Biweekly Notice; Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations, 26727-26734 [2020-09046]
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Nuclear Reactor Regulation, telephone:
301–415–4081, email:
Bernadette.Abeywickrama@nrc.gov,
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington DC 20555–0001.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION
[NRC–2020–0103]
Biweekly Notice; Applications and
Amendments to Facility Operating
Licenses and Combined Licenses
Involving No Significant Hazards
Considerations
I. Obtaining Information and
Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Biweekly notice.
AGENCY:
Pursuant to section 189.a.(2)
of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as
amended (the Act), the U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission (NRC) is
publishing this regular biweekly notice.
The Act requires the Commission to
publish notice of any amendments
issued, or proposed to be issued, and
grants the Commission the authority to
issue and make immediately effective
any amendment to an operating license
or combined license, as applicable,
upon a determination by the
Commission that such amendment
involves no significant hazards
consideration, notwithstanding the
pendency before the Commission of a
request for a hearing from any person.
This biweekly notice includes all
amendments issued, or proposed to be
issued, from approximately April 7,
2020, to April 20, 2020. The last
biweekly notice was published on April
21, 2020.
DATES: Comments must be filed by June
4, 2020. A request for a hearing or
petitions for leave to intervene must be
filed by July 6, 2020.
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–2020–0103. Address
questions about NRC Docket IDs in
Regulations.gov to Jennifer Borges;
telephone: 301–287–9127; email:
Jennifer.Borges@nrc.gov. For technical
questions, contact the individual(s)
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:
Bernadette Abeywickrama, Office of
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Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2020–
0103, facility name, unit number(s),
docket number(s), 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–2020–0103.
• 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.
B. Submitting Comments
Please include Docket ID NRC–2020–
0103, facility name, unit number(s),
docket number(s), 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
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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. Notice of Consideration of Issuance
of Amendments to Facility Operating
Licenses and Combined Licenses and
Proposed No Significant Hazards
Consideration Determination
For the facility-specific amendment
requests shown below, the Commission
finds that the licensee’s analyses
provided, consistent with title 10 of the
Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR)
section 50.91 is sufficient to support the
proposed determination that these
amendment requests involve NSHC.
Under the Commission’s regulations in
10 CFR 50.92, 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 different kind of accident from
any accident previously evaluated; or
(3) involve a significant reduction in a
margin of safety.
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 NSHC. 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 NSHC determination, any hearing
will take place after issuance. The
Commission expects that the need to
take action on an amendment before 60
days have elapsed 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
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(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.
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.
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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-
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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, 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
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
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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 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
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
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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.
The table below provides the plant
name, docket number, date of
application, ADAMS accession number,
and location in the application of the
licensee’s proposed NSHC
determination. For further details with
respect to these license amendment
applications, 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.
Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., Entergy Nuclear Indian Point 3, LLC; Indian Point Nuclear Generating Station, Unit No. 3;
Westchester County, NY
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Application Date ..................................................
ADAMS Accession No. .......................................
Location in Application of NSHC .........................
Brief Description of Amendments .......................
Proposed Determination ......................................
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Mailing Address
Docket Nos. .........................................................
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Number ........
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ML20084U773.
Pages 13 and 14 of the Enclosure.
The proposed amendment would incorporate into the Indian Point Unit 3 (IP3) licensing basis
the installation and use of a new single failure proof auxiliary lifting device (i.e., the Holtec
International HI–LIFT) to handle a dry cask storage transfer cask in the IP3 fuel storage
building. The change to the IP3 licensing basis would be documented via revision to the IP3
Updated Final Safety Analysis Report.
NSHC.
Bill Glew, Associate General Counsel, Entergy Services, Inc., 639 Loyola Avenue, 22nd Floor,
New Orleans, LA 70113.
50–286.
Richard Guzman, 301–415–1030.
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Entergy Operations, Inc., System Energy Resources, Inc., Cooperative Energy, A Mississippi Electric Cooperative, and Entergy Mississippi, LLC; Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Unit 1; Claiborne County, MS, Entergy Louisiana, LLC and Entergy Operations, Inc.;
River Bend Station, Unit 1; West Feliciana Parish, LA
Application Date ..................................................
ADAMS Accession No. .......................................
Location in Application of NSHC .........................
Brief Description of Amendments .......................
Proposed Determination ......................................
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Mailing Address
Docket Nos. .........................................................
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Number ........
January 24, 2020.
ML20024E597.
Pages 6 and 7 of the Enclosure.
The proposed amendments would adopt Technical Specifications Task Force (TSTF) Traveler
TSTF–439, ‘‘Eliminate Second Completion Times Limiting Time from Discovery of Failure to
Meet an LCO [Limiting Condition for Operation],’’ Revision 2, dated June 20, 2005 (ADAMS
Accession No. ML051860296), into the Technical Specifications for Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Unit 1 and River Bend Station, Unit 1.
NSHC.
Anna Vinson Jones, Senior Counsel, Entergy Services, Inc., 101 Constitution Avenue NW,
Suite 200 East, Washington, DC 20001.
50–416, 50–458.
Siva Lingam, 301–415–1564.
Entergy Operations, Inc., System Energy Resources, Inc., Cooperative Energy, A Mississippi Electric Cooperative, and Entergy Mississippi, LLC; Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Unit 1; Claiborne County, MS, Entergy Louisiana, LLC and Entergy Operations, Inc.;
River Bend Station, Unit 1; West Feliciana Parish, LA
Application Date ..................................................
ADAMS Accession No. .......................................
Location in Application of NSHC .........................
Brief Description of Amendments .......................
Proposed Determination ......................................
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Mailing Address
Docket Nos. .........................................................
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Number ........
January 24, 2020.
ML20024F216.
Pages 1 and 2 of the Enclosure.
The proposed amendments would adopt Technical Specifications Task Force (TSTF) traveler
TSTF–566, Revision 0, ‘‘Revise Actions for Inoperable RHR [Residual Heat Removal] Shutdown Cooling Subsystems,’’ dated January 19, 2018 (ADAMS Accession No.
ML18019B187), which is an approved change to the Improved Standard Technical Specifications, into the Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Unit 1 and River Bend Station, Unit 1 Technical Specifications. The model safety evaluation was approved by the NRC in a letter dated
February 21, 2019 (ADAMS Accession No. ML19028A285), using the consolidated line item
improvement process.
NSHC.
Anna Vinson Jones, Senior Counsel, Entergy Services, Inc., 101 Constitution Avenue NW,
Suite 200 East, Washington, DC 20001.
50–416, 50–458.
Siva Lingam, 301–415–1564.
Exelon Generation Company, LLC; Braidwood Station, Units 1 and 2, Will County, IL; Byron Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2, Ogle County, IL,
Exelon Generation Company, LLC; R. E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant, Wayne County, NY
Application Date ..................................................
ADAMS Accession No. .......................................
Location in Application of NSHC .........................
Brief Description of Amendments .......................
Proposed Determination ......................................
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Mailing Address
Docket Nos. .........................................................
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Number ........
February 6, 2020.
ML20037A725.
Pages 2, 3, and 4 of Attachment 1 to the Application.
The amendments adopt TSTF–567, ‘‘Add Containment Sump TS to Address GSl–191 Issues,’’
which adds a technical specification action to address the condition of the containment
sump made inoperable due to containment accident generated and transported debris exceeding the analyzed limits. The action provides time to correct or evaluate the condition in
lieu of an immediate plant shutdown.
NSHC.
Tamra Domeyer, Associate General Counsel, Exelon Generation Company, LLC, 4300 Winfield Road, Warrenville, IL 60555.
50–244, 50–454, 50–455, 50–456, 50–457.
Joel Wiebe, 301–415–6606.
R. E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant, LLC and Exelon Generation Company, LLC; R. E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant; Wayne County, NY
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Application Date ..................................................
ADAMS Accession No. .......................................
Location in Application of NSHC .........................
Brief Description of Amendments .......................
Proposed Determination ......................................
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Mailing Address
Docket Nos. .........................................................
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Number ........
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ML20085H900.
Pages 85 and 86 of Attachment 1.
The proposed amendment would revise Technical Specification (TS) 3.3.1, ‘‘Reactor Trip System (RTS) Instrumentation,’’ and TS 3.3.2, ‘‘Engineered Safety Feature Actuation System
(ESFAS) Instrumentation.’’ These changes are based on Westinghouse topical reports
WCAP-14333, Revision 1, ‘‘Probabilistic Risk Analysis of the RPS [Reactor Protection System] and ESFAS Test Times and Completion Times,’’ and WCAP–15376, Revision 1, ‘‘RiskInformed Assessment of the RTS and ESFAS Surveillance Test Intervals and Reactor Trip
Breaker Test and Completion Times.’’
NSHC.
Tamra Domeyer, Associate General Counsel, Exelon Generation Company, LLC, 4300 Winfield Road, Warrenville, IL 60555.
50–244.
V. Sreenivas, 301–415–2597.
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Susquehanna Nuclear, LLC and Allegheny Electric Cooperative, Inc.; Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2; Luzerne
County, PA
Application Date ..................................................
ADAMS Accession No. .......................................
Location in Application of NSHC .........................
Brief Description of Amendments .......................
Proposed Determination ......................................
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Mailing Address
Docket Nos. .........................................................
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Number ........
January 2, 2020.
ML20002B254.
Pages 16 and 17 of Enclosure 1.
The proposed amendment would modify Technical Specification 5.5.2, ‘‘Primary Coolant
Sources Outside Containment.’’ The amendment would modify the current licensing basis
for the design-basis accident (DBA) loss-of-coolant accident (LOCA) analysis described in
the Susquehanna Final Safety Analysis Report. The proposed changes would utilize an updated version of the ORIGEN code, introduce a new source term to account for the introduction of ATRIUM 11 fuel, use new assumptions that decrease the assumed emergency
safety feature leakage into secondary containment, increase the assumed maximum allowable standby gas treatment system exhaust flow rate from secondary containment, and increase the allowed control structure unfiltered in-leakage that is assumed in the DBA LOCA
dose analysis.
NHSC.
Damon D. Obie, Esq, 835 Hamilton St., Suite 150, Allentown, PA 18101.
50–388, 50–387.
Sujata Goetz, 301–415–8004.
Tennessee Valley Authority; Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2; Hamilton County, TN
Application Date ..................................................
ADAMS Accession No. .......................................
Location in Application of NSHC .........................
Brief Description of Amendments .......................
Proposed Determination ......................................
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Mailing Address
Docket Nos. .........................................................
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Number ........
March 13, 2020.
ML20073P120.
Pages 14, 15 and 16 of the Enclosure to the Application.
Modify technical specifications to update the turbine low oil pressure setpoints.
NSHC.
Sherry Quirk, Executive VP and General Counsel, Tennessee Valley Authority, 400 West
Summit Hill Drive, WT 6A, Knoxville, TN 37902.
50–327, 50–328.
Perry Buckberg, 301–415–1383.
Tennessee Valley Authority; Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2; Rhea County, TN
Application Date ..................................................
ADAMS Accession No. .......................................
Location in Application of NSHC .........................
Brief Description of Amendments .......................
Proposed Determination ......................................
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Mailing Address
Docket Nos. .........................................................
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Number ........
April 3, 2020.
ML20097D315.
Pages 4 and 5 of Enclosure.
The proposed amendments would adopt Technical Specification Task Force (TSFT) Traveler
541, ‘‘Add Exceptions to Surveillance Requirements for Valves and Dampers Locked in the
Actuated Position,’’ which would add exceptions to certain surveillance requirements (SR) to
consider the SR met when automatic valves or dampers are locked, sealed, or otherwise
secured in the actuated position.
NSHC.
Sherry Quirk, Executive VP and General Counsel, Tennessee Valley Authority, 400 West
Summit Hill Drive, WT 6A, Knoxville, TN 37902.
50–390, 50–391.
Kimberly Green, 301–415–1627.
Union Electric Company; Callaway Plant, Unit No. 1; Callaway County, MO
Application Date ..................................................
ADAMS Accession No. .......................................
Location in Application of NSHC .........................
Brief Description of Amendments .......................
Proposed Determination ......................................
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Mailing Address
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Docket Nos. .........................................................
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Number ........
III. 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
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ML20070R105.
Page 7 of the Enclosure.
The proposed amendment would revise Technical Specification (TS) 5.3.1 and delete TSs
5.3.1.1 and 5.3.2 in TS 5.3, ‘‘Unit Staff Qualifications,’’ of the Administrative Controls section
in order to remove details specified for the qualifications of certain positions within the unit’s
staff because such details are already and appropriately specified in the Operating Quality
Assurance Manual.
NSHC.
Jay E. Silberg, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, 1200 17th St. NW, Washington, DC
20036.
50–483.
L. John Klos, 301–415–5136.
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
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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 NSHC
determination, and opportunity for a
hearing in connection with these
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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 application 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.
Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., Entergy Nuclear Indian Point 2, LLC, and Entergy Nuclear Indian Point, LLC; Indian Point Nuclear
Generating Station, Unit Nos. 2 and 3; Westchester County, NY
Date Issued .........................................................
ADAMS Accession No. .......................................
Amendment Nos. ................................................
Brief Description of Amendments .......................
Docket Nos. .........................................................
April 10, 2020.
ML20071Q717.
292 (Unit 2) and 267 (Unit 3).
The amendments revised certain organization, staffing, and training requirements contained in
Technical Specification (TS) Section 1.1, ‘‘Definitions’’; Section 4.0, ‘‘Design Features’’; and
Section 5.0, ‘‘Administrative Controls,’’ of the Indian Point Units 2 and 3 TSs that will not be
applicable to a permanently defueled facility once Indian Point, Unit 2, and subsequently, Indian Point, Unit 3, are permanently defueled.
50–247, 50–286.
Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.; Indian Point Nuclear Generating Station, Unit No. 1; Westchester County, NY, Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., Entergy Nuclear Indian Point 2, LLC, and Entergy Nuclear Indian Point, LLC; Indian Point Nuclear Generating Station,
Unit Nos. 2 and 3; Westchester County, NY
Date Issued .........................................................
ADAMS Accession No. .......................................
Amendment Nos. ................................................
Brief Description of Amendments .......................
Docket Nos. .........................................................
April 15, 2020.
ML20078L140.
62 (Unit 1), 293 (Unit 2), and 268 (Unit 3).
The amendments revised the on-shift staffing and the emergency response organization in the
site emergency plan for the post-shutdown and permanently defueled condition.
50–003, 50–247, 50–286.
Entergy Operations, Inc.; Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 2; Pope County, AR
Date Issued .........................................................
ADAMS Accession No. .......................................
Amendment Nos. ................................................
Brief Description of Amendments .......................
Docket Nos. .........................................................
April 8, 2020.
ML20087L803.
320.
The amendment increased both the individual and average control element assembly drop
time limits in the Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 2 technical specifications by 0.2 seconds to
establish margin impacted by installation of new high temperature upper gripper coils associated with the control element drive mechanism for each control element assembly.
50–368.
Florida Power & Light Company; Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 3. and 4; Miami-Dade County, FL
Date Issued .........................................................
ADAMS Accession No. .......................................
Amendment Nos. ................................................
Brief Description of Amendments .......................
Docket Nos. .........................................................
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IV. 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
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ML20029E948.
292 (Unit 3) and 285 (Unit 4).
The amendments revised the technical specifications related to reactor trip system instrumentation and resolved two non-conservative technical specifications.
50–250, 50–251.
(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
NSHC determination, and opportunity
for a hearing.
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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 NSHC. 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
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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 NSHC 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
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 NSHC is involved.
The Commission has applied the
standards of 10 CFR 50.92 and has made
a final determination that the
amendment involves NSHC. 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
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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.
Entergy Operations, Inc., System Energy Resources, Inc., Cooperative Energy, A Mississippi Electric Cooperative, and Entergy
Mississippi, LLC; Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Unit 1; Claiborne County, MS
Date of Amendment ............................................
Brief Description of Amendment .........................
ADAMS Accession No. .......................................
Amendment Nos. ................................................
Public Comments Requested as to Proposed
NSHC (Yes/No).
Docket Nos. .........................................................
April 15, 2020.
The amendment allowed a one cycle extension to the Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Unit 1 integrated leak rate test, or Type A test, and the drywell bypass leak rate test from the currently
ongoing End of Cycle 22 refueling outage to the next End of Cycle 23 refueling outage.
These tests are required by Technical Specification (TS) 5.5.12, ‘‘10 CFR 50, Appendix J,
Testing Program,’’ for the integrated leak rate test, and Surveillance Requirement 3.6.5.1.1
of TS 3.6, ‘‘Containment Systems,’’ for the drywell bypass leak rate test.
ML20101G054.
224.
Yes.
50–416.
Exelon Generation Company, LLC; Limerick Generating Station, Unit 1; Montgomery County, PA
Date of Amendment ............................................
Brief Description of Amendment .........................
ADAMS Accession No. .......................................
Amendment Nos. ................................................
Public Comments Requested as to Proposed
NSHC (Yes/No).
Docket Nos. .........................................................
April 9, 2020.
This amendment revised Technical Specification 3/4.6.1, ‘‘Primary Containment,’’ Limiting
Condition for Operation 3.6.1.2, to allow for a one-time increase in the allowable leakage
rate limit for one main steam isolation valve. The one-time increase is valid during operating
cycle 19.
ML20098C922.
245.
NSHC.
50–352.
Exelon Generation Company, LLC; Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station, Unit 2; Rock Island County, IL
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Date of Amendment ............................................
Brief Description of Amendment .........................
ADAMS Accession No. .......................................
Amendment Nos. ................................................
Public Comments Requested as to Proposed
NSHC (Yes/No).
Docket Nos. .........................................................
April 9, 2020.
The amendment modified the Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station, Unit 2, Technical Specification 3.6.1.3, Surveillance Requirement 3.6.1.3.10 by revising the combined main steam isolation valve (MSIV) leakage rate limit for all four steam lines from 86 to 93 standard cubic
feet per hour (scfh) and the leakage rate through each MSIV leakage path from 34 to 37
scfh. The proposed change in the allowable limits are a one-time change intended to be
used for a single cycle (Cycle 26).
ML20094F833.
276.
No.
50–265.
Florida Power & Light Company; Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Unit No. 3; Miami-Dade County, FL.
Date of Amendment ............................................
Brief Description of Amendment .........................
ADAMS Accession No. .......................................
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The amendment revised the Turkey Point Unit 3 Technical Specifications to allow a one-time
extension to the requirement to inspect each steam generator every other refueling outage
to the fall of 2021, when the next Unit 3 refueling outage is scheduled.
ML20104B527.
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Public Comments Requested as to Proposed
NSHC (Yes/No).
Docket Nos. .........................................................
291.
NSHC.
50–250.
Vistra Operations Company LLC; Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, Unit Nos. 1 and 2; Somervell County, TX
Date of Amendment ............................................
Brief Description of Amendment .........................
ADAMS Accession No. .......................................
Amendment Nos. ................................................
Public Comments Requested as to Proposed
NSHC (Yes/No).
Docket Nos ..........................................................
For details, including the applicable
notice period, see the individual notice
in the Federal Register on the day and
page cited.
Dated: April 23, 2020.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Mohamed K. Shams,
Deputy Director, Division of Operating
Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2020–09046 Filed 5–4–20; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7590–01–P
NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION
[Docket No. 72–27; NRC–2019–0193]
Humboldt Bay Independent Spent Fuel
Storage Installation
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Environmental assessment and
finding of no significant impact;
issuance.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is considering the
renewal of Special Nuclear Materials
(SNM) License SNM–2514 for the
Humboldt Bay independent spent fuel
storage installation (ISFSI) (Humboldt
Bay ISFSI) located in Humboldt County,
California. The NRC has prepared an
environmental assessment (EA) for this
proposed license renewal in accordance
with its regulations. Based on the EA,
the NRC has concluded that a finding of
no significant impact (FONSI) is
appropriate. The NRC also is conducting
a safety evaluation of the proposed
license renewal.
DATES: The EA and FONSI referenced in
this document are available on May 5,
2020.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID
NRC–2019–0193 when contacting the
NRC about the availability of
information regarding this document.
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SUMMARY:
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The amendments revised Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2, Technical
Specification 5.5.9, ‘‘Unit 1 Model D76 and Unit 2 Model D5 Steam Generator (SG) Program,’’ to allow a one-time change in the Comanche Peak Unit 2 SG inspection frequency.
The change allowed the licensee to defer the Unit 2 SG inspections for the spring 2020 refueling outage to the fall 2021 refueling outage.
ML20108E878.
173 (Unit 1) and 173 (Unit 2).
NSHC.
50–445, 50–446.
You may obtain publicly-available
information related to this document
using any of the following methods:
• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov/ and search
for Docket ID NRC–2019–0193. Address
questions about NRC docket 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.
• NRC’s Agencywide Documents
Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publiclyavailable documents online in the
ADAMS Public Documents collection at
https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
adams.html. To begin the search, select
‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.’’ For
problems with ADAMS, please contact
the NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR)
reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, 301–
415–4737, or by email to pdr.resource@
nrc.gov. The ADAMS accession number
for each document referenced in this
document (if that document is available
in ADAMS) is provided the first time
that a document is referenced.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Monika Coflin, Office of Nuclear
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone:
301–415–5932, email: Monika.Coflin@
nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
The NRC is considering a license
renewal request for SNM–2514 for the
Humboldt Bay ISFSI located in
Humboldt County, California (ADAMS
Package Accession No. ML18215A202).
The licensee, Pacific Gas & Electric
(PG&E), is requesting to renew license
SNM–2514 for the Humboldt Bay ISFSI
for an additional 40 years. The current
license will expire on November 17,
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2025. If approved, PG&E would be able
to continue to possess and store spent
nuclear fuel at the Humboldt Bay ISFSI
in accordance with the requirements in
part 72 of title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR), ‘‘Licensing
Requirements for the Independent
Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel, HighLevel Radioactive Waste, and ReactorRelated Greater than Class C Waste.’’
The NRC staff has prepared a final EA
as part of its review of this license
renewal request in accordance with the
requirements of 10 CFR part 51,
‘‘Environmental Protection Regulations
for Domestic Licensing and Related
Regulatory Functions.’’ Based on the
final EA, the NRC has determined that
an environmental impact statement
(EIS) is not required for this proposed
action and a FONSI is appropriate. The
NRC is also conducting a safety
evaluation of the proposed license
amendment pursuant to 10 CFR part 72,
and the results will be documented in
a separate Safety Evaluation Report
(SER). If PG&E’s request is approved, the
NRC will issue the license renewal
following publication of this final EA
and FONSI and the SER in the Federal
Register.
II. Final Environmental Assessment
Summary
PG&E is requesting to renew license
SNM–2514 for the Humboldt Bay ISFSI
for a 40-year period. The NRC has
considered the proposed action and
alternatives to the proposed action,
including license renewal for an
additional 20-year term, shipment of
spent fuel to an offsite facility, and the
no-action alternative of denying the
license renewal request. The results of
the NRC’s environmental review can be
found in the final EA (ADAMS
Accession No. ML19252A248). The NRC
staff performed its environmental
review in accordance with the
requirements in 10 CFR part 51. In
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2020-0103]
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 section 189.a.(2) of the Atomic Energy Act of
1954, as amended (the Act), the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(NRC) is publishing this regular biweekly notice. The Act requires the
Commission to publish notice of any amendments issued, or proposed to
be issued, and grants the Commission the authority to issue and make
immediately effective any amendment to an operating license or combined
license, as applicable, upon a determination by the Commission that
such amendment involves no significant hazards consideration,
notwithstanding the pendency before the Commission of a request for a
hearing from any person. This biweekly notice includes all amendments
issued, or proposed to be issued, from approximately April 7, 2020, to
April 20, 2020. The last biweekly notice was published on April 21,
2020.
DATES: Comments must be filed by June 4, 2020. A request for a hearing
or petitions for leave to intervene must be filed by July 6, 2020.
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-2020-0103. Address
questions about NRC Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Jennifer Borges;
telephone: 301-287-9127; email: [email protected]. For technical
questions, contact the individual(s) 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: Bernadette Abeywickrama, Office of
Nuclear Reactor Regulation, telephone: 301-415-4081, email:
[email protected], U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington DC 20555-0001.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2020-0103, facility name, unit
number(s), docket number(s), 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-2020-0103.
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 pdr.resou[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-2020-0103, facility name, unit
number(s), docket number(s), 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. Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendments to Facility
Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses and Proposed No Significant
Hazards Consideration Determination
For the facility-specific amendment requests shown below, the
Commission finds that the licensee's analyses provided, consistent with
title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) section 50.91 is
sufficient to support the proposed determination that these amendment
requests involve NSHC. Under the Commission's regulations in 10 CFR
50.92, 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 different kind of accident from any
accident previously evaluated; or (3) involve a significant reduction
in a margin of safety.
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 NSHC. 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
NSHC determination, any hearing will take place after issuance. The
Commission expects that the need to take action on an amendment before
60 days have elapsed 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
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(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 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
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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.
The table below provides the plant name, docket number, date of
application, ADAMS accession number, and location in the application of
the licensee's proposed NSHC determination. For further details with
respect to these license amendment applications, 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.
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Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., Entergy Nuclear Indian Point 3, LLC;
Indian Point Nuclear Generating Station, Unit No. 3; Westchester County,
NY
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Application Date.................. March 24, 2020.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML20084U773.
Location in Application of NSHC... Pages 13 and 14 of the Enclosure.
Brief Description of Amendments... The proposed amendment would
incorporate into the Indian Point
Unit 3 (IP3) licensing basis the
installation and use of a new
single failure proof auxiliary
lifting device (i.e., the Holtec
International HI-LIFT) to handle a
dry cask storage transfer cask in
the IP3 fuel storage building. The
change to the IP3 licensing basis
would be documented via revision to
the IP3 Updated Final Safety
Analysis Report.
Proposed Determination............ NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Bill Glew, Associate General
Mailing Address. Counsel, Entergy Services, Inc.,
639 Loyola Avenue, 22nd Floor, New
Orleans, LA 70113.
Docket Nos........................ 50-286.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Richard Guzman, 301-415-1030.
Number.
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Entergy Operations, Inc., System Energy Resources, Inc., Cooperative
Energy, A Mississippi Electric Cooperative, and Entergy Mississippi,
LLC; Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Unit 1; Claiborne County, MS, Entergy
Louisiana, LLC and Entergy Operations, Inc.; River Bend Station, Unit 1;
West Feliciana Parish, LA
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Application Date.................. January 24, 2020.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML20024E597.
Location in Application of NSHC... Pages 6 and 7 of the Enclosure.
Brief Description of Amendments... The proposed amendments would adopt
Technical Specifications Task Force
(TSTF) Traveler TSTF-439,
``Eliminate Second Completion Times
Limiting Time from Discovery of
Failure to Meet an LCO [Limiting
Condition for Operation],''
Revision 2, dated June 20, 2005
(ADAMS Accession No. ML051860296),
into the Technical Specifications
for Grand Gulf Nuclear Station,
Unit 1 and River Bend Station, Unit
1.
Proposed Determination............ NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Anna Vinson Jones, Senior Counsel,
Mailing Address. Entergy Services, Inc., 101
Constitution Avenue NW, Suite 200
East, Washington, DC 20001.
Docket Nos........................ 50-416, 50-458.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Siva Lingam, 301-415-1564.
Number.
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Entergy Operations, Inc., System Energy Resources, Inc., Cooperative
Energy, A Mississippi Electric Cooperative, and Entergy Mississippi,
LLC; Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Unit 1; Claiborne County, MS, Entergy
Louisiana, LLC and Entergy Operations, Inc.; River Bend Station, Unit 1;
West Feliciana Parish, LA
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Application Date.................. January 24, 2020.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML20024F216.
Location in Application of NSHC... Pages 1 and 2 of the Enclosure.
Brief Description of Amendments... The proposed amendments would adopt
Technical Specifications Task Force
(TSTF) traveler TSTF-566, Revision
0, ``Revise Actions for Inoperable
RHR [Residual Heat Removal]
Shutdown Cooling Subsystems,''
dated January 19, 2018 (ADAMS
Accession No. ML18019B187), which
is an approved change to the
Improved Standard Technical
Specifications, into the Grand Gulf
Nuclear Station, Unit 1 and River
Bend Station, Unit 1 Technical
Specifications. The model safety
evaluation was approved by the NRC
in a letter dated February 21, 2019
(ADAMS Accession No. ML19028A285),
using the consolidated line item
improvement process.
Proposed Determination............ NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Anna Vinson Jones, Senior Counsel,
Mailing Address. Entergy Services, Inc., 101
Constitution Avenue NW, Suite 200
East, Washington, DC 20001.
Docket Nos........................ 50-416, 50-458.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Siva Lingam, 301-415-1564.
Number.
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Exelon Generation Company, LLC; Braidwood Station, Units 1 and 2, Will
County, IL; Byron Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2, Ogle County, IL, Exelon
Generation Company, LLC; R. E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant, Wayne County,
NY
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Application Date.................. February 6, 2020.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML20037A725.
Location in Application of NSHC... Pages 2, 3, and 4 of Attachment 1 to
the Application.
Brief Description of Amendments... The amendments adopt TSTF-567, ``Add
Containment Sump TS to Address GSl-
191 Issues,'' which adds a
technical specification action to
address the condition of the
containment sump made inoperable
due to containment accident
generated and transported debris
exceeding the analyzed limits. The
action provides time to correct or
evaluate the condition in lieu of
an immediate plant shutdown.
Proposed Determination............ NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Tamra Domeyer, Associate General
Mailing Address. Counsel, Exelon Generation Company,
LLC, 4300 Winfield Road,
Warrenville, IL 60555.
Docket Nos........................ 50-244, 50-454, 50-455, 50-456, 50-
457.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Joel Wiebe, 301-415-6606.
Number.
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R. E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant, LLC and Exelon Generation Company, LLC;
R. E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant; Wayne County, NY
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Application Date.................. March 25, 2020.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML20085H900.
Location in Application of NSHC... Pages 85 and 86 of Attachment 1.
Brief Description of Amendments... The proposed amendment would revise
Technical Specification (TS) 3.3.1,
``Reactor Trip System (RTS)
Instrumentation,'' and TS 3.3.2,
``Engineered Safety Feature
Actuation System (ESFAS)
Instrumentation.'' These changes
are based on Westinghouse topical
reports WCAP[dash]14333, Revision
1, ``Probabilistic Risk Analysis of
the RPS [Reactor Protection System]
and ESFAS Test Times and Completion
Times,'' and WCAP-15376, Revision
1, ``Risk-Informed Assessment of
the RTS and ESFAS Surveillance Test
Intervals and Reactor Trip Breaker
Test and Completion Times.''
Proposed Determination............ NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Tamra Domeyer, Associate General
Mailing Address. Counsel, Exelon Generation Company,
LLC, 4300 Winfield Road,
Warrenville, IL 60555.
Docket Nos........................ 50-244.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone V. Sreenivas, 301-415-2597.
Number.
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Susquehanna Nuclear, LLC and Allegheny Electric Cooperative, Inc.;
Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2; Luzerne County, PA
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Application Date.................. January 2, 2020.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML20002B254.
Location in Application of NSHC... Pages 16 and 17 of Enclosure 1.
Brief Description of Amendments... The proposed amendment would modify
Technical Specification 5.5.2,
``Primary Coolant Sources Outside
Containment.'' The amendment would
modify the current licensing basis
for the design-basis accident (DBA)
loss-of-coolant accident (LOCA)
analysis described in the
Susquehanna Final Safety Analysis
Report. The proposed changes would
utilize an updated version of the
ORIGEN code, introduce a new source
term to account for the
introduction of ATRIUM 11 fuel, use
new assumptions that decrease the
assumed emergency safety feature
leakage into secondary containment,
increase the assumed maximum
allowable standby gas treatment
system exhaust flow rate from
secondary containment, and increase
the allowed control structure
unfiltered in-leakage that is
assumed in the DBA LOCA dose
analysis.
Proposed Determination............ NHSC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Damon D. Obie, Esq, 835 Hamilton
Mailing Address. St., Suite 150, Allentown, PA
18101.
Docket Nos........................ 50-388, 50-387.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Sujata Goetz, 301-415-8004.
Number.
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Tennessee Valley Authority; Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2;
Hamilton County, TN
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Application Date.................. March 13, 2020.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML20073P120.
Location in Application of NSHC... Pages 14, 15 and 16 of the Enclosure
to the Application.
Brief Description of Amendments... Modify technical specifications to
update the turbine low oil pressure
setpoints.
Proposed Determination............ NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Sherry Quirk, Executive VP and
Mailing Address. General Counsel, Tennessee Valley
Authority, 400 West Summit Hill
Drive, WT 6A, Knoxville, TN 37902.
Docket Nos........................ 50-327, 50-328.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Perry Buckberg, 301-415-1383.
Number.
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Tennessee Valley Authority; Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2; Rhea
County, TN
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Application Date.................. April 3, 2020.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML20097D315.
Location in Application of NSHC... Pages 4 and 5 of Enclosure.
Brief Description of Amendments... The proposed amendments would adopt
Technical Specification Task Force
(TSFT) Traveler 541, ``Add
Exceptions to Surveillance
Requirements for Valves and Dampers
Locked in the Actuated Position,''
which would add exceptions to
certain surveillance requirements
(SR) to consider the SR met when
automatic valves or dampers are
locked, sealed, or otherwise
secured in the actuated position.
Proposed Determination............ NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Sherry Quirk, Executive VP and
Mailing Address. General Counsel, Tennessee Valley
Authority, 400 West Summit Hill
Drive, WT 6A, Knoxville, TN 37902.
Docket Nos........................ 50-390, 50-391.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Kimberly Green, 301-415-1627.
Number.
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Union Electric Company; Callaway Plant, Unit No. 1; Callaway County, MO
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Application Date.................. March 10, 2020.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML20070R105.
Location in Application of NSHC... Page 7 of the Enclosure.
Brief Description of Amendments... The proposed amendment would revise
Technical Specification (TS) 5.3.1
and delete TSs 5.3.1.1 and 5.3.2 in
TS 5.3, ``Unit Staff
Qualifications,'' of the
Administrative Controls section in
order to remove details specified
for the qualifications of certain
positions within the unit's staff
because such details are already
and appropriately specified in the
Operating Quality Assurance Manual.
Proposed Determination............ NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Jay E. Silberg, Pillsbury Winthrop
Mailing Address. Shaw Pittman LLP, 1200 17th St. NW,
Washington, DC 20036.
Docket Nos........................ 50-483.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone L. John Klos, 301-415-5136.
Number.
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III. 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 NSHC
determination, and opportunity for a hearing in connection with these
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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
application 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.
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Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., Entergy Nuclear Indian Point 2, LLC,
and Entergy Nuclear Indian Point, LLC; Indian Point Nuclear Generating
Station, Unit Nos. 2 and 3; Westchester County, NY
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Date Issued....................... April 10, 2020.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML20071Q717.
Amendment Nos..................... 292 (Unit 2) and 267 (Unit 3).
Brief Description of Amendments... The amendments revised certain
organization, staffing, and
training requirements contained in
Technical Specification (TS)
Section 1.1, ``Definitions'';
Section 4.0, ``Design Features'';
and Section 5.0, ``Administrative
Controls,'' of the Indian Point
Units 2 and 3 TSs that will not be
applicable to a permanently
defueled facility once Indian
Point, Unit 2, and subsequently,
Indian Point, Unit 3, are
permanently defueled.
Docket Nos........................ 50-247, 50-286.
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Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.; Indian Point Nuclear Generating
Station, Unit No. 1; Westchester County, NY, Entergy Nuclear Operations,
Inc., Entergy Nuclear Indian Point 2, LLC, and Entergy Nuclear Indian
Point, LLC; Indian Point Nuclear Generating Station, Unit Nos. 2 and 3;
Westchester County, NY
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Date Issued....................... April 15, 2020.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML20078L140.
Amendment Nos..................... 62 (Unit 1), 293 (Unit 2), and 268
(Unit 3).
Brief Description of Amendments... The amendments revised the on-shift
staffing and the emergency response
organization in the site emergency
plan for the post[dash]shutdown and
permanently defueled condition.
Docket Nos........................ 50-003, 50-247, 50-286.
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Entergy Operations, Inc.; Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 2; Pope County, AR
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Date Issued....................... April 8, 2020.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML20087L803.
Amendment Nos..................... 320.
Brief Description of Amendments... The amendment increased both the
individual and average control
element assembly drop time limits
in the Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 2
technical specifications by 0.2
seconds to establish margin
impacted by installation of new
high temperature upper gripper
coils associated with the control
element drive mechanism for each
control element assembly.
Docket Nos........................ 50-368.
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Florida Power & Light Company; Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos.
3. and 4; Miami-Dade County, FL
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Date Issued....................... April 20, 2020.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML20029E948.
Amendment Nos..................... 292 (Unit 3) and 285 (Unit 4).
Brief Description of Amendments... The amendments revised the technical
specifications related to reactor
trip system instrumentation and
resolved two non-conservative
technical specifications.
Docket Nos........................ 50-250, 50-251.
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IV. 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 NSHC 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 NSHC. 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
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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 NSHC
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 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
NSHC is involved.
The Commission has applied the standards of 10 CFR 50.92 and has
made a final determination that the amendment involves NSHC. 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.
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Entergy Operations, Inc., System Energy Resources, Inc., Cooperative
Energy, A Mississippi Electric Cooperative, and Entergy Mississippi,
LLC; Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Unit 1; Claiborne County, MS
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Date of Amendment................. April 15, 2020.
Brief Description of Amendment.... The amendment allowed a one cycle
extension to the Grand Gulf Nuclear
Station, Unit 1 integrated leak
rate test, or Type A test, and the
drywell bypass leak rate test from
the currently ongoing End of Cycle
22 refueling outage to the next End
of Cycle 23 refueling outage. These
tests are required by Technical
Specification (TS) 5.5.12, ``10 CFR
50, Appendix J, Testing Program,''
for the integrated leak rate test,
and Surveillance Requirement
3.6.5.1.1 of TS 3.6, ``Containment
Systems,'' for the drywell bypass
leak rate test.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML20101G054.
Amendment Nos..................... 224.
Public Comments Requested as to Yes.
Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
Docket Nos........................ 50-416.
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Exelon Generation Company, LLC; Limerick Generating Station, Unit 1;
Montgomery County, PA
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Date of Amendment................. April 9, 2020.
Brief Description of Amendment.... This amendment revised Technical
Specification 3/4.6.1, ``Primary
Containment,'' Limiting Condition
for Operation 3.6.1.2, to allow for
a one-time increase in the
allowable leakage rate limit for
one main steam isolation valve. The
one-time increase is valid during
operating cycle 19.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML20098C922.
Amendment Nos..................... 245.
Public Comments Requested as to NSHC.
Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
Docket Nos........................ 50-352.
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Exelon Generation Company, LLC; Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station, Unit
2; Rock Island County, IL
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Date of Amendment................. April 9, 2020.
Brief Description of Amendment.... The amendment modified the Quad
Cities Nuclear Power Station, Unit
2, Technical Specification 3.6.1.3,
Surveillance Requirement 3.6.1.3.10
by revising the combined main steam
isolation valve (MSIV) leakage rate
limit for all four steam lines from
86 to 93 standard cubic feet per
hour (scfh) and the leakage rate
through each MSIV leakage path from
34 to 37 scfh. The proposed change
in the allowable limits are a one-
time change intended to be used for
a single cycle (Cycle 26).
ADAMS Accession No................ ML20094F833.
Amendment Nos..................... 276.
Public Comments Requested as to No.
Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
Docket Nos........................ 50-265.
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Florida Power & Light Company; Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Unit No.
3; Miami-Dade County, FL.
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Date of Amendment................. April 16, 2020.
Brief Description of Amendment.... The amendment revised the Turkey
Point Unit 3 Technical
Specifications to allow a one-time
extension to the requirement to
inspect each steam generator every
other refueling outage to the fall
of 2021, when the next Unit 3
refueling outage is scheduled.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML20104B527.
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Amendment Nos..................... 291.
Public Comments Requested as to NSHC.
Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
Docket Nos........................ 50-250.
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Vistra Operations Company LLC; Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, Unit
Nos. 1 and 2; Somervell County, TX
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Date of Amendment................. April 17, 2020.
Brief Description of Amendment.... The amendments revised Comanche Peak
Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2,
Technical Specification 5.5.9,
``Unit 1 Model D76 and Unit 2 Model
D5 Steam Generator (SG) Program,''
to allow a one-time change in the
Comanche Peak Unit 2 SG inspection
frequency. The change allowed the
licensee to defer the Unit 2 SG
inspections for the spring 2020
refueling outage to the fall 2021
refueling outage.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML20108E878.
Amendment Nos..................... 173 (Unit 1) and 173 (Unit 2).
Public Comments Requested as to NSHC.
Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
Docket Nos........................ 50-445, 50-446.
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For details, including the applicable notice period, see the
individual notice in the Federal Register on the day and page cited.
Dated: April 23, 2020.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Mohamed K. Shams,
Deputy Director, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of
Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2020-09046 Filed 5-4-20; 8:45 am]
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