Nuclear Regulatory Commission January 2024 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Issuance of Multiple Exemptions Regarding Security Notifications, Reports, and Recording Keeping
Document Number: 2024-01834
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-01-31
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing a single notice to announce the issuance of three exemptions in response to requests from one licensee in response to a change to NRC's regulations published in the Federal Register on March 14, 2023.
Regulatory Guide: Basis for Withdrawal of Regulatory Guides in Division 6, “Products,” and Division 10, “General”
Document Number: 2024-01872
Type: Rule
Date: 2024-01-31
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is withdrawing Regulatory Guides (RGs) in Division 6, ``Products,'' (RGs 6.1, 6.2, 6.4, 6.5, and 6.9), and Division 10, ``General,'' (RGs 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5, 10.6, 10.7, 10.8, and 10.9). These RGs are being withdrawn because there is more up-to-date guidance in the NUREG-1556 Series, ``Consolidated Guidance About Materials Licenses,'' making these RGs obsolete.
Sunshine Act Meetings
Document Number: 2024-01729
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-01-26
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation; Wolf Creek Generating Station, Unit 1; License Amendment Application
Document Number: 2024-01529
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-01-26
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering issuance of an amendment to Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF- 42, issued to Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation, for operation of the Wolf Creek Generating Station, Unit 1. The proposed amendment would modify the implementation date of License Amendment No. 238 for Wolf Creek Generating Station, Unit 1.
Regulatory Guide: Qualification of Safety-Related Actuators in Production and Utilization Facilities
Document Number: 2024-01540
Type: Rule
Date: 2024-01-26
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing Revision 2 to Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.73, ``Qualification of Safety- Related Actuators in Production and Utilization Facilities.'' This RG describes an approach that is acceptable to the staff of the NRC to meet regulatory requirements for the qualification of safety-related actuators for production and utilization facilities.
Kewaunee Solutions, Inc.; Kewaunee Power Station; Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact
Document Number: 2024-01484
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-01-25
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering issuance of an exemption in response to the March 29, 2023, request from Kewaunee Solutions, Inc., (KS) Kewaunee Power Station (KPS), located in Kewaunee County, Wisconsin. The exemption would permit KS to use funds from the KPS nuclear decommissioning trust (NDT) for the management of site restoration activities and allow trust disbursements for site restoration activities to be made without prior notice to the NRC. The NRC staff is issuing an environmental assessment (EA) and finding of no significant impact (FONSI) associated with the proposed exemption.
Notice of Intent To Conduct Scoping Process and Prepare Environmental Impact Statement; Pacific Gas and Electric Company; Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2
Document Number: 2024-01355
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-01-24
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will conduct a scoping process to gather information necessary to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) to evaluate the environmental impacts for an application for the renewal of Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-80 and DPR-82, which authorize Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E, the applicant) to operate Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant (DCPP), Units 1 and 2. The NRC is seeking public comment on this action and has scheduled both an in-person public scoping meeting and a virtual public scoping meeting.
Service Contract Inventory
Document Number: 2024-01353
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-01-24
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is publishing this notice to advise the public of the availability of its Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Service Contract Inventory and FY 2020 Service Contract Inventory Analysis. The NRC's FY 2021 Service Contract Inventory is included as part of a Government-wide service contract inventory. The inventory includes covered service contracts that were awarded in FY 2021. The FY 2020 Inventory Analysis provides information on specific contract actions that were analyzed as part of the NRC's FY 2020 Service Contract Inventory.
Information Collection: Standard Specification for the Granting of Patent Licenses
Document Number: 2024-01155
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-01-23
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, ``Standard Specification for the Granting of Patent Licenses.''
Monthly Notice; Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations
Document Number: 2024-01255
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-01-23
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 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.
Sunshine Act Meetings
Document Number: 2024-01223
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-01-22
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Holtec Decommissioning International, LLC, and Holtec Palisades, LLC; Palisades Nuclear Plant; License Amendment Application; Withdrawal by Applicant
Document Number: 2024-00821
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-01-18
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has granted the request of Holtec Decommissioning International, LLC (HDI), one of the licensees of the Palisades Nuclear Plant, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Holtec International (Holtec), and Holtec Palisades, LLC, to withdraw its application dated September 14, 2022, for a proposed amendment to the Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-20. The proposed amendment would have removed the Cyber Security Plan requirements contained in License Condition 2.E.
Sunshine Act Meetings
Document Number: 2024-00738
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-01-16
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Adjustment of Civil Penalties for Inflation for Fiscal Year 2024
Document Number: 2023-28969
Type: Rule
Date: 2024-01-12
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is amending its regulations to adjust the maximum civil monetary penalties it can assess under statutes enforced by the agency. These changes are mandated by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015. The NRC is amending its regulations to adjust the maximum civil monetary penalty for a violation of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, or any regulation or order issued under the Atomic Energy Act from $351,424 to $362,814 per violation, per day. Additionally, the NRC is amending provisions concerning program fraud civil penalties by adjusting the maximum civil monetary penalty under the Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act from $13,508 to $13,946 for each false claim or statement.
Revision of the NRC Enforcement Policy
Document Number: 2023-28968
Type: Rule
Date: 2024-01-12
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is publishing a revision to its Enforcement Policy. This revision addresses the requirements of the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015, which requires Federal agencies to adjust their maximum civil monetary penalty amounts annually for inflation.
Information Collection: Licenses and Radiation Safety Requirements for Irradiators
Document Number: 2024-00463
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-01-11
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, ``Licenses and Radiation Safety Requirements for Irradiators.''
Biennial Review of Fees for the Criminal History Program: Fee Recovery for Fiscal Year 2024
Document Number: 2024-00296
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-01-10
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will decrease the current fee of $35 assessed to applicants and licensees for criminal history records checks to $32. This fee is necessary to recover the full cost for the administration of the Criminal History Program (CHP). Information regarding this change can be found on the NRC's CHP public website at https://www.nrc.gov/security/chp.html.
712th Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS)
Document Number: 2024-00307
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-01-10
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Virginia Electric and Power Company; North Anna Power Station Units 1 and 2; Draft Environmental Impact Statement
Document Number: 2024-00147
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-01-08
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for public comment a draft environmental impact statement (DEIS), published as NUREG-1437, Supplement 7a, Second Renewal, ``Site-Specific Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants Regarding Subsequent License Renewal for North Anna Power Station Units 1 and 2, Draft Report for Comment.'' This DEIS supersedes NUREG-1437, Supplement 7, Second Renewal, ``Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants, Supplement 7, Second Renewal, Regarding Subsequent License Renewal for North Anna Power Station Units 1 and 2, Draft Report for Comment,'' published in August 2021. North Anna Power Station Units 1 and 2 (North Anna) are located in Louisa County, Virginia. Possible alternatives to the proposed action of subsequent license renewal for North Anna include the no-action alternative and reasonable replacement power alternatives. A new notice of opportunity to request a hearing and petition for leave to intervenelimited to contentions based on new information in the DEISis also being issued.
Draft Regulatory Guide: Installation Design and Installation of Vented Lead-Acid Storage Batteries for Production and Utilization Facilities
Document Number: 2024-00145
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2024-01-08
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for public comment a draft Regulatory Guide (DG), DG-1421, ``Installation Design and Installation of Vented Lead-Acid Storage Batteries for Production and Utilization Facilities.'' This DG is proposed Revision 3 of Regulatory Guide 1.128, ``Installation Design and Installation of Vented Lead-Acid Storage Batteries for Nuclear Power Plants,'' and provides methods acceptable to the NRC to meet regulatory requirements for the installation design and installation of vented lead-acid storage batteries in production and utilization facilities. It endorses, with clarifications, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Standard (Std.) 484-2019, ``IEEE Recommended Practice for Installation Design and Installation of Vented Lead-Acid Batteries for Stationary Applications.''
Information Collection: Solicitation of Non-Power Operator Licensing Examination Data
Document Number: C1-2023-28880
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-01-08
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Sunshine Act Meetings
Document Number: 2024-00154
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-01-05
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Information Collection: Solicitation of Non-Power Operator Licensing Examination Data
Document Number: 2023-28880
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-01-04
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, ``Solicitation of Non-Power Operator Licensing Examination Data.''
Holtec Decommissioning International, LLC, and Holtec Palisades, LLC; Palisades Nuclear Plant; Exemption
Document Number: 2023-28951
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-01-04
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued an exemption in response to a request from Holtec Decommissioning International, LLC (HDI), an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Holtec International, that would allow HDI and Holtec Palisades, LLC, to reduce the required level of primary offsite liability insurance from $450 million to $100 million and to eliminate the requirement to carry secondary financial protection for the Palisades Nuclear Plant.
Entergy Operations, Inc.; Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3; License Amendment Application
Document Number: 2023-28891
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-01-03
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC, the Commission) has granted the request of Entergy Operations, Inc. (the licensee) to withdraw its application dated November 1, 2022, for a proposed amendment to Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF-38 for the Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3. The proposed amendment would have revised Technical Specification 3/4.3-2, Table 4.3-2, ``Engineered Safety Features Actuation System Instrumentation Surveillance Requirements,'' Table Notation (3), to remove the exemption from testing relays K114, K305, and K313 at power.
Holtec Decommissioning International, LLC and Holtec Palisades, LLC; Palisades Nuclear Plant; Exemption
Document Number: 2023-28909
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-01-03
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued an exemption in response to a request from Holtec Decommissioning International, LLC (HDI), an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Holtec International, that would allow HDI and Holtec Palisades, LLC, to reduce the minimum coverage limit for onsite property damage insurance from $1.06 billion to $50 million for the Palisades Nuclear Plant.
Applications for Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses Involving Proposed No Significant Hazards Considerations and Containing Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information and Order Imposing Procedures for Access to Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information
Document Number: 2023-28643
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-01-02
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) received and is considering approval of two amendment requests. The amendment requests are for Millstone Power Station, Unit 3 and Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2. For each amendment request, the NRC proposes to determine that it involves no significant hazards consideration (NSHC). Because each amendment request contains sensitive unclassified non- safeguards information (SUNSI), an order imposes procedures to obtain access to SUNSI for contention preparation by persons who file a hearing request or petition for leave to intervene.
Regulatory Guide: Health Physics Surveys for Byproduct Material at NRC-Licensed Processing and Manufacturing Plants
Document Number: 2023-28797
Type: Rule
Date: 2024-01-02
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is withdrawing Regulatory Guide (RG) 8.21, ``Health Physics Surveys for Byproduct Material at NRC-Licensed Processing and Manufacturing Plants.'' This RG is being withdrawn because there is more up-to-date guidance in NUREG- 1556, ``Consolidated Guidance About Materials Licenses,'' making RG 8.21 obsolete.
Omaha Public Power District; Fort Calhoun Station, Unit 1; Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact
Document Number: 2023-28815
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-01-02
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing a finding of no significant impact (FONSI) and accompanying environmental assessment (EA) regarding the NRC's consideration of a license amendment request by Omaha Public Power District (OPPD) to approve the License Termination Plan (LTP) for the Fort Calhoun Station, Unit 1 (FCS), located in Washington County, Nebraska. If approved, the amendment would add a license condition to the FCS license reflecting the NRC's approval of its LTP and establishing criteria for determining when changes to the LTP require prior NRC approval. OPPD would use the LTP to meet the requirements for terminating the license and releasing the site for unrestricted use. Based on the EA, the NRC staff has concluded that there will be no significant impacts to environmental resources from the requested license amendment, and therefore, a FONSI is appropriate.
Holtec Decommissioning International, LLC, and Holtec Palisades, LLC; Palisades Nuclear Plant; Exemption
Document Number: 2023-28813
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-01-02
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued an exemption in response to a request from Holtec Decommissioning International, LLC (HDI), an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Holtec International, that would allow HDI and Holtec Palisades, LLC, regarding certain emergency planning (EP) requirements. The exemption eliminates the requirements to maintain an offsite radiological emergency preparedness plan and reduce the scope of onsite EP activities at the Palisades Nuclear Plant, based on the reduced risks of accidents that could result in an offsite radiological release at a decommissioning nuclear power reactor.
Sunshine Act Meetings
Document Number: 2023-28875
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-01-02
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
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