[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 187 (Tuesday, September 30, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46933-46941]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-18974]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2025-1402]
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 October 30, 2025. A request for a
hearing or petitions for leave to intervene must be filed by December
1, 2025. This monthly notice includes all amendments issued, or
proposed to be issued, from August 15, 2025, to September 11, 2025. The
last monthly notice was published on September 2, 2025.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods
(unless this document describes a different method for submitting
comments on a specific subject); 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-2025-1402. 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: Karen Zeleznock, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-1118; email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2025-1402, 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-2025-1402.
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 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-2025-1402, 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
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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 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
(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 is created, the participant must submit
adjudicatory documents in the 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 in order 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
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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 otherwise 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 nuclear power plant names, docket
numbers, dates of application, ADAMS accession numbers, and locations
in the application of the licensees' proposed NSHC determination. For
further details with respect to these license amendment applications,
see the applications for amendment, publicly available portions of
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.
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.
License Amendment Requests
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Constellation Energy Generation, LLC ; Christopher M. Crane Clean Energy
Center; Dauphin County
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Docket No.................... 50-289.
Application date............. June 27, 2025.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML25178A294.
Location in Application of Pages 7-8 of Attachment 2.
NSHC.
Brief Description of The proposed amendment would revise the
Amendment. facility license and technical
specifications to allow receipt and
possession of new reactor fuel and new
sealed neutron sources at the
Christopher M. Crane Clean Energy
Center.
Proposed Determination....... NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Jason Zorn, Associate General Counsel,
Licensee, Mailing Address. Constellation Energy Generation, LLC,
101 Constitution Ave. NW, Suite 400
East, Washington, DC 20001.
NRC Project Manager, Brent Ballard, 301-415-0680.
Telephone Number.
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Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, LLC and Constellation Energy
Generation, LLC; Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, Unit 1; Oswego County,
NY
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Docket No.................... 50-220.
Application date............. July 28, 2025.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML25209A502.
Location in Application of Pages 4-5 of Attachment 1.
NSHC.
Brief Description of The proposed amendment would revise the
Amendment. technical specification (TS)
surveillance requirements for verifying
the operability of the remaining
emergency diesel generator (EDG) when
the other EDG is inoperable. The
licensee proposes to make the TS change
consistent with NUREG-1433, Revision 5,
``Standard Technical Specifications--
General Electric Plants, BWR [boiling
water reactor]/4.''
Proposed Determination....... NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Jason Zorn, Associate General Counsel,
Licensee, Mailing Address. Constellation Energy Generation, LLC,
101 Constitution Ave. NW, Suite 400
East, Washington, DC 20001.
NRC Project Manager, Richard Guzman, 301-415-1030.
Telephone Number.
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Northern States Power Company; Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant,
Units 1 and 2; Goodhue County, MN
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Docket Nos................... 50-282, 50-306.
Application date............. September 3, 2025.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML25209A502.
Location in Application of Pages 3-5 of the Enclosure.
NSHC.
Brief Description of The proposed amendments request adoption
Amendments. of the Technical Specification Task
Force (TSTF) Traveler, TSTF-554,
Revision 1, ``Revise Reactor Coolant
Leakage Requirements,'' which is an
approved change to the Standard
Technical Specifications. TSTF-554 would
revise the TS definition of ``Leakage,''
clarify the requirements when pressure
boundary leakage is detected and add a
Required Action when pressure boundary
leakage is identified.
Proposed Determination....... NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Andrew Van Duzer, Assistant General
Licensee, Mailing Address. Counsel, Xcel Energy, 701 Pennsylvania
Ave. NW, Suite 250, Washington, DC
20004.
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NRC Project Manager, Beth Wetzel, 301-415-5223.
Telephone Number.
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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.
Application date............. July 31, 2025.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML25212A192.
Location in Application of Pages 20-22 of the Enclosure.
NSHC.
Brief Description of The proposed amendments would revise
Amendments. Technical Specification (TS) 3.8.1, ``AC
[Alternating Current] Sources--
Operating,'' for the Diablo Canyon
Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2,
using Risk-Informed Process for
Evaluations (RIPE). The licensee
proposed to revise TS 3.8.1 for low-risk
situations. The RIPE process is an NRC
staff approved risk-informed method that
is used to disposition submittals of
very low safety significance.
Proposed Determination....... NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Jennifer Post, Esq., Pacific Gas and
Licensee, Mailing Address. Electric Co., 77 Beale Street, Room
3065, Mail Code B30A, San Francisco, CA
94105.
NRC Project Manager, Samson Lee, 301-415-3168.
Telephone Number.
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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.
Application date............. July 31, 2025.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML25213A095.
Location in Application of Pages 10-12 of the Enclosure.
NSHC.
Brief Description of The proposed amendments would revise
Amendments. Technical Specification 3.7.12,
``Auxiliary Building Ventilation System
(ABVS),'' for Diablo Canyon Nuclear
Power Plant, Units 1 and 2, to prevent
unnecessary unit shutdowns for a low-
risk scenario.
Proposed Determination....... NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Jennifer Post, Esq., Pacific Gas and
Licensee, Mailing Address. Electric Co., 77 Beale Street, Room
3065, Mail Code B30A, San Francisco, CA
94105.
NRC Project Manager, Samson Lee, 301-415-3168.
Telephone Number.
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R. E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant, LLC and Constellation Energy
Generation, LLC; R. E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant; Wayne County, NY
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Docket No.................... 50-244.
Application date............. July 18, 2025.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML25202A072.
Location in Application of Pages 10-11 of Attachment 1.
NSHC.
Brief Description of The proposed amendment requests adoption
Amendment. of three Technical Specification Task
Force (TSTF) Travelers into site-
specific technical specifications (TSs)
to more accurately align with the
Westinghouse Standard Technical
Specification (STS) in NUREG-1431,
Revision 5. TSTF-51, Revision 2,
``Revise Containment Requirements during
Handling Irradiated Fuel and Core
Alterations,'' revises TSs by removing
requirements for Engineered Safety
Functions. TSTF-471, Revision 1,
``Eliminate use of term CORE ALTERATIONS
in ACTIONS and NOTES,'' eliminates the
defined term CORE ALTERATIONS from the
remaining instances in the TSs not
removed by TSTF-51 and adopts the TSTF-
571-T, Revision 0, ``Revise Actions for
Inoperable Source Range Neutron Flux
Monitor.''
Proposed Determination....... NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Jason Zorn, Associate General Counsel,
Licensee, Mailing Address. Constellation Energy Generation, LLC,
101 Constitution Ave. NW, Suite 400
East, Washington, DC 20001.
NRC Project Manager, V. Sreenivas, 301-415-2597.
Telephone Number.
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Tennessee Valley Authority; Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Units 1, 2, and
3; Limestone County, AL
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Docket Nos................... 50-259, 50-260, 50-296.
Application date............. July 31, 2025.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML25212A156.
Location in Application of Pages E9-E11 of the Enclosure.
NSHC.
Brief Description of The proposed amendments would revise
Amendments. Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Units 1, 2,
and 3, Technical Specification 3.3.2.1,
``Control Rod Block Instrumentation,''
to modify Required Action C.2.1.2 to
allow an unrestricted number of reactor
startups with the rod worth minimizer
inoperable while using independent
verification of banked position
withdrawal sequence compliance.
Proposed Determination....... NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Rebecca Tolene (Acting), Executive VP and
Licensee, Mailing Address. General Counsel, Tennessee Valley
Authority, 400 West Summit Hill Drive,
WT 6A, Knoxville, TN 37902.
NRC Project Manager, Kimberly Green, 301-415-1627.
Telephone Number.
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Vistra Operations Company LLC; Perry Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 1; Lake
County, OH
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Docket No.................... 50-440.
Application date............. August 19, 2025.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML25231A303.
Location in Application of Pages 2-3 of Attachment 1.
NSHC.
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Brief Description of The proposed amendment requests adoption
Amendment. of Technical Specifications Task Force
(TSTF) Traveler, TSTF-597, Revision 0,
``Eliminate LCO [Limiting Condition for
Operation] 3.0.3 Mode 2 Requirement.''
TSTF-597 would revise LCO 3.0.3 to
eliminate the requirement to enter Mode
2.
Proposed Determination....... NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Roland Backhaus, Senior Lead Counsel-
Licensee, Mailing Address. Nuclear, Vistra Corp., 325 7th Street
NW, Suite 520, Washington, DC 20004.
NRC Project Manager, Scott Wall, 301-415-2855.
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.
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
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Docket Nos................... 50-456, 50-457, 50-454, 50-455.
Amendment Date............... August 21, 2025.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML25153A008.
Amendment Nos................ 242 (Braidwood, Unit 1), 242 (Braidwood,
Unit 2); 240 (Byron, Unit 1), 240
(Byron, Unit 2).
Brief Description of The amendments revised the Braidwood and
Amendments. Byron technical specifications to allow
loading of Framatome, Inc GAIA fuel with
M5Framatome as a fuel cladding material.
Since the GAIA fuel uses M5Framatome
fuel rod cladding, the licensee included
a 10 CFR 50.46 and 10 CFR part 50,
appendix K exemption request as a part
of the license amendment request. The
NRC staff reviewed the exemption request
in a separate safety evaluation dated
August 21, 2025.
Public Comments Received as No.
to Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; Clinton Power Station, Unit No. 1;
DeWitt County, IL
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Docket No.................... 50-461.
Amendment Date............... September 8, 2025.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML25239B557.
Amendment No................. 257.
Brief Description of The amendment authorized revision to the
Amendment. Clinton Updated Safety Analysis Report
to implement an alternate methodology of
verifying Reactor Protection System
Response Time for Main Steam Isolation
Valve Closure as an NRC-approved
methodology.
Public Comments Received as No.
to Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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Entergy Operations, Inc.; Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 2; Pope County, AR;
Entergy Operations, Inc.; Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3; St.
Charles Parish, LA
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Docket Nos................... 50-368, 50-382.
Amendment Date............... August 18, 2025.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML25218A145.
Amendment Nos................ 337 (ANO-2) and 276 (Waterford).
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Brief Description of The amendments revised the Arkansas
Amendments. Nuclear One, Unit 2, and Waterford Steam
Electric Station, Unit 3, technical
specifications to eliminate the
requirements for automatic diesel
generator start and loading during plant
shutdown. The changes were consistent
with Technical Specifications Task Force
(TSTF) Traveler, TSTF-589, Revision 0,
``Eliminate Automatic Diesel Generator
Start During Shutdown.''
Public Comments Received as No.
to Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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ESADA Vallecitos Experimental Superheat Reactor, Alameda County, CA
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Docket No.................... 50-183.
Amendment Date............... August 19, 2025.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML25199A084 (Package).
Amendment No................. 8.
Brief Description of The NRC reviewed an application submitted
Amendment. by NorthStar Vallecitos, LLC which
sought to accept the in-situ radioactive
material from the Vallecitos Boiling
Water Reactor license (License No. DPR-
1) into Facility License No. DR-10. 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 (the Act), as well as the NRC's
rules and regulations. The NRC prepared
a safety evaluation report documenting
its review and evaluation. The NRC
determined that approving the request
satisfies the categorical exclusion
criteria in 10 CFR 51.22.
Public Comments Received as No.
to Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), National Bureau
of Standards Test Reactor, Montgomery County, Maryland
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Docket No.................... 50-184.
Amendment Date............... August 19, 2025.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML25189A444.
Amendment No................. 16.
Brief Description of The amendment revised the technical
Amendment. specifications to eliminate the ability
to bypass either the inner or outer
plenum flow scram channels during forced
flow operation and to require
surveillances for both the inner and
outer flow scram channels.
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............... August 13, 2025.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML25174A192.
Amendment Nos................ 252 (Unit 1) and 254 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of The amendments modified Technical
Amendments. Specifications (TS) 4.2.1, ``Fuel
Assemblies,'' and TS 5.6.5 ``Core
Operating Limits Report (COLR),'' to
allow the use of Optimized ZIRLO as an
approved fuel rod cladding material for
improved fuel rod cladding performance.
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............... August 21, 2025.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML25230A133.
Amendment Nos................ 253 (Unit 1) and 255 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of The amendments revised Technical
Amendments. Specification (TS) 1.1, ``Definitions,''
and added TS 5.5.21, ``Online Monitoring
Program,'' to use online monitoring
methodology, which provides controls to
determine the need for calibration of
transmitters using condition monitoring.
Public Comments Received as No.
to Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant,
Units 1 and 2; Appling County, GA
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Docket Nos................... 50-321, 50-366.
Amendment Date............... September 5, 2025.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML25224A024.
Amendment Nos................ 329 (Unit 1) and 274 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of The amendments modified the Edwin I.
Amendments. Hatch Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2,
technical specifications to adopt
Technical Specifications Task Force
Traveler-584 (TSTF-584) ``Eliminate
Automatic RWCU [reactor water cleanup]
System Isolation on SLC [standby liquid
control] Initiation.'' Specifically, the
amendments removed the requirement that
the Reactor Water Cleanup System
automatically isolate on manual
initiation of the Standby Liquid Control
System.
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Public Comments Received as No.
to Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Vogtle Electric Generating
Plant, Units 3 and 4; Burke County, GA
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Docket Nos................... 52-025, 52-026.
Amendment Date............... August 25, 2025.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML25219A046.
Amendment Nos................ 205 (Unit 3) and 203 (Unit 4).
Brief Description of The amendments removed the Table of
Amendments. Contents from the technical
specifications and relocated it to a
licensee controlled document, as
described in their submittal.
Public Comments Received as No.
to Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Vogtle Electric Generating
Plant, Units 3 and 4; Burke County, GA
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Docket Nos................... 52-025, 52-026.
Amendment Date............... September 2, 2025.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML25230A081.
Amendment Nos................ 206 (Unit 3), 204 (Unit 4).
Brief Description of The amendments moved Surveillance
Amendments. Requirements from Technical
Specification (TS) 3.3.15, ``Engineered
Safety Feature Actuation System (ESFAS)
Actuation Logic--Operating,'' and TS
3.3.16, ``Engineered Safety Feature
Actuation System (ESFAS) Actuation
Logic--Shutdown,'' to other existing and
new TS Limiting Conditions for
Operation.
Public Comments Received as No.
to Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Vogtle Electric Generating
Plant, Units 3 and 4; Burke County, GA
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Docket Nos................... 52-025, 52-026.
Amendment Date............... September 10, 2025.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML25232A194.
Amendment Nos................ 208 (Unit 3) and 206 (Unit 4).
Brief Description of The amendments revised the Vogtle
Amendments. Electric Generating Plant, Units 3 and
4, Technical Specification Table 3.3.8-
1, ``Engineered Safeguards Actuation
System Instrumentation,'' by removing
the Mode 2 applicability for the Source
Range Neutron Flux Doubling
instrumentation (Function 17) and its
associated footnote. Additionally, the
amendments corrected an administrative
typo in Table 3.3.8-1, Function 22.
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
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Docket Nos................... 50-259, 50-260, 50-296.
Amendment Date............... September 8, 2025.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML25241A019.
Amendment Nos................ 336 (Unit 1), 359 (Unit 2), 319 (Unit 3).
Brief Description of The amendments revised the Browns Ferry
Amendments. Nuclear Plant, Units 1, 2, and 3,
Technical Specification Surveillance
Requirement 3.8.4.5 to modify the
minimum battery charger capacity for the
direct current shutdown board
subsystems.
Public Comments Received as No.
to Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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Vistra Operations Company LLC; Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, Unit
No. 1; Somervell County, TX; Vistra Operations Company LLC; Comanche
Peak Nuclear Power Plant, Unit No. 2; Somervell County, TX
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Docket Nos................... 50-445, 50-446.
Amendment Date............... August 27, 2025.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML25213A183.
Amendment Nos................ 193 (Unit 1) and 193 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of The amendments revised technical
Amendments. specifications (TSs) to eliminate use of
the defined term ``CORE ALTERATIONS''
and revised requirements during handling
of irradiated fuel by adopting Technical
Specifications Task Force (TSTF)
travelers TSTF-51-A, Revision 2 (TSTF-
51), ``Revise containment requirements
during handling irradiated fuel and core
alterations''; TSTF-471-A, Revision 1
(TSTF-471), ``Eliminate use of term CORE
ALTERATIONS in ACTIONS and Notes''; and
TSTF-571-T, Revision 0 (TSTF-571),
``Revise Actions for Inoperable Source
Range Neutron Flux Monitor.''
Public Comments Received as No.
to Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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IV. Notice of Issuance of Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and
Combined Licenses and Final Determination of No Significant Hazards
Consideration and Opportunity for a Hearing (Exigent Circumstances or
Emergency Situation)
Since publication of the last monthly notice, the Commission has
issued the following amendments. The Commission has determined for
these amendments that the applications for the amendments comply 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 amendments.
Because of exigent circumstances or an emergency situation
associated with the date the amendment was needed, there was not time
for the Commission to publish, for public comment before issuance, its
usual notice of consideration of issuance of amendment, proposed NSHC
determination, and opportunity for a hearing.
In circumstances where failure to act in a timely way would have
resulted, for example, in derating or shutdown of a nuclear power plant
or in prevention of either resumption of operation or of increase in
power output up to the plant's licensed power level (an emergency
situation), the Commission may not have had an opportunity to provide
for public comment on its NSHC determination. In such case, the license
amendment has been issued without opportunity for comment prior to
issuance. Nonetheless, the State has been consulted by telephone
whenever possible.
Under its regulations, the Commission may issue and make an
amendment immediately effective, notwithstanding the pendency before it
of a request for a hearing from any person, in advance of the holding
and completion of any required hearing, where it has determined that
NSHC is involved. The Commission has applied the standards of 10 CFR
50.92 and has made a final determination that the amendments involve
NSHC. The basis for this determination is contained in the NRC staff
safety evaluation related to each action. Accordingly, the amendment
has been issued and made effective as indicated.
For those amendments that involve an emergency situation, the
Commission is now providing an opportunity to comment on the final NSHC
determination for each action; comments should be submitted in
accordance with Section I of this notice within 30 days of the date of
this notice. Any comments received within 30 days of the date of
publication this notice will be considered.
For those amendments that have not been previously noticed in the
Federal Register, within 60 days after the date of publication of this
notice, any persons (petitioner) whose interest may be affected by this
action may file a request for a hearing and petition for leave to
intervene (petition) with respect to the action. Petitions shall be
filed in accordance with the guidance concerning the Commission's
``Agency Rules of Practice and Procedure'' in 10 CFR part 2 as
discussed in section II.A of this document.
Unless otherwise indicated, the Commission has determined that the
amendment satisfies 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 this amendment. If the Commission has prepared an
environmental assessment under the special circumstances provision in
10 CFR 51.12(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 these actions, 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 number(s) 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.
License Amendment Issuances--Emergency Circumstances
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Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Vogtle Electric Generating
Plant, Unit 4; Burke County, GA
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Docket No.................... 52-026.
Amendment Date............... August 15, 2025.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML25225A229.
Amendment No................. 202.
Brief Description of The amendment revised Technical
Amendments. Specification (TS) 3.5.2, ``Core Makeup
Tanks (CMTs)--Operating,'' to add a note
to the Limiting Condition for Operation
(LCO) and another note in Surveillance
Requirement (SR) 3.5.2.4 regarding boron
concentration, as well as made editorial
changes. The amendment temporarily
revised the TS 3.5.2 to reduce the
minimum allowable CMT ``A'' boron
concentration and to not require
performance of SR 3.5.2.4 until startup
from the first Vogtle, Unit 4, refueling
outage (RFO), which is scheduled for the
fall of 2025. The amendment is a one-
time temporary change, and is effective
until startup from the first Vogtle,
Unit 4, RFO.
Local Media Notice (Yes/No).. No.
Public Comments Requested as No.
to Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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Vistra Operations Company LLC; Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station, Unit
1; Ottawa County, OH
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Docket No.................... 50-346.
Amendment Date............... August 17, 2025.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML25229A002.
Amendment No................. 308.
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Brief Description of The amendment revised Technical
Amendments. Specification (TS) 3.3.9 to Source Range
Neutron Flux, to allow the use of
alternate neutron instrumentation during
startup from the current forced outage
and through the end of the current
operating cycle (Cycle 24), which is
scheduled to end in March 2026. The
license amendment was issued under
emergency circumstances as provided in
the provisions of 10 CFR 50.91(a)(5) due
to the time critical nature of the
amendment.
Local Media Notice (Yes/No).. No.
Public Comments Requested as No.
to Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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Dated: September 17, 2025.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Hipolito Gonzalez,
Acting Deputy Director, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office
of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2025-18974 Filed 9-29-25; 8:45 am]
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