[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 59 (Monday, March 28, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 17162]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-7218]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-271; NRC-2011-0067]


Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.; Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power 
Station; Notice of Issuance of Renewed Facility Operating License No. 
DPR-28 for an Additional 20-Year Period; Record of Decision

    Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
(NRC of the Commission) has issued Renewed Facility Operating License 
No. DPR-28 to Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee, LLC (Entergy VY), and 
Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (ENO), (licensee), the operator of the 
Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station (VYNPS). Renewed Facility 
Operating License No. DPR-28 authorizes operation of VYNPS by the 
licensee at reactor core power levels not in excess of 1912 megawatts 
thermal (650 megawatts electric), in accordance with the provisions of 
the VYNPS renewed license and its technical specifications.
    The notice also serves as the record of decision for the renewal of 
Facility Operating License No. DPR-28, consistent with Title 10 of the 
Code of Federal Regulations Section 51.103 (10 CFR 51.103). As 
discussed in the final supplemental environmental impact statement for 
VYNPS, dated August 2007, the Commission has considered a range of 
reasonable alternatives that included the no-action alternative. The 
factors considered in the record of decision can be found in the 
supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) for VYNPS.
    VYNPS is a boiling water reactor located five miles south of 
Brattleboro, Vermont. The application for the renewed license 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 1, the 
Commission has made appropriate findings, which are set forth in the 
renewed license. Prior public notice of the Commission considering the 
license renewal application (LRA) and of an opportunity for a hearing 
regarding the LRA was published in the Federal Register on March 27, 
2006 (71 FR 15220).
    For further details with respect to this action, see: (1) Entergy 
VY and ENO, LRA for VYNPS dated January 25, 2006, as supplemented by 
letters dated through February 21, 2008; (2) the Commission's safety 
evaluation report (SER) (NUREG-1907), published in May 2008; (3) 
Supplements 1 and 2 to the SER, published in September 2009 and March 
2011; (4) the licensee's updated safety analysis report; and (5) the 
Commission's final environmental impact statement (NUREG-1437, 
Supplement 30), for VYNPS, published on August 1, 2007. 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 the Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-28, 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 VYNPS SER (NUREG-1907), supplemental SER, and 
the final environmental impact statement (NUREG-1437, Supplement 30) 
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, 
Pennsylvania 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 21st day of March, 2011.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Bo M. Pham,
Chief, Projects Branch 1, Division of License Renewal, Office of 
Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2011-7218 Filed 3-25-11; 8:45 am]
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