[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 64 (Friday, April 4, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14871-14873]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-05792]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50-269, 50-270, 50-287; NRC-2021-0146]
Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC; Oconee Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2,
and 3; 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. DPR-38, DPR-47, and
DPR-55 to Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC (Duke Energy or the licensee), for
Oconee Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2, and 3 (Oconee Station). 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. DPR-38, DPR-47, and DPR-55.
DATES: The Subsequent Renewed Facility Operating License DPR-38, DPR-
47, and DPR-55 were issued on March 31, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2021-0146 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-2021-0146. Address
questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Bridget Curran;
telephone: 301-415-1003; 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
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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: Vaughn Thomas, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-5897; email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Discussion
Notice is hereby given that the NRC has issued Subsequent Renewed
Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-38, DPR-47, and DPR-55 to Duke
Energy for Oconee Station. Duke Energy is the operator of the facility.
Subsequent Renewed Facility Operating Nos. DPR-38, DPR-47, and DPR-55
authorize Duke Energy to operate Oconee Station at reactor core power
levels not in excess of 2,610 megawatts thermal, in accordance with the
provisions of the Oconee Station subsequent renewed operating 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. DPR-38, DPR-47, and DPR-55 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 2, Second
Renewal, ``Site-Specific Environmental Impact Statement for License
Renewal of Nuclear Plants Regarding Subsequent License Renewal for
Oconee Nuclear Station Units 1,2 and 3, Final Report,'' dated January
31, 2025, the final EIS documents the NRC staff's environmental review,
including the determination that the adverse environmental impacts of
subsequent license renewal for Oconee Station 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
Duke Energy, as supplemented, (2) the NRC staff's consultations with
Federal, State, Tribal, and local agencies, (3) the NRC staff's
independent environmental review, and (4) the NRC staff's consideration
of public comments received during the scoping process and on the 2024
draft site-specific EIS, as well as the consideration of mitigation
measures.
Oconee Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2, and 3 are pressurized light
water reactors located on a site situated on the shore of Lake Keowee
in Oconee County, approximately eight miles northeast of Seneca, South
Carolina. Duke Energy submitted its application for the subsequent
renewed licenses, ``Oconee Nuclear Station Units 1, 2, and 3 Subsequent
License Renewal Application,'' dated June 7, 2021, as supplemented (see
``Availability of Documents'' section, of this document). The NRC staff
has determined that Duke Energy'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 I 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 July 28, 2021 (86 FR 40662).
Further, a notice of intent to prepare a site-specific EIS and conduct
environmental scoping was published on August 10, 2021 (86 FR 43684).
On December 19, 2022, the NRC staff issued its Safety Evaluation Report
concerning the Oconee Station subsequent license renewal application.
In February 2024, the staff issued a draft site-specific EIS for public
comment, providing the preliminary results of the staff's environmental
evaluation of the Oconee Station SLR application. A notice of
availability of the site-specific draft EIS was published in the
Federal Register on February 13, 2024 (89 FR 10107). On January 31,
2025, the NRC staff issued a final site-specific EIS, providing its
final evaluation of the environmental impacts of Oconee Station
subsequent license renewal; a notice of issuance was published in the
Federal Register on February 7, 2025 (90 FR 9171).
For further details with respect to this action, see: (1) Duke
Energy's subsequent license renewal application for Oconee Station,
dated June 7, 2021, as supplemented by letters dated through June 7,
2022; (2) the NRC's safety evaluation report, dated December 19, 2022;
(3) the NRC's final EIS (NUREG-1437, Supplement 2, Second Renewal) for
Oconee Station dated January 31, 2025; and (4) the NRC's ROD, issued on
March 31, 2025.
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 ML25055A147.
License Renewal Application
Review--Oconee Nuclear Station,
Units 1, 2 and 3, dated March
31, 2025.
Safety Evaluation Report-- ML22349A117 (Package).
Subsequent License Renewal
Application Review--Oconee
Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2,
and 3, dated December 19, 2022.
(Redacted) NUREG-1437 DFC, ML24033A298.
``Site-Specific Environmental
Impact Statement for License
Renewal of Nuclear Plants,
Supplement 2, Second Renewal,
Regarding Subsequent License
Renewal for Oconee Nuclear
Station Units 1, 2, and 3,''
dated February 2024.
Oconee Nuclear Station, Units 1, ML21158A193 (Package).
2, and 3, Application for
Subsequent Renewed Operating
Licenses, dated June 7, 2021.
Oconee Nuclear Station (ONS), ML21295A035.
Units 1, 2, and 3--Subsequent
License Renewal Application,
Response to NRC Request for
Additional Information B2.1.27-
1, dated October 22, 2021.
Oconee Nuclear Station (ONS), ML21315A012.
Units 1, 2 and 3--License
Renewal Application Supplement
2, dated November 11, 2021.
Oconee Nuclear Station (ONS), ML21336A001.
Units 1, 2 and 3--Subsequent
License Renewal Application
Responses to Request for
Confirmation of Information--
Set #1, dated December 2, 2021.
Oconee Nuclear Station (ONS), ML21349A005.
Units 1, 2 and 3--Subsequent
License Renewal Application
Supplement 3, dated December
15, 2021.
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Oconee Nuclear Station, Units 1, ML21351A000.
2 and 3--Subsequent License
Renewal Application Responses
to Request for Confirmation of
Information--Set #2, dated
December 17, 2021.
Oconee Nuclear Station (ONS), ML22021A000.
Units 1, 2 and 3--Subsequent
License Renewal Application
Responses to Request for
Confirmation of Information--
Set #3, dated January 21, 2022.
Oconee Nuclear Station (ONS), ML22081A027.
Units 1, 2 and 3--Subsequent
License Renewal Application
Responses to Request for
Confirmation of Information--
Set #4, dated March 22, 2022.
Oconee Nuclear Station (ONS), ML22158A028.
Units 1, 2, and 3--Subsequent
License Renewal Application
First Annual Amendment To The
License Renewal Application And
Subsequent License Renewal
Application Supplement 4, dated
June 7, 2022.
Oconee Nuclear Station (ONS), ML22010A129.
Units 1, 2, and 3--Subsequent
License Renewal Application
Responses to NRC Request for
Additional Information Set 1
and Second Round Request for
Additional Information B2.1.27-
1a, dated January 7, 2022.
Oconee Nuclear Station (ONS), ML22045A021.
Units 1, 2, and 3--Responses to
NRC Request for Additional
Information Set 2, dated
February 14, 2022.
Oconee Nuclear Station (ONS), ML22052A002.
Units 1, 2, and 3--Subsequent
License Renewal Application:
Responses to NRC Request for
Additional Information Set 3,
dated February 21, 2022.
Oconee Nuclear Station (ONS), ML22112A016.
Units 1, 2, and 3--Subsequent
License Renewal Application
Responses to NRC Request for
Additional Information Set 4,
dated April 22, 2022.
Oconee Nuclear Station (ONS), ML23115A050.
Units 1, 2, and 3--Subsequent
License Renewal Application
Second Annual Amendment to the
License Renewal Application,
dated April 25, 2023.
Oconee Nuclear Station (ONS), ML24145A069.
Units 1, 2, and 3--Subsequent
License Renewal Application
Third Annual Update to the
License Renewal Application and
Subsequent License Renewal
Application Supplement 5, dated
May 24, 2024.
Oconee Nuclear Station (ONS), ML24213A095.
Units 1, 2, and 3--Subsequent
License Renewal Application
Response to Request for
Additional Information 2024
Annual update and Subsequent
License Renewal Application
Supplement 5 addition, dated
July 31, 2024.
NUREG-1437, Volume 1, Revision ML24086A526.
2, ``Generic Environmental
Impact Statement for License
Renewal of Nuclear Plants,''
Final Report, dated August 31,
2024.
NUREG-1437, Supplement 2, Second ML25031A307.
Renewal, ``Site-Specific
Environmental Impact Statement
for License Renewal of Nuclear
Plants Supplement 2, Second
Renewal Regarding Subsequent
License Renewal for Oconee
Nuclear Station Units 1, 2, and
3,'' Final Report, dated
January 31, 2025.
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Dated: March 31, 2025.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Michele Sampson,
Director, Division of New and Renewed Licenses, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation.
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