80_FR_11533 80 FR 11492 - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving Proposed No Significant Hazards Considerations and Containing Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information and Order Imposing Procedures for Access to Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information

80 FR 11492 - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving Proposed No Significant Hazards Considerations and Containing Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information and Order Imposing Procedures for Access to Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 41 (March 3, 2015)

Page Range11492-11498
FR Document2015-03917

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) received and is considering approval of four amendment requests. The amendment requests are for Braidwood Station, Units 1 and 2, and Byron Station, Units 1 and 2; Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, Unit 2; Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2; and Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2, Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, and Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2. The NRC proposes to determine that each amendment request involves no significant hazards consideration. In addition, each amendment request contains sensitive unclassified non-safeguards information (SUNSI).

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 41 (Tuesday, March 3, 2015)
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2015-0030]


Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and 
Combined Licenses Involving Proposed No Significant Hazards 
Considerations and Containing Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards 
Information and Order Imposing Procedures for Access to Sensitive 
Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: License amendment request; opportunity to comment, request a 
hearing, and petition for leave to intervene; order.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) received and is 
considering approval of four amendment requests. The amendment requests 
are for Braidwood Station, Units 1 and 2, and Byron Station, Units 1 
and 2; Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, Unit 2; Diablo Canyon Nuclear 
Power Plant, Units 1 and 2; and Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Units 
1 and 2, Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, and Edwin I. 
Hatch Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2. The NRC proposes to determine that 
each amendment request involves no significant hazards consideration. 
In addition, each amendment request contains sensitive unclassified 
non-safeguards information (SUNSI).

DATES: Comments must be filed by April 2, 2015. A request for a hearing 
must be filed by May 4, 2015. Any potential party as defined in Sec.  
2.4 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), who 
believes access to SUNSI is necessary to respond to this notice must 
request document access by March 13, 2015.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods 
(unless this document describes a different method for submitting 
comments on a specific subject):
     Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2015-0030. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; email: [email protected].
     Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, Office of Administration, 
Mail Stop: O12-H08, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001.
    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: Shirley Rohrer, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-5411; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments

A. Obtaining Information

    Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2015-0030 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 Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2015-0030.
     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 (if it is available 
in ADAMS) is provided the first time that it is mentioned in the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section.
     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.

B. Submitting Comments

    Please include Docket ID NRC-2015-0030, facility name, unit 
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 posts all comment submissions at http://www.regulations.gov as well as entering 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 submissions into ADAMS.

II. Background

    Pursuant to Section 189a.(2) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as 
amended (the Act), the NRC is publishing this 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, 
notwithstanding the pendency before the Commission of a request for a 
hearing from any person.
    This notice includes notices of amendments containing SUNSI.

III. 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 Commission has made a proposed determination that the following 
amendment requests involve no significant hazards consideration. Under 
the Commission's regulations in 10 CFR 50.92, this means that operation 
of the facility in accordance with the proposed amendment 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 basis 
for this proposed determination for each amendment request is shown 
below.
    The Commission is seeking public comments on this proposed 
determination. Any comments received within 30 days after the date of

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publication of this notice will be considered in making any final 
determination.
    Normally, the Commission will not issue the amendment until the 
expiration of 60 days after the date of publication of this notice. The 
Commission may issue the license amendment before expiration of the 60-
day period provided that its final determination is that the amendment 
involves no significant hazards consideration. In addition, the 
Commission may issue the amendment prior to the expiration of the 30-
day comment period should 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. Should the 
Commission take action prior to the expiration of either the comment 
period or the notice period, it will publish a notice of issuance in 
the Federal Register. Should the Commission make a final No Significant 
Hazards Consideration Determination, any hearing will take place after 
issuance. The Commission expects that the need to take this action 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(s) whose interest may be affected by this action may file a 
request for a hearing and a petition to intervene with respect to 
issuance of the amendment to the subject facility operating license or 
combined license. Requests for a hearing and a petition for leave to 
intervene shall be filed in accordance with the Commission's ``Agency 
Rules of Practice and Procedure'' in 10 CFR part 2. Interested 
person(s) should consult a current copy of 10 CFR 2.309, which is 
available at the NRC's PDR, located at One White Flint North, Room O1-
F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland 20852. The 
NRC's regulations are accessible electronically from the NRC Library on 
the NRC's Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/cfr/. If a request for a hearing or petition for leave to intervene is 
filed within 60 days, the Commission or a presiding officer designated 
by the Commission or by the Chief Administrative Judge of the Atomic 
Safety and Licensing Board Panel, will rule on the request and/or 
petition; and the Secretary or the Chief Administrative Judge of the 
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board will issue a notice of a hearing or 
an appropriate order.
    As required by 10 CFR 2.309, a petition for leave to intervene 
shall set forth with particularity the interest of the petitioner in 
the proceeding, and how that interest may be affected by the results of 
the proceeding. The petition should specifically explain the reasons 
why intervention should be permitted with particular reference to the 
following general requirements: (1) The name, address, and telephone 
number of the requestor or petitioner; (2) the nature of the 
requestor's/petitioner's right under the Act to be made a party to the 
proceeding; (3) the nature and extent of the requestor's/petitioner's 
property, financial, or other interest in the proceeding; and (4) the 
possible effect of any decision or order which may be entered in the 
proceeding on the requestor's/petitioner's interest. The petition must 
also set forth the specific contentions which the requestor/petitioner 
seeks to have litigated at the proceeding.
    Each contention must consist of a specific statement of the issue 
of law or fact to be raised or controverted. In addition, the 
requestor/petitioner shall provide a brief explanation of the bases for 
the contention and a concise statement of the alleged facts or expert 
opinion which support the contention and on which the requestor/
petitioner intends to rely in proving the contention at the hearing. 
The requestor/petitioner must also provide references to those specific 
sources and documents of which the petitioner is aware and on which the 
requestor/petitioner intends to rely to establish those facts or expert 
opinion. The petition must include sufficient information to show that 
a genuine dispute exists with the applicant on a material issue of law 
or fact. Contentions shall be limited to matters within the scope of 
the amendment under consideration. The contention must be one which, if 
proven, would entitle the requestor/petitioner to relief. A requestor/
petitioner who fails to satisfy these requirements with respect to at 
least one contention will not be permitted to participate as a party.
    Those permitted to intervene become parties to the proceeding, 
subject to any limitations in the order granting leave to intervene, 
and have the opportunity to participate fully in the conduct of the 
hearing.
    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. The final determination will serve 
to decide 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 held 
would take place after issuance of the amendment. If the final 
determination is that the amendment request involves a significant 
hazards consideration, then any hearing held would take place before 
the issuance of any 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.

B. Electronic Submissions (E-Filing)

    All documents filed in NRC adjudicatory proceedings, including a 
request for hearing, a petition for leave to intervene, any motion or 
other document filed in the proceeding prior to the submission of a 
request for hearing or petition to intervene, and documents filed by 
interested governmental entities participating under 10 CFR 2.315(c), 
must be filed in accordance with the NRC's E-Filing rule (72 FR 49139; 
August 28, 2007). 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. Participants may not 
submit paper copies of their filings unless they seek an exemption in 
accordance with the procedures described below.
    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 [email protected], or by 
telephone at 301-415-1677, to request (1) a digital identification (ID) 
certificate, which allows the participant (or its counsel or 
representative) to digitally sign documents and access the E-Submittal 
server for any proceeding in which it is participating; and (2) advise 
the Secretary that the participant will be submitting a request or 
petition for hearing (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 electronic docket for the hearing in this proceeding if the 
Secretary has not already established an electronic docket.
    Information about applying for a digital ID certificate is 
available on the NRC's public Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/site-help/
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getting-started.html. System requirements for accessing the E-Submittal 
server are detailed in the NRC's ``Guidance for Electronic 
Submission,'' which is available on the agency's public Web site at 
http://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html. Participants may 
attempt to use other software not listed on the Web site, but should 
note that the NRC's E-Filing system does not support unlisted software, 
and the NRC Meta System Help Desk will not be able to offer assistance 
in using unlisted software.
    If a participant is electronically submitting a document to the NRC 
in accordance with the E-Filing rule, the participant must file the 
document using the NRC's online, Web-based submission form. In order to 
serve documents through the Electronic Information Exchange System, 
users will be required to install a Web browser plug-in from the NRC's 
Web site. Further information on the Web-based submission form, 
including the installation of the Web browser plug-in, is available on 
the NRC's public Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html.
    Once a participant has obtained a digital ID certificate and a 
docket has been created, the participant can then submit a request for 
hearing or petition for leave to intervene. Submissions should be in 
Portable Document Format (PDF) in accordance with NRC guidance 
available on the NRC's public Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html. A filing is considered complete at the time the 
documents are submitted through the NRC's E-Filing system. To be 
timely, an electronic filing must be submitted to the E-Filing system 
no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date. Upon receipt of 
a transmission, the E-Filing system time-stamps the document and sends 
the submitter an email notice confirming receipt of the document. The 
E-Filing system also distributes an email notice that provides access 
to the document to the NRC's 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 
documents on those participants separately. Therefore, applicants and 
other participants (or their counsel or representative) must apply for 
and receive a digital ID certificate before a hearing request/petition 
to intervene is filed so that they can obtain access to the document 
via the E-Filing system.
    A person filing electronically using the NRC's adjudicatory E-
Filing system may seek assistance by contacting the NRC Meta System 
Help Desk through the ``Contact Us'' link located on the NRC's public 
Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html, by email to 
[email protected], or by a toll-free call at 1-866-672-7640. The 
NRC Meta System Help Desk is available between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., 
Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, excluding government holidays.
    Participants who believe that they have a 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 
requesting authorization to continue to submit documents in paper 
format. Such filings must be submitted by: (1) First class mail 
addressed to the Office of the Secretary of the Commission, U.S. 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, Attention: 
Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff; or (2) courier, express mail, or 
expedited delivery service to the Office of the Secretary, Sixteenth 
Floor, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 
20852, Attention: Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff. Participants 
filing a document in this manner are responsible for serving the 
document on all other participants. Filing is considered complete by 
first-class mail as of the time of deposit in the mail, or by courier, 
express mail, or expedited delivery service upon depositing the 
document with the provider of the service. A presiding officer, having 
granted an exemption request from using E-Filing, may require a 
participant or party to use E-Filing if the presiding officer 
subsequently determines that the reason for granting the exemption from 
use of E-Filing no longer exists.
    Documents submitted in adjudicatory proceedings will appear in the 
NRC's electronic hearing docket which is available to the public at 
http://ehd1.nrc.gov/ehd/, unless excluded pursuant to an order of the 
Commission, or the presiding officer. Participants are requested not to 
include personal privacy information, such as social security numbers, 
home addresses, or home phone numbers in their filings, unless an NRC 
regulation or other law requires submission of such information. 
However, a request to intervene will require including information on 
local residence in order to demonstrate a proximity assertion of 
interest in the proceeding. With respect to copyrighted works, except 
for limited excerpts that serve the purpose of the adjudicatory filings 
and would constitute a Fair Use application, participants are requested 
not to include copyrighted materials in their submission.
    Petitions for leave to intervene must be filed no later than 60 
days from the date of publication of this notice. Requests for hearing, 
petitions for leave to intervene, and motions for leave to file new or 
amended contentions that are filed after the 60-day 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)-(iii).
    For further details with respect to this amendment action, see the 
application for amendment which is available for public inspection at 
the NRC's PDR, located at One White Flint North, Room O1-F21, 11555 
Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland 20852. Publicly 
available documents created or received at the NRC are accessible 
electronically through ADAMS in the NRC Library at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. If you do not have access to ADAMS or if there 
are problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, contact the 
PDR's Reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by email to 
[email protected].
Exelon Generation Company, LLC, Docket Nos. STN 50-456 and STN 50-457, 
Braidwood Station, Units 1 and 2, Will County, Illinois; Docket Nos. 
STN 50-454 and STN 50-455, Byron Station, Units 1 and 2, Ogle County, 
Illinois
    Date of amendment request: October 16, 2014. A publicly-available 
version is in ADAMS under Accession No. ML14289A580.
    Description of amendment request: This amendment request contains 
sensitive unclassified non-safeguards information (SUNSI). The proposed 
amendment would allow utilization of WCAP-16143-P, Revision 1, 
``Reactor Vessel Closure Head/Vessel Flange Requirements Evaluation for 
Byron/Braidwood Units 1 and 2,'' dated October 2014, as an analytical 
method to determine the reactor coolant system pressure and temperature 
(P-T) limits.
    Basis for proposed no significant hazards consideration 
determination: As required by 10 CFR 50.91(a), the licensee has 
provided its analysis of the issue of no significant hazards 
consideration, which is presented below with NRC staff's edits in 
square brackets:

    EGC [Exelon Generation Company, LLC] has evaluated the proposed 
change for Braidwood Station and Byron Station, using the criteria 
in 10 CFR 50.92, and has determined that the proposed change does

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not involve a significant hazards consideration. The following 
information is provided to support a finding of no significant 
hazards consideration.
    Criteria
    1. Does the proposed change involve a significant increase in 
the probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated?
    Response: No.
    These changes to the analysis do not adversely affect accident 
initiators or precursors, nor alter the design assumptions or 
conditions of the facility previously approved by the NRC, or the 
manner in which the plant is operated and maintained. The revisions 
to the subject WCAP [WCAP-16143[-P]] do not alter or prevent the 
ability of structures, systems, and components (SSCs) from 
performing their intended function to mitigate the consequences of 
an initiating event within the assumed acceptance limits. The 
changes also do not affect the source term, containment isolation, 
or radiological release assumptions used in evaluating the 
radiological consequences of an accident previously evaluated; do 
not increase the types or amounts of radioactive effluent that may 
be released offsite; and do not significantly increase individual or 
cumulative occupational/public radiation exposures.
    Therefore, the proposed change does not involve a significant 
increase in the probability or consequences of an accident 
previously evaluated.
    2. Does the proposed change create the possibility of a new or 
different kind of accident from any accident previously evaluated?
    Response: No.
    The use of WCAP-16143[-P], Revision 1, for generation of 
[Reactor Pressure Vessel] RPV P-T limits, will continue to ensure 
that RPV integrity is maintained under all conditions. The revisions 
contained in WCAP-16143[-P], Revision 1, and the changes proposed to 
TS [Technical Specifications] Table 1.1-1 do not change the 
conclusions of WCAP-16143[-P], Revision 0, previously approved by 
the NRC; nor do they change the way the RPV is analyzed or performs 
its safety function. Subsequently, these changes do not result in 
the creation of any new accident initiators or precursors; do not 
result in changes to any existing accident scenarios; and do not 
introduce any operational changes or mechanisms that would create 
the possibility of a new or different kind of accident.
    Based on the above discussion, the proposed changes do not 
create the possibility of a new or different kind of accident from 
any previously evaluated.
    3. Does the proposed change involve a significant reduction in a 
margin of safety?
    Response: No.
    The proposed changes do not change any safety limits or reduce 
the margin of safety to any safety limits. The stress analysis and 
fracture mechanics evaluation, documented in the revision to WCAP-
16143[-P], determined that for the RPV boltup condition, the RPV 54-
stud case (i.e., all RPV head studs in-service) was more limiting 
than the RPV 53-stud case (i.e., one RPV head stud out-of-service). 
In addition, the conclusions of the updated analysis for the RPV 54-
stud case confirmed the conclusions from WCAP-16143, Revision 0. 
This change, subsequently, has no impact on the current RPV P-T 
limit curves.
    Therefore, the proposed changes do not involve a significant 
reduction in a margin of safety.
    Based on the above, EGC concludes that the proposed changes do 
not involve a significant hazards consideration under the standards 
set forth in 10 CFR 50.92(c), and, accordingly, a finding of ``no 
significant hazards consideration'' is justified.

    The NRC staff has reviewed the licensee's analysis and, based on 
this review, it appears that the three standards of 10 CFR 50.92(c) are 
satisfied. Therefore, the NRC staff proposes to determine that the 
requested amendments involve no significant hazards consideration.
    Attorney for licensee: Bradley J. Fewell, Associate General 
Counsel, Exelon Nuclear, 4300 Winfield Road, Warrenville, Illinois 
60555.
    NRC Branch Chief: Travis L. Tate.
Exelon Generation Company, LLC, and PSEG Nuclear LLC, Docket No. 50-
277, Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station (PBAPS), Unit 2, York and 
Lancaster Counties, Pennsylvania
    Date of application for amendment: December 5, 2014. A publicly-
available version is in ADAMS under Accession No. ML14342A229.
    Description of amendment request: This amendment request contains 
sensitive unclassified non-safeguards information (SUNSI). The proposed 
amendment would revise the Technical Specifications (TSs) related to 
the Safety Limit Minimum Critical Power Ratios (SLMCPRs). The proposed 
changes result from a cycle-specific analysis performed to support the 
operation of PBAPS, Unit 2, in the upcoming Cycle 21. The re-analysis 
was performed to accommodate operation in the Maximum Extended Load 
Line Limit Analysis Plus (MELLLA+) operating domain based on a separate 
license amendment request (LAR) dated September 4, 2014 (ADAMS 
Accession No. ML14247A503).
    Basis for proposed no significant hazards consideration 
determination: As required by 10 CFR 50.91(a), the licensee has 
provided its analysis of the issue of no significant hazards 
consideration, which is presented below with NRC staff's edits in 
square brackets:

    1. Does the proposed amendment involve a significant increase in 
the probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated?
    Response: No.
    The derivation of the cycle specific Safety Limit Minimum 
Critical Power Ratios (SLMCPRs) for incorporation into the Technical 
Specifications (TS), and their use to determine cycle specific 
thermal limits, has been performed using the methodology discussed 
in NEDE-24011-P-A, ``General Electric Standard Application for 
Reactor Fuel,'' Revision 20 [ADAMS Accession No. ML13352A474].
    The basis of the SLMCPR calculation is to ensure that during 
normal operation and during anticipated operational transients, at 
least 99.9% of all fuel rods in the core do not experience boiling 
transition if the limit is not violated. The new SLMCPRs preserve 
the existing margin to boiling transition.
    The MCPR safety limit is reevaluated for each reload using NRC-
approved methodologies. The analyses for PBAPS, Unit 2 Cycle 21, 
with the addition of operation in the MELLLA+ operating domain, have 
concluded that a two recirculation loop MCPR safety limit of >=1.15, 
based on the application of Global Nuclear Fuel's NRC-approved MCPR 
safety limit methodology, will ensure that this acceptance criterion 
is met. For single recirculation loop operation, a MCPR safety limit 
of >=1.15 also ensures that this acceptance criterion is met. The 
MCPR operating limits are presented and controlled in accordance 
with the PBAPS Unit 2 Core Operating Limits Report (COLR).
    The requested TS changes do not involve any additional plant 
modifications or operational changes that could affect system 
reliability or performance or that could affect the probability of 
operator error beyond those associated with the MELLLA+ LAR [ADAMS 
Accession No. ML14247A503]. The requested changes do not affect any 
postulated accident precursors, do not affect any accident 
mitigating systems, and do not introduce any new accident initiation 
mechanisms.
    Therefore, the proposed TS changes do not involve a significant 
increase in the probability or consequences of an accident 
previously evaluated.
    2. Does the proposed amendment create the possibility of a new 
or different kind of accident from any accident previously 
evaluated?
    Response: No.
    The SLMCPR is a TS numerical value, calculated to ensure that 
during normal operation and during anticipated operational 
transients, at least 99.9% of all fuel rods in the core do not 
experience boiling transition if the limit is not violated. The new 
SLMCPRs are calculated using NRC-approved methodology discussed in 
NEDE-24011-P-A, ``General Electric Standard Application for Reactor 
Fuel,'' Revision 20 [ADAMS Accession No. ML13352A474]. The proposed 
changes do not involve any new modes of operation, any changes to 
setpoints, or any plant modifications beyond those associated with 
the MELLLA+ LAR [ADAMS Accession No. ML14247A503]. The proposed 
revised MCPR safety limits have been shown to be acceptable for 
Cycle 21 operation with the MELLLA+ operating domain. The core 
operating limits will continue to be developed using NRC-approved 
methods. The proposed MCPR safety limits or methods for establishing 
the core operating limits do

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not result in the creation of any new precursors to an accident.
    Therefore, this proposed change does not create the possibility 
of a new or different kind of accident from any previously 
evaluated.
    3. Does the proposed amendment involve a significant reduction 
in a margin of safety?
    Response: No.
    There is no significant reduction in the margin of safety 
previously approved by the NRC as a result of the proposed change to 
the SLMCPRs. The new SLMCPRs are calculated using methodology 
discussed in NEDE-24011-P-A, ``General Electric Standard Application 
for Reactor Fuel,'' Revision 20 [ADAMS Accession No. ML13352A474]. 
The SLMCPRs ensure that during normal operation and during 
anticipated operational transients, at least 99.9% of all fuel rods 
in the core do not experience boiling transition if the limits are 
not violated, thereby preserving the fuel cladding integrity.
    Therefore, the proposed TS changes do not involve a significant 
reduction in the margin of safety previously approved by the NRC.

    The NRC staff has reviewed the licensee's analysis and, based on 
this review, and with the changes noted above in square brackets, it 
appears that the three standards of 10 CFR 50.92(c) are satisfied. 
Therefore, the NRC staff proposes to determine that the amendment 
request involves no significant hazards consideration.
    Attorney for Licensee: J. Bradley Fewell, Esquire, Vice President 
and Deputy General Counsel, Exelon Generation Company, LLC, 200 Exelon 
Way, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania 19348.
    NRC Branch Chief: Meena K. Khanna.
Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Docket Nos. 50-275 and 50-323, Diablo 
Canyon Nuclear Power Plant (DCPP), Units 1 and 2, San Luis Obispo 
County, California
    Date of amendment request: October 2, 2014. A publicly-available 
version is in ADAMS under Accession No. ML14275A444.
    Description of amendment request: This amendment request contains 
sensitive unclassified non-safeguards information (SUNSI). The proposed 
amendments request approval to perform the fuel assembly structural 
analyses based on a pipe break that considers the application of leak-
before-break, which allows the exclusion of the dynamic effects of 
certain pipe breaks, consistent with 10 CFR part 50, Appendix A, 
General Design Criterion 4, ``Environmental and design effects design 
bases,'' for DCPP, Units 1 and 2. The fuel assembly structural analyses 
are performed to satisfy NUREG-0800, ``Standard Review Plan for the 
Review of Safety Analysis Reports for Nuclear Power Plants: LWR 
Edition,'' Section 4.2, ``Fuel System Design,'' Appendix A, 
``Evaluation of Fuel Assembly Structural Response to Externally Applied 
Forces,'' Revision 3, March 2007 (ADAMS Accession No. ML070740002). 
Further, the licensee requests approval to use the fuel assembly 
structural analysis results to satisfy, in part, the emergency core 
cooling system performance criterion, 10 CFR 50.46(b)(4), ``Coolable 
geometry.''
    Basis for proposed no significant hazards consideration 
determination: As required by 10 CFR 50.91(a), the licensee has 
provided its analysis of the issue of no significant hazards 
consideration, which is presented below with NRC staff's edits in 
square brackets:

    1. Does the proposed change involve a significant increase in 
the probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated?
    Response: No.
    The proposed change requests approval to perform the fuel 
assembly structural analyses based on a pipe break that considers 
the application of Leak-Before-Break (LBB). Performing the fuel 
assembly structural analyses based on a pipe break that considers 
the application of LBB will not impact any accident previously 
evaluated.
    No physical changes are being made to the plant as a result of 
this change. DCPP will continue to satisfy the criteria of 10 CFR 
50.46(b) with this change.
    Therefore, the proposed change does not involve a significant 
increase in the probability or consequences of an accident 
previously evaluated.
    2. Does the proposed change create the possibility of a new or 
different accident from any accident previously evaluated?
    Response: No.
    The proposed change does not involve any physical changes to the 
plant. The best-estimate large break loss-of-coolant [accident] 
(BELOCA) analyses are not impacted by this change.
    Therefore, the proposed change does not create the possibility 
of a new or different accident from any accident previously 
evaluated.
    3. Does the proposed change involve a significant reduction in a 
margin of safety?
    Response: No.
    The revised fuel structural integrity analysis incorporates the 
reduced LBB loads and therefore will not decrease the margin of 
safety to the 10 CFR 50.46 limits. The BELOCA analyses are not 
impacted by this change, and the criteria of 10 CFR 50.46(b) 
continue to be met. The proposed change does not involve any changes 
to the fuel, reactor vessel, or containment fission product 
barriers. Therefore there will be no impact on the accident analyses 
that are contained in the Updated Final Safety Analysis Report.
    Therefore, the proposed change does not involve a significant 
reduction in a margin of safety.

    The NRC staff has reviewed the licensee's analysis and, based on 
this review, it appears that the three standards of 10 CFR 50.92(c) are 
satisfied. Therefore, the NRC staff proposes to determine that the 
amendment requests involve no significant hazards consideration.
    Attorney for licensee: Jennifer Post, Esq., Pacific Gas and 
Electric Company, P.O. Box 7442, San Francisco, California 94120.
    Acting NRC Branch Chief: Eric R. Oesterle.
Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. (SNC), Docket Nos. 50-424 and 
50-425, Vogtle Electric Generating Plant (VEGP), Units 1 and 2, Burke 
County, Georgia; Docket Nos. 50-348 and 50-364, Joseph M. Farley 
Nuclear Plant (FNP), Units 1 and 2, Houston County, Alabama; Docket 
Nos. 50-321 and 50-366, Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant (HNP), Units 1 and 
2, City of Dalton, Georgia
    Date of amendment request: December 30, 2014. A publicly-available 
version is in ADAMS under Accession No. ML14365A352.
    Description of amendment request: This amendment request contains 
sensitive unclassified non-safeguards information (SUNSI). The 
amendments would revise the Cyber Security Plan (CSP) implementation 
schedule.
    Basis for proposed no significant hazards consideration 
determination: As required by 10 CFR 50.91(a), the licensee has 
provided its analysis of the issue of no significant hazards 
consideration, which is presented below with NRC staff's edits in 
square brackets:

    1. Does the proposed amendment involve a significant increase in 
the probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated?
    Response: No.
    The proposed license amendment request is for a change to the 
Milestone 8 implementation schedule for the SNC CSP, as cited by the 
existing FOLs [facility operating licenses] applicable to FNP, HNP 
and VEGP Units 1 and 2.
    The CSP is designed to provide high assurance that the systems 
within the scope of Sec.  73.54 are protected from cyber attacks. 
The CSP itself does not require any plant modifications, but the 
plan describes appropriate configuration management requirements to 
assure plant modifications involving digital computer systems are 
reviewed to provide adequate protection against cyber attacks, up to 
and including the design basis threat as defined in Sec.  73.54.
    The proposed change is a schedule change for CSP implementation 
only; it will modify the existing FOL for each SNC-operated facility 
to add citation of the license amendment establishing the new 
Milestone 8 completion date. This change is administrative in nature 
and does not alter

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the plant configuration, involve the installation of new plant 
equipment, alter accident analysis assumptions, add any new 
initiators, or affect the function of plant systems or the manner in 
which systems are operated, maintained, modified, tested, or 
inspected.
    Based on the above, the proposed change does not involve a 
significant increase in the probability or consequences of an 
accident previously evaluated.
    2. Does the proposed amendment create the possibility of a new 
or different kind of accident from any accident previously 
evaluated?
    Response: No.
    The proposed change will modify the existing FOL for each SNC-
operated facility to add citation of the license amendment 
establishing the new Milestone 8 completion date for CSP 
implementation. This change is administrative in nature and does not 
alter plant configuration, install new plant equipment, alter 
accident analysis assumptions, add any initiators, or affect the 
function of plant systems or the manner in which systems are 
operated, maintained, tested, or inspected.
    Accordingly, the proposed change does not create the possibility 
of a new or different kind of accident from any previously 
evaluated.
    3. Does the proposed amendment involve a significant reduction 
in a margin of safety?
    Response: No.
    The proposed SNC CSP Milestone 8 implementation date change does 
not alter plant configuration, install new plant equipment, alter 
accident analysis assumptions, add any initiators, or affect the 
function of plant systems or the manner in which systems are 
operated, maintained, tested, or inspected. Plant safety margins are 
established through Limiting Conditions for Operation, Limiting 
Safety System Settings and Safety Limits specified in the Technical 
Specifications. Because there is no change to these established 
safety margins, the proposed change does not involve a reduction in 
a margin of safety.
    The proposed change will modify the existing FOL for each SNC-
operated facility to add citation of the license amendment 
establishing the new Milestone 8 completion date. This change is 
administrative in nature and does not involve a reduction in margin 
of safety.
    Based on the above, the proposed change does not involve a 
significant reduction in a margin of safety.

    The NRC staff has reviewed the licensee's analysis and, based on 
this review, it appears that the three standards of 10 CFR 50.92(c) are 
satisfied. Therefore, the NRC staff proposes to determine that the 
amendment request involves no significant hazards consideration.
    Attorney for licensee: Leigh D. Perry, SVP & General Counsel of 
Operations and Nuclear, Southern Nuclear Operating Company, 40 Iverness 
Center Parkway, Birmingham, Alabama 35201.
    NRC Branch Chief: Robert J. Pascarelli.

Order Imposing Procedures for Access to Sensitive Unclassified Non-
Safeguards Information for Contention Preparation.

Exelon Generation Company, LLC, Docket Nos. STN 50-456 and STN 50-457, 
Braidwood Station, Units 1 and 2, Will County, Illinois, Docket Nos. 
STN 50-454 and STN 50-455, Byron Station, Units 1 and 2, Ogle County, 
Illinois

Exelon Generation Company, LLC, and PSEG Nuclear LLC, Docket No. 50-
277, Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, Unit 2, York and Lancaster 
Counties, Pennsylvania

Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Docket Nos. 50-275 and 50-323, Diablo 
Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2, San Luis Obispo County, 
California

Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc., Docket Nos. 50-424 and 50-
425, Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2, Burke County, 
Georgia, Docket Nos. 50-348 and 50-364, Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant, 
Units 1 and 2, Houston County, Alabama, Docket Nos. 50-321 and 50-366, 
Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, City of Dalton, Georgia

    A. This Order contains instructions regarding how potential parties 
to this proceeding may request access to documents containing SUNSI.
    B. Within 10 days after publication of this notice of hearing and 
opportunity to petition for leave to intervene, any potential party who 
believes access to SUNSI is necessary to respond to this notice may 
request such access. A ``potential party'' is any person who intends to 
participate as a party by demonstrating standing and filing an 
admissible contention under 10 CFR 2.309. Requests for access to SUNSI 
submitted later than 10 days after publication of this notice will not 
be considered absent a showing of good cause for the late filing, 
addressing why the request could not have been filed earlier.
    C. The requester shall submit a letter requesting permission to 
access SUNSI to the Office of the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, Attention: Rulemakings and 
Adjudications Staff, and provide a copy to the Associate General 
Counsel for Hearings, Enforcement and Administration, Office of the 
General Counsel, Washington, DC 20555-0001. The expedited delivery or 
courier mail address for both offices is: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. The email 
address for the Office of the Secretary and the Office of the General 
Counsel are [email protected] and [email protected], 
respectively.\1\ The request must include the following information:
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    \1\ While a request for hearing or petition to intervene in this 
proceeding must comply with the filing requirements of the NRC's 
``E-Filing Rule,'' the initial request to access SUNSI under these 
procedures should be submitted as described in this paragraph.
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    (1) A description of the licensing action with a citation to this 
Federal Register notice;
    (2) The name and address of the potential party and a description 
of the potential party's particularized interest that could be harmed 
by the action identified in C.(1); and
    (3) The identity of the individual or entity requesting access to 
SUNSI and the requester's basis for the need for the information in 
order to meaningfully participate in this adjudicatory proceeding. In 
particular, the request must explain why publicly-available versions of 
the information requested would not be sufficient to provide the basis 
and specificity for a proffered contention.
    D. Based on an evaluation of the information submitted under 
paragraph C.(3) the NRC staff will determine within 10 days of receipt 
of the request whether:
    (1) There is a reasonable basis to believe the petitioner is likely 
to establish standing to participate in this NRC proceeding; and
    (2) The requestor has established a legitimate need for access to 
SUNSI.
    E. If the NRC staff determines that the requestor satisfies both 
D.(1) and D.(2) above, the NRC staff will notify the requestor in 
writing that access to SUNSI has been granted. The written notification 
will contain instructions on how the requestor may obtain copies of the 
requested documents, and any other conditions that may apply to access 
to those documents. These conditions may include, but are not limited 
to, the signing of a Non-Disclosure Agreement or Affidavit, or 
Protective Order \2\ setting forth terms and conditions to prevent the 
unauthorized or inadvertent disclosure of SUNSI by each individual who 
will be granted access to SUNSI.
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    \2\ Any motion for Protective Order or draft Non-Disclosure 
Affidavit or Agreement for SUNSI must be filed with the presiding 
officer or the Chief Administrative Judge if the presiding officer 
has not yet been designated, within 30 days of the deadline for the 
receipt of the written access request.
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    F. Filing of Contentions. Any contentions in these proceedings that 
are based upon the information received as a result of the request made 
for SUNSI must be filed by the requestor no later than 25 days after 
the requestor is

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granted access to that information. However, if more than 25 days 
remain between the date the petitioner is granted access to the 
information and the deadline for filing all other contentions (as 
established in the notice of hearing or opportunity for hearing), the 
petitioner may file its SUNSI contentions by that later deadline. This 
provision does not extend the time for filing a request for a hearing 
and petition to intervene, which must comply with the requirements of 
10 CFR 2.309.
    G. Review of Denials of Access.
    (1) If the request for access to SUNSI is denied by the NRC staff 
after a determination on standing and need for access, the NRC staff 
shall immediately notify the requestor in writing, briefly stating the 
reason or reasons for the denial.
    (2) The requester may challenge the NRC staff's adverse 
determination by filing a challenge within 5 days of receipt of that 
determination with: (a) the presiding officer designated in this 
proceeding; (b) if no presiding officer has been appointed, the Chief 
Administrative Judge, or if he or she is unavailable, another 
administrative judge, or an administrative law judge with jurisdiction 
pursuant to 10 CFR 2.318(a); or (c) officer if that officer has been 
designated to rule on information access issues.
    H. Review of Grants of Access. A party other than the requester may 
challenge an NRC staff determination granting access to SUNSI whose 
release would harm that party's interest independent of the proceeding. 
Such a challenge must be filed with the Chief Administrative Judge 
within 5 days of the notification by the NRC staff of its grant of 
access.
    If challenges to the NRC staff determinations are filed, these 
procedures give way to the normal process for litigating disputes 
concerning access to information. The availability of interlocutory 
review by the Commission of orders ruling on such NRC staff 
determinations (whether granting or denying access) is governed by 10 
CFR 2.311.\3\
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    \3\ Requesters should note that the filing requirements of the 
NRC's E-Filing Rule (72 FR 49139; August 28, 2007) apply to appeals 
of NRC staff determinations (because they must be served on a 
presiding officer or the Commission, as applicable), but not to the 
initial SUNSI request submitted to the NRC staff under these 
procedures.
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    I. The Commission expects that the NRC staff and presiding officers 
(and any other reviewing officers) will consider and resolve requests 
for access to SUNSI, and motions for protective orders, in a timely 
fashion in order to minimize any unnecessary delays in identifying 
those petitioners who have standing and who have propounded contentions 
meeting the specificity and basis requirements in 10 CFR part 2. 
Attachment 1 to this Order summarizes the general target schedule for 
processing and resolving requests under these procedures.
    It is so ordered.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 18th day of February, 2015.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Annette L. Vietti-Cook,
Secretary of the Commission.

Attachment 1--General Target Schedule for Processing and Resolving 
Requests for Access to Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards 
Information in This Proceeding

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             Day                             Event/activity
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0............................  Publication of Federal Register notice of
                                hearing and opportunity to petition for
                                leave to intervene, including order with
                                instructions for access requests.
10...........................  Deadline for submitting requests for
                                access to Sensitive Unclassified Non-
                                Safeguards Information (SUNSI) with
                                information: supporting the standing of
                                a potential party identified by name and
                                address; describing the need for the
                                information in order for the potential
                                party to participate meaningfully in an
                                adjudicatory proceeding.
60...........................  Deadline for submitting petition for
                                intervention containing: (i)
                                Demonstration of standing; and (ii) all
                                contentions whose formulation does not
                                require access to SUNSI (+25 Answers to
                                petition for intervention; +7 petitioner/
                                requestor reply).
20...........................  U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
                                staff informs the requester of the
                                staff's determination whether the
                                request for access provides a reasonable
                                basis to believe standing can be
                                established and shows need for SUNSI.
                                (NRC staff also informs any party to the
                                proceeding whose interest independent of
                                the proceeding would be harmed by the
                                release of the information.) If NRC
                                staff makes the finding of need for
                                SUNSI and likelihood of standing, NRC
                                staff begins document processing
                                (preparation of redactions or review of
                                redacted documents).
25...........................  If NRC staff finds no ``need'' or no
                                likelihood of standing, the deadline for
                                petitioner/requester to file a motion
                                seeking a ruling to reverse the NRC
                                staff's denial of access; NRC staff
                                files copy of access determination with
                                the presiding officer (or Chief
                                Administrative Judge or other designated
                                officer, as appropriate). If NRC staff
                                finds ``need'' for SUNSI, the deadline
                                for any party to the proceeding whose
                                interest independent of the proceeding
                                would be harmed by the release of the
                                information to file a motion seeking a
                                ruling to reverse the NRC staff's grant
                                of access.
30...........................  Deadline for NRC staff reply to motions
                                to reverse NRC staff determination(s).
40...........................  (Receipt +30) If NRC staff finds standing
                                and need for SUNSI, deadline for NRC
                                staff to complete information processing
                                and file motion for Protective Order and
                                draft Non-Disclosure Affidavit. Deadline
                                for applicant/licensee to file Non-
                                Disclosure Agreement for SUNSI.
A............................  If access granted: Issuance of presiding
                                officer or other designated officer
                                decision on motion for protective order
                                for access to sensitive information
                                (including schedule for providing access
                                and submission of contentions) or
                                decision reversing a final adverse
                                determination by the NRC staff.
A + 3........................  Deadline for filing executed Non-
                                Disclosure Affidavits. Access provided
                                to SUNSI consistent with decision
                                issuing the protective order.
A + 28.......................  Deadline for submission of contentions
                                whose development depends upon access to
                                SUNSI. However, if more than 25 days
                                remain between the petitioner's receipt
                                of (or access to) the information and
                                the deadline for filing all other
                                contentions (as established in the
                                notice of hearing or opportunity for
                                hearing), the petitioner may file its
                                SUNSI contentions by that later
                                deadline.
A + 53.......................  (Contention receipt +25) Answers to
                                contentions whose development depends
                                upon access to SUNSI.
A + 60.......................  (Answer receipt +7) Petitioner/Intervenor
                                reply to answers.
>A + 60......................  Decision on contention admission.
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                                                  11492                          Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 41 / Tuesday, March 3, 2015 / Notices

                                                    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.                Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463;                   submissions at http://
                                                  Michele G. Evans,                                       email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov.                       www.regulations.gov as well as entering
                                                  Director, Division of Operating Reactor                   • Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey,                   the comment submissions into ADAMS.
                                                  Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor                    Office of Administration, Mail Stop:                  The NRC does not routinely edit
                                                  Regulation.                                             O12–H08, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory                      comment submissions to remove
                                                  [FR Doc. 2015–04298 Filed 3–2–15; 8:45 am]              Commission, Washington, DC 20555–                     identifying or contact information.
                                                  BILLING CODE 7590–01–P                                  0001.                                                   If you are requesting or aggregating
                                                                                                            For additional direction on obtaining               comments from other persons for
                                                                                                          information and submitting comments,                  submission to the NRC, then you should
                                                  NUCLEAR REGULATORY                                      see ‘‘Obtaining Information and                       inform those persons not to include
                                                  COMMISSION                                              Submitting Comments’’ in the                          identifying or contact information that
                                                                                                          SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of                  they do not want to be publicly
                                                  [NRC–2015–0030]                                                                                               disclosed in their comment submission.
                                                                                                          this document.
                                                                                                          FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                      Your request should state that the NRC
                                                  Applications and Amendments to
                                                                                                          Shirley Rohrer, Office of Nuclear                     does not routinely edit comment
                                                  Facility Operating Licenses and
                                                                                                          Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear                      submissions to remove such information
                                                  Combined Licenses Involving
                                                                                                          Regulatory Commission, Washington,                    before making the comment
                                                  Proposed No Significant Hazards
                                                                                                          DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415–                    submissions available to the public or
                                                  Considerations and Containing
                                                                                                          5411; email: Shirley.Rohrer@nrc.gov.                  entering the comment submissions into
                                                  Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards
                                                                                                          SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                                                                                                                                ADAMS.
                                                  Information and Order Imposing
                                                  Procedures for Access to Sensitive                                                                            II. Background
                                                                                                          I. Obtaining Information and
                                                  Unclassified Non-Safeguards                             Submitting Comments                                      Pursuant to Section 189a.(2) of the
                                                  Information                                                                                                   Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended
                                                                                                          A. Obtaining Information                              (the Act), the NRC is publishing this
                                                  AGENCY:  Nuclear Regulatory
                                                  Commission.                                                Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2015–                notice. The Act requires the
                                                                                                          0030 when contacting the NRC about                    Commission to publish notice of any
                                                  ACTION: License amendment request;
                                                                                                          the availability of information for this              amendments issued, or proposed to be
                                                  opportunity to comment, request a
                                                                                                          action. You may obtain publicly-                      issued and grants the Commission the
                                                  hearing, and petition for leave to
                                                                                                          available information related to this                 authority to issue and make
                                                  intervene; order.
                                                                                                          action by any of the following methods:               immediately effective any amendment
                                                  SUMMARY:   The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory                     • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to               to an operating license or combined
                                                  Commission (NRC) received and is                        http://www.regulations.gov and search                 license, as applicable, upon a
                                                  considering approval of four                            for Docket ID NRC–2015–0030.                          determination by the Commission that
                                                  amendment requests. The amendment                          • NRC’s Agencywide Documents                       such amendment involves no significant
                                                  requests are for Braidwood Station,                     Access and Management System                          hazards consideration, notwithstanding
                                                  Units 1 and 2, and Byron Station, Units                 (ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-                     the pendency before the Commission of
                                                  1 and 2; Peach Bottom Atomic Power                      available documents online in the                     a request for a hearing from any person.
                                                  Station, Unit 2; Diablo Canyon Nuclear                  ADAMS Public Documents collection at                     This notice includes notices of
                                                  Power Plant, Units 1 and 2; and Vogtle                  http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/                        amendments containing SUNSI.
                                                  Electric Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2,               adams.html. To begin the search, select
                                                                                                                                                                III. Notice of Consideration of Issuance
                                                  Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant, Units 1                 ‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then
                                                                                                                                                                of Amendments to Facility Operating
                                                  and 2, and Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear                       select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS
                                                                                                                                                                Licenses and Combined Licenses,
                                                  Plant, Units 1 and 2. The NRC proposes                  Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS,
                                                                                                                                                                Proposed No Significant Hazards
                                                  to determine that each amendment                        please contact the NRC’s Public
                                                                                                                                                                Consideration Determination, and
                                                  request involves no significant hazards                 Document Room (PDR) reference staff at
                                                                                                                                                                Opportunity for a Hearing
                                                  consideration. In addition, each                        1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by
                                                                                                          email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The                       The Commission has made a
                                                  amendment request contains sensitive
                                                                                                          ADAMS accession number for each                       proposed determination that the
                                                  unclassified non-safeguards information
                                                                                                          document referenced (if it is available in            following amendment requests involve
                                                  (SUNSI).
                                                                                                          ADAMS) is provided the first time that                no significant hazards consideration.
                                                  DATES: Comments must be filed by April                                                                        Under the Commission’s regulations in
                                                                                                          it is mentioned in the SUPPLEMENTARY
                                                  2, 2015. A request for a hearing must be                                                                      10 CFR 50.92, this means that operation
                                                                                                          INFORMATION section.
                                                  filed by May 4, 2015. Any potential                        • NRC’s PDR: You may examine and                   of the facility in accordance with the
                                                  party as defined in § 2.4 of Title 10 of                purchase copies of public documents at                proposed amendment would not (1)
                                                  the Code of Federal Regulations (10                     the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One                       involve a significant increase in the
                                                  CFR), who believes access to SUNSI is                   White Flint North, 11555 Rockville                    probability or consequences of an
                                                  necessary to respond to this notice must                Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.                      accident previously evaluated, or (2)
                                                  request document access by March 13,                                                                          create the possibility of a new or
                                                  2015.                                                   B. Submitting Comments                                different kind of accident from any
                                                  ADDRESSES: You may submit comments                        Please include Docket ID NRC–2015–                  accident previously evaluated, or (3)
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                                                  by any of the following methods (unless                 0030, facility name, unit number(s),                  involve a significant reduction in a
                                                  this document describes a different                     application date, and subject in your                 margin of safety. The basis for this
                                                  method for submitting comments on a                     comment submission.                                   proposed determination for each
                                                  specific subject):                                        The NRC cautions you not to include                 amendment request is shown below.
                                                     • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to                 identifying or contact information that                  The Commission is seeking public
                                                  http://www.regulations.gov and search                   you do not want to be publicly                        comments on this proposed
                                                  for Docket ID NRC–2015–0030. Address                    disclosed in your comment submission.                 determination. Any comments received
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                                                  publication of this notice will be                         As required by 10 CFR 2.309, a                     when the hearing is held. If the final
                                                  considered in making any final                          petition for leave to intervene shall set             determination is that the amendment
                                                  determination.                                          forth with particularity the interest of              request involves no significant hazards
                                                     Normally, the Commission will not                    the petitioner in the proceeding, and                 consideration, the Commission may
                                                  issue the amendment until the                           how that interest may be affected by the              issue the amendment and make it
                                                  expiration of 60 days after the date of                 results of the proceeding. The petition               immediately effective, notwithstanding
                                                  publication of this notice. The                         should specifically explain the reasons               the request for a hearing. Any hearing
                                                  Commission may issue the license                        why intervention should be permitted                  held would take place after issuance of
                                                  amendment before expiration of the 60-                  with particular reference to the                      the amendment. If the final
                                                  day period provided that its final                      following general requirements: (1) The               determination is that the amendment
                                                  determination is that the amendment                     name, address, and telephone number of                request involves a significant hazards
                                                  involves no significant hazards                         the requestor or petitioner; (2) the                  consideration, then any hearing held
                                                  consideration. In addition, the                         nature of the requestor’s/petitioner’s                would take place before the issuance of
                                                  Commission may issue the amendment                      right under the Act to be made a party                any amendment unless the Commission
                                                  prior to the expiration of the 30-day                   to the proceeding; (3) the nature and                 finds an imminent danger to the health
                                                  comment period should circumstances                     extent of the requestor’s/petitioner’s                or safety of the public, in which case it
                                                  change during the 30-day comment                        property, financial, or other interest in             will issue an appropriate order or rule
                                                  period such that failure to act in a                    the proceeding; and (4) the possible                  under 10 CFR part 2.
                                                  timely way would result, for example,                   effect of any decision or order which
                                                  in derating or shutdown of the facility.                                                                      B. Electronic Submissions (E-Filing)
                                                                                                          may be entered in the proceeding on the
                                                  Should the Commission take action                       requestor’s/petitioner’s interest. The                   All documents filed in NRC
                                                  prior to the expiration of either the                   petition must also set forth the specific             adjudicatory proceedings, including a
                                                  comment period or the notice period, it                 contentions which the requestor/                      request for hearing, a petition for leave
                                                  will publish a notice of issuance in the                petitioner seeks to have litigated at the             to intervene, any motion or other
                                                  Federal Register. Should the                            proceeding.                                           document filed in the proceeding prior
                                                  Commission make a final No Significant                     Each contention must consist of a                  to the submission of a request for
                                                  Hazards Consideration Determination,                    specific statement of the issue of law or             hearing or petition to intervene, and
                                                  any hearing will take place after                       fact to be raised or controverted. In                 documents filed by interested
                                                  issuance. The Commission expects that                   addition, the requestor/petitioner shall              governmental entities participating
                                                  the need to take this action will occur                 provide a brief explanation of the bases              under 10 CFR 2.315(c), must be filed in
                                                  very infrequently.                                      for the contention and a concise                      accordance with the NRC’s E-Filing rule
                                                                                                          statement of the alleged facts or expert              (72 FR 49139; August 28, 2007). The E-
                                                  A. Opportunity To Request a Hearing                                                                           Filing process requires participants to
                                                                                                          opinion which support the contention
                                                  and Petition for Leave To Intervene                                                                           submit and serve all adjudicatory
                                                                                                          and on which the requestor/petitioner
                                                     Within 60 days after the date of                     intends to rely in proving the contention             documents over the internet, or in some
                                                  publication of this notice, any person(s)               at the hearing. The requestor/petitioner              cases to mail copies on electronic
                                                  whose interest may be affected by this                  must also provide references to those                 storage media. Participants may not
                                                  action may file a request for a hearing                 specific sources and documents of                     submit paper copies of their filings
                                                  and a petition to intervene with respect                which the petitioner is aware and on                  unless they seek an exemption in
                                                  to issuance of the amendment to the                     which the requestor/petitioner intends                accordance with the procedures
                                                  subject facility operating license or                   to rely to establish those facts or expert            described below.
                                                  combined license. Requests for a                        opinion. The petition must include                       To comply with the procedural
                                                  hearing and a petition for leave to                     sufficient information to show that a                 requirements of E-Filing, at least 10
                                                  intervene shall be filed in accordance                  genuine dispute exists with the                       days prior to the filing deadline, the
                                                  with the Commission’s ‘‘Agency Rules                    applicant on a material issue of law or               participant should contact the Office of
                                                  of Practice and Procedure’’ in 10 CFR                   fact. Contentions shall be limited to                 the Secretary by email at
                                                  part 2. Interested person(s) should                     matters within the scope of the                       hearing.docket@nrc.gov, or by telephone
                                                  consult a current copy of 10 CFR 2.309,                 amendment under consideration. The                    at 301–415–1677, to request (1) a digital
                                                  which is available at the NRC’s PDR,                    contention must be one which, if                      identification (ID) certificate, which
                                                  located at One White Flint North, Room                  proven, would entitle the requestor/                  allows the participant (or its counsel or
                                                  O1–F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first                     petitioner to relief. A requestor/                    representative) to digitally sign
                                                  floor), Rockville, Maryland 20852. The                  petitioner who fails to satisfy these                 documents and access the E-Submittal
                                                  NRC’s regulations are accessible                        requirements with respect to at least one             server for any proceeding in which it is
                                                  electronically from the NRC Library on                  contention will not be permitted to                   participating; and (2) advise the
                                                  the NRC’s Web site at http://                           participate as a party.                               Secretary that the participant will be
                                                  www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-                                Those permitted to intervene become                submitting a request or petition for
                                                  collections/cfr/. If a request for a hearing            parties to the proceeding, subject to any             hearing (even in instances in which the
                                                  or petition for leave to intervene is filed             limitations in the order granting leave to            participant, or its counsel or
                                                  within 60 days, the Commission or a                     intervene, and have the opportunity to                representative, already holds an NRC-
                                                  presiding officer designated by the                     participate fully in the conduct of the               issued digital ID certificate). Based upon
                                                  Commission or by the Chief                              hearing.                                              this information, the Secretary will
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                                                  Administrative Judge of the Atomic                         If a hearing is requested, and the                 establish an electronic docket for the
                                                  Safety and Licensing Board Panel, will                  Commission has not made a final                       hearing in this proceeding if the
                                                  rule on the request and/or petition; and                determination on the issue of no                      Secretary has not already established an
                                                  the Secretary or the Chief                              significant hazards consideration, the                electronic docket.
                                                  Administrative Judge of the Atomic                      Commission will make a final                             Information about applying for a
                                                  Safety and Licensing Board will issue a                 determination on the issue of no                      digital ID certificate is available on the
                                                  notice of a hearing or an appropriate                   significant hazards consideration. The                NRC’s public Web site at http://
                                                  order.                                                  final determination will serve to decide              www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals/


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                                                  getting-started.html. System                            may seek assistance by contacting the                 participants are requested not to include
                                                  requirements for accessing the E-                       NRC Meta System Help Desk through                     copyrighted materials in their
                                                  Submittal server are detailed in the                    the ‘‘Contact Us’’ link located on the                submission.
                                                  NRC’s ‘‘Guidance for Electronic                         NRC’s public Web site at http://                         Petitions for leave to intervene must
                                                  Submission,’’ which is available on the                 www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-                              be filed no later than 60 days from the
                                                  agency’s public Web site at http://                     submittals.html, by email to                          date of publication of this notice.
                                                  www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-                                MSHD.Resource@nrc.gov, or by a toll-                  Requests for hearing, petitions for leave
                                                  submittals.html. Participants may                       free call at 1–866–672–7640. The NRC                  to intervene, and motions for leave to
                                                  attempt to use other software not listed                Meta System Help Desk is available                    file new or amended contentions that
                                                  on the Web site, but should note that the               between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern                    are filed after the 60-day deadline will
                                                  NRC’s E-Filing system does not support                  Time, Monday through Friday,                          not be entertained absent a
                                                  unlisted software, and the NRC Meta                     excluding government holidays.                        determination by the presiding officer
                                                  System Help Desk will not be able to                       Participants who believe that they                 that the filing demonstrates good cause
                                                  offer assistance in using unlisted                      have a good cause for not submitting                  by satisfying the three factors in 10 CFR
                                                  software.                                               documents electronically must file an                 2.309(c)(1)(i)–(iii).
                                                     If a participant is electronically                   exemption request, in accordance with                    For further details with respect to this
                                                  submitting a document to the NRC in                     10 CFR 2.302(g), with their initial paper             amendment action, see the application
                                                  accordance with the E-Filing rule, the                  filing requesting authorization to                    for amendment which is available for
                                                  participant must file the document                      continue to submit documents in paper                 public inspection at the NRC’s PDR,
                                                  using the NRC’s online, Web-based                       format. Such filings must be submitted                located at One White Flint North, Room
                                                  submission form. In order to serve                      by: (1) First class mail addressed to the             O1–F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first
                                                  documents through the Electronic                        Office of the Secretary of the                        floor), Rockville, Maryland 20852.
                                                  Information Exchange System, users                      Commission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory                   Publicly available documents created or
                                                  will be required to install a Web                       Commission, Washington, DC 20555–                     received at the NRC are accessible
                                                  browser plug-in from the NRC’s Web                      0001, Attention: Rulemaking and                       electronically through ADAMS in the
                                                  site. Further information on the Web-                   Adjudications Staff; or (2) courier,                  NRC Library at http://www.nrc.gov/
                                                  based submission form, including the                    express mail, or expedited delivery                   reading-rm/adams.html. If you do not
                                                  installation of the Web browser plug-in,                service to the Office of the Secretary,               have access to ADAMS or if there are
                                                  is available on the NRC’s public Web                    Sixteenth Floor, One White Flint North,               problems in accessing the documents
                                                  site at http://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-                 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville,                      located in ADAMS, contact the PDR’s
                                                  submittals.html.                                        Maryland 20852, Attention: Rulemaking                 Reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, 301–
                                                     Once a participant has obtained a                    and Adjudications Staff. Participants                 415–4737, or by email to pdr.resource@
                                                  digital ID certificate and a docket has                 filing a document in this manner are                  nrc.gov.
                                                  been created, the participant can then                  responsible for serving the document on
                                                  submit a request for hearing or petition                all other participants. Filing is                     Exelon Generation Company, LLC,
                                                  for leave to intervene. Submissions                     considered complete by first-class mail               Docket Nos. STN 50–456 and STN 50–
                                                  should be in Portable Document Format                   as of the time of deposit in the mail, or             457, Braidwood Station, Units 1 and 2,
                                                  (PDF) in accordance with NRC guidance                   by courier, express mail, or expedited                Will County, Illinois; Docket Nos. STN
                                                  available on the NRC’s public Web site                  delivery service upon depositing the                  50–454 and STN 50–455, Byron Station,
                                                  at http://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-                      document with the provider of the                     Units 1 and 2, Ogle County, Illinois
                                                  submittals.html. A filing is considered                 service. A presiding officer, having                     Date of amendment request: October
                                                  complete at the time the documents are                  granted an exemption request from                     16, 2014. A publicly-available version is
                                                  submitted through the NRC’s E-Filing                    using E-Filing, may require a participant             in ADAMS under Accession No.
                                                  system. To be timely, an electronic                     or party to use E-Filing if the presiding             ML14289A580.
                                                  filing must be submitted to the E-Filing                officer subsequently determines that the                 Description of amendment request:
                                                  system no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern                 reason for granting the exemption from                This amendment request contains
                                                  Time on the due date. Upon receipt of                   use of E-Filing no longer exists.                     sensitive unclassified non-safeguards
                                                  a transmission, the E-Filing system                        Documents submitted in adjudicatory                information (SUNSI). The proposed
                                                  time-stamps the document and sends                      proceedings will appear in the NRC’s                  amendment would allow utilization of
                                                  the submitter an email notice                           electronic hearing docket which is                    WCAP–16143–P, Revision 1, ‘‘Reactor
                                                  confirming receipt of the document. The                 available to the public at http://                    Vessel Closure Head/Vessel Flange
                                                  E-Filing system also distributes an email               ehd1.nrc.gov/ehd/, unless excluded                    Requirements Evaluation for Byron/
                                                  notice that provides access to the                      pursuant to an order of the Commission,               Braidwood Units 1 and 2,’’ dated
                                                  document to the NRC’s Office of the                     or the presiding officer. Participants are            October 2014, as an analytical method
                                                  General Counsel and any others who                      requested not to include personal                     to determine the reactor coolant system
                                                  have advised the Office of the Secretary                privacy information, such as social                   pressure and temperature (P–T) limits.
                                                  that they wish to participate in the                    security numbers, home addresses, or                     Basis for proposed no significant
                                                  proceeding, so that the filer need not                  home phone numbers in their filings,                  hazards consideration determination:
                                                  serve the documents on those                            unless an NRC regulation or other law                 As required by 10 CFR 50.91(a), the
                                                  participants separately. Therefore,                     requires submission of such                           licensee has provided its analysis of the
                                                  applicants and other participants (or                   information. However, a request to                    issue of no significant hazards
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                                                  their counsel or representative) must                   intervene will require including                      consideration, which is presented below
                                                  apply for and receive a digital ID                      information on local residence in order               with NRC staff’s edits in square
                                                  certificate before a hearing request/                   to demonstrate a proximity assertion of               brackets:
                                                  petition to intervene is filed so that they             interest in the proceeding. With respect
                                                                                                                                                                  EGC [Exelon Generation Company, LLC]
                                                  can obtain access to the document via                   to copyrighted works, except for limited              has evaluated the proposed change for
                                                  the E-Filing system.                                    excerpts that serve the purpose of the                Braidwood Station and Byron Station, using
                                                     A person filing electronically using                 adjudicatory filings and would                        the criteria in 10 CFR 50.92, and has
                                                  the NRC’s adjudicatory E-Filing system                  constitute a Fair Use application,                    determined that the proposed change does



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                                                  not involve a significant hazards                       out-of-service). In addition, the conclusions            The derivation of the cycle specific Safety
                                                  consideration. The following information is             of the updated analysis for the RPV 54-stud           Limit Minimum Critical Power Ratios
                                                  provided to support a finding of no                     case confirmed the conclusions from WCAP–             (SLMCPRs) for incorporation into the
                                                  significant hazards consideration.                      16143, Revision 0. This change,                       Technical Specifications (TS), and their use
                                                     Criteria                                             subsequently, has no impact on the current            to determine cycle specific thermal limits,
                                                     1. Does the proposed change involve a                RPV P–T limit curves.                                 has been performed using the methodology
                                                  significant increase in the probability or                Therefore, the proposed changes do not              discussed in NEDE–24011–P–A, ‘‘General
                                                  consequences of an accident previously                  involve a significant reduction in a margin of        Electric Standard Application for Reactor
                                                  evaluated?                                              safety.                                               Fuel,’’ Revision 20 [ADAMS Accession No.
                                                     Response: No.                                          Based on the above, EGC concludes that              ML13352A474].
                                                     These changes to the analysis do not                 the proposed changes do not involve a                    The basis of the SLMCPR calculation is to
                                                  adversely affect accident initiators or                 significant hazards consideration under the           ensure that during normal operation and
                                                  precursors, nor alter the design assumptions            standards set forth in 10 CFR 50.92(c), and,          during anticipated operational transients, at
                                                  or conditions of the facility previously                accordingly, a finding of ‘‘no significant            least 99.9% of all fuel rods in the core do not
                                                  approved by the NRC, or the manner in                   hazards consideration’’ is justified.                 experience boiling transition if the limit is
                                                  which the plant is operated and maintained.                                                                   not violated. The new SLMCPRs preserve the
                                                  The revisions to the subject WCAP [WCAP–                   The NRC staff has reviewed the                     existing margin to boiling transition.
                                                  16143[–P]] do not alter or prevent the ability          licensee’s analysis and, based on this                   The MCPR safety limit is reevaluated for
                                                  of structures, systems, and components                  review, it appears that the three                     each reload using NRC-approved
                                                  (SSCs) from performing their intended                   standards of 10 CFR 50.92(c) are                      methodologies. The analyses for PBAPS, Unit
                                                  function to mitigate the consequences of an             satisfied. Therefore, the NRC staff                   2 Cycle 21, with the addition of operation in
                                                  initiating event within the assumed                     proposes to determine that the                        the MELLLA+ operating domain, have
                                                  acceptance limits. The changes also do not              requested amendments involve no                       concluded that a two recirculation loop
                                                  affect the source term, containment isolation,                                                                MCPR safety limit of ≥1.15, based on the
                                                                                                          significant hazards consideration.
                                                  or radiological release assumptions used in                                                                   application of Global Nuclear Fuel’s NRC-
                                                                                                             Attorney for licensee: Bradley J.
                                                  evaluating the radiological consequences of                                                                   approved MCPR safety limit methodology,
                                                  an accident previously evaluated; do not                Fewell, Associate General Counsel,                    will ensure that this acceptance criterion is
                                                  increase the types or amounts of radioactive            Exelon Nuclear, 4300 Winfield Road,                   met. For single recirculation loop operation,
                                                  effluent that may be released offsite; and do           Warrenville, Illinois 60555.                          a MCPR safety limit of ≥1.15 also ensures that
                                                  not significantly increase individual or                   NRC Branch Chief: Travis L. Tate.                  this acceptance criterion is met. The MCPR
                                                  cumulative occupational/public radiation                                                                      operating limits are presented and controlled
                                                                                                          Exelon Generation Company, LLC, and
                                                  exposures.                                                                                                    in accordance with the PBAPS Unit 2 Core
                                                     Therefore, the proposed change does not              PSEG Nuclear LLC, Docket No. 50–277,                  Operating Limits Report (COLR).
                                                  involve a significant increase in the                   Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station                        The requested TS changes do not involve
                                                  probability or consequences of an accident              (PBAPS), Unit 2, York and Lancaster                   any additional plant modifications or
                                                  previously evaluated.                                   Counties, Pennsylvania                                operational changes that could affect system
                                                     2. Does the proposed change create the                  Date of application for amendment:                 reliability or performance or that could affect
                                                  possibility of a new or different kind of                                                                     the probability of operator error beyond those
                                                  accident from any accident previously
                                                                                                          December 5, 2014. A publicly-available                associated with the MELLLA+ LAR [ADAMS
                                                  evaluated?                                              version is in ADAMS under Accession                   Accession No. ML14247A503]. The requested
                                                     Response: No.                                        No. ML14342A229.                                      changes do not affect any postulated accident
                                                     The use of WCAP–16143[–P], Revision 1,                  Description of amendment request:                  precursors, do not affect any accident
                                                  for generation of [Reactor Pressure Vessel]             This amendment request contains                       mitigating systems, and do not introduce any
                                                  RPV P–T limits, will continue to ensure that            sensitive unclassified non-safeguards                 new accident initiation mechanisms.
                                                  RPV integrity is maintained under all                   information (SUNSI). The proposed                        Therefore, the proposed TS changes do not
                                                  conditions. The revisions contained in                  amendment would revise the Technical                  involve a significant increase in the
                                                  WCAP–16143[–P], Revision 1, and the                     Specifications (TSs) related to the Safety            probability or consequences of an accident
                                                  changes proposed to TS [Technical                       Limit Minimum Critical Power Ratios                   previously evaluated.
                                                  Specifications] Table 1.1–1 do not change the                                                                    2. Does the proposed amendment create
                                                  conclusions of WCAP–16143[–P], Revision 0,
                                                                                                          (SLMCPRs). The proposed changes                       the possibility of a new or different kind of
                                                  previously approved by the NRC; nor do they             result from a cycle-specific analysis                 accident from any accident previously
                                                  change the way the RPV is analyzed or                   performed to support the operation of                 evaluated?
                                                  performs its safety function. Subsequently,             PBAPS, Unit 2, in the upcoming Cycle                     Response: No.
                                                  these changes do not result in the creation of          21. The re-analysis was performed to                     The SLMCPR is a TS numerical value,
                                                  any new accident initiators or precursors; do           accommodate operation in the                          calculated to ensure that during normal
                                                  not result in changes to any existing accident          Maximum Extended Load Line Limit                      operation and during anticipated operational
                                                  scenarios; and do not introduce any                     Analysis Plus (MELLLA+) operating                     transients, at least 99.9% of all fuel rods in
                                                  operational changes or mechanisms that                  domain based on a separate license                    the core do not experience boiling transition
                                                  would create the possibility of a new or                                                                      if the limit is not violated. The new
                                                  different kind of accident.
                                                                                                          amendment request (LAR) dated                         SLMCPRs are calculated using NRC-
                                                     Based on the above discussion, the                   September 4, 2014 (ADAMS Accession                    approved methodology discussed in NEDE–
                                                  proposed changes do not create the                      No. ML14247A503).                                     24011–P–A, ‘‘General Electric Standard
                                                  possibility of a new or different kind of                  Basis for proposed no significant                  Application for Reactor Fuel,’’ Revision 20
                                                  accident from any previously evaluated.                 hazards consideration determination:                  [ADAMS Accession No. ML13352A474]. The
                                                     3. Does the proposed change involve a                As required by 10 CFR 50.91(a), the                   proposed changes do not involve any new
                                                  significant reduction in a margin of safety?            licensee has provided its analysis of the             modes of operation, any changes to setpoints,
                                                     Response: No.                                        issue of no significant hazards                       or any plant modifications beyond those
                                                     The proposed changes do not change any                                                                     associated with the MELLLA+ LAR [ADAMS
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                                                                                                          consideration, which is presented below
                                                  safety limits or reduce the margin of safety                                                                  Accession No. ML14247A503]. The proposed
                                                                                                          with NRC staff’s edits in square
                                                  to any safety limits. The stress analysis and                                                                 revised MCPR safety limits have been shown
                                                  fracture mechanics evaluation, documented               brackets:                                             to be acceptable for Cycle 21 operation with
                                                  in the revision to WCAP–16143[–P],                         1. Does the proposed amendment involve             the MELLLA+ operating domain. The core
                                                  determined that for the RPV boltup                      a significant increase in the probability or          operating limits will continue to be
                                                  condition, the RPV 54-stud case (i.e., all RPV          consequences of an accident previously                developed using NRC-approved methods.
                                                  head studs in-service) was more limiting than           evaluated?                                            The proposed MCPR safety limits or methods
                                                  the RPV 53-stud case (i.e., one RPV head stud              Response: No.                                      for establishing the core operating limits do



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                                                  not result in the creation of any new                   4.2, ‘‘Fuel System Design,’’ Appendix A,              review, it appears that the three
                                                  precursors to an accident.                              ‘‘Evaluation of Fuel Assembly Structural              standards of 10 CFR 50.92(c) are
                                                     Therefore, this proposed change does not             Response to Externally Applied Forces,’’              satisfied. Therefore, the NRC staff
                                                  create the possibility of a new or different            Revision 3, March 2007 (ADAMS                         proposes to determine that the
                                                  kind of accident from any previously
                                                  evaluated.
                                                                                                          Accession No. ML070740002). Further,                  amendment requests involve no
                                                     3. Does the proposed amendment involve               the licensee requests approval to use the             significant hazards consideration.
                                                  a significant reduction in a margin of safety?          fuel assembly structural analysis results               Attorney for licensee: Jennifer Post,
                                                     Response: No.                                        to satisfy, in part, the emergency core               Esq., Pacific Gas and Electric Company,
                                                     There is no significant reduction in the             cooling system performance criterion,                 P.O. Box 7442, San Francisco, California
                                                  margin of safety previously approved by the             10 CFR 50.46(b)(4), ‘‘Coolable                        94120.
                                                  NRC as a result of the proposed change to the           geometry.’’                                             Acting NRC Branch Chief: Eric R.
                                                  SLMCPRs. The new SLMCPRs are calculated                    Basis for proposed no significant                  Oesterle.
                                                  using methodology discussed in NEDE–                    hazards consideration determination:
                                                  24011–P–A, ‘‘General Electric Standard                                                                        Southern Nuclear Operating Company,
                                                                                                          As required by 10 CFR 50.91(a), the
                                                  Application for Reactor Fuel,’’ Revision 20                                                                   Inc. (SNC), Docket Nos. 50–424 and 50–
                                                  [ADAMS Accession No. ML13352A474]. The                  licensee has provided its analysis of the
                                                                                                                                                                425, Vogtle Electric Generating Plant
                                                  SLMCPRs ensure that during normal                       issue of no significant hazards
                                                                                                                                                                (VEGP), Units 1 and 2, Burke County,
                                                  operation and during anticipated operational            consideration, which is presented below
                                                                                                                                                                Georgia; Docket Nos. 50–348 and 50–
                                                  transients, at least 99.9% of all fuel rods in          with NRC staff’s edits in square
                                                                                                                                                                364, Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant
                                                  the core do not experience boiling transition           brackets:
                                                  if the limits are not violated, thereby                                                                       (FNP), Units 1 and 2, Houston County,
                                                                                                             1. Does the proposed change involve a              Alabama; Docket Nos. 50–321 and 50–
                                                  preserving the fuel cladding integrity.                 significant increase in the probability or
                                                     Therefore, the proposed TS changes do not                                                                  366, Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant
                                                                                                          consequences of an accident previously
                                                  involve a significant reduction in the margin                                                                 (HNP), Units 1 and 2, City of Dalton,
                                                                                                          evaluated?
                                                  of safety previously approved by the NRC.                  Response: No.                                      Georgia
                                                     The NRC staff has reviewed the                          The proposed change requests approval to              Date of amendment request:
                                                  licensee’s analysis and, based on this                  perform the fuel assembly structural analyses         December 30, 2014. A publicly-available
                                                  review, and with the changes noted                      based on a pipe break that considers the              version is in ADAMS under Accession
                                                  above in square brackets, it appears that               application of Leak-Before-Break (LBB).               No. ML14365A352.
                                                  the three standards of 10 CFR 50.92(c)                  Performing the fuel assembly structural
                                                                                                          analyses based on a pipe break that considers
                                                                                                                                                                   Description of amendment request:
                                                  are satisfied. Therefore, the NRC staff                                                                       This amendment request contains
                                                                                                          the application of LBB will not impact any
                                                  proposes to determine that the                          accident previously evaluated.                        sensitive unclassified non-safeguards
                                                  amendment request involves no                              No physical changes are being made to the          information (SUNSI). The amendments
                                                  significant hazards consideration.                      plant as a result of this change. DCPP will           would revise the Cyber Security Plan
                                                     Attorney for Licensee: J. Bradley                    continue to satisfy the criteria of 10 CFR            (CSP) implementation schedule.
                                                  Fewell, Esquire, Vice President and                     50.46(b) with this change.                               Basis for proposed no significant
                                                  Deputy General Counsel, Exelon                             Therefore, the proposed change does not            hazards consideration determination:
                                                  Generation Company, LLC, 200 Exelon                     involve a significant increase in the                 As required by 10 CFR 50.91(a), the
                                                  Way, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania                       probability or consequences of an accident
                                                                                                                                                                licensee has provided its analysis of the
                                                  19348.                                                  previously evaluated.
                                                                                                             2. Does the proposed change create the             issue of no significant hazards
                                                     NRC Branch Chief: Meena K. Khanna.                                                                         consideration, which is presented below
                                                                                                          possibility of a new or different accident
                                                  Pacific Gas and Electric Company,                       from any accident previously evaluated?               with NRC staff’s edits in square
                                                  Docket Nos. 50–275 and 50–323, Diablo                      Response: No.                                      brackets:
                                                  Canyon Nuclear Power Plant (DCPP),                         The proposed change does not involve any              1. Does the proposed amendment involve
                                                  Units 1 and 2, San Luis Obispo County,                  physical changes to the plant. The best-              a significant increase in the probability or
                                                                                                          estimate large break loss-of-coolant [accident]       consequences of an accident previously
                                                  California
                                                                                                          (BELOCA) analyses are not impacted by this            evaluated?
                                                     Date of amendment request: October                   change.                                                  Response: No.
                                                  2, 2014. A publicly-available version is                   Therefore, the proposed change does not               The proposed license amendment request
                                                  in ADAMS under Accession No.                            create the possibility of a new or different          is for a change to the Milestone 8
                                                  ML14275A444.                                            accident from any accident previously                 implementation schedule for the SNC CSP, as
                                                     Description of amendment request:                    evaluated.                                            cited by the existing FOLs [facility operating
                                                                                                             3. Does the proposed change involve a              licenses] applicable to FNP, HNP and VEGP
                                                  This amendment request contains
                                                                                                          significant reduction in a margin of safety?          Units 1 and 2.
                                                  sensitive unclassified non-safeguards                      Response: No.
                                                  information (SUNSI). The proposed                                                                                The CSP is designed to provide high
                                                                                                             The revised fuel structural integrity              assurance that the systems within the scope
                                                  amendments request approval to                          analysis incorporates the reduced LBB loads           of § 73.54 are protected from cyber attacks.
                                                  perform the fuel assembly structural                    and therefore will not decrease the margin of         The CSP itself does not require any plant
                                                  analyses based on a pipe break that                     safety to the 10 CFR 50.46 limits. The                modifications, but the plan describes
                                                  considers the application of leak-before-               BELOCA analyses are not impacted by this              appropriate configuration management
                                                  break, which allows the exclusion of the                change, and the criteria of 10 CFR 50.46(b)           requirements to assure plant modifications
                                                  dynamic effects of certain pipe breaks,                 continue to be met. The proposed change               involving digital computer systems are
                                                                                                          does not involve any changes to the fuel,             reviewed to provide adequate protection
                                                  consistent with 10 CFR part 50,
                                                                                                          reactor vessel, or containment fission product        against cyber attacks, up to and including the
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                                                  Appendix A, General Design Criterion 4,                 barriers. Therefore there will be no impact on
                                                  ‘‘Environmental and design effects                                                                            design basis threat as defined in § 73.54.
                                                                                                          the accident analyses that are contained in              The proposed change is a schedule change
                                                  design bases,’’ for DCPP, Units 1 and 2.                the Updated Final Safety Analysis Report.             for CSP implementation only; it will modify
                                                  The fuel assembly structural analyses                      Therefore, the proposed change does not            the existing FOL for each SNC-operated
                                                  are performed to satisfy NUREG–0800,                    involve a significant reduction in a margin of        facility to add citation of the license
                                                  ‘‘Standard Review Plan for the Review                   safety.                                               amendment establishing the new Milestone 8
                                                  of Safety Analysis Reports for Nuclear                     The NRC staff has reviewed the                     completion date. This change is
                                                  Power Plants: LWR Edition,’’ Section                    licensee’s analysis and, based on this                administrative in nature and does not alter



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                                                  the plant configuration, involve the                    Order Imposing Procedures for Access                  Office of the General Counsel are
                                                  installation of new plant equipment, alter              to Sensitive Unclassified Non-                        Hearing.Docket@nrc.gov and
                                                  accident analysis assumptions, add any new              Safeguards Information for Contention                 OGCmailcenter@nrc.gov, respectively.1
                                                  initiators, or affect the function of plant
                                                                                                          Preparation.                                          The request must include the following
                                                  systems or the manner in which systems are
                                                  operated, maintained, modified, tested, or              Exelon Generation Company, LLC,                       information:
                                                  inspected.                                              Docket Nos. STN 50–456 and STN 50–                       (1) A description of the licensing
                                                     Based on the above, the proposed change              457, Braidwood Station, Units 1 and 2,                action with a citation to this Federal
                                                  does not involve a significant increase in the          Will County, Illinois, Docket Nos. STN                Register notice;
                                                  probability or consequences of an accident                                                                       (2) The name and address of the
                                                  previously evaluated.                                   50–454 and STN 50–455, Byron Station,
                                                                                                                                                                potential party and a description of the
                                                     2. Does the proposed amendment create                Units 1 and 2, Ogle County, Illinois
                                                                                                                                                                potential party’s particularized interest
                                                  the possibility of a new or different kind of           Exelon Generation Company, LLC, and                   that could be harmed by the action
                                                  accident from any accident previously                   PSEG Nuclear LLC, Docket No. 50–277,
                                                  evaluated?                                                                                                    identified in C.(1); and
                                                     Response: No.
                                                                                                          Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station,                       (3) The identity of the individual or
                                                     The proposed change will modify the                  Unit 2, York and Lancaster Counties,                  entity requesting access to SUNSI and
                                                  existing FOL for each SNC-operated facility             Pennsylvania                                          the requester’s basis for the need for the
                                                  to add citation of the license amendment                Pacific Gas and Electric Company,                     information in order to meaningfully
                                                  establishing the new Milestone 8 completion             Docket Nos. 50–275 and 50–323, Diablo                 participate in this adjudicatory
                                                  date for CSP implementation. This change is                                                                   proceeding. In particular, the request
                                                  administrative in nature and does not alter
                                                                                                          Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1
                                                                                                          and 2, San Luis Obispo County,                        must explain why publicly-available
                                                  plant configuration, install new plant
                                                  equipment, alter accident analysis                      California                                            versions of the information requested
                                                  assumptions, add any initiators, or affect the                                                                would not be sufficient to provide the
                                                                                                          Southern Nuclear Operating Company,                   basis and specificity for a proffered
                                                  function of plant systems or the manner in              Inc., Docket Nos. 50–424 and 50–425,
                                                  which systems are operated, maintained,                                                                       contention.
                                                  tested, or inspected.
                                                                                                          Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Units                  D. Based on an evaluation of the
                                                     Accordingly, the proposed change does not            1 and 2, Burke County, Georgia, Docket                information submitted under paragraph
                                                  create the possibility of a new or different            Nos. 50–348 and 50–364, Joseph M.                     C.(3) the NRC staff will determine
                                                  kind of accident from any previously                    Farley Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2,                  within 10 days of receipt of the request
                                                  evaluated.                                              Houston County, Alabama, Docket Nos.                  whether:
                                                     3. Does the proposed amendment involve               50–321 and 50–366, Edwin I. Hatch                        (1) There is a reasonable basis to
                                                  a significant reduction in a margin of safety?          Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, City of
                                                     Response: No.                                                                                              believe the petitioner is likely to
                                                                                                          Dalton, Georgia                                       establish standing to participate in this
                                                     The proposed SNC CSP Milestone 8
                                                  implementation date change does not alter                  A. This Order contains instructions                NRC proceeding; and
                                                  plant configuration, install new plant                  regarding how potential parties to this                  (2) The requestor has established a
                                                  equipment, alter accident analysis                      proceeding may request access to                      legitimate need for access to SUNSI.
                                                  assumptions, add any initiators, or affect the          documents containing SUNSI.                              E. If the NRC staff determines that the
                                                  function of plant systems or the manner in                 B. Within 10 days after publication of             requestor satisfies both D.(1) and D.(2)
                                                  which systems are operated, maintained,                 this notice of hearing and opportunity to             above, the NRC staff will notify the
                                                  tested, or inspected. Plant safety margins are          petition for leave to intervene, any                  requestor in writing that access to
                                                  established through Limiting Conditions for
                                                                                                          potential party who believes access to                SUNSI has been granted. The written
                                                  Operation, Limiting Safety System Settings
                                                  and Safety Limits specified in the Technical            SUNSI is necessary to respond to this                 notification will contain instructions on
                                                  Specifications. Because there is no change to           notice may request such access. A                     how the requestor may obtain copies of
                                                  these established safety margins, the                   ‘‘potential party’’ is any person who                 the requested documents, and any other
                                                  proposed change does not involve a                      intends to participate as a party by                  conditions that may apply to access to
                                                  reduction in a margin of safety.                        demonstrating standing and filing an                  those documents. These conditions may
                                                     The proposed change will modify the                  admissible contention under 10 CFR                    include, but are not limited to, the
                                                  existing FOL for each SNC-operated facility             2.309. Requests for access to SUNSI                   signing of a Non-Disclosure Agreement
                                                  to add citation of the license amendment                submitted later than 10 days after                    or Affidavit, or Protective Order 2 setting
                                                  establishing the new Milestone 8 completion
                                                  date. This change is administrative in nature
                                                                                                          publication of this notice will not be                forth terms and conditions to prevent
                                                  and does not involve a reduction in margin              considered absent a showing of good                   the unauthorized or inadvertent
                                                  of safety.                                              cause for the late filing, addressing why             disclosure of SUNSI by each individual
                                                     Based on the above, the proposed change              the request could not have been filed                 who will be granted access to SUNSI.
                                                  does not involve a significant reduction in a           earlier.                                                 F. Filing of Contentions. Any
                                                  margin of safety.                                          C. The requester shall submit a letter             contentions in these proceedings that
                                                     The NRC staff has reviewed the                       requesting permission to access SUNSI                 are based upon the information received
                                                  licensee’s analysis and, based on this                  to the Office of the Secretary, U.S.                  as a result of the request made for
                                                  review, it appears that the three                       Nuclear Regulatory Commission,                        SUNSI must be filed by the requestor no
                                                  standards of 10 CFR 50.92(c) are                        Washington, DC 20555–0001, Attention:                 later than 25 days after the requestor is
                                                  satisfied. Therefore, the NRC staff                     Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff,
                                                  proposes to determine that the                          and provide a copy to the Associate                      1 While a request for hearing or petition to

                                                  amendment request involves no                           General Counsel for Hearings,                         intervene in this proceeding must comply with the
                                                                                                                                                                filing requirements of the NRC’s ‘‘E-Filing Rule,’’
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                                                  significant hazards consideration.                      Enforcement and Administration, Office
                                                                                                                                                                the initial request to access SUNSI under these
                                                     Attorney for licensee: Leigh D. Perry,               of the General Counsel, Washington, DC                procedures should be submitted as described in this
                                                  SVP & General Counsel of Operations                     20555–0001. The expedited delivery or                 paragraph.
                                                  and Nuclear, Southern Nuclear                           courier mail address for both offices is:                2 Any motion for Protective Order or draft Non-

                                                  Operating Company, 40 Iverness Center                   U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,                   Disclosure Affidavit or Agreement for SUNSI must
                                                                                                                                                                be filed with the presiding officer or the Chief
                                                  Parkway, Birmingham, Alabama 35201.                     11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville,                      Administrative Judge if the presiding officer has not
                                                     NRC Branch Chief: Robert J.                          Maryland 20852. The email address for                 yet been designated, within 30 days of the deadline
                                                  Pascarelli.                                             the Office of the Secretary and the                   for the receipt of the written access request.



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                                                  granted access to that information.                           has been appointed, the Chief                           I. The Commission expects that the
                                                  However, if more than 25 days remain                          Administrative Judge, or if he or she is              NRC staff and presiding officers (and
                                                  between the date the petitioner is                            unavailable, another administrative                   any other reviewing officers) will
                                                  granted access to the information and                         judge, or an administrative law judge                 consider and resolve requests for access
                                                  the deadline for filing all other                             with jurisdiction pursuant to 10 CFR                  to SUNSI, and motions for protective
                                                  contentions (as established in the notice                     2.318(a); or (c) officer if that officer has          orders, in a timely fashion in order to
                                                  of hearing or opportunity for hearing),                       been designated to rule on information                minimize any unnecessary delays in
                                                  the petitioner may file its SUNSI                             access issues.                                        identifying those petitioners who have
                                                  contentions by that later deadline. This                        H. Review of Grants of Access. A                    standing and who have propounded
                                                  provision does not extend the time for                        party other than the requester may                    contentions meeting the specificity and
                                                  filing a request for a hearing and                            challenge an NRC staff determination                  basis requirements in 10 CFR part 2.
                                                  petition to intervene, which must                             granting access to SUNSI whose release                Attachment 1 to this Order summarizes
                                                  comply with the requirements of 10 CFR                        would harm that party’s interest                      the general target schedule for
                                                  2.309.                                                        independent of the proceeding. Such a                 processing and resolving requests under
                                                     G. Review of Denials of Access.                            challenge must be filed with the Chief                these procedures.
                                                     (1) If the request for access to SUNSI                     Administrative Judge within 5 days of
                                                                                                                                                                        It is so ordered.
                                                  is denied by the NRC staff after a                            the notification by the NRC staff of its
                                                  determination on standing and need for                        grant of access.                                        Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 18th day
                                                  access, the NRC staff shall immediately                         If challenges to the NRC staff                      of February, 2015.
                                                  notify the requestor in writing, briefly                      determinations are filed, these                         For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
                                                  stating the reason or reasons for the                         procedures give way to the normal                     Annette L. Vietti-Cook,
                                                  denial.                                                       process for litigating disputes                       Secretary of the Commission.
                                                     (2) The requester may challenge the                        concerning access to information. The
                                                  NRC staff’s adverse determination by                          availability of interlocutory review by               Attachment 1—General Target
                                                  filing a challenge within 5 days of                           the Commission of orders ruling on                    Schedule for Processing and Resolving
                                                  receipt of that determination with: (a)                       such NRC staff determinations (whether                Requests for Access to Sensitive
                                                  the presiding officer designated in this                      granting or denying access) is governed               Unclassified Non-Safeguards
                                                  proceeding; (b) if no presiding officer                       by 10 CFR 2.311.3                                     Information in This Proceeding

                                                           Day                                                                                Event/activity

                                                  0 ........................   Publication of Federal Register notice of hearing and opportunity to petition for leave to intervene, including order with in-
                                                                                  structions for access requests.
                                                  10 ......................    Deadline for submitting requests for access to Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information (SUNSI) with information:
                                                                                  supporting the standing of a potential party identified by name and address; describing the need for the information in order
                                                                                  for the potential party to participate meaningfully in an adjudicatory proceeding.
                                                  60 ......................    Deadline for submitting petition for intervention containing: (i) Demonstration of standing; and (ii) all contentions whose formu-
                                                                                  lation does not require access to SUNSI (+25 Answers to petition for intervention; +7 petitioner/requestor reply).
                                                  20 ......................    U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff informs the requester of the staff’s determination whether the request for
                                                                                  access provides a reasonable basis to believe standing can be established and shows need for SUNSI. (NRC staff also in-
                                                                                  forms any party to the proceeding whose interest independent of the proceeding would be harmed by the release of the in-
                                                                                  formation.) If NRC staff makes the finding of need for SUNSI and likelihood of standing, NRC staff begins document proc-
                                                                                  essing (preparation of redactions or review of redacted documents).
                                                  25 ......................    If NRC staff finds no ‘‘need’’ or no likelihood of standing, the deadline for petitioner/requester to file a motion seeking a ruling
                                                                                  to reverse the NRC staff’s denial of access; NRC staff files copy of access determination with the presiding officer (or Chief
                                                                                  Administrative Judge or other designated officer, as appropriate). If NRC staff finds ‘‘need’’ for SUNSI, the deadline for any
                                                                                  party to the proceeding whose interest independent of the proceeding would be harmed by the release of the information to
                                                                                  file a motion seeking a ruling to reverse the NRC staff’s grant of access.
                                                  30 ......................    Deadline for NRC staff reply to motions to reverse NRC staff determination(s).
                                                  40 ......................    (Receipt +30) If NRC staff finds standing and need for SUNSI, deadline for NRC staff to complete information processing and
                                                                                  file motion for Protective Order and draft Non-Disclosure Affidavit. Deadline for applicant/licensee to file Non-Disclosure
                                                                                  Agreement for SUNSI.
                                                  A .......................    If access granted: Issuance of presiding officer or other designated officer decision on motion for protective order for access
                                                                                  to sensitive information (including schedule for providing access and submission of contentions) or decision reversing a
                                                                                  final adverse determination by the NRC staff.
                                                  A + 3 .................      Deadline for filing executed Non-Disclosure Affidavits. Access provided to SUNSI consistent with decision issuing the protec-
                                                                                  tive order.
                                                  A + 28 ...............       Deadline for submission of contentions whose development depends upon access to SUNSI. However, if more than 25 days
                                                                                  remain between the petitioner’s receipt of (or access to) the information and the deadline for filing all other contentions (as
                                                                                  established in the notice of hearing or opportunity for hearing), the petitioner may file its SUNSI contentions by that later
                                                                                  deadline.
                                                  A + 53 ...............       (Contention receipt +25) Answers to contentions whose development depends upon access to SUNSI.
                                                  A + 60 ...............       (Answer receipt +7) Petitioner/Intervenor reply to answers.
                                                  >A + 60 .............        Decision on contention admission.



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                                                    3 Requesters should note that the filing                    staff determinations (because they must be served     applicable), but not to the initial SUNSI request
                                                  requirements of the NRC’s E-Filing Rule (72 FR                on a presiding officer or the Commission, as          submitted to the NRC staff under these procedures.
                                                  49139; August 28, 2007) apply to appeals of NRC



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Document Created: 2015-12-18 11:55:40
Document Modified: 2015-12-18 11:55:40
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionLicense amendment request; opportunity to comment, request a hearing, and petition for leave to intervene; order.
DatesComments must be filed by April 2, 2015. A request for a hearing must be filed by May 4, 2015. Any potential party as defined in Sec. 2.4 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), who believes access to SUNSI is necessary to respond to this notice must request document access by March 13, 2015.
ContactShirley Rohrer, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-5411; email: [email protected]
FR Citation80 FR 11492 

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