81_FR_28995 81 FR 28905 - Issuance of Operating License and Record of Decision; Tennessee Valley Authority; Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 2

81 FR 28905 - Issuance of Operating License and Record of Decision; Tennessee Valley Authority; Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 2

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 90 (May 10, 2016)

Page Range28905-28906
FR Document2016-10950

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued operating license No. NPF-96 to Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), the operator of Watts Bar Nuclear Plant (WBN), Unit 2. Operating license No. NPF-96 authorizes full power operation of WBN, Unit 2. In addition, the NRC has prepared a Record of Decision (ROD) that supports the NRC's decision to issue operating license No. NPF-96.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 90 (Tuesday, May 10, 2016) 
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 90 (Tuesday, May 10, 2016)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-10950]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-391; NRC-2008-0369]


Issuance of Operating License and Record of Decision; Tennessee 
Valley Authority; Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 2

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Operating license and record of decision; issuance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued 
operating license No. NPF-96 to Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), the 
operator of Watts Bar Nuclear Plant (WBN), Unit 2. Operating license 
No. NPF-96 authorizes full power operation of WBN, Unit 2. In addition, 
the NRC has prepared a Record of Decision (ROD) that supports the NRC's 
decision to issue operating license No. NPF-96.

DATES: Operating license No. NPF-96 was effective on October 22, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2008-0369 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-2008-0369. 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]. For 
the convenience of the reader, the ADAMS accession numbers are provided 
in a table in the ``Availability of Documents'' section of this 
document.
     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: Robert Schaaf, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-6020; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction

    Notice is hereby given that the NRC issued operating license No. 
NPF-96 to TVA, the operator of WBN, Unit 2. Operating license No. NPF-
96 authorizes full power operation of WBN, Unit 2. The NRC's ROD that 
supports its decision to issue operating license No. NPF-96 is 
available in ADAMS. The NRC staff's safety analysis of TVA's 
application for the operating license is documented in NUREG-0847, 
``Safety Evaluation Report Related to the Operation of Watts Bar 
Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2'', as supplemented through Supplement 29. 
The NRC staff's updated assessment of the environmental impacts of 
operation is documented in NUREG-0498, ``Final Environmental Statement 
Related to the Operation of Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 2,'' 
Supplement 2. The NRC finds that the updated application for the 
operating license filed by TVA on March 4, 2009, complies with the 
requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and the 
NRC's regulations.
    The NRC originally intended for this notice to be published in the 
Federal Registerimmediately following issuance of the WBN, Unit 2, 
operating license on October 22, 2015; however, during recent 
verification of operating license documentation the NRC identified that 
the notice had not been forwarded to the Office of the Federal Register 
for publication as intended.

II. Further Information

    The NRC prepared a ``Safety Evaluation Report Related to the 
Operation of Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2'' (NUREG-0847), 
that was published in June 1982, and Supplements 1 through 29 that were 
published between September 1982 and October 2015. In Supplements 1 
through 20 the NRC staff concluded that WBN, Unit 1, met all applicable 
regulations and regulatory guidance. In Supplement 21, the NRC staff 
reported on the WBN, Unit 2, open items remaining to be resolved, which 
were outstanding at the time that TVA deferred construction of WBN, 
Unit 2. In Supplements 22 through 29, the NRC staff documented its 
evaluation and closure of the open items in response to TVA's updated 
application for a license to operate WBN Unit 2, filed on March 4, 
2009. The NRC staff also prepared a ``Final Environmental Statement 
Related to the Operation of Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 2'' (NUREG-
0498), Supplement 2, dated May 2013. NUREG-0847 and its supplements and 
NUREG-0498, Supplement 2, document the information reviewed and the 
NRC's conclusions. The NRC also prepared a ROD in accordance with the 
Commission's regulations to accompany its action on the operating 
license application. The ROD incorporates by reference the materials 
contained in NUREG-0498, Supplement 2.

III. Availability of Documents

    The documents identified in the following table are available to 
interested persons, as indicated.

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                Document                       ADAMS accession No.
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``Watts Bar Nuclear Plant (WBN) Unit 2-- ML090700378.
 Operating License Application Update''.

[[Page 28906]]

 
``Safety Evaluation Report Related to    ML072060490, ML072060500,
 the Operation of Watts Bar Nuclear       ML072060518,
 Plant, Units 1 and 2'' (NUREG-0847),    ML072060520, ML072060524,
 and Supplement 21 through Supplement     ML072060527,
 29.                                     ML072060464, ML072060471,
                                          ML072060478,
                                         ML072060469, ML072060473,
                                          ML072060476,
                                         ML072060479, ML072060484,
                                          ML072060486,
                                         ML072060488, ML072060493,
                                          ML072060496,
                                         ML070530364, ML070530539,
                                          ML072060498,
                                         ML090570741, ML110390197,
                                          ML11206A499,
                                         ML11277A148, ML12011A024,
                                          ML13205A136,
                                         ML15033A041, ML15229A195,
                                          ML15282A051.
``Final Environmental Statement Related  ML13144A092.
 to the Operation of Watts Bar Nuclear
 Plant, Unit 2'' (NUREG-0498),
 Supplement 2.
Letter transmitting Operating License    ML15251A587.
 No. NPF-96 and accompanying
 documentation.
Record of Decision.....................  ML15257A130.
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    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 27th day of April 2016.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Anne T. Boland,
Director, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2016-10950 Filed 5-9-16; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 90 / Tuesday, May 10, 2016 / Notices 28905 The Commission’s related evaluation individual listed in the FOR FURTHER March 4, 2009, complies with the of the amendment is contained in a INFORMATION CONTACT section of this requirements of the Atomic Energy Act Safety Evaluation dated April 15, 2016. document. of 1954, as amended, and the NRC’s No significant hazards consideration • NRC’s Agencywide Documents regulations. comments received: No. Access and Management System The NRC originally intended for this Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 2nd day (ADAMS): You may obtain publicly- notice to be published in the Federal of May 2016. available documents online in the Registerimmediately following issuance ADAMS Public Documents collection at For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. of the WBN, Unit 2, operating license on http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ Anne T. Boland, October 22, 2015; however, during adams.html. To begin the search, select Director, Division of Operating Reactor recent verification of operating license ‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor documentation the NRC identified that select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS Regulation. the notice had not been forwarded to the Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS, [FR Doc. 2016–10949 Filed 5–9–16; 8:45 am] Office of the Federal Register for please contact the NRC’s Public publication as intended. BILLING CODE 7590–01–P Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by II. Further Information email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. For the NUCLEAR REGULATORY convenience of the reader, the ADAMS The NRC prepared a ‘‘Safety COMMISSION accession numbers are provided in a Evaluation Report Related to the [Docket No. 50–391; NRC–2008–0369] table in the ‘‘Availability of Documents’’ Operation of Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, section of this document. Units 1 and 2’’ (NUREG–0847), that was Issuance of Operating License and • NRC’s PDR: You may examine and published in June 1982, and Record of Decision; Tennessee Valley purchase copies of public documents at Supplements 1 through 29 that were Authority; Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One published between September 1982 and Unit 2 White Flint North, 11555 Rockville October 2015. In Supplements 1 through Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. 20 the NRC staff concluded that WBN, AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Unit 1, met all applicable regulations FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Commission. and regulatory guidance. In Supplement Robert Schaaf, Office of Nuclear Reactor ACTION: Operating license and record of Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 21, the NRC staff reported on the WBN, decision; issuance. Commission, Washington, DC 20555– Unit 2, open items remaining to be 0001; telephone: 301–415–6020; email: resolved, which were outstanding at the SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Robert.Schaaf@nrc.gov. time that TVA deferred construction of Commission (NRC) has issued operating WBN, Unit 2. In Supplements 22 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: license No. NPF–96 to Tennessee Valley through 29, the NRC staff documented Authority (TVA), the operator of Watts I. Introduction its evaluation and closure of the open Bar Nuclear Plant (WBN), Unit 2. items in response to TVA’s updated Notice is hereby given that the NRC Operating license No. NPF–96 application for a license to operate WBN issued operating license No. NPF–96 to authorizes full power operation of WBN, Unit 2, filed on March 4, 2009. The NRC TVA, the operator of WBN, Unit 2. Unit 2. In addition, the NRC has staff also prepared a ‘‘Final Operating license No. NPF–96 prepared a Record of Decision (ROD) Environmental Statement Related to the authorizes full power operation of WBN, that supports the NRC’s decision to Operation of Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 2. The NRC’s ROD that supports its issue operating license No. NPF–96. Unit 2’’ (NUREG–0498), Supplement 2, decision to issue operating license No. DATES: Operating license No. NPF–96 NPF–96 is available in ADAMS. The dated May 2013. NUREG–0847 and its was effective on October 22, 2015. NRC staff’s safety analysis of TVA’s supplements and NUREG–0498, ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID application for the operating license is Supplement 2, document the NRC–2008–0369 when contacting the documented in NUREG–0847, ‘‘Safety information reviewed and the NRC’s NRC about the availability of Evaluation Report Related to the conclusions. The NRC also prepared a information regarding this document. Operation of Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, ROD in accordance with the You may obtain publicly-available Units 1 and 2’’, as supplemented Commission’s regulations to accompany information related to this document through Supplement 29. The NRC staff’s its action on the operating license using any of the following methods: updated assessment of the application. The ROD incorporates by • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to environmental impacts of operation is reference the materials contained in http://www.regulations.gov and search documented in NUREG–0498, ‘‘Final NUREG–0498, Supplement 2. for Docket ID NRC–2008–0369. Address Environmental Statement Related to the III. Availability of Documents questions about NRC dockets to Carol Operation of Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463; Unit 2,’’ Supplement 2. The NRC finds The documents identified in the email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For that the updated application for the following table are available to technical questions, contact the operating license filed by TVA on interested persons, as indicated. asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Document ADAMS accession No. ‘‘Watts Bar Nuclear Plant (WBN) Unit 2—Operating License Application ML090700378. Update’’. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:33 May 09, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00088 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\10MYN1.SGM 10MYN1

28906 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 90 / Tuesday, May 10, 2016 / Notices Document ADAMS accession No. ‘‘Safety Evaluation Report Related to the Operation of Watts Bar Nu- ML072060490, ML072060500, ML072060518, clear Plant, Units 1 and 2’’ (NUREG–0847), and Supplement 21 ML072060520, ML072060524, ML072060527, through Supplement 29. ML072060464, ML072060471, ML072060478, ML072060469, ML072060473, ML072060476, ML072060479, ML072060484, ML072060486, ML072060488, ML072060493, ML072060496, ML070530364, ML070530539, ML072060498, ML090570741, ML110390197, ML11206A499, ML11277A148, ML12011A024, ML13205A136, ML15033A041, ML15229A195, ML15282A051. ‘‘Final Environmental Statement Related to the Operation of Watts Bar ML13144A092. Nuclear Plant, Unit 2’’ (NUREG–0498), Supplement 2. Letter transmitting Operating License No. NPF–96 and accompanying ML15251A587. documentation. Record of Decision ................................................................................... ML15257A130. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 27th day Week of May 30, 2016—Tentative nrc.gov. Determinations on requests for of April 2016. reasonable accommodation will be For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Wednesday, June 1, 2016 made on a case-by-case basis. Anne T. Boland, 9:00 a.m.—Briefing on Security Issues * * * * * Director, Division of Operating Reactor (Closed Ex. 1) Members of the public may request to Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Thursday, June 2, 2016 receive this information electronically. Regulation. 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PLACE:Commissioners’ Conference Week of June 13, 2016—Tentative Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, There are no meetings scheduled for OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT Maryland. the week of June 13, 2016. CORPORATION STATUS: Public and Closed. * * * * * The schedule for Commission Sunshine Notice—June 1, 2016 Public Week of May 9, 2016 Hearing meetings is subject to change on short There are no meetings scheduled for notice. For more information or to verify TIME AND DATE: 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, the week of May 9, 2016. the status of meetings, contact Denise June 1, 2016. Week of May 16, 2016—Tentative McGovern at 301–415–0681 or via email at Denise.McGovern@nrc.gov. PLACE: Offices of the Corporation, Tuesday, May 17, 2016 Twelfth Floor Board Room, 1100 New * * * * * York Avenue NW., Washington, DC. 9:00 a.m.—Briefing on the Status of The NRC Commission Meeting Schedule can be found on the Internet STATUS: Hearing OPEN to the Public at Lessons Learned from the 2:00 p.m. Fukushima Dai-ichi Accident at:http://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/ public-meetings/schedule.html. PURPOSE: Public Hearing in conjunction (Public Meeting) (Contact: Kevin Witt: 301–415–2145) * * * * * with each meeting of OPIC’s Board of The NRC provides reasonable Directors, to afford an opportunity for This meeting will be webcast live at accommodation to individuals with any person to present views regarding the Web address—http://www.nrc.gov/. disabilities where appropriate. If you the activities of the Corporation. 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Document Created: 2016-05-10 05:18:56
Document Modified: 2016-05-10 05:18:56
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionOperating license and record of decision; issuance.
DatesOperating license No. NPF-96 was effective on October 22, 2015.
ContactRobert Schaaf, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-6020; email: [email protected]
FR Citation81 FR 28905 
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