[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 170 (Tuesday, September 3, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71433-71443]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-19687]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2024-0150]
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 October 3, 2024. A request for a
hearing or petitions for leave to intervene must be filed by November
4, 2024. This monthly notice includes all amendments issued, or
proposed to be issued, from July 19, 2024, to August 15, 2024. The last
monthly notice was published on August 6, 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-2024-0150. 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: Karen Zeleznock, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-1118; email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2024-0150, 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-2024-0150.
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]
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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-2024-0150, 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).
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
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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 docket 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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Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC; Catawba Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2; York
County, SC
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Docket Nos................... 50-413, 50-414.
Application date............. June 18, 2024.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML24170A696.
Location in Application of Pages 7-8 of the Enclosure.
NSHC.
Brief Description of The proposed amendments would revise
Amendments. Catawba's Units 1 and 2 Technical
Specification (TS) 3.4.3, ``RCS Pressure
and Temperature (P/T) Limits,'' to
reflect an update to the P/T limit
curves in Figures 3.4.3-1 (Unit 2 only)
and 3.4.3-2 (Unit 2 only). The proposed
amendments will also reflect that the
revised Catawba Unit 2 P/T limit curves
in TS 3.4.3 are applicable until 54
effective full power years.
Proposed Determination....... NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Tracey Mitchell LeRoy, Deputy General
Licensee, Mailing Address. Counsel, Duke Energy Corporation, 525 S
Tryon Street, Charlotte, NC 28210.
NRC Project Manager, Jack Minzer Bryant, 301-415-0610.
Telephone Number.
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Entergy Operations, Inc.; Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3; St.
Charles Parish, LA
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Docket No.................... 50-382.
Application date............. May 8, 2024.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML24129A039.
Location in Application of Pages 13-14 of the Enclosure.
NSHC.
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Brief Description of The proposed amendment would change four
Amendment. surveillance frequencies associated with
specific Waterford Steam Electric
Station, Unit 3 (Waterford 3), technical
specifications surveillances, to instead
be performed in accordance with the
Surveillance Frequency Control Program.
These changes were originally intended
to have been addressed in the Waterford
3 license amendment request for TSTF-
425, ``Relocate Surveillance Frequencies
to Licensee Control--Risk-Informed
Technical Specification Task Force
(RITSTF) Initiative 5b'' (ADAMS Package
Accession No. ML15170A121), dated June
17, 2015.
Proposed Determination....... NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Susan Raimo, Associate General Counsel--
Licensee, Mailing Address. Nuclear, 101 Constitution Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20001.
NRC Project Manager, Jason Drake, 301-415-8378.
Telephone Number.
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NextEra Energy Point Beach, LLC; Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and
2; Manitowoc County, WI
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Docket Nos................... 50-266, 50-301.
Application date............. July 24, 2024.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML24206A109.
Location in Application of Pages 2-3 of Enclosure.
NSHC.
Brief Description of The proposed amendments would request
Amendments. adoption of Technical Specifications
Task Force (TSTF) Traveler, TSTF-577,
Revision 1, ``Revised Frequencies for
Steam Generator Tube Inspections.''
Proposed Determination....... NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Steven Hamrick, Senior Attorney, 801
Licensee, Mailing Address. Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Suite 220,
Washington, DC 20004.
NRC Project Manager, Scott Wall, 301-415-2855.
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.................... 50-220.
Application date............. June 13, 2024.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML24165A223.
Location in Application of Pages 4-5 of Attachment 1.
NSHC.
Brief Description of The proposed amendment would modify the
Amendment. Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, Unit 1
(NMP1) technical specifications (TSs) by
adopting Technical Specification Task
Force (TSTF)-230, Revision 1, ``Add New
Condition B to LCO [Limiting Condition
for Operation] 3.6.2.3, RHR Suppression
Pool Cooling.'' The TSTF modifies
improved TS (ITS) 3.6.2.3, ``Residual
Heat Removal (RHR) Suppression Pool
Cooling,'' to allow two RHR suppression
pool cooling subsystems to be inoperable
for eight hours. NMP1 does not have
ITSs; therefore, the applicable LCO for
NMP1 is TS LCO 3.3.7, ``Containment
Spray System.'' Additionally, a new
specification is proposed to be added
that will direct operators to place the
unit in ``Shutdown Condition--Hot''
within 12 hours and ``Shutdown
Condition--Cold'' in 36 hours if
applicable specifications are not met.
Proposed Determination....... NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Jason Zorn, Associate General Counsel,
Licensee, Mailing Address. Constellation Energy Generation, LLC,
101 Constitution Ave. NW, Suite 400
East, Washington, DC 20001.
NRC Project Manager, Richard Guzman, 301-415-1030.
Telephone Number.
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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............. June 28, 2024.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML24180A204.
Location in Application of Pages E-14 to E-16 of Enclosure.
NSHC.
Brief Description of The proposed amendments would modify
Amendments. Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant, Units 1
and 2, technical specification
requirements related to direct current
(DC) electrical systems in accordance
with Technical Specifications Task Force
(TSTF) Traveler TSTF-500, Revision 2,
``DC Electrical Rewrite-Update to TSTF-
360.''
Proposed Determination....... NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Millicent Ronnlund, Vice President and
Licensee, Mailing Address. General Counsel, Southern Nuclear
Operating Co., Inc., P.O. Box 1295,
Birmingham, AL 35201-1295.
NRC Project Manager, Zachary Turner 415-6303.
Telephone Number.
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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 Nos................... 52-025, 52-026.
Application date............. June 21, 2024.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML24173A220.
Location in Application of Pages E-9 and E-11 of Enclosure.
NSHC.
Brief Description of The proposed amendments would revise the
Amendments. Combined License, Technical
Specifications (TS) 3.7.6, ``Main
Control Room Emergency Habitability
System (VES),'' Action E and
Surveillance Requirement 3.7.6.5, and
the Updated Final Safety Analysis Report
subsection 6.4.5.3, Air Quality Testing
for Vogtle Electric Generating Plant,
Units 3 and 4.
Proposed Determination....... NSHC.
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Name of Attorney for Millicent Ronnlund, Vice President and
Licensee, Mailing Address. General Counsel, Southern Nuclear
Operating Co., Inc., P.O. Box 1295,
Birmingham, AL 35201-1295.
NRC Project Manager, John Lamb, 301-415-3100.
Telephone Number.
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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 Nos................... 52-025, 52-026.
Application date............. July 25, 2024.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML24207A252.
Location in Application of Pages E-7 to E-9 of Enclosure.
NSHC.
Brief Description of The proposed amendments would revise the
Amendments. Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Units
3 and 4, Combined License Appendix A
Technical Specification 3.7.6, ``Main
Control Room Emergency Habitability
System (VES),'' Action A and
Surveillance Requirement 3.7.6.6 related
to inoperable valves and/or dampers.
Proposed Determination....... NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Millicent Ronnlund, Vice President and
Licensee, Mailing Address. General Counsel, Southern Nuclear
Operating Co., Inc., P.O. Box 1295,
Birmingham, AL 35201-1295.
NRC Project Manager, John Lamb, 301-415-3100.
Telephone Number.
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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.
Application date............. June 25, 2024.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML24178A413.
Location in Application of Pages E8-E9 of the Enclosure.
NSHC.
Brief Description of The proposed amendments would revise
Amendments. Watts Bar, Units 1 and 2, Technical
Specification (TS) 3.8.1, ``AC
[alternating current] Sources--
Operating,'' by adopting Technical
Specification Task Force (TSTF) Traveler
TSTF-276-A, Revision 2, ``Revise DG
[diesel generator] full load rejection
test.'' Specifically, the proposed
amendments would revise the notes to
Surveillance Requirement (SR) 3.8.1.9,
for the DG single largest load rejection
test, SR 3.8.1.10, for the DG full load
rejection test, and SR 3.8.1.14, for the
DG endurance and margin test, to require
that these SRs be performed at a
specified power factor of <=0.9 with
clarifications addressing situations
when the power factor cannot be
achieved. The proposed amendments would
also revise SR 3.8.1.10 and SR 3.8.1.14
to remove the surveillance kVAR ranges
and modify the note to SR 3.8.1.18 to
allow for the surveillance to be
performed in Modes 1, 2, 3, or 4 to
reestablish operability provided an
assessment of plant safety is performed.
Proposed Determination....... NSHC.
Name of Attorney for David Fountain, Executive VP and General
Licensee, Mailing Address. Counsel, Tennessee Valley Authority, 6A
West Tower, 400 West Summit Hill Drive,
Knoxville, TN 37902.
NRC Project Manager, Kimberly Green, 301-415-1627.
Telephone Number.
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Union Electric Company; Callaway Plant, Unit 1; Callaway County, MO
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Docket No.................... 50-483.
Application date............. June 6, 2024.
ADAMS Package Accession No... ML24158A521 (Package).
Location in Application of Pages 2-4 of the Enclosure.
NSHC.
Brief Description of The proposed amendment would adopt
Amendment. Technical Specifications Task Force
(TSTF) Traveler TSTF-569, Revision 2,
``Revise Response Time Testing
Definition,'' which is an approved
change to the Standard Technical
Specifications for Westinghouse
pressurized-water reactor nuclear power
plants. The proposed changes are related
to the purpose and past use of several
related topical reports, including WCAP-
13632-P-A, Revision 2, ``Elimination of
Pressure Sensor Response Time Testing
Requirements,'' and WCAP-14036-P-A,
``Elimination of Periodic Protection
Channel Response Time Tests,'' as
applicable to the Callaway Plant, Unit
1. Together, these topical reports
justify eliminating response time
testing for applicable instrument loops/
channels, for all applicable devices/
components in the loops/channels, within
the reactor trip system and engineered
safety features actuation system. The
topical reports provided detailed
information that forms the basis for the
methodology contained in TSTF-569,
Revision 2 (ADAMS Accession No.
ML19176A034), which provides a means for
allowing use of bounding response times
(in lieu of being measured) for newer/
redesigned components in the applicable
instrument loops/channels.
Proposed Determination....... NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Jay E. Silberg, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw
Licensee, Mailing Address. Pittman LLP, 1200 17th St. NW,
Washington, DC 20036.
NRC Project Manager, Mahesh Chawla, 301-415-8371.
Telephone Number.
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Vistra Operations Company LLC; Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station, Unit
1; Ottawa County, OH
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Docket No.................... 50-346.
Application date............. July 8, 2024.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML24191A432.
Location in Application of Pages 4-5 of Attachment 1.
NSHC.
Brief Description of The proposed amendment would remove the
Amendment. table of contents from technical
specification and place it under
licensee control.
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Proposed Determination....... NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Roland Backhaus, Senior lead Counsel-
Licensee, Mailing Address. Nuclear, Vistra Corp., 325 7th Street
NW, Suite 520, Washington, DC 20004.
NRC Project Manager, Scott Wall, 301-415-2855.
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 Issuances
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Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; Limerick Generating Station, Units
1 and 2; Montgomery County, PA
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Docket Nos................... 50-352, 50-353.
Amendment Date............... July 29, 2024.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML24204A071.
Amendment Nos................ 263 (Unit1), 225 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of The amendments revised the technical
Amendments. specifications by replacing automatic
main steam isolation valve isolation
requirements with a monitoring
requirement and a manual shutdown if the
turbine enclosure main steam line tunnel
temperature exceeds a certain value and
main steam line pressure boundary
leakage is detected.
Public Comments Received as No.
to Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station,
Units 1 and 2; Rock Island County, IL
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Docket Nos................... 50-254, 50-265.
Amendment Date............... August 8, 2024.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML24183A108.
Amendment Nos................ 302 (Unit 1), 298 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of The amendments adopted Technical
Amendments. Specification Task Force (TSTF)
Travelers 505 (TSTF-505), Revision 2,
``Provide Risk Informed Extended
Completion Times--RITSTF Initiative 4b''
and TSTF-591, Revision 0, ``Revise Risk
Informed Completion Time (RICT)
Program.''
Public Comments Received as No.
to Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc.; Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station,
Unit 1,Fairfield County, SC
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Docket No.................... 50-395.
Amendment Date............... July 31, 2024.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML24158A388.
Amendment No................. 226.
Brief Description of The amendment modified the Virgil C.
Amendment. Summer Nuclear Station (VCSNS) emergency
plan by extending emergency response
augmentation times; relocating the
Emergency Operations Facility and Joint
Information Center; defining ``Facility
Activation'' criteria; revising the
minimum staffing definition for the
Emergency Response Facilities; extending
facility activation requirements after
declaration of an Alert of higher
classification; reorganizing the VCSNS
Emergency Plan based on emergency
preparedness functions and removing
references to chemistry, firefighting,
first aid/rescue, and site access
control functions while being on shift;
and reducing the level at which the
dispatch of Offsite Survey Teams are
required.
Public Comments Received as No.
to Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc.; Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station,
Unit 1, Fairfield County, SC
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Docket No.................... 50-395.
Amendment Date............... August 5, 2024.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML24180A006.
Amendment No................. 227.
Brief Description of The amendment modified the Virgil C.
Amendment. Summer Nuclear Station (VCSNS) Technical
Specification (TS) Limiting Condition
for Operation (LCO) 3.8.3.1, Action C,
concerning inoperable Alternating
Current Inverters of TS 3/4.8.3. The
amendment extends the Allowed Outage
Time for VCSNS's TS LCO 3.8.3.1 Action C
in the case of an inoperable inverter.
Public Comments Received as No.
to Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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Duke Energy Progress, LLC; H. B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant, Unit No.
2; Darlington County, SC
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Docket No.................... 50-261.
Amendment Date............... August 14, 2024.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML24169A271.
Amendment No................. 280.
Brief Description of The amendment revised Technical
Amendment. Specification (TS) Section 5.7, ``High
Radiation Area,'' consistent with NRC-
approved TS Task Force (TSTF) Traveler
258 (TSTF-258-A), Revision 4, ``Changes
to Section 5.0, Administrative
Controls.''
Public Comments Received as No.
to Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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Duke Energy Progress, LLC; Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 1;
Wake and Chatham Counties, NC
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Docket No.................... 50-400.
Amendment Date............... August 14, 2024.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML24059A425.
Amendment No................. 202.
Brief Description of The amendment modified the Technical
Amendment. Specification (TS) Surveillance
Requirement (SR) 4.6.1.1 to eliminate
the requirement to perform periodic
position verification for containment
penetrations that are maintained locked,
sealed, or otherwise secured closed, and
adopted Technical Specifications Task
Force (TSTF) Improved Standard TS (ISTS)
Change Traveler No. 45 (TSTF-45-A),
Revision 2, ``Exempt Verification of
Containment Isolation Valves that are
Not Locked, Sealed, or Other-wise
Secured.'' The amendment also revised TS
3.3.3.5, ``Remote Shutdown System,'' to
increase the completion time for
inoperable Remote Shut-down System
components to a time that is more
consistent with their safety
significance and removed the requirement
to submit a Special Report. It also
relocated the content in Table 3.3-9,
``Remote Shutdown System,'' and Table
4.3-6, ``Remote Shutdown Monitoring
Instrumentation Surveillance
Requirements,'' in accordance with TSTF-
266-A, Revision 3, ``Eliminate the
Remote Shutdown System Table of
Instrumentation and Controls.''
Additionally, the amendment updated SR
4.3.1.1, Table 4.3-1, ``Reactor Trip
System Instrumentation Surveillance
Requirements,'' to address the
application of the Surveillance
Frequency Control Program to establish
the frequency for performance of the
Analog Channel Operational Test of
select Reactor Trip System
instrumentation. Changes were made to
the administrative controls section of
the TS to reflect current organizational
titles as well as remove reporting
requirements that were redundant to
existing regulations. The changes
reflect requirements consistent with
those in NUREG-1431, Revision 5,
``Standard Technical Specifications-
Westinghouse Plants.''
Public Comments Received as No.
to Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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Duke Energy Progress, LLC; Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 1;
Wake and Chatham Counties, NC
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Docket No.................... 50-400.
Amendment Date............... August 2, 2024.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML24213A052.
Amendment No(s).............. 201.
Brief Description of The amendment extended the completion
Amendment. time of Action a of Technical
Specification 3/4.5.1, ``Accumulators,''
from 1 hour to 24 hours to restore a
reactor coolant system accumulator to
operable status when declared inoperable
due to any reason except not being
within the required boron concentration
range. The change is consistent with NRC-
approved Industry/Technical
Specification Task Force (TSTF) Standard
Technical Specification Change Traveler
TSTF-370, ``Risk-Informed Evaluation of
an Extension to Accumulator Completion
Times for Westinghouse Plants.''
Public Comments Received as No.
to Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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Entergy Louisiana, LLC, and Entergy Operations, Inc.; River Bend
Station, Unit 1; West Feliciana Parish, LA; Entergy Operations, Inc.,
System Energy Resources, Inc., Cooperative Energy, A Mississippi
Electric Cooperative, and Entergy Mississippi, LLC; Grand Gulf Nuclear
Station, Unit 1; Claiborne County, MS; Entergy Operations, Inc.;
Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 2; Pope County, AR
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Docket Nos................... 50-368, 50-416, 50-458.
Amendment Date............... August 13, 2024.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML24185A152.
Amendment Nos................ 334 (ANO-2), 235 (Grand Gulf), and 215
(River Bend).
Brief Description of The amendments revised Arkansas Nuclear
Amendments. One, Unit 2 (ANO-2) Technical
Specification (TS) Definitions 1.9, and
1.11 for Channel Calibration and Channel
Functional Test, respectively; Grand
Gulf Nuclear Station, Unit 1 (Grand
Gulf) TS Definition 1.1 for Channel
Calibration, Channel Functional Test,
and Logic System Functional Test; and
River Bend Station, Unit 1 (River Bend)
TS Definition 1.1 for Channel
Calibration, Channel Functional Test,
and Logic System Functional Test. The
proposed changes aligned the ANO-2,
Grand Gulf, and River Bend TS
definitions with the definitions in
Technical Specifications Task Force
(TSTF) Traveler TSTF-205-A, Revision 3,
``Revision of Channel Calibration,
Channel Functional Test, and Related
Definitions.''
Public Comments Received as No.
to Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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Entergy Operations, Inc., System Energy Resources, Inc., Cooperative
Energy, A Mississippi Electric Cooperative, and Entergy Mississippi,
LLC; Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Unit 1; Claiborne County, MS
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Docket No.................... 50-416.
Amendment Date............... July 29, 2024.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML24172A250.
Amendment No................. 233.
Brief Description of The amendment revised the Grand Gulf
Amendment. Nuclear Station, Unit 1, Renewed
Facility Operating License No. NPF-29 to
add a new license condition to allow for
the implementation of 10 CFR 50.69,
``Risk-informed categorization and
treatment of structures, systems and
components for nuclear power reactors.''
Public Comments Received as No.
to Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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Entergy Operations, Inc., System Energy Resources, Inc., Cooperative
Energy, A Mississippi Electric Cooperative, and Entergy Mississippi,
LLC; Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Unit 1; Claiborne County, MS
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Docket No.................... 50-416.
Amendment Date............... July 29, 2024.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML24176A120.
Amendment No................. 234.
Brief Description of The amendment modified the Grand Gulf
Amendment. Nuclear Station, Unit 1, technical
specification requirements to permit the
use of risk-informed completion times in
accordance with Technical Specifications
Task Force (TSTF) Traveler TSTF-505,
Revision 2, ``Provide Risk-Informed
Extended Completion Times--RITSTF [Risk-
Informed TSTF] Initiative 4b.'' The NRC
staff issued a final model safety
evaluation TSTF-505, Revision 2, on
November 21, 2018.
Public Comments Received as No.
to Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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Entergy Operations, Inc.; Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3; St.
Charles Parish, LA
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Docket No.................... 50-382.
Amendment Date............... August 7, 2024.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML24164A251.
Amendment No................. 271.
Brief Description of The amendment revised Surveillance
Amendment. 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 Accession No.
ML15170A121), which relocated specific
surveillance frequencies to the
surveillance frequency control program.
Public Comments Received as No.
to Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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Indiana Michigan Power Company; Donald C. Cook Nuclear Plant, Unit 1;
Berrien County, MI
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Docket No.................... 50-315.
Amendment Date............... July 25, 2024.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML24169A214.
Amendment No................. 362.
Brief Description of The amendment revised the technical
Amendment. specifications (TSs) by adding the
Completion Time requirement
``Immediately'' to TS 3.4.12, ``Low
Temperature Overpressure Protection
(LTOP) System,'' Actions Table to
Condition F, Required Action F.2.
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Public Comments Received as No.
to Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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TMI-2 Solutions, LLC; Three Mile Island Unit 2; Londonderry Township,
Dauphin County, PA
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Docket No(s)................. 50-320.
Amendment Date............... August 9, 2024.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML24135A327 (Package).
Amendment No................. 68.
Brief Description of The NRC issued TMI-2 Solutions, LLC (TMI-
Amendment. 2S) Amendment No. 68 to Possession-Only
License Demonstration Power Reactor
(DPR) -73. The amendment allows TMI-2S
to conduct certain decommissioning
activities at TMI-2 that were not
previously addressed in the staff's
environmental reviews (site-specific
impacts to historic and cultural
resources).
Public Comments Received as No.
to Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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Virginia Electric and Power Company; Surry Power Station, Unit Nos. 1
and 2; Surry County, VA
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Docket Nos................... 50-280, 50-281.
Amendment Date............... July 17, 2024.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML24165A278.
Amendment Nos................ 318 (Unit 1), 318 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of The amendments revised technical
Amendments. specifications (TSs) to add low head
safety injection (LHSI) flow indication
as required accident monitoring
instrumentation. The addition of LHSI
flow instrumentation to the TSs is due
to reclassification of the variable from
a Type D Category 2 variable to a Type A
Category 1 variable per Regulatory Guide
1.97, Revision 3, ``Criteria for
Accident Monitoring Instrumentation for
Nuclear Power Plants.''
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 Nos................... 50-445, 50-446.
Amendment Date............... August 7, 2024.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML24177A269.
Amendment Nos................ 188 (Unit 1),188 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of The amendments revised technical
Amendments. specifications to adopt Technical
Specifications Task Force (TSTF)
Traveler TSTF-591, ``Revise Risk
Informed Completion Time (RICT)
Program.''
Public Comments Received as No.
to Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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IV. Notice of Issuance of Amendment 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 amendments involve
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 involve an emergency situation, the
Commission is now providing an opportunity to comment on the final NSHC
determination for each action; comments should be submitted in
accordance with Section I of this notice within 30 days of the date of
this notice. Any comments received within 30 days of the date of
publication this notice will be considered.
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
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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--Emergency Circumstances
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Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Vogtle Electric Generating
Plant, Unit 1; Burke County, GA
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Docket No.................... 50-424.
Amendment Date............... July 23, 2024.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML24204A072.
Amendment No................. 225.
Brief Description of The amendment revised Technical
Amendment. Specification (TS) 3.7.9, ``Ultimate
Heat Sink,'' to allow a 92-day
Completion Time for Required Action D.2
for an inoperable Nuclear Service
Cooling Water (NSCW) basin transfer
pump. The TS changes would be a one-time
change and in effect only until
September 9, 2024, during Vogtle Unit 1
Cycle 25 (1R25). The change also
includes a Required Action D.2 Note
which prevents Application of limiting
conditions for operation 3.0.4.a and b
for entry into MODE 4 following 1R25
unless repairs to the 1A NSCW transfer
pump have been completed. The license
amendment is issued under emergency
circumstances as described in the
provisions of 10 CFR 50.91(a)(5) due to
the time critical nature of the
amendment.
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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Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Joseph M. Farley Nuclear
Plant, Units 1 and 2; Houston County, AL
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Docket Nos................... 50-364, 50-348.
Application Date............. July 18, 2024.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML24201A108.
Brief Description of The NRC is considering issuance of an
Amendments. amendment to Facility Operating License
No. NPF-2 and NPF-8, issued to Southern
Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. (SNC,
the licensee), for operation of the
Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant, (Farley)
Units 1 and 2. The requested amendment
would revise the operating license,
Appendix A, Technical Specification (TS)
3.6.5, ``Containment Air Temperature,''
actions upon exceeding the containment
average air temperature limit of 120
degrees Fahrenheit ([deg]F) and remove
an expired Note provision. Specifically,
the proposed amendment would revise TS
3.6.5 Required Actions and Completion
Time A.1, add Required Actions and
Completion Times A.2 and A.3, as well as
remove an expired Note in TS 3.6.5
Limiting Conditions for Operation.
Date and Citation of Federal July 29, 2024; 89 FR 60930.
Register Individual Notice.
Expiration Dates for Public August 28, 2024 (Public Comments) and
Comments & Hearing Requests. September 27, 2024 (Hearing Requests).
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Dated: August 27, 2024.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Aida Rivera-Varona,
Deputy Director, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of
Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2024-19687 Filed 8-30-24; 8:45 am]
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