[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 94 (Tuesday, May 14, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41996-42004]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-10034]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2024-0087]
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 189a.(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 June 13, 2024. A request for a hearing
or petitions for leave to intervene must be filed by July 15, 2024.
This monthly notice includes all amendments issued, or proposed to be
issued, from March 29, 2024, to April 25, 2024. The last monthly notice
was published on April 16, 2024.
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-2024-0087. 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: Angela Baxter, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001, telephone: 301-415-8209; email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2024-0087, 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
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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-2024-0087.
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-2024-0087, 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 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).
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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 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 Requests
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Arizona Public Service Company, et al; Palo Verde Nuclear Generating
Station, Units 1, 2, and 3; Maricopa County, AZ
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Docket Nos............................. 50-528, 50-529, 50-530.
Application date....................... March 8, 2024.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML24068A252.
Location in Application of NSHC........ Pages 13-16 of the Enclosure.
Brief Description of Amendments........ The proposed amendments would
revise Technical Specification
(TS) 3.5.1, ``Safety Injection
Tanks (SITs)--Operating,'' and
TS 3.5.2, SITs--Shutdown,''
using risk-informed process
for evaluations.
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Proposed Determination................. NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Mailing Carey Fleming, Senior Counsel,
Address. Pinnacle West Capital
Corporation, 500 N 5th Street,
MS 8695, Phoenix, AZ 85004.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Number.. William Orders, 301-415-3329.
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DTE Electric Company; Fermi, Unit 2; Monroe County, MI
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Docket No.............................. 50-341.
Application date....................... March 21, 2024.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML24081A326.
Location in Application of NSHC........ Pages 5-8 of Attachment 1.
Brief Description of Amendment......... The proposed amendment requests
adoption of Technical
Specification Task Force
(TSTF) Travelers, TSTF-505,
Revision 2, ``Provide Risk-
Informed Extended Completion
Times--RITSTF [Risk Informed
TSTF] Initiative 4b,'' TSTF-
439, Revision 2, ``Eliminate
Second Completion Times
Limiting Time From Discovery
of Failure to Meet an LCO
[limiting condition for
operation],'' and TSTF-591,
Revision 0, ``Revise Risk
Informed Completion Time
(RICT) Program.''
Proposed Determination................. NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Mailing Jon P. Christinidis, DTE
Address. Electric Company, Expert
Attorney--Regulatory, 1635
WCB, One Energy Plaza,
Detroit, MI 48226.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Number.. Surinder Arora, 301-415-1421.
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Indiana Michigan Power Company; Donald C. Cook Nuclear Plant, Units 1
and 2; Berrien County, MI
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Docket Nos............................. 50-315, 50-316.
Application date....................... March 6, 2024.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML24073A234.
Location in Application of NSHC........ Pages 18-20 of Enclosure 2.
Brief Description of Amendments........ The proposed amendments would
modify the Donald C. Cook
Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2,
licensing basis, by the
addition of a license
condition, to allow for the
implementation of the
provisions of 10 CFR 50.69,
``Risk-Informed Categorization
and Treatment of Structures,
Systems and Components for
Nuclear Power Reactors.'' The
provisions of 10 CFR 50.69
allow adjustment of the scope
of equipment subject to
special treatment controls
(e.g., quality assurance,
testing, inspection, condition
monitoring, assessment, and
evaluation).
Proposed Determination................. NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Mailing Robert B. Haemer, Senior
Address. Nuclear Counsel, Indiana
Michigan Power Company, One
Cook Place, Bridgman, MI
49106.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Number.. Scott Wall, 301-415-2855.
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Pacific Gas and Electric Company; Diablo Canyon Power Plant, Units 1 and
2; San Luis Obispo County, CA
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Docket Nos............................. 50-275, 50-323.
Application date....................... February 28, 2024.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML24059A448.
Location in Application of NSHC........ Pages 7-9 of the Enclosure.
Brief Description of Amendments........ The proposed amendments would
revise Technical Specification
5.6.6, ``Reactor Coolant
System (RCS) Pressure and
Temperature Limits Report
(PTLR),'' regarding the
fluence calculational
methodology used to determine
the pressure and temperature
limits.
Proposed Determination................. NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Mailing Jennifer Post, Esq., Pacific
Address. Gas and Electric Co., 77 Beale
Street, Room 3065, Mail Code
B30A, San Francisco, CA 94105.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Number.. Samson Lee, 301-415-3168.
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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 Nos............................. 50-348, 50-364.
Application date....................... April 5, 2024.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML24096B775.
Location in Application of NSHC........ Pages E-5 through E-7 of the
Enclosure.
Brief Description of Amendments........ The proposed amendments would
revise the Joseph M. Farley
Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2,
Technical Specification 3.6.6,
``Containment Spray and
Cooling Systems,'' to revise
the frequency of Surveillance
Requirement 3.6.6.8.
Proposed Determination................. NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Mailing Millicent Ronnlund, Vice
Address. President and General Counsel,
Southern Nuclear Operating
Co., Inc., P.O. Box 1295,
Birmingham, AL 35201-1295.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Number.. Zachary Turner, 301-415-6303.
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Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Vogtle Electric Generating
Plant, Units 1 and 2; Burke County, GA
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Docket Nos............................. 50-424, 50-425.
Application date....................... March 20, 2024.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML24080A455.
Location in Application of NSHC........ Pages E-12 and E-13 of the
Enclosure.
Brief Description of Amendments........ The proposed amendments would
revise emergency diesel
generator frequency and
voltage ranges for Technical
Specification 3.8.1, ``AC
[Alternating Current] Sources--
Operating,'' Surveillance
Requirements.
Proposed Determination................. NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Mailing Millicent Ronnlund, Vice
Address. President and General Counsel,
Southern Nuclear Operating
Co., Inc., P.O. Box 1295,
Birmingham, AL 35201-1295.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Number.. John Lamb, 301-415-3100.
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Tennessee Valley Authority; Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2;
Hamilton County, TN
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Docket Nos............................. 50-327, 50-328.
Application date....................... April 15, 2024.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML24106A057.
Location in Application of NSHC........ Pages E7 and E8 of the
Enclosure.
Brief Description of Amendments........ The proposed amendments would
revise the Sequoyah Nuclear
Plant, Units 1 and 2,
Technical Specification (TS)
3.8.1, ``AC [alternating
current] Sources--Operating,''
to delete Surveillance
Requirement (SR) 3.8.1.8, and
would revise TS 3.8.2, ``AC
Sources--Shutdown,'' to delete
the reference to SR 3.8.1.8.
Proposed Determination................. NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Mailing David Fountain, Executive VP
Address. and General Counsel, Tennessee
Valley Authority, 6A West
Tower, 400 West Summit Hill
Drive, Knoxville, TN 37902.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Number.. Perry Buckberg, 301-415-1383.
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Vallecitos Boiling Water Reactor, Alameda County, CA
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Docket No.............................. 50-18.
Application dates...................... September 7, 2023, as
supplemented by letters dated
September 15, 2023, October
31, 2023, and March 25, 2024.
ADAMS Accession Nos.................... ML23250A267, ML23261A591
(package), ML23304A300,
ML24085A792.
Location in Application of NSHC........ Pages 1-2 of Enclosure 1 to the
supplement dated March 25,
2024.
Brief Description of Amendment......... The proposed amendment would
approve the license
termination plan which
implements the licensing
decommissioning strategy that
is outlined in the limited
post-shutdown decommissioning
activities report.
Proposed Determination................. NSHC.
Name of Attorney(s) for Licensee, Angela Thornhill, General
Mailing Address. Counsel, GE-Hitachi Nuclear
Energy Americas LLC, 3901
Castle Hayne Road, Wilmington,
NC 28402; and Gregory Di
Carlo, Vice President/General
Counsel, NorthStar Group
Services, Inc., 15760 West
Power Street, NA1A, Crystal
River, FL 34428.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Number.. Jack Parrott, 301-415-6634.
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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 Nos............................. 50-445, 50-446.
Application dates...................... February 28, 2024, as
supplemented by letter dated
April 1, 2024.
ADAMS Accession Nos.................... ML24059A390, ML24092A236.
Location in Application of NSHC........ Pages 1-3 of the Enclosure.
Brief Description of Amendments........ The proposed amendments would
revise technical
specifications to adopt
Technical Specification Task
Force (TSTF) Traveler TSTF-
591, ``Revise Risk-Informed
Completion Time (RICT)
Program.''
Proposed Determination................. NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Mailing Timothy P. Matthews, Esq.,
Address. Morgan, Lewis and Bockius,
1111 Pennsylvania Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20004.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Number.. Samson Lee, 301-415-3168.
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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 Nos............................. 50-445, 50-446.
Application date....................... February 28, 2024.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML24059A386.
Location in Application of NSHC........ Pages 2-3 of Enclosure.
Brief Description of Amendments........ The proposed amendments would
revise technical
specifications to adopt
Technical Specification Task
Force (TSTF) Traveler TSTF-
589, ``Eliminate Automatic
Diesel Generator Start During
Shutdown.''
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Proposed Determination................. NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Mailing Timothy P. Matthews, Esq.,
Address. Morgan, Lewis and Bockius,
1111 Pennsylvania Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20004.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Number.. Samson Lee, 301-415-3168.
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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 FitzPatrick, LLC and Constellation Energy Generation, LLC;
James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant; Oswego County, NY
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Docket No.............................. 50-333.
Amendment Date......................... March 28, 2024.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML24068A053.
Amendment No........................... 354.
Brief Description of Amendment......... The amendment modified
Surveillance Requirement (SR)
3.3.1.2.4 to incorporate an
additional acceptance
criterion based on a higher
signal to noise ratio as
provided in General Electric
Service Information Letter 478
dated December 16, 1988.
Specifically, an ``or''
statement was added to SR
3.3.1.2.4 as follows: ``or
Verify count rate is >=0.7
[counts per second] cps with a
signal to noise ratio
>=20:1.''
Public Comments Received as to Proposed No.
NSHC (Yes/No).
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Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC; McGuire Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2;
Mecklenburg County, NC
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Docket Nos............................. 50-369, 50-370.
Amendment Date......................... April 8, 2024.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML24052A306.
Amendment Nos.......................... 331 (Unit 1) and 310 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of Amendments........ The amendments modified the
licensing basis for the
implementation of the
provisions of 10 CFR 50.69,
``Risk-informed categorization
and treatment of structures,
systems and components for
nuclear power reactors,''
which would allow adjustment
of the scope of equipment
subject to special treatment
controls.
Public Comments Received as to Proposed No.
NSHC (Yes/No).
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Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant,
Units 1 and 2; Appling County, GA
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Docket Nos............................. 50-321, 50-366.
Amendment Date......................... April 24, 2024.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML23032A332.
Amendment Nos.......................... 322 (Unit 1) and 267 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of Amendments........ The amendments revised the
renewed facility operating
licenses and technical
specifications Table 1.1-1,
``MODES,'' for Edwin I. Hatch
Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2,
to relax the required number
of fully tensioned reactor
pressure vessel head closure
bolts.
Public Comments Received as to Proposed No.
NSHC (Yes/No).
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Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Vogtle Electric Generating
Plant, Units 1 and 2; Burke County, GA
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Docket Nos............................. 50-424, 50-425.
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Amendment Date......................... April 10, 2024.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML24030A909.
Amendment Nos.......................... 224 (Unit 1) and 207 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of Amendments........ The amendments revised
Technical Specification (TS)
3.4.14, ``RCS [Reactor Coolant
System] Pressure Isolation
Valve (PIV) Leakage,''
Surveillance Requirement
3.4.14.1 to limit required
testing to frequencies
specified in the Inservice
Testing Program in accordance
with the American Society of
Mechanical Engineers Code for
Operation and Maintenance of
Nuclear Power Plants by
removing all other SR 3.4.14.1
frequency testing criteria
from the current TSs.
Public Comments Received as to Proposed No.
NSHC (Yes/No).
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Susquehanna Nuclear, LLC and Allegheny Electric Cooperative, Inc.;
Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2; Luzerne County, PA
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Docket Nos............................. 50-387, 50-388.
Amendment Date......................... April 22, 2024.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML24082A137.
Amendment Nos.......................... 287 (Unit 1) and 271 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of Amendments........ The amendments revised the
technical specifications to
adopt the Technical
Specifications Task Force
(TSTF) Traveler, TSTF-568,
Revision 2, ``Revise
Applicability of BWR/4 TS
3.6.2.5 and TS 3.6.3.2,'' for
applicability and actions of
Technical Specification
3.6.3.3, ``Primary Containment
Oxygen Concentration.'' The
changes simplify and clarify
the applicability statements,
remove the undefined term
``scheduled reactor
shutdown,'' and provide
adequate terminal actions.
Public Comments Received as to Proposed No.
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 Nos............................. 50-390, 50-391.
Amendment Date......................... April 15, 2024.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML24072A005.
Amendment Nos.......................... 165 (Unit 1) and 72 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of Amendments........ The amendments revised the
Watts Bar Nuclear Plant (Watts
Bar), Units 1 and 2, Technical
Specification (TS) 4.2.1,
``Fuel Assemblies,'' to
increase the maximum number of
tritium producing burnable
absorber rods, that can be
irradiated in the core to
2,496. The amendments also
revised Watts Bar, Unit 1, TS
5.9.6, ``Reactor Coolant
System (RCS) Pressure and
Temperature Limits Report
(PTLR),'' to be consistent
with Watts Bar, Unit 2, TS
5.9.6, and revised both units'
TS 5.9.6.b to add WCAP-18124-
NP-A Rev. 0 Supplement 1-NP-A,
Rev. 0, ``Fluence
Determination with RAPTOR-M3G
and FERRET--Supplement for
Extended Beltline Materials.''
The amendments also revised
the Watts Bar Dual-Unit Update
Final Safety Analysis Report
to modify the source term for
the design basis accident
analyses to allow the core
fission product inventory to
be calculated using an updated
version of the ORIGEN code.
Public Comments Received as to Proposed No.
NSHC (Yes/No).
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Virginia Electric and Power Company, Dominion Nuclear Company; North
Anna Power Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2; Louisa County, VA; Virginia
Electric and Power Company; Surry Power Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2;
Surry County, VA
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Docket Nos............................. 50-280, 50-281, 50-338, 50-339.
Amendment Date......................... April 22, 2024.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML24054A014.
Amendment Nos.......................... North Anna--297 (Unit 1), 280
(Unit 2); Surry--317 (Unit 1)
and 317 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of Amendments........ The amendments modified the
Emergency Plan staffing and
staff augmentation times as
described in the request, as
supplemented.
Public Comments Received as to Proposed No.
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.
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 (an emergency
situation), 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. Nonetheless, 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 amendment(s) involves
NSHC. The basis for this determination is contained in the NRC staff
safety evaluation 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 this action, see the amendment
and associated documents such as the Commission's letter and safety
evaluation, which may be obtained using the ADAMS accession number
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--Emergency Circumstances
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Nebraska Public Power District; Cooper Nuclear Station; Nemaha County,
NE
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Docket No.............................. 50-298.
Amendment Date......................... April 5, 2024.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML24096A120.
Amendment No........................... 275.
Brief Description of Amendment......... The amendment changed Technical
Specification (TS) 3.3.1.1,
``Reactor Protection System
(RPS) Instrumentation.''
Specifically, a temporary
footnote was applied
immediately to Function 8,
``Turbine Stop Valve--
Closure,'' of TS Table 3.3.1.1-
1, ``Reactor Protection System
Instrumentation.'' The current
design configuration of the
turbine stop valve position
switches that input to the RPS
did not meet the channel
independence criteria. This
temporary footnote allows
Nebraska Public Power District
to not enter the TS 3.3.1.1,
Condition A or B for the
channel independence condition
for a period ending no later
than startup from Refuel
Outage 33. The amendment was
issued under emergency
circumstances as provided in
the provisions of 10 CFR
50.91(a)(5) because of the
time critical nature of the
amendment.
Local Media Notice (Yes/No)............ No.
Public Comments Requested as to No.
Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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Dated: May 3, 2024.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Jamie Pelton,
Deputy Director, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of
Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2024-10034 Filed 5-13-24; 8:45 am]
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