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LICENSE AMENDMENT ISSUANCE(S)—EXIGENT/EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES
Exelon FitzPatrick, LLC and Exelon Generation Company, LLC; James A FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant; Oswego County, NY
Docket No(s) .......................................................
Amendment Date ................................................
ADAMS Accession No ........................................
Amendment No(s) ...............................................
Brief Description of Amendment(s) .....................
Local Media Notice (Yes/No) ..............................
Public Comments Requested as to Proposed
NSHC (Yes/No).
V. Previously Published Notice of
Consideration of Issuance of
Amendment to Facility Operating
Licenses and Combined Licenses,
Proposed No Significant Hazards
Consideration Determination, and
Opportunity for a Hearing
The following notice was previously
published as separate individual notice.
50–333.
June 14, 2021.
ML21162A042.
342.
The amendment modified Technical Specification (TS) 3.5.1, ‘‘ECCS [Emergency Core Cooling System]—Operating,’’ Condition A; TS 3.6.4.1, ‘‘Secondary Containment,’’ Condition A;
and TS 3.6.1.9 Residual Heat Removal (RHR) Containment Spray System,’’ as well as certain Surveillance Requirements to support emergent repair of the ‘‘A’’ RHR pump motor.
Specifically, the amendment revised the completion time from 7 days to 34 days for the ‘‘A’’
RHR pump, the completion time from 4 hours to 30 hours for restoring secondary containment, and the completion time from 7 days to 27 days for restoring one containment spray
subsystem to operable status. Additionally, the amendment allowed extending the completion of several surveillance requirements of equipment being protected during the replacement of the ‘‘A’’ RHR pump motor.
No.
No.
It was published as an individual notice
either because time did not allow the
Commission to wait for this monthly
notice or because the action involved
exigent circumstances. It is repeated
here because the monthly notice lists all
amendments issued or proposed to be
issued involving NSHC.
For details, including the applicable
notice period, see the individual notice
in the Federal Register on the day and
page cited.
LICENSE AMENDMENT REQUEST(S)—REPEAT OF INDIVIDUAL Federal Register NOTICE
Exelon Generation Company, LLC; Braidwood Station, Units 1 and 2; Will County, IL
Docket No(s) .......................................................
Application Date ..................................................
ADAMS Accession No ........................................
Brief Description of Amendment(s) .....................
Date & Cite of Federal Register Individual Notice.
Expiration Dates for Public Comments & Hearing Requests.
Dated: July 3, 2021.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Jennifer L. Dixon-Herrity,
Acting Deputy, Director, Division of Operating
Reactor, Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50–338 and 50–339; NRC–
2021–0123]
Virginia Electric Power Company;
North Anna Power Station, Units 1 and
2
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
AGENCY:
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50–456, 50–457.
May 27, 2021.
ML21147A543.
The proposed amendment would revise Technical Specification Surveillance Requirement
3.7.9.2 to allow an ultimate heat sink temperature of less than or equal to 102.8 degrees
Fahrenheit through September 30, 2021.
June 10, 2021 (86 FR 30991).
July 12, 2021 (Public Comments); August 9, 2021 (Hearing Requests).
License amendment application;
opportunity to comment, request a
hearing, and petition for leave to
intervene.
ACTION:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is considering
issuance of an amendment to Facility
Operating License Nos. NPF–4 and
NPF–7, issued to Virginia Electric
Power Company (VEPCO), for operation
of the North Anna Power Station, Units
1 and 2. The proposed amendment
would add a new requirement to isolate
Primary Grade water from the reactor
coolant system within 1 hour following
a reactor shutdown from Mode 2.
Additionally, it would make an editorial
change to Technical Specification (TS)
5.6.5, ‘‘Core Operating Limits Report
(COLR).’’
SUMMARY:
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Submit comments by August 12,
2021. Request for a hearing or petitions
for leave to intervene must be filed by
September 13, 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–2021–0123. 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–
DATES:
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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:
Glenn E. Miller, Jr., Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555–0001, telephone: 301–415–
2481, email: Ed.Miller@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and
Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
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Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2021–
0123, facility name, unit number(s),
docket number(s), application date, and
subject, if applicable, 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–2021–0123.
• 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. (ET),
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–2021–0123 in your
comment submission.
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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 an
amendment to Facility Operating
License No. NPF–4; NPF–7, issued to
VEPCO, for operation of the North Anna
Power Station, Units 1 and 2, located in
Louisa County, VA, in response to
VEPCO’s application dated May 6, 2021
(ADAMS Accession No. ML21126A314).
The proposed amendment would add
a new requirement to isolate Primary
Grade water from the reactor coolant
system within 1 hour following a reactor
shutdown from Mode 2. Additionally, it
would make an editorial change to TS
5.6.5, ‘‘Core Operating Limits Report
(COLR).’’
Before any issuance of the proposed
license amendment, 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
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
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consequences of an accident previously
evaluated?
Response: No.
There are no design changes associated
with the proposed change. All design,
material, and construction standards that
were applicable prior to this amendment
request will continue to be applicable. The
proposed change will not affect accident
initiators or precursors or alter the design,
conditions, or configuration of the facility.
The proposed change does not alter the way
the plant is operated and maintained, with
respect to accident initiators or precursors.
[The proposed change] would allow for PG
water isolation within 1 hour after entry into
Mode 3 following reactor shutdown from
Mode 2 when there is no planned dilution or
makeup activity occurring. This would be an
increase from the current Completion Time
of 15 minutes. The 1-hour Completion Time
following reactor shutdown is requested to
continue to ensure prompt implementation of
PG water isolation without placing an undue
burden on the operating staff[.] Additionally,
following a reactor shutdown, operators are
highly focused on plant reactivity conditions
and are now better equipped (since the
reinsertion of SSAs at NAPS Units 1 and 2
in response to the lessons learned from the
Surry Boron Dilution event in May 2011) to
be able to identify, detect, and respond to
reactivity changes that could be caused by an
inadvertent dilution event. Additionally, an
editorial change is made to TS 5.6.5, Core
Operating Limits Report (COLR), to
accurately reflect Amendments 287/270.
Therefore, it is concluded that the proposed
amendment does not involve a significant
increase in the probability or consequences
of an accident previously evaluated.
2. Does the proposed change create the
possibility of a new or different kind of
accident from any accident previously
evaluated?
Response: No.
There are no proposed design changes or
changes in the methods by which any safetyrelated plant structures, systems, or
components perform their specified safety
functions. The proposed change will not
affect the normal methods of plant operation
or change any operating parameters. No
equipment performance requirements will be
affected. The proposed change will not alter
any assumptions in the safety analyses. The
proposed change does not involve a physical
modification of the plant. No new accident
scenarios, transient precursors, failure
mechanisms, or limiting single failures will
be introduced because of this proposed
change. There will be no adverse effect or
challenges imposed on any safety-related
system because of this proposed change.
Additionally, an editorial change is made to
TS 5.6.5, Core Operating Limits Report
(COLR), to accurately reflect Amendments
287/270. Therefore, it is concluded that the
proposed amendment 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 would allow for PG
water isolation within 1 hour after entry into
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Mode 3 following reactor shutdown from
Mode 2 when there is no planned dilution or
makeup activity occurring. This would be a
change from the current Completion Time of
15 minutes. The 1-hour Completion Time
following reactor shutdown would ensure
prompt implementation of PG water isolation
without placing an undue burden on the
operating staff and is consistent with prior
NRC approved Completion Times for PG
water isolation following reactor shutdown.
There will be no effect on plant systems
necessary to perform protection functions.
No Instrument setpoints or system response
times are affected and none of the acceptance
criteria for any accident analysis will be
changed. Consequently, the proposed change
will have no impact on the radiological
consequences of a design basis accident.
Additionally, an editorial change is made to
TS 5.6.5, Core Operating Limits Report
(COLR), to accurately reflect Amendments
287/270. Therefore, it is concluded that the
proposed amendment does not involve a
significant reduction in a margin of safety.
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The NRC staff has reviewed the
licensee’s analysis and, based on this
review, it appears that the 3 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 no significant hazards
consideration. 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.
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
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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 no
significant hazards consideration, the
Commission will make a final
determination on the issue of no
significant hazards consideration, which
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
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 and on
the NRC website at https://www.nrc.gov/
about-nrc/regulatory/adjudicatory/
hearing.html#participate.
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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/esubmittals.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
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
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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/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 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
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
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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 6, 2021 (ADAMS
Accession No. ML21126A314).
Attorney for licensee: William S.
Blair, Senior Counsel, Dominion
Resources Services, Inc., 120 Tredegar
St., RS–2, Richmond, VA 23219.
NRC Branch Chief: Michael Markley.
Dated: July 7, 2021.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Glenn E. Miller Jr.,
Senior Project Manager, Plant Licensing
Branch II–1, Division of Operating Reactor
Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
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Service Standard Changes
Postal Regulatory Commission.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Commission is revising
the procedural schedule for the
proposed service standard changes to
First-Class Package Service. This notice
informs the public of the revised
procedural schedule.
DATES: Discovery requests are due: July
21, 2021; Postal Service’s answers to
discovery are due: July 28, 2021; Notices
confirming intent to conduct oral crossexamination are due: July 28, 2021;
Requests to present oral argument are
due: July 28, 2021; Notices of
designations are due: July 27, 2021;
Notices of designated materials are due:
July 30, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Submit filings electronically
via the Commission’s Filing Online
system at https://www.prc.gov. Those
who cannot submit filings electronically
should contact the person identified in
the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
section by telephone for advice on filing
alternatives.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
David A. Trissell, General Counsel, at
202–789–6820.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June
17, 2021, the Postal Service filed a
request for an advisory opinion
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regarding planned changes to the
service standards for First-Class Package
Service.1 On June 21, 2021, the
Commission issued a notice and order
concerning the Postal Service’s request,2
setting forth a procedural schedule for
consideration of the planned changes.
See Order No. 5920, Attachment 1.
On July 2, 2021, the Postal Service
filed a notice of errata modifying certain
pages of the Request and the supporting
testimony filed on behalf of its three
witnesses.3 The Postal Service also filed
a notice revising the following
supporting library references: USPS–
LR–N2021–2–1, USPS–LR–N2021–2–4,
USPS–LR–N2021–2–NP1, and USPS–
LR–N20201–2–NP2.4 The Postal Service
states that both sets of revisions are
related to errors in how its summary
tables were compiled and/or
deficiencies in aggregating modeled
results with unmodeled results. See
Errata to Request and Testimony at 1–
2.
In order to provide sufficient time for
parties to analyze the implications of
the modified data that were submitted
following the Postal Service’s initial
filing, the Commission finds good cause
to adjust the procedural schedule as
described below and in the Attachment
appearing below the signature of this
Order. See 39 CFR 3020.112(b).
The Commission previously set July
15, 2021 as the deadline for parties to
file discovery requests regarding the
Postal Service’s direct case, and July 22,
2021 as the Postal Service’s deadline to
file answers to discovery requests. Order
No. 5920 at 17. The deadline for parties
to file discovery requests on the Postal
Service’s direct case has been changed
to July 21, 2021, and the Postal Service’s
discovery answers must be filed by July
28, 2021.
The Commission previously set July
20, 2021 as the deadline for parties to
file notices confirming intent to file a
rebuttal case. Id. at 18. The deadline for
parties to file these notices has been
changed to July 23, 2021. The deadline
to file a rebuttal case has been changed
from July 29, 2021 to August 4, 2021.
See id.
1 United States Postal Service Request for an
Advisory Opinion on Changes in the Nature of
Postal Services, June 17, 2021 (Request).
2 Notice and Order on the Postal Service’s
Request for an Advisory Opinion on Changes in the
Nature of Postal Services, June 21, 2021 (Order No.
5920).
3 Notice of the United States Postal Service of
Revisions to Certain Pages of the Request for an
Advisory Opinion, USPS–T–1, USPS–T–2, and
USPS–T–3—Errata, July 2, 2021 (Errata to Request
and Testimony).
4 Notice of the United States Postal Service of
Revisions to Library References 1, 4, NP1, and
NP2—Errata, July 2, 2021.
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50-338 and 50-339; NRC-2021-0123]
Virginia Electric Power Company; North Anna Power 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 Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-4 and
NPF-7, issued to Virginia Electric Power Company (VEPCO), for operation
of the North Anna Power Station, Units 1 and 2. The proposed amendment
would add a new requirement to isolate Primary Grade water from the
reactor coolant system within 1 hour following a reactor shutdown from
Mode 2. Additionally, it would make an editorial change to Technical
Specification (TS) 5.6.5, ``Core Operating Limits Report (COLR).''
DATES: Submit comments by August 12, 2021. Request for a hearing or
petitions for leave to intervene must be filed by September 13, 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-2021-0123. 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:
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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: Glenn E. Miller, Jr., Office of
Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001, telephone: 301-415-2481, email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2021-0123, facility name, unit
number(s), docket number(s), application date, and subject, if
applicable, 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-2021-0123.
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. (ET), 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-2021-0123 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 an amendment to Facility
Operating License No. NPF-4; NPF-7, issued to VEPCO, for operation of
the North Anna Power Station, Units 1 and 2, located in Louisa County,
VA, in response to VEPCO's application dated May 6, 2021 (ADAMS
Accession No. ML21126A314).
The proposed amendment would add a new requirement to isolate
Primary Grade water from the reactor coolant system within 1 hour
following a reactor shutdown from Mode 2. Additionally, it would make
an editorial change to TS 5.6.5, ``Core Operating Limits Report
(COLR).''
Before any issuance of the proposed license amendment, 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.
There are no design changes associated with the proposed change.
All design, material, and construction standards that were
applicable prior to this amendment request will continue to be
applicable. The proposed change will not affect accident initiators
or precursors or alter the design, conditions, or configuration of
the facility. The proposed change does not alter the way the plant
is operated and maintained, with respect to accident initiators or
precursors. [The proposed change] would allow for PG water isolation
within 1 hour after entry into Mode 3 following reactor shutdown
from Mode 2 when there is no planned dilution or makeup activity
occurring. This would be an increase from the current Completion
Time of 15 minutes. The 1-hour Completion Time following reactor
shutdown is requested to continue to ensure prompt implementation of
PG water isolation without placing an undue burden on the operating
staff[.] Additionally, following a reactor shutdown, operators are
highly focused on plant reactivity conditions and are now better
equipped (since the reinsertion of SSAs at NAPS Units 1 and 2 in
response to the lessons learned from the Surry Boron Dilution event
in May 2011) to be able to identify, detect, and respond to
reactivity changes that could be caused by an inadvertent dilution
event. Additionally, an editorial change is made to TS 5.6.5, Core
Operating Limits Report (COLR), to accurately reflect Amendments
287/270. Therefore, it is concluded that the proposed amendment does
not involve a significant increase in the probability or
consequences of an accident previously evaluated.
2. Does the proposed change create the possibility of a new or
different kind of accident from any accident previously evaluated?
Response: No.
There are no proposed design changes or changes in the methods
by which any safety-related plant structures, systems, or components
perform their specified safety functions. The proposed change will
not affect the normal methods of plant operation or change any
operating parameters. No equipment performance requirements will be
affected. The proposed change will not alter any assumptions in the
safety analyses. The proposed change does not involve a physical
modification of the plant. No new accident scenarios, transient
precursors, failure mechanisms, or limiting single failures will be
introduced because of this proposed change. There will be no adverse
effect or challenges imposed on any safety-related system because of
this proposed change. Additionally, an editorial change is made to
TS 5.6.5, Core Operating Limits Report (COLR), to accurately reflect
Amendments 287/270. Therefore, it is concluded that the proposed
amendment 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 would allow for PG water isolation within 1
hour after entry into
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Mode 3 following reactor shutdown from Mode 2 when there is no
planned dilution or makeup activity occurring. This would be a
change from the current Completion Time of 15 minutes. The 1-hour
Completion Time following reactor shutdown would ensure prompt
implementation of PG water isolation without placing an undue burden
on the operating staff and is consistent with prior NRC approved
Completion Times for PG water isolation following reactor shutdown.
There will be no effect on plant systems necessary to perform
protection functions. No Instrument setpoints or system response
times are affected and none of the acceptance criteria for any
accident analysis will be changed. Consequently, the proposed change
will have no impact on the radiological consequences of a design
basis accident. Additionally, an editorial change is made to TS
5.6.5, Core Operating Limits Report (COLR), to accurately reflect
Amendments 287/270. Therefore, it is concluded that the proposed
amendment does not involve a significant reduction in a margin of
safety.
The NRC staff has reviewed the licensee's analysis and, based on
this review, it appears that the 3 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 no significant hazards consideration. 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.
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 no significant hazards consideration, the
Commission will make a final determination on the issue of no
significant hazards consideration, which 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 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 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
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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 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 6, 2021 (ADAMS Accession
No. ML21126A314).
Attorney for licensee: William S. Blair, Senior Counsel, Dominion
Resources Services, Inc., 120 Tredegar St., RS-2, Richmond, VA 23219.
NRC Branch Chief: Michael Markley.
Dated: July 7, 2021.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Glenn E. Miller Jr.,
Senior Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch II-1, Division of
Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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