[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 74 (Tuesday, April 18, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23695-23702]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-08140]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2023-0084]
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 section 189.a.(2) of 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 May 18, 2023. A request for a hearing
or petitions for leave to intervene must be filed by June 20, 2023.
This monthly notice includes all amendments issued, or proposed to be
issued, from March 3, 2023, to March 30, 2023. The last monthly notice
was published on March 21, 2023.
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-2023-0084. 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: Rhonda Butler, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001, telephone: 301-415-8025; email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2023-0084, 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-2023-0084.
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,
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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 a.m. and 4 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-2023-0084, 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
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
person (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. 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.
Petitions must be filed no later than 60 days from the date of
publication of this notice in accordance with the filing instructions
in the ``Electronic Submissions (E-Filing)'' section of this document.
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).
If a hearing is requested, and the Commission has not made a final
determination on the issue of no significant hazards consideration, the
Commission will make a final determination on the issue of no
significant hazards consideration, which will serve to establish when
the hearing is held. If the final determination is that the amendment
request involves no significant hazards consideration, 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 designated agency thereof, may submit a petition to the
Commission to participate as a party under 10 CFR 2.309(h) no later
than 60 days from the date of publication of this notice.
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).
For information about filing a petition and about participation by
a person not a party under 10 CFR 2.315, see ADAMS Accession No.
ML20340A053 (https://adamswebsearch2.nrc.gov/webSearch2/main.jsp?AccessionNumber=ML20340A053) and on the NRC's public website
at https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/regulatory/adjudicatory/hearing.html#participate.
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 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
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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 a.m.
and 6 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) through (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; Braidwood Station, Units 1 and 2,
Will County, IL
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Docket No(s)........................... 50-456, 50-457.
Application date....................... March 24, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML23083B941.
Location in Application of NSHC........ Pages 15-17 of Attachment 1.
Brief Description of Amendment(s)...... The amendment proposes to
change technical specification
surveillance requirement
3.7.9.2 to allow an ultimate
heatsink temperature of
<=102.8 [deg]F until September
30, 2023.
Proposed Determination................. NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Mailing Jason Zorn, Associate General
Address. Counsel, Constellation Energy
Generation, 101 Constitution
Ave. NW, Suite 400 East,
Washington, DC 20001.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Number.. Joel Wiebe, 301-415-6606.
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Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; LaSalle County Station, Units 1
and 2; LaSalle County, IL
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Docket No(s)........................... 50-373, 50-374.
Application date....................... January 12, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML23013A076.
Location in Application of NSHC........ Pages 9 and 10 of Attachment 1.
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Brief Description of Amendment(s)...... The proposed amendments would
revise the LaSalle County
Station, Units 1 and 2,
Updated Final Safety Analysis
Report to allow the use of
plastic section properties in
the analysis of the lower
downcomer braces.
Proposed Determination................. NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Mailing Jason Zorn, Associate General
Address. Counsel, Constellation Energy
Generation, 4300 Winfield Road
Warrenville, IL 60555.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Number.. Robert Kuntz, 301-415-3733.
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Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station,
Units 1 and 2; Rock Island County, IL
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Docket No(s)........................... 50-254, 50-265.
Application date....................... March 3, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML23062A450.
Location in Application of NSHC........ Pages 5 and 6 of Attachment 1.
Brief Description of Amendment(s)...... The amendments request
technical specification (TS)
changes to adopt Technical
Specification Task Force
(TSTF) Traveler TSTF-564
``Safety Limit MCPR [minimum
critical power ratio],''
Revision 2. The proposed
changes will revise the TS
safety limit for MCPR.
Proposed Determination................. NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Mailing Jason Zorn, Associate General
Address. Counsel, Constellation Energy
Generation, 4300 Winfield Road
Warrenville, IL 60555.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Number.. Robert Kuntz, 301-415-3733.
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Florida Power & Light Company, et al.; St. Lucie Plant, Units. 1 and 2;
St. Lucie County, FL
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Docket No(s)........................... 50-335, 50-389.
Application date....................... December 2, 2022.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML22336A071.
Location in Application of NSHC........ Pages 23-25 of the Enclosure.
Brief Description of Amendment(s)...... The proposed amendments would
modify the licensing basis by
the addition of a license
condition to allow for the
implementation of the
provisions of 10 CFR 50.69,
``Risk-Informed Categorization
and Treatment of Structures,
Systems and Components for
Nuclear Power Reactors.'' The
provisions of 10 CFR 50.69
allow adjustment of the scope
of equipment subject to
special treatment controls
(e.g., quality assurance,
testing, inspection, condition
monitoring, assessment, and
evaluation).
Proposed Determination................. NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Mailing Steven Hamrick, Senior
Address. Attorney, 801 Pennsylvania
Ave. NW, Suite 220,
Washington, DC 20004.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Number.. Natreon Jordan, 301-415-7410.
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National Institute of Standards and Technology, Center for Neutron
Research Test Reactor, Montgomery County, Maryland
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Docket No(s)........................... 50-184.
Application date....................... December 11, 2020.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML21053A037 (package).
Location in Application of NSHC........ Attachment dated October 11,
2020.
Brief Description of Amendment(s)...... The proposed amendment would
revise the National Bureau of
Standards Test Reactor safety
analysis report to describe an
alternative method to
determine the potential dose
consequence of tritium from a
hypothetical release from the
new liquid deuterium cold
neutron source. The amendment
would also authorize the
National Institute of
Standards and Technology to
calculate the dose consequence
of a hypothetical release of
tritium from new proposed cold
neutron source to take into
account the actual physical
and chemical characteristics
of the effluents consistent
with 10 CFR part 20,
``Standards for Protection
against Radiation,'' Appendix
B, ``Annual Limits on Intake
(ALI) and Derived Air
Concentrations (DACs) of
Radionuclides for Occupational
Exposure; Effluent
Concentrations; Concentrations
for Release to Sewerage.''
Proposed Determination................. NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Mailing Henry N. Wixon, Chief of
Address. Counsel, National Institute of
Standards and Technology, 100
Bureau Drive, Stop 1052, Room
A534, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-
1052.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Number.. Patrick G. Boyle, 301-415-3936.
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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 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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Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; Dresden Nuclear Power Station,
Units 2 and 3; Grundy County, IL
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Docket No(s)........................... 50-237, 50-249.
Amendment Date......................... March 22, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML23032A360.
Amendment No(s)........................ 279 (Unit 2) and 272 (Unit 3).
Brief Description of Amendment(s)...... The amendments changed the
criticality safety analysis
(CSA) methodology for
performing the criticality
safety evaluation for legacy
fuel types in addition to the
GNF3 [Global Nuclear Fuel3]
reload fuel in the spent fuel
pool at Dresden Nuclear Power
Station, Units 2 and 3. The
amendment also revised
Technical Specifications
4.3.1, ``Criticality.''
Additionally, the amendment
changed the new fuel vault
(NFV) CSA to utilize the GE
Hitachi Nuclear Energy
003N7421-P, Revision 1,
methodology to validate
criticality safety for GNF3
fuel in the General Electric
designed NFV racks.
Public Comments Received as to Proposed No.
NSHC (Yes/No).
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Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; Limerick Generating Station, Units
1 and 2; Montgomery County, PA
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Docket No(s)........................... 50-352, 50-353.
Amendment Date......................... March 7, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML22348A176.
Amendment No(s)........................ 260 (Unit 1) and 222 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of Amendment(s)...... The amendments revised the
technical specifications (TSs)
to increase the allowed outage
time for inoperable remote
shutdown system components to
a time that is more consistent
with their safety significance
and delete TS Table 3.3.7.4-1,
``Remote Shutdown System
Instrumentation and
Controls,'' to be relocated to
the Technical Requirements
Manual, and corrected an
administrative error to
replace Unit 1 license page
number 3.
Public Comments Received as to Proposed No.
NSHC (Yes/No).
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Dominion Energy Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.; Millstone Power Station, Unit
Nos. 2 and 3; New London County, CT
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Docket No(s)........................... 50-336, 50-423.
Amendment Date......................... March 16, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML23058A454.
Amendment No(s)........................ 345 (Unit 2) and 285 (Unit 3).
Brief Description of Amendment(s)...... The amendments revised the
technical specification
requirements for mode change
limitations in Limiting
Condition for Operation 3.0.4
and Surveillance Requirement
4.0.4 to adopt the provisions
of Technical Specification
Task Force (TSTF) Traveler-
359, Revision 9 (TSTF-359),
``Increase Flexibility in Mode
Restraints.'' The availability
of TSTF-359 for adoption by
licensees was announced in the
Federal Register on April 4,
2003 (68 FR 16579) as part of
the Consolidated Improvement
Process.
Public Comments Received as to Proposed No.
NSHC (Yes/No).
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Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC; Catawba Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2; York
County, SC; Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC; McGuire Nuclear Station, Units 1
and 2; Mecklenburg County, NC; Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC; Oconee
Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2, and 3; Oconee County, SC; Duke Energy
Progress, LLC; Brunswick Steam Electric Plant, Units 1 and 2; Brunswick
County, NC; Duke Energy Progress, LLC; H. B. Robinson Steam Electric
Plant, Unit 2; Darlington County, SC; Duke Energy Progress, LLC; Shearon
Harris Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 1; Wake and Chatham Counties, NC; Duke
Energy Carolinas, LLC; William States Lee III, Units 1 and 2; Cherokee
County, South Carolina
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Docket No(s)........................... 50-325, 50-324, 50-413, 50-414,
50-400, 50-369, 50-370, 50-
269, 50-270, 50-287, 50-261,
52-018, and 52-019.
Amendment Date......................... March 10, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML22332A493.
Amendment No(s)........................ Brunswick 311 (Unit 1) and 339
(Unit 2); Catawba 316 (Unit 1)
and 312 (Unit 2); Harris 197
(Unit1); McGuire 327 (Unit 1)
and 306 (Unit 2); Oconee 427
(Unit 1), 429 (Unit 2) and 428
(Unit 3); Robinson 275 (Unit
2); Lee III 001 (Unit 1) and
001 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of Amendment(s)...... The issued amendments approve
the relocation of the existing
Duke Energy Emergency
Operations Facility (EOF),
located at 526 South Church
Street, Charlotte, North
Carolina, to a Duke Energy
office building located at
9700 David Taylor Drive,
Charlotte, North Carolina.
Public Comments Received as to Proposed No.
NSHC (Yes/No).
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Energy Harbor Nuclear Corp. and Energy Harbor Nuclear Generation LLC;
Beaver Valley Power Station, Units 1 and 2; Beaver County, PA
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Docket No(s)........................... 50-334, 50-412.
Amendment Date......................... March 16, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML23019A003.
Amendment No(s)........................ 320 (Unit 1) and 210 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of Amendment(s)...... The amendments adopted
Technical Specifications Task
Force (TSTF) Traveler TSTF-
501, Revision 1, ``Relocate
Stored Fuel Oil and Lube Oil
Volume Values to Licensee
Control,'' with plant-specific
variations. The technical
specifications (TS) are
revised to replace the stored
fuel oil and stored lube oil
volume requirements (gallons)
with time-based requirements
(days or hours of supply). The
current volume requirements
are relocated from the TS to a
licensee-controlled document.
Public Comments Received as to Proposed No.
NSHC (Yes/No).
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Energy Northwest; Columbia Generating Station; Benton County, WA
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Docket No(s)........................... 50-397.
Amendment Date......................... March 15, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML23013A081.
Amendment No(s)........................ 270.
Brief Description of Amendment(s)...... The amendment revised the
technical specification
requirements to permit the use
of risk informed completion
times for actions to be taken
when limiting conditions for
operation are not met. The
changes are based on Technical
Specifications Task Force
(TSTF) Traveler TSTF-505,
Revision 2, ``Provide Risk
Informed Extended Completion
Times--RITSTF [Risk-Informed
TSTF] Initiative 4b,'' dated
July 2, 2018.
Public Comments Received as to Proposed No.
NSHC (Yes/No).
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National Institute of Standards and Technology, Center for Neutron
Research Test Reactor, Montgomery County, Maryland
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Docket No(s)........................... 50-184.
Amendment Date......................... March 2, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML23055A300.
Amendment No(s)........................ 15.
Brief Description of Amendment(s)...... The amendment authorizes
revision to the safety
analysis report (SAR) for the
National Bureau of Standards
Test Reactor. Specifically,
the amendment modifies the SAR
to describe an alternative
fuel management scheme and
associated analytic methods.
Public Comments Received as to Proposed No.
NSHC (Yes/No).
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PSEG Nuclear LLC; Hope Creek Generating Station; Salem County, NJ; PSEG
Nuclear LLC; Salem Nuclear Generating Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2; Salem
County, NJ
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Docket No(s)........................... 50-354, 50-272, 50-311.
Amendment Date......................... March 9, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML23037A971.
Amendment No(s)........................ Hope Creek 233; Salem 344 (Unit
1), Salem 325 (Unit 2).
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Brief Description of Amendment(s)...... The amendments relocated the
Salem Facility Staff
Qualification and Hope Creek
Unit Staff Qualification
Requirements to the PSEG
Quality Assurance Topical
Report.
Public Comments Received as to Proposed No.
NSHC (Yes/No).
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PSEG Nuclear LLC; Salem Nuclear Generating Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2;
Salem County, NJ
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Docket No(s)........................... 50-272, 50-311.
Amendment Date......................... March 13, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML23044A105.
Amendment No(s)........................ 345 (Unit 1) and 326 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of Amendment(s)...... The amendment relocated
Technical Specification (TS) 3/
4.4.12 limiting condition for
operation, associated Action
Statements and Surveillance
Requirements for the Reactor
Coolant System Head Vents from
the TS to the Technical
Requirements Manual for the
Salem Nuclear Generating
Station, Units Nos. 1 and 2.
Public Comments Received as to Proposed No.
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......................... March 16, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML23054A455.
Amendment No(s)........................ 245 (Unit 1) and 242 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of Amendment(s)...... The amendments revised
Technical Specification
3.4.10, ``Pressurizer Safety
Valves.'' The changes revised
the as found setpoint low side
tolerance from -1 percent
(less than or equal to 2460
pounds per square inch gauge
(psig)) to -2.5 percent (less
than or equal to 2423 psig).
Public Comments Received as to Proposed No.
NSHC (Yes/No).
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Virginia Electric and Power Company; Surry Power Station, Unit Nos. 1
and 2; Surry County, VA
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Docket No(s)........................... 50-280, 50-281.
Amendment Date......................... March 10, 20233.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML23030B847.
Amendment No(s)........................ 309 (Unit 1) and 309 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of Amendment(s)...... The amendments revised
Technical Specification
3.6.I.2 by permanently
extending the allowed outage
time (i.e., completion time)
from 3 days to 10 days for the
opposite unit Auxiliary
Feedwater (AFW) pump cross-
connect capability specific to
when maintenance that would
result in the inoperability of
all three of the opposite
unit's AFW pumps is being
performed.
Public Comments Received as to Proposed No.
NSHC (Yes/No).
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IV. Notice of Issuance of Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and
Combined Licenses and Final Determination of No Significant Hazards
Consideration and Opportunity for a Hearing (Exigent Circumstances or
Emergency Situation)
Since publication of the last monthly notice, the Commission has
issued the following amendments. The Commission has determined for each
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 amendments.
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 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.
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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 amendments have 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 each
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 these amendments. 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 each amendment.
For further details with respect to these actions, see the
amendments 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.
License Amendment Issuance(s)--Exigent/Emergency Circumstances
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Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; LaSalle County Station, Unit 1;
LaSalle County, IL
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Docket No(s)........................... 50-373.
Amendment Date......................... March 22, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML23073A218.
Amendment No(s)........................ 258.
Brief Description of Amendment(s)...... The amendment revised the
Updated Final Safety Analysis
Report to allow the use of a
temporary cable installation
that does not meet seismic
qualifications to enable
restoration of the Reactor
Protection System Turbine
Control Valve #2 Channel B1
Scram Channel to operable
until the next refueling
outage on LaSalle County
Station, Unit 1.
Local Media Notice (Yes/No)............ No.
Public Comments Requested as to No.
Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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Energy Harbor Nuclear Corp. and Energy Harbor Nuclear Generation LLC;
Beaver Valley Power Station, Unit 1; Beaver County, PA
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Docket No(s)........................... 50-334.
Amendment Date......................... March 6, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML23062A521.
Amendment No(s)........................ 319.
Brief Description of Amendment(s)...... The amendment revised Beaver
Valley Power Station, Unit 1,
Technical Specification 3.5.2,
``ECC-Operating'' by adding a
note that allowed a one-time
use of an alternate manual
flow path to support repair of
a leak. In its application,
the licensee requested that
the NRC process the proposed
amendment under emergency
circumstances. The license
amendment was issued under
emergency circumstances as
provided in the provisions of
10 CFR 50.91(a)(5) because of
the time critical nature of
the amendment.
Local Media Notice (Yes/No)............ No.
Public Comments Requested as to No.
Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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Dated: April 12, 2023.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Jamie M. Heisserer,
Deputy Director, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of
Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2023-08140 Filed 4-17-23; 8:45 am]
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