81_FR_22200 81 FR 22128 - Entergy Operations, Inc.; Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3

81 FR 22128 - Entergy Operations, Inc.; Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3

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Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 72 (April 14, 2016)

Page Range22128-22129
FR Document2016-08660

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has received an application for the renewal of operating license NPF-38, which authorizes Entergy Operations, Inc. (the applicant) to operate the Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3 (Waterford 3). The renewed license would authorize the applicant to operate Waterford 3 for an additional 20-year period beyond the period specified in the current license. The current operating license for Waterford 3 expires at midnight on December 18, 2024.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 72 (Thursday, April 14, 2016)
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 72 (Thursday, April 14, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22128-22129]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-08660]


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[Docket No. 50-382; NRC-2016-0078]


Entergy Operations, Inc.; Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 
3

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: License renewal application; receipt.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has received an 
application for the renewal of operating license NPF-38, which 
authorizes Entergy Operations, Inc. (the applicant) to operate the 
Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3 (Waterford 3). The renewed 
license would authorize the applicant to operate Waterford 3 for an 
additional 20-year period beyond the period specified in the current 
license. The current operating license for Waterford 3 expires at 
midnight on December 18, 2024.

DATES: The license renewal application referenced in this document is 
available on April 14, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2016-0078 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-2016-0078. 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

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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 Document 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 
license renewal application is available in ADAMS under Accession No. 
ML16088A324.
     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: Phyllis Clark, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington DC 
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-6447; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    The NRC has received an application from Entergy Operations, Inc., 
dated March 23, 2016, filed pursuant to Section 103 of the Atomic 
Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and part 54 of title 10 of the Code of 
Federal Regulations, to renew the operating license for Waterford 3. 
Renewal of the license would authorize the applicant to operate the 
facility for an additional 20-year period beyond the period specified 
in the current operating license. The current operating license for 
Waterford 3 expires at midnight on December 18, 2024. Waterford 3 is a 
pressurized-water reactor designed by Combustion Engineering and is 
located in Killona, Louisiana. The acceptability of the tendered 
application for docketing, and other matters, including an opportunity 
to request a hearing, will be the subject of subsequent Federal 
Register notices.
    A copy of the license renewal application for Waterford 3 is also 
available to local residents near the site at the St. Charles Parish 
Library--East Regional Library, 160 W. Campus Drive, Destrehan, 
Louisiana 70047.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 7th day of April, 2016.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Jane E. Marshall,
Acting Director, Division of License Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor 
Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2016-08660 Filed 4-13-16; 8:45 am]
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                                                    Dated: April 5, 2016.                                 Office/ZP30, Marshall Space Flight                    ADDRESSES:    Objections relating to the
                                                  Chuck Rosenberg,                                        Center, Huntsville, AL 35812, (256)                   prospective license may be submitted to
                                                  Acting Administrator.                                   544–5226. Information about other                     Patent Counsel, NASA Management
                                                  [FR Doc. 2016–08572 Filed 4–13–16; 8:45 am]             NASA inventions available for licensing               Office, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800
                                                  BILLING CODE 4410–09–P
                                                                                                          can be found online at http://                        Oak Grove Drive, M/S 180–800C,
                                                                                                          technology.nasa.gov.                                  Pasadena, CA 91109, (818) 854–7770
                                                                                                                                                                (phone), 818–393–2607 (fax).
                                                                                                          Mark P. Dvorscak,
                                                  NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND                                                                                      FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                                                                          Agency Counsel for Intellectual Property.
                                                  SPACE ADMINISTRATION                                                                                          Mark Homer, Patent Counsel, NASA
                                                                                                          [FR Doc. 2016–08546 Filed 4–13–16; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                                                                                Management Office, Jet Propulsion
                                                  [Notice (16–027)]                                       BILLING CODE 7510–13–P
                                                                                                                                                                Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, M/S
                                                  Notice of Intent To Grant a Partially                                                                         180–800C, Pasadena, CA 91109, (818)
                                                  Exclusive License                                       NATIONAL AERONAUTUICS AND                             854–7770 (phone), 818–393–2607 (fax).
                                                                                                          SPACE ADMINISTRATION                                  Information about other NASA
                                                  AGENCY:   National Aeronautics and                                                                            inventions available for licensing can be
                                                  Space Administration.                                   [Notice (16–028)]                                     found online at http://
                                                  ACTION: Notice of intent to grant a                                                                           technology.nasa.gov
                                                  partially exclusive license.                            Notice of Intent To Grant a Partially
                                                                                                          Exclusive License                                     Mark P. Dvorscak,
                                                  SUMMARY:   This notice is issued in                                                                           Agency Counsel for Intellectual Property.
                                                                                                          AGENCY:  National Aeronautics and
                                                  accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(e) and 37                                                                       [FR Doc. 2016–08547 Filed 4–13–16; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                          Space Administration.
                                                  CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i). NASA hereby gives                                                                         BILLING CODE 7510–13–P
                                                                                                          ACTION: Notice of intent to grant a
                                                  notice of its intent to grant a partially
                                                  exclusive license in the United States to               partially-exclusive license.
                                                  practice the invention described and                    SUMMARY:   This notice is issued in                   NUCLEAR REGULATORY
                                                  claimed in U.S. Patent Application                      accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(e) and 37               COMMISSION
                                                  Serial No. 14/196,203 entitled Vibration                CFR 404.7(a)(l)(i). NASA hereby gives
                                                  Damping Circuit Card Assembly to                                                                              [Docket No. 50–382; NRC–2016–0078]
                                                                                                          notice of its intent to grant a partially
                                                  TopLine Corporation, having its                         exclusive license in the United States to             Entergy Operations, Inc.; Waterford
                                                  principal place of business in Irvine,                  practice the invention described and                  Steam Electric Station, Unit 3
                                                  CA. The patent rights in these invention                claimed in U.S. Non-Provisional Patent
                                                  have been assigned to the United States                 Application, Application No. 14/                      AGENCY:  Nuclear Regulatory
                                                  of America as represented by the                        714,756, titled ‘‘Auto-Tracking Antenna               Commission.
                                                  Administrator of the National                           Platform,’’ NASA Case No. DRC–013–                    ACTION: License renewal application;
                                                  Aeronautics and Space Administration.                   031, and any issued patents or                        receipt.
                                                  The prospective partially exclusive                     continuations-in-part resulting
                                                  license will comply with the terms and                  therefrom, to Mobile Antenna Platform                 SUMMARY:   The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
                                                  conditions of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR                  Systems, Inc. having its principal place              Commission (NRC) has received an
                                                  404.7.                                                  of business in Navarre, Florida. Certain              application for the renewal of operating
                                                  DATES: The prospective partially                        patent rights in this invention have been             license NPF–38, which authorizes
                                                  exclusive license may be granted unless,                assigned to the United States of America              Entergy Operations, Inc. (the applicant)
                                                  within fifteen (15) days from the date of               as represented by the Administrator of                to operate the Waterford Steam Electric
                                                  this published notice, NASA receives                    the National Aeronautics and Space                    Station, Unit 3 (Waterford 3). The
                                                  written objections including evidence                   Administration. The prospective                       renewed license would authorize the
                                                  and argument that establish that the                    partially exclusive license will comply               applicant to operate Waterford 3 for an
                                                  grant of the license would not be                       with the terms and conditions of 35                   additional 20-year period beyond the
                                                  consistent with the requirements of 35                  U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7.                          period specified in the current license.
                                                  U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7.                                                                                  The current operating license for
                                                                                                          DATES: The prospective partially
                                                  Competing applications completed and                                                                          Waterford 3 expires at midnight on
                                                                                                          exclusive license may be granted unless,
                                                  received by NASA within fifteen (15)                                                                          December 18, 2024.
                                                                                                          within fifteen (15) days from the date of
                                                  days of the date of this published notice               this published notice, NASA receives                  DATES: The license renewal application
                                                  will also be treated as objections to the               written objections including evidence                 referenced in this document is available
                                                  grant of the contemplated exclusive                     and argument that establish that the                  on April 14, 2016.
                                                  license.                                                grant of the license would not be                     ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID
                                                     Objections submitted in response to                  consistent with the requirements of 35                NRC–2016–0078 when contacting the
                                                  this notice will not be made available to               U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR. 404.7.                         NRC about the availability of
                                                  the public for inspection and, to the                   Competing applications completed and                  information regarding this document.
                                                  extent permitted by law, will not be                    received by NASA within fifteen (15)                  You may obtain publicly-available
                                                  released under the Freedom of                           days of the date of this published notice             information related to this document
                                                  Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 552.                          will also be treated as objections to the             using any of the following methods:
                                                  ADDRESSES: Objections relating to the                                                                            • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to
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                                                                                                          grant of the contemplated partially
                                                  prospective license may be submitted to                 exclusive license.                                    http://www.regulations.gov and search
                                                  Mr. James J. Mcgroary, Chief Patent                       Objections submitted in response to                 for Docket ID NRC–2016–0078. Address
                                                  Counsel/LS01, Marshall Space Flight                     this notice will not be made available to             questions about NRC dockets to Carol
                                                  Center, Huntsville, AL 35812, (256)                     the public for inspection and, to the                 Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463;
                                                  544–0013.                                               extent permitted by law, will not be                  email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For
                                                  FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.                    released under the Freedom of                         technical questions, contact the
                                                  Sammy A. Nabors, Technology Transfer                    Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 552.                        individual listed in the FOR FURTHER


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                                                  INFORMATION CONTACT     section of this                 NUCLEAR REGULATORY                                    responses to comments are available in
                                                  document.                                               COMMISSION                                            ADAMS under Accession No.
                                                     • NRC’s Agencywide Documents                                                                               ML15323A345.
                                                                                                          [NRC–2015–0188]
                                                  Access and Management System                                                                                     • NRC’s PDR: You may examine and
                                                  (ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-                       Use of Accreditation in Lieu of                       purchase copies of public documents at
                                                  available documents online in the                       Commercial Grade Surveys for                          the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One
                                                  ADAMS Public Document collection at                     Procurement of Laboratory Calibration                 White Flint North, 11555 Rockville
                                                  http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/                          and Test Services                                     Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
                                                  adams.html. To begin the search, select                                                                          • This RIS is also available on the
                                                  ‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then                     AGENCY:  Nuclear Regulatory                           NRC’s public Web site at http://
                                                  select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS                          Commission.                                           www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-
                                                  Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS,                      ACTION: Regulatory issue summary;                     collections/gen-comm/reg-issues/ (select
                                                  please contact the NRC’s Public                         issuance.                                             ‘‘2016’’ and then select ‘‘RIS–16–01’’).
                                                  Document Room (PDR) reference staff at                                                                        FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                  1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by                     SUMMARY:   The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory                Alexandra Popova, Office of Nuclear
                                                  email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The                      Commission (NRC) is issuing Regulatory                Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear
                                                  license renewal application is available                Issue Summary (RIS) 2016–01, ‘‘Nuclear                Regulatory Commission, Washington DC
                                                  in ADAMS under Accession No.                            Energy Institute Guidance for the use of              20555–0001; telephone: 301–415–2876,
                                                  ML16088A324.                                            Accreditation in Lieu of Commercial                   email: Alexandra.Popova@nrc.gov.
                                                     • NRC’s PDR: You may examine and                     Grade Surveys for Procurement of                      SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC
                                                  purchase copies of public documents at                  Laboratory Calibration and Test                       published a notice of opportunity for
                                                  the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One                         Services.’’ This RIS informs addressees               public comment on this RIS in the
                                                  White Flint North, 11555 Rockville                      of guidance prepared by the Nuclear                   Federal Register (80 FR 47957) on
                                                  Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.                        Energy Institute for procurement of                   August 10, 2015. The agency received
                                                                                                          calibration and testing services                      comments from nine commenters. The
                                                  FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                                                                          performed by domestic and                             staff considered all comments, which
                                                  Phyllis Clark, Office of Nuclear Reactor
                                                                                                          international laboratories, which the                 resulted in clarifications to the RIS. The
                                                  Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
                                                                                                          NRC staff has found acceptable for use.               evaluation of these comments and the
                                                  Commission, Washington DC 20555–
                                                  0001; telephone: 301–415–6447; email:                   DATES: The RIS is available as of April               resulting changes to the RIS are
                                                  Phyllis.Clark@nrc.gov.                                  14, 2016.                                             discussed in a publicly available
                                                  SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                              ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID                  memorandum which is in ADAMS
                                                     The NRC has received an application                  NRC–2015–0188 when contacting the                     under Accession No. ML15323A345.
                                                  from Entergy Operations, Inc., dated                    NRC about the availability of                            Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 6th day
                                                  March 23, 2016, filed pursuant to                       information regarding this document.                  of April 2016.
                                                  Section 103 of the Atomic Energy Act of                 You may obtain publicly-available                        For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
                                                  1954, as amended, and part 54 of title                  information related to this document                  Sheldon D. Stuchell,
                                                  10 of the Code of Federal Regulations,                  using any of the following methods:
                                                                                                                                                                Chief, Generic Communications Branch,
                                                  to renew the operating license for                         • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to               Division of Policy and Rulemaking, Office
                                                  Waterford 3. Renewal of the license                     http://www.regulations.gov and search                 of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
                                                  would authorize the applicant to                        for Docket ID NRC–2015–0188. Address                  [FR Doc. 2016–08589 Filed 4–13–16; 8:45 am]
                                                  operate the facility for an additional 20-              questions about NRC dockets to Carol
                                                                                                                                                                BILLING CODE 7590–01–P
                                                  year period beyond the period specified                 Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463;
                                                  in the current operating license. The                   email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For
                                                  current operating license for Waterford                 technical questions, contact the                      NUCLEAR REGULATORY
                                                  3 expires at midnight on December 18,                   individual listed in the FOR FURTHER                  COMMISSION
                                                  2024. Waterford 3 is a pressurized-water                INFORMATION CONTACT section of this
                                                                                                          document.                                             [NRC–2014–0040 and NRC–2015–0136]
                                                  reactor designed by Combustion
                                                  Engineering and is located in Killona,                     • NRC’s Agencywide Documents
                                                                                                          Access and Management System                          Neutron-Absorbing Materials in Spent
                                                  Louisiana. The acceptability of the                                                                           Fuel Pools
                                                  tendered application for docketing, and                 (ADAMS): You may obtain publicly
                                                  other matters, including an opportunity                 available documents online in the                     AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory
                                                  to request a hearing, will be the subject               ADAMS Public Documents collection at                  Commission.
                                                  of subsequent Federal Register notices.                 http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/                        ACTION: Generic letter; issuance.
                                                     A copy of the license renewal                        adams.html. To begin the search, select
                                                  application for Waterford 3 is also                     ‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then                   SUMMARY:    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
                                                  available to local residents near the site              select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS                        Commission (NRC) is announcing the
                                                  at the St. Charles Parish Library—East                  Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS,                    availability of a final generic letter
                                                  Regional Library, 160 W. Campus Drive,                  please contact the NRC’s Public                       addressing degradation of neutron-
                                                  Destrehan, Louisiana 70047.                             Document Room (PDR) reference staff at                absorbing materials in the spent fuel
                                                                                                          1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by                   pool (SFP). The NRC has determined
                                                    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 7th day
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                                                                                                          email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The NRC                that it is necessary to obtain plant-
                                                  of April, 2016.                                         RIS, ‘‘Nuclear Energy Institute Guidance              specific information requested in the
                                                    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.                for the use of Accreditation in Lieu of               generic letter so that the NRC can
                                                  Jane E. Marshall,                                       Commercial Grade Surveys for                          determine if the degradation of the
                                                  Acting Director, Division of License Renewal,           Procurement of Laboratory Calibration                 neutron-absorbing materials in the SFP
                                                  Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.                   and Test Services’’ is available in                   is being managed to maintain reasonable
                                                  [FR Doc. 2016–08660 Filed 4–13–16; 8:45 am]             ADAMS under Accession No.                             assurance that the materials are capable
                                                  BILLING CODE 7590–01–P                                  ML15323A346. The NRC staff’s                          of performing their intended design


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Document Created: 2018-02-07 13:47:55
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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionLicense renewal application; receipt.
DatesThe license renewal application referenced in this document is available on April 14, 2016.
ContactPhyllis Clark, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-6447; email: [email protected]
FR Citation81 FR 22128 

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