ML24114A310
| ML24114A310 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Hatch, Mcguire, Palo Verde, Fermi, Watts Bar, Cooper, Sequoyah, Susquehanna, Surry, North Anna, Diablo Canyon, Vogtle, Farley, Cook, Comanche Peak, FitzPatrick, McGuire, Vallecitos Nuclear Center |
| Issue date: | 05/03/2024 |
| From: | Pelton J Division of Operating Reactor Licensing |
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| References | |
| NRC-2024-0087, 89 FR 41996: May 14, 2024 | |
| Download: ML24114A310 (20) | |
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[7590-01-P]
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2024-0087]
Monthly Notice;
Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined
Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Monthly notice.
SUMMARY
- Pursuant to section 189a.(2) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as
amended (the Act), the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is publishing this
regular monthly notice. The Act requires the Commission to publish notice of any
amendments issued, or proposed to be issued, and grants the Commission the authority
to issue and make immediately effective any amendment to an operating license or
combined license, as applicable, upon a determination by the Commission that such
amendment involves no significant hazards consideration (NSHC), notwithstanding the
pendency before the Commission of a request for a hearing from any person.
DATES: Comments must be filed by June 13, 2024. A request for a hearing or petitions
for leave to intervene must be filed by Ju ly 15, 2024. This monthly notice includes all
amendments issued, or proposed to be issued, from March 29, 2024, to April 25, 2024.
The last monthly notice was published on April 16, 2024.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods; however,
the NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the Federal rulemaking
website.
- Federal rulemaking website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC-2024-0087. Address questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann; telephone: 301-415-0624; email: Stacy.Schumann@nrc.gov. For
technical questions, contact the individual listed in the For Further Information Contact
section of this document.
- Mail comments to: Office of Administration, Mail Stop: TWFN-7-A60M, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, ATTN: Program
Management, Announcements and Editing Staff.
For additional direction on obtaining information and submitting comments, see
Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Angela Baxter, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001,
telephone: 301-415-8209; email: Angela.Baxter@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2024-0087, facility name, unit number(s), docket
number(s), application date, and subject w hen contacting the NRC about the availability
of information for this action. You may obtain publicly available information related to this
action by any of the following methods:
- Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and
search for Docket ID NRC-2024-0087.
- NRCs 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 Web-based ADAMS Search. For problems with ADAMS, please
2 contact the NRCs Public Document Room (P DR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, at
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 the first time that it
is mentioned in this document.
- NRCs 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 PDR.Resource@nrc.gov 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.
B. Submitting Comments
The NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the Federal
rulemaking website (https://www.regulations.gov). Please include Docket ID NRC-
2024-0087, facility name, unit number(s), docket number(s), application date, and
subject, in your comment submission.
The NRC cautions you not to include identif ying or contact information that you
do not want to be publicly disclosed in y our comment submission. The NRC will post all
comment submissions at https://www.regulat ions.gov as well as enter the comment
submissions into ADAMS. The NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to
remove identifying or contact information.
If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons for
submission to the NRC, then you should inform those persons not to include identifying
or contact information that they do not w ant to be publicly disclosed in their comment
submission. Your request should state that the NRC does not routinely edit comment
submissions to remove such information before making the comment submissions
available to the public or entering the comment into ADAMS.
3 II. Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendments to Facility Operating
Licenses and Combined Licenses and Proposed No Significant Hazards
Consideration Determination
For the facility-specific amendment requests shown in this notice, the
Commission finds that the licensees analyses provided, consistent with section 50.91 of
title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Notice for public comment; State
consultation, are sufficient to support the proposed determinations that these
amendment requests involve NSHC. Under the Commissions regulations in
10 CFR 50.92, operation of the facilities in accordance with the proposed amendments
would not (1) involve a significant increase in the probability or consequences of an
accident previously evaluated; or (2) create the possibility of a new or different kind of
accident from any accident previously evaluated; or (3) involve a significant reduction in
a margin of safety.
The Commission is seeking public comments on these proposed determinations.
Any comments received within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice will be
considered in making any final determinations.
Normally, the Commission will not iss ue the amendments until the expiration of
60 days after the date of publication of this notice. The Commission may issue any of
these license amendments before expiration of the 60-day period provided that its final
determination is that the amendment involves NSHC. In addition, the Commission may
issue any of these amendments prior to the expiration of the 30-day comment period if
circumstances change during the 30-day comment period such that failure to act in a
timely way would result, for example in derating or shutdown of the facility. If the
Commission takes action on any of these am endments prior to the expiration of either
the comment period or the notice period, it will publish in the Federal Register a notice of
4 issuance. If the Commission makes a final NSHC determination for any of these
amendments, any hearing will take place afte r issuance. The Commission expects that
the need to take action on any amendment before 60 days have elapsed will occur very
infrequently.
A. Opportunity to Request a Hearing and Petition for Leave to Intervene
Within 60 days after the date of publication of this notice, any person (petitioner)
whose interest may be affected by any of these actions may file a request for a hearing
and petition for leave to intervene (petition) with respect to that action. Petitions shall be
filed in accordance with the Commissions Agency Rules of Practice and Procedure in
10 CFR part 2. Interested persons should consult a current copy of 10 CFR 2.309. If a
petition is filed, the Commission or a presiding officer will rule on the petition and, if
appropriate, a notice of a hearing will be issued.
Petitions must be filed no later than 60 days from the date of publication of this
notice in accordance with the filing instructions in the Electronic Submissions (E-Filing)
section of this document. Petitions and motions for leave to file new or amended
contentions that are filed after the deadline will not be entertained absent a
determination by the presiding officer t hat the filing demonstrates good cause by
satisfying the three factors in 10 CFR 2.309(c)(1)(i) through (iii).
If a hearing is requested, and the Commission has not made a final
determination on the issue of no significant hazards consideration, the Commission will
make a final determination on the issue of no significant hazards consideration, which
will serve to establish when the hearing is held. If the final determination is that the
amendment request involves no significant haz ards consideration, the Commission may
issue the amendment and make it immediately effective, notwithstanding the request for
a hearing. Any hearing would take place after issuance of the amendment. If the final
5 determination is that the amendment request involves a significant hazards
consideration, then any hearing held would take place before the issuance of the
amendment unless the Commission finds an imminent danger to the health or safety of
the public, in which case it will issue an appropriate order or rule under 10 CFR part 2.
A State, local governmental body, Federally recognized Indian Tribe, or
designated agency thereof, may submit a petition to the Commission to participate as a
party under 10 CFR 2.309(h) no later than 60 days from the date of publication of this
notice. Alternatively, a State, local go vernmental body, Federally recognized Indian
Tribe, or agency thereof may participate as a non-party under 10 CFR 2.315(c).
For information about filing a petition and about participation by a person not a
party under 10 CFR 2.315, see ADAMS Accession No. ML20340A053
(https://adamswebsearch2.nrc.gov/webSear ch2/main.jsp?AccessionNumber=ML20340A
053) and on the NRCs public website at
https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/regulatory/adjudicatory/hearing.html#participate.
B. Electronic Submissions (E-Filing)
All documents filed in NRC adjudicatory proceedings, including documents filed
by an interested State, local governmental body, Federally recognized Indian Tribe, or
designated agency thereof that requests to participate under 10 CFR 2.315(c), must be
filed in accordance with 10 CFR 2.302. The E-Filing process requires participants to
submit and serve all adjudicatory documents over the internet, or in some cases, to mail
copies on electronic storage media, unless an exemption permitting an alternative filing
method, as further discussed, is granted. Detailed guidance on electronic submissions is
located in the Guidance for Electronic S ubmissions to the NRC (ADAMS Accession
No. ML13031A056) and on the NRCs public websit e at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-
submittals.html.
6 To comply with the procedural requirements of E-Filing, at least 10 days prior to
the filing deadline, the participant should contact the Office of the Secretary by email at
Hearing.Docket@nrc.gov, or by telephone at 301-415-1677, to (1) request a digital
identification (ID) certificate, which allows the participant (or its counsel or
representative) to digitally sign submissions and access the E-Filing system for any
proceeding in which it is participating; and (2) advise the Secretary that the participant
will be submitting a petition or other adjudicatory document (even in instances in which
the participant, or its counsel or represent ative, already holds an NRC-issued digital ID
certificate). Based upon this information, the Secretary will establish an electronic docket
for the proceeding if the Secretary has not already established an electronic docket.
Information about applying for a digital ID certificate is available on the NRCs
public website at https://www.nrc.gov/site-hel p/e-submittals/getting-started.html. After a
digital ID certificate is obtained and a docket created, the participant must submit
adjudicatory documents in Portable Document Format. Guidance on submissions is
available on the NRCs public website at http s://www.nrc.gov/site-help/electronic-sub-ref-
mat.html. A filing is considered complete at the time the document is submitted through
the NRCs E-Filing system. To be timely, an electronic filing must be submitted to the
E-Filing system no later than 11:59 p.m. ET on the due date. Upon receipt of a
transmission, the E-Filing system time-sta mps the document and sends the submitter an
email confirming receipt of the document. The E-Filing system also distributes an email
that provides access to the document to the NRCs Office of the General Counsel and
any others who have advised the Office of the Secretary that they wish to participate in
the proceeding, so that the filer need not serve the document on those participants
separately. Therefore, applicants and other participants (or their counsel or
7 representative) must apply for and receive a digital ID certificate before adjudicatory
documents are filed to obtain access to the documents via the E-Filing system.
A person filing electronically using the NRCs adjudicatory E-Filing system may
seek assistance by contacting the NRCs Electronic Filing Help Desk through the
Contact Us link located on the NRCs public website at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-
submittals.html, by email to MSHD.Resource@nrc.gov, or by a toll-free call at
1-866-672-7640. The NRC Electronic Filing Help Desk is available between 9 a.m. and
6 p.m., ET, Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
Participants who believe that they hav e good cause for not submitting documents
electronically must file an exemption request, in accordance with 10 CFR 2.302(g), with
their initial paper filing stating why there is good cause for not filing electronically and
requesting authorization to continue to submit documents in paper format. Such filings
must be submitted in accordance with 10 CFR 2.302(b)-(d). Participants filing
adjudicatory documents in this manner are re sponsible for serving their documents on all
other participants. Participants granted an exemption under 10 CFR 2.302(g)(2) must
still meet the electronic formatting requirement in 10 CFR 2.302(g)(1), unless the
participant also seeks and is granted an exemption from 10 CFR 2.302(g)(1).
Documents submitted in adjudicatory proceedings will appear in the NRCs
electronic hearing docket, which is publicly available at https://adams.nrc.gov/ehd,
unless excluded pursuant to an order of the presiding officer. If you do not have an
NRC-issued digital ID certificate as previ ously described, click cancel when the link
requests certificates and you will be autom atically directed to the NRCs electronic
hearing dockets where you will be able to acce ss any publicly available documents in a
particular hearing docket. Participants are requested not to include personal privacy
information such as social security numbers, home addresses, or personal phone
8 numbers in their filings unless an NRC regulation or other law requires submission of
such information. With respect to copyrighted works, except for limited excerpts that
serve the purpose of the adjudicatory filings and would constitute a Fair Use application,
participants should not include copyrighted materials in their submission.
The following table provides the plant name, docket number, date of application,
ADAMS accession number, and location in the application of the licensees proposed
NSHC determinations. For further details with respect to these license amendment
applications, see the applications for amendment, which are available for public
inspection in ADAMS. For additional direction on accessing information related to this
document, see the Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments section of this
document.
License Amendment Requests
Arizona Public Service Company, et al; Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, Units 1, 2, and 3; Maricopa County, AZ Docket Nos. 50-528, 50-529, 50-530 Application date March 8, 2024 ADAMS Accession No. ML24068A252 Location in Application of NSHC Pages 13-16 of the Enclosure The proposed amendments would revise Technical Specification (TS) 3.5.1, Safety Brief Description of Amendments Injection Tanks (SITs) - Operating, and TS 3.5.2, SITs - Shutdown, using risk-informed process for evaluations.
Proposed Determination NSHC Name of Attorney for Licensee, Carey Fleming, Senior Counsel, Pinnacle West Mailing Address Capital Corporation, 500 N. 5th Street, MS 8695, Phoenix, AZ 85004 NRC Project Manager, Telephone Number William Orders, 301-415-3329 DTE Electric Company; Fermi, Unit 2; Monroe County, MI Docket No. 50-341 Application date March 21, 2024 ADAMS Accession No. ML24081A326
9 Location in Application of NSHC Pages 5-8 of Attachment 1 The proposed amendment requests adoption of Technical Specification Task Force (TSTF)
Travelers, TSTF-505, Revision 2, Provide Risk-Informed Extended Completion Times - RITSTF Brief Description of Amendment [Risk Informed TSTF] Initiative 4b, TSTF-439, Revision 2, Eliminate Second Completion Times Limiting Time From Discovery of Failure to Meet an LCO [limiting condition for operation], and TSTF-591, Revision 0, Revise Risk Informed Completion Time (RICT) Program.
Proposed Determination NSHC Name of Attorney for Licensee, Jon P. Christinidis, DTE Electric Company, Expert Mailing Address Attorney - Regulatory, 1635 WCB, One Energy Plaza, Detroit, MI 48226 NRC Project Manager, Telephone Number Surinder Arora, 301-415-1421 Indiana Michigan Power Company; Donald C. Cook Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2; Berrien County, MI Docket Nos. 50-315, 50-316 Application date March 6, 2024 ADAMS Accession No. ML24073A234 Location in Application of NSHC Pages 18-20 of Enclosure 2 The proposed amendments would modify the Donald C. Cook Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, licensing basis, by the addition of a license condition, to allow for the implementation of the provisions of 10 CFR 50.69, Risk-Informed Brief Description of Amendments Categorization and Treatment of Structures, Systems and Components for Nuclear Power Reactors. The provisions of 10 CFR 50.69 allow adjustment of the scope of equipment subject to special treatment controls (e.g., quality assurance, testing, inspection, condition monitoring, assessment, and evaluation).
Proposed Determination NSHC Name of Attorney for Licensee, Robert B. Haemer, Senior Nuclear Counsel, Mailing Address Indiana Michigan Power Company, One Cook Place, Bridgman, MI 49106 NRC Project Manager, Telephone Number Scott Wall, 301-415-2855 Pacific Gas and Electric Company; Diablo Canyon Power Plant, Units 1 and 2; San Luis Obispo County, CA Docket Nos. 50-275, 50-323 Application date February 28, 2024 ADAMS Accession No. ML24059A448
10 Location in Application of NSHC Pages 7-9 of the Enclosure The proposed amendments would revise Technical Specification 5.6.6, Reactor Coolant Brief Description of Amendments System (RCS) Pressure and Temperature Limits Report (PTLR), regarding the fluence calculational methodology used to determine the pressure and temperature limits.
Proposed Determination NSHC Name of Attorney for Licensee, Jennifer Post, Esq., Pacific Gas and Electric Co.,
Mailing Address 77 Beale Street, Room 3065, Mail Code B30A, San Francisco, CA 94105 NRC Project Manager, Telephone Number Samson Lee, 301-415-3168 Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2; Houston County, AL Docket Nos. 50-348, 50-364 Application date April 5, 2024 ADAMS Accession No. ML24096B775 Location in Application of NSHC Pages E-5 through E-7 of the Enclosure The proposed amendments would revise the Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, Brief Description of Amendments Technical Specification 3.6.6, Containment Spray and Cooling Systems, to revise the frequency of Surveillance Requirement 3.6.6.8.
Proposed Determination NSHC Name of Attorney for Licensee, Millicent Ronnlund, Vice President and General Mailing Address Counsel, Southern Nuclear Operating Co., Inc.,
P.O. Box 1295, Birmingham, AL 35201-1295 NRC Project Manager, Telephone Number Zachary Turner, 301-415-6303 Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2; Burke County, GA Docket Nos. 50-424, 50-425 Application date March 20, 2024 ADAMS Accession No. ML24080A455 Location in Application of NSHC Pages E-12 and E-13 of the Enclosure The proposed amendments would revise emergency diesel generator frequency and Brief Description of Amendments voltage ranges for Technical Specification 3.8.1, AC [Alternating Current] Sources - Operating, Surveillance Requirements.
Proposed Determination NSHC Name of Attorney for Licensee, Millicent Ronnlund, Vice President and General Mailing Address Counsel, Southern Nuclear Operating Co., Inc.,
P.O. Box 1295, Birmingham, AL 35201-1295
11 NRC Project Manager, Telephone Number John Lamb, 301-415-3100 Tennessee Valley Authority; Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2; Hamilton County, TN Docket Nos. 50-327, 50-328 Application date April 15, 2024 ADAMS Accession No. ML24106A057 Location in Application of NSHC Pages E7 and E8 of the Enclosure The proposed amendments would revise the Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, Technical Specification (TS) 3.8.1, AC [alternating current]
Brief Description of Amendments Sources - Operating, to delete Surveillance Requirement (SR) 3.8.1.8, and would revise TS 3.8.2, AC Sources - Shutdown, to delete the reference to SR 3.8.1.8.
Proposed Determination NSHC David Fountain, Executive VP and General Name of Attorney for Licensee, Counsel, Tennessee Valley Authority, 6A West Mailing Address Tower, 400 West Summit Hill Drive, Knoxville, TN 37902 NRC Project Manager, Telephone Number Perry Buckberg, 301-415-1383 Vallecitos Boiling Water Reactor, Alameda County, CA Docket No. 50-18 September 7, 2023, as supplemented by letters Application dates dated September 15, 2023, October 31, 2023, and March 25, 2024 ADAMS Accession Nos. ML23250A267, ML23261A591 (package), ML23304A300, ML24085A792
Location in Application of NSHC Pages 1-2 of Enclosure 1 to the supplement dated March 25, 2024 The proposed amendment would approve the license termination plan which implements the Brief Description of Amendment licensing decommissioning strategy that is outlined in the limited post-shutdown decommissioning activities report.
Proposed Determination NSHC Angela Thornhill, General Counsel, GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC, 3901 Castle Name of Attorney(s) for Licensee, Hayne Road, Wilmington, NC 28402; and Gregory Mailing Address Di Carlo, Vice President / General Counsel, NorthStar Group Services, Inc., 15760 West Power Street, NA1A, Crystal River, FL 34428 NRC Project Manager, Telephone Number Jack Parrott, 301-415-6634
12 Vistra Operations Company LLC; Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, Unit Nos.
1 and 2; Somervell County, TX Docket Nos. 50-445, 50-446 Application dates February 28, 2024, as supplemented by letter dated April 1, 2024 ADAMS Accession Nos. ML24059A390, ML24092A236 Location in Application of NSHC Pages 1-3 of the Enclosure The proposed amendments would revise technical Brief Description of Amendments specifications to adopt Technical Specification Task Force (TSTF) Traveler TSTF- 591, Revise Risk-Informed Completion Time (RICT) Program.
Proposed Determination NSHC Name of Attorney for Licensee, Timothy P. Matthews, Esq., Morgan, Lewis and Mailing Address Bockius, 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20004 NRC Project Manager, Telephone Number Samson Lee, 301-415-3168 Vistra Operations Company LLC; Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, Unit Nos.
1 and 2; Somervell County, TX Docket Nos. 50-445, 50-446 Application date February 28, 2024 ADAMS Accession No. ML24059A386 Location in Application of NSHC Pages 2-3 of Enclosure The proposed amendments would revise technical specifications to adopt Technical Specification Brief Description of Amendments Task Force (TSTF) Traveler TSTF-589, Eliminate Automatic Diesel Generator Start During Shutdown.
Proposed Determination NSHC Name of Attorney for Licensee, Timothy P. Matthews, Esq., Morgan, Lewis and Mailing Address Bockius, 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20004 NRC Project Manager, Telephone Number Samson Lee, 301-415-3168
III. Notice of Issuance of Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and
Combined Licenses
During the period since publication of the last monthly notice, the Commission
has issued the following amendments. The Commission has determined for each of
these amendments that the application complies with the standards and requirements of
13 the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the Commissions rules and
regulations. The Commission has made appropriate findings as required by the Act and
the Commissions rules and regulations in 10 CFR chapter I, which are set forth in the
license amendment.
A notice of consideration of issuance of amendment to facility operating license
or combined license, as applicable, proposed NSHC determination, and opportunity for a
hearing in connection with these actions, were published in the Federal Register as
indicated in the safety evaluation for each amendment.
Unless otherwise indicated, the Commission has determined that these
amendments satisfy the criteria for categorical exclusion in accordance with
10 CFR 51.22. Therefore, pursuant to 10 CFR 51.22(b), no environmental impact
statement or environmental assessment need be prepared for these amendments. If the
Commission has prepared an environmental assessment under the special
circumstances provision in 10 CFR 51.22(b) and has made a determination based on
that assessment, it is so indicated in the safety evaluation for the amendment.
For further details with respect to each action, see the amendment and
associated documents such as the Commissions letter and safety evaluation, which
may be obtained using the ADAMS accession numbers indicated in the following table.
The safety evaluation will provide the ADAM S accession numbers for the application for
amendment and the Federal Register citation for any environmental assessment. All of
these items can be accessed as described in the Obtaining Information and Submitting
Comments section of this document.
License Amendment Issuance(s)
Constellation FitzPatrick, LLC and Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant; Oswego County, NY Docket No. 50-333
14 Amendment Date March 28, 2024 ADAMS Accession No. ML24068A053 Amendment No. 354 The amendment modified Surveillance Requirement (SR) 3.3.1.2.4 to incorporate an additional acceptance criterion based on a higher signal to noise ratio as provided in General Electric Service Brief Description of Amendment Information Letter 478 dated December 16,1988.
Specifically, an or statement was added to SR 3.3.1.2.4 as follows: or Verify count rate is 0.7
[counts per second] cps with a signal to noise ratio 20:1.
Public Comments Received as to Proposed NSHC (Yes/No) No Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC; McGuire Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2; Mecklenburg County, NC Docket Nos. 50-369, 50-370 Amendment Date April 8, 2024 ADAMS Accession No. ML24052A306 Amendment Nos. 331 (Unit 1) and 310 (Unit 2)
The amendments modified the licensing basis for the implementation of the provisions of 10 CFR 50.69, Risk-informed categorization and treatment of Brief Description of Amendments structures, systems and components for nuclear power reactors, which would allow adjustment of the scope of equipment subject to special treatment controls.
Public Comments Received as to Proposed NSHC (Yes/No) No Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2; Appling County, GA Docket Nos. 50-321, 50-366 Amendment Date April 24, 2024 ADAMS Accession No. ML23032A332 Amendment Nos. 322 (Unit 1) and 267 (Unit 2)
The amendments revised the renewed facility operating licenses and technical specifications Table Brief Description of Amendments 1.1-1, MODES, for Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, to relax the required number of fully tensioned reactor pressure vessel head closure bolts.
Public Comments Received as to Proposed NSHC (Yes/No) No Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2; Burke County, GA Docket Nos. 50-424, 50-425 15 Amendment Date April 10, 2024 ADAMS Accession No. ML24030A909 Amendment Nos. 224 (Unit 1) and 207 (Unit 2)
The amendments revised Technical Specification (TS) 3.4.14, RCS [Reactor Coolant System]
Pressure Isolation Valve (PIV) Leakage, Surveillance Requirement 3.4.14.1 to limit required Brief Description of Amendments testing to frequencies specified in the Inservice Testing Program in accordance with the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Code for Operation and Maintenance of Nuclear Power Plants by removing all other SR 3.4.14.1 frequency testing criteria from the current TSs.
Public Comments Received as to Proposed NSHC (Yes/No) No Susquehanna Nuclear, LLC and Allegheny Electric Cooperative, Inc.;
Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2; Luzerne County, PA; Docket Nos. 50-387, 50-388 Amendment Date April 22, 2024 ADAMS Accession No. ML24082A137 Amendment Nos. 287 (Unit 1) and 271 (Unit 2)
The amendments revised the technical specifications to adopt the Technical Specifications Task Force (TSTF) Traveler, TSTF-568, Revision 2, Revise Applicability of BWR/4 TS 3.6.2.5 and TS 3.6.3.2, Brief Description of Amendments for applicability and actions of Technical Specification 3.6.3.3, Primary Containment Oxygen Concentration. The changes simplify and clarify the applicability statements, remove the undefined term scheduled reactor shutdown, and provide adequate terminal actions.
Public Comments Received as to Proposed NSHC (Yes/No) No Tennessee Valley Authority; Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2; Rhea County, TN Docket Nos. 50-390, 50-391 Amendment Date April 15, 2024 ADAMS Accession No. ML24072A005 Amendment Nos. 165 (Unit 1) and 72 (Unit 2)
The amendments revised the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant (Watts Bar), Units 1 and 2, Technical Specification (TS) 4.2.1, Fuel Assemblies, to Brief Description of Amendments increase the maximum number of tritium producing burnable absorber rods, that can be irradiated in the core to 2,496. The amendments also revised Watts Bar, Unit 1, TS 5.9.6, Reactor Coolant System
16 (RCS) Pressure and Temperature Limits Report (PTLR), to be consistent with Watts Bar, Unit 2, TS 5.9.6, and revised both units TS 5.9.6.b to add WCAP-18124-NP-A Rev. 0 Supplement 1-NP-A, Rev. 0, Fluence Determination with RAPTOR-M3G and FERRETSupplement for Extended Beltline Materials. The amendments also revised the Watts Bar Dual-Unit Update Final Safety Analysis Report to modify the source term for the design basis accident analyses to allow the core fission product inventory to be calculated using an updated version of the ORIGEN code.
Public Comments Received as to Proposed NSHC (Yes/No) No Virginia Electric and Power Company, Dominion Nuclear Company; North Anna Power Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2; Louisa County, VA; Virginia Electric and Power Company; Surry Power Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2; Surry County, VA Docket Nos. 50-280, 50-281, 50-338, 50-339 Amendment Date April 22, 2024 ADAMS Accession No. ML24054A014 Amendment Nos. North Anna - 297 (Unit 1), 280 (Unit 2); Surry - 317 (Unit 1) and 317 (Unit 2)
The amendments modified the Emergency Plan Brief Description of Amendments staffing and staff augmentation times as described in the request, as supplemented.
Public Comments Received as to Proposed NSHC (Yes/No) No
IV. Notice of Issuance of Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined
Licenses and Final Determination of No Significant Hazards Consideration and
Opportunity for a Hearing (Exigent Circumstances or Emergency Situation)
Since publication of the last monthly notice, the Commission has issued the
following amendment. The Commission has determined for this amendment that the
application for the amendment complies with the standards and requirements of the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the Commissions rules and
regulations. The Commission has made appropriate findings as required by the Act and
the Commissions rules and regulations in 10 CFR chapter I, which are set forth in the
license amendment.
17 Because of exigent circumstances or emergency situation associated with the
date the amendment was needed, there was not time for the Commission to publish, for
public comment before issuance, its usual notice of consideration of issuance of
amendment, proposed NSHC determination, and opportunity for a hearing.
In circumstances where failure to act in a timely way would have resulted, for
example, in derating or shutdown of a nuclear power plant or in prevention of either
resumption of operation or of increase in power output up to the plants licensed power
level (an emergency situation), the Commission may not have had an opportunity to
provide for public comment on its NSHC determination. In such case, the license
amendment has been issued without opportunity for comment prior to issuance.
Nonetheless, the State has been consul ted by telephone whenever possible.
Under its regulations, the Commission may issue and make an amendment
immediately effective, notwithstanding the pendency before it of a request for a hearing
from any person, in advance of the holding and completion of any required hearing,
where it has determined that NSHC is involved. The Commission has applied the
standards of 10 CFR 50.92 and has made a final determination that the amendment(s)
involves NSHC. The basis for this determinat ion is contained in the NRC staff safety
evaluation related to each action. Accordingly, the amendment has been issued and
made effective as indicated. For those amendments that have not been previously
noticed in the Federal Register, within 60 days after the date of publication of this notice,
any persons (petitioner) whose interest may be affected by this action may file a request
for a hearing and petition for leave to intervene (petition) with respect to the action.
Petitions shall be filed in accordance with the guidance concerning the Commissions
Agency Rules of Practice and Procedure in 10 CFR part 2 as discussed in section II.A
of this document.
18 Unless otherwise indicated, the Commission has determined that the amendment
satisfies the criteria for categorical exclusion in accordance with 10 CFR 51.22.
Therefore, pursuant to 10 CFR 51.22(b), no environmental impact statement or
environmental assessment need be prepared for this amendment. If the Commission
has prepared an environmental assessment under the special circumstances provision
in 10 CFR 51.12(b) and has made a determination based on that assessment, it is so
indicated in the safety evaluation for the amendment.
For further details with respect to this action, see the amendment and associated
documents such as the Commissions letter and safety evaluation, which may be
obtained using the ADAMS accession number indi cated in the following table. The safety
evaluation will provide the ADAMS access ion number(s) for the application for
amendment and the Federal Register citation for any environmental assessment. All of
these items can be accessed as described in the Obtaining Information and Submitting
Comments section of this document.
License Amendment Issuance-Emergency Circumstances
Nebraska Public Power District; Cooper Nuclear Station; Nemaha County, NE Docket No. 50-298 Amendment Date April 5, 2024 ADAMS Accession No. ML24096A120 Amendment No. 275 The amendment changed Technical Specification (TS) 3.3.1.1, Reactor Protection System (RPS)
Instrumentation. Specifically, a temporary footnote was applied immediately to Function 8, Turbine Stop Valve - Closure, of TS Table 3.3.1.1-1, Reactor Protection System Brief Description of Amendment Instrumentation. The current design configuration of the turbine stop valve position switches that input to the RPS did not meet the channel independence criteria. This temporary footnote allows Nebraska Public Power District to not enter the TS 3.3.1.1, Condition A or B for the channel independence condition for a period ending no later than startup from Refuel Outage 33. The 19 amendment was issued under emergency circumstances as provided in the provisions of 10 CFR 50.91(a)(5) because of the time critical nature of the amendment.
Local Media Notice (Yes/No) No Public Comments Requested as to Proposed NSHC (Yes/No) No
Dated: May 3, 2024.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
/RA/
Jamie Pelton, Deputy Director, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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