[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 45 (Thursday, March 7, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14842-14843]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-05317]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 50-302; NRC-2009-0039]
Crystal River Nuclear Generating Plant, Unit 3; Application for
Renewal of License to Facility; Withdrawal
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of license renewal application; withdrawal.
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ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2009-0039 when contacting the
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You
may access information related to this document, which the NRC
possesses and are publicly available, using any of the following
methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search
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for Docket ID NRC-2009-0039. Address questions about NRC dockets to
Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-492-3668; email:
[email protected].
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search, select ``ADAMS Public Documents'' and then select ``Begin Web-
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4737, or by email to [email protected]. The ADAMS accession number
for each document referenced in this notice (if that document is
available in ADAMS) is provided the first time that a document is
referenced.
NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public
documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Daily, Senior Project Manager,
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-3873; email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
grants the Florida Power Corporation request to withdraw its
application for the renewal of operating license DPR-72, which
authorizes Florida Power Corporaton (FPC) to operate the Crystal River
Nuclear Generating Plant, Unit 3 (CR3), at 2609 megawatts thermal. The
FPC stated its decision to withdraw the application is based upon a
determination to retire CR3. The CR3 is located near Crystal River, FL;
the current operating license for the CR3 expires on December 3, 2016.
The FPC submitted the license renewal application (LRA) by letter
dated December 16, 2008, pursuant to Part 54 of Title 10 of the Code of
Federal Regulations (10 CFR), to renew operating license DPR-72 for CR3
(ADAMS Accession No. ML090080053). The Commission had previously
noticed the acceptance of the application in the Federal Register on
March 9, 2009 (74 FR 10099). The FPC requested withdrawal of the
application by letter dated February 6, 2013, based on its
determination to retire CR3 (ADAMS Accession No. ML13043A028).
The NRC staff completed its ``Safety Evaluation Report With Open
Items Related to the License Renewal of Crystal River Unit 3 Nuclear
Generating Plant'' (hereinafter known as the SER) in December 2010
(ADAMS Accession No. ML103490568). Consistent with 10 CFR 54.13(a),
``[I]nformation provided to the Commission by an applicant for a
renewed license * * * must be complete and accurate in all material
respects.'' The staff noted that the SER contains nine open items and
two confirmatory items; these items are incomplete in regards to 10 CFR
54.13(a). Since the staff's review to date has identified that FPC's
application did not provide technical information in sufficient detail
to enable the staff to complete its reviews, if FPC decides to re-
submit the application, it must include this technical information in
sufficient detail to allow the staff to continue its evaluations.
The staff also issued a Notice of Issuance for the draft
supplemental environmental impact statement (DSEIS) related to the
proposed license renewal, which was published in the Federal Register
on June 3, 2011 (76 FR 32237). However, since the licensee has
withdrawn its application, all comments received on the DSEIS and all
of the above Federal Register Notices need not be and will not be
resolved.
For further details with respect to this action, see the LRA dated
December 16, 2008, and the licensee's letter of withdrawal dated
February 6, 2013.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 28th day of February, 2013.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
John W. Lubinski,
Director, Division of License Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2013-05317 Filed 3-6-13; 8:45 am]
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