[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 242 (Friday, December 19, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59596-59597]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-23462]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 50-461; NRC-2024-0046]
Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; Clinton Power Station, 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-62 to Constellation Energy
Generation, LLC (Constellation or the licensee) for Clinton Power
Station, Unit 1 (Clinton). 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-62.
DATES: Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF-62 was issued on
December 16, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2024-0046 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-2024-0046. 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: 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-62 to Constellation for Clinton.
Constellation is the operator of the facility. Renewed Facility
Operating License No. NPF-62 authorizes Constellation to operate
Clinton at reactor core power levels not in excess of 3,473 megawatts
thermal, in accordance with the provisions of the Clinton renewed
facility operating license and the technical specifications. Notice is
also given that the ROD that supports the NRC's decision to issue
Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF-62 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 63,
``Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear
Plants Regarding License Renewal for Clinton Power Station, Unit 1,
Final Report,'' dated August 2025, the final SEIS documents the NRC
staff's environmental review, including the recommendation that the
adverse environmental impacts of license renewal (LR) for Clinton are
not so great that preserving the option of LR for energy-planning
decisionmakers would be unreasonable. This recommendation is based on
(1) the analysis and findings in the NRC's Generic Environmental Impact
Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants, (2) information
provided in the environmental report submitted by Constellation, as
supplemented, (3) the NRC staff's consultation with Federal, State,
Tribal, and local agencies, (4) the NRC staff's independent
environmental review, and (5) the NRC staff's consideration of public
comments received during the scoping process and on the draft SEIS.
Clinton is a boiling water reactor located on Clinton Lake in
DeWitt County, approximately 6 miles east of the city of Clinton in
east-central Illinois. Constellation submitted its application for the
renewed license, ``Clinton Power Station, Unit 1 Application for
Renewed Operating License,'' on February 14, 2024, as supplemented by
letters through April 10, 2025 (see ``Availability of Documents''
section of this document). The NRC staff has detemined that
Constellation'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 appropriate findings, which are set forth in the renewed license.
A public notice of the NRC's acceptance for docketing of the LR
application and an opportunity to request a hearing was published in
the Federal Register on April 18, 2024 (89 FR 27805).
For further details with respect to this action, see: (1)
Constellation's LR application for Clinton, dated February 14, 2024, as
supplemented by letters through April 10, 2025; (2) the NRC's safety
evaluation, dated August 2025; (3) the NRC's final SEIS, dated August
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
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interested persons through ADAMS, as indicated.
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Document description ADAMS Accession No.
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Clinton Power Station, Unit 1 ML24045A024.
Application for Renewed
Operating License, dated
February 14, 2024.
Record of Decision, License ML25246C224.
Renewal Application, as
Supplemented, for Clinton Power
Station, Unit No. 1, dated
December 16, 2025.
Safety Evaluation Report Related ML25238A215.
to the License Renewal of
Clinton Power Station, Unit 1,
dated August 2025.
NUREG-1437, Supplement 63, ML25212A224.
``Generic Environmental Impact
Statement for License Renewal
of Nuclear Plants Regarding
License Renewal for Clinton
Power Station, Unit 1, Final
Report,'' dated August 2025.
NUREG-1437, Revision 2, Volumes ML24087A133 (Package).
1, 2, and 3, Generic
Environmental Impact Statement
for License Renewal of Nuclear
Plants, dated August 2024.
Clinton Power Station, Unit 1, ML24332A050 (Package).
License Renewal Application--
Supplement 1, dated November
27, 2024.
Clinton Power Station, Unit 1, ML24355A050.
License Renewal Application--
Supplement 2, dated December
20, 2024.
Clinton Power Station, Unit 1, ML25030A182.
License Renewal Application--
Supplement 3, dated January 30,
2025.
Clinton Power Station, Unit 1, ML25084A044.
License Renewal Application--
Supplement 4, dated March 25,
2025.
Clinton Power Station, Unit 1, ML25100A083.
License Renewal Application--
Supplement 5, dated April 10,
2025.
Clinton Power Station, Unit 1, ML25030A189 (Package).
License Renewal Application--
Response to Requests for
Additional Information Set 1,
dated January 30, 2025.
Clinton Power Station, Unit 1, ML25050A041.
License Renewal Application--
Response to Requests for
Additional Information Set 1
(RAI 4.3.2-3), dated February
19, 2025.
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Dated: December 17, 2025.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Michele Sampson,
Director, Division of New and Renewed Licenses, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2025-23462 Filed 12-18-25; 8:45 am]
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