[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 221 (Thursday, November 16, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66806-66807]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-19362]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 50-263]
Nuclear Management Company, LLC; Monticello Nuclear Generating
Plant; Notice of Issuance of Renewed Facility; Operating License No.
DPR-22; Record of Decision 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 No. DPR-
22 to Nuclear Management Company, LLC (licensee), the operator of the
Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant (MNGP). Renewed Facility Operating
License No. DPR-22 authorizes operation of MNGP by the licensee at
reactor core power levels not in excess of 1775 megawatts thermal (600
megawatts electric) in accordance with the provisions of the MNGP
renewed license and its Technical Specifications.
This notice also serves as the record of decision for the renewal
of Facility Operating License No. DPR-22 for MNGP, Unit 1. As discussed
in the final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (FSEIS) for
MNGP, dated September 2006, the Commission has considered a range of
reasonable alternatives that included generation from coal, natural
gas, oil, coal-gasification, new nuclear, wind, solar, hydropower,
geothermal, wood waste, municipal solid waste, other biomass-derived
fuels, fuel cells, delayed retirement, utility-sponsored conservation,
a combination of alternatives, and a no-action alternative. This range
of alternatives was discussed in the Generic Environmental Impact
Statement for License Renewal, Supplement 26 regarding Monticello
Nuclear Generating Plant.
After weighing the environmental, economic, technical and other
benefits of the facility against environmental costs and considering
available alternatives, the Commission found that the adverse
environmental impacts of license renewal are not so great that
preserving the option of license renewal would be unreasonable. The
Commission also has taken all practicable measures within its
jurisdiction to avoid or minimize environmental harm in its decision to
renew Facility Operating License No. DPR-22. No license conditions are
imposed in connection with mitigation measures.
The MNGP plant is a Boiling Water Reactor located in Monticello,
MN.
The application for the renewed license complied with the standards
and
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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 the license. Prior public
notice of the action involving the proposed issuance of the renewed
license and of an opportunity for a hearing regarding the proposed
issuance of the new license was published in the Federal Register on
May 12, 2005 (70 FR 25117). For further details with respect to this
action, see (1) Nuclear Management Company, LLC's license renewal
application for Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant, dated March 16,
2005, as supplemented by letters dated through August 18, 2006; (2) the
Commission's safety evaluation report (NUREG-1865), dated October 2006;
(3) the licensee's updated safety analysis report; and (4) the
Commission's final environmental impact statement (NUREG-1437,
Supplement 26, for the Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant, dated
September 19, 2006). These documents are available at the NRC's 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 No. DPR-22, 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 Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant Safety
Evaluation Report (NUREG-1865) and the final environmental impact
statement (NUREG-1437, Supplement 26) may be purchased from the
National Technical Information Service, U.S. Department of Commerce,
Springfield, Virginia 22161 (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 requestor's Government Printing
Office deposit account number or VISA or MasterCard number and
expiration date.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 8th day of November 2006.
For The Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Frank P. Gillespie,
Division Director, Division of License Renewal, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. E6-19362 Filed 11-15-06; 8:45 am]
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