[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 189 (Monday, September 30, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 51644]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-21110]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-456 and 50-457; NRC-2018-0277]


Exelon Generation Company, LLC; Braidwood Station Units 1 and 2

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 Exelon Generation Company, LLC to withdraw its application 
dated July 19, 2018, as supplemented by letters dated October 19, 2018 
and May 30, 2019, for proposed amendments to Renewed Facility Operating 
License Nos. NPF-72 and NPF-77. The proposed amendment would have 
modified the renewed facility operating licenses to utilize TVEL TVS-K 
lead test assemblies.

DATES: September 30, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2018-0277 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-2018-0277. Address 
questions about NRC dockets 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 (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: Joel S. Wiebe, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-6606, email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC has granted the request of Exelon 
Generation Company, LLC (the licensee) to withdraw its July 19, 2018, 
application (ADAMS Accession No. ML18204A169), as supplemented by 
letters dated October 19, 2018 (ADAMS Accession No. ML18296A288), and 
May 30, 2019 (ADAMS Accession No. Ml19150A428), for proposed amendments 
to Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-72 and NPF-77 for the 
Braidwood Station, Units 1 and 2, located in Dewitt County, Illinois.
    The proposed amendments would have added new License Conditions to 
Appendix C, ``Additional Conditions,'' of the Braidwood Station Renewed 
Operating Licenses for Units 1 and 2, that authorize the use of up to 
eight Joint Stock Company TVEL (Fuel Company of Rosatom) TVS-K lead 
test assemblies in non-limiting reactor core locations for operation 
and evaluation.
    The NRC's initial proposed finding of no significant hazards 
consideration was published in the Federal Register dated January 8, 
2019 (84 FR 91).

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 25th day of September, 2019.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Joel S. Wiebe,
Senior Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch III, Division of 
Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2019-21110 Filed 9-27-19; 8:45 am]
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