[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 81 (Tuesday, April 28, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23597-23598]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-09904]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 52-012 and 52-013; NRC-2008-0091]


Nuclear Innovation North America LLC; South Texas Project, Units 
3 and 4

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Combined license application; availability.

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SUMMARY: On September 20, 2007, South Texas Project Nuclear Operating 
Company (STPNOC) submitted to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
(NRC) an application for combined licenses (COLs) for two additional 
units (Units 3 and 4) at the South Texas Project (STP) Electric 
Generating Station site in Matagorda County near Bay City, Texas. The 
NRC published a notice of receipt and availability for this COL 
application in the Federal Register on December 5, 2007. In a letter 
dated January 19, 2011, STPNOC notified the NRC that, effective January 
24, 2011, Nuclear Innovation North America LLC (NINA) became the lead 
applicant for STP, Units 3 and 4. This notice is being published to 
notify the public of the availability of the COL application for STP, 
Units 3 and 4.

DATES: The COL application is available on April 28, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2008-0091 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-2008-0091. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact 
the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of 
this document.
     NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System 
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the 
ADAMS Public Documents collection 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 (if it available in 
ADAMS) is provided the first time that a document is referenced. For 
the convenience of the reader, the ADAMS accession numbers are provided 
in a table in the ``Availability of Documents'' section of this 
document.
     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: Tom Tai, telephone: 301-415-8484, 
email: [email protected]; or Luis Betancourt, telephone: 301-415-6145, 
email: [email protected]. Both are staff of the Office of New 
Reactors, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 20, 2007, the NRC received a 
COL application from STPNOC, filed pursuant to section 103 of the 
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and part 52 of title 10 of the 
Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), ``Licenses, Certifications, and 
Approvals for Nuclear Power Plants,'' to construct and operate two 
additional units (Units 3 and 4) at the STP Electric Generating Station 
site in Matagorda County near Bay City, Texas. The additional units are 
based on the U.S. Advanced Boiling Water Reactor design, which is 
certified in 10 CFR part 52, appendix A. The NRC published a notice of 
receipt and availability for an application for a COL in the Federal 
Register on December 5, 2007 (72 FR 68597). In a letter dated January 
19, 2011, STPNOC notified the NRC that, effective January 24, 2011, 
NINA became the lead applicant for STP, Units 3 and 4. As such, NINA 
assumed responsibility for the design, construction and licensing of 
STP, Units 3 and 4. The application is currently under review by the 
NRC.
    An applicant may seek a COL in accordance with subpart C of 10 CFR 
part 52. The information submitted by the applicant includes certain 
administrative information, such as financial qualifications submitted 
pursuant to 10 CFR 52.77, as well as technical information submitted 
pursuant to 10 CFR 52.79. This notice is being provided in accordance 
with the requirements in 10 CFR 50.43(a)(3).

Availability of Documents

    The documents identified in the following table are available to 
interested persons through the ADAMS Public Documents collection. A 
copy of the COL application is also available for public inspection at 
the NRC's PDR and at http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/col.html.

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                                                        ADAMS  Accession
                       Document                               No.
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South Texas Project, Units 3 and 4, Combined License         ML072830407
 Application, Revision 0, September 20, 2007.........
South Texas Project, Units 3 and 4, Supplement to            ML072740461
 Combined License Application ``Safeguards
 Information,'' Part 8, Revision 0, September 26,
 2007................................................
South Texas Project, Units 3 and 4, Supplement to            ML072960352
 Combined License Application Revision 0, October 15,
 2007................................................
South Texas Project, Units 3 and 4, Supplement to            ML072960489
 Combined License Application Revision 0, October 18,
 2007................................................
South Texas Project, Units 3 and 4, Supplement to            ML073200992
 Combined License Application Revision 0, November
 13, 2007............................................
South Texas Project, Units 3 and 4, Supplement to            ML073310616
 Combined License Application Revision 0, November
 21, 2007............................................
South Texas Project, Units 3 and 4, Combined License         ML080700399
 Application, Revision 1, January 31, 2008...........
South Texas Project, Units 3 and 4, Submittal of             ML080420090
 Supplement to Combined License Application
 ``Safeguards Information,'' Part 8, Revision 1,
 January 31, 2008....................................
South Texas Project, Units 3 and 4, Combined License         ML082830938
 Application, Revision 2, September 24, 2008.........
South Texas Project, Units 3 and 4, Submittal of             ML082730700
 Supplement to Combined License Application
 ``Safeguards Information,'' Part 8, Revision 2,
 September 24, 2008..................................
South Texas Project, Units 3 and 4, Submittal of             ML083530131
 Combined License Application, ``Proprietary
 Information,'' Part 10, Revision 2, December 11,
 2008................................................
South Texas Project, Units 3 and 4, Combined License         ML092930393
 Application, Revision 3, September 16, 2009.........
South Texas Project, Units 3 and 4, Submittal of             ML102010268
 Supplement to Combined License Application
 ``Safeguards Information,'' Part 8, Revision 3, July
 15, 2010............................................
South Texas Project, Units 3 and 4, Combined License         ML102861292
 Application, Revision 4, October 5, 2010............

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South Texas Project, Units 3 and 4, Submittal of             ML110400425
 Supplement to Combined License Application
 ``Safeguards Information,'' Part 8, Revision 4,
 February 3, 2011....................................
South Texas Project, Units 3 and 4, Update to Change         ML110250369
 in Lead Applicant, January 19, 2011.................
South Texas Project, Units 3 and 4, Combined License         ML110340451
 Application, Revision 5, January 26, 2011...........
South Texas Project, Units 3 and 4, Submittal of             ML11243A171
 Supplement to Combined License Application
 ``Safeguards Information,'' Part 8, Revision 5,
 August 30, 2011.....................................
South Texas Project, Units 3 and 4, Combined License         ML11252A505
 Application, Revision 6, August 30, 2011............
South Texas Project, Units 3 and 4, Combined License         ML12048A714
 Application, Revision 7, February 1, 2012...........
South Texas Project, Units 3 and 4, Combined License         ML12291A415
 Application, Revision 8, September 17, 2012.........
South Texas Project, Units 3 and 4, Combined License         ML13115A094
 Application, Revision 9, April 17, 2013.............
South Texas Project, Units 3 and 4, Combined License         ML13310A599
 Application, Revision 10, October 29, 2013..........
South Texas Project, Units 3 and 4, Combined License         ML14307A876
 Application, Revision 11, October 21, 2014..........
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    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 22nd day of April 2015.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Samuel Lee,
Chief, Licensing Branch 2, Division of New Reactor Licensing, Office of 
New Reactors.
[FR Doc. 2015-09904 Filed 4-27-15; 8:45 am]
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