[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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