[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 185 (Friday, September 26, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46420-46421]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-18763]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 50-482; NRC-2025-1633]
Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation; Wolf Creek Generating
Station, 1; Partial Site Release
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 Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation (WCNOC, the
licensee) to approve the release of 4.46 acres of land under the
control of the NRC power reactor license for the WCNOC, Operating
License No. NPF-42, to the Stringtown Cemetery Board. The NRC is
soliciting public comments on the requested action and invites
stakeholders and interested persons to participate.
DATES: The public meeting will be held on Wednesday, October 15, 2025,
at New Strawn Fire Station, 301 W Lake Road, New Strawn, KS, from 7
p.m.
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until 8 p.m. central time (CT). See Section III ``Request for Comment
and Public Meeting'' of this document for additional information.
Submit comments by October 15, 2025. Comments received after this
date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the NRC is
able to ensure consideration only for comments received on or before
this date.
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-2025-1633. Address
questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Bridget Curran;
telephone: 301-415-1003; email: [email protected]. For technical
questions, contact the individual(s) listed in the For Further
Information Contact section of this document.
Mail comments to: Office of Administration, Mail Stop:
TWFN-7-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: Samson Lee, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001; telephone: 301-415-3168; email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2025-1633 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-2025-1633.
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 ADAMS Public 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 licensee's letter ``Request for Partial
Site Release,'' dated August 26, 2025, is available in ADAMS under
Accession No. ML25245A104.
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-2025-1633 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. Discussion
WCNOC is the holder of Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF-
42 for Wolf Creek Generating Station, Unit 1 (Wolf Creek). The license
provides, among other things, that Wolf Creek is subject to all rules,
regulations, and orders of the NRC now or hereafter in effect. The Wolf
Creek license (NPF-42, Docket No. 50-482) is for a power reactor under
part 50 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR),
``Domestic Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities.''
The NRC received a request for approval of a partial site release
from WCNOC, by letter dated August 26, 2025 (ADAMS Accession No.
ML25245A104). WCNOC requests NRC approval to remove and release from
its 10 CFR part 50 license, 4.46 acres of land for the Stringtown
Cemetery Board in accordance with 10 CFR 50.83(b). As described in 10
CFR 50.83(c), 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 WCNOC's request for approval of the partial
site release. The meeting will be held on Wednesday, October 15, 2025,
from 7 p.m. until 8 p.m. CT, at New Strawn Fire Station, 301 W Lake
Road, New Strawn, KS. Comments can be provided orally or in writing.
The meeting is specifically tailored for the public to discuss relevant
issues with the NRC and other stakeholders, to make comments, and ask
questions throughout the meeting. Questions or concerns that cannot be
resolved at the meeting will be assigned to a designated NRC staff
person for action, but such comments will not otherwise constitute part
of the decisional record.
Please contact Samson Lee no later than October 5, 2025, by phone
at 301-415-3168 or by email at [email protected], if accommodations or
special equipment are needed for you to attend or to provide comments,
so that the NRC staff can determine whether the request can be
accommodated.
For information regarding the meeting, Stakeholders should monitor
the NRC's Public Meeting Schedule website for information at https://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/public-meetings/index.cfm. The agenda will
be posted no later than 10 days prior to the meeting.
Dated: September 24, 2025.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Samson Lee,
Senior Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch IV, Division of
Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2025-18763 Filed 9-25-25; 8:45 am]
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