[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 89 (Tuesday, May 9, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 26985]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-6995]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50-259, 50-260, and 50-296]
Tennessee Valley Authority; Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Units 1,
2, and 3 Notice of Issuance of Renewed Facility Operating License Nos.
DPR-33, DPR-52, and DPR-68 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.
DPR-33, DPR-52, and DPR-68 to the Tennessee Valley Authority (the
licensee), the operator of the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant (BFN), Units
Nos. 1, 2, and 3 (Unit 1, 2, and 3). Renewed Facility Operating License
No. DPR-33 authorizes operation of BFN, Unit 1, by the licensee at
reactor core power levels not in excess of 3293 megawatts thermal (1100
megawatts electric), in accordance with the provisions of the BFN
renewed license and its Technical Specifications. Renewed Facility
Operating License No. DPR-52 authorizes operation of BFN, Unit 2, by
the licensee at reactor core power levels not in excess of 3458
megawatts thermal (1155 megawatts electric), in accordance with the
provisions of the BFN renewed license and its Technical Specifications.
Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-68 authorizes operation of
BFN, Unit 3, by the licensee at reactor core power levels not in excess
of 3458 megawatts thermal (1155 megawatts electric), in accordance with
the provisions of the BFN renewed license and its Technical
Specifications.
BFN, Units 1, 2, and 3, are located on the north shore of Wheeler
Reservoir in Limestone County, Alabama, at Tennessee River Mile 294.
The site is approximately 30 miles west of Huntsville, Alabama; it is
also 10 miles northwest of Decatur, Alabama, and 10 miles southwest of
Athens, Alabama. The licensee's application 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 the renewed licenses and of an opportunity for a hearing
regarding the proposed issuance of the renewed licenses was published
in the Federal Register on March 10, 2004 (69 FR 11460).
For further details with respect to this action, see (1) the
Tennessee Valley Authority license renewal application for Browns Ferry
Nuclear Plant, Units 1, 2, and 3 dated December 31, 2003, as
supplemented by letters dated through April 4, 2006; (2) the
Commission's safety evaluation report (NUREG-1843 and Supplement 1),
published in April 2006; and (3) the Commission's final environmental
impact statement (NUREG-1437, Supplement 21), published in June 2005.
These documents are available at the NRC Public Document Room, One
White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, 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. DPR-33, DPR-52,
and DPR-68 may be obtained by writing to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, Attention: Director, Division of
License Renewal. Copies of the BFN, Units 1, 2, and 3, Safety
Evaluation Report (NUREG-1843 and Supplement 1) and the Final
Environmental Impact Statement (NUREG-1437, Supplement 21) may be
purchased from the National Technical Information Service, U.S.
Department of Commerce, Springfield, VA 22161-0002 (http://www.ntis.gov), 703-605-6000, or the Superintendent of Documents, U.S.
Government Printing Office, P.O. Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954
(http://www.gpoaccess.gov), 202-512-1800. All orders should clearly
identify the NRC publication number and the requester's Government
Printing Office deposit account number or a VISA or MasterCard number
and expiration date.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 4th day of May 2006.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Pao-Tsin Kuo,
Deputy Director, Division of License Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
[FR Doc. E6-6995 Filed 5-8-06; 8:45 am]
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