[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 196 (Wednesday, October 10, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50964-50965]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-21913]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-331; NRC-2018-0116]


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 15, 2017, for a proposed amendment to Duane 
Arnold Energy Center (DAEC), Renewed Facility Operating License No. 
DPR-49. The proposed change would have modified Technical 
Specifications (TS) 3.6.1.7, ``Suppression Chamber-to-Drywell Vacuum 
Breakers,'' by revising the required number of operable vacuum breakers 
for opening from six to five. Subsequently, by letter dated August 30, 
2018, NextEra withdrew the amendment request.

DATES: The effective date of the withdrawal of the license amendment 
application is October 10, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2018-0116 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-2018-0116. 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

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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 
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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 15, 2017 (ADAMS Accession No. ML17352A335), 
application for proposed amendment to DAEC, Renewed Facility Operating 
License No. DPR-49, located in Linn County, Iowa.
    The proposed change would have modified Technical Specifications 
(TS) 3.6.1.7, ``Suppression Chamber-to-Drywell Vacuum Breakers,'' by 
revising the required number of operable vacuum breakers for opening 
from six to five.
    The Commission had previously issued a notice of consideration of 
issuance of amendment published in the Federal Register on July 3, 2018 
(83 FR 31194). However, by letter dated August 30, 2018, the licensee 
withdrew the proposed change (ADAMS Accession No. ML18242A510).
    For further details with respect to this action, see the 
application for amendment dated December 15, 2017, and the licensee's 
letter dated August 30, 2018, which withdrew the application for 
license amendment.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 3rd day of October 2018.

    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. 2018-21913 Filed 10-9-18; 8:45 am]
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