made a final
determination on the issue of no significant hazards consideration, the
Commission will make a final determination on the issue of no
significant hazards consideration. The final determination will serve
to establish 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 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 the amendment unless the Commission finds an imminent
danger to the health or safety of the public, in which case it will
issue an appropriate order or rule under 10 CFR part 2.
A State, local governmental body, Federally-recognized Indian
Tribe, or agency thereof, may submit a petition to the Commission to
participate as a party under 10 CFR 2.309(h)(1). The petition should
state the nature and extent of the petitioner's interest in the
proceeding. The petition should be submitted to the Commission no later
than 60 days from the date of publication of this notice. The petition
must be filed in accordance with the filing instructions in the
``Electronic Submissions (E-Filing)'' section of this document, and
should meet the requirements for petitions set forth in this section,
except that under 10 CFR 2.309(h)(2) a State, local governmental body,
or Federally-recognized Indian Tribe, or agency thereof does not need
to address the standing requirements in 10 CFR 2.309(d) if the facility
is located within its boundaries. Alternatively, a State, local
governmental body, Federally-recognized Indian Tribe, or agency thereof
may participate as a non-party under 10 CFR 2.315(c).
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If a hearing is granted, any person who is not a party to the
proceeding and is not affiliated with or represented by a party may, at
the discretion of the presiding officer, be permitted to make a limited
appearance pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.315(a). A person
making a limited appearance may make an oral or written statement of
his or her position on the issues but may not otherwise participate in
the proceeding. A limited appearance may be made at any session of the
hearing or at any prehearing conference, subject to the limits and
conditions as may be imposed by the presiding officer. Details
regarding the opportunity to make a limited appearance will be provided
by the presiding officer if such sessions are scheduled.
B. Electronic Submissions (E-Filing)
All documents filed in NRC adjudicatory proceedings, including a
request for hearing and petition for leave to intervene (petition), 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 that request to
participate under 10 CFR 2.315(c), must be filed in accordance with the
NRC's E-Filing rule (72 FR 49139; August 28, 2007, as amended at 77 FR
46562; August 3, 2012). 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. Detailed
guidance on making electronic submissions may be found in the Guidance
for Electronic Submissions to the NRC and on the NRC website at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html. 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 10
days prior to the filing deadline, the participant should contact the
Office of the Secretary by email at [email protected], or by
telephone at 301-415-1677, to (1) request a digital identification (ID)
certificate, which allows the participant (or its counsel or
representative) to digitally sign submissions and access the E-Filing
system for any proceeding in which it is participating; and (2) advise
the Secretary that the participant will be submitting a petition or
other adjudicatory document (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 website at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals/getting-started.html. Once a participant has obtained a
digital ID certificate and a docket has been created, the participant
can then submit adjudicatory documents. Submissions must be in Portable
Document Format (PDF). Additional guidance on PDF submissions is
available on the NRC's public website at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/electronic-sub-ref-mat.html. A filing is considered complete at the
time the document is 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
document on those participants separately. Therefore, applicants and
other participants (or their counsel or representative) must apply for
and receive a digital ID certificate before adjudicatory documents are
filed so that they can obtain access to the documents via the E-Filing
system.
A person filing electronically using the NRC's adjudicatory E-
Filing system may seek assistance by contacting the NRC's Electronic
Filing Help Desk through the ``Contact Us'' link located on the NRC's
public website at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html, by
email to [email protected], or by a toll-free call at 1-866-672-
7640. The NRC Electronic Filing Help Desk is available between 9 a.m.
and 6 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
stating why there is good cause for not filing electronically and
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, 11555
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852, Attention: Rulemaking and
Adjudications Staff. Participants filing adjudicatory documents 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://adams.nrc.gov/ehd, unless excluded pursuant to an order of the
Commission or the presiding officer. If you do not have an NRC-issued
digital ID certificate as described above, click ``Cancel'' when the
link requests certificates and you will be automatically directed to
the NRC's electronic hearing dockets where you will be able to access
any publicly-available documents in a particular hearing docket.
Participants are requested not to include personal privacy information,
such as social security numbers, home addresses, or personal phone
numbers in their filings, unless an NRC regulation or other law
requires submission of such information. For example, in some
instances, individuals provide home addresses in order to demonstrate
proximity to a facility or site. 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.
Florida Power & Light Company, et al., Docket No. 50-335, St. Lucie
Plant, Unit No. 1, St. Lucie County, Florida
Date of amendment request: July 19, 2019, as supplemented by
letters dated July 24, 2019, and July 25, 2019.
Description of amendment request: The amendment modified Technical
Specification 3/4.8.1, ``A.C. [Alternating Current] Sources,'' Action
b, to allow for
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a one-time extension of the allowed outage time for an emergency diesel
generator from 14 days to 30 days.
Date of issuance: July 26, 2019.
Effective date: As of the date of issuance and shall be implemented
immediately.
Amendment No.: 248. A publicly-available version is in ADAMS under
Accession No. ML19203A166; documents related to this amendment are
listed in the Safety Evaluation enclosed with the amendment.
Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-67: The amendment
revised the Renewed Facility Operating License and Technical
Specifications.
Public comments requested as to proposed no significant hazards
consideration (NSHC): Yes. The notice appeared on July 23, 2019, and
July 24, 2019, in the Treasure Coast Newspapers, St. Lucie County,
Florida. The notice provided an opportunity to submit comments on the
Commission's proposed NSHC determination. No comments were received.
By letter dated July 24, 2019, the licensee supplemented its
license amendment request dated July 19, 2019, to request the deferral
of certain surveillance requirements on the remaining emergency diesel
generators until after the completion of the proposed extended allowed
outage time. By letter dated July 25, 2019, the licensee withdrew its
request to defer performance of the surveillance requirements based on
the current repair schedule for the inoperable emergency diesel
generator. The licensee stated that its July 25, 2019, letter replaced
the July 24, 2019, letter in its entirety. As a result, the NRC staff
only reviewed the changes requested in the licensee's July 19, 2019,
request, as supplemented by the licensee's letter dated July 25, 2019.
The Commission's related evaluation of the amendment, finding of
exigent circumstances, State consultation, and final NSHC determination
are contained in a Safety Evaluation dated July 26, 2019.
Attorney for licensee: Debbie Hendell, Managing Attorney--Nuclear,
Florida Power & Light, 700 Universe Blvd., MS LAW/JB, Juno Beach, FL
33408-0420.
NRC Branch Chief: Undine Shoop.
Tennessee Valley Authority, Docket No. 50-328, Sequoyah Nuclear Plant
(Sequoyah), Unit 2, Hamilton County, Tennessee
Date of amendment request: July 14, 2019.
Description of amendment: The amendment approved a one-time change
to Sequoyah, Unit 2, Technical Specification Table 3.3.3-1, ``Post
Accident Monitoring Instrumentation,'' Function 15c, to permit the
reactor vessel level instrumentation system (RVLIS) upper range level
channels to not be operable for the remainder of Operating Cycle 23
under certain compensatory actions. Sequoyah, Unit 2, is scheduled to
start the Cycle 23 refueling outage in Spring 2020.
The licensee also added License Condition 2.C.(26) to the Renewed
Facility Operating License to implement the compensatory measures
described in Section 3.8, ``Additional Compensatory Measures,'' of the
enclosure during the timeframe the RVLIS upper range level channels are
not required to be operable for the remainder of Cycle 23. If the RVLIS
upper range level channels are returned to operable status prior to the
end of Cycle 23, then these compensatory measures will no longer be
required.
Date of issuance: July 18, 2019.
Effective date: As of the date of issuance and shall be implemented
immediately.
Amendment No.: 338. A publicly-available version is in ADAMS under
Accession No. ML19196A221; documents related to this amendment are
listed in the Safety Evaluation enclosed with the amendment.
Renewed Facility Operating License DPR-79: The amendment revised
the Renewed Facility Operating License and Technical Specifications.
Public comments requested as to proposed no significant hazards
consideration (NSHC): Yes. The notice appeared on July 17, 2019, in the
Chattanooga Times Free Press, Hamilton County, Tennessee. The notice
provided an opportunity to submit comments on the Commission's proposed
NSHC determination. No comments have been received.
The Commission's related evaluation of the amendment, finding of
exigent circumstances, State consultation, and final NSHC determination
are contained in a Safety Evaluation dated July 18, 2019.
Attorney for licensee: General Counsel, Tennessee Valley Authority,
400 West Summit Hill Drive, 6A West Tower, Knoxville, TN 37902.
NRC Branch Chief: Undine Shoop.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 6th day of August, 2019.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Blake D. Welling,
Deputy Director, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of
Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2019-17160 Filed 8-12-19; 8:45 am]
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