[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 213 (Tuesday, November 3, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69651-69659]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-24207]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2020-0242]
Monthly Notice; Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating
Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards
Considerations
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Monthly 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 monthly 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 (NSHC),
notwithstanding the pendency before the Commission of a request for a
hearing from any person. This monthly notice includes all amendments
issued, or proposed to be issued, from September 22, 2020, to October
15, 2020. The last notice was published on October 6, 2020. This notice
also incorporates a title change, as noticed in the Federal Register on
October 6, 2020. The next monthly notice is expected to be published in
the Federal Register on or about December 1, 2020.
DATES: Comments must be filed by December 3, 2020. A request for a
hearing or a petition for leave to intervene must be filed by January
4, 2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods;
however, the NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the
Federal Rulemaking website:
Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2020-0242. Address
questions about 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-
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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: Bernadette Abeywickrama, Office of
Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington DC 20555-0001, telephone: 301-415-4081, email:
[email protected],.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2020-0242, 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-2020-0242.
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.
Attention: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies
of public documents is currently closed. You may submit your request to
the PDR via email at [email protected] or call 1-800-397-4209
between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (EST), Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays.
B. Submitting Comments
The NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the
Federal Rulemaking website (https://www.regulations.gov). Please
include Docket ID NRC-2020-0242, 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 licensees' analyses, consistent with title 10
of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) section 50.91, are
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 facilities in accordance with the proposed
amendments 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 these proposed
determinations. Any comments received within 30 days after the date of
publication of this notice will be considered in making any final
determinations.
Normally, the Commission will not issue the amendments until the
expiration of 60 days after the date of publication of this notice. The
Commission may issue any of these license amendments before expiration
of the 60-day period provided that its final determination is that the
amendment involves NSHC. In addition, the Commission may issue any of
these amendments 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 on any of
these amendments 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 for any
of these amendments, any hearing will take place after issuance. The
Commission expects that the need to take action on any 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
person (petitioner) whose interest may be affected by any of these
actions may file a request for a hearing and petition for leave to
intervene (petition) with respect to that 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/. 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 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 that 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 that 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
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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 that, if
proven, would entitle the petitioner to relief. A petitioner who fails
to satisfy the requirements of 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 would 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 request is granted, any person who is not a party to
the proceeding (including persons who are 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.
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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 licensees' proposed NSHC determinations. For further details with
respect to these license amendment applications, see the applications
for amendment, which are available for public inspection in ADAMS. For
additional direction on accessing information related to this document,
see the ``Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments'' section of
this document.
License Amendment Request(s)
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Arizona Public Service Company, et al; Palo Verde Nuclear Generating
Station, Units 1, 2, and 3; Maricopa County, AZ
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Docket No(s)................. 50-528, 50-529, 50-530.
Application date............. August 21, 2020.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML20234A737.
Location in Application of Pages 5-7 of the Enclosure.
NSHC.
Brief Description of The proposed amendments would revise the
Amendment(s). Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station,
Units 1, 2, and 3 technical
specifications (TSs) to make necessary
administrative changes. Specifically,
the proposed amendments would make the
following five administrative changes to
the TSs that remove no longer applicable
information, extraneous information, and
adopt standard industry terminology: (1)
TS 3.1.5, ``Control Element Assembly
(CEA) Alignment,'' Surveillance
Requirement 3.1.5.3, to remove a one-
time use Note for Unit 2 CEA No. 88; (2)
TS 3.7.17, ``Spent Fuel Assembly
Storage,'' TS 4.3, ``Fuel Storage,'' and
TS 5.5.21, ``Spent Fuel Storage Rack
Neutron Absorber Monitoring Program,''
to remove no longer applicable pages
related to the implementation of
Amendment 203, which addressed a revised
spent fuel pool criticality analysis;
(3) TS 4.1, ``Site Location,'' to remove
extraneous information from the site
location description; (4) TS 5.5.2,
``Primary Coolant Sources Outside
Containment,'' to remove a remaining
post-accident sampling subsystem
reference; (5) TS 5.7, ``High Radiation
Area,'' to modify radiation protection
terminology to match industry standards.
Proposed Determination....... NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Michael G. Green, Associate General
Licensee, Mailing Address. Counsel, Nuclear and Environmental,
Pinnacle West Capital Corporation, P.O.
Box 52034, MS 7602, Phoenix, AZ 85072-
2034.
NRC Project Manager, Siva Lingam, 301-415-1564.
Telephone Number.
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Energy Harbor Nuclear Corp. and Energy Harbor Nuclear Generation LLC;
Perry Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 1; Lake County, OH
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Docket No(s)................. 50-440.
Application date............. September 24, 2020.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML20268C198.
Location in Application of Pages 6-8 of the Enclosure.
NSHC.
Brief Description of The proposed amendment would adopt
Amendment(s). Technical Specifications Task Force
(TSTF) Traveler TSTF-582, ``Reactor
Pressure Vessel Water Inventory Control
(RPV WIC) Enhancements.'' The technical
specifications related to RPV WIC are
revised to incorporate operating
experience and to correct errors and
omissions in TSTF-542, Revision 2,
``Reactor Pressure Vessel Water
Inventory Control.''
Proposed Determination....... NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Rick Giannantonio, General Counsel,
Licensee, Mailing Address. Energy Harbor Nuclear Corp., Mail Stop A-
GO-15, 76 South Main Street, Akron, OH
44308.
NRC Project Manager, Scott Wall, 301-415-2855.
Telephone Number.
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Entergy Louisiana, LLC and Entergy Operations, Inc.; River Bend Station,
Unit 1; West Feliciana Parish, LA
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Docket No(s)................. 50-458.
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Application date............. September 4, 2020.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML20248H528.
Location in Application of Pages 4-6 of the Enclosure
NSHC.
Brief Description of The proposed amendment would revise the
Amendment(s). technical specifications related to
reactor pressure vessel (RPV) water
inventory control (WIC) to incorporate
operating experience and to correct
errors and omissions in Technical
Specifications Task Force (TSTF)
Traveler TSTF-542, Revision 2, ``Reactor
Pressure Vessel Water Inventory
Control.'' The proposed changes are
consistent with NRC-approved TSTF 582,
``RPV WIC Enhancements.''
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.
NRC Project Manager, Jason Drake, 301-415-8378.
Telephone Number.
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Entergy Louisiana, LLC, and Entergy Operations, Inc.; River Bend
Station, Unit 1; West Feliciana Parish, LA; 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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Docket No(s)................. 50-458, 50-416.
Application date............. September 18, 2020.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML20262H225.
Location in Application of Pages 2-4 of the Enclosure.
NSHC.
Brief Description of The proposed amendments would revise the
Amendment(s). technical specifications (TSs) in
accordance with Technical Specifications
Task Force (TSTF) Traveler TSTF-563,
Revision 0, ``Revise Instrument Testing
Definitions to Incorporate the
Surveillance Frequency Control
Program,'' dated May 10, 2017 (ADAMS
Accession No. ML17130A819). TSTF-563
revises the TS definitions of Channel
Calibration and Channel Functional Test,
which currently permit performance by
any series of sequential, overlapping,
or total channel steps, to allow the
required frequency for testing the
components or devices in each step to be
determined in accordance with the TS
Surveillance Frequency Control Program.
The NRC issued a final safety evaluation
approving TSTF-563, Revision 0, on
December 4, 2018 (ADAMS Accession No.
ML18333A144).
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.
NRC Project Manager, Siva Lingam, 301-415-1564.
Telephone Number.
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Exelon Generation Company, LLC; Limerick Generating Station, Units 1 and
2; Montgomery County, PA
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Docket No(s)................. 50-352, 50-353.
Application date............. September 3, 2020.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML20247J372.
Location in Application of Pages 3-5 of the Enclosure.
NSHC.
Brief Description of The proposed amendments would revise the
Amendment(s). Limerick, Units 1 and 2, technical
specifications (TSs) to adopt Technical
Specifications Task Force (TSTF)
Traveler TSTF-582, Revision 0, ``RPV
[Reactor Pressure Vessel] WIC [Water
Inventory Control] Enhancements.'' The
TSs related to RPV WIC would be revised
to incorporate operating experience and
to correct errors and omissions in TSTF-
542, Revision 2, ``Reactor Pressure
Vessel Water Inventory Control.''
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.
NRC Project Manager, V. Sreenivas, 301-415-2597.
Telephone Number.
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NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC; Seabrook Station, Unit No. 1; Rockingham
County, NH
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Docket No(s)................. 50-443.
Application date............. August 17, 2020.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML20230A425.
Location in Application of Pages 10-12 of the Enclosure.
NSHC.
Brief Description of The proposed amendment would modify the
Amendment(s). technical specifications in order to
resolve non-conservative requirements
associated with nuclear heat flux hot
channel factor, as reported in
Westinghouse Nuclear Safety Advisory
Letter (NSAL) 09-5, Revision 1, and NSAL
15-1.
Proposed Determination....... NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Debbie Hendell, Managing Attorney--
Licensee, Mailing Address. Nuclear, Florida Power & Light Company,
700 Universe Blvd., MS LAW/JB, Juno
Beach, FL 33408-0420.
NRC Project Manager, Justin Poole, 301-415-2048.
Telephone Number.
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Northern States Power Company; Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant;
Wright County, MN
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Docket No(s)................. 50-263.
Application date............. September 22, 2020.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML20267A139.
Location in Application of Pages 3-5 of the Enclosure.
NSHC.
Brief Description of The amendment would revise the Monticello
Amendment(s). Nuclear Generating Plant technical
specifications to adopt Technical
Specifications Task Force (TSTF)
Traveler TSTF-582, ``Reactor Pressure
Vessel Water Inventory Control (RPV WIC)
Enhancements,'' and incorporates
variations included in ``T'' traveler
TSTF-583, ``TSTF-582 Diesel Generator
Variation.''
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.
NRC Project Manager, Robert Kuntz, 301-415-3733.
Telephone Number.
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Pacific Gas and Electric Company; Diablo Canyon Power Plant, Units 1 and
2; San Luis Obispo County, CA
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Docket No(s)................. 50-275, 50-323.
Application date............. August 31, 2020.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML20244A192.
Location in Application of Pages 15-17 of the Enclosure.
NSHC.
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Brief Description of The proposed amendments would modify
Amendment(s). Technical Specification 3.2.1, ``Heat
Flux Hot Channel Factor (FQ(Z)),'' to
implement the methodology in
Westinghouse Report WCAP-17661-P-A,
Revision 1, ``Improved RAOC [Relaxed
Axial Offset Control] and CAOC [Constant
Axial Offset Control] FQ Surveillance
Technical Specifications.''
Proposed Determination....... NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Jennifer Post, Esq., Pacific Gas &
Licensee, Mailing Address. Electric Co., 77 Beale Street, Room
3065, Mail Code B30A, San Francisco, CA
94105.
NRC Project Manager, Samson Lee, 301-415-3168.
Telephone Number.
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PSEG Nuclear LLC; Salem Nuclear Generating Station, Units 1 and 2; Salem
County, NJ
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Docket No(s)................. 50-272, 50-311.
Application date............. September 17, 2020.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML20266G247.
Location in Application of Pages 6-7 of the Enclosure.
NSHC.
Brief Description of The amendments would replace the current
Amendment(s). technical specification limit on the
reactor coolant system gross specific
activity with a new limit on reactor
coolant system noble gas specific
activity. The noble gas specific
activity would be based on a new dose
equivalent Xe-133 (DEX) definition that
would replace the current E-Bar average
disintegration energy definition. The
proposed changes are consistent with NRC-
approved Technical Specifications Task
Force (TSTF) Traveler, TSTF-490,
Revision 0, ``Deletion of E-Bar
Definition and Revision to RCS [Reactor
Coolant System] Specific Activity Tech
Spec.''
Proposed Determination....... NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Steven Fleischer, PSEG Services
Licensee, Mailing Address. Corporation, 80 Park Plaza, T-5, Newark,
NJ 07102.
NRC Project Manager, James Kim, 301-415-4125.
Telephone Number.
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Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant,
Units 1 and 2; Appling County, GA
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Docket No(s)................. 50-321, 50-366.
Application date............. August 28, 2020.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML20241A240.
Location in Application of Pages E-4 to E-7 of the Enclosure.
NSHC.
Brief Description of The proposed amendment would revise the
Amendment(s). Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant technical
specifications (TSs) to adopt Technical
Specifications Task Force (TSTF)
Traveler TSTF-582, ``RPV WIC [Reactor
Pressure Vessel Water Inventory Control]
Enhancements.'' The TSs related to RPV
WIC would be revised to incorporate
operating experience and to correct
errors and omissions in TSTF-542,
Revision 2, ``Reactor Pressure Vessel
Water Inventory Control.'' Specifically,
the following TSs would be revised: TS
1.1, ``Definitions''; TS 3.3.5.2,
``Reactor Pressure Vessel (RPV) Water
Inventory Control Instrumentation''; TS
3.3.8.1, ``Loss of Power (LOP)
Instrumentation''; TS 3.5.2, ``Reactor
Pressure Vessel (RPV) Water Inventory
Control''; TS 3.6.1.3, ``Primary
Containment Isolation Valves (PCIVs)'';
and TS 3.8.2, ``AC [Alternating Current]
Sources--Shutdown''; as well as
administrative and editorial changes.
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.
NRC Project Manager, John Lamb, 301-415-3100.
Telephone Number.
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Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Vogtle Electric Generating
Plant, Units 1 and 2; Burke County, GA
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Docket No(s)................. 50-424, 50-425.
Application date............. August 17, 2020.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML20230A346.
Location in Application of Pages E4-4 to E4-7 of Enclosure 4.
NSHC.
Brief Description of The proposed amendment would revise the
Amendment(s). licensing basis as described in the
Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Final
Safety Analysis Report to allow the use
of a risk-informed approach to address
safety issues discussed in Generic
Safety Issue 191, ``Assessment of Debris
Accumulation on Pressurized-Water
Reactor Sump Performance.'' In addition,
the proposed amendment would add a new
Technical Specification (TS) 3.6.7,
``Containment Sump,'' move an existing
Surveillance Requirement from TS 3.5.2,
``Reactor Pressure Vessel (RPV) Water
Inventory Control,'' to the new TS
3.6.7, and make administrative and
editorial changes.
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.
NRC Project Manager, John Lamb, 301-415-3100.
Telephone Number.
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STP Nuclear Operating Company; South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2;
Matagorda County, TX
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Docket No(s)................. 50-498, 50-499.
Application date............. July 30, 2020, as supplemented by letter
dated September 22, 2020.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML20212L521, ML20266H819.
Location in Application of Page 2 of the Enclosure incorporates by
NSHC. reference the NSHC published in the
Federal Register on February 22, 2006
(71 FR 9179), and a notice of
availability was published on April 21,
2006 (71 FR 20735).
Brief Description of The amendments would adopt Technical
Amendment(s). Specifications Task Force (TSTF)
Traveler TSTF-374, ``Revision to TS
5.5.13 and Associated TS [Technical
Specification] Bases for Diesel Fuel
Oil.'' Specifically, the amendments
would revise the TSs by relocating
references to specific American Society
for Testing and Materials standards for
fuel oil testing to the TS Bases and
adding alternate criteria to the ``clear
and bright'' acceptance test for new
fuel oil.
Proposed Determination....... NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Kym Harshaw, Vice President and General
Licensee, Mailing Address. Counsel, STP Nuclear Operating Company,
P.O. Box 289, Wadsworth, TX 77483.
NRC Project Manager, Dennis Galvin, 301-415-6256.
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 NRC's last consolidated
notice of issuance, 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 in the
safety evaluation for each amendment.
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 in the safety evaluation for the amendment.
For further details with respect to each action, see the amendment
and associated documents such as the Commission's letter and safety
evaluation, which may be obtained using the ADAMS accession numbers
indicated in the table below. The safety evaluation will provide the
ADAMS accession numbers for the application for amendment and the
Federal Register citation for any environmental assessment. All of
these items can be accessed as described in the ``Obtaining Information
and Submitting Comments'' section of this document.
License Amendment Issuance(s)
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Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.; Millstone Power Station, Unit No. 3;
New London County, CT
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Docket No(s)........................... 50-423.
Amendment Date......................... October 14, 2020.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML20275A000.
Amendment No(s)........................ 277.
Brief Description of Amendment(s)...... The amendment revised Millstone
Unit No. 3 Technical
Specification 6.8.4.g, ``Steam
Generator (SG) Program,'' by
adding a note to permit a one-
time deferral of the Steam
Generators A and C inspections
from fall 2020 to spring 2022.
Public Comments Received as to Proposed No.
NSHC (Yes/No).
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DTE Electric Company; Fermi 2; Monroe County, MI
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Docket No(s)........................... 50-341.
Amendment Date......................... October 5, 2020.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML20233A838.
Amendment No(s)........................ 216.
Brief Description of Amendment(s)...... The amendment revised the Fermi
2 Technical Specification (TS)
2.1.1, ``Reactor Core Safety
Limits,'' reactor steam dome
pressure from 785 pounds per
square inch gauge (psig) to
686 psig and TS Table 3.3.6.1-
1, ``Primary Containment
Isolation Instrumentation,''
Function 1.b, ``Main Steam
Line Pressure--Low,''
isolation function allowable
value from 736 psig to 801
psig.
Public Comments Received as to Proposed No.
NSHC (Yes/No).
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Energy Harbor Nuclear Corp. and Energy Harbor Nuclear Generation LLC;
Beaver Valley Power Station, Units 1 and 2; Beaver County, PA
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Docket No(s)........................... 50-334, 50-412.
Amendment Date......................... September 23, 2020.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML20213A731.
Amendment No(s)........................ 305 (Unit 1) and 195 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of Amendment(s)...... The amendments revised the
Beaver Valley, Units 1 and 2,
technical specifications
regarding primary and
secondary coolant activities,
control room emergency
ventilation system testing
criteria, and permit a one-
time change to the control
room envelope unfiltered air
in-leakages test frequency.
Public Comments Received as to Proposed No.
NSHC (Yes/No).
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Entergy Louisiana, LLC, and Entergy Operations, Inc.; River Bend
Station, Unit 1; West Feliciana Parish, LA
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Docket No(s)........................... 50-458.
Amendment Date......................... September 28, 2020.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML20244A011.
Amendment No(s)........................ 202.
Brief Description of Amendment(s)...... The amendment modified River
Bend Station Technical
Specification 3.3.5.2,
``Reactor Pressure Vessel
(RPV) Water Inventory Control
Instrumentation,'' by removing
the surveillance frequencies
and placing them in a
licensee[dash]controlled
program through the adoption
of NRC[dash]approved Technical
Specifications Task Force
(TSTF) Traveler TSTF-425,
Revision 3, ``Relocate
Surveillance Frequencies to
Licensee Control--RITSTF [Risk-
Informed TSTF] Initiative
5b.''
Public Comments Received as to Proposed No.
NSHC (Yes/No).
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Exelon Generation Company, LLC; Clinton Power Station, Unit No. 1;
DeWitt County, IL
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Docket No(s)........................... 50-461.
Amendment Date......................... October 14, 2020.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML20266G343.
Amendment No(s)........................ 235.
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Brief Description of Amendment(s)...... The amendment revised the
licensing basis to allow
automatic operation of the
load tap changer for the
emergency reserve auxiliary
transformer.
Public Comments Received as to Proposed No.
NSHC (Yes/No).
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National Institute of Standard and Technology (NIST), Center for Neutron
Research Test Reactor, Montgomery County, Maryland
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Docket No(s)........................... 50-184.
Amendment Date......................... September 21, 2020.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML20230A293.
Amendment No(s)........................ 12.
Brief Description of Amendment(s)...... This amendment modified the
NIST National Bureau of
Standards Test Reactor
physical security plan under
Sections 73.60, ``Additional
requirements for physical
protection at nonpower
reactors,'' and 73.67,
``Licensee fixed site and in-
transit requirements for the
physical protection of special
nuclear material of moderate
and low strategic
significance,'' of 10 CFR part
73, ``Physical Protection of
Plants and Materials.''
Public Comments Received as to Proposed No.
NSHC (Yes/No).
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NextEra Energy Point Beach, LLC; Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Unit 1;
Manitowoc County, WI
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Docket No(s)........................... 50-266.
Amendment Date......................... September 25, 2020.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML20241A058.
Amendment No(s)........................ 267.
Brief Description of Amendment(s)...... The amendment modified the
Point Beach Nuclear Plant,
Unit 1 Renewed Facility
Operating License Condition
4.I, ``Containment Building
Construction Truss,'' to
extend elements of the license
condition on a one-time basis.
This one-time extension was
requested due to unforeseen
issues as a result of the
Coronavirus Disease 2019
public health emergency.
Public Comments Received as to Proposed No.
NSHC (Yes/No).
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PSEG Nuclear LLC; Hope Creek Generating Station; Salem County, NJ
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Docket No(s)........................... 50-354.
Amendment Date......................... September 29, 2020.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML20231A632.
Amendment No(s)........................ 224.
Brief Description of Amendment(s)...... The amendment added a new
license condition to the Hope
Creek 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.
Public Comments Received as to Proposed No.
NSHC (Yes/No).
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Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant,
Units 1 and 2; Appling County, GA
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Docket No(s)........................... 50-321, 50-366.
Amendment Date......................... September 18, 2020.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML20254A057.
Amendment No(s)........................ 307 (Unit 1) and 252 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of Amendment(s)...... The amendments revised
Technical Specification (TS)
3.8.1, ``AC [Alternating
Current] Sources--Operating,''
for Hatch, Units 1 and 2, to
provide a one-time extension
of the completion time of
Required Action B.4 for the
Hatch, Unit 1, TS and Required
Actions B.4 and C.4 for the
Hatch, Unit 2, TS for each
Hatch, Unit 1, emergency
diesel generator (EDG) and the
swing EDG, from 14 days to 19
days. The amendments are risk-
informed and follow the
guidance in NRC Regulatory
Guide (RG) 1.174, ``An
Approach for Using
Probabilistic Risk Assessment
in Risk-Informed Decisions on
Plant-Specific Changes to the
Licensing Basis,'' Revision 3,
and NRC RG 1.177, ``An
Approach for Plant-Specific,
Risk-Informed Decisionmaking:
Technical Specifications,''
Revision 1.
Public Comments Received as to Proposed No.
NSHC (Yes/No).
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Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Joseph M. Farley Nuclear
Plant, Units 1 and 2; Houston County, AL
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Docket No(s)........................... 50-348, 50-364.
Amendment Date......................... October 6, 2020.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML20196L929.
Amendment No(s)........................ 229 (Unit 1) and 226 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of Amendment(s)...... The amendments modified
Technical Specification (TS)
3.7.15, ``Spent Fuel Assembly
Storage'' and TS 4.3, ``Fuel
Storage,'' and updated the
spent fuel pool criticality
safety analysis to account for
the impact on the spent fuel
for a measurement uncertainty
recapture power uprate.
Public Comments Received as to Proposed No.
NSHC (Yes/No).
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Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Joseph M. Farley Nuclear
Plant, Units 1 and 2; Houston County, AL
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Docket No(s)........................... 50-348, 50-364.
Amendment Date......................... October 9, 2020.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML20121A283.
Amendment No(s)........................ 230 (Unit 1) and 227 (Unit 2).
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Brief Description of Amendment(s)...... The amendments revised the
renewed facility operating
licenses to authorize an
increase in the maximum
licensed rated thermal power
from 2,775 megawatts thermal
(MWt) to 2,821 MWt, which is
an increase of approximately
1.7 percent. The amendments
also granted approval to apply
WCAP-18124-NP-A, ``Fluence
Determination with RAPTOR-M3G
and FERRET,'' in a limited
application to predict fluence
for non-beltline reactor
vessel material.
Public Comments Received as to Proposed No.
NSHC (Yes/No).
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Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Joseph M. Farley Nuclear
Plant, Units 1 and 2; Houston County, AL
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Docket No(s)........................... 50-348, 50-364.
Amendment Date......................... October 13, 2020.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML20224A285.
Amendment No(s)........................ 231 (Unit 1) and 228 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of Amendment(s)...... The proposed amendments
corrected Technical
Specification (TS) 3.3.1,
``Reactor Trip System (RTS)
Instrumentation,'' by removing
a reference to ``RTP'' [rated
thermal power]. The proposed
amendments also revised 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.
Public Comments Received as to Proposed No.
NSHC (Yes/No).
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Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Vogtle Electric Generating
Plant, Units 3 and 4; Burke County, GA
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Docket No(s)........................... 52-025, 52-026.
Amendment Date......................... September 24, 2020.
ADAMS Package Accession No............. ML20237F487.
Amendment No(s)........................ 184 (Unit 3) and 182 (Unit 4).
Brief Description of Amendment(s)...... The amendments authorized
changes to the following
Combined License Appendix A,
Technical Specification (TS):
TS 3.3.13, Engineered Safety
Feature Actuation System
(ESFAS) Main Control Room
(MCR) Isolation, Air Supply
Initiation, and Electrical
Load De-energization
applicability is revised to
exclude operability of the MCR
Air Supply Iodine or
Particulate Radiation--High 2
function when the MCR envelope
is isolated and the MCR
emergency habitability system
(VES) is operating; TS 3.3.13
is revised to include Class 1E
24-Hour Battery Charger Input
Undervoltage actuation signals
for VES actuation and de-
energization of the MCR air
supply radiation monitoring
sample pumps; and TS 3.8.1, DC
Sources--Operating, and TS
3.8.2, DC Sources--Shutdown,
are revised to include a
Surveillance Requirement to
verify each MCR air supply
radiation monitoring sample
pump de-energizes on an actual
or simulated actuation signal.
The amendments also authorized
certain changes to the Updated
Final Safety Analysis Report
that involve these TS changes.
Public Comments Received as to Proposed No.
NSHC (Yes/No).
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STP Nuclear Operating Company; South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2;
Matagorda County, TX
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Docket No(s)........................... 50-498, 50-499.
Amendment Date......................... September 29, 2020.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML20253A046.
Amendment No(s)........................ 220 (Unit 1) and 205 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of Amendment(s)...... The amendment replaced the
technical specifications limit
for reactor coolant system
(RCS) gross specific activity
with a new limit based upon
RCS noble gas specific
activity.
Public Comments Received as to Proposed No.
NSHC (Yes/No).
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Susquehanna Nuclear, LLC and Allegheny Electric Cooperative, Inc.;
Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2; Luzerne County, PA
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Docket No(s)........................... 50-387, 50-388.
Amendment Date......................... October 8, 2020.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML20199G749.
Amendment No(s)........................ 276 (Unit 1) and 258 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of Amendment(s)...... The amendments replaced
Technical Specification 5.5.2,
``Primary Coolant Sources
Outside Containment,'' and
modified the design-basis
accident loss-of-coolant
accident analysis described in
the Susquehanna Updated Final
Safety Analysis Report.
Public Comments Received as to Proposed No.
NSHC (Yes/No).
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Dated: October 28, 2020.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Craig G. Erlanger,
Director, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation.
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