ML24136A136

Renewed License - Federal Register Notice

ML24136A136
Person / Time
Site:	Comanche Peak
Issue date:	07/30/2024
From:	Beverly Smith NRC/NRR/DNRL
To:
Shared Package
ML24136A131	List: ML24136A132 ML24136A133 ML24136A134 ML24136A135 ML24136A136
References
NRC-2022-0183
Download: ML24136A136 (5)

Text

[7590-01-P]

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50-445 and 50-446; NRC-2022-0183]

Vistra Operations Company LLC;

Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2;

License Renewal and Record of Decision

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice; issuance.

SUMMARY

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued Renewed

Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-87 and NPF-89 to Vistra Operations Company

LLC, for Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2, respectively. In addition,

the NRC has prepared a Record of Decision that supports the NRCs decision to issue

Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-87 and NPF-89.

DATES: The Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-87 and NPF-89 were

issued on DATE. July 30, 2024

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2022-0183 when contacting the NRC

about the availability of information regar ding 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-2022-0183. 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.

• 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

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. For the convenience of the

reader, instructions about obtaining materials referenced in this document are provided

in the Availability of Documents section.

• 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Yoo, Office of Nuclear Reactor

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

telephone: 301-415-8583, email: Mark.Yoo@nrc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Discussion

Notice is hereby given that the NRC has issued Renewed Facility Operating

License Nos. NPF-87 and NPF-89 to Vistra Operations Company LLC (Vistra, the

licensee), for Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant (CPNPP), Units 1 and 2,

respectively. Vistra is the operator of the facility. Renewed Facility Operating License

Nos. NPF-87 and NPF-89 authorize operation of Unit 1 and Unit 2, respectively, by

Vistra at reactor core power levels not in excess of 3,612 megawatts thermal for each

unit, in accordance with the provisions of the CPNPP, Units 1 and 2, renewed licenses

and technical specifications. Notice is also given that the Record of Decision (ROD) that

2 supports the NRCs decision to issue Renew ed Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-87

and NPF-89 is available in the Availability of Documents table.

As discussed in the ROD and the final supplemental environmental impact

statement (FSEIS) for CPNPP, Units 1 and 2, Supplement 60, to NUREG-1437,

Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants

Regarding License Renewal of Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, Final Report,

dated April 2024, the NRC staff initially considered 16 alternatives to license renewal.

The NRC staff dismissed 13 alternatives because of technical, resource availability, or

commercial limitations that currently exist and that are likely to continue to exist when

the existing CPNPP, Units 1 and 2, licenses expire, rendering these alternatives not

feasible and commercially viable. This resulted in the three reasonable replacement

power alternatives for indepth-evaluation: (a) a new nuclear (Small Modular Reactor)

generation alternative, (b) a natural gas combined-cycle power plant, and (c) a

combination of natural gas combined-cycle power plant, solar, and demand-side

management. The FSEIS documents the environmental review, including the

determination that the adverse environmental impacts of license renewal for CPNPP,

Units 1 and 2, are not so great that preserving the option of license renewal for energy

planning decisionmakers would be unreasonable. In addition to the NRC staffs

independent environmental review, the FSEIS conclusion is based on (1) the analysis

and findings in NUREG-1437, Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License

Renewal of Nuclear Power Plants, (2) information provided in the environmental report

submitted by Vistra, (3) consultation with Federal, State, local, and Tribal agencies, and

(4) the NRC staffs consideration of public comments.

CPNPP, Units 1 and 2, are four-coolant-loop, pressurized light water reactors

located Somervell County, Texas. The application for the renewed licenses, Comanche

3 Peak Nuclear Power Plant Units 1 and 2 License Renewal Application, dated

October 3, 2022, as supplemented by letters dated April 6, 2023, April 24, 2023, and

January 31, 2024, complies with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy

Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the NRC s regulations. As required by the Act

and NRC regulations in chapter 1 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations

(10 CFR), the NRC has made appropriate findings, which are set forth in the renewed

licenses.

A notice of the proposed issuance of the renewed licenses and an opportunity for

a hearing was published in the Federal Register on December 1, 2022 (87 FR 73798).

The adjudicatory proceeding before the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (ASLB) is

terminated by ASLBs Memorandum and Order, which was issued on June 20, 2019

(LBP-23-06).

For further details with respect to this action, see: (1) Vistra Operations Company

LLCs license renewal application for CPNPP, Units 1 and 2, dated October 3, 2022, as

supplemented by letters dated through January 31, 2024; (2) the NRCs safety

evaluation, dated March 2024; (3) the NRCs final environmental impact statement

(NUREG-1437, Supplement 60) for CPNPP, Units 1 and 2, dated April 2024; and (4) the

NRCs ROD.

II. Availability of Documents

The documents identified in the following table are available to interested

persons through one or more of the following methods, as indicated.

DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION ADAMS ACCESSION NO

Record of Decision - License Renewal Application Review - Comanche Peak ML24136A135 Nuclear Power Plant Units 1 and 2 Safety Evaluation - License Renewal Application Review - Comanche Peak ML24068A075 Nuclear Power Plant Units 1 and 2 4

Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants, Supplement 60, Regarding License ML24078A261 Renewal of Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant NUREG-1437, Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of ML13107A023 Nuclear Power Plants Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Memorandum and Order ML23158A276 Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant Units 1 and 2 License Renewal ML22297A247 Application Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant Units 1 and 2 License Renewal ML23096A302 Application Supplement 1 Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant Units 1 and 2 License Renewal ML23114A377 Application Supplement 2 Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant Units 1 and 2 License Renewal ML24031A608 Application Supplement 3

Dated: July 30, 2024

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

/RA/

Brian Smith, Director, Division of New and Renewed Licenses, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.

5