[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 215 (Wednesday, November 8, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77111-77113]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-24620]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-302; NRC-2023-0174]


Accelerated Decommissioning Partners Crystal River Unit 3, LLC; 
Crystal River Unit 3 Nuclear Generating Plant; License Termination Plan

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of receipt; public meeting, and request for comment.

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SUMMARY: On December 12, 2022, as supplemented on June 9, 2023, the 
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) received from Accelerated 
Decommissioning Partners Crystal River Unit 3, LLC (ADP CR3, licensee) 
a license amendment request to add a license condition to include the 
requirements of a License Termination Plan (LTP) for the Crystal River 
Unit 3 Nuclear Generating Plant (CR3). The LTP provides details about 
the known radiological information for the site, the planned demolition 
and decommissioning tasks to be completed, and the final radiological 
surveys and data that must be obtained for termination of the NRC's 
license for CR3. The NRC is requesting public comments on CR3's LTP and 
will hold a public meeting to discuss the LTP.

DATES: Submit comments by March 7, 2024. Comments received after this 
date will be considered, if it is practical to do so, but the NRC is 
able to ensure consideration only for comments received on or before 
this date. The public meeting will be held on Thursday, December 7, 
2023, from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. eastern time (ET), at the Citrus County 
Chamber of Commerce, located at 915 N Suncoast Blvd., in Crystal River, 
Florida. The public meeting is also accessible through an online 
webinar. See Section IV, ``Request for Comment and Public Meeting,'' of 
this document for additional information.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods; 
however, the NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the 
Federal rulemaking website:
     Federal rulemaking website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2023-0174. 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: Timothy J. Barvitskie, Office of 
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, telephone: 301-415-2480; email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments

A. Obtaining Information

    Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2023-0174 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-2023-0174.
     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]. For the convenience of the reader, 
instructions about obtaining materials referenced in this document are 
provided in the ``Availability of Documents'' section.
     NRC's PDR: 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. 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-2023-0174 in your comment submission.
    The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact 
information that you do not want to be publicly disclosed in your 
comment submission. The NRC will post all comment submissions at 
https://www.regulations.gov as well as enter the comment submissions 
into ADAMS. The NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to 
remove identifying or contact information.
    If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons 
for submission to the NRC, then you should inform those persons not to 
include identifying or contact information that they do not want to be 
publicly disclosed in their comment submission. Your request should 
state that the NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to 
remove such information before making the comment submissions available 
to the public or entering the comment into ADAMS.

II. Discussion

    Accelerated Decommissioning Partners Crystal River Unit 3, LLC (ADP 
CR3, licensee) is currently the licensed operator responsible for 
decommissioning of Crystal River Unit 3 Nuclear Generating Plant (CR3). 
Prior to ADP CR3, Duke Energy Florida (DEF) held the licensed authority 
for CR3. The Facility Operating License No. DPR-72, provides, among 
other things, that the facility is subject to all rules, regulations, 
and orders of the NRC now or hereafter in effect. The facility is a 
pressurized water reactor located in Citrus County, Florida.
    By letter dated February 20, 2013, pursuant to paragraphs 
50.82(a)(1)(i)-(ii) of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 
CFR), DEF formally notified the NRC that it had determined to 
permanently cease power operations at CR3 and that it had permanently 
removed fuel from the reactor vessel. In this letter, DEF explained 
that CR3 had been safely shutdown since September 26, 2009, and that 
all fuel had been permanently removed from the CR3 reactor vessel as of 
May 28, 2011. DEF then placed the fuel in the CR3 spent fuel pool for 
temporary storage. After removing the fuel in 2011, DEF stated that it 
had determined it would retire CR3.
    DEF submitted its Post-Shutdown Decommissioning Activities Report 
(PSDAR) on December 2, 2013. The PSDAR described DEF's proposed 
decommissioning activities and schedule. At that time, DEF decided to 
place the facility in long-term storage (i.e., the SAFSTOR 
decommissioning option) as described in the PSDAR. SAFSTOR is a method 
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decommissioning in which a nuclear facility is placed and maintained in 
a condition that allows the facility to be safely stored and 
subsequently decontaminated (deferred decontamination) to levels that 
permit release for unrestricted use. DEF planned to continue in SAFSTOR 
until 2067.
    By letter dated June 14, 2019, as supplemented by letters dated 
January 17, 2020, and March 5, 2020, DEF and ADP CR3 requested that the 
NRC consent to the proposed direct transfer of licensed authority under 
CR3 Facility Operating License No. DPR-72 from DEF to ADP CR3. By 
letter dated June 26, 2019, ADP CR3 submitted a revised PSDAR 
contingent upon the transfer of the CR3 license authority to ADP CR3 
pursuant to the terms of the Decommissioning Services Agreement between 
DEF and ADP CR3. ADP CR3 is a joint venture between NorthStar Group 
Services and Orano USA. The revised PSDAR changed the decommissioning 
approach for CR3 from SAFSTOR to the immediate decontamination and 
dismantlement of the facility (i.e., the DECON decommissioning option). 
DECON is a method of decommissioning in which structures, systems, and 
components that contain radioactive contamination are actively removed 
from the site and safely disposed of at a commercially operated low-
level waste disposal facility or decontaminated to a level that permits 
the site to be released for unrestricted use as soon as possible after 
removal of the spent fuel from the spent fuel pool.
    By Order dated April 1, 2020, the NRC provided its consent to the 
direct transfer of licensed authority. On October 1, 2020, the licensed 
authority was transferred from DEF to ADP CR3 pursuant to the terms of 
the Decommissioning Services Agreement between DEF and ADP CR3. Per the 
agreement, DEF remains the NRC-licensed owner of the plant, property, 
and decommissioning trust fund but not the spent fuel. ADP CR3 became 
the NRC-licensed operator responsible for decommissioning and 
maintaining the Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI) 
under a service agreement with ADP SF1, and ADP SF1 became the owner of 
the spent nuclear fuel, high-level waste, and Greater-Than-Class C 
waste stored in the ISFSI.
    On December 12, 2022, ADP CR3 submitted its LTP to the NRC as 
supplemented by letter dated June 9, 2023. Paragraph 50.82(a)(9), 
``Termination of license,'' specifies that an application for license 
termination must be accompanied or preceded by a LTP, which is subject 
to NRC review and approval. The LTP addresses site characterization to 
ensure that the scope of final status surveys (FSS) of the site cover 
all areas where contamination existed, remains, or has the potential to 
exist or remain, identification of remaining dismantlement activities, 
plans for site remediation, a description of the FSS plans to confirm 
that CR3 will meet the release criteria in 10 CFR part 20, subpart E, 
``Radiological Criteria for License Termination,'' dose-modeling 
scenarios that ensure compliance with the radiological criteria for 
license termination, an estimate of the remaining site-specific 
decommissioning costs and an updated assessment of the environmental 
effects of decommissioning CR3. Once approved, the LTP would become a 
supplement to the CR3 Defueled Safety Analysis Report.
    According to 10 CFR 50.82(a)(9)(iii), after the licensee submits an 
LTP the NRC must hold a public meeting near the site. The purpose of 
the meeting is for the NRC staff to discuss the NRC's review of the LTP 
and to request public comments on the LTP. In addition, in accordance 
with 10 CFR 50.82(a)(9)(iii) and 20.1405, upon the receipt of an LTP 
from a licensee, NRC must publish a notice in the Federal Register and 
solicit comments from affected parties.

III. Availability of Documents

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

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           Document description                ADAMs accession number
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DEF notification of its intent to           ML13056A005.
 permanently cease operations at Crystal
 River Unit 3, dated February 20, 2013.
DEF submittal of PSDAR for Crystal River    ML13340A009.
 Unit 3, dated December 2, 2013.
DEF submittal of updated PSDAR for Crystal  ML19177A080.
 River Unit 3 to reflect the change from
 SAFSTOR to DECON, dated June 26, 2019.
DEF and ADP CR3 proposed direct transfer    ML19170A209 (Package).
 of CR3 Facility Operating License No. DPR- ML20017A216.
 72 from DEF to ADP CR3 dated June 14,      ML20065K737.
 2019, and supplemented on January 17,
 2020, and March 5, 2020.
NRC Order providing consent to the direct   ML20069A028 (Package).
 license direct transfer of CR3 Facility
 Operating License No. DPR-72 from DEF to
 ADP CR3, dated April 1, 2020.
ADP CR3 submittal of their LTP to the NRC,  ML22355A441.
 dated December 12, 2022.
ADP CR3 supplement to the LTP, dated June   ML23180A051 (Package).
 9, 2023.
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    The NRC may post materials related to this document, including 
public comments, on the Federal rulemaking website at https://www.regulations.gov under Docket ID NRC-2023-0174. In addition, the 
Federal rulemaking website allows members of the public to receive 
alerts when changes or additions occur in a docket folder. To 
subscribe: (1) navigate to the docket folder (NRC-2023-0174); (2) click 
the ``Subscribe'' link; and (3) enter an email address and click on the 
``Subscribe'' link.

IV. Request for Comment and Public Meeting

    The NRC is requesting public comments on the CR3 LTP. The NRC will 
conduct a public meeting to discuss the LTP and receive comments on 
Thursday, December 7, 2023, from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. ET, at the Citrus 
County Chamber of Commerce, located at 915 N Suncoast Blvd., in Crystal 
River, Florida. Please contact Mr. Timothy Barvitskie no later than 
Tuesday, December 5, 2023, if accommodations or special equipment is 
needed for you to attend or to provide comments, so that the NRC staff 
can determine whether the request can be accommodated. For additional 
information regarding the meeting, see the NRC's Public Meeting 
Schedule website at https://meetings.nrc.gov/pmns/mtg. The agenda will 
be posted no later than 10 days prior to the meeting.

    Dated: November 2, 2023.


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    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Marlayna V. Doell,
Acting Chief, Reactor Decommissioning Branch, Division of 
Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery, and Waste Programs, Office of 
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
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