[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 154 (Friday, August 9, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 39380]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-17067]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-346; NRC-2019-0028]


FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company; Davis-Besse Nuclear Power 
Station, Unit No. 1

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 FirstEnergy Solutions Corp. (FES) to withdraw the 
FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC, the licensee) application 
dated October 22, 2018, for a proposed amendment to Renewed Facility 
Operating License No. NPF-3. The proposed amendment would have made 
changes to the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station (DBNPS), Unit No. 1, 
technical specifications (TS) to permit certain changes in plant 
operations when the plant is permanently defueled.

DATES: The withdrawal of the proposed amendment takes effect on August 
9, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2019-0028 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 https://www.regulations.gov/ and search for Docket ID NRC-2019-0028. Address 
questions about NRC docket IDs in Regulations.gov 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 https://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 in this document (if that document is available in 
ADAMS) is provided the first time that a document is referenced.
     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: Blake A. Purnell, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington DC 
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-1380, email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC has granted the request of FES to 
withdraw the FENOC application dated October 22, 2018 (ADAMS Accession 
No. ML18295A289), as supplemented by letter dated February 27, 2019 
(ADAMS Accession No. ML19058A328), for a proposed amendment to Renewed 
Facility Operating License No. NPF-3 for the DBNPS located in Ottawa 
County, Ohio. FES is the parent company of FirstEnergy Nuclear 
Generation, LLC, which owns DBNPS. The proposed amendment would have 
changed the DBNPS TS to permit changes in plant operations when the 
plant is permanently defueled. Specifically, the licensee proposed to 
revise the TS to support the implementation of the certified fuel 
handler and non-certified operator positions. In addition, certain 
organization, staffing, and training requirements in the TS would have 
been revised. The proposed amendment would have also made other 
administrative changes.
    The Commission previously issued a proposed finding that the 
amendment involves no significant hazards consideration published in 
the Federal Register on January 30, 2019 (84 FR 494). However, by 
letter dated July 26, 2019 (ADAMS Accession No. ML19207A097), FES 
requested to withdraw the proposed amendment.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 6th day of August, 2019.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Blake A. Purnell,
Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch III, Division of Operating 
Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2019-17067 Filed 8-8-19; 8:45 am]
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