[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 227 (Tuesday, November 28, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 83165-83172]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-25746]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2023-0195]
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 December 28, 2023. A request for a
hearing or petitions for leave to intervene must be filed by January
29, 2024. This monthly notice includes all amendments issued, or
proposed to be issued, from October 13, 2023, to November 8, 2023. The
last monthly notice was published on October 31, 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-2023-0195. 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: Shirley Rohrer, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001, telephone: 301-415-5411; email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2023-0195, 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-2023-0195.
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-2023-0195, 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
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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
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
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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.
License Amendment Request(s)
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Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; Braidwood Station, Units 1 and 2,
Will County, IL; Byron Station, Units 1 and 2, Ogle County, IL
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Docket No(s)................. 50-454, 50-455, 50-456, 50-457.
Application date............. September 29, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML23272A201.
Location in Application of Pages 50-52 of Attachment 1.
NSHC.
Brief Description of The proposed amendments would revise the
Amendment(s). Byron and Braidwood (1) Technical
Specification (TS) 3.7.15 to increase
the required spent fuel pool boron
concentration to be greater or equal to
2000 parts per million; (2) TS 3.7.16 to
update Figure 3.7.1.16-1 to include fuel
from Framatome and Westinghouse; (3) TS
4.3.1.b to update the description and
references; and (4) TS 4.3.1.c and d
(Braidwood only) to update the
description and references.
Proposed Determination....... NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Jason Zorn, Associate General Counsel,
Licensee, Mailing Address. Constellation Energy Generation, 4300
Winfield Road, Warrenville, IL 60555.
NRC Project Manager, Joel Wiebe, 301-415-6606.
Telephone Number.
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Duke Energy Progress, LLC; H. B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant, Unit No.
2; Darlington County, SC
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Docket No(s)................. 50-261.
Application date............. October 5, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML23278A247.
Location in Application of Pages 6-7 of the Enclosure.
NSHC.
Brief Description of The proposed amendment would revise
Amendment(s). Technical Specification (TS) Section
5.7, ``High Radiation Area,'' consistent
with NRC-approved TS Task Force (TSTF)
Traveler 258 (TSTF-258-A), Revision 4,
``Changes to Section 5.0, Administrative
Controls.''
Proposed Determination....... NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Tracey Mitchell LeRoy, Deputy General
Licensee, Mailing Address. Counsel, Duke Energy Corporation, 4720
Piedmont Row Dr., Charlotte, NC 28210.
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NRC Project Manager, Luke Haeg, 301-415-0272.
Telephone Number.
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Nebraska Public Power District; Cooper Nuclear Station; Nemaha County,
NE
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Docket No(s)................. 50-298.
Application date............. September 6, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML23249A134.
Location in Application of Pages 15-17 of Attachment 1.
NSHC.
Brief Description of The proposed amendment would revise
Amendment(s). Cooper Nuclear Station Technical
Specification (TS) Section 3.8.3,
``Diesel Fuel Oil, Lube Oil, and
Starting Air,'' to allow the use of
temporary fuel oil storage tanks to
supplement the required fuel oil storage
inventory used by the emergency diesel
generators. The proposed TS change would
be applicable during the 2024 Refueling
Outage 33 while in Modes 4 or 5 to allow
cleaning, inspection, and any needed
repairs of the permanent diesel
generator fuel oil storage tanks.
Proposed Determination....... NSHC.
Name of Attorney for John C. McClure, Vice President,
Licensee, Mailing Address. Governmental Affairs & General Counsel
Nebraska Public Power District, P.O. Box
499, Columbus, NE 68601.
NRC Project Manager, Thomas Wengert, 301-415-4037.
Telephone 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............. September 27, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML23270B909.
Location in Application of Pages 15 to 17 of the Enclosure.
NSHC.
Brief Description of The proposed amendments would permit
Amendment(s). Diablo Canyon Power Plant, Units 1 and
2, to adopt 10 CFR 50.69, ``Risk-
Informed Categorization and Treatment of
Structures, Systems and Components for
Nuclear Power Reactors.''
Proposed Determination....... NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Jennifer Post, Esq., Pacific Gas and
Licensee, Mailing Address. Electric Co., 77 Beale Street, Room
3065, Mail Code B30A, San Francisco, CA
94105.
NRC Project Manager, Samson Lee, 301-415-3168.
Telephone 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, as supplemented by
letter(s) dated September 20, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML23214A385, ML23264A006.
Location in Application of Enclosure 1 of the Supplement dated
NSHC. September 20, 2023.
Brief Description of On September 5, 2023, the NRC staff
Amendment(s). published a proposed no significant
hazards consideration (NSHC)
determination in the Federal Register
(88 FR 60714) for the proposed
amendments. Subsequently, by letter
dated September 20, 2023, the licensee
clarified the NSHC of the August 2,
2023, amendment request as originally
noticed in the Federal Register. The
clarified NSHC is Enclosure 1 to the
September 20, 2023, letter.
Proposed Determination....... NSHC.
Name of Attorney for David Fountain, Executive VP and General
Licensee, Mailing Address. Counsel, Tennessee Valley Authority, 6A
West Tower, 400 West Summit Hill Drive,
Knoxville, TN 37902.
NRC Project Manager, Perry Buckberg, 301-415-1383.
Telephone Number.
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Vistra Operations Company LLC; Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, Unit
Nos. 1 and 2; Somervell County, TX
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Docket No(s)................. 50-445, 50-446.
Application date............. September 14, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML23257A172.
Location in Application of Pages 30-32 of the Enclosure.
NSHC.
Brief Description of The proposed amendments would modify the
Amendment(s). Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, Unit
Nos. 1 and 2, Technical Specification
Required Action 3.8.1.B.4 to extend the
allowed outage time for an inoperable
emergency diesel generator from 72 hours
to 14 days.
Proposed Determination....... NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Timothy P. Matthews, Esq., Morgan, Lewis
Licensee, Mailing Address. and Bockius, 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20004.
NRC Project Manager, Dennis Galvin, 301-415-6256.
Telephone 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
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hearing in connection with these actions, were 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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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; 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)................. 50-413, 50-414, 50-369, 50-370, 50-269,
50-270, 50-287, 50-261, 50-400.
Amendment Date............... October 24, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML23241A987.
Amendment No(s).............. Catawba 318 (Unit 1), 314 (Unit 2),
Harris 200 (Unit 1), McGuire 329 (Unit
1), 308 (Unit 2), Oconee 429 (Unit 1),
431 (Unit 2), 430 (Unit 3), Robinson 278
(Unit 2).
Brief Description of The amendments revised surveillance
Amendment(s). requirements for reactor coolant system
pressure isolation valve operational
leakage testing and removed restrictive
surveillance frequencies related to the
reactor trip system instrumentation.
Public Comments Received as No.
to Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Joseph M. Farley Nuclear
Plant, Units 1 and 2; Houston County, AL; Southern Nuclear Operating
Company, Inc.; Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2; Burke
County, GA
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Docket No(s)................. 50-348, 50-364, 50-424, 50-425.
Amendment Date............... October 23, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML23187A148.
Amendment No(s).............. Farley 248 (Unit 1), 245 (Unit 2); Vogtle
222 (Unit 1), 205 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of The amendments revised Technical
Amendment(s). Specification (TS) 3.2.1, ``Heat Flux
Hot Channel Factor (FQ(Z)),'' to adopt
the TS changes for the Relaxed Axial
Offset Control (RAOC) methodology
described in Appendix A of Westinghouse
topical report WCAP-17661-P-A, Revision
1, ``Improved RAOC and CAOC [Constant
Axial Offset Control] FQ Surveillance
Technical Specifications''
(ML19225C081), to address the issues
identified in Westinghouse Nuclear
Safety Advisory Letter (NSAL)-09-5,
Revision 1, ``Relaxed Axial Offset
Control FQ Technical Specification
Actions,'' dated September 23, 2009, and
NSAL-15-1, ``Heat Flux Hot Channel
Factor Technical Specification
Surveillance,'' dated February 3, 2015.
The amendments include adoption of
several technical specification task
force (TSTF) change travelers to align
the Vogtle, Units 1 and 2, and Farley,
Units 1 and 2, TSs with the FQ
formulations and required actions of TS
3.2.1B, ``Heat Flux Hot Channel Factor
(FQ(Z)) (RAOC-W(Z) Methodology),'' of
NUREG-1431, ``Standard Technical
Specifications Westinghouse Plants,''
Volume 1, Revision 5 (ML21259A155). The
TSTFs are (1) TSTF-99-A, Revision 0,
``Extend the Completion Time for Fq(w)
not within limits from 2 hours to 4
hours;'' (ML040480063); (2) TSTF-241-A,
Revision 4, ``Allow time for
stabilization after reducing power due
to QPTR [quadrant power tilt ratio] out
of limit;'' (ML040611034); and (3) TSTF-
290-A, Revision 0, ``Revisions to hot
channel factor specifications,''
(ML040630063). Additionally, the
amendments revised the Vogtle, Units 1
and 2, and Farley, Units 1 and 2, TS
5.6.5, ``Core Operating Limits Report
(COLR),'' to include WCAP-17661-P-A,
Revision 1, in the list of the NRC
approved methodologies used to develop
the cycle specific COLR.
Public Comments Received as No.
to 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............... October 12, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML23263A985.
Amendment No(s).............. 221 (Unit 1), 205 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of The amendments revised Technical
Amendment(s). Specification 5.5.11, ``Ventilation
Filter Testing Program (VFTP).''
Specifically, the amendments revised the
acceptance criteria for the charcoal
absorber penetration for the Control
Room Emergency Filtration System item
number 5.5.11.c from 0.2-percent to 0.5-
percent.
Public Comments Received as No.
to Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Vogtle Electric Generating
Plant, Units 3 and 4; Burke County, GA
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Docket No(s)................. 52-025, 52-026.
Amendment Date............... November 7, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML23268A057.
Amendment No(s).............. 194 (Unit 3), 191 (Unit 4).
Brief Description of The amendments relocated Technical
Amendment(s). Specification 3.7.9, ``Spent Fuel Pool
Makeup Water Sources,'' to the Vogtle
Technical Requirements Manual (TRM) as
``UFSAR [Updated Final Safety Analysis
Report] Standard Content,'' which is
controlled in accordance with 10 CFR
50.59, ``Changes, tests and
experiments.'' The amendments also
changed to plant-specific design control
document Tier 2 information affected by
the relocation.
Public Comments Received as No.
to Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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STP Nuclear Operating Company; South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2;
Matagorda County, TX
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Docket No(s)................. 50-498, 50-499.
Amendment Date............... November 1, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML23298A000.
Amendment No(s).............. 226 (Unit 1) and 211 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of The NRC staff approved conforming
Amendment(s). administrative license amendments
regarding the indirect transfer of the
NRG South Texas LP 44-percent possession-
only non-operating interests in South
Texas Project (STP), Units 1 and 2, from
NRG South Texas LP to Constellation
Energy Generation, LLC. The amendments
revised Renewed Facility Operating
License Nos. NPF-76 and NPF-80 to
reflect the renaming of NRG South Texas
LP to Constellation South Texas, LLC.
Public Comments Received as No.
to Proposed 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............... November 2, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML23200A262.
Amendment No(s).............. 314 (Unit 1), 314 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of The amendments revised the following
Amendment(s). technical specifications (TSs), as part
of a criticality safety analysis for
fuel assembly storage in the Surry Power
Station, Units 1 and 2, spent fuel pool
storage racks and new fuel storage
racks; TS 5.3.1.1, Spent Fuel Pool
Storage Racks; TS 5.3.1.2, New Fuel
Storage Racks; TS 5.3.1.3, Two Region
Spent Fuel Pool Layout; and adds new
Figure 5.3-1, New Fuel Storage Racks
Empty Cells, and Figure 5.3-2, Region 1
Burnup Curve.
Public Comments Received as Yes.
to Proposed 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............... November 7, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML23242A229.
Amendment No(s).............. 315 (Unit 1); 315 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of The amendments revised the Surry
Amendment(s). Emergency Plan to allow the relocation
of the Technical Support Center from its
current location, adjacent to the Main
Control Room, to a building that was
used previously as the Local Emergency
Operations Facility.
Public Comments Received as No.
to 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
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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
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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DTE Electric Company; Fermi, Unit 2; Monroe County, MI
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Docket No(s)................. 50-341.
Amendment Date............... October 30, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML23297A051.
Amendment No(s).............. 226.
Brief Description of This exigent amendment revised Technical
Amendment(s). Specification (TS) 3.8.1, ``AC
[alternating current] Sources--
Operating,'' to allow for a one-time
extension of the Required Action B.4
Completion Time, from 72 hours to 7
days, to perform online repairs of
Division I Mechanical Draft Cooling
Tower A and C fan pedestals. In
addition, the amendment also approved an
editorial correction to the one-time
footnote on TS 3.7.2, ``Emergency
Equipment Cooling water (EECW)/Emergency
Equipment service Water (EESW) System
and Ultimate Heat sink (UHS).'' The
temporary one-time extension will expire
at 11:59 pm on November 19, 2023.
Local Media Notice (Yes/No).. No.
Public Comments Requested as No.
to Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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V. Previously Published Notice of Consideration of Issuance of
Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses,
Proposed No Significant Hazards Consideration Determination, and
Opportunity for a Hearing
The following notice was previously published as separate
individual notice. It was published as an individual notice either
because time did not allow the Commission to wait for this monthly
notice or because the action involved exigent circumstances. It is
repeated here because the monthly notice lists all amendments issued or
proposed to be issued involving NSHC.
For details, including the applicable notice period, see the
individual notice in the Federal Register on the day and page cited.
License Amendment Request(s)--Repeat of Individual Federal Register
Notice
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Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation; Wolf Creek Generating Station,
Unit 1; Coffey County, KS
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Docket No(s)................. 50-482.
Application Date............. October 19, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML23292A359.
Brief Description of The proposed amendment would modify the
Amendment(s). implementation date of License Amendment
No. 237 for Wolf Creek Generating
Station, Unit 1. Amendment No. 237
allows the use of hard hat mounted
portable lights.
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Date & Cite of Federal October 26, 2023; 88 FR 73628.
Register Individual Notice.
Expiration Dates for Public November 27, 2023 (comments); December
Comments & Hearing Requests. 26, 2023 (hearing requests).
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Dated: November 16, 2023.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Jamie M. Heisserer,
Deputy Director, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of
Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2023-25746 Filed 11-27-23; 8:45 am]
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