[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 84 (Friday, May 1, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23470-23472]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2026-08551]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50-335 and 50-389; NRC-2021-0197]
Florida Power and Light Company; St. Lucie 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-67 and NPF-16 to
Florida Power and Light Company (FPL) for St. Lucie Plant (St. Lucie),
Units 1
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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-67 and NFP-16.
DATES: Subsequent Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-67 and
NFP-16 were issued on April 28, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2021-0197 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-2021-0197. 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 Subsequent Renewed
Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-67 and NFP-16 to FPL for St. Lucie,
Units 1 and 2, respectively. FPL is the operator of the facility.
Subsequent Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-67 and NFP-16
authorize FPL to operate St. Lucie, Units 1 and 2, respectively, at
reactor core power levels not in excess of 3,020 megawatts thermal, in
accordance with the provisions of the St. Lucie 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-67 and NFP-16 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 ``Generic Environmental Impact
Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants, Supplement 11, Second
Renewal, Regarding Subsequent License Renewal for St. Lucie Plant,
Units 1 and 2, Final Report,'' dated March 2026, the final SEIS
documents the NRC staff's environmental review, including the
recommendation that the adverse environmental impacts of subsequent
license renewal (SLR) for St. Lucie are not so great that preserving
the option of SLR 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 FPL, as supplemented, (3) the NRC
staff's consultation with Federal, State, and local agencies and Indian
Tribes, (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.
St. Lucie consists of two Combustion Engineering designed
pressurized-water reactors located in St. Lucie County, Florida. FPL
submitted its SLR application for St. Lucie on August 3, 2021, which it
supplemented by letters through November 20, 2025 (see ``Availability
of Documents'' section of this document). The NRC staff has detemined
that FPL's SLR 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 subsequent renewed licenses.
A public notice of the NRC's acceptance for docketing of the SLR
application and an opportunity to request a hearing was published in
the Federal Register on September 29, 2021 (86 FR 53986).
For further details with respect to this action, see: (1) FPL's SLR
application for St. Lucie, dated August 3, 2021, as supplemented by
letters through November 20, 2025; (2) the NRC's safety evaluation,
dated July 2023, as revised in September 2023; (3) the NRC's final
SEIS, dated March 2026; and (4) the NRC's ROD, dated April 28, 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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St. Lucie, Units 1 and 2, Application for ML21215A314 (package).
Subsequent Renewed Facility Operating Licenses,
dated August 3, 2021.
Record of Decision, Subsequent License Renewal ML26026A011.
Application for St. Lucie Plant, Units 1 and 2,
dated April 28, 2026.
Safety Evaluation Related to the SLR of St. ML23200A146.
Lucie Plant, Units 1 and 2, dated July 2023.
Safety Evaluation Related to the SLR of St. ML23219A003.
Lucie Plant, Units 1 and 2, Rev. 1, dated
September 2023.
Generic Environmental Impact Statement for ML26070A148.
License Renewal of Nuclear Plants, Supplement
11, Second Renewal, Regarding Subsequent
License Renewal for St. Lucie Plant, Units 1
and 2, Final Report, dated March 2026.
NUREG-1437, Revision 2, Volumes 1, 2, and 3, ML24087A133 (Package).
Generic Environmental Impact Statement for
License Renewal of Nuclear Plants, dated August
2024.
St. Lucie Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, ML22097A202.
Subsequent License Renewal Application Revision
1--Supplement 1, dated April 7, 2022.
St. Lucie Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, ML22103A014.
Subsequent License Renewal Application Revision
1--Supplement 2, dated April 13, 2022.
St. Lucie Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, ML22139A083.
Subsequent License Renewal Application Revision
1--Supplement 3, dated May 19, 2022.
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St. Lucie Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, ML22164A802.
Subsequent License Renewal Application--Aging
Management Requests for Additional Information
(RAI) Set 1A Response and Request for
Confirmation of Information (RCI) Set 1
Response, dated June 13, 2022.
St. Lucie Nuclear Plant Units 1 and 2, ML22181A147.
Subsequent License Renewal Application--Aging
Management Requests for Additional Information
(RAI) Set 1B Response, dated June 30, 2022.
St. Lucie Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, ML22192A078.
Subsequent License Renewal Application--Aging
Management Requests for Additional Information
(RAI) Set 2 Response, dated July 11, 2022.
St. Lucie Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, ML22221A134.
Subsequent License Renewal Application--Aging
Management Requests for Additional Information
(RAI) Set 3 Response and Submittal of
Superseded Response for One Set 2 RAI and one
Supplement 1 Attachment, dated August 9, 2022.
St. Lucie Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, ML22251A202.
Subsequent License Renewal Application--Aging
Management Requests for Additional Information
(RAI) Set 1A Response, dated September 8, 2022.
St. Lucie Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, ML22262A149.
Correction to Subsequent License Renewal
Application--Aging Management Requests for
Additional Information (RAI) Set 1A Response,
dated September 19, 2022.
St. Lucie Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, ML22265A134.
Subsequent License Renewal Application Revision
1--Supplement 4, dated September 22, 2022.
St. Lucie Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, ML22271A399.
Subsequent License Renewal Application--First
Annual Update, dated September 28, 2022.
St. Lucie Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, ML23086B990.
Subsequent License Renewal Application--Aging
Management Requests for Additional Information
(RAI) Set 4, dated March 27, 2023.
St. Lucie Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, ML23165A114.
Subsequent License Renewal Application Revision
1--Supplement 5, dated June 14, 2023.
St. Lucie Nuclear Plant Units 1 and 2-- ML23194A211.
Subsequent License Renewal Application Revision
1--Supplement 6, dated July 13, 2023.
St. Lucie Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2-- ML23271A117.
Subsequent License Renewal Application--Second
Annual Update, dated September 28, 2023.
St. Lucie, Units 1 and 2, Subsequent License ML24212A194.
Renewal Commitment #30 Revision, dated July 30,
2024.
St. Lucie Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, ML24271A063.
Subsequent License Renewal Application--Third
Annual Update, dated September 27, 2024.
St. Lucie, Units 1 and 2, Supplement to ML25034A029.
Subsequent License Renewal Application
Environmental Report, dated February 3, 2025.
St. Lucie Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, ML25324A217.
Subsequent License Renewal Application--Fourth
Annual Update, dated November 20, 2025.
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Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.
Dated: April 29, 2026.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Michele Sampson,
Director, Division of New and Renewed Licenses, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2026-08551 Filed 4-30-26; 8:45 am]
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