ML16293A200

Operating License Amendment 251 Changed Pages

ML16293A200
Person / Time
Site:	Crystal River
Issue date:	11/30/2016
From:	John Hickman Reactor Decommissioning Branch
To:	Hobbs T Duke Energy Florida
J. Hickman NMSS/DUWP/RDB 415-3017 T-8F38
Shared Package
ML16293A191	List: ML16293A192 ML16293A200 ML16293A251
References
CAC L53066
Download: ML16293A200 (2)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 DUKE ENERGY FLORIDA, LLC DOCKET NO. 50-302 CRYSTAL RIVER UNIT 3 NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE Amendment No. 251 License No. DPR-72

1. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) having found that:

A. The application filed by Florida Power Corporation*** (the licensee), as supplemented by letter dated December 9, 1976, complies with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act) and the Commission's rules and regulations set forth in 10 CFR Chapter 1; B. Construction of the Crystal River Unit 3 Nuclear Generating Plant (facility) has been substantially completed in conformity with Provisional Construction Permit No.

CPPR-51 and the application, as amended, the provisions of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission; C. The facility will operate in conformity with the application, as amended, the provisions of the Act, and the rules and regulations of the Commission; D. There is reasonable assurance: (i) that the activities authorized by this operating license can be conducted without endangering the health and safety of the public, and (ii) that such activities will be conducted in compliance with the rules and regulations of the Commission; E. The licensee is financially qualified and Duke Energy Florida, LLC is technically qualified to engage in the activities authorized by this operating license in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Commission; F. The licensee has satisfied the applicable provisions of 10 CFR Part 140, Financial Protection Requirements and Indemnity Agreements, of the Commission's regulations;

• • • On April 29, 2013, the name "Florida Power Corporation" was changed to "Duke Energy Florida, Inc." On August 1, 2015, Duke Energy Florida, Inc. converted to a limited liability company and the name was changed to "Duke Energy Florida, LLC."

Facility Operating License No. DPR-72 Amendment No. 251

G. The issuance of this operating license will not be inimical to the common defense and security or to the health and safety of the public; H. After weighing the environmental, economic, technical, and other benefits of the facility against environmental and other costs and considering available alternatives, the issuance of Facility Operating License No. DPR-72 subject to the conditions for protection of the environment set forth herein is in accordance with 10 CFR Part 51, (formerly Appendix D to 10 CFR Part 50), of the Commission's regulations and all applicable requirements have been satisfied; I. The receipt, possession, and use of source, byproduct and special nuclear material as authorized by this license will be in accordance with the Commission's regulations in 10 CFR Part 30, 40 and 70, including 10 CFR Sections 30.33, 40.32, 70.23 and 70.31.

2. Facility Operating License No. DPR-72, issued to the licensee, is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

A. This amended license applies to the Crystal River Unit 3 Nuclear Generating Plant, a pressurized water nuclear reactor and associated equipment (the facility), owned by the licensee and operated by Duke Energy Florida, LLC. The facility is located on the Gulf of Mexico, about seven and one-half miles northwest of the town of Crystal River, Citrus County, Florida, and is described in the Final Safety Analysis Report as supplemented and amended and the Environmental Report as supplemented and amended.

B. Subject to the conditions and requirements incorporated herein, the Commission hereby licenses:

(1) Duke Energy Florida, LLC, pursuant to Section 104b of the Act and 10 CFR Part 50, Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities, to possess and use the facility; (2) The licensee to possess the facility at the designated location in Citrus County, Florida, in accordance with the procedures and limitations set forth in this license; (3) Duke Energy Florida, LLC, pursuant to the Act and 10 CFR Part 70, to possess at any time special nuclear material configured as reactor fuel, in accordance with the limitations for storage as described in the Final Safety Analysis Report, as supplemented and amended; (4) Duke Energy Florida, LLC, pursuant to the Act and 10 CFR Parts 30, 40 and 70 to possess at any time any byproduct, source and special nuclear material as sealed neutron sources used previously for reactor startup, as fission detectors, and sealed sources for reactor instrumentation and to possess and use at any time any byproduct, source, and special nuclear material as sealed sources for radiation monitoring equipment calibration in amounts as required; Facility Operating License No. DPR-72 Amendment No. 251