[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 
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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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