[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 3, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 144-145]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-31814]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 52-018 and 52-019; NRC-2008-0170]


Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC; William States Lee III Nuclear 
Station Units 1 and 2

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Combined licenses and record of decision; issuance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued 
combined licenses (Nos. NPF-101 and NPF-102) to Duke Energy Carolinas, 
LLC (DEC) William States Lee III Nuclear Station Units 1 and 2. In 
addition, the NRC has prepared a Summary Record of Decision (ROD) that 
supports the NRC's decision to issue the above-named combined licenses.

DATES: Combined licenses NPF-101 and NPF-102 became effective on 
December 19, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2008-0170 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-2008-0170. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact 
the individuals 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 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: Brian Hughes, telephone: 301- 415-
6582, email: [email protected] regarding safety matters; or Patricia 
Vokoun, telephone: 301-415-3470, email: [email protected] 
regarding environmental matters. Both are staff of the Office of New 
Reactors, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington DC 20555-0001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction

    Under section 2.106 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations 
(10 CFR), the NRC is providing notice of the issuance of combined 
licenses NPF-101 and NPF-102 to DEC, and under 10 CFR 50.102(c), the 
NRC is providing notice of the Commission's Memorandum and Order 
documenting its final decision on the uncontested hearing, which serves 
as the ROD in this proceeding. With respect to the application for 
combined licenses filed by DEC, the NRC finds that the applicable 
standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as 
amended, (AEA) and the Commission's regulations have been met. The NRC 
finds that any required notifications to other agencies or bodies have 
been duly made and that there is reasonable assurance that the 
facilities will be constructed and will operate in conformity with the 
license, the provisions of the AEA, and the Commission's regulations. 
Furthermore, the NRC finds that DEC is technically and financially 
qualified to engage in the activities authorized, and that issuance of 
the licenses will not be inimical to the common defense and security or 
to the health and safety of the public. Finally, the NRC has determined 
that the findings required by subpart A of 10 CFR part 51 have been 
made.
    Accordingly, the combined licenses were issued on December 19, 
2016, and became effective immediately.

II. Further Information

    The NRC has prepared a Final Safety Evaluation Report (FSER) and 
Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) that document the 
information reviewed and the NRC's conclusion. The Commission has also 
issued its Memorandum and Order documenting its final decision on the 
uncontested hearing held on October 5, 2016, which serves as the ROD in 
this proceeding. The NRC also prepared a document summarizing the ROD 
to accompany its actions on the combined license application; this 
``Summary ROD'' incorporates by reference materials contained in the 
FEIS. The FSER, FEIS, Summary ROD, and accompanying documentation 
included in the combined license package, as well as the Commission's 
hearing decision and ROD, are available online in the ADAMS Public 
Document collection at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. From 
this site, persons can access the NRC's ADAMS, which provides text and 
image files of NRC's public documents.
    The ADAMS accession numbers for the documents related to this 
notice are listed below.

III. 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 combined license 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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             Document                       Adams Accession No.
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Final Safety Evaluation Report     ML16160A414
 for Combined Licenses for Lee
 Units 1 and 2.
Reader's Guide...................  ML13352A015
Final Environmental Impact         ML13340A005 (Volume 1)
 Statement for Combined Licenses   ML13340A006 (Volume 2)
 for Lee Units 1 and 2.            ML13340A007 (Volume 3)
Commission's Memorandum and Order  ML16350A070
 on the uncontested hearing
 (Record of Decision).
Summary Record of Decision.......  ML16277A243
Letter transmitting Combined       ML16354A256
 Licenses Nos. NPF-101 and NPF-
 102 and accompanying
 documentation.

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Combined Licenses Nos. NPF-101     ML16333A329 (Unit 1)
 and NPF-102.                      ML16333A331 (Unit 2)
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    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 22nd day of December 2016.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Francis M. Akstulewicz,
Director, Division of New Reactor Licensing, Office of New Reactors.
[FR Doc. 2016-31814 Filed 12-30-16; 8:45 am]
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