80 FR 13636 - License Renewal for Callaway Plant, Unit 1
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 50 (March 16, 2015)
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 50 (March 16, 2015)
| Page Range | 13636-13637 | |
| FR Document | 2015-05990 |
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 50 (Monday, March 16, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 13636-13637] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-05990] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket No. 50-483; NRC-2012-0001] License Renewal for Callaway Plant, Unit 1 AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: License renewal and record of decision; issuance. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued renewed facility operating license No. NPF-30 to Union Electric Company (dba Ameren Missouri or the licensee), the operator of the Callaway Plant, Unit 1 (Callaway). Renewed facility operating license No. [[Page 13637]] NPF-30 authorizes operation of Callaway by the licensee at reactor core power levels not in excess of 3565 megawatts thermal, in accordance with the provisions of the Callaway renewed license and technical specifications. In addition, the NRC has prepared a record of decision (ROD) that supports the NRC's decision to renew facility operating license No. NPF-30. DATES: The license renewal of facility operating license No. NPF-30 was effective on March 6, 2015. ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2012-0001 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You may obtain publicly-available information related to this document using any of the following methods:Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2012-0001. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415- 3463; email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document. NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-available documents online in the ADAMS Public Documents collection at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ``ADAMS Public Documents'' and then select ``Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by email to [email protected]. The ADAMS accession number for each document referenced in this document (if that document is available in ADAMS) is provided the first time that a document is referenced. NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Daily, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555; telephone: 301-415-3873; email: [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that the NRC has issued renewed facility operating license No. NPF-30 to Union Electric Company, the operator of Callaway. Renewed facility operating license No. NPF-30 authorizes operation of Callaway by the licensee at reactor core power levels not in excess of 3565 megawatts thermal, in accordance with the provisions of the Callaway renewed license and technical specifications. The NRC's ROD that supports the NRC's decision to renew facility operating license No. NPF-30 is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML14302A238. As discussed in the ROD and the final supplemental environmental impact statement (FSEIS) for Callaway, Supplement 51 to NUREG-1437, ``Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants Regarding Callaway Plant, Unit 1,'' dated October 2014 (ADAMS Accession No. ML14289A140), the NRC has considered a range of reasonable alternatives that included natural gas combined-cycle, supercritical pulverized coal, new nuclear, wind power, energy efficiency measures, and the no action alternative. The ROD and FSEIS document the NRC decision for the environmental review that the adverse environmental impacts of license renewal for Callaway are not so great that preserving the option of license renewal for energy planning decisionmakers would be unreasonable. Callaway, Unit 1, is a pressurized water reactor located in Callaway County, Missouri. The application for the renewed license, ``Callaway Plant, Unit 1, License Renewal Application,'' dated December 15, 2011, as supplemented by letters dated through June 20, 2014 (ADAMS Accession No. ML113530372), complied with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the NRC's regulations. As required by the Act and the NRC's regulations in chapter 1 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, the NRC has made appropriate findings, which are set forth in the license. A public notice of the proposed issuance of the renewed license and an opportunity for a hearing was published in the Federal Register on February 24, 2012 (77 FR 11173). For further details with respect to this action, see: (1) Union Electric Company's (dba Ameren Missouri) license renewal application for Callaway Plant, Unit 1 dated December 15, 2011, as supplemented by letters dated through June 20, 2014; (2) the NRC's safety evaluation report published in August 2014 (ADAMS Accession No. ML14232A380); (3) the NRC's final environmental impact statement (NUREG-1437, Supplement 51), for Callaway, Unit 1, published in October 2014; and (4) the NRC's ROD. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 6th day of March, 2015. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Christopher G. Miller, Director, Division of License Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. [FR Doc. 2015-05990 Filed 3-13-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590-01-P
![13636 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 50 / Monday, March 16, 2015 / Notices
instruments, and databases to provide supports. However, NSF retains this responsibility in supporting merit-
the reach to make the next intellectual responsibility for overseeing their based research and education projects in
leaps. development, management and all the scientific and engineering
NSF currently provides support for successful performance. The Large disciplines. The Foundation also has a
facility construction from two accounts: Facilities Manual is intended to: continuing commitment to provide
the Major Research Equipment and • Provide step-by-step guidance for oversight on facilities development and
Facility Construction (MREFC) account, NSF staff and awardees to carry out construction which must be balanced
and the Research and Related Activities effective project planning, management against monitoring its information
(R&RA) account. The MREFC account, and oversight of large facilities while collection so as to identify and address
established in FY 1995, is a separate considering the varying requirements of any excessive reporting burdens.
budget line item that provides an a diverse portfolio; NSF has approximately twenty-two
agency-wide mechanism, permitting • Clearly state the policies, processes (22) Large Facilities in various stages of
directorates to undertake large facility and procedures pertinent at each stage development, construction, operations
projects that exceed 10% of the of a facility’s life cycle from and termination. One to two (1 to 2)
Directorate’s annual budget; or roughly development through construction, new awards are made approximately
$100M or greater. Smaller projects operations, and termination; and every five (5) years based on science
continue to be supported from the • Document and disseminate ‘‘best community infrastructure needs and
R&RA Account. practices’’ identified over time so that availability of funding. Of the twenty-
Facilities are defined as shared-use NSF and awardees can carry out their two large facilities, there are
infrastructure, instrumentation and responsibilities more effectively. approximately eight (8) facilities
equipment that are accessible to a broad This version of the Large Facilities annually that are either in development
community of researchers and/or Manual reflects recent changes in or construction. These stages require the
educators. Facilities may be centralized organization and formatting to improve highest level of reporting and
or may consist of distributed readability and facilitate period management documentation per the
installations. They may incorporate revision. It also up-dates sections Large Facilities Manual.
large-scale networking or computational related to contingency and cost Burden to the Public: The Foundation
infrastructure, multi-user instruments or estimating requirements. The Manual estimates that an average of three (3)
networks of such instruments, or other does not replace existing formal Full Time Equivalents (FTEs) are
infrastructure, instrumentation and procedures required for all NSF awards, necessary for each facility project in
equipment having a major impact on a which are described in the Grant development or construction (Total
broad segment of a scientific or Proposal Guide and The Award and Project Cost of $200–$500M) to respond
engineering discipline. Historically, Administration Guide. Instead, it draws to NSF routine reporting and project
awards have been made for such diverse upon and supplements them for the management documentation
projects as accelerators, telescopes, purpose of providing detailed guidance
requirements on an annual basis; or
research vessels and aircraft, and regarding NSF management and
6240 hours per year. The Foundation
geographically distributed but oversight of facilities projects. All
estimates an average of one (1) FTE for
networked sensors and instrumentation. facilities projects require merit and
a facility in operations; or 2080 hours
The growth and diversification of technical review, as well as approval of
per year. Assuming an average of eight
large facility projects require that NSF certain deliverables. The level of review
(8) facilities in construction and the
remain attentive to the ever-changing and approval varies substantially from
balance in operations, this equates to
issues and challenges inherent in their standard grants, as does the level of
roughly 80,000 public burden hours
planning, construction, operation, oversight needed to ensure appropriate
annually.
management and oversight. Most and proper accountability for federal
importantly, dedicated, competent NSF funds. The requirements, recommended Suzanne H. Plimpton,
and awardee staff are needed to manage procedures and best practices presented Reports Clearance Officer, National Science
and oversee these projects; giving the in the Manual apply to any facility Foundation.
attention and oversight that good significant enough to require close and [FR Doc. 2015–05875 Filed 3–13–15; 8:45 am]
practice dictates and that proper substantial interaction with the BILLING CODE 7555–01–P
accountability to taxpayers and Foundation and the National Science
Congress demands. To this end, there is Board.
also a need for consistent, documented This Manual will be updated NUCLEAR REGULATORY
requirements and procedures to be periodically to reflect changes in COMMISSION
understood and used by NSF program requirements, policies and/or
managers and awardees for all such procedures. Award Recipients are [Docket No. 50–483; NRC–2012–0001]
large projects. expected to monitor and adopt the
Use of the Information: Facilities are requirements and best practices License Renewal for Callaway Plant,
an essential part of the science and included in the Manual which are Unit 1
engineering enterprise, and supporting aimed at improving management and AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory
them is one major responsibility of the oversight of large facilities projects and Commission.
National Science Foundation (NSF). at enabling the most efficient and cost- ACTION: License renewal and record of
NSF makes awards to external entities— effective delivery of tools to the research decision; issuance.
primarily universities, consortia of and education communities.
Rmajette on DSK2VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
universities or non-profit The submission of proposals and SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
organizations—to undertake subsequent project documentation to Commission (NRC) has issued renewed
construction, management and the Foundation related to the facility operating license No. NPF–30 to
operation of facilities. Such awards development, construction and Union Electric Company (dba Ameren
frequently take the form of cooperative operations of Large Facilities is part of Missouri or the licensee), the operator of
agreements. NSF does not directly the collection of information. This the Callaway Plant, Unit 1 (Callaway).
construct or operate the facilities it information is used to help NSF fulfill Renewed facility operating license No.
VerDate Sep<11>2014 14:09 Mar 13, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00123 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\16MRN1.SGM 16MRN1](https://thefederalregister.org/doc/80_FR_13686/page/1.svg)
![Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 50 / Monday, March 16, 2015 / Notices 13637
NPF–30 authorizes operation of in excess of 3565 megawatts thermal, in For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Callaway by the licensee at reactor core accordance with the provisions of the Christopher G. Miller,
power levels not in excess of 3565 Callaway renewed license and technical Director, Division of License Renewal, Office
megawatts thermal, in accordance with specifications. The NRC’s ROD that of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
the provisions of the Callaway renewed supports the NRC’s decision to renew [FR Doc. 2015–05990 Filed 3–13–15; 8:45 am]
license and technical specifications. In facility operating license No. NPF–30 is BILLING CODE 7590–01–P
addition, the NRC has prepared a record available in ADAMS under Accession
of decision (ROD) that supports the No. ML14302A238. As discussed in the
NRC’s decision to renew facility ROD and the final supplemental NUCLEAR REGULATORY
operating license No. NPF–30. environmental impact statement (FSEIS) COMMISSION
DATES: The license renewal of facility for Callaway, Supplement 51 to
operating license No. NPF–30 was NUREG–1437, ‘‘Generic Environmental Advisory Committee on Reactor
effective on March 6, 2015. Impact Statement for License Renewal Safeguards (ACRS); Meeting of the
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID of Nuclear Plants Regarding Callaway ACRS Subcommittee on Thermal
NRC–2012–0001 when contacting the Plant, Unit 1,’’ dated October 2014 Hydraulic Phenomena; Notice of
NRC about the availability of (ADAMS Accession No. ML14289A140), Meeting
information regarding this document. the NRC has considered a range of The ACRS Subcommittee on Thermal
You may obtain publicly-available reasonable alternatives that included Hydraulic Phenomena will hold a
information related to this document natural gas combined-cycle, meeting on March 20, 2015, Room T–
using any of the following methods: supercritical pulverized coal, new 2B1, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville,
• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to nuclear, wind power, energy efficiency Maryland.
http://www.regulations.gov and search measures, and the no action alternative. The meeting will be open to public
for Docket ID NRC–2012–0001. Address The ROD and FSEIS document the NRC attendance, with the exception of
questions about NRC dockets to Carol decision for the environmental review portions that may be closed to protect
Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463; that the adverse environmental impacts information that is propriety pursuant to
email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For of license renewal for Callaway are not 5 U.S.C. 552(c)(4). The agenda for the
technical questions, contact the so great that preserving the option of subject meeting shall be as follows:
individual listed in the FOR FURTHER license renewal for energy planning
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this decisionmakers would be unreasonable. Friday, March 20, 2015—1:00 p.m.
document. Until 5:00 p.m.
• NRC’s Agencywide Documents Callaway, Unit 1, is a pressurized
water reactor located in Callaway The Subcommittee will review
Access and Management System Topical Report NEDE–33766P, ‘‘GEH
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly- County, Missouri. The application for
the renewed license, ‘‘Callaway Plant, Simplified Stability Solution’’ (GS3).
available documents online in the The Subcommittee will hear
ADAMS Public Documents collection at Unit 1, License Renewal Application,’’
dated December 15, 2011, as presentations by and hold discussions
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ with the NRC staff, General Electric-
adams.html. To begin the search, select supplemented by letters dated through
June 20, 2014 (ADAMS Accession No. Hitachi, and other interested persons
‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then regarding this matter. The
select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS ML113530372), complied with the
standards and requirements of the Subcommittee will gather information,
Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS, analyze relevant issues and facts, and
please contact the NRC’s Public Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended
(the Act), and the NRC’s regulations. As formulate proposed positions and
Document Room (PDR) reference staff at actions, as appropriate, for deliberation
1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by required by the Act and the NRC’s
regulations in chapter 1 of title 10 of the by the Full Committee.
email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The Members of the public desiring to
ADAMS accession number for each Code of Federal Regulations, the NRC
has made appropriate findings, which provide oral statements and/or written
document referenced in this document comments should notify the Designated
(if that document is available in are set forth in the license. A public
notice of the proposed issuance of the Federal Official (DFO), Zena Abdullahi
ADAMS) is provided the first time that (Telephone 301–415–8716 or Email:
a document is referenced. renewed license and an opportunity for
a hearing was published in the Federal Zena.Abdullahi@nrc.gov) five days prior
• NRC’s PDR: You may examine and to the meeting, if possible, so that
purchase copies of public documents at Register on February 24, 2012 (77 FR
11173). appropriate arrangements can be made.
the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One Thirty-five hard copies of each
White Flint North, 11555 Rockville For further details with respect to this presentation or handout should be
Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. action, see: (1) Union Electric provided to the DFO thirty minutes
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Company’s (dba Ameren Missouri) before the meeting. In addition, one
Daily, Office of Nuclear Reactor license renewal application for electronic copy of each presentation
Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Callaway Plant, Unit 1 dated December should be emailed to the DFO one day
Commission, Washington, DC 20555; 15, 2011, as supplemented by letters before the meeting. If an electronic copy
telephone: 301–415–3873; email: dated through June 20, 2014; (2) the cannot be provided within this
John.Daily@nrc.gov. NRC’s safety evaluation report timeframe, presenters should provide
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is published in August 2014 (ADAMS the DFO with a CD containing each
Rmajette on DSK2VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
hereby given that the NRC has issued Accession No. ML14232A380); (3) the presentation at least thirty minutes
renewed facility operating license No. NRC’s final environmental impact before the meeting. Electronic
NPF–30 to Union Electric Company, the statement (NUREG–1437, Supplement recordings will be permitted only
operator of Callaway. Renewed facility 51), for Callaway, Unit 1, published in during those portions of the meeting
operating license No. NPF–30 October 2014; and (4) the NRC’s ROD. that are open to the public. Detailed
authorizes operation of Callaway by the Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 6th day procedures for the conduct of and
licensee at reactor core power levels not of March, 2015. participation in ACRS meetings were
VerDate Sep<11>2014 14:09 Mar 13, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00124 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\16MRN1.SGM 16MRN1](https://thefederalregister.org/doc/80_FR_13686/page/2.svg)
Document Created: 2018-02-21 09:37:49
Document Modified: 2018-02-21 09:37:49
| Category | Regulatory Information | |
| Collection | Federal Register | |
| sudoc Class | AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: | |
| Publisher | Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration | |
| Section | Notices | |
| Action | License renewal and record of decision; issuance. | |
| Dates | The license renewal of facility operating license No. NPF-30 was effective on March 6, 2015. | |
| Contact | John Daily, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555; telephone: 301-415-3873; email: [email protected] | |
| FR Citation | 80 FR 13636 |
2025 Federal Register | Disclaimer | Privacy Policy
USC | CFR | eCFR