[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 154 (Wednesday, August 12, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52096-52097]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2026-16434]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. STN 50-456, STN 50-457, 72-73, STN 50-454, STN 50-455, 72-
68, 50-373, 50-374, 72-70, 50-390, 50-391, 72-1048, 50-259, 50-260, 50-
296, 50-237, 50-249, 72-53, 50-254, and 50-265; NRC-2026-3961]
Issuance of Multiple Exemptions
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice; issuance.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing a
single notice to announce the issuance of four exemptions in response
to requests as detailed in the available documents.
DATES: This notice contains four exemptions that the NRC granted during
the period from April 1, 2026, to June 30, 2026, in response to
requests submitted by two licensees.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2026-3961 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-2026-3961. 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 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: Robert Kuntz, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-3733, email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
During the period from April 1, 2026, through June 30, 2026, the
NRC granted the included four exemptions in response to requests
submitted by the following licensees: Constellation Energy Generation,
LLC and Tennessee Valley Authority.
The details of the exemptions that have been issued are provided in
the available documents.
II. Availability of Documents
The tables in this notice provide transparency regarding the number
and type of exemptions the NRC has issued and provide the licensee
name, facility name, docket number, document description, document
date, and ADAMS accession number for each exemption issued. Additional
details on each exemption issued, including the exemption request
submitted by the respective licensee and the NRC's decision, are
provided in each exemption approval listed in the following tables. For
additional directions on accessing information in
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ADAMS, see the ADDRESSES section of this document.
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ADAMS accession
Document description No. Document date
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Constellation Energy Generation, LLC;vBraidwood Station Units 1 and 2,
Byron Station Unit Nos. 1 and 2, and LaSalle County Station, Units 1 and
2; Docket Nos. STN 50-456, STN 50-457, 72-73, STN 50-454, STN 50-455, 72-
68 50-373, 50-374, and 72-70
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Braidwood Station, Units 1 and ML26099A141, April 23, 2026.
2; Byron Station, Unit Nos. 1 Package.
and 2; Lasalle County Station,
Units 1 and 2--Request for an
Exemption from 10 CFR
50.82(a)(8)(i) and (ii) and 10
CFR 50.75(h)(1)(iv) to Allow
Use of the Decommissioning
Trust Funds Earnings for
Certain Decommissioning
Activities and During
Operations (EPID L-2025-LLE-
0028).
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Tennessee Valley Authority; Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2;
Docket Nos. 50-390, 50-391, and 72-1048
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Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Units 1 ML26086A347....... April 30, 2026.
and 2--Exemption from
Requirements of 10 CFR
50.71(e)(4)(i) Regarding
Submission of Revisions and
Updates to the Final Safety
Analysis Report (EPID L-2026-
LLE-0003).
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Tennessee Valley Authority; Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Units 1, 2, and
3; Docket Nos. 50-259, 50-260, and 50-296
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Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, ML26077A342....... May 14, 2026.
Units 1, 2, and 3--Exemption
from the Requirements of 10 CFR
50.55a(a)(3)(iii) and 10 CFR
50.55a(y) to Adopt ASME
[American Society of Mechanical
Engineers] Code Case OMN-31
(EPID L-2025-LLE-0026).
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Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; Dresden Nuclear Power Station,
Units 2 and 3; Constellation Energy Generation, LLC and MidAmerican
Energy Company; Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station, Units 1 and 2; Docket
Nos. 50-237, 50-249, 72-53, 50-254, and 50-265
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Dresden Nuclear Power Station, ML26131A001, May 29, 2026.
Units 2 and 3, and Quad Cities Package.
Nuclear Power Station, Units 1
and 2--Exemption Request from
10 CFR 50.82(a)(8)(i) and 10
CFR 50.82(a)(8) (ii), 10 CFR
50.75(h)(1)(iv), and 10 CFR
50.75(h)(2) to Allow Use of the
Decommissioning Trust Funds
Earnings for Certain
Decommissioning Activities and
During Operations without
Making Prior Notifications to
the NRC (EPID L-2026-LLE-0001).
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Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.
Dated: August 10, 2026.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Robert Kuntz,
Senior Project Manager, Operating Reactor Licensing Branch 3, Division
of Reactor Projects 1, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2026-16434 Filed 8-11-26; 8:45 am]
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