81 FR 43645 - Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC; McGuire Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2; Alternative to the Physical Inventory Requirements for Movable In-Core Detectors
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 128 (July 5, 2016)
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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 128 (Tuesday, July 5, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 43645-43646] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-15868] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket Nos. 50-369 and 50-370; NRC-2016-0049] Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC; McGuire Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2; Alternative to the Physical Inventory Requirements for Movable In- Core Detectors AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Exemption; issuance. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing an exemption for Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-9 and NPF-17, issued to Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC (the licensee) that would allow an alternative to the physical inventory requirements for movable in-core detectors for the McGuire Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2 (McGuire), located in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. DATES: July 5, 2016. ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2016-0049 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-2016-0049. 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. The exemption is being withheld from public disclosure pursuant section 2.390 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), because it contains official use only security-related information. A non-sensitive summary of the exemption is included in this notice. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: G. Edward Miller, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-2481, email: [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Background Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC is the holder of Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-9 and NPF-17, which authorize operation of McGuire. The license provides, among other things, that the facility is subject to all rules, [[Page 43646]] regulations, and orders of the NRC now or hereafter in effect. The facility consists of two pressurized-water reactors located in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. II. Request/Action The regulation in 10 CFR 74.19, ``Recordkeeping,'' identifies recordkeeping requirements applicable to special nuclear material (SNM), and 10 CFR 74.19(c) requires, in part, that, ``each licensee who is authorized to possess special nuclear material, at any one time and site location, in a quantity greater than 350 grams of contained uranium-235, uranium-233, or plutonium, or any combination thereof, shall conduct a physical inventory of all special nuclear material in its possession under license at intervals not to exceed 12 months.'' The licensee requested an exemption from certain recordkeeping requirements in 10 CFR 74.19(c). The exemption would allow the licensee to seek relief from the physical inventory requirements only for movable incore nuclear detectors that have been removed from service and stored in a location that is not readily accessible and is subject to security modifications. The purpose of this request for exemption is to allow an alternative to the physical inventory-taking practices for these non-fuel SNM incore detectors. III. Discussion Pursuant to 10 CFR 74.7, ``Specific exemptions,'' the Commission may, upon application of any interested person or upon its own initiative, grant exemptions from the requirements of 10 CFR part 74 when the exemptions are authorized by law and will not endanger life or property or the common defense and security, and are otherwise in the public interest. The Exemption Is Authorized by Law This exemption allows the licensee to have an alternative to the physical inventory requirements of 10 CFR 74.19(c) only for movable incore nuclear detectors that have been removed from service. The NRC staff has determined that granting the licensee's proposed exemption pursuant to 10 CFR 74.7 will not result in a violation of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, or the Commission's regulations. Therefore, the exemption is authorized by law. The Exemption Presents No Undue Risk to Public Health and Safety The underlying purpose of 10 CFR 74.19(c) is to ensure SNM is properly accounted for, appropriately secured, and that authorities are informed of any theft, diversion, or loss. Based on the information provided, no new accident precursors are created by the description of actions the licensee has provided concerning the physical inventory for the incore nuclear detectors. Thus, the probability of postulated accidents is not increased. Also, the consequences of postulated accidents are not increased. Therefore, there is no undue risk to public health and safety. The Exemption Is Consistent With the Common Defense and Security The proposed exemption would allow the licensee to address the physical inventory of the non-fuel SNM. The licensee indicated that the overall alternative approach will continue to meet the intent of the physical inventory requirements of 10 CFR 74.19(c). Therefore, the common defense and security are not impacted by this exemption. IV. Conclusion Accordingly, the Commission has determined that pursuant to 10 CFR 74.7, the exemption is authorized by law, will not present an undue risk to the public health and safety, and is consistent with the common defense and security. Therefore, the Commission hereby grants Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC an exemption from the physical inventory requirements of 10 CFR 74.19(c) for McGuire. Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.32, ``Finding of no significant impact,'' the Commission has determined that the granting of this exemption will not have a significant effect on the quality of the human environment as published in the Federal Register on March 8, 2016 (81 FR 12132). The exemption is effective upon issuance. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 23rd day of June, 2016. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Anne T. Boland, Director, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. [FR Doc. 2016-15868 Filed 7-1-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590-01-P
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• Mail to: Ms. Elizabeth Pentecost, with preliminary proposed alternatives NUCLEAR REGULATORY
RE: Sacramento Peak Observatory, that include the following: COMMISSION
National Science Foundation, Suite
1045, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA • Continued NSF investment for [Docket Nos. 50–369 and 50–370; NRC–
science-focused operations (No- 2016–0049]
22230.
Action Alternative)
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC; McGuire
further information regarding the EIS • Transition to full operations with Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2;
process or Section 106 consultation, interested parties for solar astronomy Alternative to the Physical Inventory
please contact: Ms. Elizabeth Pentecost, research Requirements for Movable In-Core
National Science Foundation, Division • Transition to partial operations with Detectors
of Astronomical Sciences, Suite 1045, interested parties, and
4201 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory
decommissioning or mothballing of Commission.
22230; telephone: (703) 292–4907; facilities not proposed to be used
email: epenteco@nsf.gov. ACTION: Exemption; issuance.
• Mothballing of facilities limited to
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Sacramento Peak Observatory is located basic maintenance
Commission (NRC) is issuing an
in Sunspot, New Mexico, within the • Deconstruction and site restoration
exemption for Renewed Facility
Lincoln National Forest in the The purpose of the public scoping Operating License Nos. NPF–9 and
Sacramento Mountains. Established by NPF–17, issued to Duke Energy
process is to determine relevant issues
the U.S. Air Force via a memorandum Carolinas, LLC (the licensee) that would
that will influence the scope of the
of agreement with the U.S. Forest allow an alternative to the physical
environmental analysis, including
Service in 1950, the facility was inventory requirements for movable in-
transferred to the National Science identification of viable alternatives, and
guide the process for developing the core detectors for the McGuire Nuclear
Foundation (NSF) in 1976. NSF and the Station, Units 1 and 2 (McGuire),
U.S. Forest Service executed a land use EIS. At present, NSF has identified the
following preliminary resource areas for located in Mecklenburg County, North
agreement (signed in 1980) to formalize Carolina.
this transition and the continued use of analysis of potential impacts: Air
the land for the observatory. The quality, biological resources, cultural DATES: July 5, 2016.
primary research facility still in resources, geological resources, solid ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID
operation at the Sacramento Peak site is waste generation, health and safety, NRC–2016–0049 when contacting the
the Richard B. Dunn Solar Telescope socioeconomics, traffic, and NRC about the availability of
(DST), currently managed by the groundwater resources. NSF will information regarding this document.
National Solar Observatory (NSO). The consult under section 106 of the You may obtain publicly-available
DST is a high-spatial resolution optical/ National Historic Preservation Act and information related to this document
infrared solar telescope. In addition to section 7 of the Endangered Species Act using any of the following methods:
its own operations, the Sacramento Peak in coordination with this EIS process, as • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to
Observatory supplies water for the appropriate. Federal, state, and local http://www.regulations.gov and search
nearby Apache Point Observatory agencies, along with other stakeholders for Docket ID NRC–2016–0049. Address
(APO). that may be interested or affected by questions about NRC dockets to Carol
The NSF Directorate for Mathematical Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463;
NSF’s decision on this proposal are
and Physical Sciences, Division of email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For
invited to participate in the scoping
Astronomical Sciences, through a series technical questions, contact the
process and, if eligible, may request to
of academic community-based reviews, individual listed in the FOR FURTHER
participate as a cooperating agency.
has identified the need to divest several INFORMATION CONTACT section of this
facilities from its portfolio in order to Proposal Information: Information document.
deliver the best performance on the will be posted, throughout the EIS The exemption is being withheld from
emerging and key science technology of process, at www.nsf.gov/ast. public disclosure pursuant section 2.390
the present decade and beyond. In 2012, Scoping Meeting: NSF will host one of title 10 of the Code of Federal
NSF’s Division of Astronomical public scoping meeting. Regulations (10 CFR), because it
Sciences (AST’s) portfolio review contains official use only security-
Meeting Date and Location: July 21, related information. A non-sensitive
committee, under the category of solar
2016, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., New summary of the exemption is included
facilities stated that, ‘‘AST and NSO
Mexico Museum of Space History, 3198 in this notice.
should plan for the continued use of the
Dunn Solar Telescope (DST) as a world- State Route 2001, Alamogordo, NM FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: G.
class scientific observatory, supporting 88310. Tel: (575) 437–2840. Edward Miller, Office of Nuclear
the solar physics community, to within Comments will be transcribed by a Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear
two years of the Advanced Technology court reporter. Please contact NSF at Regulatory Commission, Washington,
Solar Telescope (ATST) [now the Daniel least one week in advance of the DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415–
K. Inouye Solar Telescope, DKIST] first meeting if you would like to request 2481, email: Ed.Miller@nrc.gov.
light.’’ In 2016, in response to this special accommodations (i.e., sign SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
recommendation, NSF completed a language interpretation, etc.).
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feasibility study to inform and define I. Background
Dated: June 24, 2016.
options for the site’s future disposition Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC is the
that would involve significantly Suzanne H. Plimpton, holder of Renewed Facility Operating
decreasing or eliminating NSF funding Reports Clearance Officer, National Science License Nos. NPF–9 and NPF–17, which
of the Sacramento Peak Observatory. Foundation. authorize operation of McGuire. The
Alternatives to be evaluated in the EIS [FR Doc. 2016–15783 Filed 7–1–16; 8:45 am] license provides, among other things,
will be refined through public input, BILLING CODE 7555–01–P that the facility is subject to all rules,
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regulations, and orders of the NRC now theft, diversion, or loss. Based on the NUCLEAR REGULATORY
or hereafter in effect. The facility information provided, no new accident COMMISSION
consists of two pressurized-water precursors are created by the
[NRC–2016–0127]
reactors located in Mecklenburg County, description of actions the licensee has
North Carolina. provided concerning the physical Biweekly Notice; Applications and
II. Request/Action inventory for the incore nuclear Amendments to Facility Operating
detectors. Thus, the probability of Licenses and Combined Licenses
The regulation in 10 CFR 74.19,
postulated accidents is not increased. Involving No Significant Hazards
‘‘Recordkeeping,’’ identifies
Also, the consequences of postulated Considerations
recordkeeping requirements applicable
accidents are not increased. Therefore,
to special nuclear material (SNM), and AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory
10 CFR 74.19(c) requires, in part, that, there is no undue risk to public health
Commission.
‘‘each licensee who is authorized to and safety.
ACTION: Biweekly notice.
possess special nuclear material, at any The Exemption Is Consistent With the
one time and site location, in a quantity Common Defense and Security SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 189a. (2)
greater than 350 grams of contained of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as
uranium-235, uranium-233, or The proposed exemption would allow amended (the Act), the U.S. Nuclear
plutonium, or any combination thereof, the licensee to address the physical Regulatory Commission (NRC) is
shall conduct a physical inventory of all inventory of the non-fuel SNM. The publishing this regular biweekly notice.
special nuclear material in its licensee indicated that the overall The Act requires the Commission to
possession under license at intervals not alternative approach will continue to publish notice of any amendments
to exceed 12 months.’’ meet the intent of the physical issued, or proposed to be issued, and
The licensee requested an exemption inventory requirements of 10 CFR grants the Commission the authority to
from certain recordkeeping 74.19(c). Therefore, the common issue and make immediately effective
requirements in 10 CFR 74.19(c). The defense and security are not impacted any amendment to an operating license
exemption would allow the licensee to by this exemption. or combined license, as applicable,
seek relief from the physical inventory upon a determination by the
requirements only for movable incore IV. Conclusion Commission that such amendment
nuclear detectors that have been involves no significant hazards
removed from service and stored in a Accordingly, the Commission has consideration, notwithstanding the
location that is not readily accessible determined that pursuant to 10 CFR pendency before the Commission of a
and is subject to security modifications. 74.7, the exemption is authorized by request for a hearing from any person.
The purpose of this request for law, will not present an undue risk to This biweekly notice includes all
exemption is to allow an alternative to the public health and safety, and is notices of amendments issued, or
the physical inventory-taking practices consistent with the common defense proposed to be issued from June 7, 2016,
for these non-fuel SNM incore detectors. and security. Therefore, the Commission to June 20, 2016. The last biweekly
hereby grants Duke Energy Carolinas, notice was published on June 21, 2016.
III. Discussion
LLC an exemption from the physical DATES: Comments must be filed by
Pursuant to 10 CFR 74.7, ‘‘Specific inventory requirements of 10 CFR August 4, 2016. A request for a hearing
exemptions,’’ the Commission may, 74.19(c) for McGuire. must be filed by September 6, 2016.
upon application of any interested
Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.32, ‘‘Finding of ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
person or upon its own initiative, grant
no significant impact,’’ the Commission by any of the following methods (unless
exemptions from the requirements of 10
has determined that the granting of this this document describes a different
CFR part 74 when the exemptions are
exemption will not have a significant method for submitting comments on a
authorized by law and will not endanger
effect on the quality of the human specific subject):
life or property or the common defense
environment as published in the • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to
and security, and are otherwise in the
Federal Register on March 8, 2016 (81 http://www.regulations.gov and search
public interest.
FR 12132). for Docket ID NRC–2016–0127. Address
The Exemption Is Authorized by Law questions about NRC dockets to Carol
The exemption is effective upon Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463;
This exemption allows the licensee to issuance.
have an alternative to the physical email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For
inventory requirements of 10 CFR Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 23rd day technical questions, contact the
74.19(c) only for movable incore nuclear of June, 2016. individual listed in the FOR FURTHER
detectors that have been removed from For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. INFORMATION CONTACT section of this
service. The NRC staff has determined document.
Anne T. Boland,
that granting the licensee’s proposed • Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey,
Director, Division of Operating Reactor Office of Administration, Mail Stop:
exemption pursuant to 10 CFR 74.7 will Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor
not result in a violation of the Atomic OWFN–12–H08, U.S. Nuclear
Regulation.
Energy Act of 1954, as amended, or the Regulatory Commission, Washington,
[FR Doc. 2016–15868 Filed 7–1–16; 8:45 am]
Commission’s regulations. Therefore, DC 20555–0001.
BILLING CODE 7590–01–P For additional direction on obtaining
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the exemption is authorized by law.
information and submitting comments,
The Exemption Presents No Undue Risk see ‘‘Obtaining Information and
to Public Health and Safety Submitting Comments’’ in the
The underlying purpose of 10 CFR SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
74.19(c) is to ensure SNM is properly this document.
accounted for, appropriately secured, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
and that authorities are informed of any Lynn Ronewicz, Office of Nuclear
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| Category | Regulatory Information | |
| Collection | Federal Register | |
| sudoc Class | AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: | |
| Publisher | Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration | |
| Section | Notices | |
| Action | Exemption; issuance. | |
| Dates | July 5, 2016. | |
| Contact | G. Edward Miller, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-2481, email: [email protected] | |
| FR Citation | 81 FR 43645 |
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