80_FR_42695 80 FR 42558 - UniStar Nuclear Energy Combined License Application for Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 3

80 FR 42558 - UniStar Nuclear Energy Combined License Application for Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 3

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Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 137 (July 17, 2015)

Page Range42558-42559
FR Document2015-17652

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is withdrawing the UniStar Nuclear Energy Combined License Application for Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 3. This document is being withdrawn because UniStar requested withdrawal of its application.

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[Docket No. 52-016; NRC-2008-0250]


UniStar Nuclear Energy Combined License Application for Calvert 
Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 3

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Application for combined license; withdrawal.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is withdrawing 
the UniStar Nuclear Energy Combined License Application for Calvert 
Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 3. This document is being withdrawn 
because UniStar requested withdrawal of its application.

DATES: The effective date of the withdrawal of UniStar's combined 
license application for Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 3 is 
July 17, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2008-0250 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-2008-0250. 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 (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: Surinder Arora, Office of New 
Reactors, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001; telephone: 301-415-1421, email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: By letter dated July 13, 2007 (ADAMS 
Accession No. ML071980292), as supplemented by letters, dated March 14, 
2008 (ADAMS Accession No(s). ML080990114 and ML080780459) and May 15, 
2008 (ADAMS Accession No. ML081410279), UniStar Nuclear (UniStar), 
submitted an application to the NRC for a combined license (COL) for a 
single unit of the U.S. Evolutionary Power Reactor (U.S. EPR) in 
accordance with the requirements contained in part 52, ``Licenses, 
Certifications, and Approvals for Nuclear Power Plants,'' of Title 10 
of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR). This new reactor was 
identified as Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 3 (CCNPP3) 
located in Lusby, in Calvert County, Maryland.
    The notices of receipt and availability of the UniStar's COL 
application were previously published in the Federal Register on August 
15, 2007 (72 FR 45832) and May 2, 2008 (73 FR 24321). Subsequently a 
notice announcing the

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acceptance for docketing of the partial CCNPP3 COL application in 
accordance with 10 CFR part 2, ``Agency Rules of Practice and 
Procedure'' and 10 CFR part 52 was published in the Federal Register on 
January 31, 2008 (73 FR 5877). The docket number established for this 
application was 52-016.
    By letter dated February 27, 2015 (ADAMS Accession No. 
ML15062A050), UniStar requested that the NRC temporarily suspend review 
of its COL application for CCNPP3 until further notice. The NRC granted 
the requested suspension. By its recent letter dated June 8, 2015 
(ADAMS Accession No. ML15160A570), UniStar requested withdrawal of its 
CCNPP3 COL application, including the Safeguards/Security part of the 
application. Pursuant to the requirements in 10 CFR part 2, the 
Commission grants UniStar its request to withdraw the CCNPP3 COL 
application.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 13th day of July 2015.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Frank Akstulewicz,
Director, Division of New Reactor Licensing, Office of New Reactors.
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                                                have advised the Office of the Secretary                 privacy information, such as social                   You may obtain publicly-available
                                                that they wish to participate in the                     security numbers, home addresses, or                  information related to this document
                                                proceeding, so that the filer need not                   home phone numbers in their filings,                  using any of the following methods:
                                                serve the documents on those                             unless an NRC regulation or other law                    • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to
                                                participants separately. Therefore,                      requires submission of such                           http://www.regulations.gov and search
                                                applicants and other participants (or                    information. However, in some                         for Docket ID NRC–2008–0250. Address
                                                their counsel or representative) must                    instances, a request to intervene will                questions about NRC dockets to Carol
                                                apply for and receive a digital ID                       require including information on local                Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463;
                                                certificate before a hearing request/                    residence in order to demonstrate a                   email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For
                                                petition to intervene is filed so that they              proximity assertion of interest in the                technical questions, contact the
                                                can obtain access to the document via                    proceeding. With respect to copyrighted               individual listed in the FOR FURTHER
                                                the E-Filing system.                                     works, except for limited excerpts that               INFORMATION CONTACT section of this
                                                   A person filing electronically using                  serve the purpose of the adjudicatory                 document.
                                                the NRC’s adjudicatory E-Filing system                   filings and would constitute a Fair Use                  • NRC’s Agencywide Documents
                                                may seek assistance by contacting the                    application, participants are requested               Access and Management System
                                                NRC Meta System Help Desk through                        not to include copyrighted materials in               (ADAMS): You may obtain publicly
                                                the ‘‘Contact Us’’ link located on the                   their submission.                                     available documents online in the
                                                NRC’s public Web site at http://                            For further details with respect to this           ADAMS Public Documents collection at
                                                www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-                                 action, see the application for license               http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
                                                submittals.html, by email to                             amendment dated June 17, 2015.                        adams.html. To begin the search, select
                                                MSHD.Resource@nrc.gov, or by a toll-                        Attorney for licensee: General                     ‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then
                                                free call at 1–866–672–7640. The NRC                     Counsel, Tennessee Valley Authority,                  select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS
                                                Meta System Help Desk is available                       400 West Summit Hill Drive, ET 11A,                   Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS,
                                                between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern                       Knoxville, Tennessee 37902.                           please contact the NRC’s Public
                                                Time, Monday through Friday,                                NRC Branch Chief: Jessie F.                        Document Room (PDR) reference staff at
                                                excluding government holidays.                           Quichocho.                                            1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by
                                                   Participants who believe that they                                                                          email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The
                                                                                                           Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 10th day
                                                have a good cause for not submitting                                                                           ADAMS accession number for each
                                                                                                         of July 2015.
                                                documents electronically must file an                                                                          document referenced (if that document
                                                                                                           For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
                                                exemption request, in accordance with                                                                          is available in ADAMS) is provided the
                                                10 CFR 2.302(g), with their initial paper                Jeanne Dion,
                                                                                                                                                               first time that a document is referenced.
                                                filing requesting authorization to                       Project Manager, Watts Bar Special Projects
                                                                                                                                                                  • NRC’s PDR: You may examine and
                                                continue to submit documents in paper                    Branch, Division of Operating Reactor
                                                                                                         Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor                  purchase copies of public documents at
                                                format. Such filings must be submitted                                                                         the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One
                                                                                                         Regulation.
                                                by: (1) First class mail addressed to the                                                                      White Flint North, 11555 Rockville
                                                                                                         [FR Doc. 2015–17645 Filed 7–16–15; 8:45 am]
                                                Office of the Secretary of the                                                                                 Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
                                                Commission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory                      BILLING CODE 7590–01–P
                                                                                                                                                               FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                Commission, Washington, DC 20555–                                                                              Surinder Arora, Office of New Reactors,
                                                0001, Attention: Rulemaking and                                                                                U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
                                                Adjudications Staff; or (2) courier,                     NUCLEAR REGULATORY
                                                                                                         COMMISSION                                            Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone:
                                                express mail, or expedited delivery
                                                                                                                                                               301–415–1421, email: Surinder.Arora@
                                                service to the Office of the Secretary,                  [Docket No. 52–016; NRC–2008–0250]                    nrc.gov.
                                                Sixteenth Floor, One White Flint North,
                                                11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville,                         UniStar Nuclear Energy Combined                       SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: By letter
                                                Maryland 20852, Attention: Rulemaking                    License Application for Calvert Cliffs                dated July 13, 2007 (ADAMS Accession
                                                and Adjudications Staff. Participants                    Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 3                           No. ML071980292), as supplemented by
                                                filing a document in this manner are                                                                           letters, dated March 14, 2008 (ADAMS
                                                                                                         AGENCY:  Nuclear Regulatory                           Accession No(s). ML080990114 and
                                                responsible for serving the document on
                                                                                                         Commission.                                           ML080780459) and May 15, 2008
                                                all other participants. Filing is
                                                considered complete by first-class mail                  ACTION: Application for combined                      (ADAMS Accession No. ML081410279),
                                                as of the time of deposit in the mail, or                license; withdrawal.                                  UniStar Nuclear (UniStar), submitted an
                                                by courier, express mail, or expedited                   SUMMARY:  The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory                 application to the NRC for a combined
                                                delivery service upon depositing the                     Commission (NRC) is withdrawing the                   license (COL) for a single unit of the
                                                document with the provider of the                        UniStar Nuclear Energy Combined                       U.S. Evolutionary Power Reactor (U.S.
                                                service. A presiding officer, having                     License Application for Calvert Cliffs                EPR) in accordance with the
                                                granted an exemption request from                        Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 3. This                     requirements contained in part 52,
                                                using E-Filing, may require a participant                document is being withdrawn because                   ‘‘Licenses, Certifications, and Approvals
                                                or party to use E-Filing if the presiding                UniStar requested withdrawal of its                   for Nuclear Power Plants,’’ of Title 10 of
                                                officer subsequently determines that the                 application.                                          the Code of Federal Regulations (10
                                                reason for granting the exemption from                                                                         CFR). This new reactor was identified as
                                                use of E-Filing no longer exists.                        DATES: The effective date of the                      Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Unit
                                                   Documents submitted in adjudicatory                   withdrawal of UniStar’s combined                      3 (CCNPP3) located in Lusby, in Calvert
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                                                proceedings will appear in the NRC’s                     license application for Calvert Cliffs                County, Maryland.
                                                electronic hearing docket which is                       Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 3 is July 17,                  The notices of receipt and availability
                                                available to the public at http://                       2015.                                                 of the UniStar’s COL application were
                                                ehd1.nrc.gov/ehd/, unless excluded                       ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID                  previously published in the Federal
                                                pursuant to an order of the Commission,                  NRC–2008–0250 when contacting the                     Register on August 15, 2007 (72 FR
                                                or the presiding officer. Participants are               NRC about the availability of                         45832) and May 2, 2008 (73 FR 24321).
                                                requested not to include personal                        information regarding this document.                  Subsequently a notice announcing the


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                                                acceptance for docketing of the partial                  date will be considered if it is practical            the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One
                                                CCNPP3 COL application in accordance                     to do so, but the Commission is able to               White Flint North, 11555 Rockville
                                                with 10 CFR part 2, ‘‘Agency Rules of                    ensure consideration only for comments                Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
                                                Practice and Procedure’’ and 10 CFR                      received before this date.
                                                                                                                                                               B. Submitting Comments
                                                part 52 was published in the Federal                     ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
                                                Register on January 31, 2008 (73 FR                      by any of the following methods (unless                 Please include Docket ID NRC–2015–
                                                5877). The docket number established                     this document describes a different                   0167 in your comment submission.
                                                for this application was 52–016.                         method for submitting comments on a                     The NRC cautions you not to include
                                                   By letter dated February 27, 2015                     specific subject):                                    identifying or contact information that
                                                (ADAMS Accession No. ML15062A050),                         • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to                you do not want to be publicly
                                                UniStar requested that the NRC                           http://www.regulations.gov and search                 disclosed in your comment submission.
                                                temporarily suspend review of its COL                    for Docket ID NRC–2015–0167. Address                  The NRC will post all comment
                                                application for CCNPP3 until further                     questions about NRC dockets to Carol                  submissions at http://
                                                notice. The NRC granted the requested                    Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463;                   www.regulations.gov as well as enter the
                                                suspension. By its recent letter dated                   email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For                   comment submissions into ADAMS.
                                                June 8, 2015 (ADAMS Accession No.                        technical questions, contact the                      The NRC does not routinely edit
                                                ML15160A570), UniStar requested                          individual listed in the FOR FURTHER                  comment submissions to remove
                                                withdrawal of its CCNPP3 COL                             INFORMATION CONTACT section of this                   identifying or contact information.
                                                                                                         document.                                               If you are requesting or aggregating
                                                application, including the Safeguards/
                                                                                                           • Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey,                   comments from other persons for
                                                Security part of the application.
                                                                                                         Office of Administration, Mail Stop:                  submission to the NRC, then you should
                                                Pursuant to the requirements in 10 CFR
                                                                                                         OWFN–12–H08, U.S. Nuclear                             inform those persons not to include
                                                part 2, the Commission grants UniStar
                                                                                                         Regulatory Commission, Washington,                    identifying or contact information that
                                                its request to withdraw the CCNPP3
                                                                                                         DC 20555–0001.                                        they do not want to be publicly
                                                COL application.
                                                                                                           For additional direction on obtaining               disclosed in their comment submission.
                                                  Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 13th day                                                                  Your request should state that the NRC
                                                of July 2015.
                                                                                                         information and submitting comments,
                                                                                                         see ‘‘Obtaining Information and                       does not routinely edit comment
                                                  For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.                                                                       submissions to remove such information
                                                                                                         Submitting Comments’’ in the
                                                Frank Akstulewicz,                                       SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of                  before making the comment
                                                Director, Division of New Reactor Licensing,             this document.                                        submissions available to the public or
                                                Office of New Reactors.                                                                                        entering the comment into ADAMS.
                                                                                                         FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                [FR Doc. 2015–17652 Filed 7–16–15; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                         Alexandra Popova, Office of Nuclear                   II. Background
                                                BILLING CODE 7590–01–P                                   Reactor Regulation, telephone: 301–                      The NRC is revising RIS 2005–29
                                                                                                         415–2876, email: Alexandra.Popova@                    (ML15014A469) to inform addressees of
                                                                                                         nrc.gov.                                              concerns identified during recent
                                                NUCLEAR REGULATORY
                                                COMMISSION                                               SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                            license amendment reviews.
                                                                                                         I. Obtaining Information and                          Specifically, licensing bases, as
                                                [NRC–2015–0167]
                                                                                                         Submitting Comments                                   documented in final safety analysis
                                                Anticipated Transients That Could                                                                              reports (FSARs), updated FSARs
                                                                                                         A. Obtaining Information                              (UFSARs), or design control documents
                                                Develop Into More Serious Events
                                                                                                            Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2015–                (DCDs), failed to demonstrate that
                                                AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory                               0167 when contacting the NRC about                    anticipated operational occurrences
                                                Commission.                                              the availability of information for this              (AOOs, Condition II events) would not
                                                ACTION: Draft revision to regulatory issue               action. You may obtain publicly-                      progress to more serious events
                                                summary; request for comment.                            available information related to this                 (Condition III or IV events). The NRC
                                                                                                         action by any of the following methods:               determined that, as a result of these
                                                SUMMARY:   The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory                      • Federal rulemaking Web site: Go to               problems, these licensees were not in
                                                Commission (NRC) is seeking public                       http://www.regulations.gov and search                 compliance with Part 50, Appendix A of
                                                comment on a draft revision 1 to a                       for Docket ID NRC–2015–0167.                          Title 10 of the Code of Federal
                                                regulatory issue summary (RIS).                             • NRC’s Agencywide Documents                       Regulations (10 CFR), ‘‘General Design
                                                Revision 1 to the RIS would inform                       Access and Management System                          Criteria for Nuclear Power Plants,’’
                                                addressees of concerns identified during                 (ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-                     specifically, general design criteria
                                                recent license amendment reviews. This                   available documents online in the                     (GDC) 15, ‘‘Reactor Coolant System
                                                draft revision to a RIS is addressed to                  ADAMS Public Documents collection at                  Design,’’ GDC 21, ‘‘Protection System
                                                applicants for, and holders of, nuclear                  http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/                        Reliability and Testability,’’ and GDC
                                                power reactor licenses, construction                     adams.html. To begin the search, select               29, ‘‘Protection Against Anticipated
                                                permits, standard design approvals, and                  ‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then                   Operational Occurrences,’’ as well as 10
                                                manufacturing licenses, and applicants                   select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS                        CFR 50.34(b), ‘‘Final Safety Analysis
                                                for standard design certifications. This                 Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS,                    Report.’’ Revision 1 to RIS 2005–29
                                                draft revision to a RIS would inform                     please contact the NRC’s Public                       supersedes in its entirety RIS 2005–29.
                                                addressees of concerns identified during                 Document Room (PDR) reference staff at                The revised RIS would be designated as
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                                                recent reviews of anticipated                            1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by                   RIS 2005–29, Revision 1. The original
                                                operational occurrences safety analyses                  email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The draft              version of RIS 2005–29 was issued on
                                                of updated final safety analysis reports.                revision to RIS 2005–29 is available in               December 14, 2005, and is available in
                                                Revision 1 to RIS 2005–29 will                           ADAMS under Accession No.                             ADAMS for viewing (ML051890212).
                                                supersede in its entirety RIS 2005–29.                   ML15014A469.                                             The NRC issues RISs to communicate
                                                DATES: Submit comments by September                         • NRC’s PDR: You may examine and                   with stakeholders on a broad range of
                                                15, 2015. Comments received after this                   purchase copies of public documents at                matters. This may include providing


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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionApplication for combined license; withdrawal.
DatesThe effective date of the withdrawal of UniStar's combined license application for Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 3 is July 17, 2015.
ContactSurinder Arora, Office of New Reactors, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555- 0001; telephone: 301-415-1421, email: [email protected]
FR Citation80 FR 42558 

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