[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 190 (Tuesday, October 3, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68160-68166]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-20670]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[[NRC-2023-0165]


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 November 2, 2023. A request for a 
hearing or petitions for leave to intervene must be filed by December 
4, 2023. This monthly notice includes all amendments issued, or 
proposed to be issued, from August 18, 2023, to September 14, 2023. The 
last monthly notice was published on September 5, 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-2023-0165. 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

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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: Kathleen Entz, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001, telephone: 301-415-2464; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments

A. Obtaining Information

    Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2023-0165, 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-2023-0165.
     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, at 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: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies 
of publicly available documents, is open by appointment. 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-2023-0165, 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

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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 
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)-(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.

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 Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; Braidwood Station, Units 1 and 2,
   Will County, IL; Byron Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2, Ogle County, IL
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Docket No(s)......................  50-454, 50-455, 50-456, 50-457.

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Application date..................  June 7, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No................  ML23158A296.
Location in Application of NSHC...  Page 2 of Attachment 1.
Brief Description of Amendment(s).  The proposed amendments would extend
                                     the completion time from 1 hour to
                                     24 hours for Condition B of
                                     Technical Specification 3.5.1,
                                     ``Accumulators.'' The changes are
                                     consistent with Technical
                                     Specification Task Force (TSTF)
                                     traveler TSTF-370, ``Risk Informed
                                     Evaluation of an Extension to
                                     Accumulator Completion Times for
                                     Westinghouse Plants.''
Proposed Determination............  NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee,      Jason Zorn, Associate General
 Mailing Address.                    Counsel, Constellation Energy
                                     Generation, 4300 Winfield Road
                                     Warrenville, IL 60555.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone      Joel Wiebe, 301-415-6606.
 Number.
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    Entergy Louisiana, LLC, and Entergy Operations, Inc.; River Bend
  Station, Unit 1; West Feliciana Parish, LA; Entergy Operations, Inc.,
    System Energy Resources, Inc., Cooperative Energy, A Mississippi
 Electric Cooperative, and Entergy Mississippi, LLC; Grand Gulf Nuclear
    Station, Unit 1; Claiborne County, MS; Entergy Operations, Inc.;
              Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 2; Pope County, AR
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Docket No(s)......................  50-368, 50-416, 50-458.
Application date..................  July 27, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No................  ML23208A211.
Location in Application of NSHC...  Pages 10-12 of the Enclosure.
Brief Description of Amendment(s).  The proposed amendments would revise
                                     technical specifications (TSs) to
                                     adopt Technical Specifications Task
                                     Force (TSTF) Traveler TSTF-205-A,
                                     Revision 3, ``Revision of Channel
                                     Calibration, Channel Functional
                                     Test, and Related Definitions'' for
                                     Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 2 (ANO-
                                     2), Grand Gulf Nuclear Station,
                                     Unit 1 (Grand Gulf), and River Bend
                                     Station, Unit 1 (River Bend). The
                                     proposed changes would revise ANO-
                                     2, Grand Gulf, and River Bend TS
                                     definitions for CHANNEL CALIBRATION
                                     and CHANNEL FUNCTIONAL TEST. In
                                     addition, the TS definition of
                                     LOGIC SYSTEM FUNCTIONAL TEST would
                                     be revised for Grand Gulf and River
                                     Bend.
Proposed Determination............  NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee,      Anna Vinson Jones, Assistant General
 Mailing Address.                    Counsel/Legal Department, Entergy
                                     Operations, Inc.,101 Constitution
                                     Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20001.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone      Siva Lingam, 301-415-1564.
 Number.
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Pacific Gas and Electric Company; Diablo Canyon Power Plant, Units 1 and
                      2; San Luis Obispo County, CA
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Docket No(s)......................  50-275, 50-323.
Application date..................  July 13, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No................  ML23194A228.
Location in Application of NSHC...  Pages 5-7 of the Enclosure.
Brief Description of Amendment(s).  The proposed amendments would revise
                                     technical specifications to adopt
                                     Technical Specifications Task Force
                                     (TSTF) Traveler TSTF-505, Revision
                                     2, ``Provide Risk-Informed Extended
                                     Completion Times--RITSTF [Risk-
                                     Informed TSTF] Initiative 4b''
                                     (ADAMS Accession No. ML18183A493).
                                     The NRC issued a final revised
                                     model safety evaluation approving
                                     TSTF-505, Revision 2, on November
                                     21, 2018 (ADAMS Package Accession
                                     No. ML18269A041).
Proposed Determination............  NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee,      Jennifer Post, Esq., Pacific Gas and
 Mailing Address.                    Electric Co., 77 Beale Street, Room
                                     3065, Mail Code B30A, San
                                     Francisco, CA 94105.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone      Samson Lee, 301-415-3168.
 Number.
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   Tennessee Valley Authority; Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2;
   Hamilton County, TN; Tennessee Valley Authority; 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.
Application date..................  August 2, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No................  ML23214A385.
Location in Application of NSHC...  Pages 3-5 of the Enclosure.
Brief Description of Amendment(s).  The proposed amendments would adopt
                                     Technical Specifications Task Force
                                     (TSTF) Traveler TSTF-567-A,
                                     Revision 1, ``Add Containment Sump
                                     TS [Technical Specifications] to
                                     Address GSI [Generic Safety Issue]-
                                     191 Issues,'' into the Sequoyah
                                     Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, and
                                     the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Units
                                     1 and 2, TS by adding a new TS
                                     3.6.16, ``Containment Sump,'' and
                                     adding an Action to address the
                                     condition of the containment sump
                                     made inoperable due to containment
                                     accident generated and transported
                                     debris exceeding the analyzed
                                     limits. The action provides time to
                                     correct or evaluate the condition
                                     in lieu of an immediate plant
                                     shutdown.
Proposed Determination............  NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee,      David Fountain, Executive VP and
 Mailing Address.                    General Counsel, Tennessee Valley
                                     Authority, 6A West Tower, 400 West
                                     Summit Hill Drive, Knoxville, TN
                                     37902.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone      Perry Buckberg, 301-415-1383.
 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 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.

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   Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power
Plant, Unit 1; Calvert County, MD; Constellation Energy Generation, LLC;
  Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 2; Calvert County, MD; Nine
  Mile Point Nuclear Station, LLC and Constellation Energy Generation,
     LLC; Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, Unit 2; Oswego County, NY
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Docket No(s)50-317, 50-318, 50-410
Amendment Date....................  August 21, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No................  ML23151A347.
Amendment No(s)...................  Calvert Cliffs 347 (Unit 1), 325
                                     (Unit 2); Nine Mile Point 194 (Unit
                                     2).
Brief Description of Amendment(s).  The amendments incorporated the NRC-
                                     approved Technical Specification
                                     Task Force (TSTF) Improved Standard
                                     Technical Specifications Change
                                     Traveler TSTF-295-A, ``Modify Note
                                     2 to Actions of PAM [Post-Accident
                                     Monitoring] Table to Allow Separate
                                     Condition Entry for Each
                                     Penetration.''
Public Comments Received as to      No.
 Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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   Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power
     Plant, Units 1 and 2; Calvert County, MD; Constellation Energy
 Generation, LLC; Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, Units 2 and 3; York
  County, PA; Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; R. E. Ginna Nuclear
                   Power Plant; Wayne County, New York
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Docket No(s)......................  50-317, 50-318, 50-277, 50-278, 50-
                                     244.
Amendment Date....................  August 30, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No................  ML23158A195.
Amendment No(s)...................  Calvert Cliffs--348 (Unit 1), 326
                                     (Unit 2); Peach Bottom--343 (Unit
                                     2), 346 (Unit 3); Ginna--156.
Brief Description of Amendment(s).  The amendments revised the technical
                                     specifications (TSs) for each
                                     facility based on Technical
                                     Specification Task Force (TSTF)
                                     Traveler TSTF-273-A, Revision 2,
                                     ``Safety Function Determination
                                     Program Clarifications,'' dated
                                     July 16, 1999 (ADAMS Accession No.
                                     ML040611069). The NRC approved TSTF-
                                     273-A, Revision 2, on August 16,
                                     1999 (ADAMS Accession No.
                                     ML16237A031). These amendments
                                     revised TSs to add explanatory text
                                     to the programmatic description of
                                     the safety function determination
                                     program to provide clarification
                                     that when determining loss of
                                     function, a loss of power does not
                                     need to be considered.
Public Comments Received as to      No.
 Proposed 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 No. 2; Darlington County, SC; Duke Energy Progress, LLC;
 Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 1; Wake and Chatham Counties,
                                   NC
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Docket No(s)......................  50-261, 50-269, 50-270, 50-287, 50-
                                     324, 50-325, 50-369, 50-370, 50-
                                     400, 50-413, 50-414.
Amendment Date....................  August 29, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No................  ML23195A078.
Amendment No(s)...................  Brunswick 312 (Unit 1), 340 (Unit
                                     2); Catawba 317 (Unit 1), 313 (Unit
                                     2); Harris 198 (Unit 1); McGuire
                                     328 (Unit 1), 307 (Unit 2); Oconee
                                     428 (Unit 1), 430 (Unit 2), 429
                                     (Unit 3); Robinson 276 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of Amendment(s).  The amendments adopted Technical
                                     Specifications Task Force (TSTF)
                                     Traveler TSTF-554, Revision 1,
                                     ``Revise Reactor Coolant Leakage
                                     Requirements.''
Public Comments Received as to      No.
 Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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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.
Amendment Date....................  August 21, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No................  ML23160A064.

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Amendment No(s)...................  272 (Unit 1) and 274 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of Amendment(s).  The amendments revised 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. Specifically, these TS
                                     changes 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.
Public Comments Received as to      No.
 Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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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.
Amendment Date....................  August 28, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No................  ML23208A095.
Amendment No(s)...................  273 (Unit 1); 275 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of Amendment(s).  The amendments revised the licensing
                                     basis described in the Point Beach
                                     Final Safety Analysis Report to
                                     allow the use of a risk informed
                                     approach to address safety issues
                                     discussed in Generic Safety Issue
                                     (GSI) 191, ``Assessment of Debris
                                     Accumulation on PWR [Pressurized
                                     Water Reactor] Sump Performance,''
                                     and respond to Generic Letter (GL)
                                     2004-02, ``Potential Impact of
                                     Debris Blockage on Emergency
                                     Recirculation during Design Basis
                                     Accidents at Pressurized Water
                                     Reactors.'' In addition to the
                                     license amendments, an exemption
                                     was simultaneously approved to
                                     allow use of a risk-informed
                                     methodology instead of the
                                     traditional deterministic
                                     methodology to resolve the concerns
                                     associated with GSI- 191 and
                                     respond to GL 2004-02 for Point
                                     Beach. The exemption has separately
                                     been forwarded to the Office of the
                                     Federal Register for publication.
Public Comments Received as to      No.
 Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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  Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Vogtle Electric Generating
                 Plant, Units 1 and 2; Burke County, GA
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Docket No(s)......................  50-424, 50-425.
Amendment Date....................  August 1, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No................  ML23093A028.
Amendment No(s)...................  220 (Unit 1), 203 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of Amendment(s).  The amendments allowed the use of
                                     four Accident Tolerant Fuel Lead
                                     Test Assemblies (LTAs) to be placed
                                     in limiting core locations without
                                     completion of representative
                                     testing for up to two cycles of
                                     operation in Vogtle, Unit 2, except
                                     that the LTAs may not be placed in
                                     core regions that have been shown
                                     to be limiting with respect to the
                                     control rod ejection analysis. The
                                     amendments revised License
                                     Condition 2.D, and the following
                                     technical specifications (TS): (1)
                                     TS 3.7.18, ``Fuel Assembly Storage
                                     in the Fuel Storage Pool,'' (2) TS
                                     4.2.1, ``Fuel Assemblies,'' and (3)
                                     TS 4.3, ``Fuel Storage,'' for
                                     Vogtle, Units 1 and 2.
Public Comments Received as to      No.
 Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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  Virginia Electric and Power Company, Dominion Nuclear Company; North
          Anna Power Station, Units 1 and 2; Louisa County, VA
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Docket No(s)......................  50-338, 50-339.
Amendment Date....................  August 22, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No................  ML23181A135.
Amendment No(s)...................  295 (Unit 1), 278 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of Amendment(s).  The amendments revised the North
                                     Anna Power Station, Units 1 and 2,
                                     technical specifications to
                                     eliminate the Refueling Water
                                     Chemical Addition Tank and allow
                                     the use of sodium tetraborate
                                     decahydrate to replace sodium
                                     hydroxide as a chemical additive
                                     (buffer) for containment sump pH
                                     control.
Public Comments Received as to      No.
 Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation; Wolf Creek Generating Station,
                        Unit 1; Coffey County, KS
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Docket No(s)......................  50-482.
Amendment Date....................  August 31, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No................  ML23165A250.
Amendment No(s)...................  237.
Brief Description of Amendment(s).  The amendment allowed the use of
                                     hard hat mounted portable lights as
                                     the primary emergency lighting
                                     means in certain fire areas for
                                     illuminating safe shutdown
                                     equipment and access and egress
                                     routes to the equipment.
Public Comments Received as to      No.
 Proposed 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 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 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 
number indicated in the following table. The safety evaluation will 
provide the ADAMS accession number 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.

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         DTE Electric Company; Fermi, Unit 2; Monroe County, MI
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Docket No(s)......................  50-341.
Amendment Date....................  August 17, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No................  ML23229A012.
Amendment No(s)...................  224.
Brief Description of Amendment(s).  The amendment revised Technical
                                     Specification 3.6.3.1, ``Primary
                                     Containment Oxygen Concentration,''
                                     to adopt Technical Specification
                                     Task Force (TSTF) traveler TSTF-
                                     568, Revision 2. The license
                                     amendment is issued under emergency
                                     circumstances as provided in the
                                     provisions of 10 CFR 50.91(a)(5) of
                                     because failure to act in a timely
                                     way would result in the derating or
                                     shutdown of Fermi 2.
Local Media Notice (Yes/No).......  No.
Public Comments Requested as to     No.
 Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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    Dated: September 20, 2023.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Victor G. Cusumano,
Acting Deputy Director, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office 
of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2023-20670 Filed 10-2-23; 8:45 am]
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