[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 65 (Monday, April 6, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17310-17312]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2026-06641]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50-275 and 50-323; NRC-2023-0192]
Pacific Gas and Electric Company; Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power
Plant, Units 1 and 2; 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 Nos. DPR-80 and DPR-82 to Pacific
Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) for Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant
(Diablo Canyon), Units 1 and 2, respectively. In addition, the NRC has
prepared a record of decision (ROD) that supports the NRC's decision to
issue Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-80 and DPR-82.
DATES: Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-80 and DPR-82 were
issued on April 2, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2023-0192 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-2023-0192. 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.
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
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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 Nos. DPR-80 and DPR-82 to PG&E for Diablo Canyon,
Units 1 and 2, respectively. PG&E is the operator of the facility.
Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-80 and DPR-82 authorize
PG&E to operate Diablo Canyon, Units 1 and 2, respectively, at reactor
core power levels not in excess of 3,411 megawatts thermal, in
accordance with the provisions of the Diablo Canyon licenses and
technical specifications. Notice is also given that the ROD that
supports the NRC's decision to issue Renewed Facility Operating License
Nos. DPR-80 and DPR-82 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 62,
``Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear
Plants Regarding License Renewal of Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant,
Units 1 and 2, Final Report,'' dated June 2025, the final SEIS
documents the NRC staff's environmental review, including the
recommendation that the adverse environmental impacts of license
renewal (LR) for Diablo Canyon 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 PG&E, (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.
Diablo Canyon consists of two pressurized-water reactors located in
San Luis Obispo County, California, approximately 12 miles west-
southwest of San Luis Obispo. PG&E submitted its LR application for
Diablo Canyon on November 7, 2023, which it supplemented by letters
through February 11, 2026 (see ``Availability of Documents'' section of
this document). The NRC staff has detemined that PG&E's LR 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 licenses.
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 December 19, 2023 (88 FR 87817).
For further details with respect to this action, see: (1) PG&E's LR
application for Diablo Canyon, dated November 7, 2023, as supplemented
by letters through February 11, 2026; (2) the NRC's safety evaluation,
dated June 2025; (3) the NRC's final SEIS, dated June 2025; and (4) the
NRC's ROD, dated April 2, 2026.
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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Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2, License ML23311A154.
Renewal Application, dated November 7, 2023.
Record of Decision, License Renewal Application for Diablo ML26022A077.
Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2, dated April 2,
2026.
Safety Evaluation Related to the License Renewal of Diablo ML25153A508.
Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2, dated June 2025.
NUREG-1437, Supplement 62, ``Generic Environmental Impact ML25156A357.
Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants Regarding
License Renewal of Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant,
Units 1 and 2, Final Report,'' dated June 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.
Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2, License ML24289A118.
Renewal Application--Supplement 1, dated October 14, 2024.
Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2, License ML25069A508.
Renewal Application--Supplement 2, dated March 6, 2025.
Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2, License ML25114A242.
Renewal Application--Supplement 3, dated April 24, 2025.
Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2, License ML25133A223.
Renewal Application--Supplement 4, dated May 13, 2025.
Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2, License ML26042A359.
Renewal Application--Supplement 5, dated February 11, 2026.
Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2, License ML24277A067.
Renewal Application--Response to Requests for Additional
Information Set 1, dated October 3, 2024.
Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2, License ML25002A050.
Renewal Application--Response to Requests for Additional
Information Set 2, dated January 2, 2025.
Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2, License ML25056A500.
Renewal Application--Response to Requests for Additional
Information Set 3, dated February 25, 2025.
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Dated: April 2, 2026.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Michele Sampson,
Director, Division of New and Renewed Licenses, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation.
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