[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 120 (Tuesday, June 23, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 35996]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-15478]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50-250, 50-260, and 50-296; NRC-2014-0054]
Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Units 1, 2, and 3
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 the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA, the licensee) to
withdraw its application dated November 22, 2013, as supplemented by
letters dated April 4, August 15, September 30, 2014, and January 29,
2015, for a proposed amendment to Renewed Facility Operating License
(RFOL) Nos. DPR-33, DPR-52, and DPR-68, for the Browns Ferry Nuclear
Plant, Units 1, 2, and 3 (Browns Ferry). The proposed amendment would
have revised the Browns Ferry Technical Specifications to decrease the
allowable leakage rate criteria for the Main Steam Isolation Valves
(MSIVs).
DATES: June 23, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2014-0054 when contacting the
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You
may obtain publicly-available information related to this document
using any of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2014-0054. 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 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: Farideh Saba, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington DC
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-1447, email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC has granted the request of the TVA
to withdraw its November 22, 2013, application for the proposed
amendment to RFOLs for Browns Ferry, located in Limestone County, AL.
By letter dated November 22, 2013 (ADAMS Accession No.
ML14015A403), as supplemented by letters dated April 4, August 15,
September 30, 2014, and January 29, 2015 (ADAMS Accession Nos.
ML14100A143, ML14230A827, ML14275A247, and ML15030A499, respectively),
TVA proposed changing Browns Ferry Technical Specification 3.6.1.3,
``Primary Containment Isolation Valves (PCIVs),'' to reduce the
individual and total leakage rate through the MSIVs. In the TVA letter
dated August 30, 2013, ``Updated Reply to Notice of Violation; EA-11-
252,'' the Alternative Leakage Treatment (ALT) Pathway was identified
as being in a nonconforming/degraded condition. The corrective actions
that were outlined to change the ALT Pathway included modification of
licensing documents to show lower individual and total leakage rates
through the MSIVs. The proposed change would have made the current
passive secondary ALT Pathway the primary pathway and decreased the
leakage rates from 100 standard cubic feet per hour (scfh) per valve to
60 scfh for individual MSIVs and the combined leakage rates for all
four main steam lines from 150 scfh to 85 scfh.
The NRC published a Biweekly Notice in the Federal Register on
April 8, 2014 (79 FR 19401), that gave notice that this proposed
amendment was under consideration by the NRC. However, by letter dated
May 29, 2015 (ADAMS Accession No ML15159B009), the licensee requested
to withdraw the proposed amendment.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 16th day of June 2015.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Farideh E. Saba,
Senior Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch II-2, Division of
Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2015-15478 Filed 6-22-15; 8:45 am]
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