ML24228A091
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Issue date: | 08/27/2024 |
From: | Rivera-Verona A Division of Operating Reactor Licensing |
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[7590-01-P]
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2024- 0150]
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 October 3, 2024. A request for a hearing or
petitions for leave to intervene must be filed by November 4, 2024. This monthly notice
includes all amendments issued, or proposed to be issued, from July 19, 2024, to
August 15, 2024. The last monthly notice was published on August 6, 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-2024-0150. 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: Karen Zeleznock, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001; telephone: 301-415-1118; email: Karen.Zeleznock@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2024-0150, facility name, unit number(s), docket
number(s), application date, and subject when 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-2024-0150.
- 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 (PDR) 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-
2024-0150, facility name, unit number(s), docket number(s), application date, and
subject, in your comment submission.
The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact information that you
do not want to be publicly disclosed in your comment submission. The NRC will post all
comment submissions at https://www.regulations.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 want 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 issue 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 amendments 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 after 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 that 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 hazards 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 governmental 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/webSearch2/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 fili ng
method, as further discussed, is granted. Detailed guidance on electronic submissions is
located in the Guidance for Electronic Submissions to the NRC (ADAMS Accession
No. ML13031A056) and on the NRCs public website 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 representative, already holds an NRC -issued digital ID
certificate). Based upon this information, the Secretary will establish an e lectronic 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-help/e -submittals/getting-started.html. After a
digital ID certificate is obtained and a docket created, the participant must submi t
adjudicatory documents in Portable Document Format. Guidance on submissions is
available on the NRCs public website at https://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-stamps 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 have 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 responsible 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 di gital ID certificate as previously described, click cancel when the link
requests certificates and you will be automatically directed to the NRCs electronic
hearing docket where you will be able to access 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 applic ation,
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
Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC; Catawba Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2; York County, SC Docket Nos. 50-413, 50-414 Application date June 18, 2024 ADAMS Accession No. ML24170A696 Location in Application of NSHC Pages 7-8 of the Enclosure The proposed amendments would revise Catawba's Units 1 and 2 Technical Specification (TS) 3.4.3, RCS Pressure and Temperature (P/T) Limits, to reflect an Brief Description of Amendments update to the P/T limit curves in Figures 3.4.3-1 (Unit 2 only) and 3.4.3-2 (Unit 2 only). The proposed amendments will also reflect that the revised Catawba Unit 2 P/T limit curves in TS 3.4.3 are applicable until 54 effective full power years.
Proposed Determination NSHC Name of Attorney for Licensee, Mailing Tracey Mitchell LeRoy, Deputy General Address Counsel, Duke Energy Corporation, 525 S.
Tryon Street., Charlotte, NC 28210 NRC Project Manager, Telephone Number Jack Minzer Bryant, 301-415-0610
9 Entergy Operations, Inc.; Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3; St. Charles Parish, LA Docket No. 50-382 Application date May 8, 2024 ADAMS Accession No. ML24129A039 Location in Application of NSHC Pages 13-14 of the Enclosure The proposed amendment would change four surveillance frequencies associated with specific Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3 (Waterford 3), technical specifications surveillances, to instead be performed in accordance with the Surveillance Frequency Control Program.
Brief Description of Amendment These changes were originally intended to have been addressed in the Waterford 3 license amendment request for TSTF-425, Relocate Surveillance Frequencies to Licensee Control - Risk-Informed Technical Specification Task Force (RITSTF) Initiative 5b (ADAMS Package Accession No. ML15170A121), dated June 17, 2015.
Proposed Determination NSHC Name of Attorney for Licensee, Mailing Susan Raimo, Associate General Counsel -
Address Nuclear, 101 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20001 NRC Project Manager, Telephone Number Jason Drake, 301-415-8378 NextEra Energy Point Beach, LLC; Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2; Manitowoc County, WI Docket Nos. 50-266, 50-301 Application date July 24, 2024 ADAMS Accession No. ML24206A109 Location in Application of NSHC Pages 2-3 of Enclosure The proposed amendments would request adoption of Technical Specifications Task Brief Description of Amendments Force (TSTF) Traveler, TSTF-577, Revision 1, Revised Frequencies for Steam Generator Tube Inspections.
Proposed Determination NSHC Name of Attorney for Licensee, Mailing Steven Hamrick, Senior Attorney, 801 Address Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Suite 220 Washington, DC 20004 NRC Project Manager, Telephone Number Scott Wall, 301-415-2855 Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, LLC and Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, Unit 1; Oswego County, NY Docket No. 50-220 Application date June 13, 2024 10 ADAMS Accession No. ML24165A223 Location in Application of NSHC Pages 4-5 of Attachment 1 The proposed amendment would modify the Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, Unit 1 (NMP1) technical specifications (TSs) by adopting Technical Specification Task Force (TSTF)-230, Revision 1, Add New Condition B to LCO [Limiting Condition for Operation] 3.6.2.3, RHR Suppression Pool Cooling. The TSTF modifies improved TS (ITS) 3.6.2.3, Residual Heat Removal (RHR) Suppression Pool Cooling, to allow Brief Description of Amendment two RHR suppression pool cooling subsystems to be inoperable for eight hours.
NMP1 does not have ITSs; therefore, the applicable LCO for NMP1 is TS LCO 3.3.7, Containment Spray System. Additionally, a new specification is proposed to be added that will direct operators to place the unit in Shutdown Condition - Hot within 12 hours1.388889e-4 days <br />0.00333 hours <br />1.984127e-5 weeks <br />4.566e-6 months <br /> and Shutdown Condition - Cold in 36 hours4.166667e-4 days <br />0.01 hours <br />5.952381e-5 weeks <br />1.3698e-5 months <br /> if applicable specifications are not met.
Proposed Determination NSHC Jason Zorn, Associate General Counsel, Name of Attorney for Licensee, Mailing Constellation Energy Generation, LLC, 101 Address Constitution Ave, NW, Suite 400 East, Washington, DC 20001 NRC Project Manager, Telephone Number Richard Guzman, 301-415-1030 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 June 28, 2024 ADAMS Accession No. ML24180A204 Location in Application of NSHC Pages E-14 to E-16 of Enclosure The proposed amendments would modify Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, technical specification requirements Brief Description of Amendments related to direct current (DC) electrical systems in accordance with Technical Specifications Task Force (TSTF) Traveler TSTF-500, Revision 2, DC Electrical Rewrite-Update to TSTF-360.
Proposed Determination NSHC Name of Attorney for Licensee, Mailing Millicent Ronnlund, Vice President and Address General Counsel, Southern Nuclear
11 Operating Co., Inc., P.O. Box 1295, Birmingham, AL 35201-1295 NRC Project Manager, Telephone Number Zachary Turner 415-6303 Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Units 3 and 4; Burke County, GA Docket Nos.52-025, 52-026 Application date June 21, 2024 ADAMS Accession No. ML24173A220 Location in Application of NSHC Pages E-9 and E-11 of Enclosure The proposed amendments would revise the Combined License, Technical Specifications (TS) 3.7.6, Main Control Room Emergency Habitability System Brief Description of Amendments (VES), Action E and Surveillance Requirement 3.7.6.5, and the Updated Final Safety Analysis Report subsection 6.4.5.3, Air Quality Testing for Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Units 3 and 4.
Proposed Determination NSHC Millicent Ronnlund, Vice President and Name of Attorney for Licensee, Mailing General Counsel, Southern Nuclear Address Operating Co., Inc., P.O. Box 1295, Birmingham, AL 35201-1295 NRC Project Manager, Telephone Number John Lamb, 301-415-3100 Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Units 3 and 4; Burke County, GA Docket Nos.52-025, 52-026 Application date July 25, 2024 ADAMS Accession No. ML24207A252 Location in Application of NSHC Pages E-7 to E-9 of Enclosure The proposed amendments would revise the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Units 3 and 4, Combined License Appendix A Brief Description of Amendments Technical Specification 3.7.6, Main Control Room Emergency Habitability System (VES), Action A and Surveillance Requirement 3.7.6.6 related to inoperable valves and/or dampers.
Proposed Determination NSHC Millicent Ronnlund, Vice President and Name of Attorney for Licensee, Mailing General Counsel, Southern Nuclear Address Operating Co., Inc., P.O. Box 1295, Birmingham, AL 35201-1295 NRC Project Manager, Telephone Number John Lamb, 301-415-3100 Tennessee Valley Authority; Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2; Rhea County, TN 12 Docket Nos. 50-390, 50-391 Application date June 25, 2024 ADAMS Accession No. ML24178A413 Location in Application of NSHC Pages E8 - E9 of the Enclosure The proposed amendments would revise Watts Bar, Units 1 and 2, Technical Specification (TS) 3.8.1, AC [alternating current] Sources - Operating, by adopting Technical Specification Task Force (TSTF)
Traveler TSTF-276-A, Revision 2, Revise DG [diesel generator] full load rejection test. Specifically, the proposed amendments would revise the notes to Surveillance Requirement (SR) 3.8.1.9, for the DG single largest load rejection test, SR 3.8.1.10, for the DG full load rejection test, Brief Description of Amendments and SR 3.8.1.14, for the DG endurance and margin test, to require that these SRs be performed at a specified power factor of 0.9 with clarifications addressing situations when the power factor cannot be achieved.
The proposed amendments would also revise SR 3.8.1.10 and SR 3.8.1.14 to remove the surveillance kVAR ranges and modify the note to SR 3.8.1.18 to allow for the surveillance to be performed in Modes 1, 2, 3, or 4 to reestablish operability provided an assessment of plant safety is performed.
Proposed Determination NSHC David Fountain, Executive VP and General Name of Attorney for Licensee, Mailing Counsel, Tennessee Valley Authority, 6A Address West Tower, 400 West Summit Hill Drive, Knoxville, TN 37902 NRC Project Manager, Telephone Number Kimberly Green, 301-415-1627 Union Electric Company; Callaway Plant, Unit 1; Callaway County, MO Docket No. 50-483 Application date June 6, 2024 ADAMS Package Accession No. ML24158A521 (Package)
Location in Application of NSHC Pages 2-4 of the Enclosure The proposed amendment would adopt Technical Specifications Task Force (TSTF)
Traveler TSTF-569, Revision 2, Revise Brief Description of Amendment Response Time Testing Definition, which is an approved change to the Standard Technical Specifications for Westinghouse pressurized-water reactor nuclear power
13 plants. The proposed changes are related to the purpose and past use of several related topical reports, including WCAP-13632-P-A, Revision 2, Elimination of Pressure Sensor Response Time Testing Requirements, and WCAP-14036-P-A, Elimination of Periodic Protection Channel Response Time Tests, as applicable to the Callaway Plant, Unit 1.
Together, these topical reports justify eliminating response time testing for applicable instrument loops/channels, for all applicable devices/components in the loops/channels, within the reactor trip system and engineered safety features actuation system. The topical reports provided detailed information that forms the basis for the methodology contained in TSTF-569, Revision 2 ( ADAMS Accession No. ML19176A034), which provides a means for allowing use of bounding response times (in lieu of being measured) for newer/redesigned components in the applicable instrument loops/channels.
Proposed Determination NSHC Name of Attorney for Licensee, Mailing Jay E. Silberg, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Address Pittman LLP, 1200 17th St., NW, Washington, DC 20036 NRC Project Manager, Telephone Number Mahesh Chawla, 301-415-8371 Vistra Operations Company LLC; Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station, Unit 1; Ottawa County, OH Docket No. 50-346 Application date July 8, 2024 ADAMS Accession No. ML24191A432 Location in Application of NSHC Pages 4-5 of Attachment 1 The proposed amendment would remove Brief Description of Amendment the table of contents from technical specification and place it under licensee control.
Proposed Determination NSHC Name of Attorney for Licensee, Mailing Roland Backhaus, Senior lead Counsel-Address Nuclear, Vistra Corp., 325 7th Street, NW, Suite 520, Washington, DC 20004 NRC Project Manager, Telephone Number Scott Wall, 301-415-2855
14 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
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 ADAMS accession numbers for the application for
amendment and the Federal Register citation for any environmental assessment. All of
15 these items can be accessed as described in the Obtaining Information and Submitting
Comments section of this document.
License Amendment Issuances
Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; Limerick Generating Station, Units 1 and 2; Montgomery County, PA Docket Nos. 50-352, 50-353 Amendment Date July 29, 2024 ADAMS Accession No. ML24204A071 Amendment Nos. 263 (Unit1), 225 (Unit 2)
The amendments revised the technical specifications by replacing automatic main steam isolation valve isolation requirements Brief Description of Amendments with a monitoring requirement and a manual shutdown if the turbine enclosure main steam line tunnel temperature exceeds a certain value and main steam line pressure boundary leakage is detected.
Public Comments Received as to Proposed No NSHC (Yes/No)
Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station, Units 1 and 2; Rock Island County, IL Docket Nos. 50-254, 50-265 Amendment Date August 8, 2024 ADAMS Accession No. ML24183A108 Amendment Nos. 302 (Unit 1), 298 (Unit 2)
The amendments adopted Technical Specification Task Force (TSTF) Travelers 505 (TSTF-505), Revision 2, Provide Risk Brief Description of Amendments Informed Extended Completion Times -
RITSTF Initiative 4b and TSTF-591, Revision 0, Revise Risk Informed Completion Time (RICT) Program.
Public Comments Received as to Proposed No NSHC (Yes/No)
Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc.; Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station, Unit 1, Fairfield County, SC Docket No. 50-395 Amendment Date July 31, 2024 ADAMS Accession No. ML24158A388 Amendment No. 226 The amendment modified the Virgil C.
Brief Description of Amendment Summer Nuclear Station (VCSNS) emergency plan by extending emergency
16 response augmentation times; relocating the Emergency Operations Facility and Joint Information Center; defining Facility Activation criteria; revising the minimum staffing definition for the Emergency Response Facilities; extending facility activation requirements after declaration of an Alert of higher classification; reorganizing the VCSNS Emergency Plan based on emergency preparedness functions and removing references to chemistry, firefighting, first aid/rescue, and site access control functions while being on shift; and reducing the level at which the dispatch of Offsite Survey Teams are required.
Public Comments Received as to Proposed No NSHC (Yes/No)
Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc.; Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station, Unit 1, Fairfield County, SC Docket No. 50-395 Amendment Date August 5, 2024 ADAMS Accession No. ML24180A006 Amendment No. 227 The amendment modified the Virgil C.
Summer Nuclear Station (VCSNS)
Technical Specification (TS) Limiting Condition for Operation (LCO) 3.8.3.1, Brief Description of Amendment Action C, concerning inoperable Alternating Current Inverters of TS 3/4.8.3. The amendment extends the Allowed Outage Time for VCSNS's TS LCO 3.8.3.1 Action C in the case of an inoperable inverter.
Public Comments Received as to Proposed No NSHC (Yes/No)
Duke Energy Progress, LLC; H. B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant, Unit No. 2; Darlington County, SC Docket No. 50-261 Amendment Date August 14, 2024 ADAMS Accession No. ML24169A271 Amendment No. 280 The amendment revised Technical Specification (TS) Section 5.7, High Brief Description of Amendment Radiation Area, consistent with NRC-approved TS Task Force (TSTF) Traveler 258 (TSTF - 258-A), Revision 4, Changes to Section 5.0, Administrative Controls.
17 Public Comments Received as to Proposed No NSHC (Yes/No)
Duke Energy Progress, LLC; Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 1; Wake and Chatham Counties, NC Docket No. 50-400 Amendment Date August 14, 2024 ADAMS Accession No. ML24059A425 Amendment No. 202 The amendment modified the Technical Specification (TS) Surveillance Requirement (SR) 4.6.1.1 to eliminate the requirement to perform periodic position verification for containment penetrations that are maintained locked, sealed, or otherwise secured closed, and adopted Technical Specifications Task Force (TSTF)
Improved Standard TS (ISTS) Change Traveler No. 45 (TSTF-45-A), Revision 2, Exempt Verification of Containment Isolation Valves that are Not Locked, Sealed, or Other-wise Secured. The amendment also revised TS 3.3.3.5, Remote Shutdown System, to increase the completion time for inoperable Remote Shut-down System components to a time that is more consistent with their safety significance and removed the requirement Brief Description of Amendment to submit a Special Report. It also relocated the content in Table 3.3-9, Remote Shutdown System, and Table 4.3-6, Remote Shutdown Monitoring Instrumentation Surveillance Requirements, in accordance with TSTF-266-A, Revision 3, Eliminate the Remote Shutdown System Table of Instrumentation and Controls. Additionally, the amendment updated SR 4.3.1.1, Table 4.3-1, Reactor Trip System Instrumentation Surveillance Requirements, to address the application of the Surveillance Frequency Control Program to establish the frequency for performance of the Analog Channel Operational Test of select Reactor Trip System instrumentation. Changes were made to the administrative controls section of the TS to reflect current organizational titles as well as remove reporting requirements that were redundant to
18 existing regulations. The changes reflect requirements consistent with those in NUREG-1431, Revision 5, Standard Technical Specifications-Westinghouse Plants.
Public Comments Received as to Proposed No NSHC (Yes/No)
Duke Energy Progress, LLC; Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 1; Wake and Chatham Counties, NC Docket No. 50-400 Amendment Date August 2, 2024 ADAMS Accession No. ML24213A052 Amendment No(s). 201 The amendment extended the completion time of Action a of Technical Specification 3/4.5.1, Accumulators, from 1 hour1.157407e-5 days <br />2.777778e-4 hours <br />1.653439e-6 weeks <br />3.805e-7 months <br /> to 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> to restore a reactor coolant system accumulator to operable status when declared inoperable due to any reason except not being within the required boron Brief Description of Amendment concentration range. The change is consistent with NRC-approved Industry/Technical Specification Task Force (TSTF) Standard Technical Specification Change Traveler TSTF-370, Risk -Informed Evaluation of an Extension to Accumulator Completion Times for Westinghouse Plants.
Public Comments Received as to Proposed No NSHC (Yes/No)
Entergy Louisiana, LLC, and Entergy Operations, Inc.; River Bend Station, Unit 1; West Feliciana Parish, LA; Entergy Operations, Inc., System Energy Resources, Inc., Cooperative Energy, A Mississippi Electric Cooperative, and Entergy Mississippi, LLC; Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Unit 1; Claiborne County, MS; Entergy Operations, Inc.; Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 2; Pope County, AR Docket Nos. 50-368, 50-416, 50-458 Amendment Date August 13, 2024 ADAMS Accession No. ML24185A152 Amendment Nos. 334 (ANO-2), 235 (Grand Gulf), and 215 (River Bend)
The amendments revised Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 2 (ANO-2) Technical Specification (TS) Definitions 1.9, and 1.11 Brief Description of Amendments for Channel Calibration and Channel Functional Test, respectively; Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Unit 1 (Grand Gulf) TS Definition 1.1 for Channel Calibration, 19 Channel Functional Test, and Logic System Functional Test; and River Bend Station, Unit 1 (River Bend) TS Definition 1.1 for Channel Calibration, Channel Functional Test, and Logic System Functional Test.
The proposed changes aligned the ANO-2, Grand Gulf, and River Bend TS definitions with the definitions in Technical Specifications Task Force (TSTF) Traveler TSTF-205-A, Revision 3, Revision of Channel Calibration, Channel Functional Test, and Related Definitions.
Public Comments Received as to Proposed No NSHC (Yes/No)
Entergy Operations, Inc., System Energy Resources, Inc., Cooperative Energy, A Mississippi Electric Cooperative, and Entergy Mississippi, LLC; Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Unit 1; Claiborne County, MS Docket No. 50-416 Amendment Date July 29, 2024 ADAMS Accession No. ML24172A250 Amendment No. 233 The amendment revised the Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Unit 1, Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF-29 to add a Brief Description of Amendment new license condition to allow for the implementation of 10 CFR 50.69, Risk -
informed categorization and treatment of structures, systems and components for nuclear power reactors.
Public Comments Received as to Proposed No NSHC (Yes/No)
Entergy Operations, Inc., System Energy Resources, Inc., Cooperative Energy, A Mississippi Electric Cooperative, and Entergy Mississippi, LLC; Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Unit 1; Claiborne County, MS Docket No. 50-416 Amendment Date July 29, 2024 ADAMS Accession No. ML24176A120 Amendment No. 234 The amendment modified the Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Unit 1, technical specification requirements to permit the use of risk-informed completion times in Brief Description of Amendment accordance with Technical Specifications Task Force (TSTF) Traveler TSTF-505, Revision 2, Provide Risk-Informed Extended Completion Times-RITSTF
[Risk-Informed TSTF] Initiative 4b. The 20 NRC staff issued a final model safety evaluation TSTF-505, Revision 2, on November 21, 2018.
Public Comments Received as to Proposed No NSHC (Yes/No)
Entergy Operations, Inc.; Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3; St. Charles Parish, LA Docket No. 50-382 Amendment Date August 7, 2024 ADAMS Accession No. ML24164A251 Amendment No. 271 The amendment revised Surveillance Requirement (SR) 4.3.1.3, listed in Technical Specification (TS) 3.3.1, Reactor Protective Instrumentation, and SR 4.3.2.3, listed in TS 3.3.2, Engineered Safety Features Actuation System Instrumentation, to remove conflicting Brief Description of Amendment language that should have been removed as part of the Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3 license amendment request to adopt Technical Specifications Task Force (TSTF) Traveler TSTF-425 ( ADAMS Accession No. ML15170A121), which relocated specific surveillance frequencies to the surveillance frequency control program.
Public Comments Received as to Proposed No NSHC (Yes/No)
Indiana Michigan Power Company; Donald C. Cook Nuclear Plant, Unit 1; Berrien County, MI Docket No. 50-315 Amendment Date July 25, 2024 ADAMS Accession No. ML24169A214 Amendment No. 362 The amendment revised the technical specifications (TSs) by adding the Completion Time requirement Brief Description of Amendment Immediately to TS 3.4.12, Low Temperature Overpressure Protection (LTOP) System, Actions Table to Condition F, Required Action F.2.
Public Comments Received as to Proposed No NSHC (Yes/No)
TMI-2 Solutions, LLC; Three Mile Island Unit 2; Londonderry Township, Dauphin County, PA
21 Docket No(s). 50-320 Amendment Date August 9, 2024 ADAMS Accession No. ML24135A327 (Package)
Amendment No. 68 The NRC issued TMI-2 Solutions, LLC (TMI-2S) Amendment No. 68 to Possession-Only License Demonstration Power Reactor (DPR) -73. The amendment Brief Description of Amendment allows TMI-2S to conduct certain decommissioning activities at TMI-2 that were not previously addressed in the staffs environmental reviews (site-specific impacts to historic and cultural resources).
Public Comments Received as to Proposed No NSHC (Yes/No)
Virginia Electric and Power Company; Surry Power Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2; Surry County, VA Docket Nos. 50-280, 50-281 Amendment Date July 17, 2024 ADAMS Accession No. ML24165A278 Amendment Nos. 318 (Unit 1), 318 (Unit 2)
The amendments revised technical specifications (TSs) to add low head safety injection (LHSI) flow indication as required accident monitoring instrumentation. The addition of LHSI flow instrumentation to the Brief Description of Amendments TSs is due to reclassification of the variable from a Type D Category 2 variable to a Type A Category 1 variable per Regulatory Guide 1.97, Revision 3, Criteria for Accident Monitoring Instrumentation for Nuclear Power Plants.
Public Comments Received as to Proposed No NSHC (Yes/No)
Vistra Operations Company LLC; Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, Unit Nos.
1 and 2; Somervell County, TX Docket Nos. 50-445, 50-446 Amendment Date August 7, 2024 ADAMS Accession No. ML24177A269 Amendment Nos. 188 (Unit 1),188 (Unit 2)
The amendments revised technical specifications to adopt Technical Brief Description of Amendments Specifications Task Force (TSTF) Traveler TSTF-591, Revise Risk Informed Completion Time (RICT) Program.
22 Public Comments Received as to Proposed No NSHC (Yes/No)
IV. Notice of Issuance of Amendment 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.
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 consulted 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
23 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 amendments
involve NSHC. The basis for this determination 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 involve an emergency situation, the Commission is
now providing an opportunity to comment on the final NSHC determination for each
action; comments should be submitted in accordance with Section I of this notice within
30 days of the date of this notice. Any comments received within 30 days of the date of
publication this notice will be considered.
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.
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.
24 For further details with respect to these actions, 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 ADAMS accession 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
Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Unit 1; Burke County, GA Docket No. 50-424 Amendment Date July 23, 2024 ADAMS Accession No. ML24204A072 Amendment No. 225 The amendment revised Technical Specification (TS) 3.7.9, Ultimate Heat Sink, to allow a 92-day Completion Time for Required Action D.2 for an inoperable Nuclear Service Cooling Water (NSCW) basin transfer pump. The TS changes would be a one-time change and in effect only until September 9, 2024, during Vogtle Unit 1 Cycle 25 (1R25). The change also Brief Description of Amendment includes a Required Action D.2 Note which prevents Application of limiting conditions for operation 3.0.4.a and b for entry into MODE 4 following 1R25 unless repairs to the 1A NSCW transfer pump have been completed. The license amendment is issued under emergency circumstances as described in the provisions of 10 CFR 50.91(a)(5) due to the time critical nature of the amendment.
Local Media Notice (Yes/No) No Public Comments Requested as to No Proposed NSHC (Yes/No)
25 V. Previously Published Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendments to
Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses, Proposed No Significant
Hazards Consideration Determination, and Opportunity for a Hearing
The following notice was previously published as separate individual notice. It
was published as an individual notice either because time did not allow the Commission
to wait for this monthly notice or because the action involved exigent circumstances. It is
repeated here because the monthly notice lists all amendments issued or proposed to
be issued involving NSHC.
For details, including the applicable notice period, see the individual notice in the
Federal Register on the day and page cited.
License Amendment Request(s) - Repeat of Individual Federal Register Notice
Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2; Houston County, AL Docket Nos. 50-364, 50-348 Application Date July 18, 2024 ADAMS Accession No. ML24201A108 The NRC is considering issuance of an amendment to Facility Operating License No. NPF-2 and NPF-8, issued to Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. (SNC, the licensee), for operation of the Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant, (Farley) Units 1 and 2. The requested amendment would revise the operating license, Appendix A, Technical Specification (TS) 3.6.5, Brief Description of Amendments Containment Air Temperature, actions upon exceeding the containment average air temperature limit of 120 degrees Fahrenheit (°F) and remove an expired Note provision. Specifically, the proposed amendment would revise TS 3.6.5 Required Actions and Completion Time A.1, add Required Actions and Completion Times A.2 and A.3, as well as remove an expired Note in TS 3.6.5 Limiting Conditions for Operation.
Date and Citation of Federal Register July 29, 2024 ; 89 FR 60930 Individual Notice 26 Expiration Dates for Public Comments & August 28, 2024 (Public Comments) and Hearing Requests September 27, 2024 (Hearing Requests)
Dated: August 27, 2024.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
/RA/
Aida Rivera-Varona, Deputy Director, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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