[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 228 (Tuesday, November 29, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73339-73345]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-24989]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2022-0197]
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 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.
DATES: Comments must be filed by December 29, 2022. A request for a
hearing or petitions for leave to intervene must be filed by January
30, 2023. This monthly notice includes all amendments issued, or
proposed to be issued, from October 14, 2022, to November 3, 2022. The
last monthly notice was published on November 1, 2022.
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-2022-0197. 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: Susan Lent, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001, telephone: 301-415-1365, email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2022-0197, 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-2022-0197.
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.
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 (ET), 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-2022-0197, 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 in this notice,
the Commission finds that the licensees' analyses provided, consistent
with section 50.91 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10
CFR) ``Notice for public comment; State consultation,'' are sufficient
to support the proposed determinations 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
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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
persons (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 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 at 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 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 NSHC, the Commission will make a final
determination on the issue of NSHC. The final determination will serve
to establish when the hearing is held. If the final determination is
that the amendment request involves NSHC, 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 petition is submitted, any person who is not a party to the
proceeding and is not 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
documents filed by an interested State, local governmental body,
Federally recognized Indian Tribe, or designated agency thereof that
requests to participate under 10 CFR 2.315(c), must be filed in
accordance with 10 CFR 2.302. 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,
unless an exemption permitting an alternative filing method, as further
discussed, is
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granted. Detailed guidance on electronic submissions is located in the
``Guidance for Electronic Submissions to the NRC'' (ADAMS Accession No.
ML13031A056) and on the NRC's public website at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html.
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 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. After a digital ID certificate is
obtained and a docket created, the participant must submit adjudicatory
documents in Portable Document Format. Guidance on 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. ET on the due date. Upon receipt of a
transmission, the E-Filing system time-stamps the document and sends
the submitter an email confirming receipt of the document. The E-Filing
system also distributes an email 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 to
obtain access to the documents via the E-Filing system.
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 9:00
a.m. and 6:00 p.m., ET, Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
Participants who believe that they have 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 in accordance with 10 CFR
2.302(b)-(d). Participants filing adjudicatory documents in this manner
are responsible for serving their documents on all other participants.
Participants granted an exemption under 10 CFR 2.302(g)(2) must still
meet the electronic formatting requirement in 10 CFR 2.302(g)(1),
unless the participant also seeks and is granted an exemption from 10
CFR 2.302(g)(1).
Documents submitted in adjudicatory proceedings will appear in the
NRC's electronic hearing docket, which is publicly available at https://adams.nrc.gov/ehd, unless excluded pursuant to an order of the
presiding officer. If you do not have an NRC-issued digital ID
certificate as previously described, 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. 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
should not include copyrighted materials in their submission.
The following table 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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Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; Clinton Power Station, Unit 1;
DeWitt County, IL; Dresden Nuclear Power Station, Units 2 and 3; Grundy
County, IL; LaSalle County Station, Units 1 and 2; LaSalle County, IL;
Rock Island County, IL; Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, LLC and Nine
Mile Point Nuclear Station, Unit 2; Oswego County, NY; Quad Cities
Nuclear Power Station, Units 1 and 2
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Docket No(s)...................... 50-461, 50-237, 50-249, 50-373, 50-
374, 50-410, 50-254, 50-265.
Application date.................. October 3, 2022.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML22276A220.
Location in Application of NSHC... Pages 5 and 6 of Attachment 1.
Brief Description of Amendment(s). The proposed amendments requests
adoption of Technical
Specifications Task Force (TSTF)
Traveler, TSTF-306, Revision 2,
``Add Action to LCO 3.3.6.1 to give
option to isolate the
penetration.''
Proposed Determination............ NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Jason Zorn, Associate General
Mailing Address. Counsel, Constellation Energy
Generation, 101 Constitution Ave.
NW, Washington, DC 20001.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Scott Wall, 301-415-2855.
Number.
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Duke Energy Progress, LLC; H. B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant, Unit No.
2; Darlington County, SC
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Docket No(s)...................... 50-261.
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Application date.................. September 21, 2022.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML22264A149.
Location in Application of NSHC... Pages 12-13 of the Enclosure.
Brief Description of Amendment(s). The proposed amendment would add a
Feedwater Isolation on High-High
Steam Generator Level function to
Table 3.3.2-1 of Technical
Specification (TS) 3.3.2,
``Engineered Safety Feature
Actuation System (ESFAS)
Instrumentation,'' and remove
obsolete content from TSs 2.1.1.1,
``Reactor Core SLs [Safety
Limits],'' and 5.6.5.b, ``Core
Operating Limits Report (COLR).''
Proposed Determination............ NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Kathryn B. Nolan, Deputy General
Mailing Address. Counsel, Duke Energy Corporation,
550 South Tryon Street (DEC45A),
Charlotte, NC 28202.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Luke Haeg, 301-415-0272.
Number.
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Holtec Decommissioning International, LLC; Palisades Nuclear Plant; Van
Buren County, MI
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Docket No(s)...................... 50-255.
Application date.................. September 14, 2022.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML22257A097.
Location in Application of NSHC... Pages 7-9 (Section 4.3) of
Enclosure.
Brief Description of Amendment(s). The proposed license amendment would
revise the Palisades Nuclear Plant
Renewed Facility Operating License
No. DPR-20 to remove the Cyber
Security Plan requirements
contained in License Condition 2.E.
Proposed Determination............ NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Erin Connolly, Corporate Counsel--
Mailing Address. Legal, Holtec International,
Krishna P. Singh Technology Campus,
1 Holtec Blvd., Camden, NJ 08104.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Marlayna Doell, 301-415-3178.
Number.
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NextEra Energy Point Beach, LLC; Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and
2; Manitowoc County, WI.
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Docket No(s)...................... 50-266, 50-301.
Application date.................. September 26, 2022.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML22270A084.
Location in Application of NSHC... Pages 10-12 of Enclosure.
Brief Description of Amendment(s). The proposed amendment requested to
revise Technical Specification (TS)
3.2.4, ``Quadrant Power Tilt Ratio
(QPTR),'' and TS 3.3.1, ``Reactor
Protection System (RPS)
Instrumentation,'' to allow the use
of an alternate means of
determining power distribution
information. The proposed TS
changes would allow the use of a
dedicated on-line core power
distribution monitoring system
(PDMS) to perform surveillance of
core thermal limits. The PDMS to be
used at Point Beach is the
Westinghouse proprietary core
analysis system called Best
Estimate Analyzer for Core
Operations--Nuclear.
Proposed Determination............ NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Steven Hamrick, Managing Attorney--
Mailing Address. Nuclear, Florida Power and Light
Company, P.O. Box 14000, Juno
Beach, FL 33408-0420.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Scott Wall, 301-415-2855.
Number.
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Tennessee Valley Authority; Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Units 1, 2, and
3; Limestone County, AL
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Docket No(s)...................... 50-259, 50-260, 50-296.
Application date.................. September 29, 2022.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML22276A089.
Location in Application of NSHC... Pages E-3 and E-4 of the Enclosure.
Brief Description of Amendment(s). The proposed amendments would revise
Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Units
1, 2, and 3, Technical
Specification 4.1, ``Site
Location,'' to remove the
description of the Browns Ferry
site acreage.
Proposed Determination............ NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, David Fountain, Executive VP and
Mailing Address. General Counsel, Tennessee Valley
Authority, 400 West Summit Hill
Drive, WT 6A, Knoxville, TN 37902.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Kimberly Green, 301-415-1627.
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 last monthly notice, 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
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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 following table. 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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Energy Harbor Nuclear Corp. and Energy Harbor Nuclear Generation LLC;
Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station, Unit No. 1; Ottawa County, OH
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Docket No(s)...................... 50-346.
Amendment Date.................... October 14, 2022.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML22277A601.
Amendment No(s)................... 304.
Brief Description of Amendment(s). The amendment revised the design
basis for the facility to allow
laminar concrete cracking of a
limited width in the outer
reinforcement layer of the shield
building containment structure.
Public Comments Received as to No.
Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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Northern States Power Company--Minnesota; Prairie Island Nuclear
Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2; Goodhue County, MN
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Docket No(s)...................... 50-282, 50-306.
Amendment Date.................... November 1, 2022.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML22300A223.
Amendment No(s)................... 241 (Unit 1), and 229 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of Amendment(s). The amendments revised the ``Steam
Generator (SG) Program'' and the
``Steam Generator Tube Inspection
Report'' Technical Specifications
(TSs) requirements based on TS Task
Force (TSTF) Traveler TSTF-577,
Revision 1, ``Revised Frequencies
for Steam Generator Tube
Inspections.''
Public Comments Received as to No.
Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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Northern States Power Company; Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant;
Wright County, MN
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Docket No(s)...................... 50-263.
Amendment Date.................... October 31, 2022.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML22264A106.
Amendment No(s)................... 208.
Brief Description of Amendment(s). The amendment revised Technical
Specification 3.6.1.8, ``Residual
Heat Removal (RHR) Drywell Spray,''
to modify Surveillance Requirement
3.6.1.8.2 from a frequency of every
10 years to a frequency of
following maintenance that could
result in nozzle blockage.
Public Comments Received as to No.
Proposed 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.................... August 19, 2022.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML22192A199.
Amendment No(s)................... 316 (Unit 1), and 261 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of Amendment(s). The amendments allow Hatch to adopt
Technical Specification Task Force
(TSTF) Traveler TSTF-580 (Provide
Exception from Entering Mode 4 With
No Operable RHR [Residual Heat
Removal] Shutdown Cooling). The
proposed change provides Hatch a
technical specification exception
to entering Mode 4 if both required
RHR shutdown cooling subsystems are
inoperable.
Public Comments Received as to No.
Proposed 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.................... November 1, 2022.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML22263A225.
Amendment No(s)................... 243 (Unit 1), and 240 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of Amendment(s). The amendment revises the peak
calculated containment internal
pressure for the design basis loss-
of-coolant accident described in
the Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant,
Units 1 and 2, Technical
Specifications 5.5.17,
``Containment Leakage Rate Testing
Program.''
Public Comments Received as to No.
Proposed 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 28, 2022.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML22256A054.
Amendment No(s)................... 283 (Unit 1), and 266 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of Amendment(s). The amendments revised the allowable
values for the core spray and the
low pressure cooling injection
systems' reactor steam dome
pressure--low initiation and
injection permissive
instrumentation functions in Table
3.3.5.1-1 in each unit's Technical
Specification 3.3.5.1, ``Emergency
Core Cooling System (ECCS)
Instrumentation.''
Public Comments Received as to No.
Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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Tennessee Valley Authority; Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2;
Hamilton County, TN; Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2; Rhea
County, TN
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Docket No(s)...................... 50-327, 50-328, 50-390, 50-391.
Amendment Date.................... October 24, 2022.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML22276A161.
Amendment No(s)................... Sequoyah 359 (Unit 1) and 353 (Unit
2); Watts Bar 155 (Unit 1) and 63
(Unit 2).
Brief Description of Amendment(s). The amendments revised the steam
generator tube inspection
frequencies and reporting
requirements in the ``Steam
Generator (SG) Program'' and the
``Steam Generator Tube Inspection
Report'' technical specifications
for Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Units 1
and 2, and Watts Bar Nuclear Plant,
Units 1 and 2. The revisions are
based on Technical Specifications
Task Force (TSTF) Traveler TSTF-
577, Revision 1, ``Revised
Frequencies for Steam Generator
Tube Inspections.''
Public Comments Received as to No.
Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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Union Electric Company; Callaway Plant, Unit No. 1; Callaway County, MO
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Docket No(s)...................... 50-483.
Amendment Date.................... October 21, 2022.
ADAMS Accession No................ ML22220A132.
Amendment No(s)................... 228.
Brief Description of Amendment(s). The amendment revised the licensing
basis as described in the Callaway
Plant, Unit No. 1 Final Safety
Analysis Report to allow the use of
a risk-informed approach to address
safety issues discussed in Generic
Letter 2004-02, ``Potential Impact
of Debris Blockage on Emergency
Recirculation during Design Basis
Accidents at Pressurized-Water
Reactors.'' In addition, the
amendment: (1) revised the
Technical Specifications (TSs) for
the emergency core cooling system
(ECCS) by deleting Surveillance
Requirement (SR) 3.5.2.8 in TS
3.5.2, ``ECCS--Operating,'' and
deleted its mention from SR 3.5.3.1
in TS 3.5.3, ``ECCS--Shutdown'':
(2) added new TS 3.6.8,
``Containment Sumps,'' with
appropriate conditions, required
actions and completion times,
including new SR 3.6.8.1 for visual
inspection of the containment
sumps; and (3) revised TS 5.5.15,
``Safety Function Determination
Program,'' to clarify the
application of TS Limiting
Condition for Operation 3.0.6 to
the containment sumps.
Public Comments Received as to No.
Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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IV. Notice of Issuance of Amendment to Facility Operating Licenses and
Combined Licenses and Final Determination of No Significant Hazards
Consideration and Opportunity for a Hearing
Since publication of the last monthly notice, the Commission has
issued the following amendment. The Commission has determined for this
amendment that the application for the amendment 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.
Because of exigent circumstances or emergency situation associated
with the date the amendment was needed, there was not time for the
Commission to publish, for public comment before issuance, its usual
notice of consideration of issuance of amendment, proposed NSHC
determination, and opportunity for a hearing.
For exigent circumstances, the Commission has either issued a
Federal Register notice providing opportunity for public comment or has
used local media to provide notice to the public in the area
surrounding a licensee's facility of the licensee's application and of
the Commission's proposed determination of NSHC. The Commission has
provided a reasonable opportunity for the public to comment, using its
best efforts to make available to the public means of communication for
the public to respond quickly, and in the case of telephone comments,
the comments have been recorded or transcribed as appropriate and the
licensee has been informed of the public comments.
In circumstances where failure to act in a timely way would have
resulted, for example, in derating or shutdown of a nuclear power plant
or in prevention of either resumption of operation or of increase in
power output up to the plant's licensed power level, the Commission may
not have had an
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opportunity to provide for public comment on its NSHC determination. In
such case, the license amendment has been issued without opportunity
for comment prior to issuance. If there has been some time for public
comment but less than 30 days, the Commission may provide an
opportunity for public comment. If comments have been requested, it is
so stated. In either event, the State has been consulted by telephone
whenever possible.
Under its regulations, the Commission may issue and make an
amendment immediately effective, notwithstanding the pendency before it
of a request for a hearing from any person, in advance of the holding
and completion of any required hearing, where it has determined that
NSHC is involved.
The Commission has applied the standards of 10 CFR 50.92 and has
made a final determination that the amendments involve NSHC. The basis
for this determination is contained in the documents related to each
action. Accordingly, the amendment has been issued and made effective
as indicated. For those amendments that have not been previously
noticed in the Federal Register, within 60 days after the date of
publication of this notice, any persons (petitioner) whose interest may
be affected by this action may file a request for a hearing and
petition for leave to intervene (petition) with respect to the action.
Petitions shall be filed in accordance with the guidance concerning the
Commission's ``Agency Rules of Practice and Procedure'' in 10 CFR part
2 as discussed in section II.A of this document.
Unless otherwise indicated, the Commission has determined that the
amendment satisfies 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 this amendment. If the Commission has prepared an
environmental assessment under the special circumstances provision in
10 CFR 51.12(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 these actions, 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 following table. The safety evaluation will
provide the ADAMS accession number(s) 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.
The following notice was previously published as separate
individual notice. It was published as an individual notice either
because time did not allow the Commission to wait for this monthly
notice or because the action involved exigent circumstances. It is
repeated here because the monthly notice lists all amendments issued or
proposed to be issued involving NSHC.
For details, including the applicable notice period, see the
individual notice in the Federal Register on the day and page cited.
License Amendment Request(s)--Repeat of Individual Federal Register
Notice
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Entergy Operations, Inc.; Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 1; Pope County, AR
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Docket No(s)...................... 50-313.
Application Date.................. September 30, 2021, as supplemented
by letters dated December 2, 2021,
June 2, 2022, and October 13, 2022.
ADAMS Accession Nos............... ML21274A874, ML21337A245,
ML22153A464 and ML22286A249.
Brief Description of Amendment(s). The proposed amendment would revise
the dose equivalent Iodine (I)-131
and the reactor coolant system
(RCS) primary activity limits
required by Arkansas Nuclear One,
Unit 1 Technical Specification (TS)
3.4.12, ``RCS Specific Activity,''
and the primary-to-secondary leak
rate limit provided in TS 3.4.13,
``RCS Operational LEAKAGE.''
Date & Cite of Federal Register November 3, 2022 (87 FR 66328).
Individual Notice.
Expiration Dates for Public December 5, 2022 (comments); January
Comments & Hearing Requests. 3, 2023 (hearing requests).
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Dated: November 10, 2022.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Gregory F. Suber,
Deputy Director, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of
Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2022-24989 Filed 11-28-22; 8:45 am]
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