[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 67 (Tuesday, April 7, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19507-19514]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-06624]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2020-0084]
Biweekly Notice; Applications and Amendments to Facility
Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant
Hazards Considerations
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Biweekly notice.
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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 approximately March 10, 2020, to
March 23, 2020. The last biweekly notice was published on March 24,
2020.
DATES: Comments must be filed by May 7, 2020. A request for a hearing
or petitions for leave to intervene must be filed by June 8, 2020.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2020-0084. 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(s) 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: Lynn Ronewicz, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, telephone: 301-415-1927, 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-2020-0084, 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-2020-0084.
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-2020-0084, 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
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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 No Significant Hazards Consideration (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
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
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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. 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 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,
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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.
Table 1--License Amendment Request(s)
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Energy Northwest; Columbia Generating Station; Benton County, WA
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Application Date............. January 27, 2020.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML20030C062.
Location in Application of Page 3 of Attachment 1.
NSHC.
Brief Description of The proposed amendment would adopt
Amendments. Technical Specifications Task Force
(TSTF) Traveler TSTF-566, ``Revise
Actions for Inoperable RHR [Residual
Heat Removal] Shutdown Cooling
Subsystems,'' and would revise the
applicability of Technical Specification
actions when an RHR shutdown cooling
subsystem is inoperable.
Proposed Determination....... NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Kathleen Galioto, Assistant General
Licensee, Mailing Address. Counsel, Energy Northwest, MD PE13, P.O.
Box 968, Richland, WA 99352.
Docket Nos................... 50-397.
NRC Project Manager, L. John Klos, 301-415-5136.
Telephone Number.
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Energy Northwest; Columbia Generating Station; Benton County, WA
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Application Date............. January 27, 2020.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML20027D541.
Location in Application of Page 2 of Enclosure 1.
NSHC.
Brief Description of The proposed amendment would adopt
Amendments. Technical Specifications Task Force
(TSTF) Traveler TSTF-564, ``Safety Limit
MCPR [Minimum Power Critical Ratio],''
Revision 2, which would revise the
Technical Specification safety limit on
MCPR and reduce the need for cycle-
specific changes to that value while
maintaining compliance with the
regulatory requirements for safety
limits.
Proposed Determination....... NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Kathleen Galioto, Assistant General
Licensee, Mailing Address. Counsel, Energy Northwest, MD PE13, P.O.
Box 968, Richland, WA 99352.
Docket Nos................... 50-397.
NRC Project Manager, L. John Klos, 301-415-5136.
Telephone Number.
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Entergy Operations, Inc., System Energy Resources, Inc., Cooperative
Energy, A Mississippi Electric Cooperative, and Entergy Mississippi,
LLC; Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Unit 1; Claiborne County, MS, Entergy
Louisiana, LLC and Entergy Operations, Inc.; River Bend Station, Unit 1;
West Feliciana Parish, LA
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Application Date............. February 26, 2020.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML20057G004.
Location in Application of Page 3 of the Enclosure.
NSHC.
Brief Description of The proposed amendments would revise the
Amendments. Technical Specifications (TSs) to adopt
Technical Specifications Task Force
(TSTF) Traveler TSTF-501, ``Relocate
Stored Fuel Oil and Lube Oil Volume
Values to Licensee Control,'' Revision 1
(ADAMS Accession Nos. ML090510686 and
ML100850094), for Grand Gulf Nuclear
Station, Unit 1 (Grand Gulf), and River
Bend Station, Unit 1 (River Bend). The
amendments would revise Grand Gulf and
River Bend TS 3.8.3, ``Diesel Fuel Oil,
Lube Oil, and Starting Air,'' by
removing the current stored diesel fuel
oil and lube oil numerical volume
requirements from the TSs and placing
them in the TS Bases so that they may be
modified under licensee control. The TSs
would also be revised such that the
stored diesel fuel oil and lube oil
inventory would require that a
7[dash]day supply be available for each
diesel generator at Grand Gulf and River
Bend. Corresponding surveillance
requirements and TS Bases would also be
revised to reflect the above changes.
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................... 50-416, 50-458.
NRC Project Manager, Siva Lingam, 301-415-1564.
Telephone Number.
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Entergy Operations, Inc., System Energy Resources, Inc., Cooperative
Energy, A Mississippi Electric Cooperative, and Entergy Mississippi,
LLC; Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Unit 1; Claiborne County, MS
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Application Date............. February 19, 2020.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML20050R656.
Location in Application of Pages 111-113 of the Enclosure.
NSHC.
Brief Description of The proposed amendment would revise
Amendments. Technical Specification (TS) 5.5.12,
``10 CFR 50, Appendix J, Testing
Program,'' to allow for the permanent
extension of the Type A integrated leak
rate testing. The amendment also
proposes to make administrative changes
to TS 5.5.12 to delete the already
performed Type A test, and TS
Surveillance Requirement (SR) 3.6.5.1.1
to delete the already performed drywell
bypass leak rate test. In addition, the
amendment would revise SRs 3.6.1.1.1 and
3.6.1.2.1, and TS 5.5.12 to align with
NUREG[dash]1434, Volume 1, Revision 4,
``Standard Technical Specifications
General Electric BWR/6 Plants.''
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................... 50-416.
NRC Project Manager, Siva Lingam, 301-415-1564.
Telephone Number.
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Exelon Generation Company, LLC; Dresden Nuclear Power Station, Units 2
and 3; Grundy County, IL
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Application Date............. October 21, 2019.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML19294A304.
Location in Application of Attachment 1, Pages 24-26.
NSHC.
Brief Description of The proposed amendments would alter
Amendments. Technical Specification 3.6.1.3,
``Primary Containment Isolation Valves
(PCIVs),'' and Surveillance Requirement
3.6.1.3.10 by revising the combined main
steam isolation valve leakage rate
limits. These proposed changes are based
on a revision of the alternate source
term analysis of the radiological
consequences of the design-basis loss-of-
coolant accident. The proposed change is
consistent with Technical Specifications
Task Force Traveler (TSTF)-551, ``Revise
Secondary Containment Surveillance
Requirements,'' Revision 3, which was
approved by the NRC on September 21,
2017.
Proposed Determination....... NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Tamra Domeyer, Associate General Counsel,
Licensee, Mailing Address. Exelon Generation Company, LLC, 4300
Winfield Road, Warrenville, IL 60555.
Docket Nos................... 50-237, 50-249.
NRC Project Manager, Russell Haskell, 301-415-1129.
Telephone Number.
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Exelon Generation Company, LLC; LaSalle County Station, Units 1 and 2;
LaSalle County, IL
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Application Date............. January 31, 2020.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML20035E577.
Location in Application of Pages 5 and 6 of Attachment 1.
NSHC.
Brief Description of The proposed amendments would modify
Amendments. Technical Specification requirements to
permit the use of risk-informed
completion times in accordance with
Technical Specifications Task Force
Traveler (TSTF)-505, Revision 2,
``Provide Risk-Informed Extended
Completion Times--RITSTF Initiative
4b.''
Proposed Determination....... NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Tamra Domeyer, Associate General Counsel,
Licensee, Mailing Address. Exelon Generation Company, LLC, 4300
Winfield Road, Warrenville, IL 60555.
Docket Nos................... 50-373, 50-374.
NRC Project Manager, Bhalchandra Vaidya, 301-415-3308.
Telephone Number.
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Exelon Generation Company, LLC; LaSalle County Station, Units 1 and 2;
LaSalle County, IL
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Application Date............. January 31, 2020.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML20031E699.
Location in Application of Enclosure, Pages 26 and 27.
NSHC.
Brief Description of The proposed amendments would modify the
Amendments. licensing basis by the addition of a
license condition to allow for the
implementation of the provisions of 10
CFR Section 50.69, ``Risk-informed
categorization and treatment of
structures, systems and components for
nuclear power reactors.''
Proposed Determination....... NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Tamra Domeyer, Associate General Counsel,
Licensee, Mailing Address. Exelon Generation Company, LLC, 4300
Winfield Road, Warrenville, IL 60555.
Docket Nos................... 50-373, 50-374.
NRC Project Manager, Bhalchandra Vaidya, 301-415-3308.
Telephone Number.
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Northern States Power Company; Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant;
Wright County, MN; Northern States Power Company--Minnesota; Prairie
Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Unit Nos. 1 and 2; Goodhue County, MN
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Application Date............. February 27, 2020.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML20058F943.
Location in Application of Attachment 1, Pages 3 and 4.
NSHC.
Brief Description of The proposed amendment would modify
Amendments. Technical Specification requirements in
Section 1.3 and Section 3.0 regarding
Limiting Condition for Operation and
Surveillance Requirement usage. These
changes are consistent with NRC-approved
Technical Specifications Task Force
(TSTF) Traveler TSTF-529, ``Clarify Use
and Application Rules,'' Revision 4.
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................... 50-263, 50-282, 50-306.
NRC Project Manager, Robert Kuntz, 301-415-3733.
Telephone Number.
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Tennessee Valley Authority; Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2;
Hamilton County, TN
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Application Date............. February 24, 2020.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML20056C857.
Location in Application of Page 24 of the Enclosure.
NSHC.
Brief Description of The proposed amendments would modify the
Amendments. Technical Specifications to reduce the
steam generator tube inspection
frequency.
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................... 50-327.
NRC Project Manager, Perry Buckberg, 301-415-1383.
Telephone Number.
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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.
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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
application 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.
Table 2--License Amendment Issuance(s)
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Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc.; Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station,
Unit 1; Fairfield County, SC
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Date Issued.................. 3/6/2020
ADAMS Accession No........... ML19305A005
Amendment Nos................ 217
Brief Description of The amendment revised license conditions
Amendments. and approved changes to plant
modifications evaluated using fire
probabilistic risk assessment. The
amendment also approved
performance[dash]based alternatives to
National Fire Protection Association
(NFPA) 805, Section 3.3.4, ``Insulation
Materials,'' and Section 3.3.5.1,
``Wiring above Suspended Ceilings.''
Docket Nos................... 50-395.
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Duke Energy Progress, LLC; Brunswick Steam Electric Plant, Units 1 and
2; Brunswick County, NC
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Date Issued.................. March 6, 2020.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML20073F186.
Amendment Nos................ 299 (Unit 1) and 327 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of The amendments allow application of the
Amendments. Framatome analysis methodologies
necessary to support a planned
transition to ATRIUM 11 fuel under the
currently licensed Maximum Extended Load
Line Limit Analysis Plus (MELLLA+)
operating domain.
Docket Nos................... 50-325, 50-324.
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Energy Northwest; Columbia Generating Station; Benton County, WA
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Date Issued.................. 3/10/2020.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML20037A733.
Amendment Nos................ 256.
Brief Description of The amendment removed License Condition
Amendments. 2.C.(11), ``Shield Wall Deferral
(Section 12.3.2, SSER #4, License
Amendment #7),'' and its related
Attachment 3, ``List of Shield Walls,''
from the renewed facility operating
license because these items are outdated
and not applicable to Columbia's
operation.
Docket Nos................... 50-397.
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Entergy Operations, Inc.; Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 1; Pope County, AR
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Date Issued.................. March 16, 2020.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML20034E874.
Amendment Nos................ 268.
Brief Description of The amendment adopted Technical
Amendments. Specifications Task Force (TSTF)
Traveler TSTF-439, Revision 2,
``Eliminate Second Completion Times
Limiting Time from Discovery of Failure
to Meet an LCO [Limiting Condition for
Operation].''
Docket Nos................... 50-313.
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Exelon FitzPatrick, LLC and Exelon Generation Company, LLC; James A.
FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant, LLC; Oswego County, NY
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Date Issued.................. March 2, 2020.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML20024C661.
Amendment Nos................ 332.
Brief Description of The amendment adopted Technical
Amendments. 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
revised FitzPatrick TS 3.6.2.4,
``Drywell-to-Suppression Chamber
Differential Pressure,'' and TS 3.6.3.1,
``Primary Containment Oxygen
Concentration,'' and presents the
requirements in a manner more consistent
with the Standard Technical
Specifications format and content.
Docket Nos................... 50-333.
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Exelon Generation Company, LLC; Braidwood Station, Units 1 and 2; Will
County, IL; Exelon Generation Company, LLC; Byron Station, Unit Nos. 1
and 2, Ogle County, IL; Exelon Generation Company, LLC; Calvert Cliffs
Nuclear Power Plant, Unit Nos. 1 and 2; Calvert County, MD; Exelon
Generation Company, LLC, Clinton Power Station, Unit No. 1, DeWitt
County, IL; Exelon Generation Company, LLC; Dresden Nuclear Power
Station, Units 2 and 3; Grundy County, IL; Exelon Generation Company,
LLC and Exelon FitzPatrick, LLC; James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power
Plant; Oswego County, NY; Exelon Generation Company, LLC, LaSalle County
Station, Units 1 and 2; LaSalle County, IL; Exelon Generation Company,
LLC; Limerick Generating Station, Units 1 and 2; Montgomery County, PA;
Exelon Generation Company, LLC; Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, Units 1
and 2; Oswego County, NY; Exelon Generation Company, LLC and PSEG
Nuclear LLC; Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, Units 2 and 3; York and
Lancaster Counties, PA; Exelon Generation Company, LLC; Quad Cities
Nuclear Power Station, Units 1 and 2; Rock Island County, IL; Exelon
Generation Company, LLC; R. E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant; Wayne County,
NY
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Date Issued.................. March 12, 2020.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML20034G546.
Amendment Nos................ Braidwood (207/207), Byron (213/213),
Calvert Cliffs (334/312), Clinton (229),
Dresden (266/259), FitzPatrick (333),
LaSalle (242/228), Limerick (243/206),
Nine Mile Point (241/179), Peach Bottom
(332/335), Quad Cities (279/274), and R.
E. Ginna (138).
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Brief Description of The amendments revised the instrument
Amendments. testing and calibration definitions in
the technical specifications for each
facility to incorporate the surveillance
frequency control program. The
amendments are based on Technical
Specifications Task Force (TSTF)
Traveler TSTF-563, Revision 0, ``Revise
Instrument Testing Definitions to
Incorporate the Surveillance Frequency
Control Program'' (ADAMS Accession No.
ML17130A819).
Docket Nos................... 50-456, 50-457, 50-454, 50-455, 50-317,
50-318, 50-461, 50-237, 50-249, 50-333,
50-373, 50-374, 50-352, 50-353, 50-220,
50-410, 50-277, 50-278, 50-254, 50-265,
50-244.
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Exelon Generation Company, LLC; Limerick Generating Station, Units 1 and
2; Montgomery County, PA
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Date Issued.................. March 11, 2020.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML19345D984.
Amendment Nos................ 242 (Unit 1) and 205 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of The amendments removed Technical
Amendments. Specification (TS) \3/4\.3.7.8.1,
``Chlorine Detection System''; TS \3/
4\.3.7.8.2, ``Toxic Gas Detection
System''; and Surveillance Requirement
4.7.2.1.e.2, which require verification
of realignment of the control room
emergency fresh air supply system upon
detection of chorine or toxic gases.
Docket Nos................... 50-352, 50-353.
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Exelon Generation Company, LLC; Limerick Generating Station, Units 1 and
2; Montgomery County, PA
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Date Issued.................. March 11, 2020.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML19351E376.
Amendment Nos................ 241 (Unit 1) and 204 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of The amendments revised Technical
Amendments. Specification (TS) 6.8.4.g, ``Primary
Containment Leakage Rate Testing
Program,'' to adopt Nuclear Energy
Institute (NEI) 94-01, Revisions 2-A and
3-A. Specifically, the amendments
allowed the maximum interval for the
integrated leakage rate test, also known
as Type A test, to be extended
permanently from once in 10 years to
once in 15 years, and made an
administrative change to remove the
exception under TS 6.8.4.g regarding the
performance of the next Units 1 and 2
Type A test no later than May 15, 2013,
and May 21, 2014, respectively, as these
Type A tests have already occurred.
Docket Nos................... 50-352, 50-353.
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PSEG Nuclear LLC; Salem Nuclear Generating Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2;
Salem County, NJ
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Date Issued.................. 3/12/2020.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML20042F101.
Amendment Nos................ 334 (Unit No. 1) and 315 (Unit No. 2).
Brief Description of The amendments relocated Salem, Unit Nos.
Amendments. 1 and 2, Technical Specifications \3/
4\.9.3, ``Decay Time,'' and \3/4\.9.12,
``Fuel Handling Area Ventilation
System,'' to the Salem Technical
Requirements Manual.
Docket Nos................... 50-272, 50-311.
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R. E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant, LLC and Exelon Generation Company, LLC;
R. E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant; Wayne County, NY
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Date Issued.................. March 11, 2020.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML20044D072.
Amendment Nos................ 137.
Brief Description of The amendment revised Technical
Amendments. Specification 3.7.1, ``Main Steam Safety
Valves (MSSVs),'' Surveillance
Requirement 3.7.1.1 to increase the
allowable as-found main steam safety
valves lift setpoint tolerance from +1
percent, -3 percent to +1.4 percent, -4
percent for valve numbers 3508, 3509,
3510, 3511, 3512, and 3515.
Docket Nos................... 50-244.
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Notice of Issuance of Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and
Combined Licenses and Final Determination of No Significant Hazards
Consideration and Opportunity for a Hearing (Exigent Public
Announcement or Emergency Circumstances)
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 for the
amendment 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.
Because of exigent or emergency circumstances associated with the
date the amendment was needed, there was not time for the Commission to
publish, for public comment before issuance, its usual notice of
consideration of issuance of amendment, proposed NSHC determination,
and opportunity for a hearing.
For exigent circumstances, the Commission has either issued a
Federal Register notice providing opportunity for public comment or has
used local media to provide notice to the public in the area
surrounding a licensee's facility of the licensee's application and of
the Commission's proposed determination of NSHC. The Commission has
provided a reasonable opportunity for the public to comment, using its
best efforts to make available to the public means of communication for
the public to respond quickly, and in the case of telephone comments,
the comments have been recorded or transcribed as appropriate and the
licensee has been informed of the public comments.
In circumstances where failure to act in a timely way would have
resulted, for example, in derating or shutdown of a nuclear power plant
or in prevention of either resumption of operation or of increase in
power output up to the plant's licensed power level, the Commission may
not have had an opportunity to provide for public comment on its NSHC
determination. In such case, the license amendment has been issued
without opportunity for comment. If there has been some time for public
comment but less than 30 days, the Commission may provide an
opportunity for public comment. If comments have been requested, it is
so
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stated. In either event, the State has been consulted by telephone
whenever possible.
Under its regulations, the Commission may issue and make an
amendment immediately effective, notwithstanding the pendency before it
of a request for a hearing from any person, in advance of the holding
and completion of any required hearing, where it has determined that
NSHC is involved.
The Commission has applied the standards of 10 CFR 50.92 and has
made a final determination that the amendment involves NSHC. The basis
for this determination is contained in the documents related to this
action. Accordingly, the amendments have been issued and made effective
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 51.12(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
application for amendment, (2) the amendment to Facility Operating
License or Combined License, as applicable, 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.
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.
Table 4--License Amendment Request(s)--Repeat of Individual Federal
Register Notice
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Exelon Generation Company, LLC; R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant; Wayne
County, NY
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Application Date............. February 25, 2020.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML20056E958.
Brief Description of The amendment revised Technical
Amendment. Specifications 3.4.7, ``RCS [Reactor
Coolant System] Loops--MODE 5, Loops
Filled''; 3.4.8, ``RCS Loops--MODE 5,
Loops Not Filled''; 3.9.4, ``Residual
Heat Removal (RHR) and Coolant
Circulation--Water Level >=23 Ft''; and
3.9.5, ``Residual Heat Removal (RHR) and
Coolant Circulation--Water Level <23
Ft,'' to add an asterisk to allow the
use of alternative means for residual
heat removal. This one-time change was
requested to support Ginna in the
shutdown of the reactor during the
upcoming refueling outage scheduled to
start in April 2020.
Date & Cite of Federal 3/2/2020; 85 FR 12349.
Register Individual Notice.
Expiration Dates for Public 4/1/2020 (comments); 5/1/2020
Comments & Hearing Requests. (petitions).
Docket Nos................... 50-244.
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Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 25th day of March, 2020.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Gregory F. Suber,
Deputy Director, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of
Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2020-06624 Filed 4-6-20; 8:45 am]
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