[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 120 (Thursday, June 23, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37533-37535]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-13406]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50-275 and 50-323; NRC-2022-0132]


Pacific Gas and Electric Company; Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power 
Plant, Units 1 and 2; Post-Shutdown Decommissioning Activities Report

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Public meeting and request for comment.

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SUMMARY: On December 4, 2019, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E, 
the licensee) submitted to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) 
letters enclosing the post-shutdown decommissioning activities report 
(PSDAR), the site-specific decommissioning cost estimate (SSDCE), and 
the irradiated fuel management plan (IFMP), for the Diablo Canyon 
Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2 (Diablo Canyon, Units 1 and 2). The 
PSDAR, including the SSDCE and IFMP, provide an overview of PG&E's 
planned activities, schedule, projected costs, and environmental 
impacts for the decommissioning of Diablo Canyon, Units 1 and 2. On 
February 21, 2020, the NRC solicited comments on these documents. 
Subsequently, PG&E submitted a notification of changes on October 19, 
2021. The NRC planned to hold a public meeting in the vicinity of 
Diablo Canyon, Units 1 and 2, to discuss the PSDAR's content, including 
the SSDCE and IFMP, and receive comments but decided to reschedule the 
public meeting due to concerns with the coronavirus disease 2019 
(COVID-19) public health emergency. The NRC has rescheduled the public 
meeting to discuss the PSDAR, including the SSDCE and IFMP, and receive 
comments.

DATES: The public meeting will be held on Thursday, July 21, 2022, from 
6:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. Pacific Time (PT), at the San Luis Obispo 
County Government Building, located at 1055 Monterey Street, in San 
Luis Obispo, California. The public meeting is also accessible through 
an online webinar. Submit comments by October 19, 2022. Comments 
received after this date will be considered, if it is practical to do 
so,

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but the NRC is able to ensure consideration only for comments received 
on or before this date. See section III, ``Request for Comment and 
Public Meeting,'' of this document for additional information.

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-2022-0132. 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.
     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: Samson S. 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. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments

A. Obtaining Information

    Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2022-0132 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-2022-0132.
     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.
     NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public 
documents, by appointment, at the NRC's PDR, Room P1 B35, One White 
Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. To make 
an appointment to visit the PDR, please send an email to 
[email protected] or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, between 
8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time, 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-2022-0132 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. Discussion

    PG&E is the holder of Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-80 and 
DPR-82 for Diablo Canyon, Units 1 and 2, respectively. The license 
provides, among other things, that the facility is subject to all 
relevant rules, regulations, and orders of the NRC now or hereafter in 
effect. The facility consists of a pair of Westinghouse four loop 
pressurized water reactors located in San Luis Obispo County, 
California. By letter dated November 27, 2018, PG&E informed the NRC 
that it will permanently cease power operations at Diablo Canyon, Units 
1 and 2, on November 2, 2024, and August 26, 2025, respectively.
    Paragraph 50.82(a)(4)(i) of title 10 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations (10 CFR) states that a PSDAR must contain a description of 
the planned decommissioning activities along with a schedule for their 
accomplishment, a discussion that provides the reasons for concluding 
that the environmental impacts associated with site-specific 
decommissioning activities will be bounded by appropriate previously 
issued environmental impact statements, and an SSDCE, including the 
projected cost of managing irradiated fuel.
    Accordingly, pursuant to 10 CFR 50.82(a)(4)(ii), the NRC noticed 
receipt of the Diablo Canyon, Units 1 and 2 PSDAR, including the SSDCE 
and IFMP, and made them available for public comment on February 21, 
2020 (85 FR 10200). The public comment period closed on June 22, 2020. 
The purpose of the Federal Register notice (85 FR 10200; February 21, 
2020) was to inform the public of a meeting on March 19, 2020, to 
discuss and accept comments on the PSDAR, including the SSDCE and IFMP. 
Due to the concerns of COVID-19, the NRC canceled the March 19, 2020, 
public meeting (85 FR 15505; March 18, 2020). On October 19, 2021, PG&E 
submitted a notification of changes to the PSDAR, including the SSDCE 
and IFMP.

III. Request for Comment and Public Meeting

    The NRC is requesting public comments on the PSDAR, including the 
SSDCE and IFMP, for Diablo Canyon, Units 1 and 2. The NRC is planning 
to hold the PSDAR meeting and receive comments on Thursday, July 21, 
2022, from 6:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. (PT), at the San Luis Obispo 
County Government Building, located at 1055 Monterey Street, in San 
Luis Obispo, California. Please contact Samson Lee no later than July 
8, 2022, if accommodations or special equipment is needed to attend or 
to provide comments. Information regarding the public meeting, 
including webinar information, will be posted on the NRC's public 
meeting website at least 10 calendar days before the meeting. The NRC's 
public meeting website is located at https://www.nrc.gov/public-involve.html. The NRC requests that comments provided outside the 
Thursday, July 21, 2022, meeting be submitted as noted in section I, 
``Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments,'' of this document in 
writing by October 19, 2022.

IV. Availability of Documents

    The documents identified in the following table are available to 
interested persons through one or more of the following methods, as 
indicated.

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              Document description                  ADAMS accession No.
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Letter from PG&E to the NRC, ``Certification of   ML18331A553.
 Permanent Cessation of Power Operations,''
 dated November 27, 2018.
Letter from PG&E to the NRC, ``Diablo Canyon      ML19338F173.
 Power Plant, Units 1 and 2--Post-Shutdown
 Decommissioning Activities Report,'' dated
 December 4, 2019.
Letter from PG&E to the NRC, ``Diablo Canyon      ML19338F260.
 Power Plant, Units 1 and 2 Irradiated Fuel
 Management Plan,'' dated December 4, 2019.
Letter from PG&E to the NRC, ``Diablo Canyon      ML19345D344 and
 Power Plant, Units 1 and 2--Site-Specific         ML19345D345.
 Decommissioning Cost Estimate,'' dated December
 4, 2019 (publicly available version).
Letter from PG&E to the NRC, ``Notification of    ML21293A120.
 Changes to Post-Shutdown Decommissioning
 Activities Report, Site-Specific
 Decommissioning Cost Estimate, and Irradiated
 Fuel Management Plan for Diablo Canyon Power
 Plant, Units 1 and 2,'' dated October 19, 2021.
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    Dated: June 17, 2022.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Jennifer L. Dixon-Herrity,
Chief, Plant Licensing Branch IV, Division of Operating Reactor 
Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2022-13406 Filed 6-22-22; 8:45 am]
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