[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 119 (Thursday, June 22, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28533-28534]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-13052]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50-250, 50-260, and 50-296; NRC-2015-0288]
Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Units 1, 2, and 3
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 (TVA, the licensee) to
withdraw its license amendment request (LAR) dated September 16, 2015,
as supplemented by letters dated April 15, April 29, May 11, May 25,
June 16, August 24, and September 15, 2016, for a proposed amendment to
Renewed Facility Operating License (RFOL) Nos. DPR-33, DPR-52, and DPR-
68, for the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant (BFN), Units 1, 2, and 3. The
proposed amendment would have revised the BFN, Units 1 and 2 Technical
Specifications (TSs) by adding a new specification governing the safety
functions for the emergency core cooling system preferred pump logic,
common accident signal logic, and the unit priority re-trip logic. In
addition, the LAR relocated the BFN, Unit 3, requirements for common
accident signal logic and unit priority re-trip logic to a new
specification governing the safety functions for the common accident
signal logic and the unit priority re-trip logic for consistency with
the changes to the BFN, Units 1 and 2, TSs.
DATES: June 22, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2015-0288 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-2015-0288. 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
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INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Farideh Saba, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington DC
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-1447; email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC has granted the request of the TVA
to withdraw its September 16, 2015, application for the proposed
amendment to RFOLs for Browns Ferry, located in Limestone County, AL.
By letter dated September 16, 2015 (ADAMS Accession No.
ML15260B125), as supplemented by letters dated April 15, April 29, May
11, May 25, June 16, August 24, and September 15, 2016 (ADAMS Accession
Nos. ML16106A323, ML16123A071, ML16133A566, ML16146A725, ML16169A179,
ML16237A418, and ML16260A098, respectively), TVA submitted a LAR to the
BFN, Units 1, 2, and 3, Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-33,
DPR-52, and DPR-68, respectively. The proposed amendment would revise
the BFN, Units 1 and 2, TSs by adding a new specification governing the
safety functions for the emergency core cooling system preferred pump
logic, common accident signal logic, and the unit priority re-trip
logic. In addition, the LAR would relocate the BFN, Unit 3,
requirements for common accident signal logic and unit priority re-trip
logic to a new specification governing the safety functions for the
common accident signal logic and the unit priority re-trip logic for
consistency with the changes to the TSs for BFN, Units 1 and 2.
The NRC published a biweekly notice in the Federal Register on
January 5, 2016 (81 FR 265), that gave notice that this proposed
amendment was under consideration by the NRC. However, by letter dated
May 8, 2017 (ADAMS Accession No ML17128A486), the licensee requested to
withdraw the proposed amendment.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 7th day of June 2017.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Farideh E. Saba,
Senior Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch II-2, Division of
Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2017-13052 Filed 6-21-17; 8:45 am]
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