[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 188 (Friday, October 1, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 54490]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-21400]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50-237 and 50-249; NRC-2021-0030]


Exelon Generation Company, LLC; Dresden Nuclear Power Station, 
Units 2 and 3

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: License amendment application; withdrawal by applicant.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has granted the 
request of Exelon Generation Company, LLC (Exelon, the licensee) to 
withdraw its application dated October 29, 2020, for proposed 
amendments to Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-19 and DPR-25 
for Dresden Nuclear Power Station, Units 2 and 3 (Dresden), 
respectively. The proposed amendments would have made changes to the 
Dresden licenses and technical specifications (TSs) to reflect the 
permanent cessation of reactor operations and permanent defueling of 
the reactors.

DATES: October 1, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2021-0030 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:
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CONTACT section of this document.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Russell S. Haskell, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-1129; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC has granted the request of Exelon to 
withdraw its application dated October 29, 2020 (ADAMS Accession No. 
ML20303A313) for proposed amendments to Renewed Facility Operating 
License Nos. DPR-19 and DPR-25 for Dresden, Units 2 and 3, 
respectively, which are located in Grundy County, Illinois. Exelon is 
the licensee that owns and operates Dresden. The proposed amendments 
would have changed the Dresden TSs to permit changes in plant 
operations when the plants are permanently shut down and defueled. 
Specifically, the proposed amendments would have revised the Dresden 
renewed facility operating licenses and TSs following the permanent 
cessation of power operations to reflect the post-shutdown and 
permanently defueled condition of the units. The proposed amendments 
would have eliminated TS requirements and license conditions that would 
not have been applicable once Dresden ceased power operations and could 
no longer place fuel in the reactor vessels. The proposed amendments 
would have also eliminated obsolete license conditions. Additionally, 
the proposed amendments would have revised several license conditions 
and TS requirements, including limiting conditions for operation, usage 
rules, definitions, surveillance requirements, and administrative 
controls. The licensing bases for Dresden, including the design bases 
accident analysis, would have also been revised.
    The Commission previously issued a proposed finding that the 
proposed amendments involve no significant hazards consideration 
published in the Federal Register on January 26, 2021 (86 FR 7117). 
However, by letter dated September 15, 2021 (ADAMS Accession No. 
ML21258A281), Exelon requested to withdraw the proposed amendments.

    Dated: September 28, 2021.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Russell S. Haskell,
Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch III, Division of Operating 
Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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