[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 2 (Wednesday, January 3, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 418]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-28891]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-382; NRC-2023-0046]


Entergy Operations, Inc.; Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 
3; License Amendment Application

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice; withdrawal by applicant.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC, the Commission) 
has granted the request of Entergy Operations, Inc. (the licensee) to 
withdraw its application dated November 1, 2022, for a proposed 
amendment to Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF-38 for the 
Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3. The proposed amendment would 
have revised Technical Specification 3/4.3-2, Table 4.3-2, ``Engineered 
Safety Features Actuation System Instrumentation Surveillance 
Requirements,'' Table Notation (3), to remove the exemption from 
testing relays K114, K305, and K313 at power.

DATES: This document was published in the Federal Register on January 
3, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2023-0046 when contacting the 
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You 
may obtain publicly available information related to this document 
using any of the following methods:
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CONTACT section of this document.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jason Drake, Office of Nuclear Reactor 
Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001, telephone: 301-415-8378; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC has granted the request of the 
licensee to withdraw its application dated November 1, 2022 (ADAMS 
Accession No. ML22305A693) for the proposed amendment to Renewed 
Facility Operating License No. NPF-38 for the Waterford Steam Electric 
Station, Unit 3, located in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana.
    The proposed amendment would have revised TS 3/4.3-2, Table 4.3-2, 
``Engineered Safety Features Actuation system Instrumentation 
Surveillance Requirements,'' Table Notation (3), to remove the 
exemption from testing relays K114, K305, and K313 at power.
    The Commission had previously issued a Notice of Consideration of 
Issuance of Amendment published in the Federal Register on February 21, 
2023 (88 FR 10557). However, by letter dated September 28, 2023 (ADAMS 
Accession No. ML23271A178), the licensee withdrew the proposed 
amendment.

    Dated: December 28, 2023.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Jason J. Drake,
Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch IV, Division of Operating 
Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2023-28891 Filed 1-2-24; 8:45 am]
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