[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 89 (Thursday, May 8, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26465-26466]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-10587]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 50-368; NRC-2014-0106]
Entergy Operations, Inc.; Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 2
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: License amendment application; withdrawal by applicant.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has granted the
request of Entergy Operations, Inc., to withdraw its application dated
April 4, 2012, for a proposed amendment to Renewed Facility Operating
License No. NPF-6 for Arkansas Nuclear One (ANO), Unit 2. The proposed
amendment would have changed the facility technical specifications to
implement four Technical Specification Task Force (TSTF) travelers
related to a revised fuel handling accident (FHA) analysis.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2014-0106 when contacting the
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You
may access publicly-available information related to this document
using any of the following methods:
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the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peter Bamford, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-2833, email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC has granted the request of Entergy
Operations, Inc. (the licensee), to withdraw its April 4, 2012,
application (ADAMS Accession No. ML12096A022), proposing an amendment
to Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF-6 for ANO, Unit 2,
located in Russellville, Arkansas.
The proposed amendment incorporates the ANO, Unit 2, revised FHA
based on the use of the Alternate Source Term (AST) methodology. This
methodology was previously approved for use at ANO, Unit 2, as
documented in an NRC safety evaluation dated April 26, 2011 (ADAMS
Accession No. ML110980197). The original FHA analysis assumed failure
of 60 fuel rods in a single fuel assembly. The revised analysis assumes
the failure of all fuel rods in two fuel assemblies (472 rods). The
changes necessary to support the revised FHA affect similar Technical
Specifications (TSs) associated with the following NRC-approved TSTF
Travelers: TSTF-51, Revision 2, ``Revise Containment Requirements
During Handling Irradiated Fuel and Core Alterations''; TSTF-272,
Revision 1, ``Refueling Boron Concentration Clarification''; TSTF-268,
Revision 2, ``Operations Involving Positive Reactivity Additions''; and
TSTF-471, Revision 1, ``Eliminate use of Term Core Alterations in
Actions and Notes.'' Therefore, the licensee proposed to adopt these
TSTFs in conjunction with changes that reflect the revised FHA.
Additionally, administrative and/or editorial errors noted on the
affected TS pages were also proposed for correction.
The Commission had previously issued a Notice of Consideration of
Issuance of Amendment published in the Federal Register on July 10,
2012 (77 FR 40652). However, by letter dated April 23, 2014 (ADAMS
Accession No. ML14113A604), the licensee withdrew the proposed change.
For further details with respect to this action, see the
application for amendment dated April 4, 2012, and supplements dated
July 9, 2012, June 18, 2013, and July 1, 2013 (ADAMS Accession Nos.
ML12192A089, ML13170A197, and ML13183A124, respectively).
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 30th day of April 2014.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Peter Bamford,
Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch IV-1, Division of Operating
Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2014-10587 Filed 5-7-14; 8:45 am]
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