[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 246 (Tuesday, December 26, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 88981-88988]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-27832]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2023-0215]
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 January 25, 2024. A request for a
hearing or petitions for leave to intervene must be filed by February
26, 2024. This monthly notice includes all amendments issued, or
proposed to be issued, from November 9, 2023, to December 7, 2023. The
last monthly notice was published on November 28, 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-2023-0215. 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: Susan Lent, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001, telephone: 301-415-1365; email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2023-0215, 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-2023-0215.
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-2023-0215, 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
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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
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
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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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Entergy Operations, Inc.; Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3; St.
Charles Parish, LA
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Docket No(s)................. 50-382.
Application date............. July 26, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML23207A049.
Location in Application of Pages 10-11 of the Enclosure.
NSHC.
Brief Description of The proposed amendment would modify
Amendment(s). Surveillance Requirement (SR) 4.3.1.3,
listed in Technical Specification (TS)
3.3.1, ``Reactor Protective
Instrumentation,'' and SR 4.3.2.3,
listed in TS 3.3.2, ``Engineered Safety
Features Actuation System
Instrumentation,'' to remove conflicting
language that should have been removed
as part of the Waterford Steam Electric
Station, Unit 3 license amendment
request to adopt Technical
Specifications Task Force (TSTF)
Traveler TSTF-425 (ADAMS Package
Accession No. ML15170A121), which
relocated specific surveillance
frequencies to the Surveillance
Frequency Control Program (a licensee
controlled program).
Proposed Determination....... NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Anna Vinson Jones, Assistant General
Licensee, Mailing Address. Counsel/Legal Department, Entergy
Operations, Inc., 101 Constitution
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20001.
NRC Project Manager, Jason Drake, 301-415-8378.
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............. November 15, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML23319A419.
Location in Application of Page 3 of Attachment 1 incorporates by
NSHC. reference the NSHC published in the
Federal Register on February 22, 2006
(71 FR 9179) and a notice of
availability was published on April 21,
2006 (71 FR 20735).
Brief Description of The proposed amendment would modify
Amendment(s). technical specifications (TSs) by
relocating reference to specific
American Society for Testing Materials
(ASTM) standards for fuel oil testing to
licensee-controlled documents. The
change is consistent with NRC-approved
Technical Specification Task Force
(TSTF) TSTF-374, Revision 0, ``Revision
to TS 5.5.13 and Associated TS Bases for
Diesel Fuel Oil,'' and is part of the
Consolidated Line Item Improvement
Process.
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 Byrd, 301-415-3719.
Telephone Number.
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Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, LLC and Constellation Energy
Generation, LLC; Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, Unit 1; Oswego County,
NY
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Docket No(s)................. 50-220.
Application date............. October 18, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML23291A246.
Location in Application of Pages 2-4 of Attachment 1.
NSHC.
Brief Description of The proposed amendment would modify the
Amendment(s). Nine Mile Point, Unit 1 (NMP1),
technical specifications by relocating
Surveillance Requirement 4.3.6.a to the
licensee-controlled Surveillance
Frequency Control Program (SFCP). The
SFCP was previously implemented at NMP1
by License Amendment No. 222 (ADAMS
Accession No. ML16081A256) dated May 31,
2016. Surveillance Requirement 4.3.6.a
was within the scope of License
Amendment No. 222; however, it was not
fully revised in the adoption of
Technical Specification Task Force
Traveler 425, Revision 3, to meet the
SFCP in accordance with Nuclear Energy
Institute 04-10, ``Risk-Informed
Technical Specifications Initiative 5b,
and Risk-Informed Method for Control of
Surveillance Frequencies'' (ADAMS
Accession No. ML071360456).
Proposed Determination....... NSHC.
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Name of Attorney for Jason Zorn, Associate General Counsel,
Licensee, Mailing Address. Constellation Energy Generation, 101
Constitution Ave. NW, Suite 400 East,
Washington, DC 20001.
NRC Project Manager, Richard Guzman, 301-415-1030.
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 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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Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; Clinton Power Station, Unit No. 1;
DeWitt County, IL
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Docket No(s)................. 50-461.
Amendment Date............... November 22, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML23284A251.
Amendment No(s).............. 250.
Brief Description of The amendment adopts Technical
Amendment(s). Specifications Task Force (TSTF)
Traveler TSTF-332-A, Revision 1, ``ECCS
[emergency core cooling system] Response
Time Testing.'' TSTF-332 revises
technical specification definitions for
ECCS response time, isolation system
response time, and reactor protection
system response time that are referenced
in surveillance requirements.
Public Comments Received as No.
to Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; LaSalle County Station, Units 1
and 2; LaSalle County, IL
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Docket No(s)................. 50-373, 50-374.
Amendment Date............... November 8, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML23286A260.
Amendment No(s).............. 260 (Unit 1), 245 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of The amendments replaced the existing
Amendment(s). reactor vessel heatup and cooldown rate
limits and the pressure and temperature
limit curves with references to the
Pressure and Temperature Limits Report.
Public Comments Received as No.
to Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; Zion Nuclear Power Station, Units
1 and 2; Lake County, IL
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Docket No(s)................. 50-295, 50-304, 72-1037.
Amendment Date............... November 16, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML23291A080.
Amendment No(s).............. 192 (Unit 1), 179 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of These conforming amendments reflect the
Amendment(s). two previously approved indirect
transfers of the Zion Nuclear Power
Station, Units 1 and 2 (Zion) licenses
from Exelon Generation Company (EGC) to
Constellation Energy Generation, LLC
(CEG), as well as the direct transfer of
the Zion licenses and conforming
amendments, from ZionSolutions, LLC (ZS)
to CEG. The approved conforming
amendments were changed by replacing EGC
with CEG, as the licensee, now that ZS
has completed its decommissioning of the
Zion site outside the boundaries of the
on-site Independent Spent Fuel Storage
Installation (ISFSI) and the actions
described in the Zion License
Termination Plan have been completed.
The completion of the Zion
decommissioning outside the boundary of
the on-site ISFSI and the name change of
the licensee from ECG to CEG was
evaluated in the NRC safety evaluations
(ML19228A131, ML21277A248, ML22076A012,
and ML23286A306) supporting termination
of the Zion licenses outside the
boundary of the on-site ISFSI.
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Public Comments Received as No.
to Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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Energy Harbor Nuclear Corp. and Energy Harbor Nuclear Generation LLC;
Perry Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 1; Lake County, OH
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Docket No(s)................. 50-440.
Amendment Date............... November 17, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML23292A297.
Amendment No(s).............. 201.
Brief Description of The amendment removed the Table of
Amendment(s). Contents from the Perry Nuclear Power
Plant, Unit 1, technical specifications
and placed it under licensee control.
Public Comments Received as No.
to Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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Entergy Operations, Inc.; Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 1; Pope County, AR
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Docket No(s)................. 50-313.
Amendment Date............... November 28, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML23275A207.
Amendment No(s).............. 280.
Brief Description of The amendment removed Condition A, ``One
Amendment(s). RCP [reactor coolant pump] not in
operation in each loop''; Required
Action A.1 to ``Restore one non-
operating RCP to operation''; and its
Completion Time of ``18 hours'' from
Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 1 Technical
Specification 3.4.4 ``RCS [Reactor
Coolant System] Loops--MODES 1 and 2.''
Public Comments Received as No.
to Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, LLC and Constellation Energy
Generation, LLC; Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, Unit 1; Oswego County,
NY
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Docket No(s)................. 50-220.
Amendment Date............... December 6, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML23289A012.
Amendment No(s).............. 250.
Brief Description of The amendment revised the technical
Amendment(s). specification requirements to permit the
use of risk informed completion times
for actions to be taken when limiting
conditions for operation are not met.
The changes are based on Technical
Specifications Task Force (TSTF)
Traveler TSTF-505, Revision 2, ``Provide
Risk-Informed Extended Completion Times--
RITSTF [Risk-Informed TSTF] Initiative
4b.''
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
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Docket No(s)................. 50-348, 50-364.
Amendment Date............... November 22, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML23228A143.
Amendment No(s).............. 249 (Unit 1), 246 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of The amendments revised the Technical
Amendment(s). Specifications 3.6.3, ``Containment
Isolation Valves,'' Surveillance
Requirement (SR) 3.6.3.5 to eliminate
event-based testing of containment purge
valves with resilient seals. The
amendments eliminated ``AND Within 92
days of opening the valve'' from SR
3.6.3.5.
Public Comments Received as No.
to Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Vogtle Electric Generating
Plant, Unit 3; Burke County, GA
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Docket No(s)................. 52-025.
Amendment Date............... December 7, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML23310A292.
Amendment No(s).............. 196.
Brief Description of The amendment permitted an exception to
Amendment(s). Regulatory Guide 1.163 that would allow
the specified frequency for the first
periodic Type A integrated leak rate
test to be performed prior to the
earlier of initial Mode 4 entry for Unit
3 Cycle 2 and midnight on May 31, 2025.
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............... October 23, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML23138A085 (Package).
Amendment No(s).............. 193 (Unit 3) and 190 (Unit 4).
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Brief Description of The amendments revised Technical
Amendment(s). Specification (TS) 3.2.1, ``Heat Flux
Hot Channel Factor (FQ(Z)),'' to adopt
(with certain exceptions) the TS changes
described in Appendix D of the
NRC[dash]approved licensing Topical
Report WCAP-17661-P-A, Revision 1,
``Improved RAOC and CAOC FQ Surveillance
Technical Specifications,'' dated
February 2019. WCAP[dash]17661-P-A,
Revision 1, is applicable to plants
using either relaxed axial offset
control (RAOC) or constant axial offset
control (CAOC) surveillance
formulations--the revised Vogtle, Units
3 and 4, TS 3.2.1 uses the CAOC
formulation. A reference to WCAP 17661 P
A, Revision 1 was also added to TS
5.6.3, ``Core Operating Limits Report
(COLR).''
Public Comments Received as No.
to Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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Tennessee Valley Authority; Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2; Rhea
County, TN
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Docket No(s)................. 50-390, 50-391.
Amendment Date............... December 6, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML23293A057.
Amendment No(s).............. 163 (Unit 1), 70 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of The amendments revised Watts Bar Nuclear
Amendment(s). Plant, Units 1 and 2, Technical
Specification (TS) 3.8.3, ``Diesel Fuel
Oil, Lube Oil, and Starting Air,''
Surveillance Requirement (SR) 3.8.3.1
(verification of fuel oil storage tank
volume), and SR 3.8.3.2 (verification of
lubricating oil inventory volume), by
removing the current stored diesel fuel
oil and lube oil numerical volume
requirements and replacing them with
duration-based diesel operating time
requirements, consistent with TS Task
Force (TSTF) Standard TS Traveler TSTF-
501, Revision 1, ``Relocate Stored Fuel
Oil and Lube Oil Volume Values to
Licensee Control.'' The amendments also
revised TS 3.8.1, ``AC Sources--
Operating,'' SR 3.8.1.4 to replace the
specific day tank numerical volume
requirements with a duration-based
diesel operating time requirement.
Public Comments Received as No.
to Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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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.
Amendment Date............... December 6, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML23313A073.
Amendment No(s).............. 184 (Unit 1) and 184 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of The amendments revised Technical
Amendment(s). Specification (TS) 3.2.1, ``Heat Flux
Hot Channel Factor (FQ(Z)),'' and
associated references in TS 5.6.5,
``Core Operating Limits Report (COLR),''
to implement the new FQ(Z) surveillance
methodology of WCAP-17661-P-A, Revision
1. The amendments also re-formulated the
FQW(Z) approximation for FQ(Z), revised
the surveillance requirements, and
revised the required actions when FQ(Z)
is not within limits.
Public Comments Received as No.
to 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............... November 29, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML23299A266.
Amendment No(s).............. 238.
Brief Description of The amendment modified the implementation
Amendment(s). date of License Amendment No. 237 for
Wolf Creek Generating Station, Unit 1,
which revised License Condition 2.C.(5)
regarding fire protection and the
Updated Safety Analysis Report to allow
the use of hard hat mounted portable
lights.
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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Pacific Gas and Electric Company; Diablo Canyon Power Plant, Unit 2; San
Luis Obispo County, CA
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Docket No(s)................. 50-323.
Amendment Date............... December 7, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML23324A153.
Amendment No(s).............. 246.
Brief Description of The amendment revised Technical
Amendment(s). Specification 3.7.8, ``Auxiliary
Saltwater (ASW) System,'' Condition A
note to allow a one-time Completion Time
of 144 hours to replace the ASW Pump 2-2
motor during Cycle 24. The amendment was
requested under exigent circumstances
pursuant to NRC regulations.
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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Pacific Gas and Electric Company; Diablo Canyon Power Plant, Unit 2; San
Luis Obispo County, CA
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Docket No(s)................. 50-323.
Application Date............. November 14, 2023, as supplemented by
letter dated November 16, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No(s)........ ML23319A204, ML23320A312.
Brief Description of The proposed amendment would revise
Amendment(s). Technical Specification 3.7.8,
``Auxiliary Saltwater (ASW) System,''
Condition A note to allow a one-time
Completion Time of 144 hours to replace
the ASW Pump 2-2 motor during Cycle 24.
The proposed amendment is being
requested under exigent circumstances
pursuant to NRC regulations.
Date & Cite of Federal November 22, 2023 (88 FR 81443).
Register Individual Notice.
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Expiration Dates for Public December 6, 2023 (Public Comments);
Comments & Hearing Requests. January 22, 2024 (Hearing Requests).
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Union Electric Company; Callaway Plant, Unit No. 1; Callaway County, MO
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Docket No(s)................. 50-483.
Application Date............. December 1, 2022, as supplemented by
letter dated October 16, 2023.
ADAMS Accession No(s)........ ML22335A507 (Package), ML23289A214
(Package).
Brief Description of The proposed amendment would revise the
Amendment(s). Callaway Plant, Unit No. 1 technical
specifications (TSs), licensing basis
(i.e., the TS Bases and Final Safety
Analysis Report), to allow use of one
train of the normal, non-safety-related
service water system to solely provide
cooling water support (in lieu of
support from the associated safety-
related essential service water train)
for one of two redundant trains of TS-
required equipment when both equipment
trains are required to be operable
during cold shutdown/refueling
conditions. The proposed amendment was
previously noticed on February 21, 2023
(88 FR 10559) and was renoticed because
it was supplemented by letter dated
October 16, 2023 (ADAMS Package
Accession No. ML23289A214), which
changed the scope due to additional TS
changes.
Date & Cite of Federal November 13, 2023; 88 FR 77616.
Register Individual Notice.
Expiration Dates for Public December 13, 2023 (Public Comments);
Comments & Hearing Requests. January 12, 2024 (Hearing Requests).
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Dated: December 13, 2023.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Victor G. Cusumano,
Acting Deputy Director, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office
of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2023-27832 Filed 12-22-23; 8:45 am]
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