[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 175 (Tuesday, September 10, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73451-73452]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-20277]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50-338 and 50-339; NRC-2024-0157]
Virginia Electric and Power Company; North Anna Power Station,
Units 1 and 2; Subsequent License Renewal and Record of Decision
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice; issuance.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued
Subsequent Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-4 and NPF-7 to
Virginia Electric and Power Company (Dominion, or the licensee), for
North Anna Power Station, Units 1 and 2, respectively. In addition, the
NRC has prepared a record of decision (ROD) that supports the NRC's
decision to issue Subsequent Renewed Facility Operating License Nos.
NPF-4 and NPF-7.
DATES: The Subsequent Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-4 and
NPF-7 were issued on August 28, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2024-0157 when contacting the
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NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You
may obtain publicly available information related to this document
using any of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2024-0157. 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.
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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
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Siva P. Lingam, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-1564, email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that the NRC has
issued Subsequent Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-4 and
NPF-7 to Virginia Electric and Power Company (Dominion, or the
licensee), for North Anna Power Station, Units 1 and 2, (ADAMS
Accession Nos. ML24215A263 and ML24215A264), respectively. Dominion is
the operator of the facility. Subsequent Renewed Facility Operating
License Nos. NPF-4 and NPF-7 authorize operation of North Anna Power
Station, Units 1 and 2, respectively, by Dominion at reactor core power
levels not in excess of 2,940 megawatts thermal for each unit, in
accordance with the provisions of the North Anna Power Station, Units 1
and 2, subsequent renewed licenses and technical specifications. Notice
is also given that the ROD that supports the NRC's decision to issue
Subsequent Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-4 and NPF-7 is
available in ADAMS under Package Accession No. ML24215A220.
As discussed in the ROD and the final site-specific environmental
impact statement (EIS), published as NUREG-1437, Supplement 7a, Second
Renewal, ``Site-Specific Environmental Impact Statement for License
Renewal of Nuclear Plants, Supplement 7a, Second Renewal, Regarding
Subsequent License Renewal for North Anna Power Station, Units 1 and 2,
Final Report,'' dated July 2024 (ADAMS Accession No. ML24204A104), the
final EIS documents the NRC staff's environmental review, including the
determination that the adverse environmental impacts of subsequent
license renewal for North Anna Power Station, Units 1 and 2, are not so
great that preserving the option of subsequent license renewal for
energy planning decisionmakers would be unreasonable. The final EIS
conclusion is based on (1) information provided in the environmental
report submitted by Dominion, as supplemented, (2) the NRC staff's
consultations with Federal, State, local, and Tribal agencies, (3) the
NRC staff's independent environmental review, and (4) the NRC staff's
consideration of public comments.
North Anna Power Station, Units 1 and 2, are pressurized light
water reactors located on a site situated on the southern shore of Lake
Anna in Louisa County, Virginia. The NRC staff has determined that
Dominion's application for the subsquent renewed licenses, ``North Anna
Power Station Units 1 and 2--Application for Subsequent License
Renewal,'' dated August 24, 2020 (ADAMS Package Accession No.
ML20246G703), as supplemented by letters dated February 4, 2021, March
17, 2021, March 24, 2021, April 1, 2021, April 29, 2021, May 27, 2021,
July 29, 2021, August 5, 2021, August 26, 2021, December 6, 2021, and
September 28, 2022 (ADAMS Accession Nos. ML21035A303, ML21076B025,
ML21084A182, ML21091A187, ML21119A287, ML21147A293, ML21210A396,
ML21217A187, ML21238A297, ML21341B437, and ML22272A041, respectively),
complies with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act
of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the NRC's regulations. As required
by the Act and NRC regulations in chapter 1 of title 10 of the Code of
Federal Regulations (10 CFR), the NRC has made appropriate findings,
which are set forth in the subsequent renewed licenses.
A public notice of the NRC's acceptance for docketing of the
subsequent renewed license application and an opportunity for a hearing
was published in the Federal Register on October 15, 2020 (85 FR
65438). Further, a notice of intent to prepare an EIS was published on
October 23, 2020 (85 FR 67572). On August 25, 2021, the NRC staff
issued a draft supplemental EIS (86 FR 47525). An adjudicatory
proceeding on the application was then conducted, prior to the
Commission's issuance of its Memorandum and Order in CLI-22-03 (ADAMS
Accession No. ML22055A554).
On November 15, 2022 (87 FR 68522), the NRC staff published a
notice of its intent to prepare a draft supplemental site-specific EIS,
and on January 8, 2024 (89 FR 960), the staff issued a draft site-
specific EIS for comment and an additional opportunity for hearing. As
stated therein, the draft site-specific EIS superseded the 2021 draft
supplemental EIS. A petition to intervene was then filed by Beyond
Nuclear, Inc. and Sierra Club, Inc. (collectively petitioners)
regarding the adequacy of the draft site-specific EIS. On July 10,
2024, after considering the petitioners' views, the Atomic Safety and
Licensing Board issued LBP-24-07, in which it denied the petition to
intervene and terminated the proceeding (ADAMS Accession No.
ML24192A320). On July 31, 2024 (89 FR 61506), the NRC staff issued the
final site-specific EIS for North Anna Power Station, Units 1 and 2
subsequent license renewal.
For further details with respect to this action, see: (1) Virginia
Electric and Power Company's subsequent license renewal application for
North Anna Power Station, Units 1 and 2, dated August 24, 2020, as
supplemented by letters dated February 4, 2021, March 17, 2021, March
24, 2021, April 1, 2021, April 29, 2021, May 27, 2021, July 29, 2021,
August 5, 2021, August 26, 2021, December 6, 2021, and September 28,
2022; (2) the NRC's safety evaluation report, dated January 2022 (ADAMS
Package Accession No. ML21354A174); (3) the NRC's final EIS (NUREG-
1437, Supplement 7a, Second Renewal) for North Anna Power Station Units
1 and 2, dated July 2024; and (4) the NRC's ROD.
Dated: September 4, 2024.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Michele Sampson,
Director, Division of New and Renewed Licenses, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation.
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