[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 237 (Tuesday, December 10, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67482-67483]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-26500]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50-250 and 50-251; NRC-2018-0101]


Florida Power & Light Company; Turkey Point Nuclear Generating 
Unit Nos. 3 and 4

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Subsequent License Renewal and record of decision.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued 
Subsequent Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-31 and DPR-41 to 
Florida Power & Light Company (FPL or licensee), operator of the Turkey 
Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 3 and 4 (Turkey Point). The NRC has 
prepared a record of decision (ROD) that supports the NRC's decision to 
issue Subsequent Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-31 and 
DPR-41.

DATES: The Subsequent Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-31 
and DPR-41 were issued on December 4, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2018-0101 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-2018-0101. Address 
questions about NRC dockets 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 access 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: William Burton, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-6332, email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that the NRC has 
issued Subsequent Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-31 and 
DPR-41 to Florida Power & Light Company (FPL or licensee), the operator 
of Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 3 and 4 (Turkey Point). 
Subsequent Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-31 authorizes 
operation of Turkey Point Unit 3 through July 19, 2052, by the licensee 
at reactor core power levels not in excess of 2,644 megawatts thermal, 
in accordance with the provisions of the Turkey Point 3 operating 
license and technical specifications. Subsequent Renewed Facility 
Operating License No. DPR-41 authorizes operation of Turkey Point Unit 
4 through April 10, 2053, by the licensee at reactor core power levels 
not in excess of 2,644 megawatts thermal, in accordance with the 
provisions of the Turkey Point 4 operating license and technical 
specifications. The NRC's ROD that

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supports the NRC's decision to issue Subsequent Renewed Facility 
Operating License Nos. DPR-31 and DPR-41 is available in ADAMS under 
Accession No. ML19309F859.
    As discussed in the ROD and the final supplemental environmental 
impact statement (FSEIS) for Turkey Point, entitled Supplement 5, 
Second Renewal, to NUREG-1437, ``Generic Environmental Impact Statement 
for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants Regarding Subsequent License 
Renewal for Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 3 and 4, Final 
Report,'' dated October 2019 (ADAMS Accession No. ML19290H346), the NRC 
has considered the reasonably foreseeable impacts of subsequent license 
renewal for Turkey Point Units 3 and 4, as well as a range of 
reasonable alternatives that included natural gas combined-cycle 
(NGCC); NGCC and solar photovoltaic combination; new nuclear; and the 
no-action alternative. In addition, the staff evaluated the use of 
mechanical draft cooling towers as a cooling water system alternative 
to the existing Cooling Canal System (CCS). This analysis compared the 
environmental impacts of the closed-cycle cooling system approach with 
the existing CCS. The FSEIS documents the environmental review, 
including the determination that the adverse environmental impacts of 
subsequent license renewal for Turkey Point are not so great that 
preserving the option of subsequent license renewal for energy-planning 
decisionmakers would be unreasonable.
    The Turkey Point nuclear units are located in Miami-Dade County, 
east of Florida City, Florida. Each unit consists of a Westinghouse 
pressurized-water reactor nuclear steam supply system. The application 
for the subsequent renewed licenses dated January 30, 2018 (ADAMS 
Package Accession No. ML18037A812), as supplemented by letters dated 
February 9, 2018 (ADAMS Accession No. ML18044A653); February 16, 2018 
(ADAMS Package Accession No. ML18053A123); March 1, 2018 (ADAMS Package 
Accession No. ML18072A224); and April 10, 2018 (ADAMS Accession No. 
ML18102A521 and ADAMS Package Accession No. ML18113A132). The NRC staff 
has determined that the application, as supplemented, complies with the 
standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended 
(the Act), and the NRC's regulations. As required by the Act and the 
NRC's regulations in chapter 1 of title 10 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations (10 CFR), the NRC has made appropriate findings, which are 
set forth in the license.
    A public notice of the NRC's consideration of the subsequent 
renewed license application and an opportunity for a hearing was 
published in the Federal Register on May 2, 2018 (83 FR 19304). 
Requests for hearing were filed, and an adjudicatory proceeding was 
then initiated. All contested issues were subsequently decided by an 
NRC Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (Board) and proceedings before 
the Board have terminated; appeals from the Board's decisions are 
pending before the Commission. The ASLB's decisions have not been 
stayed pending Commission review, and issuance of the subsequent 
renewed licenses is therefore permissible. The NRC staff has determined 
that issuance of the subsequent renewed licenses prior to Commission 
action on the pending appeals would not foreclose or prejudice any 
action by the Commission.
    For further details with respect to this action, see: (1) FPL's 
subsequent license renewal application for Turkey Point Units 3 and 4, 
dated January 30, 2018 (ADAMS Package Accession No. ML18037A812), and 
the above cited supplements; (2) the NRC's safety evaluation report 
published on July 22, 2019 (ADAMS Accession No. ML19191A057); (3) the 
NRC's final environmental impact statement (NUREG-1437, Supplement 5, 
Second Renewal) for Turkey Point Units 3 and 4, dated on October 2019 
(ADAMS Accession No. ML19290H346); and (4) the NRC's ROD, issued on 
December 4, 2019 (ADAMS Accession No. ML19309F859).

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 4th day of December 2019.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Anna H. Bradford,
Director, Division of New and Renewed Licenses, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2019-26500 Filed 12-9-19; 8:45 am]
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