Tennessee Valley Authority; Clinch River Nuclear Site; Construction Permit Application, 24425-24426 [2025-10465]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 110 / Tuesday, June 10, 2025 / Notices evaluation, which may be obtained using the ADAMS accession numbers indicated in the following table. The safety evaluation will provide the ADAMS accession number(s) for the application for amendment and the made a determination based on that assessment, it is so indicated in the safety evaluation for the amendment. For further details with respect to these actions, see the amendment and associated documents such as the Commission’s letter and safety 24425 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 ISSUANCE(S)—EXIGENT/EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Unit 4; Burke County, GA Docket No. ................................................................................................ Amendment Date ...................................................................................... ADAMS Accession No. ............................................................................. Amendment No. ........................................................................................ Brief Description of Amendment .............................................................. Local Media Notice (Yes/No) ................................................................... Public Comments Requested as to Proposed NSHC (Yes/No) .............. Dated: May 30, 2025. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Jamie Pelton, Director, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. [FR Doc. 2025–10176 Filed 6–9–25; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket No. 99902056; NRC–2024–0146] Tennessee Valley Authority; Clinch River Nuclear Site; Construction Permit Application Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Notice; receipt. AGENCY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is providing public notice each week for four consecutive weeks of receipt and availability of an application for a construction permit (CP) from Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) for the Clinch River Nuclear Site in Roane County, Tennessee. The application, proposing to construct a GE-Hitachi BWRX–300 reactor, was received in two parts on April 25 and May 20, 2025. This notice is being provided to make the public and other stakeholders aware that the CP application is available for inspection. DATES: June 10, 2025. ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2024–0146 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You may obtain publicly available ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:53 Jun 09, 2025 Jkt 265001 52–026. May 17, 2025. ML25136A381. 197. The amendment revised Technical Specification (TS) 3.7.6, ‘‘Main Control Room Emergency Habitability System (VES),’’ to add a one-time allowance to provide time to repair VES bottled air system valve leakage. The amendment is issued under emergency circumstances as described in the provisions of 10 CFR 50.91(a)(5) due to the time critical nature of the amendment. No. No. 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–2024–0146. Address questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Bridget Curran; telephone: 301–415–1003; email: Bridget.Curran@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 the NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, at 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. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Allen Fetter, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555– PO 00000 Frm 00044 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 0001; telephone: 301–415–8556; email: Allen.Fetter@nrc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Discussion In response to a letter from TVA dated August 17, 2023 (NNP–23–003, ADAMS Accession No. ML23229A569), the Commission on November 21, 2023 granted an exemption from certain requirements of paragraph 2.101(a)(5) of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), which allowed TVA to submit a construction permit application in two parts with the information required under 10 CFR 50.34(a)(1) included in the second part of the application (ADAMS Accession No. ML23045A008). Tennessee Valley Authority filed with the NRC, pursuant to 10 CFR part 50, ‘‘Domestic Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities,’’ both parts of the application for a construction permit to construct a GEH BWRX–300 reactor at the Clinch River Nuclear Site in Roane County, Tennessee, on April 28, 2025 (NNP–25–003, ADAMS Accession No. ML25118A209), and May 20, 2025, (NPP–25–004, ADAMS Package Accession No. ML25140A062), respectively. These notices are being provided in accordance with the requirements in 10 CFR 50.43(a)(3). The NRC staff is currently undertaking its acceptance review of both parts of the application. If both parts of the application are accepted for docketing, a subsequent Federal Register notice will be issued that addresses the acceptability of the construction permit application for docketing and provisions for E:\FR\FM\10JNN1.SGM 10JNN1 24426 Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 110 / Tuesday, June 10, 2025 / Notices participation of the public in the permitting process. Dated: June 5, 2025. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Michelle Hayes, Chief, New Reactor Licensing and Infrastructure Branch, Division of New and Renewed Licenses, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. [FR Doc. 2025–10465 Filed 6–9–25; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket No. 70–3103; NRC–2024–0225] Louisiana Energy Services, LLC, dba Urenco USA; National Enrichment Facility; Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Notice; issuance. AGENCY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering an amendment of Special Nuclear Materials (SNM) License No. SNM– 2010, issued to Louisiana Energy Services, LLC, dba Urenco USA (UUSA), for the operation of the Urenco USA uranium enrichment facility in Eunice, New Mexico. The amendment would remove license condition (LC) 14 from the license. Removal of the license condition (the NRC’s proposed action) would allow UUSA to ship depleted uranium hexafluoride (DUF6) to a certain type of deconversion facility. For this proposed action, the NRC staff is issuing an environmental assessment (EA) and finding of no significant impact (FONSI). DATES: The EA and FONSI referenced in this document are available on June 10, 2025. ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2024–0225 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–2024–0225. Address questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Bridget Curran; telephone: 301–415–1003; email: Bridget.Curran@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 ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:53 Jun 09, 2025 Jkt 265001 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, at 301–415–4737, or by email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov. For the convenience of the reader, instructions about obtaining materials referenced in this document are provided in the ‘‘Availability of Documents’’ section. • 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: Christine Pineda, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415–6789; email: Christine.Pineda@nrc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Introduction The NRC is considering an amendment of UUSA’s License No. SNM–2010 for the operation of the UUSA uranium enrichment facility in Eunice, New Mexico. If approved, the amendment would allow UUSA to ship DUF6 to a type of deconversion facility that produces anhydrous hydrogen fluoride (AHF) as a byproduct. As required in § 51.21 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), ‘‘Criteria for and identification of licensing and regulatory actions requiring environmental assessments,’’ the NRC developed an EA for the proposed license amendment. Based on the results of the EA summarized in this notice, the NRC has determined not to prepare an environmental impact statement for the amendment and is issuing a FONSI. II. Summary of Environmental Assessment Description of the Proposed Action The proposed NRC action is to remove LC 14 from the license, thereby authorizing UUSA to ship DUF6 to a deconversion facility that uses a process involving the production of AHF, though at this time in the U.S. no such facility exists. If approved, the license amendment would not affect UUSA’s enrichment operations and would not PO 00000 Frm 00045 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 result in the construction of new facilities or modifications to existing buildings. The proposed action is in accordance with the licensee’s application dated September 1, 2023, as supplemented by letter dated February 6, 2025. Need for the Proposed Action The purpose of amending licensing SNM–2010 to remove LC 14 is to allow UUSA another option for the disposition of DUF6. If the NRC removes LC 14, and if a deconversion facility that produces AHF is constructed, UUSA could ship DUF6 to this type of facility for processing. Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action The NRC staff assessed the potential environmental impacts from the proposed license amendment on land use, historic and cultural resources, visual and scenic resources, air quality, geology and soils, water resources, ecological resources, socioeconomics, noise, transportation, public and occupational health, and waste management. The NRC staff determined that the proposed action would not affect most resource areas and would not have significant impacts on public and occupational health or transportation. The only difference in effects would be a shipping difference, because DUF6 could be shipped to an AHF-producing deconversion facility instead of to a facility that produces aqueous hydrogen fluoride (such as the U.S. Department of Energy [DOE] facilities in Portsmouth, Ohio, and Paducah, Kentucky). As such, approval of the proposed license amendment would not affect operations at the UUSA facility, and occupational dose estimates associated with the facility would continue to be as low as reasonably achievable and fall within the limits identified in 10 CFR 20.1201. The NRC’s EA provides a discussion of the potential effects associated with AHF production at a hypothetical deconversion facility. The EA describes how AHF might be produced and discusses the potential health effects of an AHF exposure. The NRC staff’s safety evaluation for this proposed action addresses the potential impacts of transporting DUF6 to a hypothetical deconversion facility that produces AHF and of shipping AHF from a deconversion facility. UUSA would not be involved in the shipments of AHF product from the deconversion facility. The NRC staff concluded that the potential impacts of DUF6 shipments to the site of the proposed International Isotopes deconversion E:\FR\FM\10JNN1.SGM 10JNN1

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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 110 (Tuesday, June 10, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24425-24426]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-10465]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 99902056; NRC-2024-0146]


Tennessee Valley Authority; Clinch River Nuclear Site; 
Construction Permit Application

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice; receipt.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is providing 
public notice each week for four consecutive weeks of receipt and 
availability of an application for a construction permit (CP) from 
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) for the Clinch River Nuclear Site in 
Roane County, Tennessee. The application, proposing to construct a GE-
Hitachi BWRX-300 reactor, was received in two parts on April 25 and May 
20, 2025. This notice is being provided to make the public and other 
stakeholders aware that the CP application is available for inspection.

DATES: June 10, 2025.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2024-0146 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-2024-0146. Address 
questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Bridget Curran; 
telephone: 301-415-1003; email: [email protected]. 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 the NRC's Public 
Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, at 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Allen Fetter, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-8556; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Discussion

    In response to a letter from TVA dated August 17, 2023 (NNP-23-003, 
ADAMS Accession No. ML23229A569), the Commission on November 21, 2023 
granted an exemption from certain requirements of paragraph 2.101(a)(5) 
of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), which allowed 
TVA to submit a construction permit application in two parts with the 
information required under 10 CFR 50.34(a)(1) included in the second 
part of the application (ADAMS Accession No. ML23045A008).
    Tennessee Valley Authority filed with the NRC, pursuant to 10 CFR 
part 50, ``Domestic Licensing of Production and Utilization 
Facilities,'' both parts of the application for a construction permit 
to construct a GEH BWRX-300 reactor at the Clinch River Nuclear Site in 
Roane County, Tennessee, on April 28, 2025 (NNP-25-003, ADAMS Accession 
No. ML25118A209), and May 20, 2025, (NPP-25-004, ADAMS Package 
Accession No. ML25140A062), respectively. These notices are being 
provided in accordance with the requirements in 10 CFR 50.43(a)(3).
    The NRC staff is currently undertaking its acceptance review of 
both parts of the application. If both parts of the application are 
accepted for docketing, a subsequent Federal Register notice will be 
issued that addresses the acceptability of the construction permit 
application for docketing and provisions for

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participation of the public in the permitting process.

    Dated: June 5, 2025.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Michelle Hayes,
Chief, New Reactor Licensing and Infrastructure Branch, Division of New 
and Renewed Licenses, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2025-10465 Filed 6-9-25; 8:45 am]
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