[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 187 (Wednesday, September 26, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48657-48658]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-20933]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-331; NRC-2018-0045]


NexEra Energy Duane Arnold, LLC: Duane Arnold Energy Center

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 NextEra Energy Duane Arnold, LLC (NextEra) to withdraw its 
application dated December 19, 2017, for a proposed amendment to Duane 
Arnold Energy Center (DAEC), Facility Operating License No. DPR-49. The 
proposed change would have added Technical Specifications (TS) 3.2.3, 
``Linear Heat Generation Rate (LHGR),'' and modified TS 1.1, 
``Definitions,'' TS 3.4.1, ``Recirculation Loops Operating,'' and TS 
5.6.5, ``Core Operating Limits Report (COLR)'' to reflect the LHGR 
change. Modifications associated with TS 3.2.1, ``Average Planar Linear 
Heat Generation Rate (APLHGR),'' and the new TS 3.2.3 would also have 
been added to the actions for TS 3.3.4.1, ``End of Cycle Recirculation 
Pump Trip (EOC-RPT) Instrumentation,'' and TS 3.7.7, ``The Main Turbine 
Bypass System.'' Subsequently, by letter dated August 21, 2018, NextEra 
withdrew the amendment request.

DATES: The applicable date of the withdrawal of the license amendment 
application is September 26, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2018-0045 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 Website: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2018-0045. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Jennifer Borges; telephone: 301-287-
9127; 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 ``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: Mahesh Chawla, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington DC 
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-8371: email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC has granted the request of NextEra 
to withdraw its December 19, 2017 (ADAMS Accession No. ML17353A928), 
application for proposed amendment to DAEC, Facility Operating License 
No. DPR-49, located in Linn County, Iowa.
    The proposed change would have added TS 3.2.3, ``Linear Heat 
Generation Rate (LHGR),'' and modified TS 1.1, ``Definitions,'' TS 
3.4.1, ``Recirculation Loops Operating,'' and TS 5.6.5, ``Core 
Operating Limits Report (COLR)'' to reflect the LHGR change. 
Modifications associated with TS 3.2.1, ``Average Planar Linear Heat 
Generation Rate (APLHGR),'' and the new TS 3.2.3 would also have been 
added to the actions for TS 3.3.4.1, ``End of Cycle Recirculation Pump 
Trip (EOC-RPT) Instrumentation,'' and TS 3.7.7, ``The Main Turbine 
Bypass System.''
    The Commission had previously issued a notice of consideration of 
issuance of amendment published in the Federal Register on March 13, 
2018 (83 FR 10920). However, by letter dated August 21, 2018, the 
licensee withdrew the proposed change (ADAMS Accession No. 
ML18233A333).
    For further details with respect to this action, see the 
application for amendment dated December 19, 2017, and the licensee's 
letter dated August 21, 2018, which withdrew the application for 
license amendment.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 21st day of September, 2018.


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    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Mahesh L. Chawla,
Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch Ill, Division of Operating 
Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2018-20933 Filed 9-25-18; 8:45 am]
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