[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 152 (Monday, August 8, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 52483]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-18744]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-285; NRC-2016-0040]


Omaha Public Power District; Fort Calhoun Station, Unit No. 1

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 Omaha Public Power District (the licensee) to withdraw 
its license amendment application dated August 31, 2015, as 
supplemented by letters dated December 23, 2015, and June 9, 2016, for 
a proposed amendment to Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-40. 
The proposed amendment would have revised the Fort Calhoun Station, 
Unit No. 1 (FCS), Updated Safety Analysis Report (USAR) to change the 
structural design methodology for Class I structures at FCS to use 
American Concrete Institute ultimate strength requirements, with the 
exception of the containment structure (cylinder, dome, and base mat), 
the spent fuel pool, and the foundation mats.

DATES: The license amendment was withdrawn by the licensee on July 27, 
2016.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2016-0040 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-2016-0040. 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 is available 
in ADAMS) is provided the first time that it is mentioned in 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: Carl F. Lyon, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-2296, email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC has granted the request of the 
licensee to withdraw its August 31, 2015, license amendment application 
(ADAMS Accession No. ML15243A167), as supplemented by letters dated 
December 23, 2015, and June 9, 2016 (ADAMS Accession Nos. ML15363A042 
and ML16165A028, respectively), for a proposed amendment to Renewed 
Facility Operating License No. DPR-40 for the FCS, located in 
Washington County, Nebraska.
    The proposed amendment would have revised the FCS USAR to change 
the structural design methodology for Class I structures at FCS to use 
American Concrete Institute ultimate strength requirements, with the 
exception of the containment structure (cylinder, dome, and base mat), 
the spent fuel pool, and the foundation mats.
    This proposed amendment was noticed in the Federal Register on 
March 1, 2016 (81 FR 10681). By letter dated July 27, 2016 (ADAMS 
Accession No. ML16209A126), the licensee withdrew its license amendment 
application.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 2nd day of August 2016.
    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Carl F. Lyon,
Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch IV-1, Division of Operating 
Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2016-18744 Filed 8-5-16; 8:45 am]
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