[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 125 (Wednesday, July 2, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29051-29053]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-12321]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 50-302; NRC-2025-0181]
Accelerated Decommissioning Partners Crystal River Unit 3, LLC;
Crystal River Unit 3 Nuclear Generating Plant
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Public meeting; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering a
request from Accelerated Decommissioning Partners Crystal River Unit 3,
LLC (ADP) to approve the release of land areas, under the control of
the NRC power reactor license for the Crystal River Unit 3 Nuclear
Generating Plant (Crystal River Unit 3, CR3),
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Operating License No. DPR-72. The NRC is soliciting public comments on
the requested action and invites stakeholders and interested persons to
participate.
DATES: Submit comments by August 1, 2025. Comments received after this
date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the Commission
is able to ensure consideration only for comments received before this
date. A public meeting will be held on July 23, 2025. See Section III,
``Request for Comment and Public Meeting,'' of this document for more
information.
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-2025-0181. 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.
Mail comments to: Office of Administration, Mail Stop:
TWFN-7A60M, 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: Chris Allen, Office of Nuclear
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-6877; email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2025-0181 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-2025-0181.
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 ADP's request is available in
ADAMS under Package Accession No. ML25041A177.
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-2025-0181 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. Background
The NRC received a request for approval of a partial site release
from ADP (the licensee), by letter dated February 10, 2025 (ADAMS
Package Accession No. ML25041A177). ADP requests NRC approval to remove
618 acres of property, classified as either radiologically non-impacted
or Multi-Agency Radiation Survey and Site Investigation Manual Class 3,
associated with the Crystal River Unit 3 Operating License No. DPR-72
in accordance with section 50.83 of title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR), ``Release of part of a power reactor facility or
site for unrestricted use.'' In addition, the application requested the
NRC to remove another 3,854 acres of property, classified as
radiologically non-impacted, from the Crystal River Unit 3 Operating
License as approved on January 2, 2020 (ADAMS Accession No.
ML19339G509).
The CR3 license (NRC License No. DPR-72, Docket No. 50-302) is for
a power reactor under 10 CFR part 50, ``Domestic Licensing of
Production and Utilization Facilities.'' The facility was certified as
permanently shut down, per NRC regulations in 10 CFR 50.82(a), by
letter dated February 20, 2013 (ADAMS Accession No. ML13056A005). ADP
is actively decommissioning this site pending the termination of the
power reactor license.
As described in 10 CFR 50.83(e), the NRC will determine whether the
licensee has adequately evaluated the effect of releasing the
properties per the requirements of 10 CFR 50.83(a)(1), determine
whether the licensee's classification of any released areas as ``non-
impacted'' is adequately justified, and if the NRC determines that the
licensee's submittal is adequate, the NRC will inform the licensee in
writing that the release is approved.
III. Request for Comment and Public Meeting
The NRC will conduct a public meeting to answer questions and
gather comments regarding ADP's request for approval of the partial
site release. The meeting will be held on Wednesday, July 23, 2025,
from 5:30 p.m. until 7 p.m. ET, at the Citrus County Chamber of
Commerce, located at 915 N Suncoast Blvd., Crystal River, FL 34429.
This is a Category 3 public meeting where stakeholders are invited
to fully engage NRC staff to provide a range of views, information,
concerns and suggestions with regard to ADP's request for approval of
the partial site release. After the licensee and the NRC staff
presentation portion of the meeting, the public is allowed to speak and
ask questions. Comments can be provided orally or in writing to the NRC
staff present at the meeting. The NRC will consider and, if
appropriate, respond to these written and verbal comments, but such
comments will not otherwise constitute part of the decisional record.
Stakeholders interested in attending this meeting should monitor
the NRC's Public Meeting Schedule website at: https://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/public-meetings/index.cfm for additional information,
meeting agenda and access information for the public meeting.
Dated: June 27, 2025.
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For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Shaun Anderson,
Chief, Reactor Decommissioning Branch, Division of Decommissioning,
Uranium Recovery and Waste Programs, Office of Nuclear Material Safety
and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 2025-12321 Filed 7-1-25; 8:45 am]
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