[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 87 (Friday, May 7, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24673-24674]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-09719]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50-280 and 50-281; NRC-2021-0101]


Virginia Electric and Power Company; Surry Power Station, Units 1 
and 2

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Subsequent license renewal and record of decision; issuance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued 
Subsequent Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-32 and DPR-37 to 
Virginia Electric and Power Company (Dominion Energy Virginia, 
Dominion, or the licensee), for Surry Power Station, Units 1 and 2, 
respectively. In addition, the NRC has prepared a record of decision 
(ROD) that supports the NRC's decision to issue Subsequent Renewed 
Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-32 and DPR-37.

DATES: The Subsequent Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-32 
and DPR-37 were issued on May 4, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2021-0101 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-2021-0101. 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.
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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 or 
301-415-4737, between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (EST), Monday through 
Friday, except Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Angela Wu, Office of Nuclear Reactor 
Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001; telephone: 301-415-2995, email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that the NRC has 
issued Subsequent Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-32 and 
DPR-37 to Virginia Electric and Power Company (Dominion Energy 
Virginia, Dominion, or the licensee), for Surry Power Station, Units 1 
and 2, respectively. Dominion is the operator of the facility. 
Subsequent Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-32 and DPR-37 
authorize operation of Unit 1 and Unit 2, respectively, by Dominion at 
reactor core power levels not in excess of 2,587 megawatts thermal for 
each unit, in accordance with the provisions of the Surry Power 
Station, Units 1 and 2, subsequent renewed licenses and technical 
specifications. Notice is also given that the ROD that supports the 
NRC's decision to issue Subsequent Renewed Facility Operating License 
Nos. DPR-32 and DPR-37 is available in ADAMS Accession No. ML20091L985.
    As discussed in the ROD and the final supplemental environmental 
impact statement (FSEIS) for Surry Power Station, Units 1 and 2, 
Supplement 6, Second Renewal, to NUREG-1437, ``Generic Environmental 
Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants Regarding 
Subsequent License Renewal for Surry Power Station, Units 1 and 2, 
Final Report,'' dated April 2020 (ADAMS Accession No. ML20071D538), the 
NRC staff initially considered 16 alternatives to subsequent license 
renewal. The NRC staff dismissed 13 alternatives because of technical, 
resource availability, or commercial limitations that currently exist 
and that are likely to continue to exist when the existing Surry 
renewed licenses expire, rendering these alternatives not feasible and 
commercially viable. This resulted in the three reasonable replacement 
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alternatives for in-depth evaluation: (a) a new nuclear (Small Modular 
Reactor) generation alternative, (b) a natural gas combined-cycle power 
plant, and (c) a combination of natural gas combined-cycle power plant, 
solar, and demand-side management. The FSEIS documents the 
environmental review, including the determination that the adverse 
environmental impacts of subsequent license renewal for Surry Power 
Station, Units 1 and 2, are not so great that preserving the option of 
subsequent license renewal for energy planning decisionmakers would be 
unreasonable. In addition to the NRC staff's independent environmental 
review, the FSEIS conclusion is based on (1) the analysis and findings 
in NUREG-1437, ``Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License 
Renewal of Nuclear Power Plants,'' (2) information provided in the 
environmental report submitted by Dominion, (3) consultation with 
Federal, State, local, and Tribal agencies, and (4) the NRC staff's 
consideration of public comments.
    Surry Power Station, Units 1 and 2, are three-coolant-loop, 
pressurized light water reactors located on a site situated on Gravel 
Neck, adjacent to the James River in Surry County, Virginia. The 
application for the subsquent renewed licenses, ``Surry Power Station 
Units 1 and 2 Application for Subsequent License Renewal,'' dated 
October 15, 2018 (ADAMS Package Accession No. ML18291A842), as 
supplemented by letters dated through April 8, 2021 (ADAMS Package 
Accession No. ML21112A337), complies with the standards and 
requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), 
and the NRC's regulations. As required by the Act and NRC regulations 
in chapter 1 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), 
the NRC has made appropriate findings, which are set forth in the 
subsequent renewed licenses.
    A public notice of the proposed issuance of the subsequent renewed 
licenses and an opportunity for a hearing was published in the Federal 
Register on December 10, 2018 (83 FR 63541) and corrected on December 
17, 2018 (83 FR 64606). There were no petitions to intervene filed for 
the Surry subsequent license renewal application.
    For further details with respect to this action, see: (1) Virginia 
Electric and Power Company's subsequent license renewal application for 
Surry Power Station, Units 1 and 2, dated October 15, 2018, as 
supplemented by letters dated through April 8, 2021; (2) the NRC's 
safety evaluation report, dated March 2020 (ADAMS Package Accession No. 
ML20052F520); (3) the NRC's final environmental impact statement 
(NUREG-1437, Supplement 6, Second Renewal) for Surry Power Station 
Units 1 and 2, dated April 2020; and (4) the NRC's ROD.

    Dated: May 4, 2021.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Anna H. Bradford,
Director, Division of New and Renewed Licenses, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation.
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