[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 12 (Tuesday, January 21, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7190-7197]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-00444]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2025-0009]
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 February 20, 2025. A request for a
hearing or petitions for leave to intervene must be filed by March 24,
2025. This monthly notice includes all amendments issued, or proposed
to be issued, from December 6, 2024, to January 2, 2025. The last
monthly notice was published on December 23, 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-2025-0009. 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-
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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: Susan Lent, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001; telephone: 301-415-1365; email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2025-0009, 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-2025-0009.
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-2025-0009, 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
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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 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.
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License Amendment Request(s)
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Florida Power & Light Company, et al.; St. Lucie Plant, Unit No. 2; St.
Lucie County, FL
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Docket No.................... 50-389.
Application date............. November 26, 2024.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML24331A249.
Location in Application of Pages 12-15 of Enclosure 1.
NSHC.
Brief Description of The proposed license amendment would
Amendment. revise the St. Lucie Plant, Unit No. 2,
Technical Specification 5.5.16,
``Surveillance Frequency Control
Program,'' to increase certain
surveillance requirement frequencies to
support a 24-month fuel cycle. The
proposed modification to the
Surveillance Frequency Control Program
would permit affected surveillance
requirement frequency increases in
accordance with NRC Generic Letter 91-
04, ``Changes in Technical Specification
Surveillance Intervals to Accommodate a
24-Month Fuel Cycle,'' dated April 2,
1991.
Proposed Determination....... NSHC.
Name of Attorney for James Petro, Managing Attorney--Nuclear,
Licensee, Mailing Address. Florida Power & Light Company 700
Universe Boulevard, MS LAW/JB, Juno
Beach, FL 33408-0420.
NRC Project Manager, Natreon Jordan, 301-415-7410.
Telephone Number.
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Northern States Power Company; Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant;
Wright County, MN
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Docket No.................... 50-263.
Application date............. October 21, 2024.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML24327A157.
Location in Application of Pages 2-5 of the Enclosure.
NSHC.
Brief Description of The proposed amendment would revise the
Amendment. Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant
technical specification (TS) actions
applicable when a residual heat removal
(RHR) shutdown cooling subsystem is
inoperable and provide a TS exception to
entering Mode 4 if both required RHR
shutdown cooling subsystems are
inoperable. The proposed changes are
consistent with Technical Specification
Task Force (TSTF) Traveler TSTF-566,
``Revise Actions for Inoperable RHR
Shutdown Cooling Subsystems,'' and
Traveler TSTF-580, Revision 1, ``Provide
Exception from Entering Mode 4 with No
Operable RHR Shutdown Cooling.''
Proposed Determination....... NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Peter M. Glass, Assistant General
Licensee, Mailing Address. Counsel, Xcel Energy, 414 Nicollet Mall--
401-8, Minneapolis, MN 55401.
NRC Project Manager, Brent Ballard, 301-415-0680.
Telephone Number.
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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.
Application date............. November 1, 2024.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML24306A122.
Location in Application of Pages 113-117 of Attachment 1.
NSHC.
Brief Description of The proposed amendments would revise
Amendments. technical specifications (TS) for the
Susquehanna Steam Electric Station,
Units 1 and 2. Specifically, the
proposed amendments would modify the
primary containment leak rate testing
program TS by allowing: increasing the
integrated leak rate test program
interval; extending test intervals for
Type A, B, and C leakage rate tests;
extending the drywell-to-suppression
chamber bypass leak rate test frequency;
extending the frequency of containment
isolation valve leakage rate testing;
and, using American National Standards
Institute/American Nuclear Society
Standard 56.8-2020, ``Containment System
Leakage Testing Requirements.'' The
proposed amendments to the TS would also
replace certain guidance document
references and delete information
regarding the performance of tests that
have been successfully performed.
Proposed Determination....... NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Jason Usher, 600 Hamilton Street, Suite
Licensee, Mailing Address. 600, Allentown, PA 18101.
NRC Project Manager, Audrey Klett, 301-415-0489.
Telephone Number.
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Tennessee Valley Authority; Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2;
Hamilton County, TN; Tennessee Valley Authority; Watts Bar Nuclear
Plant, Units 1 and 2; Rhea County, TN
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Docket Nos................... 50-327, 50-328, 50-390, 50-391.
Application date............. November 4, 2024.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML24309A061.
Location in Application of Pages E19 and E20 of Enclosure.
NSHC.
Brief Description of The proposed amendments would revise some
Amendments. definitions in Sequoyah Nuclear Plant,
Units 1 and 2, and Watts Bar Nuclear
Plant, Units 1 and 2, Technical
Specification (TS) 1.1, ``Definitions,''
and add new TS 5.5.19, ``Online
Monitoring Program,'' (Sequoyah) and TS
5.7.2.24, ``Online Monitoring Program''
(Watts Bar), to permit the use of an NRC-
approved online monitoring (OLM)
methodology as the technical basis to
switch from time-based surveillance
frequency for channel calibrations to a
condition-based calibration frequency
based on OLM results.
Proposed Determination....... NSHC.
Name of Attorney for David Fountain, Executive VP and General
Licensee, Mailing Address. Counsel, Tennessee Valley Authority, 400
West Summit Hill Drive, WT 6A-K,
Knoxville, TN 37902.
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NRC Project Manager, Kimberly Green, 301-415-1627.
Telephone Number.
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Tennessee Valley Authority; Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2;
Hamilton County, TN; Tennessee Valley Authority; Watts Bar Nuclear
Plant, Units 1 and 2; Rhea County, TN
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Docket Nos................... 50-327, 50-328, 50-390, 50-391.
Application date............. November 12, 2024.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML24317A243.
Location in Application of Pages E9-E11 of the Enclosure.
NSHC.
Brief Description of The proposed amendments would revise
Amendments. Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2,
and Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and
2, Technical Specification Limiting
Condition of Operation 3.5.2, ``ECCS
[emergency core cooling system]--
Operating,'' Note 1, to include the
residual heat removal pump flow paths in
order to optimize surveillance testing.
Proposed Determination....... NSHC.
Name of Attorney for David Fountain, Executive VP and General
Licensee, Mailing Address. Counsel, Tennessee Valley Authority, 400
West Summit Hill Drive, WT 6A-K,
Knoxville, TN 37902.
NRC Project Manager, Kimberly Green, 301-415-1627.
Telephone Number.
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Union Electric Company; Callaway Plant, Unit No. 1; Callaway County, MO
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Docket No.................... 50-483.
Application date............. December 5, 2024.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML24340A175 (Package).
Location in Application of Pages 1-3 of the Enclosure.
NSHC.
Brief Description of The proposed amendment would adopt
Amendment. Technical Specifications Task Force
(TSTF) Traveler, TSTF-591, ``Revise Risk
Informed Completion Time (RICT)
Program,'' which is an approved change
to the Standard Technical
Specifications, into the Callaway Plant,
Unit No. 1 Technical Specifications
(TSs). TSTF-591 revises TS Section 5.5,
``Programs and Manuals,'' ``Risk
Informed Completion Time Program,'' to
reference Regulatory Guide 1.200,
Revision 3, instead of Revision 2, and
to make other changes. Also, a new
report is added to TS Section 5.6,
``Reporting Requirements,'' to inform
the NRC of newly developed methods used
to Calculate RICTs.
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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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.
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License Amendment Issuances
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Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; Braidwood Station, Units 1 and 2,
Will County, IL; Byron Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2, Ogle County, IL;
Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power
Plant, Units 1 and 2; Calvert County, MD; Constellation Energy
Generation, LLC; Clinton Power Station, Unit No. 1; DeWitt County, IL;
Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; LaSalle County Station, Units 1
and 2; LaSalle County, IL; Constellation Energy Generation, LLC;
Limerick Generating Station, Units 1 and 2; Montgomery County, PA;
Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station,
Units 2 and 3; York County, PA; Constellation Energy Generation, LLC;
R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant; Wayne County, New York; Constellation
FitzPatrick, LLC and Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; James A.
FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant; Oswego County, NY; Nine Mile Point
Nuclear Station, LLC and Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; Nine Mile
Point Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2; Oswego County, NY
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Docket Nos................... 50-456, 50-457, 50-454, 50-455, 50-317,
50-318, 50-461, 50-333, 50-373, 50-374,
50-352, 50-353, 50-220, 50-410, 50-277,
50-278, 50-244.
Amendment Date............... December 18, 2024.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML24339B729.
Amendment Nos................ Braidwood 236 (Units 1 and 2); Byron 235
(Units 1 and 2); Calvert Cliffs 351
(Unit 1), 328 (Unit 2); Clinton 255;
FitzPatrick 359; LaSalle 264 (Unit 1),
249 (Unit 2); Limerick 265 (Unit 1), 227
(Unit 2); Nine Mile 254 (Unit 1), 198
(Unit 2); Peach Bottom 345 (Unit 2), 348
(Unit 3); R.E. Ginna 157.
Brief Description of The amendments revised the technical
Amendments. specifications (TSs) for each facility
in accordance with Technical
Specifications Task Force (TSTF)
Traveler TSTF-591, Revision 0, ``Revise
Risk-Informed Completion Time (RICT)
Program.'' A new report is added to
inform the NRC of newly developed
methods used to calculate a RICT.
Additionally, the amendments removed
certain facility's Facility Operating
License condition sections associated
with the implementation of 10 CFR 50.69,
``Risk-informed categorization and
treatment of structures, systems and
components for nuclear power reactors,''
and RICT programs.
Public Comments Received as No.
to Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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Florida Power & Light Company; Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos.
3 and 4; Miami-Dade County, FL
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Docket Nos................... 50-250, 50-251.
Amendment Date............... December 11, 2024.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML24319A294.
Amendment Nos................ 299 (Unit 3); 292 (Unit 4).
Brief Description of The amendments revised the Turkey Point
Amendments. Nuclear Generating, Unit Nos. 3 and 4,
technical specifications (TS) by
incorporating changes to TS 3.7.13,
``Fuel Storage Pool Boron
Concentration,'' TS 3.7.14, ``Spent Fuel
Storage,'' and TS 4.3, ``Fuel Storage,''
to allow for an updated spent fuel pool
criticality safety analysis that
accounts for the impact on the spent
fuel from a proposed transition to 24-
month fuel cycles.
Public Comments Received as No.
to Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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Indiana Michigan Power Company: Donald C. Cook Nuclear Plant, Unit Nos.
1 and 2; Berrien County, MI
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Docket Nos................... 50-315, 50-316.
Amendment Date............... December 18, 2024.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML24297A130.
Amendment Nos................ 364 (Unit 1); 345 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of The amendments revised Technical
Amendments. Specification (TS) 3.3.3, ``Post
Accident Monitoring (PAM)
Instrumentation'' to not require
environmental qualification to be
maintained for TS 3.3.3, Function 1,
Neutron Flux, instrumentation.
Public Comments Received as No.
to Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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Northern States Power Company; Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant;
Wright County, MN
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Docket No.................... 50-263.
Amendment Date............... December 19, 2024.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML24270A155.
Amendment No................. 213.
Brief Description of The amendment replaced the current
Amendment. neutron fluence methodology with a newer
methodology and revised the technical
specifications to update the methodology
for developing a pressure temperature
limits report.
Public Comments Received as No.
to Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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Pacific Gas and Electric Company; Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant,
Units 1 and 2; San Luis Obispo County, CA
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Docket Nos................... 50-275, 50-323.
Amendment Date............... December 11, 2024.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML24269A083.
Amendment Nos................ 247 (Unit 1) and 249 (Unit 2).
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Brief Description of The amendments allowed the implementation
Amendments. of 10 CFR 50.69, ``Risk-informed
categorization and treatment of
structures, systems and components for
nuclear power reactors.'' The provisions
in 10 CFR 50.69 allows adjustment of the
scope of structures, systems, and
components (SSCs) subject to special
treatment requirements (e.g., quality
assurance, testing, inspection,
condition monitoring, assessment, and
evaluation) based on an integrated,
systematic, risk-informed process for
categorizing SSCs according to their
safety significance.
Public Comments Received as No.
to Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant,
Unit Nos. 1 and 2; Appling County, GA
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Docket Nos................... 50-321, 50-366.
Amendment Date............... December 9, 2024.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML24281A097.
Amendment Nos................ 323 (Unit 1), 268 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of The amendments revised Technical
Amendments. Specification (TS) Surveillance
Requirement (SR) 3.4.3.1 to increase the
nominal mechanical relief setpoints for
all safety/relief valves (S/RVs) of the
reactor coolant system nuclear pressure
relief system. These changes will reduce
the potential for S/RV pilot leakage. As
a result of the increased S/RV
setpoints, the amendments also revised
SR 3.1. 7. 7 to increase the minimum
Standby Liquid Control pump discharge
pressure accordingly.
Public Comments Received as No.
to Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant,
Unit Nos. 1 and 2; Appling County, GA
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Docket Nos................... 50-321, 50-366.
Amendment Date............... December 20, 2024.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML24312A367.
Amendment Nos................ 324 (Unit 1), 269 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of The amendments revised the Edwin I. Hatch
Amendments. Nuclear Plant, Unit Nos. 1 and 2,
Technical Specification (TS)
requirements related to Completion Times
(CTs) for Required Actions to provide
the option to calculate a longer, risk-
informed CT (RICT) for the condition of
one pump inoperable for TS 3.7.1,
``Residual Heat Removal Service Water
(RHRSW) System,'' and for TS 3.7.2,
``Plant Service Water (PSW) System and
Ultimate Heat Sink (UHS).''
Additionally, the amendments also made
corresponding revisions to TS 5.5.16,
``Risk Informed Completion Time
Program,'' and to TS 1.3, ``Completion
Times,'' Example 1.3-8.
Public Comments Received as No.
to Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Joseph M. Farley Nuclear
Plant, Units 1 and 2; Houston County, AL; Southern Nuclear Operating
Company, Inc.; Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2; Burke
County, GA
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Docket Nos................... 50-364, 50-348, 50-424, 50-425.
Amendment Date............... December 20, 2024.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML24330A123.
Amendment Nos................ Farley 251 (Unit 1), 248 (Unit 2), Vogtle
226 (Unit 1), 208 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of For Farley, Units 1 and 2, and Vogtle,
Amendments. Units 1 and 2, the amendments revised
the Technical Specifications (TSs) to
adopt Technical Specification Task Force
(TSTF)-589, ``Eliminate Automatic Diesel
Generator Start During Shutdown,'' which
is an approved change to the Standard
Technical Specifications, into the
Farley, Units 1 and 2, and the Vogtle,
Units 1 and 2, TSs. TSTF-589 eliminates
the TS requirements for automatic diesel
generator (DG) start and loading during
shutdown. The revised amendments
eliminate the TS requirements for the
automatic DG start and loading
capability to be OPERABLE during
shutdown and modifies which DG
surveillance requirements are required
during shutdown.
Public Comments Received as No.
to Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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Tennessee Valley Authority; Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Units 1, 2, and
3; Limestone County, AL; Tennessee Valley Authority; Sequoyah Nuclear
Plant, Units 1 and 2; Hamilton County, TN; Tennessee Valley Authority;
Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2; Rhea County, TN
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Docket Nos................... 50-259, 50-260, 50-296, 50-327, 50-328,
50-390, and 50-391.
Amendment Date............... December 23, 2024.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML24312A322.
Amendment Nos................ Browns Ferry 334 (Unit 1), 357 (Unit 2),
317 (Unit 3); Sequoyah 368 (Unit 1), 362
(Unit 2); Watts Bar 172 (Unit 1), 77
(Unit 2).
Brief Description of The amendments revised Browns Ferry
Amendments. Nuclear Plant, Units 1, 2, and 3, and
Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2,
Technical Specification (TS) 5.4,
``Procedures,'' and Watts Bar Nuclear
Plant, Units 1 and 2, TS 5.7.1,
``Procedures,'' to remove the revision
number for Regulatory Guide 1.33 ,
``Quality Assurance Program Requirements
(Operation),'' and replace it with a
reference to the revision that is
specified in the Tennessee Valley
Authority Nuclear Quality Assurance
Plan.
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Public Comments Received as No.
to Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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Tennessee Valley Authority; Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 1; Rhea
County, TN
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Docket No.................... 50-390.
Amendment Date............... December 23, 2024.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML24312A005.
Amendment No................. 171.
Brief Description of The amendment revised the expiration date
Amendment. of the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 1,
Facility Operating License No. NPF-90 to
be 40 years from the date that the full-
power operating license was issued,
rather than the date that the low-power
license was issued. The Facility
Operating License will now expire at
midnight on February 7, 2036.
Public Comments Received as No.
to Proposed 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............... December 17, 2024.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML24285A207.
Amendment Nos................ 170 (Unit 1); 76 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of The amendments revised Watts Bar Nuclear
Amendments. Plant, Units 1 and 2, technical
specifications 2.0, 3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3,
3.4, and 5.9.5 by adopting various
Technical Specifications Task Force
travelers.
Public Comments Received as No.
to Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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General Electric Hitachi; Vallecitos Boiling Water Reactor, Alameda
County, CA
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Docket No.................... 50-18.
Amendment Date............... November 27, 2024.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML24348A094 (Package).
Amendment No................. 22.
Brief Description of The NRC reviewed an application submitted
Amendment. by General Electric Hitachi (GEH) on
September 7, 2023, as supplemented on
September 15, 2023, October 31, 2023,
and March 25, 2024, to amend Facility
License No. DPR-1. The application
sought approval of a License Termination
Plan (LTP) to support termination of
Facility License No. DPR-1. The NRC
prepared a safety evaluation report to
document its review and evaluation of
the amendment request. Also, in
connection with this action, the NRC
prepared an environmental assessment
(EA) and a finding of no significant
impact (FONSI). The notice of
availability of the EA and FONSI for the
VBWR was published in the Federal
Register on October 16, 2024 (89 FR
83521). Upon completing its review, the
NRC staff determined that the request
complies with the standards and
requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of
1954, as amended, as well as the NRC's
rules and regulations. The NRC approved
the LTP and issued Amendment No. 22 to
Facility License No. DPR-1 on November
27, 2024.
Public Comments Received as No.
to Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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Dated: January 6, 2025.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Jamie Pelton,
Acting Director, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of
Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2025-00444 Filed 1-17-25; 8:45 am]
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