Nuclear Regulatory Commission 2015 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

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Exelon Generation Company, LLC; R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant
Document Number: 2015-27646
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-10-29
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing a draft environmental assessment (EA) and finding of no significant impact (FONSI) for public comment related to a request to amend Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-18, issued to Exelon Generation Company, LLC (Exelon, ``the licensee''), for operation of the R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant (hereinafter ``Ginna,'' or ``the facility''), including the general-licensed Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation, Docket No. 72-67, located in Wayne County, NY. The requested amendment would permit licensee security personnel to use certain firearms and ammunition feeding devices not previously permitted, notwithstanding State, local, and certain Federal firearms laws or regulations that otherwise prohibit such actions.
Exelon Generation Company, LLC; Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station Units 1 and 2
Document Number: 2015-27644
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-10-29
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing a draft environmental assessment (EA) and finding of no significant impact (FONSI) for public comment related to a request to amend the Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-63, NPR-69, and Docket No. 72-1036, issued to Exelon Generation Company, LLC (Exelon, ``the licensee''), for operation of the Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2, including the general-licensed Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (hereinafter ``NMP'' or ``the facility''), located in Oswego County, New York. The requested amendment would permit licensee security personnel to use certain firearms and ammunition feeding devices not previously permitted, notwithstanding State, local, and certain Federal firearms laws or regulations that otherwise prohibit such actions.
Pacific Gas and Electric Company; Diablo Canyon Power Plant, Units 1 and 2, and Diablo Canyon Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation
Document Number: 2015-27484
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-10-28
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for public comment a draft environmental assessment (EA) and finding of no significant impact (FONSI) related to a request to amend the Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-80, DPR-82, and SNM-2511 issued to Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), for operation of the Diablo Canyon Power Plant, Units 1 and 2, including the specific-license Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (hereinafter DCPP or the facility), located in San Luis Obispo County, California. The requested amendments would permit licensee security personnel to use certain firearms and ammunition feeding devices not previously permitted, notwithstanding State, local, and certain Federal firearms laws or regulations that otherwise prohibit such actions.
Strata Energy, Inc.
Document Number: 2015-27483
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-10-28
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing a temporary exemption from certain NRC financial assurance requirements to Strata Energy, Inc. (Strata), in response to its annual financial assurance update for its Ross In-Situ Recovery (ISR) project. Issuance of this temporary exemption will not remove the requirement for Strata to provide adequate financial assurance through an approved mechanism, but will allow the NRC staff to further evaluate whether the State of Wyoming's separate account provision for financial assurance instruments it holds is consistent with the NRC's requirement for a standby trust agreement.
Sunshine Act Meeting Notice
Document Number: 2015-27434
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-10-27
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Performance Review Boards for Senior Executive Service
Document Number: 2015-27390
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-10-27
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has announced appointments to the NRC Performance Review Board (PRB) responsible for making recommendations on performance appraisal ratings and performance awards for NRC Senior Executives and Senior Level System employees and appointments to the NRC PRB Panel responsible for making recommendations to the appointing and awarding authorities for NRC PRB members.
Biweekly Notice; Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations
Document Number: 2015-27042
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-10-27
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Pursuant to Section 189a. (2) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is publishing this regular biweekly notice. The Act requires the Commission to publish notice of any amendments issued, or proposed to be issued, and grants the Commission the authority to issue and make immediately effective any amendment to an operating license or combined license, as applicable, upon a determination by the Commission that such amendment involves no significant hazards consideration, notwithstanding the pendency before the Commission of a request for a hearing from any person. This biweekly notice includes all notices of amendments issued, or proposed to be issued from September 29 to October 9, 2015. The last biweekly notice was published on October 13, 2015.
Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards; Notice of Meeting
Document Number: 2015-27192
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-10-26
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Sizing of Large Lead-Acid Storage Batteries
Document Number: 2015-27110
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-10-26
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing Revision 1 of Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.212, ``Sizing of Large Lead-Acid Storage Batteries.'' This RG endorses, with certain clarifications, the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) Standard 485- 2010, ``IEEE Recommended Practice for Sizing Lead-Acid Batteries for Stationary Applications.'' This RG describes methods acceptable to the NRC for complying with the design requirements for vented lead-acid batteries used in stationary applications under full float operation for nuclear power plants.
Information Collection: Physical Protection of Category 1 and Category 2 Quantities of Radioactive Material
Document Number: 2015-27063
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-10-26
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has recently submitted a request for renewal of an existing collection of information to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review. The information collection is entitled, ``Physical Protection of Category 1 and Category 2 Quantities of Radioactive Material.''
Information Collection: Exemptions and Continued Regulatory Authority in Agreement States and in Offshore Waters Under Section 274
Document Number: 2015-27064
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-10-23
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has recently submitted a request for renewal of an existing collection of information to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review. The information collection is entitled, ``Exemptions and Continued Regulatory Authority in Agreement States and in Offshore Waters Under Section 274.''
Construction Permit Application for the SHINE Medical Radioisotope Production Facility
Document Number: 2015-26860
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-10-22
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing a final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Construction Permit Application submitted by SHINE Medical Technologies, Inc. (SHINE) for the SHINE Medical Radioisotope Production Facility, NUREG-2183 (SHINE facility).
Texas Engineering Experiment Station/Texas A&M University System Nuclear Science Center Reactor
Document Number: 2015-26746
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-10-21
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued a renewal of Facility Operating License No. R-83, held by the Texas Engineering Experiment Station/Texas A&M University System (TEES/TAMUS or the licensee) for the continued operation of its Nuclear Science Center (NSC or the facility) Training, Research, Isotope Production, General Atomics (TRIGA) reactor (NSCR or the reactor) for an additional 20 years.
Fuel Retrievability
Document Number: 2015-26743
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-10-21
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is requesting public comment on its draft SFM-Interim Staff Guidance (ISG)2, Revision 2, ``Fuel Retrievability.'' This revision to the guidance was developed to improve regulatory clarity due to uncertain duration of spent fuel storage in an independent spent fuel storage installation (ISFSI). The revision would provide improved guidance to the staff on the process to determine whether spent fuel storage systems are designed to allow ready retrieval of spent fuel.
Geologic Trench Excavation for Paleoliquefaction Study at Garner and Stiles Sites
Document Number: 2015-26741
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-10-21
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA) to evaluate the potential environmental impacts that may arise as a result of excavating trenches to observe geologic features for a paleoliquefaction research project at two sites located in northeastern Arkansas. The NRC has concluded that a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) is appropriate.
Procedures for Meetings
Document Number: 2015-26740
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-10-21
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions, Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards
Hearings on Challenges to the Immediate Effectiveness of Orders
Document Number: 2015-26590
Type: Rule
Date: 2015-10-20
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is amending its regulations regarding challenges to the immediate effectiveness of NRC enforcement orders to clarify the burden of proof and to clarify the authority of the presiding officer to order live testimony in resolving these challenges.
Sunshine Act Meeting Notice
Document Number: 2015-26482
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-10-16
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Security Exemptions/License Amendment Requests for Decommissioning Nuclear Power Plants
Document Number: 2015-26245
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-10-15
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing Interim Staff Guidance (ISG) NSIR/DSP-ISG-03, ``Review of Security Exemptions/License Amendment Requests for Decommissioning Nuclear Power Plants,'' dated September 28, 2015. This document provides guidance for NRC staff to ensure clear and consistent reviews of a licensee's request for licensing actions and amendments, the use of alternative measures, and requests for exemption from security regulations for nuclear power reactors after permanent cessation of plant operations.
Advisory Committee on the Medical Uses of Isotopes: Meeting Notice
Document Number: 2015-26180
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-10-14
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) gives notice that the teleconference meeting of the Advisory Committee on the Medical Uses Isotopes (ACMUI) previously scheduled for December 18, 2015, from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time, to discuss the draft report of the ACMUI Rulemaking Subcommittee that was formed to provide comments to the NRC staff on the draft final rule for Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 35, ``Medical Use of Byproduct Material,'' as published in the Federal Register (80 FR 57239-57240) has been rescheduled. The meeting is now scheduled for January 06, 2016, from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. Meeting information, including a copy of the agenda and the subcommittee's draft report, will be available at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/ acmui/meetings/2015.html no later than December 24, 2015. The agenda and handouts may also be obtained by contacting Ms. Sophie Holiday using the information below.
In the Matter of Energy Northwest; Columbia Generating Station
Document Number: 2015-26046
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-10-13
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and Energy Northwest engaged in mediation as part of the NRC's Alternative Dispute Resolution Program which resulted in a settlement agreement as reflected in the confirmatory order relating to Columbia Generating Station.
Virginia Electric and Power Company; North Anna Power Station; Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation
Document Number: 2015-26045
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-10-13
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has received an application from Virginia Electric and Power Company (Dominion) requesting an amendment, in the form of changes to the Technical Specifications to Materials License Number SNM-2507 for the North Anna Power Station (NAPS) Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI).
Sunshine Act Meeting
Document Number: 2015-26041
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-10-13
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Information Collection: NRC Form 748, National Source Tracking Transaction Report
Document Number: 2015-25910
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-10-13
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has recently submitted a request for renewal of an existing collection of information to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review. The information collection is entitled, ``NRC Form 748, National Source Tracking Transaction Report.''
In the Matter of Nuclear Innovation North America LLC, Combined Licenses for South Texas Project, Units 3 and 4; Notice of Hearing
Document Number: 2015-25892
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-10-13
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) will convene an evidentiary session to receive testimony and exhibits in the uncontested portion of this proceeding regarding the application of Nuclear Innovation North America LLC (NINA) for combined licenses (COLs) to construct and operate two additional units (Units 3 and 4) at the South Texas Project (STP) Electric Generating Station site in Matagorda County near Bay City, Texas. This mandatory hearing will concern safety and environmental matters relating to the requested COLs.
Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS), Meeting of the ACRS Subcommittee on AP1000
Document Number: 2015-25878
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-10-13
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Biweekly Notice: Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations
Document Number: 2015-25860
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-10-13
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Pursuant to Section 189a.(2) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is publishing this regular biweekly notice. The Act requires the Commission to publish notice of any amendments issued, or proposed to be issued, and grants the Commission the authority to issue and make immediately effective any amendment to an operating license or combined license, as applicable, upon a determination by the Commission that such amendment involves no significant hazards consideration, notwithstanding the pendency before the Commission of a request for a hearing from any person. This biweekly notice includes all notices of amendments issued, or proposed to be issued from September 15 to September 28, 2015. The last biweekly notice was published on September 29, 2015.
Expanded River Reconnaissance Paleoliquefaction Study Area
Document Number: 2015-25858
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-10-13
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA) to evaluate the potential environmental impacts that may arise as a result of additional geologic field work for a paleoliquefaction research project. The NRC has determined that there will be no adverse effects to any historic or cultural resources that may be located in the paleoliquefaction study's area of potential effects. The NRC has also concluded that a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) is appropriate.
Southern California Edison; San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, Units 2 and 3
Document Number: 2015-25856
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-10-13
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) has issued a revised director's decision (DD) with regard to a petition dated June 18, 2012, filed by Mr. Richard Ayres, Counsel for Friends of the Earth (the petitioner), requesting that the NRC take action with regard to Southern California Edison (SCE or the licensee) at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS). The petitioner's requests, the letter to the petitioner, the letter to the licensee, and the DD are included in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
Florida Power and Light Company St. Lucie Plant, Unit 2
Document Number: 2015-25696
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-10-08
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is giving notice that by petition dated March 10, 2014, as supplemented, the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (SACE, the petitioner) has requested that the NRC take enforcement action with regard to Florida Power and Light Company (FPL or the licensee). The petitioner's requests are included in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Units 3 and 4
Document Number: 2015-25688
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-10-08
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering issuance of an amendment to Combined Licenses (NPF-91 and NPF-92), issued to Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. (SNC), Georgia Power Company, Oglethorpe Power Corporation, MEAG Power SPVM, LLC., MEAG Power SPVJ, LLC., MEAG Power SPVP, LLC., and the City of Dalton, Georgia (together ``the licensees''), for construction and operation of the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant (VEGP), Units 3 and 4, located in Burke County, Georgia.
Revisions to the Petition for Rulemaking Process
Document Number: 2015-25563
Type: Rule
Date: 2015-10-07
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is amending its regulations to clarify and streamline its process for addressing petitions for rulemaking (PRMs). These amendments are intended to improve transparency and to make the PRM process more efficient and effective.
AAR Site, Livonia, Michigan
Document Number: 2015-25532
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-10-07
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is noticing the completion of remediation activities at the Brooks and Perkins Site at 12633 Inkster Road, in Livonia, Michigan.
Information Collection: Packaging and Transportation of Radioactive Material
Document Number: 2015-25341
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-10-06
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) invites public comment on the renewal of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for an existing collection of information. The information collection is entitled, ``Packaging and Transportation of Radioactive Material.''
Information Collection: Environmental Protection Regulations for Domestic Licensing and Related Regulatory Functions
Document Number: 2015-25340
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-10-06
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has recently submitted a request for renewal of an existing collection of information to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review. The information collection is entitled, ``Environmental Protection Regulations for Domestic Licensing and Related Regulatory Functions.''
Exelon Generation Co., LLC; Dresden Nuclear Power Station, Units 2 and 3
Document Number: 2015-25292
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-10-05
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering a request by Exelon Generation Company, LLC (Exelon, the licensee) dated March 18, 2014, as supplemented by letters dated May 20 and June 8, 2015, for onsite disposal of slightly contaminated soil at the Dresden Nuclear Power Station (DNPS), Units 2 and 3.
Sunshine Act Meeting Notice
Document Number: 2015-25312
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-10-02
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
License Renewal for Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2
Document Number: 2015-25128
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-10-02
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued renewed facility operating licenses Nos. DPR-77 and DPR-79 to Tennessee Valley Authority, the operator of the Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 (SQN). Renewed facility operating licenses Nos. DPR-77 and DPR-79 authorize operation of SQN by the licensee at reactor core power levels not in excess of 3455 megawatts thermal, in accordance with the provisions of the SQN renewed licenses and technical specifications. In addition, the NRC has prepared a record of decision (ROD) that supports the NRC's decision to renew facility operating licenses Nos. DPR-77 and DPR-79.
Florida Power & Light Company Turkey Point Nuclear Generating, Units 3 and 4
Document Number: 2015-25126
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-10-02
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued a director's decision with regard to a petition dated July 18, 2014, as supplemented on September 3, 2014, filed by Mr. Thomas Saporito (the petitioner), requesting that the NRC take action with regard to Turkey Point Nuclear Generating, Units 3 and 4. The petitioner's requests and the director's decision are included in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
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