[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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