[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 245 (Thursday, December 22, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78714-78715]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-27894]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50-456 and 50-457; NRC-2021-0200]


Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; Braidwood Station, Units 1 
and 2

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 Constellation Energy Generation, LLC, to withdraw its 
application dated August 2, 2021, as supplemented by letter dated June 
6, 2022, for proposed amendments to Renewed Facility Operating License 
Nos. NPF-72 and NPF-77, issued to the licensee for operation of the 
Braidwood Station, Units 1 and 2, located in Will County, Illinois. The 
proposed amendments would have revised Technical Specification (TS) 
3.7.9, ``Ultimate Heat Sink [UHS]'' for an inoperable UHS due to the 
average water temperature to allow utilization of existing margin in 
the design analysis to offset the increase in the TS UHS temperature. 
The proposed amendments also would have revised TS 3.7.9 Surveillance 
Requirement (SR) 3.7.9.2 to delete the temporary allowance for the UHS 
average water temperature of 102.8 degrees Fahrenheit ([deg]F) until 
September 30, 2021.

DATES: December 22, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2021-0200 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-2021-0200. 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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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-

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415-4737, or by email to [email protected]. The ADAMS accession 
number for each document referenced 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joel S. Wiebe, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington DC 
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-6606, email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC has granted the request by 
Constellation Energy Generation, LLC, (the licensee) to withdraw its 
August 2, 2021 (ADAMS Accession No. ML21214A331), as supplemented by 
letter dated June 6, 2022 (ADAMS Accession No. ML22157A438), 
application for proposed amendments to Renewed Facility Operating 
License Nos. NPF-72 and NPF-77 issued to the licensee for operation of 
the Braidwood Station, Units 1 and 2, located in Will County, Illinois.
    The proposed amendments would have revised TS 3.7.9, ``Ultimate 
Heat Sink [UHS]'' for an inoperable UHS due to the average water 
temperature to allow utilization of existing margin in the design 
analysis to offset the increase in the TS UHS temperature. These 
amendments would have also revised TS 3.7.9 SR 3.7.9.2 to delete the 
temporary allowance for the UHS average water temperature of 102.8 
[deg]F until September 30, 2021.
    On November 2, 2021, the NRC published in the Federal Register a 
notice (86 FR 60484) that the NRC would consider the amendment request.

    Dated: December 19, 2022.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Joel S. Wiebe,
Senior Project Manager, Licensing Projects Branch III, Division of 
Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2022-27894 Filed 12-21-22; 8:45 am]
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