80 FR 77380 - License Renewal for Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station, Unit 1

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 239 (December 14, 2015)

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued renewed facility operating license No. NPF-3 to FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC or the licensee), the operator of the Davis- Besse Nuclear Power Station, Unit 1. Renewed facility operating license No. NPF-3 authorizes operation of Davis-Besse by the licensee at reactor core power levels not in excess of 2817 megawatts thermal, in accordance with the provisions of the Davis-Besse 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-3.

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 239 (Monday, December 14, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77380-77381]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-31418]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-346; NRC-2010-0298]


License Renewal for Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station, Unit 1

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: License renewal and record of decision; issuance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued 
renewed facility operating license No. NPF-3 to FirstEnergy Nuclear 
Operating Company (FENOC or the licensee), the operator of the Davis-
Besse Nuclear Power Station, Unit 1. Renewed facility operating license 
No. NPF-3 authorizes operation of Davis-Besse by the licensee at 
reactor core power levels not in excess of 2817 megawatts thermal, in 
accordance with the provisions of the Davis-Besse 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-3.

DATES: The license renewal of facility operating license No. NPF-3 was 
effective on December 8, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2010-0298 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-2010-0298. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463;

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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 
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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: Richard Plasse, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555; telephone: 301-415-1427; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that the NRC has 
issued renewed facility operating license No. NPF-3 to FirstEnergy 
Nuclear Operating Company, the operator of Davis-Besse. Renewed 
facility operating license No. NPF-3 authorizes operation of Davis-
Besse by the licensee at reactor core power levels not in excess of 
2817 megawatts thermal, in accordance with the provisions of the Davis-
Besse renewed license and technical specifications. The NRC's ROD that 
supports the NRC's decision to renew facility operating license No. 
NPF-3 is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML15295A319. As 
discussed in the ROD and the final supplemental environmental impact 
statement (FSEIS) for Davis-Besse, Supplement 52 to NUREG-1437, 
``Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear 
Plants Regarding Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station'' dated April 2015 
(ADAMS Accession No. ML15112A098 for Volume 1 and ML15113A187 for 
Volume 2), the NRC has considered a range of reasonable alternatives 
that included natural gas combined-cycle (NGCC), supercritical 
pulverized coal, combination of wind, solar, and NGCC, 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 Davis-Besse are not so great that preserving the option of 
license renewal for energy planning decisionmakers would be 
unreasonable.
    Davis-Besse, is a pressurized water reactor located in Carroll 
Township, Ottawa County, Ohio. The application for the renewed license, 
``License Renewal Application, Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station,'' 
dated August 30, 2010, as supplemented by letters dated through June 
29, 2015 (ADAMS Accession No. ML15180A252), 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 
(10 CFR), 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 October 25, 2010 (75 FR 65528).
    For further details with respect to this action, see: (1) 
FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company license renewal application for 
Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station, Unit 1 dated August 20, 1010, as 
supplemented by letters dated through June 29, 2015; (2) the NRC's 
safety evaluation report published on September 3, 2013 (ADAMS 
Accession No. ML13248A267); (3) the NRC's supplemental safety 
evaluation report published on August 10, 2015 (ADAMS Accession No. 
ML15196A429); (4) the NRC's final environmental impact statement 
(NUREG-1437, Supplement 52), for Davis-Besse published in April 2014; 
and (5) the NRC's ROD.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 8th day of December 2015.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Christopher G. Miller,
Director, Division of License Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor 
Regulation.
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