[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 241 (Thursday, December 18, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59224-59225]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-23283]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50-237 and 50-249; NRC-2024-0080]
Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; Dresden Nuclear Power
Station, Units 2 and 3; 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-19 and DPR-25 to
Constellation Energy Generation, LLC (CEG, or the licensee), for
Dresden Nuclear Power Station, Units 2 and 3 (Dresden). 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-19 and DPR-25.
DATES: The Subsequent Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-19
and DPR-25 were issued on December 16, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2024-0080 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-2024-0080. 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: Mark Yoo, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001; telephone: 301-415-8583; email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Discussion
Notice is hereby given that the NRC has issued Subsequent Renewed
Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-19 and DPR-25 to CEG for Dresden.
CEG is the operator of the facilities. Subsequent Renewed Facility
Operating License Nos. DPR-19 and DPR-25 authorize operation of
Dresden, Units 2 and 3, by CEG at reactor core power levels not in
excess of 2,957 megawatts thermal, in accordance with the provisions of
the Dresden subsequent renewed licenses and technical specifications.
Notice is also given that the ROD that supports the NRC's decision to
issue Subsequent Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-19 and
DPR-25 is available 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 17, Second
Renewal, ``Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal
of Nuclear Plants: Regarding Subsequent License Renewal for Dresden
Nuclear Power Station, Units 2 and 3, Final Report,'' dated September
2025, the final SEIS documents the NRC staff's environmental review,
including the determination that the adverse environmental impacts of
subsequent license renewal (SLR) for Dresden are not so great that
preserving the option of SLR for energy planning decisionmakers would
be unreasonable. The final SEIS conclusion is based on (1) information
provided in the environmental report submitted by CEG, as supplemented,
(2) the NRC staff's consultations with Federal, State, local, and
Tribal 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 2025 draft SEIS.
Dresden is a boiling water reactor site located near Morris,
Illinois. CEG submitted its application for the subsequent renewed
license, ``Dresden Nuclear Power Station, Units 2 and 3--Subsequent
License Renewal Application,'' on April 17, 2024, as supplemented by
letters through May 8, 2025 (see ``Availability of Documents'' section
of this document). The NRC staff has determined that CEG's application
complies with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act
of 1954, as amended (the Act), and 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 subsequent renewed licenses.
A public notice of the NRC's acceptance for docketing of the
subsequent renewed license application and an opportunity for a hearing
was published in the Federal Register on June 24, 2024 (89 FR 52514).
Further, a notice of intent to conduct environmental scoping was
published on August 5, 2024 (89 FR 63450). On August 6, 2024, the NRC
amended its environmental protection regulations by updating the
Commission's 2013 findings on the environmental effects of renewing the
operating license of a nuclear power plant. This final rule redefines
the number and scope of the environmental issues that must be addressed
during the review of each application for license renewal (LR) and
specifically considers the environmental effects of SLR. As part of
this update, the NRC issued Revision 2 to the LR Generic Environmental
Impact Statement (GEIS) to account for new information and to address
the impacts of initial license renewal as well as one 20-year period of
SLR. The final rule became effective for NRC staff on September5,2024.
On September 9, 2025, the NRC staff issued its Safety Evaluation (SE)
concerning the Dresden subsequent license renewal application (SLRA).
In May 2025, the NRC staff issued a draft SEIS for public comment,
providing the preliminary results of the
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staff's environmental evaluation of Dresden's SLRA. A notice of
availability of the draft SEIS was published in the Federal Register on
May 30, 2025 (90 FR 23079). On September 3, 2025, the NRC staff issued
a final SEIS, providing its final evaluation of the environmental
impacts of Dresden's SLR; a notice of issuance was published in the
Federal Register on September 12, 2025 (90 FR 44251).
For further details with respect to this action, see (1) CEG's SLRA
for Dresden, dated April 17, 2024, as supplemented by letters dated
through May 8, 2025; (2) the NRC's SE, dated September 9, 2025; (3) the
NRC's final SEIS (NUREG-1437, Supplement 17, Second Renewal) for
Dresden, SLR dated September 3, 2025; and (4) the NRC's ROD, dated
December 16, 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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Dresden Nuclear Power Station, Units 2 and 3, ML24108A007 (Package).
Application for Renewed Operating License,
dated April 17, 2024.
NUREG-1437, Revision 2, Volumes 1, 2, and 3, ML24087A133 (Package).
Generic Environmental Impact Statement for
License Renewal of Nuclear Plants, dated August
1, 2024..
Supplement No. 1--Changes to the Dresden Nuclear ML25051A253 (Package).
Power Station, Units 2 and 3, Subsequent
License Renewal Application, dated February 20,
2025.
Supplement No. 2--Changes to the Dresden Nuclear ML25072A153 (Package).
Power Station, Units 2 and 3, Subsequent
License Renewal Application, dated March 13,
2025.
Responses to NRC Request for Additional ML25100A132 (Package).
Information Set 1 and Request for Confirmation
of Information Sets 1 and 2, dated April 10,
2025.
Supplement No. 3--Changes to the Dresden Nuclear ML25118A278 (Package).
Power Station, Units 2 and 3, Subsequent
License Renewal Application, dated April 28,
2025.
Response to NRC Request for Additional ML25128A184 (Package).
Information Set 2 and Request for Confirmation
of Information Set 3, dated May 8, 2025.
NUREG-1437, Supplement 17, Second Renewal, ML25132A151.
``Generic Environmental Impact Statement for
License Renewal of Nuclear Plants, Regarding
Subsequent License Renewal for Dresden Nuclear
Power Station, Units 2 and 3,'' Draft Report
for Comment, dated May 2025..
Safety Evaluation Related to the License Renewal ML25251A146 (Package).
of Dresden Nuclear Power Station, Units 2 and
3, dated September 10, 2025..
NUREG-1437, Supplement 17, Second Renewal, ML25233A275.
``Generic Environmental Impact Statement for
License Renewal of Nuclear Plants, Supplement
17, Second Renewal, Regarding Subsequent
License Renewal for Dresden Nuclear Power
Station, Units 2 and 3, Final Report, dated
September 2025..
Record of Decision--Subsequent License Renewal ML25237A115.
Application Review--Dresden Nuclear Power
Station, Units 2 and 3, dated December 16,
2025..
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Dated: December 16, 2025.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Michele Sampson,
Director, Division of New and Renewed Licenses, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2025-23283 Filed 12-17-25; 8:45 am]
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