[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 210 (Thursday, October 30, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61835-61836]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-27332]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50-348 and 50-364]


Southern Nuclear Operating Company (SNC), Joseph M. Farley 
Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2; Notice of Acceptance for Docketing of the 
Application Regarding Renewal of Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-2 
and NPF-8 for an Additional 20-Year Period

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) is 
considering an application for the renewal of Operating License Nos. 
NPF-2 and NPF-8, which authorize the Southern Nuclear Operating Company 
(SNC) to operate Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, at 2775 
megawatts thermal. The renewed licenses would authorize the applicant 
to operate Farley Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, for an additional 20-
years beyond the period specified in the current licenses. The current 
operating licenses for Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, 
will expire on June 25, 2017, and March 31, 2021, respectively.
    On September 15, 2003, the Commission's staff received an 
application from the SNC, filed pursuant to 10 CFR Part 54, to renew 
the Operating License Nos. NPF-2 and NPF-8 for Joseph M. Farley Nuclear 
Plant, Units 1 and 2. A Notice of Receipt and Availability of the 
license renewal application, ``Southern Nuclear Operating Company, 
Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant; Notice of Receipt and Availability of 
Application for Renewal of Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-2 and 
NPF-8 for an Additional 20-Year Period,'' was published in the Federal 
Register on October 6, 2003 (68 FR 57715).
    The Commission's staff has determined that SNC has submitted 
information in accordance with 10 CFR 54.19, 54.21, 54.22, 54.23, and 
51.53(c) that is sufficiently complete and acceptable for docketing. 
The current Docket Nos. 50-348 and 50-364 for Operating License Nos. 
NPF-2 and NPF-8, respectively, will be retained. The Commission's staff 
will perform a detailed technical review of the application. The 
docketing of the renewal application does not preclude requesting 
additional information as the review proceeds, nor does it predict 
whether the Commission will grant or deny the application.
    Before issuance of each requested renewed license, the NRC will 
have made the findings required by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as 
amended (the Act), and the NRC's rules and regulations. In accordance 
with 10 CFR

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54.29, the NRC will issue a renewed license on the basis of its review 
if it finds that actions have been identified and have been or will be 
taken with respect to (1) managing the effects of aging during the 
period of extended operation on the functionality of structures and 
components that have been identified as requiring aging management 
review, and (2) time-limited aging analyses that have been identified 
as requiring review, such that there is reasonable assurance that the 
activities authorized by the renewed license will continue to be 
conducted in accordance with the current licensing basis (CLB), and 
that any changes made to the plant's CLB comply with the Act and the 
Commission's regulations.
    Additionally, in accordance with 10 CFR 51.95(c), the NRC will 
prepare an environmental impact statement that is a supplement to the 
Commission's NUREG-1437, ``Generic Environmental Impact Statement for 
License Renewal of Nuclear Power Plants,'' dated May 1996. Pursuant to 
10 CFR 51.26, and as part of the environmental scoping process, the 
staff intends to hold a public scoping meeting. Detailed information 
regarding this meeting will be included in a future Federal Register 
notice. The Commission also intends to hold public meetings to discuss 
the license renewal process and the schedule for conducting the review. 
The Commission will provide prior notice of these meetings.
    Finally, the Commission will announce in a future Federal Register 
notice, in accordance with the provisions of 10 CFR 2.105, the 
opportunity to request a hearing and to file a petition for leave to 
intervene.
    Detailed information about the license renewal process can be found 
under the Nuclear Reactors icon on the NRC's Web page at http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal.html. A copy of the 
application to renew the operating licenses for Joseph M. Farley 
Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, is available for public inspection at the 
Commission's Public Document Room (PDR), located at One White Flint 
North, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland, 20855-
2738, and on the NRC's Web page at http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/farley.html while the 
application is under review. The NRC maintains an Agencywide Documents 
Access and Management System (ADAMS), which provides text and image 
files of NRC's public documents. A copy of the application to renew the 
operating licenses for Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, 
is also available electronically through the NRC's Electronic Reading 
Room on the Internet at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html under 
ADAMS Accession Number ML032721356. Persons who do not have access to 
ADAMS, or who encounter problems in accessing the documents located in 
ADAMS, should contact the NRC Public Document Room (PDR) Reference 
staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737 or by e-mail to [email protected].
    The staff has verified that a copy of the license renewal 
application for the Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, is 
also available to local residents near the Farley Nuclear Plant at the 
Houston Love Memorial Library, 212 West Burdeshaw Street, Dothan, 
Alabama 36303-4421.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 24th day of October 2003.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Samson S. Lee,
Acting Program Director, License Renewal and Environmental Impacts 
Program, Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 03-27332 Filed 10-29-03; 8:45 am]
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