ML17313A997
| ML17313A997 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Palo Verde  |
| Issue date: | 06/25/1999 |
| From: | Fields M NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
| To: | James M. Levine ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE CO. (FORMERLY ARIZONA NUCLEAR |
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| ML17313A998 | List: |
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| TAC-MA2159, TAC-MA2160, TAC-MA2161, NUDOCS 9907060147 | |
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Rules and Directives Branch Division of Administrative Services Office of Administration FROM:
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Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment to Facility Operating License.
(Call with 30-day insert date).
Notice of Receipt of Application for Facility License(s); Notice of Availabilityof Applicant's Environmental Report; and Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Facility License(s) and Notice of Opportunity for Hearing.
Notice of Availabilityof NRC Draft/Final Environmental Statement.
Notice of Limited Work Authorization.
Notice of Availabilityof Safety Evaluation Report.
Notice of Issuance of Construction Permit(s).
Notice of Issuance of Facility Operating License(s) or Amendment(s).
Order.
Exemption.
Notice of Granting Exemption.
Environmental Assessment.
Notice of Preparation of Environmental Assessment.
Receipt of Petition for Director's Decision Under 10 CFR 2.206.
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<Docket PDIV-2 Reading (1Fields OGC October 2, 1998 MEMORANDUMTO:
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SUBJECT:
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY (PaTo Verde Nuc1ear Generating Station, Unit Nos. 1, 2, and 3)
One signed original of the Federal Register Notice identified below is attached for your transmittal to the Office of the Federal Register for publication. Additional conformed copies
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Notice of Receipt of Application for Construction Permit(s) and Operating License(s).
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Time for submission of Views on Antitrust matters.
Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment to Facility Operating License.
(Call with 30-day insert date).
Notice of Receipt of Application for Facility License(s); Notice of Availabilityof'Applicant's Environmental Report; 'and Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Facility License(s) and Notice
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Notice of Availabilityof NRC Draft/Final Environmental Statement.
Notice of Limited Work Authorization.
Notice of Availabilityof Safety Evaluation Report.
Notice of Issuance of Construction Permit(s).
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Notice of Preparation of Environmental Assessment.
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D The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has granted a request by Arizona Public Service Company (the licensee)'to withdraw part of its June 13, 1995, application for amendments to Facility Operating License Nos. NPFP1, NPF-51, and NPF-74, issued to the licensee for operation of the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, Unit Nos. 1, 2, and 3, located in Maricopa County, Arizona. Notice of Consideration of Issuance of these amendments was published in the FEDERAL REGISTER on October 25, 1995 (60 FR 54715).
The portion of the licensee's amendment request which is being withdrawn is the revision of the Technical Specifications (TS) that would change the allowed outage times (AOT) for the low pressure safety injection systems and the emergency diesel generators.
Also, the licensee informed the staff that this portion of the amendment would be resubmitted at a later time. Thus, this portion of the amendment application is considered to be withdrawn by the licensee.
For further details with respect to this action, see (1) the application for amendment dated June 13, 1995, as supplemented by letters dated August 16, 1995, June 9, 1998, and September 6, 1998, and (2) the staffs letter dated October 2, 1998.
t, These documents are available for public inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room, the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street, NW., Washington, DC and at the Phoenix Public Library, 1221 N. Central Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona 85004.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 2nd day of October 1998.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORYCOMMISSION
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Nay 22, 1998 DISTRIBUTION:
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SUBJECT One signed original of the Federal Register Notice identified below is attached for your transmittal to the. Office of the Federal Register for publication. Additional conformed copies
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k Notice of Receipt of Application for Construction Permit(s) and Operating License(s).
Notice of Receipt of Partial Application for Construction Permit(s)'and Facility License(s):
Time for submission of Views on Antitrust matters.
Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment to Facility Operating License.
(Call with 30-day insert date).
Notice of Receipt of Application for Facility License(s); Notice of Availabilityof Applicant's Environmental Report; and Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Facility License(s) and Notice of Opportunity for Hearing.
Notice of Availabilityof NRC Draft/Final Environmental Statement.
Notice of Limited Work Authorization.
Notice of Availabilityof Safety Evaluation Report.
Notice of Issuance of Construction Permit(s).
+X Notice of Issuance of Facility Operating License(s) or Amendment(s).
Order.
Exemption.
Notice, of Granting Exemption.
Environmental Assessment.
Notice of Preparation of Environmental Assessment.
Receipt of Petition for Director's Decision Under 10 CFR 2.206.
Issuance of Final Director's Decision Under 10 CFR 2.206.
Other:
MEMORANDUMTO:
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Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY (Palo Verde Nuc1ear Generating Station, Unit Nos. 1, 2, 8 3)
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7590-01-P OTICE D
ES The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (Commission) has issued Amendment Nos.
117 to Facility Operating License Nos. NPF41, NPF-51, and NPF-74, issued to the Arizona Public Service Company, et al. (the licensee) for operation of the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, Unit Nos. 1, 2, and 3, respectively, located in Maricopa County, Arizona.
The amendments are effective of as of the date of issuance.
The amendments replace, in their entirety, the current technical specifications (TS) with a set of TS based on NUREG-1432, "Standard Technical Specifications, Combustion Engineerig Plants," Revision 1, April 1995.
In addition, the amendments add four license conditions to Appendix D that require (1) the relocation of previous TS requirements into licensee-controlled documents, (2) the first performance of new and revised surveillance
'requirements for the improved TS (ITS) to be related to the implementation of the ITS, (3) the addition of a listing to Section 17.2 of the Updated Final Safety Analysis Report (UFSAR) of the commitments in the Quality Assurance Program (QAP) that are not in Chapter 17 of the UFSAR, and (4) the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station commercial-grade equipment certification program to be adequate to detect certain types of failures. The implementation of the amendments and the license conditions willbe on or about September 15, 1998.
The application for the amendments complies with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1054, 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 amendments.
Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendments and Opportunity for Hearing in connection with this action was published in the FEDERAL REGISTER on April 14, 1997 (62 FR 18153)
~ No request for a hearing or petition for leave to intervene was filed following this notice.
The Commission has prepared an Environmental Assessment related to the action and has determined not to prepare an environmental impact statement.
Based upon the environmental assessment, the Commission has concluded that the issuance of this amendment willnot have a significant effect on the quality of the human environment.
For further details with respect to the action see (1) the application for amendments
. dated October 4, 1996, as supplemented by (a) the 19 letters in 1997 dated January 31, March 16, May 30, May 30, June 6, July18, July18, July18, July18, July18, August 31, September 18, September 18, September 19, September 19, November 7, November 14,
, November 26, and December 16, and (b) the three letters in 1998 dated February 12, March 27, and May 1, (2) Amendment No. 117 to Facility Operating License No. NPFP1, Amendment No. 117 to Facility Operating License No. NPF-51, and Amendment No. 117 to Facility Operating License No. NPF-74, and (3) the Commission's related Safety Evaluation and Environmental Assessment.
Allof these items are available for public inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room, the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street, N.W., Washington,
D.C., and at the local public document room located at the Phoenix Public Library, 1221 N.
Central Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona 85004.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 20th day of May 1998.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORYCOMMISSION Jack N. Donohew, Senior Project Manager Project Directorate IV-1 Division of Reactor Projects III/IV Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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Rules and Directives Branch Division of Administrative Services Office of Administration FROM:
SUBJECT:
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY (Palo Verde Generating Station, Unit Nos. 1, 2, and 3)
One signed original of the Federal Register Notice identified below is attached for your transmittal to the Office of the Federal Register for publication. Additional conformed copies
(
5
) of the Notice are enclosed for your use.
Notice of Receipt of Application for Construction Permit(s) and Operating License(s).
Notice of Receipt of Partial Application for Construction Permit(s) and Facility License(s):
Time for submission of Views on Antitrust matters.
Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment to Facility Operating License.
(Call with
.30-day insert date).
Notice of Receipt of Application for Facility License(s); Notice of Availabilityof Applicant's Environmental Report; and Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Facility License(s) and Notice of Opportunity for Hearing.
Notice of Availabilityof NRC Draft/Final Environmental Statement.
Notice of Limited Work Authorization.
Notice of Availabilityof Safety Evaluation Report.
Notice of Issuance of Construction Permit(s).
Notice of Issuance of Facility Operating License(s) or Amendment(s).
Order.
Exemption.
Notice of Granting Exemption.
Environmental Assessment.
Notice of Preparation of Environmental Assessment.
Receipt of Petition for Director's Decision Under 10 CFR 2.206.
Issuance of Final Director's Decision Under 10 CFR 2.206.
Other:
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T The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) is considering the issuance of amendments to Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-41, NPF-51, and NPF-74, issued to Arizona Public Service Company (the licensee), for operation of the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, Unit Nos. 1, 2, and 3, (PVNGS), located in Maricopa County, Arizona.
EN I ONMENTALASSESSMENT Id ntification f the Pr d Acti n The proposed amendments will revise the existing, or current Technical Specifications (CTS) in their entirety for PVNGS and incorporate the guidance provided in NUREG-1432, "Standard Technical Specifications, Combustion Engineering Plants," Revision 1, dated April 1995. The licensee proposed this action in an amendment request dated October 4, 1996, as supplemented by (1) the following 19 letters submitted in 1997 and dated January 31, March 16, May 30 (2 letters), June 6, July 18 (5 letters), August 31, September 18 (2 letters),
September 19 (2 letters), November 7, November 14, November 26, and December 16; and (2) the letter dated February 12, 1998.
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an improvement and standardization of the plant Technical Specifications (TS). The "NRC Interim Policy Statement on Technical Specification Improvements for Nuclear Power Plants,"
(52 FR 3788) contained proposed criteria for defining the scope of TS. Later, the Commission's "Final Policy Statement on Technical Specifications Improvements for Nuclear Power Reactors," published on July 22, 1993 (58 FR 39132), incorporated lessons learned since publication of the interim policy statement and formed the basis for revisions to 10 CFR 50.36.
The "Final Rule" (60 FR 36953) codified criteria for determining the content of TS. To facilitate the development of standard TS for nuclear power reactors, each power reactor vendor owners'roup (QG) and the NRC staff developed standard TS. For PVNGS, the Standard Technical Specifications (STS) are in NUREG-1432. This document formed the basis for the PVNGS Improved Technical Specifications (ITS) conversion.
The NRC Committee to Review Generic Requirements (CRGR) reviewed the STS, made note of its safety merits, and indicated its support of the conversion by operating plants to the STS.
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The proposed revision to the CTS is based on NUREG-1432 and on guidance provided by the Commission in its Final Policy Statement.
Its objective is to completely rewrite, reformat, and streamline the CTS. Emphasis is placed on human factors principles to improve clarity and understanding of the TS. The Bases section of the TS has been significantly expanded to clarify and better explain the purpose and foundation of each specification.
In addition to NUREG-1432, portions of the CTS were also used as the basis for the development of the PVNGS ITS. Plant-specific issues (e.g., unique design features, requirements, and operating
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The proposed changes from the CTS can be grouped into four general categories.
These categories are characterized as relocated requirements, administrative changes, less restrictive changes involving deletion of requirements, and more restrictive changes, and are as follows:
- 1. Relocated requirements are items which are in the CTS but do not meet the criteria set forth in the Final Policy Statement.
The Final Policy Statement establishes a specific set of objective criteria for determining which regulatory requirements and operating, restrictions should be included in the TS. Relocation of requirements to documents with an established control program, controlled by the regulations or the TS, allows the TS to be reserved only for those conditions or limitations upon reactor operation which are necessary to obviate the possibility of an abnormal situation or event giving rise to an immediate threat to the public health and safety, thereby focusing the scope of the TS.
In general, the proposed relocation of items from the CTS to the Updated Final Safety Analysis Report (UFSAR), appropriate plant-specific programs, plant procedures, or ITS Bases follows the guidance of NUREG-1432.
Once these items have been relocated to other licensee-controlled documents, the licensee may revise them under the provisions of 10 CFR 50.59 or other NRC-approved control mechanisms, which provide appropriate procedural means to control changes by the licensee.
- 2. Administrative changes involve the reformatting and rewording of requirements, consistent with the style of the STS in NUREG-1432, to make the TS more readily understandable to plant operators and other users.
These changes are purely editorial in nature, or involve the movement or reformatting of requirements without affecting the technical
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Application of a standardized format and style willalso help ensure consistency is achieved among specifications in the TS. During this reformatting and rewording process, no technical changes (either actual or interpretational) to the TS will be made unless they are identified and justified.
3: Less restrictive changes and the deletion of requirements involve portions of the CTS which (1) provide information that is descriptive in nature regarding the equipment, systems, actions, or surveillances, (2) provide little or no safety benefit, and (3) place an unnecessary burden on the licensee.
This information is proposed to be deleted from the CTS and, in some instances, moved to the proposed Bases, UFSAR, or procedures.
The removal of descriptive information to the Bases of the TS, UFSAR, or procedures is permissible because these documents will be controlled through a process that utilizes 10 CFR 50.59 and other NRC-approved control mechanisms.
The relaxations of requirements were the result of generic NRC actions or other analyses.
They will be justified on a case-by-case basis for PVNGS and described in the safety evaluation to be issued with the license amendments.
- 4. More restrictive requirements are proposed to be implemented in some areas to impose more stringent requirements than are in the CTS. These more restrictive requirements are being imposed to be consistent with the STS.
Such changes have been made after ensuring the previously evaluated, safety analysis for PVNGS was not affected.
Also, other more restrictive technical changes have been made to achieve consistency, correct discrepancies, and remove ambiguities from the TS. Examples of more restrictive requirements include: placing a Limiting Condition for Operation (LCO) on plant equipment which is not required by the CTS to be operable; more restrictive requirements to restore inoperable equipment; and more restrictive surveillance requirements.
There are seven other proposed changes to the CTS that will be included in the proposed amendments to convert the CTS to the ITS for PVNGS. These other changes have, or willbe, the subject of Federal Register Notices of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment.
These proposed changes are changes to the CTS or deviations to the ISTS and are the following:
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LCO 3.6.1.5, containment air temperature, the maximum air temperature would be decreased from ~ 120 F to s 117 'F, to incorporate instrument uncertainties.
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LCO 3.6.2.1, containment spray system (CSS) applicability, the LCO would be revised to eliminate the need to enter an emergency shutdown action requirement-
'uring a routine shutdown when the CSS is intentionally made inoperable.
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Surveillance Requirement (SR) 4.6.2.1.c, containment spray header piping water level, the minimum water level would be reduced from 115 feet to 113 feet to include instrument uncertainty.
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SR 4.6.4.3.d.1, allowable pressure drop across the hydrogen purge filtration unit, the allowable pressure drop across the hydrogen purge exhaust air filtration unit for the hydrogen purge cleanup system would be reduced from 8.4 inches of water gauge to 2.26 inches of water gauge as a result "of a revised analysis.
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SR 4.3.2.1, frequency of testing the engineered safety feature actuation system (ESFAS) subgroup relays, would be extended from 62 days to 9 months on a staggered test basis in accordance with an NRC-approved topical report.
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Applicability Note for LCO 3.5.1, safety injection tank minimum nitrogen pressure, would increase the minimum required nitrogen cover pressure for the safety injection tanks (SITs) from 254 psig to 260 psig to include instrument uncertainties.
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Action 3.1.5.d, misalignment distance for movable control assemblies, the criterion to enter the Action statement for the LCO for misalignment of control assemblies would be reduced from 19 inches to 9.9 inches based on a revised analysis.
These seven changes result in more restrictive conditions on safe plant operation, are based on new safety analyses for PVNGS, prevent unnecessary shutdowns when equipment is intentionally made inoperable, or do not affect existing safety analyses for PVNGS.
Envir nmental Im t ofth Pro osedA tion The Commission has completed its evaluation of the proposed revision to the CTS for PVNGS. Changes which are administrative in nature have been found to have no effect on the technical content of the TS. The increased clarity and understanding these changes bring to the TS are expected to improve the operators control of PVNGS in normal and accident conditions.
Relocation of requirements from the CTS to other licensee-controlled documents does not change the requirements themselves.
Future changes to these requirements may then be made by the licensee under 10 CFR 50.59 and other NRC-approved control mechanisms which willensure continued maintenance of adequate requirements.
Allsuch relocations have been found consistent with the guidelines of NUREG-1432 and the Commission's Final Policy Statement.
Changes involving more restrictive requirements have been found to enhance plant safety.
Changes involving less restrictive requirements have been reviewed individually. When requirements have been shown to provide little or no safety benefit, or to place an unnecessary burden on the licensee, their removal from the TS was justified. In most cases, relaxations
previously granted to individual plants on a plant-specific basis were the result of a generic action, or of agreements reached during discussions with the OG and found to be acceptable
'or the plant. Generic relaxations contained in NUREG-1432 have been reviewed by the NRC staff and found to be acceptable.
In summary, the proposed revisions to the TS were found to provide control of plant operations such that reasonable assurance will be provided that the health and safety of the public will be adequately protected.
'hese TS changes will not increase the probability or consequences of accidents, no changes are being made to the types of any effluent that may be released offsite, and there is no significant increase in the allowable individual or cumulative occupational exposure.
- Also, these changes do not affect the effect the design or operation of the plaht, do not involve any modifications to the plant or any increase in the licensed power for the plant, and willnot create any new or unreviewed environmental impacts that were not considered in the Final Environmental Statement (FES) related to the operation of PVNGS dated February 1982.
Therefore, the Commission concludes that there are no significant radiological impacts associated with the proposed TS amendments.
With regard to potential non-radiological impacts, the proposed amendments involve featUres located entirely within the restricted area defined in 10 CFR Part 20. They do not affect non-radiological plant effluents and have no other environmental impact. Therefore, the Commission concludes that there are no significant non-radiological impacts associated with the proposed TS amendments.
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Alternatives to the Pro osed Action Since the Commission has concluded there is no measurable environmental impact associated with the proposed amendments, any alternatives with equal or greater 1
environmental impact need not be evaluated.
The principal alternative to the proposed amendments would be to deny the amendments.
Denial of the licensee's application would not reduce the environmental impacts of PVNGS operations.
The environmental impacts of the proposed action and the alternative action are similar.
Alternative Use of R sources.
This action does not involve the use of any resources not previously considered in the FES for PVNGS dated February 1982.
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In accordance with its stated policy, on February 9, 1998, the staff consulted with the Arizona State official, Mr. William Wright of the Arizona Radiation Regulatory Agency, regarding the environmental impact of the proposed action. The State official had no comments.
FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICAN I
PA T Based upon the environmental assessment, the Commission concludes that the proposed action will not have a significant effect on the quality of the human environment.
Accordingly, the Commission has determined not to prepare an environmental impact statement for the proposed action.
For further details with respect to the proposed action, see the licensee's application dated October 4, 1996, as supplemented by (1) 19 letters submitted in 1997 dated January 31, March 16, May 30 (2 letters), June 6, July 18 (5 letters), August 31, September 18 (2 letters), September 19 (2 letters), November 7, November 14, November 26, and
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Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this
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FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ack N. Donohew, Senior Project Manager Project Directorate IV-1 Division of Reactor Projects - III/IV Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COYiPANY (Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, Units 1, 2 and 3)
One signed original of the Federal Registel'otice identified below is attached for your transmittal to the Office of the Federal Register for publication. Additional conformed copies
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5
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Notice of Receipt of Application for Construction Permit(s) and Operating License(s).
Notice of Receipt of Partial Application for Construction Permit(s) and Facility License(s):
Time for submission of Views on Antitrust matters.
Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment to Facility Operating License.
(Call with 30-day insert date).
Notice of Receipt of Application for Facility License(s); Notice of Availabilityof Applicant's Environmental Report; and Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Facility License(s) and Notice of Opportunity for Hearing.
Notice of Availabilityof NRC Draft/Final Environmental Statement.
Notice of Limited Work Authorization.
Notice of Availabilityof Safety Evaluation Report.
Notice of Issuance of Construction Permit(s).
Notice of Issuance of Facility Operating License(s) or Amendment(s).
Order.
Exemption.
Notice of Granting Exemption.
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Notice of Preparation of Environmental Assessment.
Receipt of Petition for Director's Decision Under 10 CFR 2.206.
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