[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 188 (Wednesday, October 1, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47355-47357]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-19194]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50-266 and 50-301; NRC-2020-0277]
NextEra Energy Point Beach, LLC; Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Units
1 and 2; 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-24 and DPR-27 to
NextEra Energy Point Beach, LLC (NextEra or the licensee) for Point
Beach Nuclear Plant (Point Beach), Units 1 and 2, respectively. 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-24 and DPR-27.
DATES: Subsequent Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-24 and
DPR-27 were issued on September 29, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2020-0277 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-2020-0277. 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.
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]. 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: Angela Wu, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001; telephone: 301-415-2995; email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Discussion
Notice is hereby given that the NRC has issued Subsequent Renewed
Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-24 and DPR-27 to NextEra for Point
Beach. NextEra is the operator of the facility. Subsequent Renewed
Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-24 and DPR-27 authorize operation
of Point Beach by NextEra at reactor core power levels not in excess of
1,800 megawatts thermal (MWt) for each unit, in accordance with the
provisions of the Point Beach subsequent renewed licenses and the
technical specifications. Notice is also given that the ROD that
supports the NRC's decision to issue Subsequent Renewed Facility
Operating License Nos. DPR-24 and DPR-27 is available, and its location
is listed in the ``Availability of Documents'' section of this
document.
As discussed in the ROD and the final supplemental environmental
impact statement (SEIS), published as NUREG-1437, Supplement 23, Second
Renewal, ``Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal
of Nuclear Plants, Supplement 23, Second Renewal, Regarding Subsequent
License Renewal for Point Beach Nuclear Plant Units 1 and 2, Final
Report,'' dated August 2025, the final SEIS documents the NRC staff's
environmental review, including the recommendation that the adverse
environmental impacts of subsequent license renewal (SLR) for Point
Beach are not so great that preserving the option of SLR for energy-
planning decisionmakers would be unreasonable. This recommendation is
based on (1) the NRC's Generic Environmental Impact Statement for
License Renewal of Nuclear Plants (LR GEIS); (2) information in the
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environmental report submitted by NextEra, as supplemented; (3) the
staff's consultation with Federal, State, local, and Tribal agencies;
(4) the staff's independent environmental review; and (5) the staff's
consideration of public comments received during the scoping process
and on the 2021 draft SEIS and the 2025 second draft SEIS.
The Point Beach units are pressurized-water reactors located near
Two Rivers, Wisconsin. NextEra submitted its application for the
subsequent renewed licenses, ``Point Beach Nuclear Plant Units 1 and 2,
Application for Subsequent Renewed Facility Operating Licenses,'' on
November 16, 2020, as supplemented by letters through April 1, 2025
(see ``Availability of Documents'' section of this document). The NRC
staff has determined that NextEra'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 title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR),
the NRC has made the appropriate findings, which are set forth in the
subsequent renewed licenses.
On February 1, 2021, the NRC published a notice in the Federal
Register (86 FR 7747) informing the public of the NRC staff's intent to
conduct an environmental scoping process regarding NextEra's
application. In November 2021, the staff issued a draft SEIS. On August
6, 2024, the NRC published a final rule (89 FR 64166) updating its
license renewal environmental review requirements at 10 CFR part 51,
``Environmental Protection Regulations for Domestic Licensing and
Related Regulatory Functions.'' As part of this update, the NRC issued
Revision 2 of the LR GEIS. Thereafter, to complete the Point Beach SLR
environmental review, the staff prepared a supplement (second draft
SEIS) to the 2021 draft SEIS to consider the new and modified
environmental issues in the final rule, as applicable, as well as any
new and significant information since the 2021 draft SEIS. In April
2025, the staff issued the second draft SEIS for public comment (90 FR
16008). Based on the information gathered during the public comment
period and any other new information received, the staff developed a
final SEIS by incorporating both the 2021 draft SEIS and the 2025
second draft SEIS, along with any necessary changes made in response to
comments and other information. The final SEIS was issued on August 8,
2025. Separately, in February 2022, the staff issued its Safety
Evaluation (SE) regarding its Point Beach SLR safety review, as
corrected in May 2022. A supplement to this SE was issued in August
2025.
For further details with respect to this action, see (1) NextEra's
SLR application for Point Beach, dated November 16, 2020, as
supplemented by letters through April 1, 2025; (2) the NRC's SE, dated
May 25, 2022, and its supplement dated August 27, 2025; (3) the NRC's
final SEIS, dated August 2025; and (4) the NRC's ROD, dated September
29, 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 License Renewal ML25223A031.
Application, as Supplemented, for Point Beach Nuclear
Plant, Units 1 and 2, dated September 29, 2025.
Safety Evaluation Related to the Subsequent License ML22054A108.
Renewal of Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2,
dated February 23, 2022.
Safety Evaluation Related to the Subsequent License ML22140A127.
Renewal of Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2,
Revision 1, dated May 25, 2022.
Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2--Supplement to ML25206A017.
the Safety Evaluation for the Subsequent License Renewal
Application Review, dated August 27, 2025.
NUREG-1437, Generic Environmental Impact Statement for ML25191A238.
License Renewal of Nuclear Plants, Supplement 23, Second
Renewal, Regarding Subsequent License Renewal for Point
Beach Nuclear Plant Units 1 and 2, Final Report, dated
August 2025.
Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, Application for ML20329A292 (Package).
Subsequent Renewed Operating License, dated November 16,
2020.
Point Beach Nuclear Plant Units 1 and 2--Subsequent ML21111A155.
License Renewal Application--Aging Management Supplement
1, dated April 21, 2021.
Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2--Subsequent ML21126A239.
License Renewal Application, Aging Management Supplement
2, dated May 6, 2021.
Point Beach Nuclear Plant Units 1 and 2--Subsequent ML21131A105.
License Renewal Application, Environmental Report
Supplement 1, dated May 10, 2021.
Point Beach Nuclear Plant Units 1 and 2--Subsequent ML21147A115.
License Renewal Application--Aging Management Supplement
3, dated May 27, 2021.
Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, Subsequent ML21161A214.
License Renewal Application Environmental Report Review
Requests for Confirmation of/Additional Information (RCI/
RAl) Set Response, dated June 10, 2021.
Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2--Subsequent ML21189A173.
License Renewal Application: Aging Management Requests
for Confirmation of/Additional Information (RCI/RAI) Set
1 Responses, dated July 8, 2021.
Subsequent License Renewal Application--Aging Management ML21207A066.
Supplement 3 Revision 1, dated July 26, 2021.
Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2--Subsequent ML21223A308.
License Renewal Application--Aging Management Requests
for Additional Information (RAI) Set 2 Responses, dated
August 11, 2021.
Point Beach, Units 1 and 2--Subsequent License Renewal ML21237A055.
Application--Aging Management Requests For Confirmation
Of/Additional Information (RCI/RAI) Set 3 Responses,
dated August 25, 2021.
Point Beach Nuclear Plant Units 1 and 2--Subsequent ML21242A230.
License Renewal Application on Aging Management--Request
for Additional Information (RAI), Set 4 Response, dated
August 30, 2021.
Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, Submittal of ML21253A138.
Subsequent License Renewal Application--Aging Management
Requests for Confirmation of/Additional Information (RCI/
RAI) Set 1 Responses Supplement 1, dated September 10,
2021.
Point Beach Nuclear Plant Units 1 and 2, L-2021-157 ML21253A140.
Subsequent License Renewal Application--Aging Management
Requests For Additional Information (RAI) Set 6
Responses, dated September 10, 2021.
Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, Subsequent ML21256A129.
License Renewal Application--Aging Management Requests
for Additional Information Set 5 Responses, dated
September 13, 2021.
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Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2--Subsequent ML21259A153.
License Renewal Application--Aging Management Request for
Additional Information (RAI) Set 8 Response, dated
September 16, 2021.
Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, Subsequent ML21263A052.
License Renewal Application--Aging Management Requirement
for Additional Information Set 7, Response, dated
September 20, 2021.
NextEra Energy Point Beach, LLC--Subsequent License ML21274A053.
Renewal Application--Aging Management Request For
Additional Information (RAI) Set 9 Response, dated
October 1, 2021.
Point Beach Nuclear Plant Units 1 and 2--Subsequent ML21298A090.
License Renewal Application--Aging Management Requests
for Additional Information (RAI) Set 11 Response, dated
October 25, 2021.
Subsequent License Renewal Application--Aging Management ML21307A286.
Requests for Additional Information (RAI) Set 2 Responses
Revision 1, dated November 3, 2021.
Point Beach Nuclear Plant Units 1 and 2--Subsequent ML21308A282.
License Renewal Application--Aging Management Requests
for Additional Information (RAI) Set 10 Responses, dated
November 4, 2021.
Subsequent License Renewal Application--Aging Management ML21308A283.
Requests for Additional Information (RAI) Set 9 Response
Supplement 1, dated November 4, 2021.
Subsequent License Renewal Application--Aging Management ML21327A077.
Requests for Additional Information (RAI) Set 11 Response
Revision 1, dated November 23, 2021.
Point Beach Nuclear Plant--Subsequent License Renewal ML21334A293.
Application--First Annual Update, dated November 30,
2021.
Point Beach Nuclear Plant Units 1 and 2--Subsequent ML21343A294.
License Renewal Application--Aging Management Requests
for Additional Information (RAI) Set 12 Response, dated
December 9, 2021.
Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, Subsequent ML22006A074.
License Renewal Application--Aging Management Request for
Additional Information Set 13 Response, dated January 6,
2022.
Point Beach Nuclear Plant Units 1 and 2--Subsequent ML22006A046.
License Renewal Application Aging Management Requests for
Additional Information (RAI) Set 14 Response, dated
January 6, 2022.
Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, Schedule for ML24177A223.
Subsequent License Renewal Environmental Review, dated
June 25, 2024.
Point Beach, Units 1 and 2, Subsequent License Renewal ML24337A109.
Application Environmental Review Supplemental
Environmental Audit December 2, 2024 L-2024-182 10 CFR 54
Response to Requests for Confirmation of Information and
Requests for Additional Information, dated December 2,
2024.
Point Beach Nuclear Plant Units 1 and 2--Subsequent ML23347A094.
License Renewal Application--Third Annual Update, dated
December 13, 2023.
Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, Subsequent ML24330A102.
License Renewal Application--Fourth Annual Update, dated
November 25, 2024.
Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, Subsequent ML25091A077.
License Renewal Application--Fourth Annual Update
Revision 1, dated April 1, 2025.
NUREG-1437, Revision 2, Volumes 1, 2, and 3, Generic ML24087A133 (Package).
Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of
Nuclear Plants, dated August 2024.
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Dated: September 29, 2025.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Michele Sampson,
Director, Division of New and Renewed Licenses, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation.
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