[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 51 (Friday, March 15, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9563-9564]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-04821]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-443; NRC-2010-0206]


NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC; Seabrook Station, Unit No. 1

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: License renewal and record of decision; issuance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued 
Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF-86 to NextEra Energy 
Seabrook, LLC (NextEra), Hudson Light & Power Department, Massachusetts 
Municipal Wholesale Electric Company, and Taunton Municipal Lighting 
Plant. Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF-86 authorizes NextEra 
to operate Seabrook Station, Unit No. 1 (Seabrook) at reactor core 
power levels not in excess of 3,648 megawatts thermal, and in 
accordance with the provisions of the Seabrook renewed operating 
license and technical specifications. In addition, the NRC has prepared 
a record of decision (ROD) that supports the agency's decision to issue 
Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF-86 authorizing operations at 
Seabrook for an additional 20 years.

DATES: The NRC issued Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF-86 on 
March 12, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2010-0206 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-2010-0206. Address 
questions about NRC dockets 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.
     NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System 
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the 
ADAMS Public Document collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ``Begin Web-based ADAMS 
Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, 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, MD 20852.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William ``Butch'' Burton, Office of 
Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-6332; email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction

    The NRC hereby gives notice that it has issued Renewed Facility 
Operating License No. NPF-86 to NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC (NextEra), 
Hudson Light & Power Department, Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale 
Electric Company, and Taunton Municipal Lighting Plant. Renewed 
Facility Operating License No. NPF-86 authorizes NextEra to operate 
Seabrook Station, Unit No. 1 (Seabrook) at reactor core power levels 
not in excess of 3,648 megawatts thermal, and in accordance with the 
provisions of the Seabrook renewed operating license and technical 
specifications.
    The NRC ROD that supports the NRC's decision to issue Renewed 
Facility Operating License No. NPF-86 is available in ADAMS under 
Accession No. ML19002A160. The NRC documented its environmental review 
for the license renewal in the ROD and the final supplemental 
environmental impact statement (FSEIS) for the Seabrook license 
renewal, NUREG-1437, Supplement 46, ``Generic Environmental Impact 
Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants Regarding Seabrook 
Station, Final Report,'' dated July 2015 (ADAMS Accession Nos. 
ML15209A575 and ML15209A870). As part of its environmental review, the 
NRC considered a range of reasonable alternatives to license renewal 
that included a natural gas-fired combined-cycle (NGCC) alternative, a 
new nuclear alternative, a combination alternative of NGCC and wind, 
and the no-action alternative. As discussed in Chapter 9, 
``Conclusion,'' of the FSEIS, the NRC has determined that the adverse 
environmental impacts of license renewal for Seabrook are not so great 
that preserving the option of license renewal for energy-planning 
decision makers would be unreasonable. This recommendation is based on: 
(1) The analysis and findings in the generic environmental impact 
statement (NUREG-1437), (2) information provided in the environmental 
report and other documents submitted by NextEra, (3) consultation with 
Federal, State, local, and Tribal agencies, (4) the NRC staff's 
independent environmental review, and (5) consideration of public 
comments received during the scoping process and on the draft 
supplemental environmental impact statement.
    Seabrook is a pressurized-water reactor located approximately 15 
miles (24 km) south of Portsmouth, NH. The Seabrook license renewal 
application, dated May 25, 2010 (ADAMS Package Accession No. 
ML101590094), as supplemented by letters dated through August 29, 2018, 
complies with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act 
of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the NRC's regulations in Chapter I 
of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR). As required by 
the Act and the NRC's regulations, the NRC has made appropriate 
findings, which it has set forth in the renewed license. On July 21, 
2010, the NRC published in the Federal Register a public notice of the 
proposed issuance of the renewed license for Seabrook. This public 
notice also included an opportunity to request a hearing (75 FR 42462). 
No adjudicatory matters are pending before the Commission or the Atomic 
Safety and Licensing Board regarding the Seabrook license renewal 
application.
    For further details with respect to the issuance of the Seabrook 
renewed operating license, see: (1) NextEra's license renewal 
application for Seabrook dated May 25, 2010 (ADAMS

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Package Accession No. ML101590094), as supplemented by letters through 
August 29, 2018 (see Appendix B of the NRC's safety evaluation report 
for the listing of the correspondence between the NRC and NextEra), (2) 
the NRC's safety evaluation report published on January 2, 2019 (ADAMS 
Accession No. ML18362A370), (3) the NRC's final supplemental 
environmental impact statement (NUREG-1437, Supplement 46) for Seabrook 
license renewal published in July 2015 (ADAMS Accession Nos. 
ML15209A575 and ML15209A870), and (4) the NRC's record of decision 
(ADAMS Accession No. ML19002A160).

II. Conclusion

    The NRC has determined that NextEra's license renewal application 
for Seabrook dated May 25, 2010, as supplemented by letters through 
August 29, 2018, complies with the standards and requirements of the 
Act, and the NRC's regulations in 10 CFR. As required by the Act and 
the NRC's regulations, the NRC has made appropriate findings, which are 
set forth in the renewed license and the ROD. Accordingly, the NRC has 
issued Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF-86, authorizing 
operation of Seabrook through March 15, 2050.

    Dated at Rockville, MD, on March 12, 2019.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Joseph E. Donoghue,
Acting Director, Division of Materials and License Renewal, Office of 
Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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