[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 126 (Friday, June 30, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37613-37614]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-5900]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50-325 and 50-324]


Carolina Power & Light Company; Brunswick Steam Electric Plant, 
Units 1 and 2; Notice of Issuance of Renewed Facility Operating License 
Nos. DPR-71 and DPR-62 for an Additional 20-Year Period

    Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
(NRC or the Commission) has issued Renewed Facility Operating License 
Nos. DPR-71, and DPR-62 to Carolina Power & Light Company (the 
licensee), the operator of the Brunswick Steam Electric Plant (BSEP), 
Units 1 and 2. Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-71 authorizes 
operation of BSEP, Unit 1, by the licensee at reactor core power levels 
not in excess of 2923 megawatts thermal, in accordance with the 
provisions of the BSEP renewed license and its Technical 
Specifications. Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-62 
authorizes operation of BSEP, Unit 2, by the licensee at reactor core 
power levels not in excess of 2923 megawatts thermal, in accordance 
with the provisions of the BSEP renewed license and its Technical 
Specifications.
    BSEP, Units 1 and 2, are located south of Wilmington, NC, at the 
mouth of the Cape Fear River in Brunswick County, NC, and 2 miles north 
of Southport, NC. The licensee's 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. 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

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Register on December 6, 2004 (69 FR 70471).
    For further details with respect to this action, see (1) the 
Carolina Power & Light Company's license renewal application for BSEP, 
Units 1 and 2, dated October 18, 2004, as supplemented by letters dated 
February 24, March 14, March 17, March 31, April 8, April 21, May 4, 
May 11, May 16, June 1, June 14, July 18, August 11, September 29, 
November 22, and December 6, 2005; (2) the Commission's safety 
evaluation report (NUREG-1856), dated March 2006; and (3) the 
Commission's final environmental impact statement (NUREG-1437, 
Supplement 25), published in April 2006. These documents are available 
at the NRC Public Document Room, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville 
Pike, Rockville, MD 20852, and on the NRC public Web site in the 
Electronic Reading Room at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.
    Copies of Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-71 and DPR-62 
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 BSEP, Units 1 and 2, safety evaluation report 
(NUREG-1856) and the final environmental impact statement (NUREG-1437, 
Supplement 25) 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 Attention: 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 26th day of June 2006.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Pao-Tsin Kuo,
Deputy Director, Division of License Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor 
Regulation.
[FR Doc. 06-5900 Filed 6-29-06; 8:45 am]
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