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mentioned in this document.
• NRC’s PDR: The PDR, where you
may examine and order copies of
publicly available documents, is open
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nishka Devaser, Office of Nuclear
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone:
301–415–5196, email: Nishka.Devaser@
nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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I. Introduction
The NRC issued an exemption
(ADAMS Package Accession No.
ML23166B082) in response to a request
dated May 23, 2023, from Arizona
Public Service Company for the Palo
Verde Nuclear Generating Station
Independent Spent Fuel Storage
Installation (ISFSI) (ADAMS Accession
No. ML23143A391). The exemption
allows exemption from the requirements
of §§ 72.212(a)(2), (b)(3), and (b)(5)(i)
and 72.214 and the portion of
§ 72.212(b)(11) of title 10 of the Code of
Federal Regulations (10 CFR) that
requires compliance with the terms and
conditions set forth in the certificate of
compliance for each spent fuel cask
used by an ISFSI general licensee.
The exemption requested
authorization to load and store spent
fuel in MAGNASTOR® storage casks
with lids that were not fabricated in
accordance with Technical
Specification A4.2, as specified in
Amendment No. 7 of the NAC
International Certificate of Compliance
No. 1031 for the MAGNASTOR® storage
system. Amendment No. 7 is used at the
Palo Verde ISFSI (ADAMS Package
Accession No. ML17013A466).
Technical Specification, Appendix A,
A4.2 requires the concrete cask lid to be
designed and fabricated in accordance
with the American Concrete Institute
Specifications ACI–349, ‘‘Code
Requirements for Nuclear Safety Related
Concrete Structures,’’ and ACI–318,
‘‘Building Code Requirements for
Structural Concrete,’’ which according
to the technical specifications govern
the concrete cask design and
construction, respectively.
NAC submitted an amendment
request dated January 24, 2022 (ADAMS
Accession No. ML22024A374) to
eliminate the need for compliance with
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the referenced technical specification
for the concrete in the cask lids in the
Certificate of Compliance No. 1031 for
the MAGNASTOR® storage system,
however this exemption was necessary
to meet loading campaigns scheduled
before resolution of NAC’s amendment
request. The applications provided
information documenting that the
concrete in the cask lids is not relied
upon for the strength safety function
provided by the ACI codes in Technical
Specification, Appendix A, A4.2, and
the concrete in the cask lids was
fabricated using standards that ensure
the concrete will continue to meet the
required shielding safety function.
Based on the NRC staff’s evaluation of
the exemption request, and the
statements and representations provided
by the applicant in the exemption
request, the staff concluded that the
proposed action to exempt the cask lids
from the current Technical Specification
in A4.2 at the ISFSI site is authorized by
law and will not endanger life, property,
or the common defense and security,
and is otherwise in the public interest
and therefore meets the exemption
requirements in 10 CFR 72.7.
Dated: July 6, 2023.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Bernard H. White,
Acting Chief, Storage and Transportation
Licensing Branch, Division of Fuel
Management, Office of Nuclear Material
Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 2023–14602 Filed 7–10–23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7590–01–P
NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION
[NRC–2023–0120]
Monthly Notice; Applications and
Amendments to Facility Operating
Licenses and Combined Licenses
Involving No Significant Hazards
Considerations
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Monthly notice.
AGENCY:
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I. Obtaining Information and
Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Pursuant to section 189.a.(2)
of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as
amended (the Act), the U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission (NRC) is
publishing this regular monthly notice.
The Act requires the Commission to
publish notice of any amendments
issued, or proposed to be issued, and
grants the Commission the authority to
issue and make immediately effective
any amendment to an operating license
or combined license, as applicable,
upon a determination by the
SUMMARY:
Commission that such amendment
involves no significant hazards
consideration (NSHC), notwithstanding
the pendency before the Commission of
a request for a hearing from any person.
DATES: Comments must be filed by
August 10, 2023. A request for a hearing
or petitions for leave to intervene must
be filed by September 11, 2023. This
monthly notice includes all
amendments issued, or proposed to be
issued, from May 25, 2023, to June 22,
2023. The last monthly notice was
published on June 13, 2023.
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–2023–0120. 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:
Paula Blechman, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555–0001, telephone: 301–415–
2242; email: Paula.Blechman@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2023–
0120, facility name, unit number(s),
docket number(s), application date, and
subject when contacting the NRC about
the availability of information for this
action. You may obtain publicly
available information related to this
action by any of the following methods:
• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2023–0120.
• NRC’s Agencywide Documents
Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly
available documents online in the
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ADAMS Public Documents collection at
https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
adams.html. To begin the search, select
‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.’’ For
problems with ADAMS, please contact
the NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR)
reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, 301–
415–4737, or by email to
PDR.Resource@nrc.gov. The ADAMS
accession number for each document
referenced (if it is available in ADAMS)
is provided the first time that it is
mentioned in this document.
• NRC’s PDR: The PDR, where you
may examine and order copies of
publicly available documents, is open
by appointment. To make an
appointment to visit the PDR, please
send an email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov
or call 1–800–397–4209 or 301–415–
4737, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern
time (ET), 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–2023–0120, facility
name, unit number(s), docket
number(s), application date, and
subject, in your comment submission.
The NRC cautions you not to include
identifying or contact information that
you do not want to be publicly
disclosed in your comment submission.
The NRC will post all comment
submissions at https://
www.regulations.gov as well as enter the
comment submissions into ADAMS.
The NRC does not routinely edit
comment submissions to remove
identifying or contact information.
If you are requesting or aggregating
comments from other persons for
submission to the NRC, then you should
inform those persons not to include
identifying or contact information that
they do not want to be publicly
disclosed in their comment submission.
Your request should state that the NRC
does not routinely edit comment
submissions to remove such information
before making the comment
submissions available to the public or
entering the comment into ADAMS.
II. Notice of Consideration of Issuance
of Amendments to Facility Operating
Licenses and Combined Licenses and
Proposed No Significant Hazards
Consideration Determination
For the facility-specific amendment
requests shown in this notice, the
Commission finds that the licensees’
analyses provided, consistent with
section 50.91 of title 10 of the Code of
Federal Regulations (10 CFR) ‘‘Notice
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for public comment; State
consultation,’’ are sufficient to support
the proposed determinations that these
amendment requests involve NSHC.
Under the Commission’s regulations in
10 CFR 50.92, operation of the facilities
in accordance with the proposed
amendments would not (1) involve a
significant increase in the probability or
consequences of an accident previously
evaluated; or (2) create the possibility of
a new or different kind of accident from
any accident previously evaluated; or
(3) involve a significant reduction in a
margin of safety.
The Commission is seeking public
comments on these proposed
determinations. Any comments received
within 30 days after the date of
publication of this notice will be
considered in making any final
determinations.
Normally, the Commission will not
issue the amendments until the
expiration of 60 days after the date of
publication of this notice. The
Commission may issue any of these
license amendments before expiration of
the 60-day period provided that its final
determination is that the amendment
involves NSHC. In addition, the
Commission may issue any of these
amendments prior to the expiration of
the 30-day comment period if
circumstances change during the 30-day
comment period such that failure to act
in a timely way would result, for
example in derating or shutdown of the
facility. If the Commission takes action
on any of these amendments prior to the
expiration of either the comment period
or the notice period, it will publish in
the Federal Register a notice of
issuance. If the Commission makes a
final NSHC determination for any of
these amendments, any hearing will
take place after issuance. The
Commission expects that the need to
take action on any amendment before 60
days have elapsed will occur very
infrequently.
A. Opportunity To Request a Hearing
and Petition for Leave To Intervene
Within 60 days after the date of
publication of this notice, any person
(petitioner) whose interest may be
affected by any of these actions may file
a request for a hearing and petition for
leave to intervene (petition) with respect
to that action. Petitions shall be filed in
accordance with the Commission’s
‘‘Agency Rules of Practice and
Procedure’’ in 10 CFR part 2. Interested
persons should consult a current copy
of 10 CFR 2.309. If a petition is filed, the
Commission or a presiding officer will
rule on the petition and, if appropriate,
a notice of a hearing will be issued.
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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 (https://
adamswebsearch2.nrc.gov/webSearch2/
main.jsp?Accession
Number=ML20340A053) and on the
NRC’s public website at https://
www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/regulatory/
adjudicatory/hearing.html#participate.
B. 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
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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 further discussed, 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’s public 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. ET on the due date. Upon receipt
of a transmission, the E-Filing system
time-stamps 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/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., ET, Monday
through Friday, except Federal 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
previously described, 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.
The following table provides the plant
name, docket number, date of
application, ADAMS accession number,
and location in the application of the
licensees’ proposed NSHC
determinations. For further details with
respect to these license amendment
applications, see the applications for
amendment, which are available for
public inspection in ADAMS. For
additional direction on accessing
information related to this document,
see the ‘‘Obtaining Information and
Submitting Comments’’ section of this
document.
LICENSE AMENDMENT REQUESTS
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Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; Clinton Power Station, Unit No. 1; DeWitt County, IL
Docket No(s) ...................................
Application date ..............................
ADAMS Accession No ....................
Location in Application of NSHC ....
Brief Description of Amendment(s)
Proposed Determination .................
Name of Attorney for Licensee,
Mailing Address.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone
Number.
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March 1, 2023.
ML23060A258.
Pages 5–7 of Attachment 1.
The proposed amendment would revise Technical Specification Section 3.8.3, ‘‘Diesel Fuel Oil, Lube Oil,
and Starting Air.’’
NSHC.
Jason Zorn, Associate General Counsel, Constellation Energy Generation, 4300 Winfield Road
Warrenville, IL 60555.
Joel Wiebe, 301–415–6606.
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Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; Clinton Power Station, Unit No. 1; DeWitt County, IL; Constellation Energy Generation, LLC;
Dresden Nuclear Power Station, Units 2 and 3; Grundy County, IL; Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; LaSalle County Station,
Units 1 and 2; LaSalle County, IL; Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, Units 2 and 3;
York County, PA; Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station, Units 1 and 2; Rock Island County,
IL; Constellation FitzPatrick, LLC and Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant; Oswego
County, NY; Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, LLC and Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, Unit
2; Oswego County, NY
Docket No(s) ...................................
Application date ..............................
ADAMS Accession No ....................
Location in Application of NSHC ....
Brief Description of Amendment(s)
Proposed Determination .................
Name of Attorney for Licensee,
Mailing Address.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone
Number.
50–461, 50–237, 50–249, 50–333, 50–373, 50–374, 50–410, 50–277, 50–278, 50–254, 50–265.
May 25, 2023.
ML23145A086.
Pages 2–4 of Attachment 1.
The proposed amendments would incorporate Technical Specifications Task Force (TSTF) Improved
Standard Technical Specifications Change Traveler TSTF–580, ‘‘Provide Exception from Entering Mode
4 With No Operable RHR [Residual Heat Removal] Shutdown Cooling,’’ Revision 1. The proposed
change provides a technical specification exception to entering Mode 4 if both required RHR shutdown
cooling subsystems are inoperable.
NSHC.
Jason Zorn, Associate General Counsel, Constellation Energy Generation, 101 Constitution Ave. NW,
Suite 400 East, Washington, DC 20001.
Scott Wall, 301–415–2855.
DTE Electric Company; Fermi, Unit 2; Monroe County, MI
Docket No(s) ...................................
Application date ..............................
ADAMS Accession No ....................
Location in Application of NSHC ....
Brief Description of Amendment(s)
Proposed Determination .................
Name of Attorney for Licensee,
Mailing Address.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone
Number.
50–341.
May 5, 2023.
ML23128A026.
Pages 6–7 of Enclosure 1.
The proposed amendment would revise the Note for Technical Specification (TS) 3.4.5, ‘‘RCS [Reactor
Coolant System] Pressure Isolation Valve (PIV) Leakage’’, Action A.1, to remove the word ‘‘check’’ and
clarify that Action A.1 is to be met by all valves and is not limited only to check valves.
NSHC.
Jon P. Christinidis, DTE Electric Company, Expert Attorney—Regulatory, 1635 WCB, One Energy Plaza,
Detroit, MI 48226.
Surinder Arora, 301–415–1421.
DTE Electric Company; Fermi, Unit 2; Monroe County, MI
Docket No(s) ...................................
Application date ..............................
ADAMS Accession No ....................
Location in Application of NSHC ....
Brief Description of Amendment(s)
Proposed Determination .................
Name of Attorney for Licensee,
Mailing Address.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone
Number.
50–341.
May 5, 2023.
ML23128A017.
Pages 7–9 of Enclosure 1.
The proposed amendment would modify Fermi 2 Technical Specification 3.8.1, ‘‘AC [Alternating Current]
Sources—Operating,’’ to revise Surveillance Requirement 3.8.1.12, by adding a requirement to verify the
crankcase overpressure automatic trip for each emergency diesel generator is bypassed on an actual or
simulated emergency start signal.
NSHC.
Jon P. Christinidis, DTE Electric Company, Expert Attorney—Regulatory, 1635 WCB, One Energy Plaza,
Detroit, MI 48226.
Surinder Arora, 301–415–1421.
Energy Northwest; Columbia Generating Station; Benton County, WA
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Docket No(s) ...................................
Application date ..............................
ADAMS Accession No ....................
Location in Application of NSHC ....
Brief Description of Amendment(s)
Proposed Determination .................
Name of Attorney for Licensee,
Mailing Address.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone
Number.
50–397.
May 1, 2023.
ML23121A294.
Pages 4–6 of Enclosure 1.
The proposed amendment would revise the Columbia Generating Station Renewed Facility Operating License NPF–21 and Appendix A, Technical Specifications (TSs) with several clean-up changes. The proposed clean-up changes would include editorial changes and the removal of obsolete TS information,
spelling error corrections, and removal of obsolete operating license conditions. None of the proposed
changes result in changes to technical or operating requirements.
NSHC.
Ryan Lukson, Legal Service Supervisor, Energy Northwest, MD 1020, P.O. Box 968, Richland, WA 99352.
Mahesh Chawla, 301–415–8371.
Entergy Louisiana, LLC, and Entergy Operations, Inc.; River Bend Station, Unit 1; West Feliciana Parish, LA
Docket No(s) ...................................
Application date ..............................
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February 27, 2023.
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LICENSE AMENDMENT REQUESTS—Continued
ADAMS Accession No ....................
Location in Application of NSHC ....
Brief Description of Amendment(s)
Proposed Determination .................
Name of Attorney for Licensee,
Mailing Address.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone
Number.
ML23058A215.
Pages 10–12 of Attachment 1.
The proposed amendment would modify River Bend Station, Unit 1, Technical Specification requirements
to permit the use of risk-informed completion times in accordance with Technical Specifications Task
Force (TSTF) Traveler TSTF–505, Revision 2, ‘‘Provide Risk-Informed Extended Completion Times—
RITSTF [Risk-Informed TSTF) Initiative 4b’’ (ADAMS Accession No. ML18183A493).
NSHC.
Anna Vinson Jones, Assistant General Counsel/Legal Department, Entergy Operations, Inc., 101 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20001.
Jason Drake, 301–415–8378.
Entergy Louisiana, LLC, and Entergy Operations, Inc.; River Bend Station, Unit 1; West Feliciana Parish, LA
Docket No(s) ...................................
Application date ..............................
ADAMS Accession No ....................
Location in Application of NSHC ....
Brief Description of Amendment(s)
Proposed Determination .................
Name of Attorney for Licensee,
Mailing Address.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone
Number.
50–458.
February 27, 2023.
ML23058A217.
Pages 27–29 of the Enclosure.
The proposed amendment would modify the River Bend Station, Unit 1, licensing basis by the addition of a
license condition, to allow for the implementation of the provisions of 10 CFR 50.69, ‘‘Risk-informed categorization and treatment of structures, systems and components for nuclear power reactors.’’
NSHC.
Anna Vinson Jones, Assistant General Counsel/Legal Department, Entergy Operations, Inc., 101 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20001.
Jason Drake, 301–415–8378.
Entergy Operations, Inc.; Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 1; Pope County, AR
Docket No(s) ...................................
Application date ..............................
ADAMS Accession No ....................
Location in Application of NSHC ....
Brief Description of Amendment(s)
Proposed Determination .................
Name of Attorney for Licensee,
Mailing Address.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone
Number.
50–313.
March 30, 2023.
ML23089A261.
Pages 15–17 of the Enclosure.
The proposed amendment would modify the Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 1, Technical Specification 3.3.1,
Table 3.3.1–1, ‘‘Reactor Protection System Instrumentation,’’ Function 9, ‘‘Main Turbine Trip (Oil Pressure),’’ allowable value and specify that it is for ‘‘Hydraulic Oil Pressure.’’ The proposed change would
support replacement of the current Westinghouse electrohydraulic control system, which requires the replacement and relocation of the reactor protection system anticipatory reactor trip system pressure
switches.
NSHC.
Anna Vinson Jones, Assistant General Counsel/Legal Department, Entergy Operations, Inc., 101 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20001.
Thomas Wengert, 301–415–4037.
Entergy Operations, Inc.; Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 2; Pope County, AR
Docket No(s) ...................................
Application date ..............................
ADAMS Accession No ....................
Location in Application of NSHC ....
Brief Description of Amendment(s)
Proposed Determination .................
Name of Attorney for Licensee,
Mailing Address.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone
Number.
50–368.
April 5, 2023.
ML23095A281.
Pages 9–11 of Attachment 1.
The proposed amendment would modify the Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 2, technical specification requirements to permit the use of risk-informed completion times in accordance with Technical Specifications
Task Force (TSTF) Traveler TSTF–505, Revision 2, ‘‘Provide Risk-Informed Extended Completion
Times—RITSTF [Risk-Informed TSTF] Initiative 4b.’’
NSHC.
Anna Vinson Jones, Assistant General Counsel/Legal Department, Entergy Operations, Inc., 101 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20001.
Thomas Wengert, 301–415–4037.
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Nebraska Public Power District; Cooper Nuclear Station; Nemaha County, NE
Docket No(s) ...................................
Application date ..............................
ADAMS Accession No ....................
Location in Application of NSHC ....
Brief Description of Amendment(s)
Proposed Determination .................
Name of Attorney for Licensee,
Mailing Address.
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May 3, 2023.
ML23124A358.
Pages 2–4 of Attachment 1.
The proposed amendment would revise the Cooper Nuclear Station Technical Specifications (TSs) to
adopt Technical Specifications Task Force (TSTF) Traveler TSTF–580, ‘‘Provide Exception from Entering Mode 4 With No Operable RHR [Residual Heat Removal] Shutdown Cooling,’’ by providing a TS exception to entering Mode 4 if both required RHR shutdown cooling subsystems are inoperable.
NSHC.
John C. McClure, Vice President, Governmental Affairs & General Counsel Nebraska Public Power District, P.O. Box 499, 1414 15th Street, Columbus, NE 68602–0499.
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Number.
Thomas Wengert, 301–415–4037.
Nebraska Public Power District; Cooper Nuclear Station; Nemaha County, NE
Docket No(s) ...................................
Application date ..............................
ADAMS Accession No ....................
Location in Application of NSHC ....
Brief Description of Amendment(s)
Proposed Determination .................
Name of Attorney for Licensee,
Mailing Address.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone
Number.
50–298.
May 3, 2023.
ML23124A234.
Pages 3–5 of Attachment 1.
The proposed amendment would revise the Cooper Nuclear Station Technical Specifications (TSs) to
adopt Technical Specifications Task Force (TSTF) Traveler TSTF–551, ‘‘Revise Secondary Containment
Surveillance Requirements.’’ Specifically, the proposed change would revise TS 3.6.4.1, ‘‘Secondary
Containment,’’ Surveillance Requirement (SR) 3.6.4.1.1 to address conditions during which the secondary containment pressure may not meet the SR pressure requirements. In addition, SR 3.6.4.1.3
would be modified to acknowledge that secondary containment access openings may be open for entry
and exit.
NSHC.
John C. McClure, Vice President, Governmental Affairs & General Counsel Nebraska Public Power District, P.O. Box 499, 1414 15th Street, Columbus, NE 68601.
Thomas Wengert, 301–415–4037.
NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC; Seabrook Station, Unit No. 1; Rockingham County, NH
Docket No(s) ...................................
Application date ..............................
ADAMS Accession No ....................
Location in Application of NSHC ....
Brief Description of Amendment(s)
Proposed Determination .................
Name of Attorney for Licensee,
Mailing Address.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone
Number.
50–443.
March 15, 2023, as supplemented by letter dated May 11, 2023.
ML23074A176, ML23131A115.
Pages 5–7 of the Enclosure to the Supplement.
The proposed amendment would modify the Seabrook Station, Unit No. 1 Technical Specifications (TSs)
by updating from 55 effective full-power years (EFPY) to 52.6 EFPY, the period of applicability specified
in the pressure-temperature limits curves of Seabrook TS Figure 3.4–2, Reactor Coolant System Heatup
Limitations—Applicable to 55 EFPY, and Figure 3.4–3, Reactor Coolant System Cooldown Limitations—
Applicable to 55 EFPY, and in Figure 3.4–4, Maximum Allowable PORV [Pressurized Power-Operated
Relief Valve] Setpoints for Cold Overpressure Protection System, and conforming changes to the TS
Index.
NSHC.
Steven Hamrick, Senior Attorney 801 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Suite 220 Washington, DC 20004
Justin Poole, 301–415–2048.
Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2; Burke County, GA
Docket No(s) ...................................
Application date ..............................
ADAMS Accession No ....................
Location in Application of NSHC ....
Brief Description of Amendment(s)
Proposed Determination .................
Name of Attorney for Licensee,
Mailing Address.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone
Number.
50–424, 50–425.
May 1, 2023.
ML23121A267.
Pages E1–14 and E1–15 of Enclosure 1.
The proposed amendments would revise Technical Specification (TS) Surveillance Requirement (SR)
3.4.14.1 to allow surveillance frequencies in accordance with the Inservice Testing Program outlined in
the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Code for Operation and Maintenance of Nuclear Power
Plants. TS SR 3.4.14.1 directs the licensee to verify that the leakage from each reactor coolant system
(RCS) pressure isolation valve is equal to or less than 0.5 gallons per minute (gpm) per nominal inch of
valve size up to a maximum of 5 gpm at an RCS pressure between 2215 and 2255 pounds per square
inch gauge. This amendment would remove three more frequent surveillance frequencies associated
with TS SR 3.4.14.1.
NSHC.
Millicent Ronnlund, Vice President and General Counsel, Southern Nuclear Operating Co., Inc., P.O. Box
1295, Birmingham, AL 35201–1295.
Zachary Turner 415–6303.
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Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Units 3 and 4; Burke County, GA
Docket No(s) ...................................
Application date ..............................
ADAMS Accession No ....................
Location in Application of NSHC ....
Brief Description of Amendment(s)
Proposed Determination .................
Name of Attorney for Licensee,
Mailing Address.
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52–025, 52–026.
March 24, 2023.
ML23083B967.
Pages E–5 and E–6 of the Enclosure.
The proposed amendments would revise the Combined Licenses to request changes to depart from Updated Final Safety Analysis Report Tier 2 information (which includes the plant-specific Design Control
Document Tier 2 information) and involves related changes to Combined License, Appendix A, Technical
Specifications by relocating Technical Specification 3.7.9, ‘‘Spent Fuel Pool Makeup Water Sources,’’ to
the Technical Requirements Manual as ‘‘Updated Final Safety Analysis Report Standard Content.’’
NSHC.
Stanford Blanton, Balch & Bingham LLP, P.O. Box 306, Birmingham, AL 35201.
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Number.
William Gleaves, 301–415–5848.
Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Units 3 and 4; Burke County, GA
Docket No(s) ...................................
Application date ..............................
ADAMS Accession No ....................
Location in Application of NSHC ....
Brief Description of Amendment(s)
Proposed Determination .................
Name of Attorney for Licensee,
Mailing Address.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone
Number.
52–025, 52–026.
May 17, 2023.
ML23137A285.
Pages 7–8 of Enclosure 1.
The proposed amendments would change the Combined License Appendix A, Technical Specification (TS)
3.1.9, ‘‘Chemical and Volume Control System Demineralized Water Isolation Valves and Makeup Line
Isolation Valves.’’ The proposed change to Required Action B.1 imposes a more restrictive TS ‘‘Action.’’
Additional changes are proposed to TS 3.1.9 ‘‘Actions Note’’ and ‘‘Action A’’ for consistency with similar
applications and for clarity.
NSHC.
Stanford Blanton, Balch & Bingham LLP, P.O. Box 306, Birmingham, AL 35201.
William Gleaves, 301–415–5848.
Vistra Operations Company LLC; Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, Unit Nos. 1 and 2; Somervell County, TX
Docket No(s) ...................................
Application date ..............................
ADAMS Accession No ....................
Location in Application of NSHC ....
Brief Description of Amendment(s)
Proposed Determination .................
Name of Attorney for Licensee,
Mailing Address.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone
Number.
50–445, 50–446.
April 20, 2023, as supplemented by letter dated June 15, 2023.
ML23110A156, ML23166B144.
Pages 13–15 of the Enclosure.
The proposed amendments would authorize an Updated Final Safety Analysis Report change to implement
a licensing basis change regarding compliance with 10 CFR part 50, appendix A, General Design Criterion 5, ‘‘Sharing of structures, systems, and components,’’ and conformance with Regulatory Guide
(RG) 1.81, ‘‘Shared Emergency and Shutdown Electric Systems for Multi-Unit Nuclear Power Plants,’’
Revision 1. The licensing basis change would permit certain safety-related common electrical loads, and
some Unit 1 specific electrical loads to be fed from common electrical panels, which represents a deviation from RG 1.81.
NSHC.
Timothy P. Matthews, Esq., Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20004.
Dennis Galvin, 301–415–6256.
III. Notice of Issuance of Amendments
to Facility Operating Licenses and
Combined Licenses
During the period since publication of
the last monthly notice, the Commission
has issued the following amendments.
The Commission has determined for
each of these amendments that the
application complies with the standards
and requirements of the Atomic Energy
Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and
the Commission’s rules and regulations.
The Commission has made appropriate
findings as required by the Act and the
Commission’s rules and regulations in
10 CFR chapter I, which are set forth in
the license amendment.
A notice of consideration of issuance
of amendment to facility operating
license or combined license, as
applicable, proposed NSHC
determination, and opportunity for a
hearing in connection with these
actions, was published in the Federal
Register as indicated in the safety
evaluation for each amendment.
Unless otherwise indicated, the
Commission has determined that these
amendments satisfy the criteria for
categorical exclusion in accordance
with 10 CFR 51.22. Therefore, pursuant
to 10 CFR 51.22(b), no environmental
impact statement or environmental
assessment need be prepared for these
amendments. If the Commission has
prepared an environmental assessment
under the special circumstances
provision in 10 CFR 51.22(b) and has
made a determination based on that
assessment, it is so indicated in the
safety evaluation for the amendment.
For further details with respect to
each action, see the amendment and
associated documents such as the
Commission’s letter and safety
evaluation, which may be obtained
using the ADAMS accession numbers
indicated in the following table. The
safety evaluation will provide the
ADAMS accession numbers for the
application for amendment and the
Federal Register citation for any
environmental assessment. All of these
items can be accessed as described in
the ‘‘Obtaining Information and
Submitting Comments’’ section of this
document.
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NextEra Energy Point Beach, LLC; Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2; Manitowoc County, WI
Docket No(s) ...................................
Amendment Date ............................
ADAMS Accession No ....................
Amendment No(s) ...........................
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June 1, 2023.
ML23103A133.
271 (Unit 1) and 273 (Unit 2).
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Brief Description of Amendment(s)
Public Comments Received as to
Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
The amendments revised technical specification requirements to permit the use of risk-informed completion
times for actions to be taken when limiting conditions for operation are not met. The changes are based
on Technical Specifications Task Force (TSTF) Traveler TSTF–505, Revision 2, ‘‘Provide Risk-Informed
Extended Completion Times—RITSTF [Risk-Informed TSTF] Initiative 4b,’’ dated July 2, 2018.
No.
Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2; Burke County, GA
Docket No(s) ...................................
Amendment Date ............................
ADAMS Accession No ....................
Amendment No(s) ...........................
Brief Description of Amendment(s)
Public Comments Received as to
Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
50–424, 50–425.
June 15, 2023.
ML23115A149.
218 (Unit 1) and 201 (Unit 2).
The amendments revised Technical Specification (TS) 1.1, ‘‘Use and Application Definitions’’ and added
TS 5.5.23 ‘‘Online Monitoring Program.’’ The amendments allowed use of an online monitoring (OLM)
methodology as the technical basis to switch from time-based surveillance frequency for channel calibrations to a condition-based calibration frequency based on OLM results. The amendments are based on
the NRC-approved topical report AMS–TR–0720R2–A, ‘‘Online Monitoring Technology to Extend Calibration Intervals of Nuclear Plant Pressure Transmitters.’’
No.
Tennessee Valley Authority; Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2; Rhea County, TN
Docket No(s) ...................................
Amendment Date ............................
ADAMS Accession No ....................
Amendment No(s) ...........................
Brief Description of Amendment(s)
Public Comments Received as to
Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
50–390, 50–391.
June 7, 2023.
ML23122A232.
162 (Unit 1) and 69 (Unit 2).
The amendments revised Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, Technical Specification 3.7.11, ‘‘Control
Room Emergency Air Temperature Control System (CREATCS),’’ to change the dates in the footnotes
for Required Actions A.1 and E.1 for performing modifications to the Watts Bar, Units 1 and 2, main control room CREATCS chillers.
No.
Dated: July 3, 2023.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Gregory F. Suber,
Deputy Director, Division of Operating
Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2023–14461 Filed 7–10–23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7590–01–P
NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION
[Docket No. 50–073; NRC–2022–0173]
GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas,
LLC; GE-Hitachi Nuclear Test Reactor
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: License renewal; issuance.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) has issued a renewal
of Facility Operating License No. R–33,
held by GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy
Americas, LLC (GEH, the licensee), for
the continued operation of the Nuclear
Test Reactor (NTR, the reactor) for an
additional 20 years from the date of
issuance. The reactor is located on the
Vallecitos Nuclear Center site in Sunol,
Alameda County, California. In
connection with the renewed license,
the licensee is authorized to operate the
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level of 100 kilowatts-thermal (kWt).
DATES: Renewed Facility Operating
License No. R–33 was issued on June
29, 2023, and is effective as of the date
of issuance.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID
NRC–2022–0173 when contacting the
NRC about the availability of
information regarding this document.
You may obtain publicly available
information related to this document
using any of the following methods:
• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2022–0173. 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.
• 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
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415–4737, or by email to
PDR.Resource@nrc.gov. For the
convenience of the reader, the ADAMS
accession numbers are provided in a
table in the ‘‘Availability of Documents’’
section of this document.
• NRC’s PDR: The PDR, where you
may examine and order copies of
publicly available documents, is open
by appointment. To make an
appointment to visit the PDR, please
send an email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov
or call 1–800–397–4209 or 301–415–
4737, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern
time (ET), Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Duane Hardesty, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415–
3724; email: Duane.Hardesty@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Discussion
The NRC has issued a renewal for
Facility Operating License No. R–33,
held by GEH, which authorizes
continued operation of the NTR. The
NTR is a heterogeneous, highly
enriched-uranium, graphite-moderated
and -reflected, light-water cooled,
thermal reactor. The renewed license
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2023-0120]
Monthly Notice; Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating
Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards
Considerations
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Monthly notice.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 189.a.(2) of the Atomic Energy Act of
1954, as amended (the Act), the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(NRC) is publishing this regular monthly notice. The Act requires the
Commission to publish notice of any amendments issued, or proposed to
be issued, and grants the Commission the authority to issue and make
immediately effective any amendment to an operating license or combined
license, as applicable, upon a determination by the Commission that
such amendment involves no significant hazards consideration (NSHC),
notwithstanding the pendency before the Commission of a request for a
hearing from any person.
DATES: Comments must be filed by August 10, 2023. A request for a
hearing or petitions for leave to intervene must be filed by September
11, 2023. This monthly notice includes all amendments issued, or
proposed to be issued, from May 25, 2023, to June 22, 2023. The last
monthly notice was published on June 13, 2023.
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-2023-0120. 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: Paula Blechman, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001, telephone: 301-415-2242; email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2023-0120, facility name, unit
number(s), docket number(s), application date, and subject when
contacting the NRC about the availability of information for this
action. You may obtain publicly available information related to this
action by any of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2023-0120.
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the
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ADAMS Public Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ``Begin Web-based ADAMS
Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC's Public
Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or
by email to [email protected]. The ADAMS accession number for each
document referenced (if it is available in ADAMS) is provided the first
time that it is mentioned in this document.
NRC's PDR: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies
of publicly available documents, is open by appointment. To make an
appointment to visit the PDR, please send an email to
[email protected] or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, between 8
a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern time (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-2023-0120, facility name, unit number(s), docket
number(s), application date, and subject, in your comment submission.
The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact
information that you do not want to be publicly disclosed in your
comment submission. The NRC will post all comment submissions at
https://www.regulations.gov as well as enter the comment submissions
into ADAMS. The NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to
remove identifying or contact information.
If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons
for submission to the NRC, then you should inform those persons not to
include identifying or contact information that they do not want to be
publicly disclosed in their comment submission. Your request should
state that the NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to
remove such information before making the comment submissions available
to the public or entering the comment into ADAMS.
II. Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendments to Facility
Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses and Proposed No Significant
Hazards Consideration Determination
For the facility-specific amendment requests shown in this notice,
the Commission finds that the licensees' analyses provided, consistent
with section 50.91 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10
CFR) ``Notice for public comment; State consultation,'' are sufficient
to support the proposed determinations that these amendment requests
involve NSHC. Under the Commission's regulations in 10 CFR 50.92,
operation of the facilities in accordance with the proposed amendments
would not (1) involve a significant increase in the probability or
consequences of an accident previously evaluated; or (2) create the
possibility of a new or different kind of accident from any accident
previously evaluated; or (3) involve a significant reduction in a
margin of safety.
The Commission is seeking public comments on these proposed
determinations. Any comments received within 30 days after the date of
publication of this notice will be considered in making any final
determinations.
Normally, the Commission will not issue the amendments until the
expiration of 60 days after the date of publication of this notice. The
Commission may issue any of these license amendments before expiration
of the 60-day period provided that its final determination is that the
amendment involves NSHC. In addition, the Commission may issue any of
these amendments prior to the expiration of the 30-day comment period
if circumstances change during the 30-day comment period such that
failure to act in a timely way would result, for example in derating or
shutdown of the facility. If the Commission takes action on any of
these amendments prior to the expiration of either the comment period
or the notice period, it will publish in the Federal Register a notice
of issuance. If the Commission makes a final NSHC determination for any
of these amendments, any hearing will take place after issuance. The
Commission expects that the need to take action on any amendment before
60 days have elapsed will occur very infrequently.
A. Opportunity To Request a Hearing and Petition for Leave To Intervene
Within 60 days after the date of publication of this notice, any
person (petitioner) whose interest may be affected by any of these
actions may file a request for a hearing and petition for leave to
intervene (petition) with respect to that action. Petitions shall be
filed in accordance with the Commission's ``Agency Rules of Practice
and Procedure'' in 10 CFR part 2. Interested persons should consult a
current copy of 10 CFR 2.309. If a petition is filed, the Commission or
a presiding officer will rule on the petition and, if appropriate, a
notice of a hearing will be issued.
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 (https://adamswebsearch2.nrc.gov/webSearch2/main.jsp?AccessionNumber=ML20340A053) and on the NRC's public website
at https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/regulatory/adjudicatory/hearing.html#participate.
B. 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
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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 further discussed, 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's public 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. ET on the due date. Upon receipt of a
transmission, the E-Filing system time-stamps 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., ET, Monday through Friday, except Federal 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 previously described, 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.
The following table provides the plant name, docket number, date of
application, ADAMS accession number, and location in the application of
the licensees' proposed NSHC determinations. For further details with
respect to these license amendment applications, see the applications
for amendment, which are available for public inspection in ADAMS. For
additional direction on accessing information related to this document,
see the ``Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments'' section of
this document.
License Amendment Requests
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Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; Clinton Power Station, Unit No. 1;
DeWitt County, IL
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Docket No(s)...................... 50-461.
Application date.................. March 1, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML23060A258.
Location in Application of NSHC... Pages 5-7 of Attachment 1.
Brief Description of Amendment(s). The proposed amendment would revise
Technical Specification Section
3.8.3, ``Diesel Fuel Oil, Lube Oil,
and Starting Air.''
Proposed Determination............ NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Jason Zorn, Associate General
Mailing Address. Counsel, Constellation Energy
Generation, 4300 Winfield Road
Warrenville, IL 60555.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Joel Wiebe, 301-415-6606.
Number.
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Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; Clinton Power Station, Unit No. 1;
DeWitt County, IL; Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; Dresden Nuclear
Power Station, Units 2 and 3; Grundy County, IL; Constellation Energy
Generation, LLC; LaSalle County Station, Units 1 and 2; LaSalle County,
IL; Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; Peach Bottom Atomic Power
Station, Units 2 and 3; York County, PA; Constellation Energy
Generation, LLC; Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station, Units 1 and 2; Rock
Island County, IL; Constellation FitzPatrick, LLC and Constellation
Energy Generation, LLC; James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant; Oswego
County, NY; Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, LLC and Constellation
Energy Generation, LLC; Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, Unit 2; Oswego
County, NY
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Docket No(s)...................... 50-461, 50-237, 50-249, 50-333, 50-
373, 50-374, 50-410, 50-277, 50-
278, 50-254, 50-265.
Application date.................. May 25, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML23145A086.
Location in Application of NSHC... Pages 2-4 of Attachment 1.
Brief Description of Amendment(s). The proposed amendments would
incorporate Technical
Specifications Task Force (TSTF)
Improved Standard Technical
Specifications Change Traveler TSTF-
580, ``Provide Exception from
Entering Mode 4 With No Operable
RHR [Residual Heat Removal]
Shutdown Cooling,'' Revision 1. The
proposed change provides a
technical specification exception
to entering Mode 4 if both required
RHR shutdown cooling subsystems are
inoperable.
Proposed Determination............ NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Jason Zorn, Associate General
Mailing Address. Counsel, Constellation Energy
Generation, 101 Constitution Ave.
NW, Suite 400 East, Washington, DC
20001.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Scott Wall, 301-415-2855.
Number.
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DTE Electric Company; Fermi, Unit 2; Monroe County, MI
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Docket No(s)...................... 50-341.
Application date.................. May 5, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML23128A026.
Location in Application of NSHC... Pages 6-7 of Enclosure 1.
Brief Description of Amendment(s). The proposed amendment would revise
the Note for Technical
Specification (TS) 3.4.5, ``RCS
[Reactor Coolant System] Pressure
Isolation Valve (PIV) Leakage'',
Action A.1, to remove the word
``check'' and clarify that Action
A.1 is to be met by all valves and
is not limited only to check
valves.
Proposed Determination............ NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Jon P. Christinidis, DTE Electric
Mailing Address. Company, Expert Attorney--
Regulatory, 1635 WCB, One Energy
Plaza, Detroit, MI 48226.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Surinder Arora, 301-415-1421.
Number.
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DTE Electric Company; Fermi, Unit 2; Monroe County, MI
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Docket No(s)...................... 50-341.
Application date.................. May 5, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML23128A017.
Location in Application of NSHC... Pages 7-9 of Enclosure 1.
Brief Description of Amendment(s). The proposed amendment would modify
Fermi 2 Technical Specification
3.8.1, ``AC [Alternating Current]
Sources--Operating,'' to revise
Surveillance Requirement 3.8.1.12,
by adding a requirement to verify
the crankcase overpressure
automatic trip for each emergency
diesel generator is bypassed on an
actual or simulated emergency start
signal.
Proposed Determination............ NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Jon P. Christinidis, DTE Electric
Mailing Address. Company, Expert Attorney--
Regulatory, 1635 WCB, One Energy
Plaza, Detroit, MI 48226.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Surinder Arora, 301-415-1421.
Number.
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Energy Northwest; Columbia Generating Station; Benton County, WA
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Docket No(s)...................... 50-397.
Application date.................. May 1, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML23121A294.
Location in Application of NSHC... Pages 4-6 of Enclosure 1.
Brief Description of Amendment(s). The proposed amendment would revise
the Columbia Generating Station
Renewed Facility Operating License
NPF-21 and Appendix A, Technical
Specifications (TSs) with several
clean-up changes. The proposed
clean-up changes would include
editorial changes and the removal
of obsolete TS information,
spelling error corrections, and
removal of obsolete operating
license conditions. None of the
proposed changes result in changes
to technical or operating
requirements.
Proposed Determination............ NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Ryan Lukson, Legal Service
Mailing Address. Supervisor, Energy Northwest, MD
1020, P.O. Box 968, Richland, WA
99352.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Mahesh Chawla, 301-415-8371.
Number.
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Entergy Louisiana, LLC, and Entergy Operations, Inc.; River Bend
Station, Unit 1; West Feliciana Parish, LA
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Docket No(s)...................... 50-458.
Application date.................. February 27, 2023.
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ADAMS Accession No................ ML23058A215.
Location in Application of NSHC... Pages 10-12 of Attachment 1.
Brief Description of Amendment(s). The proposed amendment would modify
River Bend Station, Unit 1,
Technical Specification
requirements to permit the use of
risk-informed completion times in
accordance with Technical
Specifications Task Force (TSTF)
Traveler TSTF-505, Revision 2,
``Provide Risk-Informed Extended
Completion Times--RITSTF [Risk-
Informed TSTF) Initiative 4b''
(ADAMS Accession No. ML18183A493).
Proposed Determination............ NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Anna Vinson Jones, Assistant General
Mailing Address. Counsel/Legal Department, Entergy
Operations, Inc., 101 Constitution
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20001.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Jason Drake, 301-415-8378.
Number.
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Entergy Louisiana, LLC, and Entergy Operations, Inc.; River Bend
Station, Unit 1; West Feliciana Parish, LA
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Docket No(s)...................... 50-458.
Application date.................. February 27, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML23058A217.
Location in Application of NSHC... Pages 27-29 of the Enclosure.
Brief Description of Amendment(s). The proposed amendment would modify
the River Bend Station, Unit 1,
licensing basis by the addition of
a license condition, to allow for
the implementation of the
provisions of 10 CFR 50.69, ``Risk-
informed categorization and
treatment of structures, systems
and components for nuclear power
reactors.''
Proposed Determination............ NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Anna Vinson Jones, Assistant General
Mailing Address. Counsel/Legal Department, Entergy
Operations, Inc., 101 Constitution
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20001.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Jason Drake, 301-415-8378.
Number.
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Entergy Operations, Inc.; Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 1; Pope County, AR
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Docket No(s)...................... 50-313.
Application date.................. March 30, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML23089A261.
Location in Application of NSHC... Pages 15-17 of the Enclosure.
Brief Description of Amendment(s). The proposed amendment would modify
the Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 1,
Technical Specification 3.3.1,
Table 3.3.1-1, ``Reactor Protection
System Instrumentation,'' Function
9, ``Main Turbine Trip (Oil
Pressure),'' allowable value and
specify that it is for ``Hydraulic
Oil Pressure.'' The proposed change
would support replacement of the
current Westinghouse
electrohydraulic control system,
which requires the replacement and
relocation of the reactor
protection system anticipatory
reactor trip system pressure
switches.
Proposed Determination............ NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Anna Vinson Jones, Assistant General
Mailing Address. Counsel/Legal Department, Entergy
Operations, Inc., 101 Constitution
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20001.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Thomas Wengert, 301-415-4037.
Number.
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Entergy Operations, Inc.; Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 2; Pope County, AR
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Docket No(s)...................... 50-368.
Application date.................. April 5, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML23095A281.
Location in Application of NSHC... Pages 9-11 of Attachment 1.
Brief Description of Amendment(s). The proposed amendment would modify
the Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 2,
technical specification
requirements to permit the use of
risk-informed completion times in
accordance with Technical
Specifications Task Force (TSTF)
Traveler TSTF-505, Revision 2,
``Provide Risk-Informed Extended
Completion Times--RITSTF [Risk-
Informed TSTF] Initiative 4b.''
Proposed Determination............ NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Anna Vinson Jones, Assistant General
Mailing Address. Counsel/Legal Department, Entergy
Operations, Inc., 101 Constitution
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20001.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Thomas Wengert, 301-415-4037.
Number.
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Nebraska Public Power District; Cooper Nuclear Station; Nemaha County,
NE
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Docket No(s)...................... 50-298.
Application date.................. May 3, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML23124A358.
Location in Application of NSHC... Pages 2-4 of Attachment 1.
Brief Description of Amendment(s). The proposed amendment would revise
the Cooper Nuclear Station
Technical Specifications (TSs) to
adopt Technical Specifications Task
Force (TSTF) Traveler TSTF-580,
``Provide Exception from Entering
Mode 4 With No Operable RHR
[Residual Heat Removal] Shutdown
Cooling,'' by providing a TS
exception to entering Mode 4 if
both required RHR shutdown cooling
subsystems are inoperable.
Proposed Determination............ NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, John C. McClure, Vice President,
Mailing Address. Governmental Affairs & General
Counsel Nebraska Public Power
District, P.O. Box 499, 1414 15th
Street, Columbus, NE 68602-0499.
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NRC Project Manager, Telephone Thomas Wengert, 301-415-4037.
Number.
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Nebraska Public Power District; Cooper Nuclear Station; Nemaha County,
NE
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Docket No(s)...................... 50-298.
Application date.................. May 3, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML23124A234.
Location in Application of NSHC... Pages 3-5 of Attachment 1.
Brief Description of Amendment(s). The proposed amendment would revise
the Cooper Nuclear Station
Technical Specifications (TSs) to
adopt Technical Specifications Task
Force (TSTF) Traveler TSTF-551,
``Revise Secondary Containment
Surveillance Requirements.''
Specifically, the proposed change
would revise TS 3.6.4.1,
``Secondary Containment,''
Surveillance Requirement (SR)
3.6.4.1.1 to address conditions
during which the secondary
containment pressure may not meet
the SR pressure requirements. In
addition, SR 3.6.4.1.3 would be
modified to acknowledge that
secondary containment access
openings may be open for entry and
exit.
Proposed Determination............ NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, John C. McClure, Vice President,
Mailing Address. Governmental Affairs & General
Counsel Nebraska Public Power
District, P.O. Box 499, 1414 15th
Street, Columbus, NE 68601.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Thomas Wengert, 301-415-4037.
Number.
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NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC; Seabrook Station, Unit No. 1; Rockingham
County, NH
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Docket No(s)...................... 50-443.
Application date.................. March 15, 2023, as supplemented by
letter dated May 11, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML23074A176, ML23131A115.
Location in Application of NSHC... Pages 5-7 of the Enclosure to the
Supplement.
Brief Description of Amendment(s). The proposed amendment would modify
the Seabrook Station, Unit No. 1
Technical Specifications (TSs) by
updating from 55 effective full-
power years (EFPY) to 52.6 EFPY,
the period of applicability
specified in the pressure-
temperature limits curves of
Seabrook TS Figure 3.4-2, Reactor
Coolant System Heatup Limitations--
Applicable to 55 EFPY, and Figure
3.4-3, Reactor Coolant System
Cooldown Limitations--Applicable to
55 EFPY, and in Figure 3.4-4,
Maximum Allowable PORV [Pressurized
Power-Operated Relief Valve]
Setpoints for Cold Overpressure
Protection System, and conforming
changes to the TS Index.
Proposed Determination............ NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Steven Hamrick, Senior Attorney 801
Mailing Address. Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Suite 220
Washington, DC 20004
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Justin Poole, 301-415-2048.
Number.
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Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Vogtle Electric Generating
Plant, Units 1 and 2; Burke County, GA
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Docket No(s)...................... 50-424, 50-425.
Application date.................. May 1, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML23121A267.
Location in Application of NSHC... Pages E1-14 and E1-15 of Enclosure
1.
Brief Description of Amendment(s). The proposed amendments would revise
Technical Specification (TS)
Surveillance Requirement (SR)
3.4.14.1 to allow surveillance
frequencies in accordance with the
Inservice Testing Program outlined
in the American Society of
Mechanical Engineers Code for
Operation and Maintenance of
Nuclear Power Plants. TS SR
3.4.14.1 directs the licensee to
verify that the leakage from each
reactor coolant system (RCS)
pressure isolation valve is equal
to or less than 0.5 gallons per
minute (gpm) per nominal inch of
valve size up to a maximum of 5 gpm
at an RCS pressure between 2215 and
2255 pounds per square inch gauge.
This amendment would remove three
more frequent surveillance
frequencies associated with TS SR
3.4.14.1.
Proposed Determination............ NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Millicent Ronnlund, Vice President
Mailing Address. and General Counsel, Southern
Nuclear Operating Co., Inc., P.O.
Box 1295, Birmingham, AL 35201-
1295.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Zachary Turner 415-6303.
Number.
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Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Vogtle Electric Generating
Plant, Units 3 and 4; Burke County, GA
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Docket No(s)...................... 52-025, 52-026.
Application date.................. March 24, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML23083B967.
Location in Application of NSHC... Pages E-5 and E-6 of the Enclosure.
Brief Description of Amendment(s). The proposed amendments would revise
the Combined Licenses to request
changes to depart from Updated
Final Safety Analysis Report Tier 2
information (which includes the
plant-specific Design Control
Document Tier 2 information) and
involves related changes to
Combined License, Appendix A,
Technical Specifications by
relocating Technical Specification
3.7.9, ``Spent Fuel Pool Makeup
Water Sources,'' to the Technical
Requirements Manual as ``Updated
Final Safety Analysis Report
Standard Content.''
Proposed Determination............ NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Stanford Blanton, Balch & Bingham
Mailing Address. LLP, P.O. Box 306, Birmingham, AL
35201.
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NRC Project Manager, Telephone William Gleaves, 301-415-5848.
Number.
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Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Vogtle Electric Generating
Plant, Units 3 and 4; Burke County, GA
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Docket No(s)...................... 52-025, 52-026.
Application date.................. May 17, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML23137A285.
Location in Application of NSHC... Pages 7-8 of Enclosure 1.
Brief Description of Amendment(s). The proposed amendments would change
the Combined License Appendix A,
Technical Specification (TS) 3.1.9,
``Chemical and Volume Control
System Demineralized Water
Isolation Valves and Makeup Line
Isolation Valves.'' The proposed
change to Required Action B.1
imposes a more restrictive TS
``Action.'' Additional changes are
proposed to TS 3.1.9 ``Actions
Note'' and ``Action A'' for
consistency with similar
applications and for clarity.
Proposed Determination............ NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Stanford Blanton, Balch & Bingham
Mailing Address. LLP, P.O. Box 306, Birmingham, AL
35201.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone William Gleaves, 301-415-5848.
Number.
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Vistra Operations Company LLC; Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, Unit
Nos. 1 and 2; Somervell County, TX
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Docket No(s)...................... 50-445, 50-446.
Application date.................. April 20, 2023, as supplemented by
letter dated June 15, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML23110A156, ML23166B144.
Location in Application of NSHC... Pages 13-15 of the Enclosure.
Brief Description of Amendment(s). The proposed amendments would
authorize an Updated Final Safety
Analysis Report change to implement
a licensing basis change regarding
compliance with 10 CFR part 50,
appendix A, General Design
Criterion 5, ``Sharing of
structures, systems, and
components,'' and conformance with
Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.81,
``Shared Emergency and Shutdown
Electric Systems for Multi-Unit
Nuclear Power Plants,'' Revision 1.
The licensing basis change would
permit certain safety-related
common electrical loads, and some
Unit 1 specific electrical loads to
be fed from common electrical
panels, which represents a
deviation from RG 1.81.
Proposed Determination............ NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Timothy P. Matthews, Esq., Morgan,
Mailing Address. Lewis & Bockius LLP, 1111
Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20004.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Dennis Galvin, 301-415-6256.
Number.
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III. Notice of Issuance of Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses
and Combined Licenses
During the period since publication of the last monthly notice, the
Commission has issued the following amendments. The Commission has
determined for each of these amendments that the application complies
with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954,
as amended (the Act), and the Commission's rules and regulations. The
Commission has made appropriate findings as required by the Act and the
Commission's rules and regulations in 10 CFR chapter I, which are set
forth in the license amendment.
A notice of consideration of issuance of amendment to facility
operating license or combined license, as applicable, proposed NSHC
determination, and opportunity for a hearing in connection with these
actions, was published in the Federal Register as indicated in the
safety evaluation for each amendment.
Unless otherwise indicated, the Commission has determined that
these amendments satisfy the criteria for categorical exclusion in
accordance with 10 CFR 51.22. Therefore, pursuant to 10 CFR 51.22(b),
no environmental impact statement or environmental assessment need be
prepared for these amendments. If the Commission has prepared an
environmental assessment under the special circumstances provision in
10 CFR 51.22(b) and has made a determination based on that assessment,
it is so indicated in the safety evaluation for the amendment.
For further details with respect to each action, see the amendment
and associated documents such as the Commission's letter and safety
evaluation, which may be obtained using the ADAMS accession numbers
indicated in the following table. The safety evaluation will provide
the ADAMS accession numbers for the application for amendment and the
Federal Register citation for any environmental assessment. All of
these items can be accessed as described in the ``Obtaining Information
and Submitting Comments'' section of this document.
License Amendment Issuances
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NextEra Energy Point Beach, LLC; Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and
2; Manitowoc County, WI
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Docket No(s)...................... 50-266, 50-301.
Amendment Date.................... June 1, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML23103A133.
Amendment No(s)................... 271 (Unit 1) and 273 (Unit 2).
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Brief Description of Amendment(s). The amendments revised technical
specification requirements to
permit the use of risk-informed
completion times for actions to be
taken when limiting conditions for
operation are not met. The changes
are based on Technical
Specifications Task Force (TSTF)
Traveler TSTF-505, Revision 2,
``Provide Risk-Informed Extended
Completion Times--RITSTF [Risk-
Informed TSTF] Initiative 4b,''
dated July 2, 2018.
Public Comments Received as to No.
Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Vogtle Electric Generating
Plant, Units 1 and 2; Burke County, GA
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Docket No(s)...................... 50-424, 50-425.
Amendment Date.................... June 15, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML23115A149.
Amendment No(s)................... 218 (Unit 1) and 201 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of Amendment(s). The amendments revised Technical
Specification (TS) 1.1, ``Use and
Application Definitions'' and added
TS 5.5.23 ``Online Monitoring
Program.'' The amendments allowed
use of an online monitoring (OLM)
methodology as the technical basis
to switch from time-based
surveillance frequency for channel
calibrations to a condition-based
calibration frequency based on OLM
results. The amendments are based
on the NRC-approved topical report
AMS-TR-0720R2-A, ``Online
Monitoring Technology to Extend
Calibration Intervals of Nuclear
Plant Pressure Transmitters.''
Public Comments Received as to No.
Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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Tennessee Valley Authority; Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2; Rhea
County, TN
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Docket No(s)...................... 50-390, 50-391.
Amendment Date.................... June 7, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML23122A232.
Amendment No(s)................... 162 (Unit 1) and 69 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of Amendment(s). The amendments revised Watts Bar
Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2,
Technical Specification 3.7.11,
``Control Room Emergency Air
Temperature Control System
(CREATCS),'' to change the dates in
the footnotes for Required Actions
A.1 and E.1 for performing
modifications to the Watts Bar,
Units 1 and 2, main control room
CREATCS chillers.
Public Comments Received as to No.
Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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Dated: July 3, 2023.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Gregory F. Suber,
Deputy Director, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of
Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2023-14461 Filed 7-10-23; 8:45 am]
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