[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 8 (Thursday, January 12, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3812-3814]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-00529]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 52-047; NRC-2016-0119]


Tennessee Valley Authority; Clinch River Nuclear Site

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Early site permit application; acceptance for docketing.

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SUMMARY: On May 12, 2016, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) 
submitted an application to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
(NRC) for an early site permit (ESP) for the Clinch River Nuclear Site 
located in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. A notice of receipt and availability 
of this application was published in the Federal Register on June 23, 
2016. The TVA also provided supplemental information in support of the 
application to the NRC.

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DATES: The NRC received the ESP application on May 12, 2016, and 
docketed it on December 30, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2016-0119 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-2016-0119. 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]. 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, MD 20852.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Allen Fetter, Office of New Reactors, 
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, 
telephone: 301-415-8556, email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction

    Pursuant to Section 103 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as 
amended (AEA), and part 52 of title 10 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations (10 CFR), ``Licenses, Certifications, and Approvals for 
Nuclear Power Plants,'' the applicant, TVA, filed an application with 
the NRC for an ESP in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. In accordance with subpart 
A of 10 CFR part 52, an applicant may seek an ESP separate from the 
filing of an application for a construction permit (CP) or combined 
license (COL) for a nuclear power facility. The ESP process allows 
resolution of issues relating to siting. At any time during the period 
of an ESP (up to 20 years), the permit holder may reference the permit 
in an application for a CP or COL.
    The NRC staff has determined that TVA has submitted information in 
accordance with 10 CFR part 2, ``Agency Rules of Practice and 
Procedure'' and 10 CFR part 52, ``Licenses, Certifications, and 
Approvals for Nuclear Power Plants,'' that is sufficiently complete and 
acceptable for docketing. The docket number for this application is 
``52-047.''

II. Further Information

    The NRC staff will perform a detailed technical review of the 
application, and docketing of the ESP application does not preclude the 
NRC from requesting additional information from the applicant as the 
review proceeds, nor does it predict whether the Commission will grant 
or deny the application. The Commission will receive a report on the 
application from the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards in 
accordance with 10 CFR 52.23. An Atomic Safety and Licensing Board 
Panel will conduct a hearing in accordance with 10 CFR 52.21 and will 
make an initial decision on the issuance of the permit for the 
Commission. If the Commission then finds that the application meets the 
applicable standards of the AEA and the Commission's regulations, and 
that required notifications to other agencies and bodies have been 
made, the Commission will issue an ESP, in the form and containing 
conditions and limitations that the Commission finds appropriate and 
necessary.
    In accordance with 10 CFR part 51, the Commission will also prepare 
an environmental impact statement for the proposed action. Pursuant to 
10 CFR 51.26, and as part of the environmental scoping process, the 
staff intends to hold a public scoping meeting. Detailed information 
regarding this meeting will be included in a future Federal Register 
notice.
    Finally, the Commission will announce, in a Federal Register 
notice, the opportunity to petition for leave to intervene in the 
hearing required for this application by 10 CFR 52.21.

III. Availability of Documents

    The following table indicates the ADAMS accession numbers or Web 
site links where application documents and supplemental information are 
available to interested persons.

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                                                ADAMS  accession No(s).
                Document title                        or Web site
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Application Transmittal letter for ESP for     ML16139A752.
 Clinch River Nuclear Site.
Clinch River Nuclear Site Early Site Permit    ML16144A033.
 Application, Part 1, Administrative
 Information.
Clinch River Nuclear Site Early Site Permit    ML16144A074.
 Application, Part 2, Site Safety Analysis
 Report.
Clinch River Nuclear Site Early Site Permit    ML16144A145.
 Application, Part 3, Environmental Report.
Clinch River Nuclear Site Early Site Permit    ML16144A150.
 Application, Part 5, Emergency Plan.
Clinch River Nuclear Site Early Site Permit    ML16144A151.
 Application, Part 6, Exemptions and
 Departures.
Early Site Permit Application--Clinch River    http://www.nrc.gov/
 Nuclear Site Web site.                         reactors/new-reactors/
                                                esp/clinch-river.html.
Calculation Input and Output Files in Support  ML16180A307.
 of the Clinch River Nuclear Site Early Site
 Permit Application.
Siting Study in Support of the Clinch River    ML16188A075.
 Nuclear Site Early Site Permit Application.
Hydrology Information and Calculation Input    ML16216A115, ML16280A065,
 and Output Files in Support of the Clinch      ML16280A066,
 River Nuclear Site Early Site Permit           ML16344A085.
 Application.
Atmospheric Dispersion Calculation Input and   ML16216A109.
 Output Files in Support of the Clinch River
 Nuclear Site Early Site Permit Application.
Environmental Alternatives Supplemental Items  ML16252A182.
 in Support of the Clinch River Nuclear Site
 Early Site Permit Application.
Geologic and Geotechnical Information in       ML16302A176.
 Support of the Clinch River Nuclear Site
 Early Site Permit Application.
Vibratory Ground Motion Information in         ML16302A445.
 Support of the Clinch River Nuclear Site
 Early Site Permit Application.

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Information on Cumulative Radiological Health  ML16340A259.
 Impacts in Support of the Clinch River
 Nuclear Site Early Site Permit Application.
Meteorological Information in Support of the   ML16340A256.
 Clinch River Nuclear Site Early Site Permit
 Application.
Information on Radiation Protection and        ML16340A258.
 Accident Consequences in Support of the
 Clinch River Nuclear Site Early Site Permit
 Application.
Information on Alternate Cooling Water         ML16344A061.
 Systems in Support of the Clinch River
 Nuclear Site Early Site Permit Application.
Information on Terrestrial Ecology in Support  ML16348A552.
 of the Clinch River Nuclear Site Early Site
 Permit Application.
Information on Stability of Subsurface         ML16350A420.
 Materials and Foundation in Support of the
 Clinch River Nuclear Site Early Site Permit
 Application.
Site Selection Information in Support of the   ML16350A429.
 Clinch River Nuclear Site Early Site Permit
 Application.
Aquatic Ecology Information in Support of the  ML16356A485.
 Clinch River Nuclear Site Early Site Permit
 Application.
Environmental Protection Plan Information in   ML16363A378.
 Support of the Clinch River Nuclear Site
 Early Site Permit Application.
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    The NRC will post other publically available materials related to 
this application in ADAMS and on the NRC's public Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/esp/clinch-river.html.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 5th day of January 2017.

    For The Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Francis M. Akstulewicz,
Director, Division of New Reactor Licensing, Office of New Reactors.
[FR Doc. 2017-00529 Filed 1-11-17; 8:45 am]
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