[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:
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first time that it is mentioned in this document.
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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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