Exelon Generation Company, LLC; Braidwood Station, Units 1 and 2, 30991-30994 [2021-12165]
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Current
approved
MYFP
Compact program tranche I
Revised MYFP
Subtotal .................................................................................................................................
22,297,799
........................
22,297,799
7. Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) ...........................................................................................
7.1. Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) ........................................................................................
........................
7,308,437
........................
........................
........................
7,308,437
Subtotal .................................................................................................................................
7,308,437
........................
7,308,437
8. Program Administration and Oversight ...................................................................................
8.1 MiDA Administration ..............................................................................................................
8.2 Fiscal & Procurement Agents ................................................................................................
8.3 Audit & Compliance ...............................................................................................................
........................
32,373,374
9,763,852
749,850
........................
2,898,597
1,345,902
11,250
........................
35,271,971
11,109,754
761,100
Subtotal .................................................................................................................................
42,887,076
4,255,749
47,142,825
9. ECG Financial and Operational Turnaround Project-Tranche 2 .............................................
9.1 Private Sector Participation ...................................................................................................
9.2 Modernizing ECG Operations ...............................................................................................
9.3 Commercial Loss Reduction .................................................................................................
9.4 Technical Loss Reduction .....................................................................................................
9.5 Outage Reduction ..................................................................................................................
........................
0
2,120,755
0
4,512,055
0
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
0
2,120,755
0
4,512,055
0
Subtotal .................................................................................................................................
6,632,810
........................
6,632,810
TOTAL Program Funding ............................................................................................................
TOTAL Compact Implementation Funding ..................................................................................
TOTAL MCC Funding ..................................................................................................................
Total Government Contributions ..................................................................................................
TOTAL COMPACT + GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTION ...........................................................
294,322,651
13,877,349
308,200,000
23,115,000
331,315,000
7,651,395
........................
7,651,395
573,855
8,225,250
301,974,046
13,877,349
315,851,395
23,688,855
339,540,250
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BILLING CODE 9211–03–P
NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION
[Docket No. 50–456 and 50–457; NRC–2021–
0119]
Exelon Generation Company, LLC;
Braidwood Station, Units 1 and 2
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: License amendment application;
opportunity to comment, request a
hearing, and petition for leave to
intervene.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is considering
issuance of an amendment to Renewed
Facility Operating License Nos. NPF–72
and NPF–77, issued to Exelon
Generation Company, LLC, for operation
of the Braidwood Station, Units 1 and
2. The proposed amendment is
contained in the licensee’s letter dated
May 27, 2021, and would change
Technical Specification (TS)
Surveillance Requirement (SR) 3.7.9.2 to
allow an ultimate heat sink (UHS)
temperature of less than or equal to
102.8 degrees Fahrenheit (°F) through
September 30, 2021.
DATES: Submit comments by July 12,
2021. Request for a hearing or petitions
SUMMARY:
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for leave to intervene must be filed by
August 9, 2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by any of the following methods;
however, the NRC encourages electronic
comment submission through the
Federal Rulemaking website:
• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2021–0119. Address
questions about Docket IDs in
Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann;
telephone: 301–415–0624; email:
Stacy.Schumann@nrc.gov. For technical
questions, contact the individual listed
in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section of this document.
• Mail comments to: Office of
Administration, Mail Stop: TWFN–7–
A60M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
0001, ATTN: Program Management,
Announcements and Editing Staff.
For additional direction on obtaining
information and submitting comments,
see ‘‘Obtaining Information and
Submitting Comments’’ in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joel
S. Wiebe, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
0001, telephone: 301–415–6606, email:
Joel.Wiebe@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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I. Obtaining Information and
Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2021–
0119 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–2021–0119.
• 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.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.
• Attention: The PDR, where you may
examine and order copies of public
documents, is currently closed. You
may submit your request to the PDR via
email at pdr.resource@nrc.gov or call 1–
800–397–4209 or 301–415–4737,
between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (EST),
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Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays.
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B. Submitting Comments
The NRC encourages electronic
comment submission through the
Federal Rulemaking website (https://
www.regulations.gov). Please include
Docket ID NRC–2021–0119 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. Introduction
The NRC is considering issuance of
amendments to Renewed Facility
Operating License Nos. NPF–72 and
NPF–77, issued to Exelon Generation
Company, LLC, for operation of the
Braidwood Station, Units 1 and 2,
located in Will County, Illinois.
The proposed amendments would
change TS SR 3.7.9.2 to allow a UHS
temperature of less than or equal to
102.8 °F through September 30, 2021.
Before any issuance of the proposed
license amendments, the NRC will need
to make the findings required by the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended
(the Act), and NRC’s regulations.
The NRC has made a proposed
determination that the license
amendment request involves no
significant hazards consideration
(NSHC). Under the NRC’s regulations in
§ 50.92 of title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR), this means that
operation of the facility in accordance
with the proposed amendment would
not: (1) Involve a significant increase in
the probability or consequences of an
accident previously evaluated; or (2)
create the possibility of a new or
different kind of accident from any
accident previously evaluated; or (3)
involve a significant reduction in a
margin of safety. As required by 10 CFR
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50.91(a), the licensee has provided its
analysis of the issue of NSHC, which is
presented below:
1. Does the proposed change involve a
significant increase in the probability or
consequences of an accident previously
evaluated?
Response: No.
The likelihood of a malfunction of any
systems, structures, or components (SSCs)
supported by the Ultimate Heat Sink (UHS)
is not significantly increased by increasing
the allowable UHS temperature from ≤102 °F
to ≤102.8 °F. The UHS provides a heat sink
for process and operating heat from safety
related components during a transient or
accident, as well as during normal operation.
The proposed change does not make any
physical changes to any plant SSCs, nor does
it alter any of the assumptions or conditions
upon which the UHS is designed. The UHS
is not an initiator of any analyzed accident.
All equipment supported by the UHS has
been evaluated to demonstrate that their
performance and operation remains as
described in the Updated Final Safety
Analysis Report (UFSAR) with no increase in
probability of failure or malfunction.
The SSCs credited to mitigate the
consequences of postulated design basis
accidents remain capable of performing their
design basis function. The change in
maximum UHS temperature has been
evaluated using the UFSAR described
methods to demonstrate that the UHS
remains capable of removing normal
operating and post-accident heat. The change
in UHS temperature and resulting
containment response following a postulated
design basis accident has been demonstrated
to not be impacted. Additionally, all the UHS
supported equipment, credited in the
accident analysis to mitigate an accident, has
been shown to continue to perform their
design function as described in the UFSAR.
Therefore, the proposed change does not
involve a significant increase in the
probability or consequences of an accident
previously evaluated.
2. Does the proposed change create the
possibility of a new or different kind of
accident from any accident previously
evaluated?
Response: No.
The proposed change does not create the
possibility of a new or different kind of
accident from any accident previously
evaluated. The proposed change does not
introduce any new modes of plant operation,
change the design function of any SSC, or
change the mode of operation of any SSC.
There are no new equipment failure modes
or malfunctions created as affected SSCs
continue to operate in the same manner as
previously evaluated and have been
evaluated to perform as designed at the
increased UHS temperature and as assumed
in the accident analysis. Additionally,
accident initiators remain as described in the
UFSAR and no new accident initiators are
postulated as a result of the increase in UHS
temperature.
Therefore, the proposed change does not
create the possibility of a new or different
kind of accident from any previously
evaluated.
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3. Does the proposed change involve a
significant reduction in a margin of safety?
Response: No.
The proposed change continues to ensure
that the maximum temperature of the cooling
water supplied to the plant SSCs during a
UHS design basis event remains within the
evaluated equipment limits and capabilities
assumed in the accident analysis. The
proposed change does not result in any
changes to plant equipment function,
including setpoints and actuations. All
equipment will function as designed in the
plant safety analysis without any physical
modifications. The proposed change does not
alter a limiting condition for operation,
limiting safety system setting, or safety limit
specified in the Technical Specifications.
The proposed change does not adversely
impact the UHS inventory required to be
available for the UFSAR described design
basis accident involving the worst case 30day period including losses for evaporation
and seepage to support safe shutdown and
cooldown of both Braidwood Station units.
Additionally, the structural integrity of the
UHS is not impacted and remains acceptable
following the change, thereby ensuring that
the assumptions for both UHS temperature
and inventory remain valid.
Therefore, since there is no adverse impact
of this proposed change on the Braidwood
Station safety analysis, there is no reduction
in the margin of safety of the plant.
The NRC staff has reviewed the
licensee’s analysis and, based on this
review, it appears that the three
standards of 10 CFR 50.92(c) are
satisfied. Therefore, the NRC staff
proposes to determine that the license
amendment request involves NSHC.
The NRC is seeking public comments
on this proposed determination that the
license amendment request involves
NSHC. 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 the 60-day notice period.
However, if circumstances change
during the notice period, such that
failure to act in a timely way would
result, for example, in derating or
shutdown of the facility, the
Commission may issue the license
amendment before the expiration of the
notice period, provided that its final
determination is that the amendment
involves NSHC. The final determination
will consider all public and State
comments received. 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. The
Commission expects that the need to
take this action will occur very
infrequently.
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III. Opportunity To Request a Hearing
and Petition for Leave To Intervene
Within 60 days after the date of
publication of this notice, any person
(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 10 CFR 2.309. If
a petition is filed, the presiding officer
will rule on the petition and, if
appropriate, a notice of a hearing will be
issued.
Petitions must be filed no later than
60 days from the date of publication of
this notice in accordance with the filing
instructions in the ‘‘Electronic
Submissions (E-Filing’’) section of this
document. 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).
If a hearing is requested and the
Commission has not made a final
determination on the issue of NSHC, the
Commission will make a final
determination on the issue of NSHC,
which will serve to establish when the
hearing is held. If the final
determination is that the amendment
request involves NSHC, 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
designated agency thereof, may submit
a petition to the Commission to
participate as a party under 10 CFR
2.309(h) no later than 60 days from the
date of publication of this notice.
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).
For information about filing a petition
and about participation by a person not
a party under 10 CFR 2.315, see ADAMS
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Accession No. ML20340A053 (https://
adamswebsearch2.nrc.gov/webSearch2/
main.jsp?AccessionNumber=
ML20340A053) and on the NRC website
at https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/
regulatory/adjudicatory/hearing.
html#participate.
IV. Electronic Submissions (E-Filing)
All documents filed in NRC
adjudicatory proceedings including
documents filed by an interested State,
local governmental body, Federally
recognized Indian Tribe, or designated
agency thereof that requests to
participate under 10 CFR 2.315(c), must
be filed in accordance with 10 CFR
2.302. 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, unless an
exemption permitting an alternative
filing method, as discussed below, is
granted. Detailed guidance on electronic
submissions is located in the Guidance
for Electronic Submissions to the NRC
(ADAMS Accession No. ML13031A056)
and on the NRC website at https://
www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.
html.
To comply with the procedural
requirements of E-Filing, at least 10
days prior to the filing deadline, the
participant should contact the Office of
the Secretary by email at
hearing.docket@nrc.gov, or by telephone
at 301–415–1677, to (1) request a digital
identification (ID) certificate, which
allows the participant (or its counsel or
representative) to digitally sign
submissions and access the E-Filing
system for any proceeding in which it
is participating; and (2) advise the
Secretary that the participant will be
submitting a petition or other
adjudicatory document (even in
instances in which the participant, or its
counsel or representative, already holds
an NRC-issued digital ID certificate).
Based upon this information, the
Secretary will establish an electronic
docket for the 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. After a digital ID
certificate is obtained and a docket
created, the participant must submit
adjudicatory documents in Portable
Document Format. Guidance on
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
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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 timestamps the document
and sends the submitter an email
confirming receipt of the document. The
E-Filing system also distributes an email
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 to 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 MSHD.Resource@
nrc.gov, 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 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 in accordance with
10 CFR 2.302(b)–(d). Participants filing
adjudicatory documents in this manner
are responsible for serving their
documents on all other participants.
Participants granted an exemption
under 10 CFR 2.302(g)(2) must still meet
the electronic formatting requirement in
10 CFR 2.302(g)(1), unless the
participant also seeks and is granted an
exemption from 10 CFR 2.302(g)(1).
Documents submitted in adjudicatory
proceedings will appear in the NRC’s
electronic hearing docket, which is
publicly available at https://
adams.nrc.gov/ehd, unless excluded
pursuant to an order of the presiding
officer. If you do not have an NRCissued 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
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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. 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 should not include
copyrighted materials in their
submission.
For further details with respect to this
action, see the application for license
amendment dated May 27, 2021
(ADAMS Accession No. ML21147A543).
Attorney for licensee: Tamra Domeyer,
Associate General Counsel, Exelon
Generation Company, LLC, 4300
Winfield Road, Warrenville, IL 60555.
NRC Branch Chief: Nancy L. Salgado.
Dated: June 7, 2021.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Joel S. Wiebe,
Senior Project Manager, Plant Licensing
Branch III, Division of Operating Reactor
Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
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BILLING CODE 7590–01–P
POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. N2021–1; Presiding Officer’s
Ruling No. 16]
Service Standard Changes
Postal Regulatory Commission.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Commission is providing
notice of a hearing on the Postal
Service’s direct case in this proceeding.
This notice informs the public of the
hearing dates and times.
DATES: Hearing date: June 9, 2021, at
10:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time,
Virtual Online.
ADDRESSES: For additional information,
Presiding Officer’s Ruling No. 16 can be
accessed electronically through the
Commission’s website at https://
www.prc.gov.
SUMMARY:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
David A. Trissell, General Counsel, at
202–789–6820.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Presiding Officer hereby gives notice
that a hearing on the Postal Service’s
direct case in the above-captioned
docket shall commence at 10:00 a.m.
EDT on Wednesday, June 9, 2021. The
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hearing shall be available by livestream
at https://youtu.be/RZl6CzkutRg.1
Each individual seeking to actively
participate in the WebEx hearing
(including motions practice or may
conduct cross-examination or follow-up
cross-examination) must register by
sending an email to N20211registration@prc.gov with the subject
line ‘‘Registration’’ not later than
Tuesday, June 8, 2021. Please ensure the
email contains the following
information:
• Your first and last name
• your email address (to receive the
WebEx link)
• your affiliation
The N2021-1registration@prc.gov
email address is used solely for the
exchange of information relating to the
logistics of registering for and
participating in the hearing.2 No
information related to the substance of
the cases shall be provided or
communicated via that email.
The Postal Service’s witnesses shall
appear on June 9, 2021, at 10:00 a.m.
EDT via the WebEx hearing. The order
of the witnesses is as follows:
• Steven Monteith (USPS–T–4)
• Stephen Hagenstein (USPS–T–3)
• Robert Cintron (USPS–T–1)
It is the Presiding Officer’s intent to
have all the Postal Service witnesses
called and excused by 4:00 p.m. EDT.
Should additional time for questioning
be necessary, the hearing will reconvene
on June 10, 2021, at 10:00 a.m. EDT.
Three of the Postal Service’s
witnesses, namely Curtis Whiteman
(USPS–T–2), Thomas Thress (USPS–T–
5), and Sharon Owens (Postal Service
institutional witness) are not called and
are excused. The Postal Service shall
file any corrected testimony, corrected
designated written-cross examination,
etc., applicable to the excused witnesses
with a declaration/affidavit from the
witness attesting to the proposed record
material, no later than June 7, 2021. The
Postal Service may move to admit these
materials by written motion not later
than June 9, 2021. Objections to the
admission of the proposed record
material for these excused witnesses are
due not later than June 10, 2021.
Likewise the rebuttal witnesses,
namely Anita Morrison (APWU–RT–1),
Stephen DeMatteo (APWU–RT–2),
Douglas Carlson (DFC–RT–1), and Steve
Hutkins (SH–RT–1) are not called and
are excused. Rebuttal witnesses shall
file a motion, in writing, to admit their
1 Should a second day of hearings be necessary,
it will convene at 10:00 a.m. EDT on Thursday, June
10, 2021, and will be available to livestream at
https://youtu.be/n9cQTSKoE7E.
2 Please refer to the Commission’s privacy policy
which is available at https://www.prc.gov/privacy.
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testimony, along with a declaration that
their testimony would be the same if
offered orally (and proffer any
corrections if necessary), not later than
June 10, 2021. Objections to the
admission of the proposed record
material for these excused rebuttal
witnesses are due not later than June 11,
2021.
Ruling
1. The hearing on the Postal Service’s
direct case shall begin on June 9, 2021,
at 10:00 a.m. EDT. The Postal Service
shall make the identified witnesses
available at the commencement of the
hearing, consistent with the body of this
ruling.
2. Participants who wish to actively
participate must register via email
consistent with the body of this ruling.
3. Proposed record materials from the
excused Postal Service witnesses shall
be filed with the Commission not later
than June 7, 2021.
4. The Postal Service shall move to
admit the proposed record materials for
excused witnesses not later than June 9,
2021, consistent with the body of this
ruling.
5. Objections to the admission of the
Postal Service’s proposed record
materials are due not later than June 10,
2021.
6. Excused rebuttal witnesses shall
move to have their testimony (or
corrected testimony) admitted by June
10, 2021, consistent with the body of
this ruling.
7. Objections to the admission of the
rebuttal witnesses’ proposed record
materials are due not later than June 11,
2021.
8. The Secretary shall arrange for
publication of this ruling in the Federal
Register.
Erica A. Barker,
Secretary.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 110 (Thursday, June 10, 2021)]
[Notices]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 50-456 and 50-457; NRC-2021-0119]
Exelon Generation Company, LLC; Braidwood Station, Units 1 and 2
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: License amendment application; opportunity to comment, request
a hearing, and petition for leave to intervene.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering
issuance of an amendment to Renewed Facility Operating License Nos.
NPF-72 and NPF-77, issued to Exelon Generation Company, LLC, for
operation of the Braidwood Station, Units 1 and 2. The proposed
amendment is contained in the licensee's letter dated May 27, 2021, and
would change Technical Specification (TS) Surveillance Requirement (SR)
3.7.9.2 to allow an ultimate heat sink (UHS) temperature of less than
or equal to 102.8 degrees Fahrenheit ([deg]F) through September 30,
2021.
DATES: Submit comments by July 12, 2021. Request for a hearing or
petitions for leave to intervene must be filed by August 9, 2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods;
however, the NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the
Federal Rulemaking website:
Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2021-0119. Address
questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann;
telephone: 301-415-0624; email: [email protected]. For technical
questions, contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section of this document.
Mail comments to: Office of Administration, Mail Stop:
TWFN-7-A60M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001, ATTN: Program Management, Announcements and Editing Staff.
For additional direction on obtaining information and submitting
comments, see ``Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments'' in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joel S. Wiebe, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001, telephone: 301-415-6606, email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2021-0119 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-2021-0119.
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the
ADAMS Public Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ``Begin Web-based ADAMS
Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC's Public
Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or
by email to [email protected]. The ADAMS accession number for each
document referenced (if it is available in ADAMS) is provided the first
time that it is mentioned in this document.
Attention: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies
of public documents, is currently closed. You may submit your request
to the PDR via email at [email protected] or call 1-800-397-4209 or
301-415-4737, between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (EST),
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Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
B. Submitting Comments
The NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the
Federal Rulemaking website (https://www.regulations.gov). Please
include Docket ID NRC-2021-0119 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. Introduction
The NRC is considering issuance of amendments to Renewed Facility
Operating License Nos. NPF-72 and NPF-77, issued to Exelon Generation
Company, LLC, for operation of the Braidwood Station, Units 1 and 2,
located in Will County, Illinois.
The proposed amendments would change TS SR 3.7.9.2 to allow a UHS
temperature of less than or equal to 102.8 [deg]F through September 30,
2021.
Before any issuance of the proposed license amendments, the NRC
will need to make the findings required by the Atomic Energy Act of
1954, as amended (the Act), and NRC's regulations.
The NRC has made a proposed determination that the license
amendment request involves no significant hazards consideration (NSHC).
Under the NRC's regulations in Sec. 50.92 of title 10 of the Code of
Federal Regulations (10 CFR), this means that operation of the facility
in accordance with the proposed amendment would not: (1) Involve a
significant increase in the probability or consequences of an accident
previously evaluated; or (2) create the possibility of a new or
different kind of accident from any accident previously evaluated; or
(3) involve a significant reduction in a margin of safety. As required
by 10 CFR 50.91(a), the licensee has provided its analysis of the issue
of NSHC, which is presented below:
1. Does the proposed change involve a significant increase in
the probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated?
Response: No.
The likelihood of a malfunction of any systems, structures, or
components (SSCs) supported by the Ultimate Heat Sink (UHS) is not
significantly increased by increasing the allowable UHS temperature
from <=102 [deg]F to <=102.8 [deg]F. The UHS provides a heat sink
for process and operating heat from safety related components during
a transient or accident, as well as during normal operation. The
proposed change does not make any physical changes to any plant
SSCs, nor does it alter any of the assumptions or conditions upon
which the UHS is designed. The UHS is not an initiator of any
analyzed accident. All equipment supported by the UHS has been
evaluated to demonstrate that their performance and operation
remains as described in the Updated Final Safety Analysis Report
(UFSAR) with no increase in probability of failure or malfunction.
The SSCs credited to mitigate the consequences of postulated
design basis accidents remain capable of performing their design
basis function. The change in maximum UHS temperature has been
evaluated using the UFSAR described methods to demonstrate that the
UHS remains capable of removing normal operating and post-accident
heat. The change in UHS temperature and resulting containment
response following a postulated design basis accident has been
demonstrated to not be impacted. Additionally, all the UHS supported
equipment, credited in the accident analysis to mitigate an
accident, has been shown to continue to perform their design
function as described in the UFSAR.
Therefore, the proposed change does not involve a significant
increase in the probability or consequences of an accident
previously evaluated.
2. Does the proposed change create the possibility of a new or
different kind of accident from any accident previously evaluated?
Response: No.
The proposed change does not create the possibility of a new or
different kind of accident from any accident previously evaluated.
The proposed change does not introduce any new modes of plant
operation, change the design function of any SSC, or change the mode
of operation of any SSC. There are no new equipment failure modes or
malfunctions created as affected SSCs continue to operate in the
same manner as previously evaluated and have been evaluated to
perform as designed at the increased UHS temperature and as assumed
in the accident analysis. Additionally, accident initiators remain
as described in the UFSAR and no new accident initiators are
postulated as a result of the increase in UHS temperature.
Therefore, the proposed change does not create the possibility
of a new or different kind of accident from any previously
evaluated.
3. Does the proposed change involve a significant reduction in a
margin of safety?
Response: No.
The proposed change continues to ensure that the maximum
temperature of the cooling water supplied to the plant SSCs during a
UHS design basis event remains within the evaluated equipment limits
and capabilities assumed in the accident analysis. The proposed
change does not result in any changes to plant equipment function,
including setpoints and actuations. All equipment will function as
designed in the plant safety analysis without any physical
modifications. The proposed change does not alter a limiting
condition for operation, limiting safety system setting, or safety
limit specified in the Technical Specifications.
The proposed change does not adversely impact the UHS inventory
required to be available for the UFSAR described design basis
accident involving the worst case 30-day period including losses for
evaporation and seepage to support safe shutdown and cooldown of
both Braidwood Station units. Additionally, the structural integrity
of the UHS is not impacted and remains acceptable following the
change, thereby ensuring that the assumptions for both UHS
temperature and inventory remain valid.
Therefore, since there is no adverse impact of this proposed
change on the Braidwood Station safety analysis, there is no
reduction in the margin of safety of the plant.
The NRC staff has reviewed the licensee's analysis and, based on
this review, it appears that the three standards of 10 CFR 50.92(c) are
satisfied. Therefore, the NRC staff proposes to determine that the
license amendment request involves NSHC.
The NRC is seeking public comments on this proposed determination
that the license amendment request involves NSHC. 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 the 60-day notice period. However, if circumstances
change during the notice period, such that failure to act in a timely
way would result, for example, in derating or shutdown of the facility,
the Commission may issue the license amendment before the expiration of
the notice period, provided that its final determination is that the
amendment involves NSHC. The final determination will consider all
public and State comments received. 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.
The Commission expects that the need to take this action will occur
very infrequently.
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III. Opportunity To Request a Hearing and Petition for Leave To
Intervene
Within 60 days after the date of publication of this notice, any
person (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 10 CFR
2.309. If a petition is filed, the presiding officer will rule on the
petition and, if appropriate, a notice of a hearing will be issued.
Petitions must be filed no later than 60 days from the date of
publication of this notice in accordance with the filing instructions
in the ``Electronic Submissions (E-Filing'') section of this document.
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).
If a hearing is requested and the Commission has not made a final
determination on the issue of NSHC, the Commission will make a final
determination on the issue of NSHC, which will serve to establish when
the hearing is held. If the final determination is that the amendment
request involves NSHC, 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 designated agency thereof, may submit a petition to the
Commission to participate as a party under 10 CFR 2.309(h) no later
than 60 days from the date of publication of this notice.
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).
For information about filing a petition and about participation by
a person not a party under 10 CFR 2.315, see ADAMS Accession No.
ML20340A053 (https://adamswebsearch2.nrc.gov/webSearch2/main.jsp?AccessionNumber=ML20340A053) and on the NRC website at https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/regulatory/adjudicatory/hearing.html#participate.
IV. Electronic Submissions (E-Filing)
All documents filed in NRC adjudicatory proceedings including
documents filed by an interested State, local governmental body,
Federally recognized Indian Tribe, or designated agency thereof that
requests to participate under 10 CFR 2.315(c), must be filed in
accordance with 10 CFR 2.302. 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,
unless an exemption permitting an alternative filing method, as
discussed below, is granted. Detailed guidance on electronic
submissions is located in the Guidance for Electronic Submissions to
the NRC (ADAMS Accession No. ML13031A056) and on the NRC website at
https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html.
To comply with the procedural requirements of E-Filing, at least 10
days prior to the filing deadline, the participant should contact the
Office of the Secretary by email at [email protected], or by
telephone at 301-415-1677, to (1) request a digital identification (ID)
certificate, which allows the participant (or its counsel or
representative) to digitally sign submissions and access the E-Filing
system for any proceeding in which it is participating; and (2) advise
the Secretary that the participant will be submitting a petition or
other adjudicatory document (even in instances in which the
participant, or its counsel or representative, already holds an NRC-
issued digital ID certificate). Based upon this information, the
Secretary will establish an electronic docket for the 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. After a digital ID certificate is
obtained and a docket created, the participant must submit adjudicatory
documents in Portable Document Format. Guidance on 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 timestamps the document and sends
the submitter an email confirming receipt of the document. The E-Filing
system also distributes an email 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 to
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 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 in accordance with 10 CFR
2.302(b)-(d). Participants filing adjudicatory documents in this manner
are responsible for serving their documents on all other participants.
Participants granted an exemption under 10 CFR 2.302(g)(2) must still
meet the electronic formatting requirement in 10 CFR 2.302(g)(1),
unless the participant also seeks and is granted an exemption from 10
CFR 2.302(g)(1).
Documents submitted in adjudicatory proceedings will appear in the
NRC's electronic hearing docket, which is publicly available at https://adams.nrc.gov/ehd, unless excluded pursuant to an order of 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
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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. 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 should not include
copyrighted materials in their submission.
For further details with respect to this action, see the
application for license amendment dated May 27, 2021 (ADAMS Accession
No. ML21147A543).
Attorney for licensee: Tamra Domeyer, Associate General Counsel,
Exelon Generation Company, LLC, 4300 Winfield Road, Warrenville, IL
60555.
NRC Branch Chief: Nancy L. Salgado.
Dated: June 7, 2021.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Joel S. Wiebe,
Senior Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch III, Division of
Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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