[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 244 (Tuesday, December 23, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60134-60141]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-23679]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2025-1999]
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
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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 January 22, 2026. A request for a
hearing or petitions for leave to intervene must be filed by February
23, 2026. This monthly notice includes all amendments issued, or
proposed to be issued, from October 10, 2025, to December 4, 2025. The
last monthly notice was published on November 25, 2025.
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-2025-1999. Address
questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Bridget Curran;
telephone: 301-415-1003; email: [email protected]. For technical
questions, contact the individual 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: Paula Blechman, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-2242; email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2025-1999, 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-2025-1999.
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-2025-1999, 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 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
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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 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
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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.
License Amendment Request(s)
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Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; Braidwood Station, Unit 1; Will
County, IL
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Docket No(s)................. 50-456.
Application date............. October 3, 2025.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML25276A085.
Location in Application of Pages 4-5 of Attachment 1.
NSHC.
Brief Description of The proposed amendment would revise
Amendment(s). License Conditions 2.C(13)(b)(1) and
2.C(13)(b)(2) to extend the completion
date of License Renewal Commitment 30
Enhancements 2 and 3 to October 16,
2026.
Proposed Determination....... NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Jason Zorn, Associate General Counsel,
Licensee, Mailing Address. Constellation Energy Generation, LLC
4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL
60555.
NRC Project Manager, Scott Wall, 301-415-2855.
Telephone Number.
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Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station,
Units 1 and 2; Rock Island County, IL
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Docket No(s)................. 50-254, 50-265.
Application date............. August 6, 2025.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML25218A263.
Location in Application of Pages 3-5 of Attachment 1.
NSHC.
Brief Description of The proposed amendments request
Amendment(s). relocation of Technical Specification
3.3.7.2, ``Mechanical Vacuum Pump Trip
Instrumentation,'' to an appropriate
licensee-controlled document.
Proposed Determination....... NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Jason Zorn, Associate General Counsel,
Licensee, Mailing Address. Constellation Energy Generation, LLC
4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL
60555.
NRC Project Manager, Robert Kuntz, 301-415-3733.
Telephone Number.
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Constellation FitzPatrick, LLC and Constellation Energy Generation, LLC;
James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant; Oswego County, NY
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Docket No(s)................. 50-333.
Application date............. September 5, 2025.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML25248A291.
Location in Application of Pages 6-8 of Attachment 1.
NSHC.
Brief Description of The proposed amendment would revise the
Amendment(s). Technical Specification (TS) Allowable
Value for Reactor Water Cleanup System
isolation on low Reactor Pressure Vessel
(RPV) water level from Level 3 (>=177
inches) to Level 2 (>=107 inches) in
Table 3.3.6.1-1, ``Primary Containment
Isolation Instrumentation.'' TS Table
3.3.5.2-1, ``Reactor Pressure Vessel
(RPV) Water Inventory Control
Instrumentation,'' would also be revised
consistent with the modified Table
3.3.6.1-1.
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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Energy Northwest; Columbia Generating Station; Benton County, WA
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Docket No(s)................. 50-397.
Application date............. October 23, 2025.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML25300A113.
Location in Application of Pages 5-6 of the Enclosure.
NSHC.
Brief Description of The proposed amendment would revise
Amendment(s). Technical Specification 3.1.3, ``Control
Rod OPERABILITY,'' to remove an addition
of the word ``partially'' introduced in
the licensee's conversion from
WordPerfect to Microsoft Word in
Surveillance Requirement 3.1.3.2.
Proposed Determination....... NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Ryan Lukson, Assistant General Counsel,
Licensee, Mailing Address. Energy Northwest, MD 1020, P.O. Box 968,
Richland, WA 99352.
NRC Project Manager, Mahesh Chawla, 301-415-8371.
Telephone Number.
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Entergy Operations, Inc.; Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 2; Pope County, AR
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Docket No(s)................. 50-368.
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Application date............. September 4, 2025.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML25247A291.
Location in Application of Pages 6-7 of the Enclosure.
NSHC.
Brief Description of The proposed amendment would correct
Amendment(s). several related, obvious typographical
errors. These errors were inadvertently
introduced into the technical
specifications by License Amendment No.
323, dated February 8, 2021
(ML20351A153). Part of Amendment 323
revised Surveillance Requirement (SR)
4.4.6.2.1 by deleting subsection
4.4.6.2.1.b and relabeling SR
4.4.6.2.1.a as SR 4.4.6.2.1.
Proposed Determination....... NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Anna Vinson, Associate General Counsel--
Licensee, Mailing Address. Legal--Nuclear, Entergy Services,
LLC,101 Constitution Avenue NW, Suite
200 East, Washington, DC 20001.
NRC Project Manager, Mahesh Chawla, 301-415-8371.
Telephone Number.
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Nebraska Public Power District; Cooper Nuclear Station; Nemaha County,
NE
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Docket No(s)................. 50-298.
Application date............. August 23, 2025.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML25237A251.
Location in Application of Pages 3-5 of Attachment 1.
NSHC.
Brief Description of The proposed amendment would adopt
Amendment(s). Technical Specifications Task Force
(TSTF) Traveler 576, ``Revise Safety/
Relief Valve Requirements.'' The
proposed change would revise the safety/
relief valve and safety valve technical
specification to align the overpressure
protection requirements with the safety
limits and the regulations.
Proposed Determination....... NSHC.
Name of Attorney for John C. McClure, Executive Vice President
Licensee, Mailing Address. External Affairs and General Counsel
Nebraska Public Power District, P.O. Box
499, Columbus, NE 68601.
NRC Project Manager, Thomas Byrd, 301 415-3719.
Telephone Number.
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Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Joseph M. Farley Nuclear
Plant, Units 1 and 2; Houston County, AL
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Docket No(s)................. 50-348, 50-364.
Application date............. September 25, 2025.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML25268A279.
Location in Application of Pages E-13 to E-14 of the Enclosure.
NSHC.
Brief Description of The proposed amendments would revise
Amendment(s). diesel generator frequency and voltage
ranges tor Technical Specification
3.8.1, ``AC [Alternating Current]
Sources--Operating,'' as described in
their submittal.
Proposed Determination....... NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Millicent Ronnlund, Vice President and
Licensee, Mailing Address. General Counsel, Southern Nuclear
Operating Co., Inc., P. O. Box 1295,
Birmingham, AL 35201-1295.
NRC Project Manager, G. Ed Miller, 301-415-2481.
Telephone Number.
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Virginia Electric and Power Company, Dominion Nuclear Company; North
Anna Power Station, Units 1 and 2; Louisa County, VA
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Docket No(s)................. 50-338, 50-339.
Application date............. November 7, 2025.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML25316A170.
Location in Application of Pages 3-5 of Enclosure 1.
NSHC.
Brief Description of The proposed amendments would add a new
Amendment(s). Technical Specification 3.6.9,
``Containment Sump,'' and add an Action
to address the condition of the
containment sump made inoperable as
described in the application.
Proposed Determination....... NSHC.
Name of Attorney for W. S. Blair, Senior Counsel, Dominion
Licensee, Mailing Address. Energy Services, Inc., 120 Tredegar St.,
RS-2, Richmond, VA 23219.
NRC Project Manager, G. Ed Miller, 301-415-2481.
Telephone Number.
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Vistra Operations Company LLC; Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station, Unit
1; Ottawa County, OH
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Docket No(s)................. 50-346.
Application date............. November 19, 2025.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML25323A016.
Location in Application of Pages 5-7 of Attachment 1.
NSHC.
Brief Description of The proposed amendment would revise
Amendment(s). Technical Specification (TS) 3.3.9,
``Source Range Neutron Flux,'' to allow
the use of alternate source range
neutron monitoring instrumentation per
TS Table 3.3.17-1, ``Post Accident
Monitoring Instrumentation,'' Function
17.
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, Robert Kuntz, 301-415-3733.
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 Issuance(s)
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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 No(s)................. 50-275, 50-323.
Amendment Date............... December 2, 2025.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML25324A367.
Amendment No(s).............. 254 (Unit 1) and 256 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of The amendments revised Technical
Amendment(s). Specification 3.8.1, ``AC [Alternating
Current] Sources-Operating,'' using the
Risk-Informed Process for Evaluations
(RIPE). The RIPE process is an NRC staff
approved risk-informed method that is
used to disposition applications of very
low safety significance.
Public Comments Received as No.
to Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Vogtle Electric Generating
Plant, Units 1 and 2; Burke County, GA
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Docket No(s)................. 50-424, 50-425.
Amendment Date............... November 26, 2025.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML25272A237.
Amendment No(s).............. 229 (Unit 1) and 211 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of The amendments revised Vogtle Electric
Amendment(s). Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2,
Technical Specification 3.6.6,
``Containment Spray and Cooling
Systems,'' Surveillance Requirement
3.6.6.8 to change the frequency to
verify each containment spray system
spray nozzle is unobstructed.
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 No(s)................. 52-025, 52-026.
Amendment Date............... November 25, 2025.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML25269A107.
Amendment No(s).............. 209 (Unit 3) and 207 (Unit 4).
Brief Description of The amendments revised Technical
Amendment(s). Specification (TS) 3.8.2, ``DC [Direct
Current] Sources--Shutdown,'' Condition
B. The amendments revised the entry
requirements to Condition B of TS 3.8.2.
Public Comments Received as No.
to Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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Susquehanna Nuclear, LLC and Allegheny Electric Cooperative, Inc.;
Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2; Luzerne County, PA
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Docket No(s)................. 50-387, 50-388.
Amendment Date............... September 23, 2025.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML25253A408.
Amendment No(s).............. 289 (Unit 1) and 273 (Unit 2).
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Brief Description of The amendments revised technical
Amendment(s). specifications (TS) for the Susquehanna
Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2.
Specifically, the amendments modified
the primary containment leak rate
testing program TS by: increasing the
integrated leak rate test program
interval; extending test intervals for
Type A, B, and C leakage rate tests;
extending the drywell-to-suppression
chamber bypass leak rate test frequency;
extending the frequency of containment
isolation valve leakage rate testing;
and using American National Standards
Institute/American Nuclear Society
Standard 56.8-2020, ``Containment System
Leakage Testing Requirements.'' The
amendments also replaced certain
guidance document references and deleted
information regarding the performance of
tests that have been successfully
performed.
Public Comments Received as No.
to Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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IV. Notice of Issuance of Amendment 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 amendment. The Commission has determined for this
amendment that the application for the amendment 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.
Because of exigent circumstances or 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.
For exigent circumstances, the Commission has either issued a
Federal Register notice providing opportunity for public comment or has
used local media to provide notice to the public in the area
surrounding a licensee's facility of the licensee's application and of
the Commission's proposed determination of NSHC. The Commission has
provided a reasonable opportunity for the public to comment, using its
best efforts to make available to the public means of communication for
the public to respond quickly, and in the case of telephone comments,
the comments have been recorded or transcribed as appropriate and the
licensee has been informed of the public comments.
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 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 Issuance--Exigent Circumstances
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Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power
Plant, Unit 2; Calvert County, MD
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Docket No(s)................. 50-318.
Amendment Date............... November 03, 2025.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML25304A004.
Amendment No(s).............. 330.
Brief Description of The amendment added a license condition
Amendment(s). that allowed the swap of control element
assembly group assignments in support of
a down-power.
Local Media Notice (Yes/No).. Yes.
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Public Comments Requested as Yes.
to Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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Dated: December 17, 2025.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Hip[oacute]lito Gonz[aacute]lez,
Acting Deputy Director, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office
of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2025-23679 Filed 12-22-25; 8:45 am]
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