[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 133 (Tuesday, July 12, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40944-40945]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-17443]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50-272 and 50-311; NRC-2009-0390]


PSEG Nuclear, LLC, Salem Nuclear Generating Station, Units 1 and 
2; Notice of Issuance of Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-70 
and DPR-75 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-70 and DPR-75 to PSEG Nuclear LLC (the licensee), the operator of 
the Salem Nuclear Generating Station, Units 1 and 2 (Salem). Renewed 
Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-70 and DPR-75 authorize the 
licensee to operate Salem at reactor core power levels not in excess of 
3,459 megawatts thermal in accordance with the provisions of the Salem 
renewed license and its technical specifications.
    The notice also serves as the record of decision for the renewal of 
Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-70 and DPR-75, consistent with 
Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 51.103, ``Record 
of Decision--General.'' As discussed in the final supplemental 
environmental impact statement for Salem (NUREG-1437, Supplement 45, 
``Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear 
Plants, Supplement 45, Regarding Hope Creek Generating Station and 
Salem Nuclear Generating Station, Units 1 and 2, Final Report,'' issued 
March 2011), the Commission has considered a range of reasonable 
alternatives that included generation from coal-fired generation, 
natural gas combined-cycle generation, a combined alternative, and the 
no-action alternative. The factors considered in the record of decision 
can be found in the supplemental environmental impact statement for 
Salem.
    Salem's units are pressurized-water reactors located in Lower 
Alloways Creek Township, Salem County, NJ. 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 I, ``Nuclear Regulatory Commission,'' 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 renewed license was published in the Federal 
Register on October 23, 2009 (74 FR 54854).
    For further details with respect to this action, see (1) PSEG 
Nuclear LLC's license renewal application for Salem Nuclear Generating 
Station, Units 1 and 2, dated August 18, 2009, as supplemented by 
letters dated through May 18, 2011, (2) the Commission's safety 
evaluation report (NUREG-2101, ``Safety Evaluation Report Related to 
the License Renewal of the Salem Nuclear Generating Station,'' issued 
June 2011), (3) the licensee's updated safety analysis report, and (4) 
the Commission's final environmental impact statement (NUREG-1437, 
Supplement 45), for Salem, published in March 2011. These

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documents are available at the NRC's Public Document Room, One White 
Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852, and are 
available online in the NRC Library at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm.html.
    Copies of Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-70 and DPR-75 
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 safety evaluation report for Salem (NUREG-2101) 
and the final environmental impact statement (NUREG-1437, Supplement 
45) may be purchased from the National Technical Information Service, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, Springfield, VA 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 30th day of June, 2011.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Bo M. Pham,
Chief, Projects Branch 1, Division of License Renewal, Office of 
Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2011-17443 Filed 7-11-11; 8:45 am]
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