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MONTHYEARML23324A0102023-11-16016 November 2023 Request for Exemption from Enhanced Weapons, Firearms Background Checks, and Security Event Notifications Implementation ML23114A0152023-04-28028 April 2023 Exemption from the Requirements of 10 CFR 20.2206 (EPID L-2023-LLE-0009) (FRN) ML23094A2702023-04-27027 April 2023 Exemption from the Requirements of 10 CFR 20.2206 (EPID L-2023-LLE-0009) (Exemption) ML23094A2712023-04-27027 April 2023 Exemption from the Requirements of 10 CFR 20.2206 (EPID L-2023-LLE-0009) (Letter) ML23103A4322023-04-13013 April 2023 Request for Exemption from 10 CFR 20.2206(c) Due to Issues Obtaining Data ML22094A1762022-04-25025 April 2022 Letter, NRC Granting of Exemption to South Texas Project ISFSI from CoC 1032 for 1 MPC ML22070B1402022-03-11011 March 2022 Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation Request for Exemption from Certificate of Compliance (CoC) Inspection Requirement for One Multipurpose Canister ML20330A3122020-12-10010 December 2020 Exemption from Annual Force-on-Force Exercise Requirement of 10 CFR Part 73, Appendix B, General Criteria for Security Personnel, Subsection VI.C.3(I)(1) (EPID L-2020-LLE-0205 (COVID-19)) ML20304A2862020-11-20020 November 2020 Federal Register Notice for COVID-19 October 2020 Group Exemptions ML20321A3312020-11-16016 November 2020 Request for a One-Time Exemption from 10 CFR 73, Appendix 8, Section VI, Subsection C.3.(1)(1) Regarding Annual Force-on-Force (FOF) Exercises, Due to Covid 19 Pandemic NOC-AE-20003767, Request for a One-Time Exemption from 10 CFR 73, Appendix 8, Section VI, Subsection C.3.(1)(1) Regarding Annual Force-on-Force (FOF) Exercises, Due to Covid 19 Pandemic2020-11-16016 November 2020 Request for a One-Time Exemption from 10 CFR 73, Appendix 8, Section VI, Subsection C.3.(1)(1) Regarding Annual Force-on-Force (FOF) Exercises, Due to Covid 19 Pandemic ML20224A2112020-08-11011 August 2020 Exemption Request from 10 CFR 50 Appendix E Due to COVID-19 Pandemic NOC-AE-20003756, Exemption Request from 10 CFR 50 Appendix E Due to COVID-19 Pandemic2020-08-11011 August 2020 Exemption Request from 10 CFR 50 Appendix E Due to COVID-19 Pandemic ML20177A6452020-07-15015 July 2020 FRN - Notice of Issuance of Multiple Exemptions Regarding Various Parts of 10 CFR Due to COVID-19 Impacts for June 2020 ML20155K6792020-06-18018 June 2020 Temporary Exemption from Certain Requirements of 10 CFR Part 73, Appendix B, General Criteria for Security Personnel, Section VI (EPID L-2020-LLE-0076 (COVID-19)) ML18129A1312018-03-0808 March 2018 Request for Exemption from the Requirements of 10 CFR 50.47 Without Enclosures 3 and 4 ML17037C8712017-07-11011 July 2017 Letter, Exemption from the Requirements of 10 CFR Part 50, Section 50.46 (CAC Nos. MF2402-MF2409) NOC-AE-13002954, Pilot Submittal and Request for Exemption for a Risk-Informed Approach to Resolve Generic Safety Issue (GSI)-1912013-01-31031 January 2013 Pilot Submittal and Request for Exemption for a Risk-Informed Approach to Resolve Generic Safety Issue (GSI)-191 ML1124206112011-10-28028 October 2011 Letter, Exemption from the Requirements of 10 CFR Section 50.46 and Appendix K to 10 CFR Part 50 to Allow the Use of Optimized Zirlo as Fuel Rod Cladding Material NRC-2011-0233, South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2 - Exemption from the Requirements of 10 CFR Section 50.46 and Appendix K to 10 CFR Part 50 to Allow the Use of Optimized Zirlo as Fuel Rod Cladding Material (TAC Nos. ME5365 and ME5366)2011-10-27027 October 2011 South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2 - Exemption from the Requirements of 10 CFR Section 50.46 and Appendix K to 10 CFR Part 50 to Allow the Use of Optimized Zirlo as Fuel Rod Cladding Material (TAC Nos. ME5365 and ME5366) ML1124206162011-10-27027 October 2011 Exemption from the Requirements of 10 CFR Section 50.46 and Appendix K to 10 CFR Part 50 to Allow the Use of Optimized Zirlo as Fuel Rod Cladding Material NRC-2010-0162, South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2 - Exemption from Certain Requirements of 10 CFR Part 26 Revised Fitness for Duty Rule Regarding Managing Fatigue During Severe Weather Conditions2010-07-0202 July 2010 South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2 - Exemption from Certain Requirements of 10 CFR Part 26 Revised Fitness for Duty Rule Regarding Managing Fatigue During Severe Weather Conditions ML1016901072010-07-0202 July 2010 Letter, Exemption from Certain Requirements of 10 CFR Part 26 Revised Fitness for Duty Rule Regarding Managing Fatigue During Severe Weather Conditions ML1016901142010-07-0202 July 2010 Exemption from Certain Requirements of 10 CFR Part 26 Revised Fitness for Duty Rule Regarding Managing Fatigue During Severe Weather Conditions NRC-2010-0060, South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2 - Exemption from Schedule for Compliance with 10 CFR Part 73 Physical Security Requirements (TAC Nos. ME2873 and ME2874)2010-03-0505 March 2010 South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2 - Exemption from Schedule for Compliance with 10 CFR Part 73 Physical Security Requirements (TAC Nos. ME2873 and ME2874) ML1003213142010-03-0505 March 2010 Cover Letter, Exemption from Schedule for Compliance with 10 CFR Part 73 Physical Security Requirements ML1003213202010-03-0505 March 2010 Exemption from Schedule for Compliance with 10 CFR Part 73 Physical Security Requirements NOC-AE-09002477, Revised Request for Exemption from Certain Requirements of the Fitness for Duty Rule for Managing Fatigue2009-10-14014 October 2009 Revised Request for Exemption from Certain Requirements of the Fitness for Duty Rule for Managing Fatigue NOC-AE-07002210, Request for Exemption from 10 CFR 50.82(a)(8)2007-09-19019 September 2007 Request for Exemption from 10 CFR 50.82(a)(8) ML0429405192004-10-19019 October 2004 Southtexas Exemption: Commission Has Determined That the Granting of Thus Exemption Will Not Have a Significant Effect on the Quality of the Human Environment 2023-04-28
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MONTHYEARML23279A0382023-10-30030 October 2023 Associated Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation - Enclosure 1 -Order Approving Indirect Transfer of Licenses and Draft Conforming License Amendments (EPID L-2023-LLM-0004) (Order) ML23279A0342023-10-30030 October 2023 Associated Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation - Order Approving Indirect Transfer of Licenses and Draft Conforming License Amendments (EPID L-2023-LLM-0004) (Letter) ML23188A1592023-07-14014 July 2023 the Associated ISFSI - Notice of Consideration of Approval of Indirect Transfer of Licenses and Conforming Amendments and Opportunity to Request a Hearing (EPID L-2023-LLM-0004) - FRN ML23114A0152023-04-28028 April 2023 Exemption from the Requirements of 10 CFR 20.2206 (EPID L-2023-LLE-0009) (FRN) ML23094A2712023-04-27027 April 2023 Exemption from the Requirements of 10 CFR 20.2206 (EPID L-2023-LLE-0009) (Letter) ML22293A0022022-11-30030 November 2022 Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact Related to Alternate Disposal Procedures for Very Low-Level Radioactive Material - Transmittal Letter ML22293A0032022-11-30030 November 2022 Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact Related to Alternate Disposal Procedures for Very Low-Level Radioactive Material - FRN ML22094A1772022-04-25025 April 2022 Federal Register Notice, NRC Granting of Exemption to South Texas Project ISFSI from CoC 1032 for 1 MPC ML20304A2862020-11-20020 November 2020 Federal Register Notice for COVID-19 October 2020 Group Exemptions ML20177A6452020-07-15015 July 2020 FRN - Notice of Issuance of Multiple Exemptions Regarding Various Parts of 10 CFR Due to COVID-19 Impacts for June 2020 ML19238A3692019-09-0303 September 2019 Biweekly Federal Register Notice - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations - Publication Date: 09/10/2019 ML19168A0842019-06-26026 June 2019 Biweekly Federal Register Notice - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations - Publication Date: 07/02/2019 ML19140A4562019-05-28028 May 2019 Biweekly Federal Register Notice - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations - Publication Date: 06/04/2019 ML18351A0022019-01-0202 January 2019 Biweekly Federal Register Notice - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations - Publication Date: 01/02/2019 NRC-2018-0287, Biweekly Federal Register Notice - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations - Publication Date: 01/02/20192019-01-0202 January 2019 Biweekly Federal Register Notice - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations - Publication Date: 01/02/2019 ML18173A1792018-08-0707 August 2018 OEDO-17-00070 - Notice of Issuance of Director'S Decision, 2.206 Petition for Emergency Enforcement Action Per 10 CFR 2.206 at Listed U.S. Reactors with Forged Components and Parts Manufactured at France'S AREVA-Le Creusot Forge and Japan C ML17146B1672017-09-28028 September 2017 FRN for Issuance of the Renewed Operating Licenses for South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2 ML17138A2762017-09-19019 September 2017 License Renewal Record of Decision ML17198A3292017-08-30030 August 2017 OEDO-17-00070 - Acknowledgement Letter, Paul Gunter, Beyond Nuclear, Petition for Emergency Enforcement Action Per 10 CFR 2.206 at Listed U.S. Reactors with Forged Components and Parts Manufactured at France'S AREVA-Le Creusot Forge and Jap ML17200A0652017-08-30030 August 2017 OEDO-17-00070 - Acknowledgement FRN, Paul Gunter, Beyond Nuclear, 2.206 Petition for Emergency Enforcement Action Per 10 CFR 2.206 at Listed U.S. Reactors with Forged Components and Parts Manufactured at France'S AREVA-Le Creusot Forge and NRC-2016-0092, South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2 - FRN: Exemption from the Requirements of 10 CFR 50.46 and 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix a, General Design Criteria 35, 38, 41 (CAC Nos. MF2402-MF2409)2017-07-11011 July 2017 South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2 - FRN: Exemption from the Requirements of 10 CFR 50.46 and 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix a, General Design Criteria 35, 38, 41 (CAC Nos. MF2402-MF2409) ML17037C8762017-07-11011 July 2017 FRN: Exemption from the Requirements of 10 CFR 50.46 and 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix a, General Design Criteria 35, 38, 41 (CAC Nos. MF2402-MF2409) ML17037C8712017-07-11011 July 2017 Letter, Exemption from the Requirements of 10 CFR Part 50, Section 50.46 (CAC Nos. MF2402-MF2409) ML16278A5992017-05-0202 May 2017 Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact, Revise Licensing Basis as Documented in the UFSAR and Request for Exemptions, Risk-Informed Approach to Address GSI-191 (CAC MF2400 to MF2409) NRC-2016-0100, Biweekly Federal Register Notice - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations - Publication Date: May 24, 20162016-05-13013 May 2016 Biweekly Federal Register Notice - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations - Publication Date: May 24, 2016 ML16131A7952016-05-13013 May 2016 Biweekly Federal Register Notice - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations - Publication Date: May 24, 2016 ML16032A3872016-04-26026 April 2016 Draft Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact, Revise Licensing Basis as Documented in the UFSAR and Request for Exemptions, Risk-Informed Approach to Address GSI-191 (CAC MF2400-MF2409) ML16032A4032016-04-26026 April 2016 FRN, Draft Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact, Revise Licensing Basis as Documented in the UFSAR and Request for Exemptions, Risk-Informed Approach to Address GSI-191 (CAC MF2400-MF2409) ML15356A5992015-12-29029 December 2015 Biweekly Federal Register Notice - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations - Publication Date: January 5, 2016 ML15218A6252015-08-14014 August 2015 Biweekly FRN - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations - Publication Date: August 14, 2015 ML13252A4022013-11-19019 November 2013 STP FSEIS FRN (Update) ML13225A5572013-08-12012 August 2013 Rescission of Certain Security Orders Concerning Spent Nuclear Fuel in Transit ML12321A3112012-12-18018 December 2012 STP Units 1 and 2, LRA Review ML12321A3512012-12-18018 December 2012 Notice of Availability of the Dseis for Lr of STP, Units 1 and 2, for Public Comment ML12320A6032012-12-13013 December 2012 License Renewal Application Review (THC No. 201002271) ML12339A2652012-12-0505 December 2012 Notice of Availability of the Draft Plant-Specific Supplement 48 to the GEIS for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants Regarding South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2, (TAC ME5122, ME5123, ME4938, and ME4939) ML12195A0852012-12-0505 December 2012 Notice of Availability of the Draft Plant-Specific Supplement 48 to the GEIS for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants Regarding South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2, (TAC Nos. ME5122, ME5123, ME4938, and ME4939) ML12222A0232012-08-14014 August 2012 Letter, Withdrawal of License Amendment Request to Approve Revision to Fire Protection Program in Fire Hazards Analysis Report Related to Alternate Shutdown Capability ML12222A0262012-08-14014 August 2012 FRN - Withdrawal of License Amendment Request to Approve Revision to Fire Protection Program in Fire Hazards Analysis Report Related to Alternate Shutdown Capability NRC-2012-0196, South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2 - FRN - Withdrawal of License Amendment Request to Approve Revision to Fire Protection Program in Fire Hazards Analysis Report Related to Alternate Shutdown Capability (TAC Nos. ME6346 and ME6347)2012-08-14014 August 2012 South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2 - FRN - Withdrawal of License Amendment Request to Approve Revision to Fire Protection Program in Fire Hazards Analysis Report Related to Alternate Shutdown Capability (TAC Nos. ME6346 and ME6347) ML12056A0442012-03-12012 March 2012 Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation (Effective Immediately) - to All Power Reactor Licensees and Holders of Construction Permits in Active or Deferred Status NRC-2012-0067, Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation (Effective Immediately) - to All Power Reactor Licensees and Holders of Construction Permits in Active or Deferred Status2012-03-12012 March 2012 Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation (Effective Immediately) - to All Power Reactor Licensees and Holders of Construction Permits in Active or Deferred Status NRC-2011-0233, South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2 - Exemption from the Requirements of 10 CFR Section 50.46 and Appendix K to 10 CFR Part 50 to Allow the Use of Optimized Zirlo as Fuel Rod Cladding Material (TAC Nos. ME5365 and ME5366)2011-10-27027 October 2011 South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2 - Exemption from the Requirements of 10 CFR Section 50.46 and Appendix K to 10 CFR Part 50 to Allow the Use of Optimized Zirlo as Fuel Rod Cladding Material (TAC Nos. ME5365 and ME5366) ML1124206162011-10-27027 October 2011 Exemption from the Requirements of 10 CFR Section 50.46 and Appendix K to 10 CFR Part 50 to Allow the Use of Optimized Zirlo as Fuel Rod Cladding Material ML1124113012011-10-0404 October 2011 FRN: General Notice. South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2 - Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact, Proposed Exemption from 10 CFR 50.46 and 10 CFR 50 Appendix K to Allow Use of Optimized Zirlo as Fuel Rod Cladding Mate NRC-2011-0187, Biweekly Sholly Report - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations; Fr Publication Date: 8/23/20112011-08-11011 August 2011 Biweekly Sholly Report - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations; Fr Publication Date: 8/23/2011 ML1122302752011-08-11011 August 2011 Biweekly Sholly Report - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations; Fr Publication Date: 8/23/2011 ML1120917232011-08-0404 August 2011 FRN, Withdrawal of License Amendment Request, Revise Application of Control Risk Management Program in Technical Specification 3.7.7, Control Room Makeup and Cleanup Filtration System NRC-2011-0063, Individual Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment, Revise Technical Specification 6.8.3.I, Containment Post Tensioning System Surveillance Program, Consistent with Updated Edition of ASME Code, Section Xi2011-03-15015 March 2011 Individual Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment, Revise Technical Specification 6.8.3.I, Containment Post Tensioning System Surveillance Program, Consistent with Updated Edition of ASME Code, Section Xi ML1107405012011-03-15015 March 2011 Letter, Individual Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment, Revise Technical Specification 6.8.3.I, Containment Post Tensioning System Surveillance Program, Consistent with Updated Edition of ASME Code, Section XI 2023-07-14
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50-498 and 50-499; NRC-2023-0095]
STP Nuclear Operating Company; South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2 AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Exemption; issuance.
SUMMARY
- The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued an exemption in response to an April 13, 2023, request, as supplemented (replaced in its entirety) by letter dated April 17, 2023, from STP Nuclear Operating Company that requested a one-time exemption that would allow for the reporting of Radiation Exposure Information and Reporting System data from South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2 (STP) to be extended from the required date of April 30, 2023, until August 31, 2023.
DATES: The exemption was issued on April 27, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2023-0095 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You may obtain publicly available information related to this document using any of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2023-0095. 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 (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov. The request for the exemption was submitted by letter dated April 13, 2023, as supplemented (replaced in its entirety) by letter dated April 17, 2023, and are available in ADAMS under Accession Nos.
ML23103A432 and ML23107A251, respectively.
NRCs PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public documents, by appointment, at the NRCs PDR, Room P1 B35, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. 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: Dennis Galvin, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, telephone: 301-415-6256; email: Dennis.Galvin@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The text of the exemption is attached.
Dated: April 28, 2023.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
/RA/
Thomas J. Wengert, Senior Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch IV, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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Attachment - Exemption.
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Docket Nos. 50-498 and 50-499 South Texas Project Nuclear Operating Company South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2 Exemption I. Background.
STP Nuclear Operating Company (STPNOC, the licensee) is the holder of Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-76 and NPF-80, which authorize operation of South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2 (STP), respectively. The licenses provide, among other things, that the facility is subject to all rules, regulations, and orders of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC, the Commission) now or hereafter in effect. The facility consists of two pressurized-water reactors located in Matagorda County, Texas.
II. Request/Action.
By application dated April 13, 2023 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML23103A432), as supplemented (replaced in its entirety) on April 17, 2023 (ML23107A251), STPNOC requested an exemption from the reporting requirement in Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 20.2206(c). Specifically, the licensees requested one-time exemption would allow for the reporting of Radiation Exposure Information and Reporting System (REIRS) data from STP to be extended from the required date of April 30, 2023, until August 31, 2023. The licensee requested the exemption because its vendor that is processing the
2022 STPNOC dosimetry has not yet provided the data necessary for submittal of an annual report of the results of individual monitoring in accordance with 10 CFR 20.2206(c) and the licensee does not have confidence that the vendor will provide the data by April 30, 2023.
The regulation in 10 CFR 20.2206, Reports of individual monitoring, requires the annual submittal to the NRC of a report of the results of radiation dose monitoring conducted by licensees under the provisions of 10 CFR 20.1502, Conditions requiring individual monitoring of external and internal occupational dose, covering the preceding year; the report is to be submitted on or before April 30 of each year. The regulations in 10 CFR 20.1502 provide the conditions that require individual monitoring of external and internal occupational radiation doses. The regulations in 10 CFR 20.2106, Records of individual monitoring results, require, in part, that each licensee maintain records of radiation doses received by all individuals for whom radiation dose monitoring was required by 10 CFR 20.1502, and records of doses received during planned special exposures, accidents, and emergency conditions.
III. Discussion.
Pursuant to 10 CFR 20.2301 Applications for exemptions, the Commission may, upon application by a licensee or upon its own initiative, grant exemptions from the requirements of 10 CFR Part 20, Standards for Protection Against Radiation, if it determines that the exemptions are authorized by law and would not result in undue hazard to life or property.
A. The Exemption is Authorized by Law.
There are no provisions in the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (or in any other Federal statute) that impose a requirement for submitting reports of the results of 2
required radiation dose monitoring by April 30 of each year to the NRC; rather, this requirement appears in 10 CFR Part 20, which also allows the NRC to issue exemptions from those requirements. Therefore, the NRC staff concludes that there is no statutory or regulatory prohibition on the issuance of the requested exemption and the NRC is authorized to grant the exemption by law, upon finding that the exemption is otherwise acceptable.
B. The Exemption Presents no Undue Hazard to Life or Property.
In determining that granting the exemption would not result in undue hazard to life,1 the NRC staff conducted a risk-informed assessment of the impact of the exemption on the purpose of the NRCs standards for protection against radiation, as stated in 10 CFR 20.1001(b). Specifically, the regulation in 10 CFR 20.1001(b) states, in part:
It is the purpose of the regulations in this part to control the receipt, possession, use, transfer, and disposal of licensed material by any licensee in such a manner that the total dose to an individual (including doses resulting from licensed and unlicensed radioactive material and from radiation sources other than background radiation) does not exceed the standards for protection against radiation prescribed in the regulations in this part.
This risk-informed assessment considered the impact of the exemption on reports of exposure information to individuals and the NRC.
Reports to individuals The regulation in 10 CFR 19.13, Notifications and reports to individuals, provides requirements for notifications and reports of radiation dose data to individuals.
For example, 10 CFR 19.13(b) requires licensees to make records maintained under the provisions of 10 CFR 20.2106 available to workers and to provide an annual report to each individual monitored under the provisions of 10 CFR 20.1502 if the individuals 1
The NRC staff determined that the exemption as requested and evaluated by the NRC does not impact property.
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occupational dose exceeds a total effective dose equivalent (TEDE) of 100 millirem (mrem) (1 millisievert (mSv)), or 100 mrem (1 mSv) to any individual organ or tissue, or upon request of the individual.
As stated in 10 CFR 20.1001, the ultimate purpose of the requirements in 10 CFR Part 20 are to ensure that doses to individuals do not exceed the NRCs radiation protection standards. The monitoring, recording, and reporting of radiation dose data for occupationally exposed individuals as required by 10 CFR Part 20 is essential in ensuring that radiation protection standards are not exceeded for any individual worker, because it allows licensees to track doses and, if necessary, take action before applicable limits are exceeded. The recording of this information is also necessary to ensure that workers who transition from one employer to another are adequately protected in that the total annual dose to workers from all employers is kept within applicable limits.
In its exemption request, the licensee described three methods of obtaining personnel radiation dose data. First, doses from radiation exposures can be estimated using information collected from electronic dosimeters that are issued to workers.
Second, the dose data can be determined by conducting exposure investigations. Lastly, data from individually issued thermoluminescent dosimeters (TLDs) can be obtained from the licensees contracted dosimetry service provider. The first and second methods are currently available to the licensee; however, the licensee prefers to submit TLD-based data in part to remain consistent with previous years reports. This is consistent with long-standing industry practice that passive dosimetry, like TLDs, are used as dosimetry of legal record. However, the licensee states that the TLD-based data has not yet been provided to the licensee by its contracted dosimetry service provider and the licensee does not have confidence that it will obtain the data in time to meet the April 30 4
reporting deadline.
The licensee states that it is awaiting TLD-based data for over 800 personnel.
Conducting exposure investigations and reconciling electronic dosimeter data to establish a final record of doses for this magnitude of individuals is a resource intensive activity that would impose an undue burden on the licensee to achieve before April 30.
Nor does there appear to be any safety benefit in assembling those data before the contractor provides the dosimetry results. In this regard, the licensee reviewed the electronic dosimeter data and determined that no individuals annual dose reached regulatory limits, and no irregularities are expected between the electronic dosimeter data and the final record data that is to be submitted.
The NRC staff expects that the reports required per 10 CFR 19.13(b)(1) will be provided by the licensee to the applicable individuals, after the licensee establishes its final record of doses, which is expected on or before August 31, 2023. However, because the licensee maintains electronic dosimeter data and can perform exposure investigations, it is able to satisfy the purpose of 10 CFR Part 20, to ensure that the annual doses to individuals do not exceed the NRCs radiation protection standards.
Additionally, the licensee is able to meet its obligations per 10 CFR 19.13, to provide exposure information to individuals upon request.
Reports to the NRC The regulation in 10 CFR 20.2206(a) provides a list of categories of NRC licensees that are required to provide reports of individual radiation dose monitoring to the NRC. The regulation in 10 CFR 20.2206(b) states that licensees who fit a category listed in 10 CFR 20.2206(a), such as STPNOC, shall submit to the NRC reports of the results of individual radiation dose monitoring carried out by the licensee during the prior year for individuals for whom monitoring was required by 10 CFR 20.1502. Additionally, 5
the regulation in 10 CFR 20.2206(c) requires that these reports, covering the preceding year, be submitted on or before April 30 each year. The NRC collects radiation dose data to support decision-making in its oversight of radiation protection performance of its licensees. The preface to NUREG-0713, Volume 42, Occupational Radiation Exposure at Commercial Nuclear Power Reactors and Other Facilities 2020, dated September 2022 (ML22276A269), states that the NRC uses these data, in combination with other information, to provide facts regarding routine occupational exposures to radiation and radioactive material that occur in connection with certain NRC-licensed activities, for use in making decisions that impact public health and safety. The Preface to NUREG-0713 provides examples of how the NRC uses these data, including:
- 1. The evaluation of trends, both favorable and unfavorable, from the viewpoint of the effectiveness of overall NRC/licensee radiation protection and as low as is reasonably achievable (ALARA) efforts by licensees.
- 2. The evaluation of the radiological risk associated with certain categories of NRC-licensed activities and the comparative analysis of radiation protection performance by country, reactor type, civilian/military, facility, and industry.
- 3. Use of the data in the NRC Reactor Oversight Process for inspection planning and in the Significance Determination Process.
- 4. Use of the data in making evidence-based decisions regarding the radiation exposure to transient individuals.
- 5. Use of the data to establish priorities for the use of NRC health physics resources: research, standards development, regulatory program development, and inspections conducted at NRC-licensed facilities.
- 6. Use of the data in answering Congressional and administrative inquiries as well as responding to questions raised by the public.
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- 7. Use of the data to provide radiation exposure histories to individuals who were exposed to radiation at NRC-licensed facilities.
- 8. Use of the data in conducting epidemiologic studies.
As may be seen in the above description, the NRCs use of radiation dose data for occupationally exposed individuals serves various long-term initiatives that necessarily depend on data spanning multiple years in broad categories of licensees.
Therefore, while the continued collection of this data is essential to the NRCs mission as it pertains to radiation protection, a licensees delay by several months in reporting the data for its facility would have minimal impact on the NRCs ability to ensure adequate protection of public health and safety, and would not impact individual worker safety since the data pertaining to each worker would be readily available at the facility despite the requested delay in reporting to the NRC. Therefore, the NRC staff concludes that granting the exemption would not result in undue hazard to life or property.
C. Environmental Considerations The NRC staff determined that the exemption discussed herein meets the eligibility criteria for the categorical exclusion set forth in 10 CFR 51.22(c)(25), and there are no extraordinary circumstances present that would preclude reliance on this exclusion. The NRC staff determined, per 10 CFR 51.22(c)(25)(vi)(B), that the requirements from which the exemption is sought involve reporting requirements.
The NRC staff also determined that approval of this one-time exemption involves no significant hazards consideration because it does not authorize any physical changes to the facility or any of its safety systems and does not involve modifications that could alter the manner in which facility structures, systems, and components are operated and maintained.
There is no significant change in the types or significant increase in the amounts 7
of any effluents that may be released offsite because this exemption does not affect the types, characteristics, or quantities of effluents discharged to the environment. There is no significant increase in individual or cumulative public or occupational radiation exposure because this exemption does not affect limits on the release of any radioactive material, or the limits provided in 10 CFR Part 20 for radiation exposure to workers or members of the public. There is no significant construction impact because this exemption does not involve any physical changes to the facility. There is no significant increase in the potential for or consequences from radiological accidents because the exemption does not alter any of the assumptions or limits in the licensees safety analysis. In addition, the NRC staff determined that there would be no significant impacts to biota, water resources, historic properties, cultural resources, or socioeconomic conditions in the region. Therefore, pursuant to 10 CFR 51.22(b), no environmental impact statement or environmental assessment need be prepared in connection with the approval of the requested exemption.
IV. Conclusions.
Accordingly, the Commission has determined that, pursuant to 10 CFR 20.2301, the exemption is authorized by law, and will not present an undue hazard to life and property. Therefore, the Commission hereby grants STPNOC a one-time exemption from 10 CFR 20.2206 to delay the reporting of its REIRS data as required on April 30, 2023, until August 31, 2023.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 27th day of April 2023.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
/RA/
Gregory F. Suber, Deputy Director, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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