[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 136 (Thursday, July 16, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 42132]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-17385]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos.: STN 50-456, STN 50-457, STN 50-454, and STN 50-455; NRC-
2012-0116]


Exelon Generation Company, LLC, Braidwood Station, Units 1 and 2, 
and Byron Station, Unit No(s). 1 and 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 Exelon Generation Company, LLC to withdraw its application 
dated January 31, 2012, as supplemented by letter dated February 1, 
2013, for proposed amendments to Braidwood Station, Units 1 and 2, 
Facility Operating License No(s). NPF-72 and NPF-77, located in Will 
County, Illinois and Byron Station, Unit No(s). 1 and 2, Facility 
Operating License No(s). NPF-37 and NPF-66, located in Ogle County, 
Illinois. The proposed amendment would have modified the Updated Final 
Safety Analysis Report (UFSAR) to describe the use of an Auxiliary 
Feedwater (AF) cross-tie.

DATES: July 16, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2012-0116 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-2012-0116. 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: Joel S. Wiebe, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-6606; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC has granted the request of Exelon 
Generation Company, LLC (the licensee) to withdraw its January 31, 
2012, application (ADAMS Accession No. ML12033A023), as supplemented by 
letter dated February 1, 2013 (ADAMS Accession No. ML13035A017), for 
proposed amendments to Braidwood Station, Units 1 and 2, Facility 
Operating License No(s). NPF-72 and NPF-77, located in Will County, 
Illinois and Byron Station, Unit No(s). 1 and 2, Facility Operating 
License Nos. NPF-37 and NPF-66, located in Ogle County, Illinois.
    The proposed amendment would have modified the Updated Final Safety 
Analysis Report (UFSAR) to describe the use of an Auxiliary Feedwater 
(AF) cross-tie. Specifically, this change would have added information 
to the UFSAR describing the design and shared operation of cross-tie 
piping between the discharges of the Unit 1 and Unit 2 Train A 
motordriven AF pumps.
    The Commission had previously issued a notice of consideration of 
issuance of amendment published in the Federal Register on May 29, 2012 
(77 FR 31660). However, by letter dated June 3, 2015 (ADAMS Accession 
No. ML15154B363), the licensee withdrew the proposed change.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this day of July 9, 2015.
    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Joel S. Wiebe,
Senior Project Manager, Plant Licensing III-2 and Planning and Analysis 
Branch, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation.
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