[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 37 (Tuesday, February 25, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10730-10738]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-03493]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2020-0053]
Biweekly Notice; Applications and Amendments to Facility
Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant
Hazards Considerations
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Biweekly notice.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 189.a.(2) of the Atomic Energy Act of
1954, as amended (the Act), the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(NRC) is publishing this regular biweekly notice. The Act requires the
Commission to publish notice of any amendments issued, or proposed to
be issued, and grants the Commission the authority to issue and make
immediately effective any amendment to an operating license or combined
license, as applicable, upon a determination by the Commission that
such amendment involves no significant hazards consideration,
notwithstanding the pendency before the Commission of a request for a
hearing from any person. This biweekly notice includes all amendments
issued, or proposed to be issued, from January 28, 2020, to February
10, 2020. The last biweekly notice was published on February 11, 2020.
DATES: Comments must be filed by March 26, 2020. A request for a
hearing or petitions for leave to intervene must be filed by April 27,
2020.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods
(unless this document describes a different method for submitting
comments on a specific subject):
Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2020-0053. 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.
Mail comments to: Office of Administration, Mail Stop:
TWFN-7-A60M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001, ATTN: Program Management, Announcements and Editing Staff.
For additional direction on obtaining information and submitting
comments, see ``Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments'' in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shirley Rohrer, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, 301-415-5411, email: [email protected], U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington DC 20555-0001.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2020-0053, facility name, unit
number(s), docket number(s), application date, and subject when
contacting the NRC about the availability of information for this
action. You may obtain publicly-available information related to this
action by any of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2020-0053.
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.
B. Submitting Comments
Please include Docket ID NRC-2020-0053, facility name, unit
number(s), docket number(s), application date, and subject in your
comment submission.
The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact
information that you do not want to be publicly disclosed in your
comment submission. The NRC will post all comment submissions at
https://www.regulations.gov as well as enter the comment submissions
into ADAMS. The NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to
remove identifying or contact information.
If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons
for submission to the NRC, then you should inform those persons not to
include identifying or contact information that they do not want to be
publicly disclosed in their comment submission. Your request should
state that the NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to
remove such information before making the comment submissions available
to the public or entering the comment into ADAMS.
II. Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendments to Facility
Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses and Proposed No Significant
Hazards Consideration Determination
For the facility-specific amendment requests shown below, the
Commission finds that the licensee's analyses provided, consistent with
title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Section 50.91 is
sufficient to support the proposed determination that these amendment
requests involve NSHC. Under the Commission's regulations in 10 CFR
50.92, operation of the facility in accordance with the proposed
amendment would not (1) involve a significant increase in the
probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated, or (2)
create the possibility of a new or different kind of accident from any
accident previously evaluated; or (3) involve a significant reduction
in a margin of safety.
The Commission is seeking public comments on this proposed
determination. Any comments received within 30 days after the date of
publication of this notice will be considered in making any final
determination.
Normally, the Commission will not issue the amendment until the
[[Page 10731]]
expiration of 60 days after the date of publication of this notice. The
Commission may issue the license amendment before expiration of the 60-
day period provided that its final determination is that the amendment
involves NSHC. In addition, the Commission may issue the amendment
prior to the expiration of the 30-day comment period if circumstances
change during the 30-day comment period such that failure to act in a
timely way would result, for example in derating or shutdown of the
facility. If the Commission takes action prior to the expiration of
either the comment period or the notice period, it will publish in the
Federal Register a notice of issuance. If the Commission makes a final
NSHC determination, any hearing will take place after issuance. The
Commission expects that the need to take action on an amendment before
60 days have elapsed will occur very infrequently.
A. Opportunity To Request a Hearing and Petition for Leave To Intervene
Within 60 days after the date of publication of this notice, any
persons (petitioner) whose interest may be affected by this action may
file a request for a hearing and petition for leave to intervene
(petition) with respect to the action. Petitions shall be filed in
accordance with the Commission's ``Agency Rules of Practice and
Procedure'' in 10 CFR part 2. Interested persons should consult a
current copy of 10 CFR 2.309. The NRC's regulations are accessible
electronically from the NRC Library on the NRC's website at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/cfr/. Alternatively, a copy of
the regulations is available at the NRC's Public Document Room, located
at One White Flint North, Room O1-F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first
floor), Rockville, Maryland 20852. If a petition is filed, the
Commission or a presiding officer will rule on the petition and, if
appropriate, a notice of a hearing will be issued.
As required by 10 CFR 2.309(d) the petition should specifically
explain the reasons why intervention should be permitted with
particular reference to the following general requirements for
standing: (1) The name, address, and telephone number of the
petitioner; (2) the nature of the petitioner's right under the Act to
be made a party to the proceeding; (3) the nature and extent of the
petitioner's property, financial, or other interest in the proceeding;
and (4) the possible effect of any decision or order which may be
entered in the proceeding on the petitioner's interest.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.309(f), the petition must also set
forth the specific contentions which the petitioner seeks to have
litigated in the proceeding. Each contention must consist of a specific
statement of the issue of law or fact to be raised or controverted. In
addition, the petitioner must provide a brief explanation of the bases
for the contention and a concise statement of the alleged facts or
expert opinion which support the contention and on which the petitioner
intends to rely in proving the contention at the hearing. The
petitioner must also provide references to the specific sources and
documents on which the petitioner intends to rely to support its
position on the issue. The petition must include sufficient information
to show that a genuine dispute exists with the applicant or licensee on
a material issue of law or fact. Contentions must be limited to matters
within the scope of the proceeding. The contention must be one which,
if proven, would entitle the petitioner to relief. A petitioner who
fails to satisfy the requirements at 10 CFR 2.309(f) with respect to at
least one contention will not be permitted to participate as a party.
Those permitted to intervene become parties to the proceeding,
subject to any limitations in the order granting leave to intervene.
Parties have the opportunity to participate fully in the conduct of the
hearing with respect to resolution of that party's admitted
contentions, including the opportunity to present evidence, consistent
with the NRC's regulations, policies, and procedures.
Petitions must be filed no later than 60 days from the date of
publication of this notice. Petitions and motions for leave to file new
or amended contentions that are filed after the deadline will not be
entertained absent a determination by the presiding officer that the
filing demonstrates good cause by satisfying the three factors in 10
CFR 2.309(c)(1)(i) through (iii). The petition must be filed in
accordance with the filing instructions in the ``Electronic Submissions
(E-Filing)'' section of this document.
If a hearing is requested, and the Commission has not made a final
determination on the issue of no significant hazards consideration, the
Commission will make a final determination on the issue of no
significant hazards consideration. The final determination will serve
to establish when the hearing is held. If the final determination is
that the amendment request involves no significant hazards
consideration, the Commission may issue the amendment and make it
immediately effective, notwithstanding the request for a hearing. Any
hearing would take place after issuance of the amendment. If the final
determination is that the amendment request involves a significant
hazards consideration, then any hearing held would take place before
the issuance of the amendment unless the Commission finds an imminent
danger to the health or safety of the public, in which case it will
issue an appropriate order or rule under 10 CFR part 2.
A State, local governmental body, Federally-recognized Indian
Tribe, or agency thereof, may submit a petition to the Commission to
participate as a party under 10 CFR 2.309(h)(1). The petition should
state the nature and extent of the petitioner's interest in the
proceeding. The petition should be submitted to the Commission no later
than 60 days from the date of publication of this notice. The petition
must be filed in accordance with the filing instructions in the
``Electronic Submissions (E-Filing)'' section of this document, and
should meet the requirements for petitions set forth in this section,
except that under 10 CFR 2.309(h)(2) a State, local governmental body,
or Federally-recognized Indian Tribe, or agency thereof does not need
to address the standing requirements in 10 CFR 2.309(d) if the facility
is located within its boundaries. Alternatively, a State, local
governmental body, Federally-recognized Indian Tribe, or agency thereof
may participate as a non-party under 10 CFR 2.315(c).
If a hearing is granted, any person who is not a party to the
proceeding and is not affiliated with or represented by a party may, at
the discretion of the presiding officer, be permitted to make a limited
appearance pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.315(a). A person
making a limited appearance may make an oral or written statement of
his or her position on the issues but may not otherwise participate in
the proceeding. A limited appearance may be made at any session of the
hearing or at any prehearing conference, subject to the limits and
conditions as may be imposed by the presiding officer. Details
regarding the opportunity to make a limited appearance will be provided
by the presiding officer if such sessions are scheduled.
B. Electronic Submissions (E-Filing)
All documents filed in NRC adjudicatory proceedings, including a
request for hearing and petition for leave to intervene (petition), any
motion or other document filed in the proceeding prior to the
submission of a request for hearing or petition to
[[Page 10732]]
intervene, and documents filed by interested governmental entities that
request to participate under 10 CFR 2.315(c), must be filed in
accordance with the NRC's E-Filing rule (72 FR 49139; August 28, 2007,
as amended at 77 FR 46562; August 3, 2012). The E-Filing process
requires participants to submit and serve all adjudicatory documents
over the internet, or in some cases to mail copies on electronic
storage media. Detailed guidance on making electronic submissions may
be found in the Guidance for Electronic Submissions to the NRC and on
the NRC website at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html.
Participants may not submit paper copies of their filings unless they
seek an exemption in accordance with the procedures described below.
To comply with the procedural requirements of E-Filing, at least 10
days prior to the filing deadline, the participant should contact the
Office of the Secretary by email at [email protected], or by
telephone at 301-415-1677, to (1) request a digital identification (ID)
certificate, which allows the participant (or its counsel or
representative) to digitally sign submissions and access the E-Filing
system for any proceeding in which it is participating; and (2) advise
the Secretary that the participant will be submitting a petition or
other adjudicatory document (even in instances in which the
participant, or its counsel or representative, already holds an NRC-
issued digital ID certificate). Based upon this information, the
Secretary will establish an electronic docket for the hearing in this
proceeding if the Secretary has not already established an electronic
docket.
Information about applying for a digital ID certificate is
available on the NRC's public website at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals/getting-started.html. Once a participant has obtained a
digital ID certificate and a docket has been created, the participant
can then submit adjudicatory documents. Submissions must be in Portable
Document Format (PDF). Additional guidance on PDF submissions is
available on the NRC's public website at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/electronic-sub-ref-mat.html. A filing is considered complete at the
time the document is submitted through the NRC's E-Filing system. To be
timely, an electronic filing must be submitted to the E-Filing system
no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date. Upon receipt of
a transmission, the E-Filing system time-stamps the document and sends
the submitter an email notice confirming receipt of the document. The
E-Filing system also distributes an email notice that provides access
to the document to the NRC's Office of the General Counsel and any
others who have advised the Office of the Secretary that they wish to
participate in the proceeding, so that the filer need not serve the
document on those participants separately. Therefore, applicants and
other participants (or their counsel or representative) must apply for
and receive a digital ID certificate before adjudicatory documents are
filed so that they can obtain access to the documents via the E-Filing
system.
A person filing electronically using the NRC's adjudicatory E-
Filing system may seek assistance by contacting the NRC's Electronic
Filing Help Desk through the ``Contact Us'' link located on the NRC's
public website at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html, by
email to [email protected], or by a toll-free call at 1-866-672-
7640. The NRC Electronic Filing Help Desk is available between 9 a.m.
and 6 p.m., Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, excluding government
holidays.
Participants who believe that they have a good cause for not
submitting documents electronically must file an exemption request, in
accordance with 10 CFR 2.302(g), with their initial paper filing
stating why there is good cause for not filing electronically and
requesting authorization to continue to submit documents in paper
format. Such filings must be submitted by: (1) First class mail
addressed to the Office of the Secretary of the Commission, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, Attention:
Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff; or (2) courier, express mail, or
expedited delivery service to the Office of the Secretary, 11555
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852, Attention: Rulemaking and
Adjudications Staff. Participants filing adjudicatory documents in this
manner are responsible for serving the document on all other
participants. Filing is considered complete by first-class mail as of
the time of deposit in the mail, or by courier, express mail, or
expedited delivery service upon depositing the document with the
provider of the service. A presiding officer, having granted an
exemption request from using E-Filing, may require a participant or
party to use E-Filing if the presiding officer subsequently determines
that the reason for granting the exemption from use of E-Filing no
longer exists.
Documents submitted in adjudicatory proceedings will appear in the
NRC's electronic hearing docket which is available to the public at
https://adams.nrc.gov/ehd, unless excluded pursuant to an order of the
Commission or the presiding officer. If you do not have an NRC-issued
digital ID certificate as described above, click ``cancel'' when the
link requests certificates and you will be automatically directed to
the NRC's electronic hearing dockets where you will be able to access
any publicly available documents in a particular hearing docket.
Participants are requested not to include personal privacy information,
such as social security numbers, home addresses, or personal phone
numbers in their filings, unless an NRC regulation or other law
requires submission of such information. For example, in some
instances, individuals provide home addresses in order to demonstrate
proximity to a facility or site. With respect to copyrighted works,
except for limited excerpts that serve the purpose of the adjudicatory
filings and would constitute a Fair Use application, participants are
requested not to include copyrighted materials in their submission.
The table below provides the plant name, docket number, date of
application, ADAMS accession number, and location in the application of
the licensee's proposed NSHC determination. For further details with
respect to these license amendment applications, see the application
for amendment which is available for public inspection in ADAMS and at
the NRC's PDR. For additional direction on accessing information
related to this document, see the ``Obtaining Information and
Submitting Comments'' section of this document.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Entergy Operations, Inc.; Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 2; Pope County, AR
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Application Date............. December 18, 2019.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML19352F266.
Location in Application of Pages 18-19 of the Enclosure.
NSHC.
[[Page 10733]]
Brief Description of The proposed amendment would modify the
Amendments. individual and average control element
assembly (CEA) drop times established in
Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 2 Technical
Specification 3.1.3.4, ``CEA Drop
Time.''
Proposed Determination....... NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Anna Vinson Jones, Senior Counsel,
Licensee, Mailing Address. Entergy Services, Inc., 101 Constitution
Avenue NW, Suite 200 East, Washington,
DC 20001.
Docket Nos................... 50-368.
NRC Project Manager, Thomas Wengert, 301-415-4037.
Telephone Number.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Entergy Operations, Inc.; Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 2; Pope County, AR
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Application Date............. December 16, 2019.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML19350B324.
Location in Application of Pages 37-38 of the Enclosure.
NSHC.
Brief Description of The proposed amendment would revise
Amendments. several technical specification (TS)
requirements by the addition, deletion,
modification, or relocation of certain
TS limiting conditions for operation,
actions, and surveillance requirements,
to enhance consistency with NUREG-1432,
``Standard Technical Specifications--
Combustion Engineering Plants,''
Revision 4 (ADAMS Accession Nos.
ML12102A165 and ML12102A169), and the
NRC's ``Final Policy Statement on
Technical Specifications Improvements
for Nuclear Power Reactors,'' published
in the Federal Register on July 22, 1993
(58 FR 39132). Relocated TSs would be
placed in the ANO-2 Technical
Requirements Manual or the associated TS
Bases.
Proposed Determination....... NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Anna Vinson Jones, Senior Counsel,
Licensee, Mailing Address. Entergy Services, Inc., 101 Constitution
Avenue NW, Suite 200 East, Washington,
DC 20001.
Docket Nos................... 50-368.
NRC Project Manager, Thomas Wengert, 301-415-4037.
Telephone Number.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station and Exelon Generation Company, LLC; Nine
Mile Point Nuclear Station, Unit 2; Oswego County, NY
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Application Date............. December 26, 2019.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML19360A145.
Location in Application of Pages 25, 26, and 27 of the Enclosure.
NSHC.
Brief Description of The proposed amendment would permit the
Amendments. implementation of a risk-informed
process for the categorization and
treatment of structures, systems, and
components, subject to special treatment
controls.
Proposed Determination....... NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Jason Zorn, Associate General Counsel,
Licensee, Mailing Address. Exelon Generation Company, LLC, 101
Constitution Ave. NW, Suite 400,
Washington, DC 20001.
Docket Nos................... 50-410.
NRC Project Manager, Michael L. Marshall, Jr., 301-415-2871.
Telephone Number.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Northern States Power Company--Minnesota; Prairie Island Nuclear
Generating Plant, Unit Nos. 1 and 2; Goodhue County, MN
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Application Date............. December 16, 2019.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML19350C188.
Location in Application of Attachment 1, pages 13 and 14.
NSHC.
Brief Description of The proposed amendment would modify the
Amendments. Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant,
Unit Nos. 1 and 2, technical
specifications (TSs) to permit the use
of risk informed completion times in
accordance with TS Task Force (TSTF)
traveler TSTF-505, Revision 2, ``Provide
Risk-Informed Extended Completion Times--
RITSTF Initiative 4b.''
Proposed Determination....... NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Peter M. Glass, Assistant General
Licensee, Mailing Address. Counsel, Xcel Energy, 414 Nicollet Mall--
401-8, Minneapolis, MN 55401.
Docket Nos................... 50-282, 50-306.
NRC Project Manager, Robert Kuntz, 301-415-3733.
Telephone Number.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Northern States Power Company--Minnesota; Prairie Island Nuclear
Generating Plant, Unit Nos. 1 and 2; Goodhue County, MN
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Application Date............. December 23, 2019.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML19357A142.
Location in Application of Enclosure pages 4-6.
NSHC.
Brief Description of The proposed amendment would modify the
Amendments. Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant,
Unit Nos. 1 and 2, technical
specifications (TSs) to adopt TS Task
Force (TSTF) traveler TSTF-547,
``Clarification of Rod Position
Requirements.''
Proposed Determination....... NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Peter M. Glass, Assistant General
Licensee, Mailing Address. Counsel, Xcel Energy, 414 Nicollet Mall--
401-8, Minneapolis, MN 55401.
Docket Nos................... 50-282, 50-306.
NRC Project Manager, Robert Kuntz, 301-415-3733.
Telephone Number.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
[[Page 10734]]
Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Joseph M. Farley Nuclear
Plant, Units 1 and 2; Houston County, AL
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Application Date............. December 12, 2019.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML19346E959.
Location in Application of Pages E6-E8 of the application.
NSHC.
Brief Description of The proposed amendment would correct
Amendments. Technical Specification (TS) 3.3.1,
``Reactor Trip System (RTS)
Instrumentation,'' by removing a
reference to ``RTP'' [Rated Thermal
Power]. The proposed amendment also
revises TS 3.3.7, ``Control Room
Emergency Filtration/Pressurization
System (CREFS) Actuation
Instrumentation'' to change the units
for the control room ventilation
radiation isolation trip setpoint from
counts per minute to an equivalent
setpoint in units of microcuries per
cubic centimeter with a clarifying
footnote. The licensee states the
changes are considered administrative in
nature.
Proposed Determination....... NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Millicent Ronnlund, Vice President and
Licensee, Mailing Address. General Counsel, Southern Nuclear
Operating Co., Inc., P.O. Box 1295,
Birmingham, AL 35201-1295.
Docket Nos................... 50-348, 50-364.
NRC Project Manager, Shawn Williams, 301-415-1009.
Telephone Number.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Susquehanna Nuclear, LLC and Allegheny Electric Cooperative, Inc.;
Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2; Susquehanna County,
PA
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Application Date............. January 2, 2020.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML20002B254.
Location in Application of Pages 15-17 of Enclosure 1.
NSHC.
Brief Description of The proposed amendment would modify the
Amendments. current licensing basis for the design-
basis accident (DBA) loss-of-coolant
accident (LOCA) analysis described in
the Final Safety Analysis Report. The
proposed changes would utilize an
updated version of the ORIGEN code,
introduce a new source term to account
for the introduction of ATRIUM 11 fuel,
use new inputs/assumptions that decrease
the assumed emergency safety feature
leakage into secondary containment,
increase the assumed maximum allowable
standby gas treatment system exhaust
flow rate from secondary containment,
and increase the allowed control
structure unfiltered inleakage that is
assumed in the DBA LOCA dose analysis.
As a result, the proposed amendment
would modify Technical Specification
(TS) 5.5.2, ``Primary Coolant Sources
Outside Containment,'' and the TS Bases
for TS 3 .6.4.1, ``Secondary
Containment.''
Proposed Determination....... NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Damon D. Obie, Esq, 835 Hamilton St.,
Licensee, Mailing Address. Suite 150, Allentown, PA 18101.
Docket Nos................... 50-387, 50-388.
NRC Project Manager, Sujata Goetz, 301-415-8004.
Telephone Number.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tennessee Valley Authority; Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2; Rhea
County, TN
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Application Date............. December 6, 2019.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML19340B773.
Location in Application of Pages E18 and E19 of the Enclosure.
NSHC.
Brief Description of The proposed amendments would modify
Amendments. Technical Specification 3.6.15 by
deleting existing Condition B and would
revise the acceptance criteria for
annulus pressure in Surveillance
Requirement 3.6.15.1.
Proposed Determination....... NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Sherry Quirk, Executive VP and General
Licensee, Mailing Address. Counsel, Tennessee Valley Authority, 400
West Summit Hill Drive, WT 6A,
Knoxville, TN 37902.
Docket Nos................... 50-390, 50-391.
NRC Project Manager, Perry Buckberg, 301-415-1383.
Telephone Number.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tennessee Valley Authority; Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2; Rhea
County, TN
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Application Date............. December 17, 2019.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML19353C089.
Location in Application of Pages E7-E8 of Enclosure.
NSHC.
Brief Description of The proposed amendments would delete
Amendments. Technical Specification 3.8.1, ``AC
[Alternating Current] Sources--
Operating,'' Surveillance Requirement
3.8.1.22 to verify the operability of
the automatic transfer from a Unit
Service Station Transformer to a Common
Station Service Transformer A or B at
the associated unit board.
Proposed Determination....... NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Sherry Quirk, Executive VP and General
Licensee, Mailing Address. Counsel, Tennessee Valley Authority, 400
West Summit Hill Drive, WT 6A,
Knoxville, TN 37902.
Docket Nos................... 50-390, 50-391.
NRC Project Manager, Kimberly Green, 301-415-1627.
Telephone Number.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tennessee Valley Authority; Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2; Rhea
County, TN
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Application Date............. January 17, 2020.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML20017A341.
[[Page 10735]]
Location in Application of Pages E8-E10 of Enclosure.
NSHC.
Brief Description of The proposed amendments would revise
Amendments. Technical Specification 3.3.5, ``LOP
[Loss of Power] DG [Diesel-Generator]
Start Instrumentation,'' Condition C, to
require restoration of inoperable
channels to operable status within one
hour when one or more channels per bus
are inoperable.
Proposed Determination....... NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Sherry Quirk, Executive VP and General
Licensee, Mailing Address. Counsel, Tennessee Valley Authority, 400
West Summit Hill Drive, WT 6A,
Knoxville, TN 37902.
Docket Nos................... 50-390, 50-391.
NRC Project Manager, Kimberly Green, 301-415-1627.
Telephone Number.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Vistra Operations Company LLC; Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, Unit
Nos. 1 and 2; Somervell County, TX
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Application Date............. November 7, 2019, as supplemented January
16, 2020.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML19325C595, ML20028D385.
Location in Application of Pages 2 and 3 of Attachment 1 to November
NSHC. 7, 2019, document.
Brief Description of The proposed amendments would adopt
Amendments. Technical Specifications Task Force
(TSTF) Traveler TSTF-563, ``Revise
Instrument Testing Definitions to
Incorporate the Surveillance Frequency
Control Program.'' Specifically, the
proposed amendments revise the technical
specification definitions for Channel
Calibration, Channel Operational Test,
and Trip Actuating Device Operational
Test.
Proposed Determination....... NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Timothy P. Matthews, Esq., Morgan, Lewis
Licensee, Mailing Address. and Bockius, 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20004.
Docket Nos................... 50-445, 50-456.
NRC Project Manager, Dennis Galvin, 301-415-6256.
Telephone Number.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
III. Notice of Issuance of Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses
and Combined Licenses
During the period since publication of the last biweekly notice,
the Commission has issued the following amendments. The Commission has
determined for each of these amendments that the application complies
with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954,
as amended (the Act), and the Commission's rules and regulations. The
Commission has made appropriate findings as required by the Act and the
Commission's rules and regulations in 10 CFR chapter I, which are set
forth in the license amendment.
A notice of consideration of issuance of amendment to facility
operating license or combined license, as applicable, proposed NSHC
determination, and opportunity for a hearing in connection with these
actions, was published in the Federal Register as indicated.
Unless otherwise indicated, the Commission has determined that
these amendments satisfy the criteria for categorical exclusion in
accordance with 10 CFR 51.22. Therefore, pursuant to 10 CFR 51.22(b),
no environmental impact statement or environmental assessment need be
prepared for these amendments. If the Commission has prepared an
environmental assessment under the special circumstances provision in
10 CFR 51.22(b) and has made a determination based on that assessment,
it is so indicated.
For further details with respect to the action, see (1) the
applications for amendment, (2) the amendment, and (3) the Commission's
related letter, Safety Evaluation, and/or Environmental Assessment as
indicated. All of these items can be accessed as described in the
``Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments'' section of this
document.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Arizona Public Service Company, et al; Palo Verde Nuclear Generating
Station, Units 1, 2, and 3; Maricopa County, AZ
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date Issued.................. February 10, 2020.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML20016A458.
Amendment Nos................ 211 (Unit 1), 211 (Unit 2), 211 (Unit 3).
Brief Description of The amendments extended the
Amendments.. implementation time from February 23,
2020, to August 31, 2020, for the NRC-
approved License Amendment Nos. 209,
209, and 209 for the Palo Verde Nuclear
Generating Station, Units 1, 2, and 3,
issued on May 29, 2019 (ADAMS Accession
No. ML19085A525), associated with risk-
informed completion times in accordance
with Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) 06-
09, Revision 0-A, ``Risk-Informed
Technical Specification Initiative 4b,
Risk-Managed Technical Specifications
(RMTS) Guidelines.'' The licensee
requested this extension due to
unforeseen circumstances.
Docket Nos................... 50-528, 50-529, 50-530.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dominion Energy Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.; Millstone Power Station, Unit
No. 2; Waterford, CT
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date Issued.................. January 30, 2020.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML19340A025.
Amendment Nos................ 337.
Brief Description of The amendment added a new license
Amendments. condition to the Millstone Power
Station, Unit No. 2, Renewed Facility
Operating License to allow the
implementation of the risk-informed
categorization and treatment of
structures, systems, and components of
nuclear power reactors in accordance
with 10 CFR 50.69.
Docket Nos................... 50-336.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
[[Page 10736]]
Duke Energy Progress, LLC; Brunswick Steam Electric Plant, Units 1 and
2; Brunswick County, NC
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date Issued.................. January 8, 2020.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML19316B057.
Amendment Nos................ 297 (Unit 1) and 325 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of The amendments modified Technical
Amendments. Specification (TS) 3.4.3, ``Safety/
Relief Valves (SRVs),'' Surveillance
Requirement (SR) 3.4.3.2 and TS 3.5.1,
``ECCS [Emergency Core Cooling System]--
Operating,'' SR 3.5.1.11. The amendments
replaced the current requirement in
these TS SRs to verify the SRVs open
when manually actuated with an alternate
requirement that verifies that the SRVs
are capable of being opened.
Docket Nos................... 50-324, 50-325.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Energy Northwest; Columbia Generating Station; Benton County, WA
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date Issued.................. February 6, 2020.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML19337C368.
Amendment Nos................ 255.
Brief Description of The amendment revised the Columbia Final
Amendments. Safety Analysis Report to allow use of
the main control room chilled water
system or the emergency service water
system as acceptable cooling sources in
support of the main control room air
conditioning system.
Docket Nos................... 50-397.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Entergy Operations, Inc.; Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 2; Pope County, AR
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date Issued.................. January 29, 2020.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML19231A297.
Amendment Nos................ 318.
Brief Description of The amendment revised the Arkansas
Amendments. Nuclear One, Unit 2 (ANO-2) technical
specifications (TSs) by establishing
Actions and Allowable Outage Times
applicable to conditions where the ANO-2
containment building sump is inoperable.
Specifically, the amendment revised
Surveillance Requirement 4.5.2 in TS
Section \3/4\.5, ``Emergency Core
Cooling Systems (ECCS),'' and TS
3.6.2.3, ``Containment Cooling System.''
The amendment also added new TS 3.6.4.1,
``Containment Sump,'' in TS Section \3/
4\.6, ``Containment Systems.''
Docket Nos................... 50-368.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Indiana Michigan Power Company; Donald C. Cook Nuclear Plant, Units 1
and 2; Berrien County, MI
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date Issued.................. January 31, 2020.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML19347B376.
Amendment Nos................ 350 (Unit 1) and 331 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of The amendments revised the Donald C. Cook
Amendments. Nuclear Plant Technical Specification
5.5.5, ``Reactor Coolant Pump [RCP]
Flywheel Inspection Program,'' in
accordance with Technical Specifications
Task Force (TSTF) Traveler TSTF-421-A,
``Revision to RCP Flywheel Inspection
Program (WCAP-15666),'' Revision 0.
Docket Nos................... 50-315, 50-316.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Nebraska Public Power District; Cooper Nuclear Station; Nemaha County,
NE
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date Issued.................. January 28, 2020.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML19352G194.
Amendment Nos................ 264.
Brief Description of The amendment revised the Cooper Nuclear
Amendments. Station Technical Specifications based
on Technical Specifications Task Force
(TSTF) Traveler TSTF-447, ``Elimination
of Hydrogen Recombiners and Change to
Hydrogen and Oxygen Monitors.''
Docket Nos................... 50-298.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Joseph M. Farley Nuclear
Plant, Units 1 and 2; Houston County, AL, Southern Nuclear Operating
Company, Inc.; Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2; Appling
County, GA, Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Vogtle Electric
Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2; Burke County, GA
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date Issued.................. January 29, 2020.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML19337C322.
Amendment Nos................ Farley--226 (Unit 1) and 223 (Unit 2);
Hatch--303 (Unit 1) and 248 (Unit 2);
Vogtle--201 (Unit 1) and 184 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of The amendments adopted Technical
Amendments. Specifications Task Force (TSTF)
Traveler TSTF-563, ``Revise Instrument
Testing Definitions to Incorporate the
Surveillance Frequency Control
Program.'' TSTF-563 revises the
Technical Specification (TS) definitions
of Channel Calibration and Channel
Functional Test in the Hatch TS, and the
definitions of Channel Calibration,
Channel Operational Test (COT), and Trip
Actuating Device Operational Test
(TADOT) in the Farley and Vogtle TSs.
The Farley, Hatch, and Vogtle Channel
Calibration definition and the Hatch
Channel Functional Test definition
currently permit performance by means of
any series of sequential, overlapping,
or total channel steps. The Farley and
Vogtle definitions of COT and TADOT are
revised to explicitly permit performance
by means of any series of sequential,
overlapping, or total channel steps. The
Channel Calibration, Channel Functional
Test, COT, and TADOT definitions are
revised to allow the required frequency
for testing the components or devices in
each step to be determined in accordance
with the Surveillance Frequency Control
Program.
[[Page 10737]]
Docket Nos................... 50-321, 50-348, 50-364, 50-366, 50-424,
50-425.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Vogtle Electric Generating
Plant, Unit 4; Burke County, GA
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date Issued.................. February 3, 2020.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML20013G569.
Amendment Nos................ 173.
Brief Description of The amendment authorized changes to the
Amendments. Vogtle Electric Generating Plant (VEGP)
Unit 4 Updated Final Safety Analysis
Report in the form of departures from
the incorporated plant-specific Design
Control Document Tier 2* information.
The license amendment authorized
Southern Nuclear Operating Company to
revise the provided area of horizontal
and vertical steel reinforcement for
VEGP Unit 4 Wall L from elevation 117'-
6'' to 135'-3''; and revise the provided
area of horizontal steel reinforcement
for VEGP Unit 4 Wall 7.3 from elevation
117'-6'' to 135'-3''.
Docket Nos................... 52-026.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Vogtle Electric Generating
Plant, Units 1 and 2; Burke County, GA
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date Issued.................. January 30, 2020.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML19346E463.
Amendment Nos................ 202/185.
Brief Description of The amendments revised the actions of
Amendments. Technical Specification (TS) 3.7.8,
``Nuclear Service Cooling Water (NSCW)
System,'' TS 3.8.1, ``AC Sources-
Operating,'' TS 3.8.4, ``DC Sources--
Operating,'' TS 3.8.7, ``Inverters--
Operating,'' and TS 3.8.9,
``Distribution Systems--Operating.'' The
amendments modified action end states
for the subject TSs in conditions where
more than one safety-related train is
inoperable or the electrical power
system is significantly degraded.
Specifically, if the related required
action statements are not met, then
instead of requiring the plant to
achieve Hot Shutdown (i.e., Mode 4), the
end state of Cold Shutdown (i.e., Mode
5) is required.
Docket Nos................... 50-424, 50-425.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Vogtle Electric Generating
Plant, Units 3 and 4; Burke County, GA
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date Issued.................. January 2, 2020.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML19339H089.
Amendment Nos................ 171 (Unit 3) and 169 (Unit 4).
Brief Description of The amendments revised the Combined
Amendments. License (COL) Numbers NPF-91 and NPF-92
for Vogtle Electric Generating Plant,
Units 3 and 4, and Updated Final Safety
Analysis Report (UFSAR). Specifically,
the requested amendments authorized
changes to eliminate the performance of
the Pressurizer Surge Line
Stratification Evaluation first plant
only test during the hot functional
testing and during the first operating
cycle, by revising COL Condition
2.D.(2)(a)1 and related UFSAR Tier 2
information. This notice is being
reissued in its entirety to correct an
error in a previously published notice
(January 28, 2020; 85 FR 5056). The
previous notice incorrectly listed Units
1 and 2 instead of Units 3 and 4 for
this amendment.
Docket Nos................... 52-025, 52-026.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Vogtle Electric Generating
Plant, Units 3 and 4; Burke County, GA
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date Issued.................. January 8, 2020.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML19343C013.
Amendment Nos................ 172 (Unit 3) and 170 (Unit 4).
Brief Description of The amendments consist of changes to the
Amendments. Combined License Appendix A, Technical
Specifications (TS) 3.7.11, Spent Fuel
Pool Boron Concentration, Applicability
and Required Actions to eliminate an
allowance to exit the Applicability of
Limiting Condition of Operation 3.7.11,
Spent Fuel Pool Boron Concentration,
once a spent fuel pool storage
verification had been performed. The
amendments also eliminated TS 3.7.11
Required Action A.2.2, which provides an
option to perform a spent fuel pool
storage verification in lieu of
restoring spent fuel pool boron
concentration to within limits.
Docket Nos................... 52-025, 52-026.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Previously Published Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendments
to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses, Proposed No
Significant Hazards Consideration Determination, and Opportunity for a
Hearing
The following notices were previously published as separate
individual notices. The notice content was the same as above. They were
published as individual notices either because time did not allow the
commission to wait for this biweekly notice or because the action
involved exigent circumstances. They are repeated here because the
biweekly notice lists all amendments issued or proposed to be issued
involving no significant hazards consideration.
For details, including the applicable notice period, see the
individual notice in the Federal Register on the day and page cited.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Exelon FitzPatrick, LLC and Exelon Generation Company, LLC; James A.
FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant, LLC; Oswego County, NY
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Application Date............. January 23, 2020.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML20023A362.
[[Page 10738]]
Brief Description of The amendment would adopt Technical
Amendment. Specifications Task Force (TSTF)
Traveler TSTF-568, Revision 2, ``Revise
Applicability of BWR [Boiling Water
Reactor]/4 TS [Technical Specification]
3.6.2.5 and TS 3.6.3.2,'' using the
Consolidated Line Item Improvement
Process. Specifically, the amendment
would revise FitzPatrick TS 3.6.2.4,
``Drywell-to-Suppression Chamber
Differential Pressure,'' and TS 3.6.3.1,
``Primary Containment Oxygen
Concentration,'' and present the
requirements in a manner more consistent
with the Standard Technical
Specifications format and content.
Date & Cite of Federal 1/29/2020; 85 FR 5256.
Register Individual Notice.
Expiration Dates for Public 2/28/2020 (comments); 3/30/2020
Comments & Hearing Requests. (hearings).
Docket Nos................... 50-333.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 18th day of February 2020.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Mohamed K. Shams,
Deputy Director, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of
Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2020-03493 Filed 2-24-20; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7590-01-P