[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 130 (Thursday, July 7, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 44335]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-16105]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50-0391; NRC-2016-0019]
Tennessee Valley Authority, Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, 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 the Tennessee Valley Authority (the licensee) to withdraw
its license amendment application dated December 15, 2015, for a
proposed amendment to Facility Operating License No. NPF-96 issued to
the licensee for operation of the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant (WBN), Unit
2. The proposed amendment would have revised Technical Specification
(TS) 3.6.12, ``Ice Condenser Doors.''
DATES: The license amendment application was withdrawn on June 2, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2016-0019 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-2016-0019. 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: Robert Schaaf, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-6020, email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC has granted the Tennessee Valley
Authority's request to withdraw its December 15, 2015, license
amendment application (ADAMS Accession No. ML15350A250) for a proposed
amendment to Facility Operating License No. NPF-96 issued to the
licensee for operation of the WBN, Unit 2, located in Rhea County,
Tennessee.
The licensee requested to amend TS 3.6.12, ``Ice Condenser Doors,''
to revise the surveillance frequency of three surveillance requirements
(SRs) that perform visual inspection and torque testing on the ice
condenser lower inlet doors during the first cycle after receipt of the
WBN, Unit 2, Facility Operating License. The purpose of the proposed
amendment was to preclude an additional plant shutdown to perform
surveillance testing on the ice condenser lower inlet doors based on
the projected schedule for startup of WBN, Unit 2. Based on the current
schedule for the startup of WBN, Unit 2, the licensee has determined
that the three SRs can be performed as specified in TS 3.6.12 without
requiring a unit shutdown specifically for the purpose of performing
the ice condenser door SRs.
This proposed amendment request was noticed in the Federal Register
on February 2, 2016 (81 FR 5501). By letter dated June 2, 2016 (ADAMS
Accession No. ML16155A071), Tennessee Valley Authority withdrew its
license amendment application.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 30th day of June 2016.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Tracy Orf,
Acting Chief, Plant Licensing Branch II-2, Division of Operating
Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2016-16105 Filed 7-6-16; 8:45 am]
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