80 FR 11233 - Duke Energy Florida, Inc.; Crystal River Unit 3 Nuclear Generating Plant
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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 40 (Monday, March 2, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 11233-11236] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-04288] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket No. 50-302; NRC-2015-0042] Duke Energy Florida, Inc.; Crystal River Unit 3 Nuclear Generating Plant AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact; issuance. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering issuance of exemptions in response to a request from Duke Energy Florida, Inc. (DEF, the licensee) that would permit the licensee to reduce its emergency planning (EP) activities at the Crystal River Unit 3 Nuclear Generating Plant (CR-3). CR-3 has been shut down since September 26, 2009, and the final removal of fuel from the reactor vessel was completed on May 28, 2011. By letter dated February 20, 2013, DEF [[Page 11234]] submitted a certification to the NRC of permanent cessation of power operations and the removal of fuel from the reactor vessel. The licensee is seeking exemptions that would eliminate the requirements to maintain offsite radiological emergency plans and reduce some of the onsite EP activities based on the reduced risks at the permanently shutdown and defueled reactor. Offsite EP provisions would still exist using a comprehensive emergency management plan process. The NRC staff is issuing a final environmental assessment (EA) and final finding of no significant impact (FONSI) associated with the proposed exemptions. DATES: The EA and FONSI referenced in this document are available on March 2, 2015. ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2015-0042 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 Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2015-0042. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415- 3463; email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document. NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-available documents online in the ADAMS Public Documents collection at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ``ADAMS Public Documents'' and then select ``Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by email to [email protected]. The ADAMS accession number for each document referenced in this document (if that document is available in ADAMS) is provided the first time that a document is referenced. NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael D. Orenak, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-3229; email: [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Introduction Crystal River Unit 3 Nuclear Generating Plant (CR-3) is a permanently shutdown and defueled power reactor in the process of decommissioning. CR-3 is located in Citrus County, Florida, 80 miles north of Tampa, FL. Duke Energy Florida, Inc. (DEF, the licensee) is the holder of Facility Operating License No. DPR-72 for CR-3. CR-3 has been shut down since September 26, 2009, and the final removal of fuel from the reactor vessel was completed on May 28, 2011. By letter dated February 20, 2013, DEF submitted a certification to the NRC of permanent cessation of power operations and the removal of fuel from the reactor vessel. As a permanently shutdown and defueled facility, and pursuant to section 50.82(a)(2) of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), CR-3 is no longer authorized to be operated or to have fuel placed into its reactor vessel, but the licensee is still authorized to possess and store irradiated nuclear fuel. Irradiated fuel is currently stored onsite at CR-3 in a spent fuel pool (SFP). The licensee has requested exemptions from certain emergency planning (EP) requirements in 10 CFR part 50, ``Domestic Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities,'' for CR-3. The NRC regulations concerning EP do not recognize the reduced risks after a reactor is permanently shut down and defueled. A permanently shutdown reactor, such as CR-3, must continue to maintain the same EP requirements as an operating power reactor under the existing regulatory requirements. To establish a level of EP commensurate with the reduced risks of a permanently shutdown and defueled reactor, DEF requires exemptions from certain EP regulatory requirements before it can change its emergency plans. The NRC is considering issuance of exemptions to DEF from portions of 10 CFR 50.47, ``Emergency plans,'' and 10 CFR part 50, appendix E, ``Emergency Planning and Preparedness for Production and Utilization Facilities,'' which would permit DEF to modify its emergency plan to eliminate the requirements to maintain offsite radiological emergency plans and reduce some of the onsite EP activities based on the reduced risks at CR-3, due to its permanently shutdown and defueled status. Consistent with 10 CFR 51.21, the NRC has reviewed the requirements in 10 CFR 51.20(b) and 10 CFR 51.22(c) and determined that an environmental assessment (EA) is the appropriate form of environmental review for the requested action. Based on the results of the EA, which is provided in Section II of this document, the NRC has determined not to prepare an environmental impact statement for the proposed action, and is issuing a finding of no significant impact. II. Environmental Assessment Identification of the Proposed Action The proposed action would exempt DEF from meeting certain requirements set forth in 10 CFR 50.47 and appendix E to 10 CFR part 50. More specifically, DEF requested exemptions from (1) certain requirements in 10 CFR 50.47(b) regarding onsite and offsite emergency response plans for nuclear power reactors, (2) certain requirements in 10 CFR 50.47(c)(2) to establish plume exposure and ingestion pathway EP zones for nuclear power reactors, and (3) certain requirements in 10 CFR part 50, appendix E, section IV, which establishes the elements that make up the content of emergency plans. The proposed action of granting these exemptions would result in the elimination of the requirements for the licensee to maintain offsite radiological emergency plans and reduce some of the onsite EP activities at CR-3, based on the reduced risks at the permanently shutdown and defueled reactor. However, requirements for certain onsite capabilities to communicate and coordinate with offsite response authorities will be retained. If necessary, offsite protective actions could still be implemented using a comprehensive emergency management plan (CEMP) process. A CEMP in this context, also referred to as an emergency operations plan (EOP), is addressed in the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Comprehensive Preparedness Guide (CPG) 101, ``Developing and Maintaining Emergency Operations Plans.'' The CPG 101 is the foundation for State, territorial, tribal, and local EP in the United States. It promotes a common understanding of the fundamentals of risk-informed planning and decisionmaking, and helps planners at all levels of government in their efforts to develop and maintain viable, all- hazards, all-threats emergency plans. An EOP is flexible enough for use in all emergencies. It describes how people and property will be protected; details regarding who is responsible for carrying out specific actions; identifies the personnel, equipment, facilities, supplies, and other resources available; and outlines how all actions will be coordinated. A CEMP is often referred to as a synonym for ``all hazards planning.'' [[Page 11235]] The proposed action is in accordance with the licensee's application dated September 26, 2013, ``Permanently Defueled Emergency Plan and Emergency Action Level Scheme, and Request for Exemption to Certain Radiological Emergency Response Plan Requirements Defined by 10 CFR [Part] 50'' (ADAMS Accession No. ML13274A584), as supplemented by letters dated March 28, 2014, and August 28, 2014. In its letter dated March 28, 2014 (ADAMS Accession No. ML14098A072), DEF provided responses to the NRC staff's request for additional information concerning the proposed exemptions. In its letter dated August 28, 2014 (ADAMS Accession No. ML14251A237), DEF provided a supplement, which amended its request to align with the exemptions approved in Staff Requirements Memorandum to SECY-14-0066 (ADAMS Accession No. ML14219A366). Need for the Proposed Action The proposed action is needed for DEF to revise the CR-3 emergency plan to reflect the permanently shutdown and defueled status of the facility. The EP requirements currently applicable to CR-3 are for an operating power reactor. There are no explicit regulatory provisions distinguishing EP requirements for a power reactor that has been permanently shutdown from those for an operating power reactor. Therefore, since the 10 CFR part 50 license for CR-3 no longer authorizes operation of the reactor or emplacement or retention of fuel into the reactor vessel as specified in 10 CFR 50.82(a)(2), the occurrence of postulated accidents associated with reactor operation is no longer credible. In its exemption request, the licensee identified six possible radiological accidents at CR-3 in its permanently shut down and defueled condition. These are (1) a fuel handling accident, (2) a radioactive waste handling accident, (3) a loss of SFP normal cooling (boil off), (4) a loss of SFP inventory with air-cooling, (5) an adiabatic heatup of the hottest fuel assembly, and (6) a loss of SFP inventory radiation dose. The NRC staff evaluated these possible radiological accidents in the Commission Paper (SECY) 14-0118, ``Request by Duke Energy Florida, Inc., for Exemptions from Certain Emergency Planning Requirements,'' dated October 29, 2014 (ADAMS Accession No. ML14219A444). In SECY-14-0118, the staff verified that DEF's analyses and calculations provide reasonable assurance that if the requested exemptions were granted, then (1) for a design-basis accident (DBA), an offsite radiological release will not exceed the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Protective Action Guides (PAGs) at the exclusion area boundary, as detailed in the EPA ``PAG Manual, Protective Action Guides and Planning Guidance for Radiological Incidents,'' dated March 2013, which was issued as Draft for Interim Use and Public Comment; and, (2) in the unlikely event of a beyond DBA resulting in a loss of all SFP cooling, there is sufficient time to initiate appropriate mitigating actions, and in the unlikely event that a release is projected to occur, there is sufficient time for offsite agencies to take protective actions using a CEMP to protect the health and safety of the public. The Commission approved the NRC staff's recommendation to grant the exemptions in the Staff Requirements Memorandum to SECY-14-0118, dated December 30, 2014 (ADAMS Accession No. ML14364A111). Based on these analyses, the licensee states that complete application of the EP rule, in its particular circumstances as a permanently shutdown and defueled reactor with sufficiently cooled spent fuel in its spent fuel pool, would not serve the underlying purpose of the rule or is not necessary to achieve the underlying purpose of the rule. DEF also states that it would incur undue costs in the application of operating plant EP requirements for the maintenance of an emergency response organization in excess of that actually needed to respond to the diminished scope of credible accidents for a permanently shutdown and defueled reactor, with sufficiently cooled spent fuel in its spent fuel pool. Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action The NRC staff concluded that the exemptions, if granted, will not significantly increase the probability or consequences of accidents at CR-3 in its permanently shutdown and defueled condition. There will be no significant change in the types of any effluents that may be released offsite. There will be no significant increase in the amounts of any effluents that may be released offsite. There will be no significant increase in individual or cumulative occupational or public radiation exposure. Therefore, there are no significant radiological environmental impacts associated with the proposed action. With regards to potential non-radiological impacts, the proposed action does not have any foreseeable impacts to land, air, or water resources, including impacts to biota. In addition, there are also no known socioeconomic or environmental justice impacts associated with the proposed action. Therefore, there are no significant non- radiological environmental impacts associated with the proposed action. Accordingly, the NRC concludes that there are no significant environmental impacts associated with the proposed action. Environmental Impacts of the Alternatives to the Proposed Action As an alternative to the proposed action, the staff considered denial of the proposed action (i.e., the ``no-action'' alternative). Denial of the application would result in no change in current environmental impacts. Therefore, the environmental impacts of the proposed action and the alternative action are similar. Alternative Use of Resources The proposed action does not involve the use of any different resources than those previously considered in the Final Environmental Statement for CR-3, dated May 1973 (ADAMS Accession No. ML091520178). Agencies or Persons Consulted The NRC staff did not enter into consultation with any other Federal agency or with the State of Florida regarding the environmental impact of the proposed action. On January 20, 2015, the Florida state representative was notified of this EA and FONSI and did not provide any comments. III. Finding of No Significant Impact The licensee has proposed exemptions from (1) certain requirements in 10 CFR 50.47(b) regarding onsite and offsite emergency response plans for nuclear power reactors; (2) certain requirements in 10 CFR 50.47(c)(2) to establish plume exposure and ingestion pathway EP zones for nuclear power reactors; and (3) certain requirements in 10 CFR part 50, appendix E, section IV, which establishes the elements that make up the content of emergency plans. The proposed action of granting these exemptions would result in the elimination of the requirements for the licensee to maintain offsite radiological emergency plans and reduce some of the onsite EP activities at CR-3, based on the reduced risks at the permanently shutdown and defueled reactor. However, requirements for certain onsite capabilities to communicate and coordinate with offsite response authorities will be retained. Consistent with 10 CFR 51.21, the NRC conducted the EA for the proposed [[Page 11236]] action included in Section II of this document and incorporated by reference in this finding. On the basis of this EA, the NRC concludes that the proposed action will not have a significant effect on the quality of the human environment. Accordingly, the NRC has decided not to prepare an environmental impact statement for the proposed action. This EA and FONSI is based on the licensee's letter dated September 26, 2013, as supplemented by letters dated March 28, 2014, and August 28, 2014. Otherwise, there are no other environmental documents associated with this review. These documents are available for public inspection as indicated above. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 23rd day of February, 2015. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Meena K. Khanna, Chief, Plant Licensing IV-2 and Decommissioning Transition Branch, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. [FR Doc. 2015-04288 Filed 2-27-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590-01-P
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2. Department of Defense, National related to the importation of firearms news releases, video recordings, and
Reconnaissance Office; Department of and ammunition. event photographs.
Defense, National Geospatial- 11. Department of Justice, Bureau of 21. National Archives and Records
Intelligence Agency; Department of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Administration, Government-wide
Defense, National Security Agency (N1– Explosives (DAA–0436–2012–0010, 9 (DAA–GRS–2014–0002, 20 items, 20
525–13–2, 4 items, 4 temporary items). items, 9 temporary items). Records temporary items). General Records
Routine human resources records related to firearms registration and Schedule for employee acquisition
associated with a multi-mission ground taxation. Records also include master records including classification
station. files and outputs of electronic standards, position descriptions,
3. Department of Defense, National information systems used in the classification appeals, job vacancy case
Reconnaissance Office; Department of administration of a firearms registration files and application packages,
Defense, National Geospatial- program. interview records, political appointment
Intelligence Agency; Department of 12. Department of Justice, Bureau of records, special hiring authority
Defense, National Security Agency (N1– Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and program records, and pre-appointment
525–14–2, 3 items, 3 temporary items). Explosives (DAA–0436–2012–0011, 2 records.
Project files and routine information items, 2 temporary items). Master files 22. National Archives and Records
technology records associated with a and outputs of an electronic information Administration, Government-wide
multi-mission ground station. system used to manage investigative (DAA–GRS–2015–0002, 3 items, 3
4. Department of Defense, National case files. temporary items). General Records
Reconnaissance Office; Department of 13. Department of State, Bureau of Schedule for classified information
Defense, National Geospatial- Diplomatic Security (N1–59–11–13, 7 nondisclosure agreements and files
Intelligence Agency; Department of items, 7 temporary items). Records of relating to the inadvertent release of
Defense, National Security Agency (N1– the Office of Investigations and privileged information to unauthorized
525–14–3, 11 items, 11 temporary Counterintelligence including parties.
items). Routine environmental safety, assessments, reports, administrative 23. Office of the Federal Coordinator
health and wellness, facilities, and files, and investigative case files. for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation
logistics records associated with a 14. Department of Transportation, Projects, Agency-wide (N1–596–15–1, 9
multi-mission ground station. Federal Highway Administration (DAA– items, 4 temporary items). Records
5. Department of Defense, National 0406–2013–0001, 2 items, 2 temporary include correspondence, policy
Reconnaissance Office; Department of items). Experimental project files and memorandums, and pilot project files.
Defense, National Geospatial- test and evaluation project files. Proposed for permanent retention are
Intelligence Agency; Department of 15. Department of Transportation, records of the executive leadership,
Defense, National Security Agency (N1– Federal Highway Administration (DAA– white papers, speeches, publications,
525–14–4, 7 items, 7 temporary items). 0406–2014–0001, 3 items, 3 temporary and public presentations.
Routine physical security records and items). Content records of agency social Dated: February 23, 2015.
information security records associated networking Web sites. Paul M. Wester Jr.,
with a multi-mission ground station. 16. Department of Transportation, Chief Records Officer for the U.S.
6. Department of Homeland Security, Federal Highway Administration (DAA– Government.
Transportation Security Administration 0406–2014–0002, 3 items, 3 temporary [FR Doc. 2015–04235 Filed 2–27–15; 8:45 am]
(DAA–0560–2013–0001, 1 item, 1 items). Loan and grant files. BILLING CODE 7515–01–P
temporary item). Master files of an 17. Department of Transportation,
electronic information system used to Federal Motor Carrier Safety
track the collection and disposal of Administration (DAA–0557–2013–0003, NUCLEAR REGULATORY
hazardous materials collected at 1 item, 1 temporary item). Master files COMMISSION
screening checkpoints. of an electronic information system
7. Department of Homeland Security, used to track safety performance and [Docket No. 50–302; NRC–2015–0042]
Transportation Security Administration compliance histories.
(DAA–0560–2013–0004, 1 item, 1 18. Export-Import Bank of the United Duke Energy Florida, Inc.; Crystal
temporary item). Master files of an States, Agency-wide (DAA–0275–2015– River Unit 3 Nuclear Generating Plant
electronic information system used to 0001, 1 item, 1 temporary item). AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory
track occupational health information. Compliance documents, final Commission.
8. Department of Homeland Security, agreements, and other transaction ACTION: Environmental assessment and
Transportation Security Administration records. finding of no significant impact;
(DAA–0560–2013–0009, 2 items, 2 19. Federal Communications issuance.
temporary items). Records related to Commission, Office of Media Relations
performance audits at screening (DAA–0173–2015–0001, 1 item, 1 SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
locations. temporary item). Content records of Commission (NRC) is considering
9. Department of Justice, Bureau of agency social networking Web sites. issuance of exemptions in response to a
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and 20. James Madison Memorial request from Duke Energy Florida, Inc.
Explosives (DAA–0436–2012–0005, 2 Fellowship Foundation, Agency-wide (DEF, the licensee) that would permit
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items, 2 temporary items). Master files (N1–508–15–1, 17 items, 8 temporary the licensee to reduce its emergency
and outputs of an electronic information items). Routine and uncaptioned planning (EP) activities at the Crystal
system used to process background photographs, compliance reports, River Unit 3 Nuclear Generating Plant
checks for firearms purchases. fellowship applications, administrative (CR–3). CR–3 has been shut down since
10. Department of Justice, Bureau of files, recipient financial records, and September 26, 2009, and the final
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Web site records. Proposed for removal of fuel from the reactor vessel
Explosives (DAA–0436–2012–0009, 2 permanent retention are records of was completed on May 28, 2011. By
items, 2 temporary items). Records executive leadership, publications, letter dated February 20, 2013, DEF
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The proposed action is in accordance (DBA), an offsite radiological release there are also no known socioeconomic
with the licensee’s application dated will not exceed the Environmental or environmental justice impacts
September 26, 2013, ‘‘Permanently Protection Agency’s (EPA) Protective associated with the proposed action.
Defueled Emergency Plan and Action Guides (PAGs) at the exclusion Therefore, there are no significant non-
Emergency Action Level Scheme, and area boundary, as detailed in the EPA radiological environmental impacts
Request for Exemption to Certain ‘‘PAG Manual, Protective Action Guides associated with the proposed action.
Radiological Emergency Response Plan and Planning Guidance for Radiological Accordingly, the NRC concludes that
Requirements Defined by 10 CFR [Part] Incidents,’’ dated March 2013, which there are no significant environmental
50’’ (ADAMS Accession No. was issued as Draft for Interim Use and impacts associated with the proposed
ML13274A584), as supplemented by Public Comment; and, (2) in the action.
letters dated March 28, 2014, and unlikely event of a beyond DBA
Environmental Impacts of the
August 28, 2014. In its letter dated resulting in a loss of all SFP cooling,
Alternatives to the Proposed Action
March 28, 2014 (ADAMS Accession No. there is sufficient time to initiate
ML14098A072), DEF provided appropriate mitigating actions, and in As an alternative to the proposed
responses to the NRC staff’s request for the unlikely event that a release is action, the staff considered denial of the
additional information concerning the projected to occur, there is sufficient proposed action (i.e., the ‘‘no-action’’
proposed exemptions. In its letter dated time for offsite agencies to take alternative). Denial of the application
August 28, 2014 (ADAMS Accession protective actions using a CEMP to would result in no change in current
No. ML14251A237), DEF provided a protect the health and safety of the environmental impacts. Therefore, the
supplement, which amended its request public. The Commission approved the environmental impacts of the proposed
to align with the exemptions approved NRC staff’s recommendation to grant the action and the alternative action are
in Staff Requirements Memorandum to exemptions in the Staff Requirements similar.
SECY–14–0066 (ADAMS Accession No. Memorandum to SECY–14–0118, dated
Alternative Use of Resources
ML14219A366). December 30, 2014 (ADAMS Accession
No. ML14364A111). The proposed action does not involve
Need for the Proposed Action Based on these analyses, the licensee the use of any different resources than
The proposed action is needed for states that complete application of the those previously considered in the Final
DEF to revise the CR–3 emergency plan EP rule, in its particular circumstances Environmental Statement for CR–3,
to reflect the permanently shutdown as a permanently shutdown and dated May 1973 (ADAMS Accession No.
and defueled status of the facility. The defueled reactor with sufficiently cooled ML091520178).
EP requirements currently applicable to spent fuel in its spent fuel pool, would
CR–3 are for an operating power reactor. Agencies or Persons Consulted
not serve the underlying purpose of the
There are no explicit regulatory rule or is not necessary to achieve the The NRC staff did not enter into
provisions distinguishing EP underlying purpose of the rule. DEF also consultation with any other Federal
requirements for a power reactor that states that it would incur undue costs in agency or with the State of Florida
has been permanently shutdown from the application of operating plant EP regarding the environmental impact of
those for an operating power reactor. requirements for the maintenance of an the proposed action. On January 20,
Therefore, since the 10 CFR part 50 emergency response organization in 2015, the Florida state representative
license for CR–3 no longer authorizes excess of that actually needed to was notified of this EA and FONSI and
operation of the reactor or emplacement respond to the diminished scope of did not provide any comments.
or retention of fuel into the reactor credible accidents for a permanently III. Finding of No Significant Impact
vessel as specified in 10 CFR shutdown and defueled reactor, with
50.82(a)(2), the occurrence of postulated sufficiently cooled spent fuel in its The licensee has proposed
accidents associated with reactor spent fuel pool. exemptions from (1) certain
operation is no longer credible. requirements in 10 CFR 50.47(b)
In its exemption request, the licensee Environmental Impacts of the Proposed regarding onsite and offsite emergency
identified six possible radiological Action response plans for nuclear power
accidents at CR–3 in its permanently The NRC staff concluded that the reactors; (2) certain requirements in 10
shut down and defueled condition. exemptions, if granted, will not CFR 50.47(c)(2) to establish plume
These are (1) a fuel handling accident, significantly increase the probability or exposure and ingestion pathway EP
(2) a radioactive waste handling consequences of accidents at CR–3 in its zones for nuclear power reactors; and
accident, (3) a loss of SFP normal permanently shutdown and defueled (3) certain requirements in 10 CFR part
cooling (boil off), (4) a loss of SFP condition. There will be no significant 50, appendix E, section IV, which
inventory with air-cooling, (5) an change in the types of any effluents that establishes the elements that make up
adiabatic heatup of the hottest fuel may be released offsite. There will be no the content of emergency plans. The
assembly, and (6) a loss of SFP significant increase in the amounts of proposed action of granting these
inventory radiation dose. The NRC staff any effluents that may be released exemptions would result in the
evaluated these possible radiological offsite. There will be no significant elimination of the requirements for the
accidents in the Commission Paper increase in individual or cumulative licensee to maintain offsite radiological
(SECY) 14–0118, ‘‘Request by Duke occupational or public radiation emergency plans and reduce some of the
Energy Florida, Inc., for Exemptions exposure. Therefore, there are no onsite EP activities at CR–3, based on
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from Certain Emergency Planning significant radiological environmental the reduced risks at the permanently
Requirements,’’ dated October 29, 2014 impacts associated with the proposed shutdown and defueled reactor.
(ADAMS Accession No. ML14219A444). action. However, requirements for certain
In SECY–14–0118, the staff verified that With regards to potential non- onsite capabilities to communicate and
DEF’s analyses and calculations provide radiological impacts, the proposed coordinate with offsite response
reasonable assurance that if the action does not have any foreseeable authorities will be retained.
requested exemptions were granted, impacts to land, air, or water resources, Consistent with 10 CFR 51.21, the
then (1) for a design-basis accident including impacts to biota. In addition, NRC conducted the EA for the proposed
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action included in Section II of this DATES: Submit comments by April 1, Systems’’, is available in ADAMS under
document and incorporated by reference 2015. Requests for a hearing or petition Accession No. ML15044A471.
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Operating License No. DPR–26, issued • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to The proposed amendment would
to Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., for http://www.regulations.gov and search allow a revision to the acceptance
operation of the Indian Point Nuclear for Docket ID NRC–2015–0038. criteria for Surveillance Requirement
Generating, Unit 2. The proposed • NRC’s Agencywide Documents 3.1.4.2 for Control Rod G–3. During the
amendment would allow a revision to Access and Management System last two performances of this
the acceptance criteria for the (ADAMS): You may obtain publicly- Surveillance on September 18, 2014,
Surveillance Requirement 3.1.4.2 for available documents online in the and December 11, 2014, Control Rod G–
Control Rod G–3. During the last two ADAMS Public Documents collection at 3 misalignment occurred with
performances of this Surveillance on http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ Shutdown Bank B group movement as
September 18, 2014, and December 11, adams.html. To begin the search, select displayed by the Individual Rod
2014, Control Rod G–3 misalignment ‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then Position Indication and Plant
occurred with Shutdown Bank B group select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS Instrument Computer System. The
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movement as displayed by the Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS, proposed change is to defer subsequent
Individual Rod Position Indication and please contact the NRC’s Public testing of the Control Rod G–3 until
Plant Instrument Computer System. The Document Room (PDR) reference staff at repaired during the next refuel outage
proposed change is to defer subsequent 1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by (March 2016) or forced outage long
testing of the Control Rod G–3 until email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The enough to repair the Control Rod.
repaired during the next refuel outage Proposed License Amendment Before any issuance of the proposed
(March 2016) or forced outage long Regarding a Change to Technical license amendment, the NRC will need
enough to repair the Control Rod. Specification 3.1.4, ‘‘Reactivity Control to make the findings required by the
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| Category | Regulatory Information | |
| Collection | Federal Register | |
| sudoc Class | AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: | |
| Publisher | Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration | |
| Section | Notices | |
| Action | Environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact; issuance. | |
| Dates | The EA and FONSI referenced in this document are available on March 2, 2015. | |
| Contact | Michael D. Orenak, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-3229; email: [email protected] | |
| FR Citation | 80 FR 11233 |
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