[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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