[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 104 (Tuesday, May 30, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34506-34507]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-13457]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50-269, 50-270, and 50-287]


Duke Energy Corporation; Oconee Nuclear Station Units 1, 2, and 
3; Notice of Issuance of Renewed Facility Operating License; Nos. DPR-
38, DPR-47, and DPR-55 for an Additional 20-Year Period

    Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
(the Commission) has issued (1) Renewed Facility Operating License No. 
DPR-38 (the Unit 1 license), (2) Renewed Facility Operating License No. 
DPR-47 (the Unit 2 license), and (3) Renewed Facility Operating License 
No. DPR-55

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(the Unit 3 license) to Duke Energy Corporation (the licensee). The 
Unit 1 license authorizes operation of the Oconee Nuclear Station, Unit 
1 by the licensee at reactor core power levels not in excess of 2568 
megawatts thermal in accordance with the provisions of the Unit 1 
license and its Technical Specifications (Appendix A). The Unit 2 
license authorizes operation of the Oconee Nuclear Station, Unit 2 by 
the licensee at rector core power levels not in excess of 2568 
megawatts thermal in accordance with the provisions of the Unit 2 
license at its Technical Specifications. The Unit 3 license authorizes 
operation of the Oconee Nuclear Station, Unit 3 by the licensee at 
reactor core power levels not in excess of 2568 megawatts thermal in 
accordance with the provisions of the Unit 3 license and its Technical 
Specifications.
    Oconee Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2, and 3, are pressurized water 
nuclear reactors located in eastern Oconee County about 8 miles 
northeast of Seneca, South Carolina.
    The application for the renewed licenses complies with the 
standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended 
(the Act), and the Commission's regulations. The Commission has made 
appropriate findings as required by the Act and the Commission's 
regulations in 10 CFR Chapter I, which are set forth in each license. 
Public notice of the proposed action and opportunity for hearing 
regarding the proposed issuance of these renewed operating licenses was 
published in the Federal Register on August 11, 1998 (63 FR 42885).
    For further details with respect to these actions, see (1) The Duke 
Energy Corporation Oconee Nuclear Station Units 1, 2, and 3, 
Application for Renewed Operating Licenses, dated July 6, 1998, as 
supplemented by letter dated March 27, 2000, and by letters contained 
in Appendix E of NUREG-1723, ``Safety Evaluation Report Related to the 
License Renewal of Oconee Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2, and 3,'' (2) 
Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-38, DPR-47, and DPR-55, 
with the appendix listed above; (3) the Commission's Safety Evaluation 
Reports dated June 16, 1999, February 3, 2000, and March 2000 (NUREG-
1723); (4) the licensee's updated final safety analysis report; and (5) 
the Commission's Final Environmental Impact Statement (NUREG-1437, 
Supplement 2), dated December 1996. These items are available at the 
NRC's Public Document Room, the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street NW., 
Washington, DC 20555-0001. In addition, documents that were issued 
after November 1, 1999, (e.g., NUREG-1723, and NUREG-1437, Supplement 
2) can be viewed from the NRC Public Electronic Reading Room at http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/ADAMS/index.html.
    A copy of the Renewed Facility Operating Licenses, Nos. DRP-38, 
DRP-47, and DPR-55, may be obtained upon request addressed to the U.S. 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, Attention: 
Director, Division of Licensing Project Management. Copies of the 
Safety Evaluation Report (NUREG-1723) and the Final Environmental 
Impact Statement (NUREG-137, Supplement 2) may be purchased from the 
National Technical Information Service, Springfield, Virginia 22161-
0002 (telephone number 1-800-553-6847, http://www.ntis.gov>), or the 
Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, P.O. Box 
37082, Washington, DC 20402-9328 (telephone number 202-512-1800, http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs>). All orders should clearly identify the 
NRC publication number and the requestor's Government Printing Office 
deposit account, or VISA or Mastercard number and expiration date.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 23rd day of May, 2000.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Joseph M. Sebrosky,
Prject Manager, License Renewal and Standardization Branch, Division of 
Regulatory Improvement Programs, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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