[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 172 (Wednesday, September 6, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 46319]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-22037]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 50-271]


In the Matter of: Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corporation 
(Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station); Revocation of Exemption

I

    The Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corporation (VYNPC, the licensee) 
is the holder of Facility Operating License No. DPR-28 which authorizes 
operation of the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station (the facility) at 
power levels no greater than 1593 megawatts thermal. The facility is a 
single-unit boiling water reactor (BWR) located at the licensee's site 
in Windham County, Vermont.
    The License provides, among other things, that the Vermont Yankee 
Nuclear Power Station is subject to all rules, regulations, and orders 
of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) now or hereafter 
in effect.

II

    On November 19, 1980, the Commission published a revised 10 CFR 
50.48 and a new Appendix R to 10 CFR part 50 regarding fire protection 
features of nuclear power plants. The revised Sec. 50.48 and Appendix R 
became effective on February 17, 1981. Section III of Appendix R 
contains 15 subsections, lettered A through O, each of which specifies 
requirements for a particular aspect of the fire protection features at 
a nuclear power plant. Subsection III.J is the subject of the 
licensee's request.
    Section III.J of Appendix R requires that emergency lighting units 
with at least an 8-hour battery power supply shall be provided in all 
areas needed for operation of safe shutdown equipment and in access and 
egress routes thereto. On June 26, 1989, the NRC granted an exemption 
from these requirements for specified areas of the Reactor Building.
    By letter dated June 29, 1995, the licensee requested revocation of 
that exemption.

III

    Since the issuance of the exemption from the emergency lighting 
requirements of Appendix R, the licensee has installed conforming 8-
hour battery powered lighting in the affected areas. As a result, these 
areas conform to the lighting requirements of the regulation and the 
exemption is no longer needed by the licensee. The licensee has 
therefore requested revocation of the exemption.
    The NRC staff has reviewed the information submitted by the 
licensee and concludes that the conditions for which the exemption for 
emergency lighting was granted no longer exist because the licensee has 
installed 8-hour battery powered lighting which conform to Section 
III.J of Appendix R to 10 CFR part 50.

IV

    Accordingly, the Commission has determined that the specific 
exemption from 10 CFR part 50, Appendix R, granted on June 26, 1989, 
for emergency lighting is hereby revoked in that it is no longer 
needed.
    Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.32, the Commission has determined that the 
issuance of this Revocation of Exemption will have no significant 
impact on the quality of the human environment (60 FR 44088).
    This Revocation of Exemption is effective upon issuance.

    Dated at Rockville, MD., this 30th day of August 1995.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Steven A. Varga,
Director, Division of Reactor Projects--I/II,Office of Nuclear Reactor 
Regulation.
[FR Doc. 95-22037 Filed 9-5-95; 8:45 am]
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