[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 48 (Wednesday, March 11, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14247-14248]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-04941]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50-277 and 50-278; NRC-2020-0061]
Exelon Generation Company, LLC and PSEG Nuclear, LLC Peach Bottom
Atomic Power Station, Units 2 and 3
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Subsequent renewed licenses and record of decision; issuance.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued
Subsequent Renewed Facility Operating Licenses Nos. DPR-44 and DPR-56
to Exelon Generation Company, LLC and PSEG Nuclear, LLC (Exelon, PSEG,
or the licensees), for Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, Units 2 and
3, respectively. In addition, the NRC has prepared a record of decision
(ROD) that supports the NRC's decision to issue Subsequent Renewed
Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-44 and DPR-56.
DATES: The Subsequent Renewed Facility Operating Licenses Nos. DPR-44
and DPR-56 were issued on March 5, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2020-0061 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-2020-0061. 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.
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(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: Bennett Brady, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-2981, email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that the NRC has
issued Subsequent Renewed Facility Operating Licenses Nos. DPR-44 and
DPR-56 to Exelon Generation Company, LLC and PSEG Nuclear, LLC (Exelon,
PSEG, or the licensees), for Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, Units 2
and 3, respectively. Exelon is the operator of the facility. Subsequent
Renewed Facility Operating Licenses Nos. DPR-44 and DPR-56 authorize
operation of Unit 2 and Unit 3, respectively, by Exelon at reactor core
power levels not in excess of 4,016 megawatts thermal for each unit, in
accordance with the provisions of the Peach Bottom, Units 2 and 3
renewed licenses and technical specifications. Notice is also given
that the ROD that supports the NRC's decision to issue Subsequent
Renewed Facility Operating Licenses Nos. DPR-44 and DPR-56 is available
in ADAMS under Accession No. ML20024G429.
As discussed in the ROD and the final supplemental environmental
impact statement (FSEIS) for Peach Bottom, Units 2 and 3, Supplement
10, Second Renewal, to NUREG-1437, ``Generic Environmental Impact
Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants, Regarding Subseqent
License Renewal for Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, Unit 2 and Unit
3, Final Report,'' dated January 2020 (ADAMS Accession No.
ML20023A937), the NRC staff considered a range of reasonable
alternatives that included a new nuclear power alternative, a
supercritical pulverized coal alternative, a natural gas combined-cycle
alternative, and a combination alternative of natural gas combined-
cycle, wind, solar, and purchased power. The FSEIS documents the
environmental review, including the determination that the adverse
environmental impacts of subsequent license renewal for Peach Bottom
Units 2 and 3 are not so great that preserving the option of subsequent
license renewal for energy planning decisionmakers would be
unreasonable. In addition to the NRC staff's independent environmental
review, the FSEIS conclusion is based on (1) the analysis and findings
in the Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of
Nuclear Plants, (2) information provided in the environmental report
submitted by Exelon, and (3) consultation with Federal, State, local,
and Tribal agencies.
Peach Bottom Units 2 and 3 are single-cycle, forced-circulation
boiling water reactors located in Peach Bottom Township, near Delta,
York County, Pennsylvania. The application for the subsquent renewed
licenses, ``Subsequent License Renewal Application, Peach Bottom Atomic
Power Station Units 2 and 3,'' dated July 10, 2018 (ADAMS Package
Accession No. ML18193A689), as supplemented by letters dated through
October 9, 2019, 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 NRC 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 licenses.
A public notice of the proposed issuance of the renewed licenses
and an opportunity for a hearing was published in the Federal Register
on September 6, 2018 (83 FR 45285). An NRC Atomic Safety and Licensing
Board denied an intervention petition and terminated the adjudicatory
proceeding. An appeal and motions related to a request to file a new
contention are pending before the Commission. Because the termination
of the proceeding has not been stayed pending Commission review, and
the NRC staff has determined that issuance of the subsequent renewed
licenses prior to Commission action on the pending appeal and motions
would not foreclose or prejudice any Commission action, issuance of the
subsequent renewed licenses is permissible.
For further details with respect to this action, see: (1) Exelon
Generation Company's subsequent license renewal application for Peach
Bottom Units 2 and 3, dated July 10, 2018 (ADAMS Package Accession No.
ML18193A689), as supplemented by letters dated through October 9, 2019;
(2) the NRC's safety evaluation report, dated Februrary 2020 (ADAMS
Package Accession No. ML20044D902); (3) the NRC's final environmental
impact statement (NUREG-1437, Supplement 10, Second Renewal) for Peach
Bottom Units 2 and 3, dated January 2020 (ADAMS Accession No.
ML20023A937); and (4) the NRC's ROD (ADAMS Accession No. ML20024G429).
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 6th day of March, 2020.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Anna H. Bradford, Director,
Division of New and Renewed Licenses, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2020-04941 Filed 3-10-20; 8:45 am]
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