[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 2 (Friday, January 3, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 339-340]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-31579]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50-263; NRC-2023-0031]
Northern States Power Company, a Minnesota Corporation;
Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant, Unit 1; 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 No. DPR-22 to Northern
States Power Company, a Minnesota corporation (NSPM, or the licensee),
for Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant, Unit 1 (Monticello). In
addition, the NRC has prepared a record of decision (ROD) that supports
the NRC's decision to issue Subsequent Renewed Facility Operating
License No. DPR-22.
DATES: The Subsequent Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-22 was
issued on December 30, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2023-0031 when contacting the
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You
may obtain publicly available information related to this document
using any of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2023-0031. 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.
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may access 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]. For the convenience of the reader,
instructions about obtaining materials referenced in this document are
provided in the ``Availability of Documents'' section.
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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marieliz Johnson, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-5861; email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Discussion
Notice is hereby given that the NRC has issued Subsequent Renewed
Facility Operating License No. DPR-22 to Northern States Power Company,
a Minnesota corporation (NSPM, the licensee), for Monticello Nuclear
Generating Plant, Unit 1 (Monticello). NSPM is the operator of the
facility. Subsequent Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-22
authorizes operation of Monticello by NSPM at reactor core power levels
not in excess of 2,004 megawatts thermal, in accordance with the
provisions of the Monticello subsequent renewed license and technical
specifications. Notice is also given that the record of decision (ROD)
that supports the NRC's decision to issue Subsequent Renewed Facility
Operating License No. DPR-22 is available in the ``Availability of
Documents'' section of this document.
As discussed in the ROD and the final site-specific environmental
impact statement (EIS), published as NUREG-1437, Supplement 26, Second
Renewal, ``Site-Specific Environmental Impact Statement for License
Renewal of Nuclear Plants, Supplement 26, Second Renewal, Regarding
Subsequent License Renewal for Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant,
Unit 1, Final Report,'' dated November 2024, the final EIS documents
the NRC staff's environmental review, including the determination that
the adverse environmental impacts of subsequent license renewal for
Monticello 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 NSPM, as
supplemented, (2) the NRC staff's consultations with Federal, State,
local, and Tribal agencies, (3) the NRC staff's independent
environmental review, (4) the NRC staff's consideration of public
comments received during the scoping process and on the 2024 draft
site-specific EIS, and (5) consideration of new and modified Category 1
and Category 2 environmental issues identified in Revision 2 to NUREG-
1437, ``Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of
Nuclear Plants'' (August 2024). Monticello is a single-cycle, forced
circulation, General Electric BWR-3, low power density boiling water
reactor (BWR), located on a site situated on the southern bank of the
Mississippi River in Monticello, Minnesota, approximately 35 miles
northwest of Minneapolis, Minnesota. NSPM submitted its application for
the subsquent renewed license, ``Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant
Unit 1 Subsequent License Renewal Application,'' dated January 9, 2023,
as supplemented by letters through February 29, 2024 (see Availability
of Documents'' section of this document). The NRC staff has determined
that NSPM's application complies with the standards and requirements of
the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and 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
license.
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 March 3, 2023 (88 FR 13474).
Further, a notice of intent to prepare a site-specific EIS and conduct
environmental scoping was published on March 10, 2023 (88 FR 15103). On
March 18, 2024, the NRC staff issued its Safety Evaluation Report
concerning the Monticello subsequent license renewal application. In
April 2024, the NRC staff issued a draft site-specific EIS for public
comment, providing the preliminary results of the staff's environmental
evaluation of the Monticello SLR application. A notice of availability
of the site-specific draft EIS was published in the Federal Register on
April 24, 2024 (89 FR 31225). On November 15, 2024, the NRC staff
issued a final site-specific EIS, providing its final evaluation of the
environmental impacts of Monticello subsequent license renewal; a
notice of issuance was
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published in the Federal Register on November 21, 2024 (89 FR 92185).
For further details with respect to this action, see (1) NSPM's
subsequent license renewal application for Monticello, dated January 9,
2023, as supplemented by letters dated through February 29, 2024; (2)
the NRC's safety evaluation report, dated March 2024; (3) the NRC's
final EIS (NUREG-1437, Supplement 26, Second Renewal) for Monticello
dated November 2024; and (4) the NRC's ROD, issued in December 2024.
II. Availability of Documents
The documents identified in the following table are available to
interested persons through ADAMS, as indicated.
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Document description ADAMS accession No.
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Record of Decision--Subsequent License Renewal Application ML24324A212.
Review--Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant, Unit 1, dated
December 30, 2024.
Safety Evaluation Report--Subsequent License Renewal ML24077A001.
Application Review--Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant,
Unit 1, dated March 18, 2024.
NUREG-1437, Site-Specific Environmental Impact Statement ML24309A221.
for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants, Supplement 26,
Second Renewal, Regarding Subsequent License Renewal for
Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant, Unit 1, Final Report,
dated November 2024.
Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant, Unit 1--Subsequent ML23009A352 (Package).
License Renewal Application, dated January 9, 2023.
Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant, Unit 1--Subsequent ML23094A136.
License Renewal Application Supplement 1, dated April 3,
2023.
Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant, Unit 1--Subsequent ML23177A218.
License Renewal Application Supplement 2, dated June 26,
2023.
NUREG-1437, Site-Specific Environmental Impact Statement ML24102A276.
for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants Supplement 26,
Second Renewal Regarding Subsequent License Renewal for
Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant, Unit 1, Draft Report
for Comment, dated April 2024.
Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant, Unit 1--License ML23193B026.
Renewal Application Supplement 3, dated July 11, 2023.
Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant, Unit 1--Subsequent ML23199A154.
License Renewal Application Supplement 4 and Responses to
Request for Confirmation of Information--Set 1, dated July
18, 2023.
Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant, Unit 1--Subsequent ML23227A175.
License Renewal Application Response to Request for
Additional Information Set 1, dated August 15, 2023.
Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant, Unit 1--Subsequent ML23240A695.
License Renewal Application Supplement 5, dated August 28,
2023.
NUREG-1437, Revision 2, Volumes 1, 2, and 3, Generic ML24087A133 (Package).
Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of
Nuclear Plants, dated August 2024.
Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant, Unit 1--Subsequent ML23248A474.
License Renewal Application Response to Request for
Additional Information Set 2 and Supplement 6, dated
September 5, 2023.
Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant, Unit 1--Subsequent ML23265A158.
License Renewal Application Response to Request for
Additional Information Set 3, dated September 22, 2023.
Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant, Unit 1--Subsequent ML23276B433.
License Renewal Application Response to Request for
Confirmation of Information Set 2, dated October 3, 2023.
Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant, Unit 1--Subsequent ML23313A158.
License Renewal Application Response to Request for
Additional Information Round 2--Set 1, dated November 9,
2023.
Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant, Unit 1--Subsequent ML23334A147.
License Renewal Application Supplement 7, dated November
30, 2023.
Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant, Unit 1--Subsequent ML24012A051.
License Renewal Application Supplement 8, dated January
11, 2024.
Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant, Unit 1--Subsequent ML24060A269.
License Renewal Application Annual Update 1 and Supplement
9, dated February 29, 2024.
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Dated: December 30, 2024.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Michele Sampson,
Director, Division of New and Renewed Licenses, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation.
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