[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 21 (Thursday, January 31, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 821]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-00390]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-382; NRC-2018-0021]


Entergy Operations, Inc.; Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 
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 Entergy Operations, Inc. (Entergy, the licensee), to 
withdraw its application dated December 6, 2017, as supplemented by 
letter dated June 29, 2018, for a proposed amendment to the Waterford 
Steam Electric Station, Unit 3 (Waterford 3), Facility Operating 
License No. 50-382. The proposed amendment would have revised the 
Waterford 3 Technical Specifications (TS) 3/4.3.2 Table 4.3-2, 
``Engineered Safety Features Actuation System [ESFAS] Instrumentation 
Surveillance Requirements.'' Specifically, the proposed amendment would 
have removed Note 3 of the table, the exemption from testing ESFAS 
relays K114, K305, and K313 at power.

DATES: January 31, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2018-0021 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-2018-0021. Address 
questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Krupskaya Castellon; 
telephone: 301-287-9221; email: [email protected]. For 
technical questions, contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document.
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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: April L. Pulvirenti, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-1390, email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC has granted the request of Entergy 
to withdraw its application dated December 6, 2017 (ADAMS Accession No. 
ML17340B321), as supplemented by letter dated June 29, 2018 (ADAMS 
Accession No. ML18180A271), for a proposed amendment to Facility 
Operating License No. NPF-38 for the Waterford Steam Electric Station, 
Unit 3, located in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana.
    The proposed amendment would have revised TS 3/4.3.2 Table 4.3-2, 
``Engineered Safety Features Actuation System Instrumentation 
Surveillance Requirements.'' The amendment would have removed from Note 
3 of the table, the exemption from testing ESFAS relays K114, K305, and 
K313 at power. Implementation of the amendment would have required a 
modification to plant circuitry to allow testing for these relays while 
at power.
    The Commission has previously issued a proposed finding that the 
amendment involves no significant hazards consideration published in 
the Federal Register on February 13, 2018 (83 FR 6222). However, by 
letter dated December 20, 2018 (ADAMS Accession No. ML18354B283), the 
licensee requested to withdraw the proposed amendment.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 24th day of January 2019.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
April L Pulvirenti,
Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch IV, Division of Operator 
Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2019-00390 Filed 1-30-19; 8:45 am]
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