[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 130 (Thursday, July 10, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30707-30708]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-12782]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-440; NRC-2023-0136]


Vistra Operations Company, LLC; Perry Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 
1; 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 
Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF-58 to Vistra Operations 
Company, LLC (Vistra or the licensee), for Perry Nuclear Power Plant 
(Perry), Unit 1. In addition, the NRC has prepared a record of decision 
(ROD) that supports the NRC's decision to issue Renewed Facility 
Operating License No. NPF-58.

DATES: The Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF-58 was issued on 
July 7, 2025.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2023-0136 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-2023-0136. 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 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]. 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: 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 Renewed Facility 
Operating License No. NPF-58 to Vistra for Perry, Unit 1. Vistra is the 
operator of the facility. Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF-58 
authorizes Vistra to operate Perry, Unit 1 at reactor core power levels 
not in excess of 3,758 megawatts thermal, in accordance with the 
provisions of Perry, Unit 1, renewed operating license and technical 
specifications. Notice is also given that the ROD that supports the 
NRC's decision to issue Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF-58 
is available in the ``Availability of Documents'' section of this 
document.
    As discussed in the ROD and the final supplemental environmental 
impact statement (EIS), published as NUREG-1437, ``Generic 
Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants, 
Supplement 61, Regarding License Renewal of Perry Nuclear Power Plant, 
Final Report,'' dated April 2025. The final EIS documents the NRC 
staff's environmental review, including the determination that the 
adverse environmental impacts of license renewal for Perry, Unit 1 are 
not so great that preserving the option of 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 Vistra, 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.
    Perry, Unit 1 is a Mark 3, boiling water reactor located on the 
shore of Lake Erie in Lake County, Ohio, approximately 35 miles 
northeast of Cleveland, Ohio. The application for the renewed license, 
``Perry Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 1, License Renewal Application,'' is 
dated July 3, 2023, and has been supplemented (see ``Availability of 
Documents'' section, of this document). The NRC staff has detemined 
that Vistra's application 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 renewed license.
    A public notice of the NRC's acceptance for docketing of the 
renewed license application and an opportunity for a hearing was 
published in the Federal Register on September 29, 2023 (88 FR 67373).
    For further details with respect to this action, see: (1) Vistra 
Operations Company, LLC's license renewal application for Perry, Unit 
1, dated July 3, 2023, as supplemented by letters dated through January 
30, 2025; (2) the NRC's safety evaluation, published in May 2025; (3) 
the NRC's final environmental impact statement (NUREG-1437, Supplement 
61) for Perry, Unit 1, published in April 2025; and (4) the NRC's ROD, 
issued on July 7, 2025.

II. Availability of Documents

    The documents identified in the following table are available to 
interested persons through one or more of the following methods, as 
indicated.

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     Document description                 ADAMS Accession No.
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License Renewal Application    ML23184A081.
 for the Perry Nuclear Power
 Plant, dated July 3, 2023.
Record of Decision--License    ML25160A138.
 Renewal Application Review--
 Perry Nuclear Power Plant
 Unit 1, dated July 7, 2025.
Safety Evaluation Report,      ML25148A362.
 Related to the License
 Renewal of Perry Nuclear
 Power Plant, Unit 1,
 published May 2025.
NUREG-1437, ``Generic          ML25113A032.
 Environmental Impact
 Statement for License
 Renewal of Nuclear Plants,
 Supplement 61, Regarding
 License Renewal of Perry
 Nuclear Power Plant, Final
 Report,'' published April
 2025.

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NUREG-1437, ``Generic          ML13107A023 (package).
 Environmental Impact
 Statement for License
 Renewal of Nuclear Plants,
 Revision 1, Volumes 1-3,
 Final Report,'' published
 June 2013.
NUREG-1437, ``Generic          ML24087A133 (package).
 Environmental Impact
 Statement for License
 Renewal of Nuclear Plants,
 Revision 2, Volumes 1-3,
 Final Report,'' published
 August 2024.
Perry Nuclear Power Plant,     ML24220A270.
 Unit 1, License Renewal
 Application--Supplement 1,
 dated August 7, 2024.
Perry Nuclear Power Plant,     ML24180A010.
 Unit 1, License Renewal
 Application--Supplement 2,
 dated June 27, 2024.
Perry Nuclear Power Plant,     ML24206A150.
 Unit 1, License Renewal
 Application--Supplement 3,
 dated July 24, 2024.
Perry Nuclear Power Plant,     ML24249A123.
 Unit 1, License Renewal
 Application--Supplement 4,
 dated September 5, 2024.
Perry Nuclear Power Plant,     ML24295A352.
 Unit 1, License Renewal
 Application--Supplement 5,
 dated October 21, 2024.
Perry Nuclear Power Plant,     ML24312A368.
 Unit 1, License Renewal
 Application--Supplement 6,
 dated November 7, 2024.
Perry Nuclear Power Plant,     ML24354A265.
 Unit 1, License Renewal
 Application--Supplement 7,
 dated December 19, 2024.
Perry Nuclear Power Plant,     ML25027A327.
 Unit 1, License Renewal
 Application--Supplement 8,
 dated January 27, 2025.
License Renewal Application--  ML24260A266.
 Response to Request for
 Additional Information--Set
 1, dated September 16, 2024.
License Renewal Application--  ML24276A083.
 Response to Request for
 Additional Information--Set
 2, dated October 2, 2024.
License Renewal Application--  ML24324A185.
 Response to Request for
 Additional Information--Set
 3, dated November 19, 2024.
License Renewal Application--  ML25036A154.
 Response to Request for
 Additional Information--Set
 4, dated February 5, 2025.
License Renewal Application--  ML25079A062.
 Response to Request for
 Additional Information--Set
 5, dated March 20, 2025.
License Renewal Application--  ML24305A134.
 Response to Requests for
 Confirmatory Information--
 Set 1, dated October 31,
 2024.
License Renewal Application--  ML24339A066.
 Response to Requests for
 Confirmatory Information--
 Set 2, dated December 4,
 2024.
License Renewal Application--  ML25030A014.
 Responses to Request for
 Confirmatory Information--
 Set 3, dated January 30,
 2025.
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    Dated: July 7, 2025.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Michele Sampson,
Director, Division of New and Renewed Licenses, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2025-12782 Filed 7-9-25; 8:45 am]
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