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MONTHYEARML23333A1362023-11-29029 November 2023 Supplement to Request for Exemption from Enhanced Weapons, Firearms Background Checks, and Security Event Notifications Implementation ML20304A2862020-11-20020 November 2020 Federal Register Notice for COVID-19 October 2020 Group Exemptions ML20265A0572020-10-0606 October 2020 Temporary Exemption from Biennial Emergency Preparedness Exercise Frequency Requirements of 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix E, Sections IV.F.2.b and IV.F.2.c (EPID L-2020-LLE-0113 (COVID-19)) 0CAN101901, Request for Exemption from Requirements of 10 CFR 72.212(b)(3)2019-10-11011 October 2019 Request for Exemption from Requirements of 10 CFR 72.212(b)(3) ML15056A3672015-03-16016 March 2015 Letter, Exemption from Certain 10 CFR 50.61 and 10 CFR 50, Appendix G Requirements to Allow Use of Alternate Method to Determine Initial Nil Ductility Reference Temperature for Linde 80 Welds ML14346A2102015-01-13013 January 2015 Letter, Exemption from 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix J, Primary Reactor Containment Leakage Testing for Water Cooled Power Reactors ML14346A2402015-01-12012 January 2015 Exemption from 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix J, Primary Reactor Containment Leakage Testing for Water Cooled Power Reactor NRC-2015-0008, Exemption from 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix J, Primary Reactor Containment Leakage Testing for Water Cooled Power Reactor2015-01-12012 January 2015 Exemption from 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix J, Primary Reactor Containment Leakage Testing for Water Cooled Power Reactor ML14353A4652014-12-19019 December 2014 Encl (Copy of Exemption) to Ltr s L Pyle, Arkansas Nuclear One, Request for Exemption from Holtec Intl CoC No. 1014 Fuel Specification and Loading Conditions at ANO ISFSI (72-1014, 72-13) TAC L24954 0CAN111405, Response to Request for Additional Information Request for Exemption from Holtec International Certificate of Compliance (CoC) (72-1014) Fuel Specification and Loading Conditions (TAC No. L24954)2014-11-0707 November 2014 Response to Request for Additional Information Request for Exemption from Holtec International Certificate of Compliance (CoC) (72-1014) Fuel Specification and Loading Conditions (TAC No. L24954) ML1009205752010-09-28028 September 2010 Exemption from Requirements of 10 CFR 50.36a(a)(2) Submittal Date for Radioactive Effluent Release Report NRC-2010-0314, Exemption from Requirements of 10 CFR 50.36a(a)(2) Submittal Date for Radioactive Effluent Release Report (TAC ME3548 and ME3549)2010-09-28028 September 2010 Exemption from Requirements of 10 CFR 50.36a(a)(2) Submittal Date for Radioactive Effluent Release Report (TAC ME3548 and ME3549) ML1006306762010-03-23023 March 2010 Exemption from 10 CFR Part 73 Physical Security Requirements ML1006306362010-03-23023 March 2010 Letter, Exemption from 10 CFR Part 73, Physical Security Requirements NRC-2010-0111, Exemption from 10 CFR Part 73 Physical Security Requirements (TAC Nos. ME3089 and ME3090)2010-03-23023 March 2010 Exemption from 10 CFR Part 73 Physical Security Requirements (TAC Nos. ME3089 and ME3090) 0CAN031002, Exemption from the Requirements of 10 CFR 50.36a(a)(2) with Regards to Submittal Date for the Radioactive Effluent Release Report2010-03-18018 March 2010 Exemption from the Requirements of 10 CFR 50.36a(a)(2) with Regards to Submittal Date for the Radioactive Effluent Release Report ML0803700122008-03-19019 March 2008 Exemption from Requirements of 10 CFR Section 50.46 and Appendix K to 10 CFR Part 50, to Allow Use of Optimized ZIRLO-TM as Fuel Rod Cladding Material ML0517904172005-07-25025 July 2005 Exemption from 10 CFR 50.46 and 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix K ML0429601802005-04-15015 April 2005 Arkansas, Units 1 and 2 - Safety Evaluation and Exemption from the Requirements 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix a ML0435102072004-12-0303 December 2004 OCFR50 Appendix a Exemption Request for Steam Trap Isolation Valves ML0330701432003-10-30030 October 2003 CFR 50 Appendix a Exemption Request for Steam Trap Isolation Valves ML0225505592002-09-12012 September 2002 Exemption from Requirements of 10 CFR Part 20, Section 20.1003 Definition of Total Effective Dose Equivalent (TEDE) 2023-11-29
[Table view] Category:Federal Register Notice
MONTHYEARML22291A2392022-10-28028 October 2022 Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment to Renewed Facility Operating License, Proposed Nshcd, and Opportunity for a Hearing and Order Imposing Procedures for Document Access to SUNSI (EPID L-2021-LLA-0181) Letter ML22291A2402022-10-28028 October 2022 Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment to Renewed Facility Operating License, Proposed Nshcd, and Opportunity for a Hearing and Order Imposing Procedures for Document Access to SUNSI (EPID L-2021-LLA-0181) (FRN) ML20304A2862020-11-20020 November 2020 Federal Register Notice for COVID-19 October 2020 Group Exemptions ML20035C4082020-02-18018 February 2020 Biweekly Federal Register Notice - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations - Publication Date: 02/25/2020 ML19249B6172019-09-16016 September 2019 FRN Individual Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendments Change in Implementation Date for Emergency Action Level Scheme Amendment Nos. 263 and 314 ML19238A3692019-09-0303 September 2019 Biweekly Federal Register Notice - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations - Publication Date: 09/10/2019 ML19168A0842019-06-26026 June 2019 Biweekly Federal Register Notice - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations - Publication Date: 07/02/2019 ML19140A4562019-05-28028 May 2019 Biweekly Federal Register Notice - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations - Publication Date: 06/04/2019 ML19085A2172019-03-29029 March 2019 Biweekly Federal Register Notice - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations - Publication Date: 04/09/2019 NRC-2019-0065, Biweekly Federal Register Notice - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations - Publication Date: 03/12/20192019-02-28028 February 2019 Biweekly Federal Register Notice - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations - Publication Date: 03/12/2019 ML19056A5352019-02-28028 February 2019 Biweekly Federal Register Notice - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations - Publication Date: 03/12/2019 ML19042A3062019-02-15015 February 2019 Biweekly Federal Register Notice - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations - Publication Date: 2/26/2019 ML18173A1792018-08-0707 August 2018 OEDO-17-00070 - Notice of Issuance of Director'S Decision, 2.206 Petition for Emergency Enforcement Action Per 10 CFR 2.206 at Listed U.S. Reactors with Forged Components and Parts Manufactured at France'S AREVA-Le Creusot Forge and Japan C NRC-2018-0140, Biweekly Federal Register Notice - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations - Publication Date: 7/17/20182018-07-0505 July 2018 Biweekly Federal Register Notice - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations - Publication Date: 7/17/2018 ML18180A2182018-07-0505 July 2018 Biweekly Federal Register Notice - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations - Publication Date: 7/17/2018 NRC-2018-0096, Biweekly Federal Register Notice - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations - Publication Date: May 22, 20182018-05-14014 May 2018 Biweekly Federal Register Notice - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations - Publication Date: May 22, 2018 ML18127B7232018-05-14014 May 2018 Biweekly Federal Register Notice - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations - Publication Date: May 22, 2018 ML17340B1802017-12-26026 December 2017 Arkansas Units 1 & 2, Grand Gulf Unit 1, River Bend Unit 1, and Waterford Unit 3 - FRN - Consideration of Approval of Direct and Indirect Transfer of Licenses and Conforming Amendments (CAC Nos. MG0258-MG0262; EPID L-2017-LLM-0010) NRC-2017-0239, Arkansas Units 1 & 2, Grand Gulf Unit 1, River Bend Unit 1, and Waterford Unit 3 - FRN - Consideration of Approval of Direct and Indirect Transfer of Licenses and Conforming Amendments (CAC Nos. MG0258-MG0262; EPID L-2017-LLM-0010)2017-12-26026 December 2017 Arkansas Units 1 & 2, Grand Gulf Unit 1, River Bend Unit 1, and Waterford Unit 3 - FRN - Consideration of Approval of Direct and Indirect Transfer of Licenses and Conforming Amendments (CAC Nos. MG0258-MG0262; EPID L-2017-LLM-0010) ML17340B2582017-12-21021 December 2017 Arkansas 1 & 2, Grand Gulf Unit 1, River Bend Unit 1, and Waterford Unit 3 - Letter - Consideration of Approval of Direct and Indirect Transfer of Licenses and Conforming Amendments (CACs MG0258, MG0259, MG0260, MG0261, MG0262; EPID L-2017- ML17200A0652017-08-30030 August 2017 OEDO-17-00070 - Acknowledgement FRN, Paul Gunter, Beyond Nuclear, 2.206 Petition for Emergency Enforcement Action Per 10 CFR 2.206 at Listed U.S. Reactors with Forged Components and Parts Manufactured at France'S AREVA-Le Creusot Forge and ML17198A3292017-08-30030 August 2017 OEDO-17-00070 - Acknowledgement Letter, Paul Gunter, Beyond Nuclear, Petition for Emergency Enforcement Action Per 10 CFR 2.206 at Listed U.S. Reactors with Forged Components and Parts Manufactured at France'S AREVA-Le Creusot Forge and Jap ML16145A2252016-06-0707 June 2016 Biweekly Federal Register Notice - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations - 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Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations - Publication Date: February 3, 2015 ML14346A2102015-01-13013 January 2015 Letter, Exemption from 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix J, Primary Reactor Containment Leakage Testing for Water Cooled Power Reactors NRC-2015-0008, Exemption from 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix J, Primary Reactor Containment Leakage Testing for Water Cooled Power Reactor2015-01-12012 January 2015 Exemption from 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix J, Primary Reactor Containment Leakage Testing for Water Cooled Power Reactor ML14346A2402015-01-12012 January 2015 Exemption from 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix J, Primary Reactor Containment Leakage Testing for Water Cooled Power Reactor ML14351A2612014-12-19019 December 2014 Federal Register - Notice of Issuance of Exemption from Holtec Intl CoC No. 1014 Fuel Specification and Loading Conditions at Arkansas Nuclear One ISFSI NRC-2014-0270, Federal Register - Notice of Issuance of Exemption from Holtec Intl CoC No. 1014 Fuel Specification and Loading Conditions at Arkansas Nuclear One ISFSI2014-12-19019 December 2014 Federal Register - Notice of Issuance of Exemption from Holtec Intl CoC No. 1014 Fuel Specification and Loading Conditions at Arkansas Nuclear One ISFSI ML14353A4652014-12-19019 December 2014 Encl (Copy of Exemption) to Ltr s L Pyle, Arkansas Nuclear One, Request for Exemption from Holtec Intl CoC No. 1014 Fuel Specification and Loading Conditions at ANO ISFSI (72-1014, 72-13) TAC L24954 ML14346A6502014-12-11011 December 2014 Encl (Ea/Fonsi) to Ltr s L Pyle, Arkansas Nuclear One, EA and Fonsi for Exemption from Holtec Intl CoC No. 1014 Fuel Specification and Loading Conditions at ANO ISFSI (72-1014, 72-13) TAC L24954 ML14177A6452014-06-27027 June 2014 Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations ML14126A4382014-05-20020 May 2014 Facility Operating and Combined Licenses: Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving Proposed No Significant Hazards Considerations and Containing SUNSI and Order Imposing Procedures for Acces ML14119A2562014-04-30030 April 2014 Letter + FRN, Withdrawal of License Amendment Request to Revise Technical Specifications Related to Revised Fuel Assembly Drop Analysis and Adoption of TSTF-51, TSTF-272, TSTF-286, and TSTF-471 ML14119A2532014-04-30030 April 2014 FRN, Withdrawal of License Amendment Request to Revise Technical Specifications Related to Revised Fuel Assembly Drop Analysis and Adoption of TSTF-51, TSTF-272, TSTF-286, and TSTF-471 NRC-2014-0106, FRN, Withdrawal of License Amendment Request to Revise Technical Specifications Related to Revised Fuel Assembly Drop Analysis and Adoption of TSTF-51, TSTF-272, TSTF-286, and TSTF-4712014-04-30030 April 2014 FRN, Withdrawal of License Amendment Request to Revise Technical Specifications Related to Revised Fuel Assembly Drop Analysis and Adoption of TSTF-51, TSTF-272, TSTF-286, and TSTF-471 ML13225A5572013-08-12012 August 2013 Rescission of Certain Security Orders Concerning Spent Nuclear Fuel in Transit NRC-2012-0320, Order Approving Transfer of Renewed Facility Operating Nos. 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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
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Entergy Operations, Inc.
Arkansas Nuclear One, Units 1 and 2 Docket Nos. 50-313 and 50-368 Exemption
1.0 BACKGROUND
Entergy Operations, Inc. (Entergy, the licensee) is the holder of Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-51 and NPF-6, which authorize operation of the Arkansas Nuclear One, Units 1 and 2 (ANO-1 and ANO-2), respectively. The licenses provide, among other things, that the facility is subject to all rules, regulations, and orders of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC, the Commission) now or hereafter in effect.
The facility consists of two pressurized-water reactors located in Pope County, Arkansas.
2.0 REQUEST/ACTION Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 50, Section 50.36a, paragraph (a)(2)
(10 CFR 50.36a(a)(2)) requires each licensee to submit a report to the Commission annually that specifies the quantity of each of the principal radionuclides released to unrestricted areas in liquid and in gaseous effluents during the previous 12 months, including any other information as may be required by the Commission to estimate maximum potential annual radiation doses to the public resulting from effluent releases. The report must be submitted as specified in § 50.4, and the time between submission of the reports must be no longer than 12 months. If quantities of radioactive materials released during the reporting period are significantly above design
objectives, the report must cover this specifically. The licensee submitted its Radioactive Effluent Release Report for the Calendar Year 2009 on February 25, 2010.
The ANO-1 Technical Specification (TS) 5.5.1 and ANO-2 TS 6.5.1 require the Radioactive Effluent Release Report, covering the operation of each unit in the previous year, to be submitted prior to May 1 of each year in accordance with 10 CFR 50.36a. Originally, both ANO-1 and ANO-2 TSs required this report be submitted either prior to March 1 or within 60 days of January 1 of each year. Later, during the ANO-1 TS conversion, the submittal date for ANO-1 became May 1. The licensee continued to send one submittal for the site as allowed by the TSs. The licensee also continued to submit the report in accordance with the March 1 deadline. Entergy proposed to reorganize Section 6 of the ANO-2 TS in 2003. The proposed changes were to make the ANO-2 requirements consistent with the ANO-1 TS requirements.
These changes were subsequently approved by the NRC and the submittal date became prior to May 1 of each year for both units. However, while the submittal dates were consistent again between the ANO-1 and ANO-2 TSs, the 12-month interval between submittals was not addressed. The actual submittal date remained at the end of February of each year because, the TS changes notwithstanding, the time between report submittals cannot be more than 12 months. As a result, a period of only 2 months is available to prepare and submit the report.
With ANO continuing to send one submittal for the site, this presents an undue administrative burden on ANO personnel due to the compressed schedule for data collection, report preparation, and internal review following the closure of the reporting period.
Therefore, the licensee has requested a one-time exemption from the 12-month reporting criteria specified in 10 CFR 50.36a(a)(2) for its submittal of the calendar year 2010 Radioactive Effluent Release Report. The proposed exemption allows an additional 2 months for these activities to match the current submittal date stated in the TSs. In summary, the exemption does not affect the information required to be submitted or the time period the report covers, only the
date the report is submitted. Subsequent submittals, pursuant to 10 CFR 50.36a(a)(2), will follow the 12-month reporting criteria.
The application for exemption, dated March 18, 2010, is publicly available in the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) under ADAMS Accession No. ML100780094).
3.0 DISCUSSION Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.12, the Commission may, upon application by any interested person or upon its own initiative, grant exemptions from the requirements of 10 CFR Part 50, when (1) the exemptions are authorized by law, will not present an undue risk to public health or safety, and are consistent with the common defense and security; and (2) when special circumstances are present. These circumstances include the special circumstances that would provide only temporary relief from the applicable regulation and the licensee or applicant has made good faith efforts to comply with the regulation.
Authorized by Law This exemption would allow the licensee to submit the 2010 Radioactive Effluent Release Report prior to May 1, 2011, which would exceed the report submittal requirement of no longer than 12 months specified in 10 CFR 50.36a(a)(2). As stated above, 10 CFR 50.12 allows the NRC to grant exemptions from the requirements of 10 CFR Part 50. The NRC staff has determined that granting of the licensee's proposed exemption will not result in a violation of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, or the Commission's regulations. Therefore, the exemption is authorized by law.
No Undue Risk to Public Health and Safety The underlying purpose of the reporting requirements specified in 10 CFR 50.36a(a)(2) is to report to the Commission annually the quantity of each of the principal radionuclides released to unrestricted areas in liquid and in gaseous effluents during the previous 12 months, including any other information as may be required by the Commission to estimate maximum potential annual radiation doses to the public resulting from effluent releases. This exemption does not affect the information required to be submitted or the time period the report covers, only the date the report is submitted. Based on the above, no new accident precursors are created by extending the submittal date for the 2010 Radioactive Effluent Release Report from prior to March 1 to prior to May 1, 2011. Thus, the probability of postulated accidents is not increased.
Also, based on the above, the consequences of postulated accidents are not increased.
Therefore, there is no undue risk to public health and safety.
Consistent with Common Defense and Security The proposed exemption would allow the licensee to submit the 2010 Radioactive Effluent Release Report prior to May 1, 2011, which would exceed the report submittal requirement of no longer than 12 months specified in 10 CFR 50.36a(a)(2) by 2 months. This change has no relation to security issues. Therefore, the common defense and security is not impacted by this exemption.
Special Circumstances Special circumstances, in accordance with 10 CFR 50.12(a)(2)(v), are present whenever application of the regulation would provide only temporary relief from the applicable regulation and the licensee or applicant has made good faith efforts to comply with the regulation. The underlying purpose of the reporting requirement specified in 10 CFR 50.36a(a)(2) is to require each licensee to submit a report to the Commission annually that specifies the quantity of each of the principal radionuclides released to unrestricted areas in liquid and in gaseous effluents,
including any other information as may be required by the Commission to estimate maximum potential annual radiation doses to the public resulting from effluent releases. The proposed exemption does not affect the information required to be submitted or the time period the report covers, only the date the report is to be submitted. The requested exemption provides temporary relief from the regulation in that it affords a one-time extension for submitting the annual report. The proposed exemption is an appropriate means to ensure that future reports are submitted on an annual basis as required by 10 CFR 50.36a(a)(2). Therefore, since the underlying purpose of 10 CFR 50.36a(a)(2) is achieved, the special circumstances of 10 CFR 50.12(a)(2)(v) for the granting of an exemption from 10 CFR 50.36a(a)(2) exists.
4.0 CONCLUSION
Accordingly, the Commission has determined that, pursuant to 10 CFR 50.12(a), the exemption is authorized by law, will not present an undue risk to the public health and safety, and is consistent with the common defense and security. Also, special circumstances are present. Therefore, the Commission hereby grants Entergy Operations, Inc., a one-time exemption from the requirements of 10 CFR 50.36a(a)(2), for ANO-1 and ANO-2.
The Commission has determined that granting this one-time exemption from the requirements of a regulation of 10 CFR 50.36(a)(2) involves (i) no significant hazards consideration, (ii) no significant change in the types or significant increase in the amounts of any effluents that may be released offsite, (iii) no significant increase in individual or cumulative public or occupational radiation exposure, (iv) no significant construction impact, and (v) no significant increase in the potential for or consequences from radiological accidents. In addition, the requirements from which this exemption is sought involve reporting requirements in 10 CFR 50.36a(a)(2). Accordingly, the exemption meets the eligibility criteria for categorical exclusion set forth in 10 CFR 51.22(c)(25)(i)-(vi). Therefore, in accordance with 10 CFR 51.22(b), no
environmental impact statement or environmental assessment need be prepared in connection with the NRCs consideration of this exemption.
This exemption is effective upon issuance.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 28th day of September 2010.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
/RA/
Robert A. Nelson, Acting Director Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation