80 FR 52348 - Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit No. 1; Application and Amendment to Facility Operating License Involving Proposed No Significant Hazards Consideration Determination
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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 167 (Friday, August 28, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 52348-52351] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-21347] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket Nos. 50-390; NRC-2013-0233] Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit No. 1; Application and Amendment to Facility Operating License Involving Proposed No Significant Hazards Consideration Determination AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: License amendment request; opportunity to comment, request a hearing and petition for leave to intervene. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering issuance of an amendment to Facility Operating License No. NFP-90, issued to the Tennessee Valley Authority (the licensee), for operation of Watts Bar Nuclear Plant (WBN), Unit 1. The amendment request submitted on August 1, 2013, proposed revisions to Technical Specification (TS) 3.8.1, Surveillance Requirement (SR) 3.8.1.8, and the licensing basis as described in the Updated Final Safety Analysis Report (UFSAR). The NRC staff had previously made a proposed determination that the amendment involved no significant hazards consideration. By letters dated April 21, 2014, January 29, 2015, and June 12, 2015, the licensee provided additional information that expanded the scope of the amendment request to include proposed changes to the UFSAR, a new modification to SR 3.8.1.1, and proposed a new SR 3.8.1.22. The purpose of this document is to update the description of the amendment request and to make a proposed determination that the expanded scope of the amendment request involves no significant hanzards consideration. DATES: Comments must be filed by September 28, 2015. A request for a hearing must be filed by October 27, 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-2013-0233. 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. Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, Office of Administration, Mail Stop: OWFN-12-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: Jeanne A. Dion, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-1349; email: [email protected] SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments A. Obtaining Information Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2013-0233 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-2013-0233. 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 application for amendment, dated August 1, 2013, as supplemented by letters dated April 21, 2014, January 29, 2015, and June 12, 2015, are available in ADAMS under ADAMS Accession Nos. ML13220A103, ML14112A341, ML15041A732, and ML15195A600, respectively. 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-2013-0233 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 will post all comment submissions at http:/ / [[Page 52349]] www.regulations.gov as well as enter 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 into ADAMS. II. Introduction The NRC is considering issuance of an amendment to Facility Operating License No. NFP-90, issued to the Tennessee Valley Authority for operation of WBN, Unit 1, located in Spring City, Tennessee. The proposed license amendment was submitted by letter dated August 1, 2013, and proposed revisions to TS 3.8.1 ``Alternating Current Sources--Operating,'' related SRs, and the licensing basis as described in the UFSAR for the available maintenance feeder for the Common Station Service Transformers (CSSTs) A and B. The proposed license amendment credited upgrades made to CSST A and B to provide two new sources of preferred Class 1E power supply feeds in addition to the two normal Class 1E power supply feeds. The NRC staff had previously made a proposed determination that the proposed amendment involved no significant hazards consideration (78 FR 64547; October 29, 2013). The proposed license amendment was supplemented by letters dated April 21, 2014, January 29, 2015, and June 12, 2015, and proposed additional changes to the UFSAR, a new modification to SR 3.8.1.1, and proposed a new SR 3.8.1.22. The purpose of this document is to update the description of the amendment request and to make a proposed determination that the expanded scope of the amendment request involves no significant hanzards consideration.Before issuance of the proposed license amendment, the NRC will have made findings required by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the Commission's regulations. The NRC has made a proposed determination that the amendment request involves no significant hazards consideration. Under the NRC's regulations in Sec. 50.92 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), 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. 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: 1. Does the proposed change involve a significant increase in the probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated? Response: No. The proposed changes described in this TS amendment request, do not alter the safety functions of the WBN Offsite Power system. Design calculations document that CSSTs A and B have adequate capacity to supply all connected loads including one train of shutdown boards in all allowable alignments and meet the separation requirements for offsite power sources. The consequences of an accident are not changed when using CSST A or B to power the shutdown boards because these CSSTs are rated to carry all required loads for any design basis accidents. The failure of a CSST is not considered to be an initiator of a plant accident and therefore the probability or consequences of accidents or events previously evaluated, as described in the UFSAR, is not changed. Therefore, this proposed amendment 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. As stated above, malfunctions of the CSSTs are not considered to be an initiator for plant accidents and the modifications to the offsite power system do not create a new or different kind of accident. The purpose of the offsite power system is to provide a source of power to the safety related equipment required to mitigate a design basis accident. CSSTs A and B have been physically upgraded and proven by design calculation to meet all required GDC [General Design Criterion] 17 requirements for separation and voltage stability. Using CSSTs A and B as alternate sources of shutdown power does not negatively affect the offsite power systems ability to meet its design function. Therefore, the proposed amendment does not create the possibility of a new or different kind of accident from any accident previously evaluated. 3. Does the proposed change involve a significant reduction in the margin of safety? Response: No. CSSTs A and B have adequate design margin to meet all possible loading scenarios as long as both CSSTs A and B are operational prior to one being used as a source of offsite power. This requirement is added to the control room drawings, plant design criteria and the UFSAR in order to ensure acceptable margin is always available prior to CSSTs A or B being used as a source of offsite power. Therefore, the proposed changes do 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. The NRC is seeking public comments on this proposed determination that the license amendment request involves no significant hazards consideration. Any comments received within 30 days after the date of 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 in the Federal Register a notice of issuance. 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. III. 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. 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 [[Page 52350]] of 10 CFR 2.309, which is available at the NRC's PDR, located at O1F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland 20852. The NRC's regulations are accessible electronically from the NRC Library on the NRC 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 requestor/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, 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. IV. 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 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 ten (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/e-submittals/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 NRC'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 [[Page 52351]] 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 to 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 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, in some instances, 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 request, see the application for amendment dated August 1, 2013, as supplemented by letters dated April 21, 2014, January 29, 2015, and June 12, 2015, which are 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]. Attorney for licensee: General Counsel, Tennessee Valley Authority, 400 West Summit Hill Drive, 6A West Tower, Knoxville, Tennessee 37902. NRC Branch Chief: Jessie F. Quichocho. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 24th day of August 2015. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Jeanne A. Dion, Project Manager, Watts Bar Special Projects Branch, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. [FR Doc. 2015-21347 Filed 8-27-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590-01-P
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Certifications and Approvals for Nuclear NUCLEAR REGULATORY • Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey,
Power Plants.’’ Applicants and potential COMMISSION Office of Administration, Mail Stop:
applicants are not, with certain OWFN–12–H08, U.S. Nuclear
exceptions, protected by either the [Docket Nos. 50–390; NRC–2013–0233] Regulatory Commission, Washington,
Backfit Rule or any issue finality DC 20555–0001.
provisions under part 52. Neither the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit No. 1; For additional direction on obtaining
Backfit Rule nor the issue finality Application and Amendment to Facility information and submitting comments,
provisions under part 52—with certain Operating License Involving Proposed see ‘‘Obtaining Information and
exclusions discussed below—were No Significant Hazards Consideration Submitting Comments’’ in the
intended to every NRC action which Determination SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
substantially changes the expectations this document.
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
of current and future applicants. The
Commission. Jeanne A. Dion, Office of Nuclear
exceptions to the general principle are
ACTION: License amendment request; Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear
applicable whenever a combined license
applicant references a part 52 license opportunity to comment, request a Regulatory Commission, Washington,
(i.e., an early site permit or a hearing and petition for leave to DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415–
manufacturing license) and/or part 52 intervene. 1349; email: Jeanne.Dion@nrc.gov
regulatory approval (i.e., a design SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
certification rule or design approval. Commission (NRC) is considering I. Obtaining Information and
The staff does not, at this time, intend issuance of an amendment to Facility Submitting Comments
to impose the positions represented in Operating License No. NFP–90, issued
the draft regulatory guide (if finalized) to the Tennessee Valley Authority (the A. Obtaining Information
in a manner that is inconsistent with licensee), for operation of Watts Bar Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2013–
any issue finality provisions in these Nuclear Plant (WBN), Unit 1. The 0233 when contacting the NRC about
part 52 licenses and regulatory amendment request submitted on the availability of information for this
approvals. If, in the future, the staff August 1, 2013, proposed revisions to action. You may obtain publicly-
seeks to impose a position in this Technical Specification (TS) 3.8.1, available information related to this
regulatory guide (if finalized) in a Surveillance Requirement (SR) 3.8.1.8, action by any of the following methods:
manner which does not provide issue and the licensing basis as described in • Federal rulemaking Web site: Go to
finality as described in the applicable the Updated Final Safety Analysis http://www.regulations.gov and search
issue finality provision, then the staff Report (UFSAR). The NRC staff had for Docket ID NRC–2013–0233.
must address the issue finality criteria previously made a proposed • NRC’s Agencywide Documents
in the applicable issue finality provision determination that the amendment Access and Management System
(10 CFR 52.63 for standard design involved no significant hazards (ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-
certification rules, and 10 CFR 52.98 for consideration. By letters dated April 21, available documents online in the
combined licenses). 2014, January 29, 2015, and June 12, ADAMS Public Documents collection at
2015, the licensee provided additional http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
Existing licensees and applicants of
information that expanded the scope of adams.html. To begin the search, select
final design certification rules will not ‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then
be required to follow the positions in the amendment request to include
proposed changes to the UFSAR, a new select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS
DG–1313, if finalized, unless the Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS,
licensee or design certification rule modification to SR 3.8.1.1, and
proposed a new SR 3.8.1.22. The please contact the NRC’s Public
applicant seeks a voluntary change to its Document Room (PDR) reference staff at
purpose of this document is to update
licensing basis with respect to the 1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by
the description of the amendment
inclusion or exclusion of SSCs which email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The
request and to make a proposed
must be protected against extreme application for amendment, dated
determination that the expanded scope
winds and extreme wind effects. In such August 1, 2013, as supplemented by
of the amendment request involves no
cases, backfitting and issue finality will letters dated April 21, 2014, January 29,
significant hanzards consideration.
not apply if the NRC determines that the 2015, and June 12, 2015, are available in
safety review of the licensee or DATES: Comments must be filed by
September 28, 2015. A request for a ADAMS under ADAMS Accession Nos.
applicant-initiated change must include ML13220A103, ML14112A341,
reconsideration of the methods and hearing must be filed by October 27,
2015. ML15041A732, and ML15195A600,
procedures used in identifying those respectively.
SSCs. Further information on the staff’s ADDRESSES: You may submit comments • NRC’s PDR: You may examine and
use of the draft regulatory guide, if by any of the following methods (unless purchase copies of public documents at
finalized, is contained in the draft this document describes a different the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One
regulatory guide under Section D. method for submitting comments on a White Flint North, 11555 Rockville
Implementation. specific subject): Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 24th day • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to
http://www.regulations.gov and search B. Submitting Comments
of August, 2015.
for Docket ID NRC–2013–0233. Address Please include Docket ID NRC–2013–
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Lhorne on DSK5TPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
questions about NRC dockets to Carol 0233 in your comment submission.
Thomas H. Boyce, Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463; The NRC cautions you not to include
Chief, Regulatory Guidance and Generic email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For identifying or contact information that
Issues Branch, Division of Engineering, Office technical questions, contact the you do not want to be publicly
of Nuclear Regulatory Research. individual listed in the FOR FURTHER disclosed in your comment submission.
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www.regulations.gov as well as enter the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), source of offsite power. This requirement is
comment submissions into ADAMS. this means that operation of the facility added to the control room drawings, plant
The NRC does not routinely edit in accordance with the proposed design criteria and the UFSAR in order to
comment submissions to remove ensure acceptable margin is always available
amendment would not (1) involve a
prior to CSSTs A or B being used as a source
identifying or contact information. significant increase in the probability or of offsite power.
If you are requesting or aggregating consequences of an accident previously Therefore, the proposed changes do not
comments from other persons for evaluated; or (2) create the possibility of involve a significant reduction in a margin of
submission to the NRC, then you should a new or different kind of accident from safety.
inform those persons not to include any accident previously evaluated; or
identifying or contact information that The NRC staff has reviewed the
(3) involve a significant reduction in a
they do not want to be publicly licensee’s analysis and, based on this
margin of safety. As required by 10 CFR
disclosed in their comment submission. review, it appears that the three
50.91(a), the licensee has provided its
Your request should state that the NRC standards of 10 CFR 50.92(c) are
analysis of the issue of no significant
does not routinely edit comment satisfied. Therefore, the NRC staff
hazards consideration, which is
submissions to remove such information proposes to determine that the
presented below:
before making the comment amendment request involves no
1. Does the proposed change involve a significant hazards consideration.
submissions available to the public or significant increase in the probability or
entering the comment into ADAMS. The NRC is seeking public comments
consequences of an accident previously on this proposed determination that the
II. Introduction evaluated?
Response: No.
license amendment request involves no
The NRC is considering issuance of an The proposed changes described in this TS significant hazards consideration. Any
amendment to Facility Operating amendment request, do not alter the safety comments received within 30 days after
License No. NFP–90, issued to the functions of the WBN Offsite Power system. the date of publication of this notice
Tennessee Valley Authority for Design calculations document that CSSTs A will be considered in making any final
operation of WBN, Unit 1, located in and B have adequate capacity to supply all determination.
Spring City, Tennessee. connected loads including one train of Normally, the Commission will not
The proposed license amendment was shutdown boards in all allowable alignments issue the amendment until the
and meet the separation requirements for expiration of 60 days after the date of
submitted by letter dated August 1, offsite power sources. The consequences of
2013, and proposed revisions to TS an accident are not changed when using publication of this notice. The
3.8.1 ‘‘Alternating Current Sources— CSST A or B to power the shutdown boards Commission may issue the license
Operating,’’ related SRs, and the because these CSSTs are rated to carry all amendment before expiration of the 60-
licensing basis as described in the required loads for any design basis accidents. day period provided that its final
UFSAR for the available maintenance The failure of a CSST is not considered to be determination is that the amendment
feeder for the Common Station Service an initiator of a plant accident and therefore involves no significant hazards
Transformers (CSSTs) A and B. The the probability or consequences of accidents consideration. In addition, the
proposed license amendment credited or events previously evaluated, as described Commission may issue the amendment
in the UFSAR, is not changed.
upgrades made to CSST A and B to Therefore, this proposed amendment does
prior to the expiration of the 30-day
provide two new sources of preferred not involve a significant increase in the comment period should circumstances
Class 1E power supply feeds in addition probability or consequences of an accident change during the 30-day comment
to the two normal Class 1E power previously evaluated. period such that failure to act in a
supply feeds. The NRC staff had 2. Does the proposed change create the timely way would result, for example,
previously made a proposed possibility of a new or different kind of in derating or shutdown of the facility.
determination that the proposed accident from any accident previously Should the Commission take action
amendment involved no significant evaluated? prior to the expiration of either the
Response: No.
hazards consideration (78 FR 64547; As stated above, malfunctions of the CSSTs
comment period or the notice period, it
October 29, 2013). The proposed license are not considered to be an initiator for plant will publish in the Federal Register a
amendment was supplemented by accidents and the modifications to the offsite notice of issuance. Should the
letters dated April 21, 2014, January 29, power system do not create a new or different Commission make a final No Significant
2015, and June 12, 2015, and proposed kind of accident. The purpose of the offsite Hazards Consideration Determination,
additional changes to the UFSAR, a new power system is to provide a source of power any hearing will take place after
modification to SR 3.8.1.1, and to the safety related equipment required to issuance. The Commission expects that
proposed a new SR 3.8.1.22. mitigate a design basis accident. CSSTs A the need to take this action will occur
The purpose of this document is to and B have been physically upgraded and very infrequently.
update the description of the proven by design calculation to meet all
amendment request and to make a
required GDC [General Design Criterion] 17 III. Opportunity To Request a Hearing
requirements for separation and voltage and Petition for Leave To Intervene
proposed determination that the stability. Using CSSTs A and B as alternate
expanded scope of the amendment sources of shutdown power does not Within 60 days after the date of
request involves no significant hanzards negatively affect the offsite power systems publication of this notice, any person(s)
consideration.Before issuance of the ability to meet its design function. whose interest may be affected by this
proposed license amendment, the NRC Therefore, the proposed amendment does action may file a request for a hearing
will have made findings required by the not create the possibility of a new or different and a petition to intervene with respect
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended kind of accident from any accident to issuance of the amendment to the
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(the Act), and the Commission’s previously evaluated. subject facility operating license.
3. Does the proposed change involve a
regulations. Requests for a hearing and a petition for
significant reduction in the margin of safety?
The NRC has made a proposed Response: No. leave to intervene shall be filed in
determination that the amendment CSSTs A and B have adequate design accordance with the Commission’s
request involves no significant hazards margin to meet all possible loading scenarios ‘‘Agency Rules of Practice and
consideration. Under the NRC’s as long as both CSSTs A and B are Procedure’’ in 10 CFR part 2. Interested
regulations in § 50.92 of Title 10 of the operational prior to one being used as a person(s) should consult a current copy
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notice that provides access to the ehd1.nrc.gov/ehd/, unless excluded For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
document to the NRC’s Office of the pursuant to an order of the Commission, Jeanne A. Dion,
General Counsel and any others who or the presiding officer. Participants are Project Manager, Watts Bar Special Projects
have advised the Office of the Secretary requested not to include personal Branch, Division of Operating Reactor
that they wish to participate in the privacy information, such as social Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor
proceeding, so that the filer need not Regulation.
security numbers, home addresses, or
serve the documents on those home phone numbers in their filings, [FR Doc. 2015–21347 Filed 8–27–15; 8:45 am]
participants separately. Therefore, unless an NRC regulation or other law BILLING CODE 7590–01–P
applicants and other participants (or requires submission of such
their counsel or representative) must
information. However, in some
apply for and receive a digital ID NUCLEAR REGULATORY
instances, a request to intervene will COMMISSION
certificate before a hearing request/
petition to intervene is filed so that they require including information on local
can obtain access to the document via residence in order to demonstrate a [Docket Nos. 50–271 and 50–305; NRC–
the E-Filing system. proximity assertion of interest in the 2015–0200]
A person filing electronically using proceeding. With respect to copyrighted
the NRC’s adjudicatory E-Filing system works, except for limited excerpts that Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power
may seek assistance by contacting the serve the purpose of the adjudicatory Station; Kewaunee Power Station
NRC Meta System Help Desk through filings and would constitute a Fair Use AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory
the ‘‘Contact Us’’ link located on the application, participants are requested Commission.
NRC’s public Web site at http:// not to include copyrighted materials in
ACTION: 10 CFR 2.206 request; receipt.
www.nrc.gov/site-help/e- their submission.
submittals.html, by email to Petitions for leave to intervene must SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
MSHD.Resource@nrc.gov, or by a toll- Commission (NRC) is giving notice that
be filed no later than 60 days from the
free call to 1–866–672–7640. The NRC by petition dated March 25, 2014 [sic],
date of publication of this notice.
Meta System Help Desk is available Mike Mulligan (the petitioner) has
between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern Requests for hearing, petitions for leave
to intervene, and motions for leave to requested that the NRC take action with
Time, Monday through Friday, regard to the Vermont Yankee Nuclear
excluding government holidays. file new or amended contentions that
are filed after the 60-day deadline will Power Station (VY) and the Kewaunee
Participants who believe that they Power Station (KPS), which have been
have a good cause for not submitting not be entertained absent a
determination by the presiding officer permanently shut down and are
documents electronically must file an currently undergoing decommissioning.
exemption request, in accordance with that the filing demonstrates good cause
The petitioner’s requests are included in
10 CFR 2.302(g), with their initial paper by satisfying the three factors in 10 CFR
the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section
filing requesting authorization to 2.309(c)(1)(i)–(iii). of this document.
continue to submit documents in paper For further details with respect to this
format. Such filings must be submitted ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID
amendment request, see the application NRC–2015–0200 when contacting the
by: (1) First class mail addressed to the
for amendment dated August 1, 2013, as NRC about the availability of
Office of the Secretary of the
supplemented by letters dated April 21, information regarding this document.
Commission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 2014, January 29, 2015, and June 12, You may obtain publicly-available
0001, Attention: Rulemaking and 2015, which are available for public information related to this document
Adjudications Staff; or (2) courier, inspection at the NRC’s PDR, located at using any of the following methods:
express mail, or expedited delivery One White Flint North, Room O1–F21, • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to
service to the Office of the Secretary, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), http://www.regulations.gov and search
Sixteenth Floor, One White Flint North, Rockville, Maryland 20852. Publicly- for Docket ID NRC–2015–0200. Address
11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, available documents created or received questions about NRC dockets to Carol
Maryland, 20852, Attention: at the NRC are accessible electronically Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463;
Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff. through ADAMS in the NRC Library at email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For
Participants filing a document in this http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ technical questions, contact the
manner are responsible for serving the adams.html. If you do not have access individual listed in the FOR FURTHER
document on all other participants. to ADAMS or if there are problems in INFORMATION CONTACT section of this
Filing is considered complete by first- accessing the documents located in document.
class mail as of the time of deposit in ADAMS, contact the PDR’s Reference • NRC’s Agencywide Documents
the mail, or by courier, express mail, or staff at 1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, Access and Management System
expedited delivery service upon or by email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. (ADAMS): You may obtain publicly
depositing the document with the available documents online in the
provider of the service. A presiding Attorney for licensee: General ADAMS Public Documents collection at
officer, having granted an exemption Counsel, Tennessee Valley Authority, http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
request from using E-Filing, may require 400 West Summit Hill Drive, 6A West adams.html. To begin the search, select
a participant or party to use E-Filing if Tower, Knoxville, Tennessee 37902. ‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then
the presiding officer subsequently NRC Branch Chief: Jessie F. select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS
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determines that the reason for granting Quichocho. Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS,
the exemption from use of E-Filing no please contact the NRC’s Public
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 24th day Document Room (PDR) reference staff at
longer exists.
Documents submitted in adjudicatory of August 2015. 1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by
proceedings will appear in NRC’s email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The
electronic hearing docket which is ADAMS accession number for each
available to the public at http:// document referenced (if that document
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| Category | Regulatory Information | |
| Collection | Federal Register | |
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| Publisher | Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration | |
| Section | Notices | |
| Action | License amendment request; opportunity to comment, request a hearing and petition for leave to intervene. | |
| Dates | Comments must be filed by September 28, 2015. A request for a hearing must be filed by October 27, 2015. | |
| Contact | Jeanne A. Dion, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-1349; email: [email protected] | |
| FR Citation | 80 FR 52348 |
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