[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 238 (Thursday, December 11, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69090-69091]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-30686]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50-369, 50-370, 50-413, and 50-414]


Duke Energy Corporation, McGuire Nuclear Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 
2; North Carolina Electric Membership Corporation, Saluda River 
Electric Cooperative, Inc. for Catawba Nuclear Station, Unit No. 1; and 
North Carolina Municipal Power Agency No. 1, Piedmont Municipal Power 
Agency for Catawba Nuclear Station, Unit No. 2; Notice of Issuance of 
Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-9, NPF-17, NPF-35, and NPF-
52 for an Additional 20-Year Period

    Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
(the Commission) has issued Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. 
NPF-9, NPF-17, NPF-35, and NPF-52 to Duke Energy Corporation (the 
licensee), the operator of the McGuire Nuclear Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 
2 (McGuire, Units 1 and 2), and North Carolina Electric Membership 
Corporation and Saluda River Electric Cooperative, Inc. for Catawba 
Nuclear Station, Unit No. 1 (Catawba, Unit 1), and North Carolina 
Municipal Power Agency No. 1 and Piedmont Municipal Power Agency for 
Catawba Nuclear Station, Unit No. 2 (Catawba, Unit 2). Renewed Facility 
Operating License No. NPF-9 authorizes operation of McGuire, Unit 1, by 
the licensee at reactor core power levels not in excess of 3411 
megawatts thermal in accordance with the provisions of the McGuire, 
Unit 1, renewed license and its Technical Specifications. Renewed 
Facility Operating License No. NPF-17 authorizes operation of McGuire, 
Unit 2, by the licensee at reactor core power levels not in excess of 
3411 megawatts thermal in accordance with the provisions of the 
McGuire, Unit 2, renewed license and its Technical Specifications. 
Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF-35 authorizes operation of 
Catawba, Unit 1, by Duke Energy Corporation at reactor core power 
levels not in excess of 3411 megawatts thermal in accordance with the 
provisions of the Catawba, Unit 1, renewed license and its Technical 
Specifications. Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF-52 
authorizes operation of Catawba, Unit 2, by Duke Energy Corporation at 
reactor core power levels not in excess of 3411 megawatts thermal in 
accordance with the provisions of the Catawba, Unit 2, renewed license 
and its Technical Specifications.
    McGuire, Units 1 and 2, are pressurized water nuclear reactors 
located in Mecklenburg County, 17 miles northwest of Charlotte, North 
Carolina. Catawba, Units 1 and 2, are pressurized water nuclear 
reactors located in York County, 18 miles southwest of Charlotte, North 
Carolina.
    The applications for the renewed licenses complied with the 
standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended 
(the Act), and the Commission's regulations. As required by the Act and 
the Commission's regulations in 10 CFR Chapter I, the Commission has 
made appropriate findings, which are set forth in each license. Prior 
public notice of the action involving the proposed issuance of these 
renewed licenses and of an opportunity for a hearing regarding the 
proposed issuance of these renewed licenses was published in the 
Federal Register on July 16, 2001 (66 FR 37072).
    For further details with respect to this action, see (1) the Duke 
Energy Corporation's license renewal applications for McGuire, Units 1 
and 2, and Catawba, Units 1 and 2, dated June 13, 2001, as supplemented 
by letters dated March 1, March 8, March 11, March 15, April 15, June 
25 (two letters), June 26, July 9, October 2, October 28, November 5, 
November 14, November 18, November 21, and December 16, 2002; (2) the 
Commission's safety evaluation report, dated August 14, 2002, and March 
2003 (NUREG-1772); (3) the licensee's updated final safety analysis 
report; and (4) the Commission's final environmental impact statement 
(NUREG-1437, Supplements 8 and 9), dated December 2002. These documents 
are available at the NRC's Public Document Room, One White Flint North, 
11555 Rockville Pike, first floor, Rockville, Maryland 20852, and can 
be viewed from the NRC Public Electronic Reading Room at (http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html).
    Copies of Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-9, NPF-17, 
NPF-35, and NPF-52 may be obtained by writing to the U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, Attention: Director, 
Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs. Copies of the safety 
evaluation report (NUREG-1772), and the final

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environmental impact statement (NUREG-1437, Supplements 8 and 9) may be 
purchased from the National Technical Information Service, Springfield, 
Virginia 22161-0002 (http://www.ntis.gov), 1-800-553-6847, or the 
Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, P.O. Box 
371954, Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954 (http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/index.html), 202-512-1800. All orders should clearly identify the NRC 
publication number and the requestor's Government Printing Office 
deposit account number or VISA or MasterCard number and expiration 
date.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 5th day of December 2003.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Pao-Tsin Kuo,
Program Director, License Renewal and Environmental Impacts Program, 
Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs, Office of Nuclear Reactor 
Regulation.
[FR Doc. 03-30686 Filed 12-10-03; 8:45 am]
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