80 FR 19704 - Omaha Public Power District; Fort Calhoun Station, Unit No. 1

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Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 70 (April 13, 2015)

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has granted the request of Omaha Public Power District to withdraw its application dated April 25, 2014, as supplemented by letter dated February 13, 2015, for a proposed amendment to Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-40. The proposed amendment would have revised Section 5.11, ``Structures Other Than Containment,'' and Appendix F, ``Classification of Structures and Equipment and Seismic Criteria,'' of the Fort Calhoun Station, Unit No. 1, Updated Safety Analysis Report.

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 70 (Monday, April 13, 2015)]
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[Docket No. 50-285; NRC-2014-0159]


Omaha Public Power District; Fort Calhoun Station, Unit No. 1

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: License amendment application; withdrawal by applicant.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has granted the 
request of Omaha Public Power District to withdraw its application 
dated April 25, 2014, as supplemented by letter dated February 13, 
2015, for a proposed amendment to Renewed Facility Operating License 
No. DPR-40. The proposed amendment would have revised Section 5.11, 
``Structures Other Than Containment,'' and Appendix F, ``Classification 
of Structures and Equipment and Seismic Criteria,'' of the Fort Calhoun 
Station, Unit No. 1, Updated Safety Analysis Report.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2014-0159 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:
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3463; email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact 
the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of 
this document.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred Lyon, Office of Nuclear Reactor 
Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001; telephone: 301-415-2296 email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC has granted the request of Omaha 
Public Power District (the licensee) to withdraw its application dated 
April 25, 2014, as supplemented by letter dated February 13, 2015 
(ADAMS Accession Nos. ML14118A435 and ML15050A257, respectively), for a 
proposed amendment to Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-40 for 
the Fort Calhoun Station, Unit No. 1, located in Washington County, 
Nebraska.
    The proposed amendment would have revised Section 5.11, 
``Structures Other Than Containment,'' and Appendix F, ``Classification 
of Structures and Equipment and Seismic Criteria,'' of the Updated 
Safety Analysis Report to clarify the licensing and design basis to 
permit the use of seismic floor response spectra in analysis and design 
of seismic Class I structures and structural elements attached to 
structures.
    The Commission had previously issued a Notice of Consideration of 
Issuance of Amendment published in the Federal Register on July 8, 2014 
(79 FR 38593). However, by letter dated April 1, 2015 (ADAMS Accession 
No. ML15090A743), the licensee withdrew the proposed change.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 6th day of April 2015.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Carl F. Lyon,
Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch IV-1, Division of Operating 
Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2015-08393 Filed 4-10-15; 8:45 am]
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