ML21260A138

Notice of Withdrawal of September 24, 2020, Application Administrative Controls for Permanently Defueled Condition (FRN)

ML21260A138
Person / Time
Site:	Byron
Issue date:	09/28/2021
From:	Joel Wiebe Plant Licensing Branch III
To:	Rhoades D Exelon Generation Co
Wiebe J
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ML21260A139	List: ML21260A138
References
86 FR 54487; 10/01/2021, NRC-2020-0259
Download: ML21260A138 (3)

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50-454 and 50-455; NRC-2020-0259]

Exelon Generation Company, LLC;

Byron Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: License amendment application; withdrawal by applicant.

SUMMARY

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has granted the re quest

of Exelon Generation Company, LLC (Exelon, the licensee) to wit hdraw its application

dated September 24, 2020, for proposed amendments to Renewed Fa cility Operating

License Nos. NPF-37 and NPF-66 for Byron Station, Unit Nos. 1 a nd 2 (Byron),

respectively. The proposed amendments would have made changes to technical

specifications (TSs) definitions and administrative controls fo r the permanently defueled

condition.

DATES: October 1, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2020-0259 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-2021-0259. Address questions about Docket IDs in

Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann; telephone: 301-415-0624; em ail:

Stacy.Schumann@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact the i ndividual listed in the

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document.

• NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System

(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the ADA MS Public Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.ht ml. To begin the

search, select Begin Web-based ADAMS Search. For problems wi th ADAMS, contact

the NRCs Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-3 97-4209, 301-415-

4737, or by email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The ADAMS accession number for each

document referenced (if it is available in ADAMS) is provided t he first time that it is

mentioned in this document.

• Attention: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies of public

documents, is currently clos ed. You may submit your request to the PDR via email at

pdr.resource@nrc.gov or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, be tween 8:00 a.m. and

4:00 p.m. (ET), Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joel S. Wiebe, Office of Nuclear Reactor

Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001;

telephone: 301-415-6606; email: Joel.Wiebe@nrc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The NRC has granted the request of Exelon to withdraw its application dated

September 24, 2020 (ADAMS Accession No. ML20269A401) for propos ed amendments

to Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-37 and NPF-66 fo r Byron, Unit Nos. 1

and 2, respectively, which are located in Ogle County, Illinois. Exelon is the licensee

that owns and operates Byron. The proposed amendments would ha ve made changes

to TSs definitions and administrative controls for the permanen tly defueled condition.

The Commission previously issued a proposed finding that the pr oposed

amendments involve no significant hazards consideration publish ed in the Federal

Register on December 1, 2020 (85 FR 77274). However, by letter dated

2 September 15, 2021 (ADAMS Accession No. ML21258A276), Exelon re quested to

withdraw the proposed amendments.

Dated: September 28, 2021.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

/RA/

Joel S. Wiebe, Senior Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch III, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.

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