[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 230 (Friday, November 29, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 71675]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-28700]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-271; NRC-2013-0259]


License Amendment Application for Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power 
Station

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: License amendment application; withdrawal.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has granted the 
request of Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (the licensee) to withdraw 
its application dated May 14, 2013, (ADAMS Accession No. ML13137A158), 
for a proposed amendment to Facility Operating License No. DPR-28 for 
the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station, located in Windham County, 
VT. The proposed amendment would have revised the Technical 
Specifications (TSs) to reduce reactor pressure associated with the 
fuel cladding integrity safety limits (SLs).

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2013-0259 when contacting the 
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You 
may access publicly-available information related to this action by the 
following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2013-0259. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-287-
3422; email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact 
the individual(s) listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section 
of this document.
     NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System 
(ADAMS): You may access publicly available documents online in the NRC 
Library at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the 
search, select ``ADAMS Public Documents'' and then select ``Begin Web-
based ADAMS Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC's 
Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-
4737, or by email to [email protected]. The ADAMS accession number 
for each document referenced in this document (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: Douglas Pickett, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-1364; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC has granted the request of Entergy 
Nuclear Operations, Inc. (the licensee) to withdraw its May 14, 2013, 
application (ADAMS Accession No. ML13137A158) for proposed amendment to 
Facility Operating License No. DPR-28 for the Vermont Yankee Nuclear 
Power Station, located in Windham County, VT.
    The proposed amendment would have revised the Technical 
Specifications (TSs) to reduce reactor pressure associated with the 
fuel cladding integrity safety limits (SLs) from 800 pounds per square 
inch, absolute (psia) to 700 psia in SLs 1.1.A and 1.1.B. The proposed 
change is intended to address the potential to exceed the low pressure 
TS SL associated with a pressure regulator failure-maximum demand open 
transient as reported by General Electric Nuclear Energy in its Part 21 
Communication, ``Potential to Exceed Low Pressure Technical 
Specification Safety Limit,'' SC05-03, dated March 29, 2005.
    The Commission had previously issued a Notice of Consideration of 
Issuance of Amendment published in the Federal Register on August 6, 
2013 (78 FR 47789). However, by letter dated September 26, 2013, the 
licensee withdrew the proposed change.
    For further details with respect to this action, see the 
application for amendment dated May 14, 2013, and the licensee's letter 
dated September 26, 2013, which withdrew the application for license 
amendment (ADAMS Accession No. ML13274A240).

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 21st day of November, 2013.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Douglas V. Pickett,
Senior Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch I-1, Division of 
Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2013-28700 Filed 11-27-13; 8:45 am]
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