[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 218 (Friday, November 13, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 58661]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-27277]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50-334 and 50-41, Nos. DPR-66 and NPF-73, NRC-2009-0496]


Notice of Issuance of Renewed Facility Operating License for an 
Additional 20-Year Period FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver 
Valley Power Station, Units 1 and 2

    Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
(NRC or the Commission) has issued Renewed Facility Operating License 
Nos. DPR-66 and NPF-73, to FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (the 
licensee), the operator of the Beaver Valley Power Station (BVPS), 
Units 1 and 2. Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-66 and NPF-
73 authorize operation of BVPS, Units 1 and 2, by the licensee at 
reactor core power levels not in excess of 2900 megawatts thermal (972 
megawatts electric) for each unit, in accordance with the provisions of 
the BVPS, Units 1 and 2, renewed licenses and their Technical 
Specifications.
    This notice also serves as the record of decision for the renewal 
of Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-66 and NPF-73 for BVPS, 
consistent with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 
Section 51.103. As discussed in the Final Supplemental Environmental 
Impact Statement (FSEIS) for BVPS, Units 1 and 2, dated May 2009, the 
Commission considered a range of reasonable alternatives that included 
generation from coal, natural gas, oil, wind, solar, hydropower, 
geothermal, wood waste, municipal solid waste, other biomass-derived 
fuels, delayed retirement, utility-sponsored conservation, a 
combination of alternatives, and a no-action alternative. The factors 
considered in the record of decision can be found in the supplemental 
environmental impact statement (SEIS) for license renewal, Supplement 
36 regarding BVPS, Units 1 and 2.
    BVPS, Units 1 and 2, are pressurized water reactors designed by 
Westinghouse Electric Corporation that are located along the Ohio River 
in Beaver County, PA. The site is located approximately 17 miles west 
of McCandless, PA. The 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 the 
licenses.
    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 September 24, 2007 (72 FR 54301). For further 
details with respect to this action, see (1) the FirstEnergy Nuclear 
Operating Company, license renewal application for BVPS, Units 1 and 2, 
dated August 27, 2007; (2) the Commission's safety evaluation report 
(NUREG-1929), published in October 2009; (3) the Commission's safety 
evaluation report (NUREG-1929, Supplement 1), published in October 
2009, (4) the licensee's updated safety analysis report; and (5) the 
Commission's Final Environmental Impact Statement (NUREG-1437, 
Supplement 36), published in May 2009. 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-66 and NPF-73 
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 BVPS, Units 1 and 2, Safety Evaluation Report 
(NUREG-1929), Beaver Valley Power Station, Units 1 and 2, Safety 
Evaluation Report, Supplement 1 (NUREG-1929, Supplement 1), and the 
Final Environmental Impact Statement (NUREG-1437, Supplement 36) 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 5th day of November 2009.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David J. Wrona,
Chief, Projects Branch 2, Division of License Renewal, Office of 
Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. E9-27277 Filed 11-12-09; 8:45 am]
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