[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 65 (Wednesday, April 7, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18081-18082]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-07130]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50-275 and 50-323; NRC-2021-0078].
Pacific Gas and Electric Company; Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power
Plant, Units 1 and 2
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Exemption; issuance.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued a one-
time exemption in response to a February 4, 2021, request from Pacific
Gas and Electric Company (the licensee) for an exemption from the
operator requalification program requirements at Diablo Canyon Nuclear
Power Plant, Units 1 and 2 (Diablo Canyon), to minimize potential
operator distractions during plant startup. The exemption affords a
one-month extension of the 2-year program requalification and 1-year
operator exam requirements, until June 30, 2021. The NRC staff made the
required findings that the exemption is authorized by law, will not
endanger life or property, and is otherwise in the public interest.
DATES: The exemption was issued on April 1, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2021-0078 when contacting the
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You
may obtain publicly available information related to this document
using any of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2021-0078. Address
questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann;
telephone: 301-415-0624; email: [email protected]. For technical
questions, contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section of this document.
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]. For the convenience of the reader,
instructions about obtaining materials referenced in this document are
provided in the ``Availability of Documents'' section.
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 or
301-415-4737, between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (ET), Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Samson Lee, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001, telephone: 301-415-3168, email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
The NRC approved the one-time exemption from certain requirements
of Part 55 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR),
``Operators' Licenses,'' for Diablo Canyon. This action was in response
to the Pacific Gas and Electric Company's (the licensee's) application
dated February 4, 2021, which requested a one-time exemption for Diablo
Canyon from the requirements of 10 CFR 55.59, ``Requalification,''
program to minimize potential operator distractions during plant
startup. The exemption affords a one-month extension of the 2-year
program requalification and 1-year operator exam requirements, until
June 30, 2021. The NRC staff made the findings required in 10 CFR
55.11, ``Specific exemptions,'' that the exemption is authorized by
law, will not endanger life or property, and is otherwise in the public
interest.
II. Availability of Documents
The table in this notice provides the facility name, docket number,
document description, and ADAMS accession number for the exemption
issued. Additional details on the exemption issued, including the
exemption request submitted by the licensee and the NRC's decision, are
provided in the exemption approval listed in the table in this notice.
For additional directions on accessing information in ADAMS, see the
ADDRESSES section of this document.
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Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2
[Docket Nos. 50-275 and 50-323]
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Document description ADAMS accession No.
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Diablo Canyon Power Plant, Units 1 and 2, ML21049A050
Request for One-Time Exemption from Select 10
CFR 55.59 Requirements.
Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and ML21067A058
2--Exemption from Select Requirements of 10
CFR Part 55, ``Operators' Licenses'' (EPID L-
2021-LLE-0007).
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Dated: April 2, 2021.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Samson S. Lee,
Senior Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch IV, Division of
Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2021-07130 Filed 4-6-21; 8:45 am]
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