81 FR 5792 - Exelon Generation Company, LLC, Braidwood Station, Units 1 and 2

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 22 (February 3, 2016)

Page Range		5792-5793
FR Document		2016-02070

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued renewed facility operating license Nos. NPF-72 and NPF-77 to Exelon Generation Company, LLC (Exelon or the licensee), the operator of Braidwood Station, Units 1 and 2 (Braidwood), respectively. Renewed facility operating license Nos. NPF-72 and NPF-77 authorize the operation of Braidwood Units 1 and 2 at reactor core power levels not in excess of 3645 megawatts thermal each, in accordance with the provisions of the renewed licenses 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 Nos. NPF-72 and NPF-77.

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50-456 and 50-457; NRC-2013-0169]


Exelon Generation Company, LLC, Braidwood Station, Units 1 and 2

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 Nos. NPF-72 and NPF-77 to Exelon 
Generation Company, LLC (Exelon or the licensee), the operator of 
Braidwood Station, Units 1 and 2 (Braidwood), respectively. Renewed 
facility operating license Nos. NPF-72 and NPF-77 authorize the 
operation of Braidwood Units 1 and 2 at reactor core power levels not 
in excess of 3645 megawatts thermal each, in accordance with the 
provisions of the renewed licenses 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 Nos. NPF-72 and 
NPF-77.

DATES: The license renewal of facility operating license Nos. NPF-72 
and NPF-77 were effective on January 27, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2013-0169 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-2013-0169. 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]. The 
ADAMS accession number for each document referenced (if that document 
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: Lois James, Office of Nuclear Reactor 
Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-

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0001, telephone: 301-415-3306; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that the NRC has 
issued renewed facility operating license Nos. NPF-72 and NPF-77 to 
Exelon Generation Company, LLC, the operator of Braidwood Station. 
Renewed facility operating license Nos. NPF-72 and NPF-77 authorizes 
the operation of Braidwood Units 1 and 2 at reactor core power levels 
not in excess of 3645 megawatts thermal each, in accordance with the 
provisions of the Braidwood, Units 1 and 2 renewed licenses and 
technical specifications. The NRC's ROD that supports the decision to 
renew facility operating license Nos. NPF-72 and NPF-77 is available in 
ADAMS under Accession No. ML15322A317.
    As discussed in the ROD and the final supplemental environmental 
impact statement (FSEIS) for Braidwood Station, Supplement 55 to NUREG-
1437, ``Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of 
Nuclear Plants Regarding Braidwood Station, Units 1 and 2,'' issued in 
November 2015 (ADAMS Accession No. ML15314A814), the NRC considered a 
range of reasonable alternatives that included new nuclear generation, 
coal-integrated gasification combined cycle, natural gas combined-cycle 
(NGCC), combination (NGCC, wind, and solar generation), replacement 
power, and the no-action alternative. The ROD and FSEIS document the 
NRC's determination that the adverse environmental impacts of license 
renewal for Braidwood are not so great that preserving the option of 
license renewal for energy planning decision makers would be 
unreasonable.
    Braidwood Station, Units 1 and 2, has two pressurized water 
reactors and is located in Will County, Illinois. The application for 
the renewed licenses, ``License Renewal Application, Byron and 
Braidwood Stations, Units 1 and 2,'' dated May 29, 2013 (ADAMS 
Accession Nos. ML13155A420 and ML13155A421), as supplemented by letters 
dated through April 13, 2015, with respect to Braidwood Station, 
complied with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act 
of 1954, as amended (AEA) and the NRC's regulations in Chapter I of 
title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations. The NRC has made 
appropriate findings, which are set forth in each of the licenses, as 
required by the AEA and its regulations. A public notice of the 
proposed issuance of the renewed licenses and an opportunity for a 
hearing was published in the Federal Register on July 24, 2013 (78 FR 
44603).
    For further details with respect to this action, see: (1) Exelon 
Generation Company, LLC's (Exelon) license renewal application for 
Byron Station, Units 1 and 2, and Braidwood Station, Units 1 and 2, 
dated May 29, 2013, as supplemented by letters dated through April 13, 
2015; (2) the NRC's safety evaluation report dated July 2015 (ADAMS 
Accession No. ML15182A051); (3) the NRC's final environmental impact 
statement (NUREG-1437, Supplement 55), for Braidwood, Units 1 and 2, 
published in November 2015; and (4) the NRC's ROD.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 27 day of January 2016.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Christopher G. Miller,
Director, Division of License Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor 
Regulation.
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0001, telephone: 301–415–3306; email: For further details with respect to this The Commission is approving the
Lois.James@nrc.gov. action, see: (1) Exelon Generation proposed rule change.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is Company, LLC’s (Exelon) license
renewal application for Byron Station, II. Description of the Proposed Rule
hereby given that the NRC has issued Change
renewed facility operating license Nos. Units 1 and 2, and Braidwood Station,
NPF–72 and NPF–77 to Exelon Units 1 and 2, dated May 29, 2013, as The Exchange proposes to delete Rule
Generation Company, LLC, the operator supplemented by letters dated through 410B—Equities (‘‘Rule 410B’’), which
of Braidwood Station. Renewed facility April 13, 2015; (2) the NRC’s safety sets forth certain regulatory reporting
operating license Nos. NPF–72 and evaluation report dated July 2015 requirements for member or member
NPF–77 authorizes the operation of (ADAMS Accession No. ML15182A051); organizations effecting off-Exchange
Braidwood Units 1 and 2 at reactor core (3) the NRC’s final environmental transactions in Exchange listed
power levels not in excess of 3645 impact statement (NUREG–1437, securities that are not reported to the
megawatts thermal each, in accordance Supplement 55), for Braidwood, Units 1 Consolidated Tape, and to make
with the provisions of the Braidwood, and 2, published in November 2015; conforming amendments to Rule 476A
Units 1 and 2 renewed licenses and and (4) the NRC’s ROD. to delete a reference to Rule 410B. The
technical specifications. The NRC’s Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 27 day Exchange represents that Rule 410B is
ROD that supports the decision to renew of January 2016. no longer necessary in light of changes
facility operating license Nos. NPF–72 For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, in trade reporting and regulatory
and NPF–77 is available in ADAMS Christopher G. Miller, requirements that have been put in
under Accession No. ML15322A317. Director, Division of License Renewal, Office place since the Exchange adopted Rule
As discussed in the ROD and the final of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. 410B.
supplemental environmental impact [FR Doc. 2016–02070 Filed 2–2–16; 8:45 am]
statement (FSEIS) for Braidwood Changes to Regulatory Landscape
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Station, Supplement 55 to NUREG–
1437, ‘‘Generic Environmental Impact On July 30, 2007, the National
Statement for License Renewal of Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
Nuclear Plants Regarding Braidwood SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE (‘‘NASD’’), New York Stock Exchange
Station, Units 1 and 2,’’ issued in COMMISSION LLC (‘‘NYSE’’), and NYSE Regulation,
November 2015 (ADAMS Accession No. Inc. (‘‘NYSE Regulation’’) consolidated
[Release No. 34–76982; File No. SR– their member-firm regulation operations
ML15314A814), the NRC considered a NYSEMKT–2015–80]
range of reasonable alternatives that to create the Financial Industry
included new nuclear generation, coal- Regulatory Authority, Inc. (‘‘FINRA’’)
Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE
integrated gasification combined cycle, and entered into a plan to allocate to
MKT LLC; Order Approving a
natural gas combined-cycle (NGCC), FINRA regulatory responsibility for
Proposed Rule Change Deleting Rule
combination (NGCC, wind, and solar common rules and common members
410B—Equities Governing Reporting
generation), replacement power, and the (‘‘17d–2 Agreement’’).5 The Exchange
Requirements for Off-Exchange
no-action alternative. The ROD and was added as a party to the 17d-2
Transactions
FSEIS document the NRC’s Agreement in 2009.6
determination that the adverse January 28, 2016. In 2008, the Exchange, NASD, NYSE,
environmental impacts of license I. Introduction and NYSE Regulation also entered into
renewal for Braidwood are not so great a plan to allocate to FINRA regulatory
that preserving the option of license On October 16, 2015, NYSE MKT LLC responsibility, over exchange members
renewal for energy planning decision (the ‘‘Exchange’’ or ‘‘NYSE MKT’’) filed that are also FINRA members, for
makers would be unreasonable. with the Securities and Exchange surveillance, investigation, and
Braidwood Station, Units 1 and 2, has Commission (‘‘Commission’’), pursuant enforcement of insider trading with
two pressurized water reactors and is to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities respect to NYSE- and MKT-listed stocks,
located in Will County, Illinois. The Exchange Act of 1934 (‘‘Act’’) 1 and Rule among others, irrespective of where the
application for the renewed licenses, 19b-4 thereunder,2 a proposed rule relevant trading occurred (the ‘‘Insider
‘‘License Renewal Application, Byron change to delete Rule 410B—Equities Trading Plan’’).7 On June 14, 2010,
and Braidwood Stations, Units 1 and 2,’’ governing reporting requirements for FINRA was retained to perform the
dated May 29, 2013 (ADAMS Accession off-Exchange transactions. The proposed residual market surveillance and
Nos. ML13155A420 and rule change was published for comment enforcement functions that had, up to
ML13155A421), as supplemented by in the Federal Register on November 2, that point, been performed by NYSE
letters dated through April 13, 2015, 2015.3 The Commission received no
with respect to Braidwood Station, comment letters on the proposed rule 5 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 56148

complied with the standards and change. On December 16, 2015, the (July 26, 2007), 72 FR 42146 (August 1, 2007) (File
requirements of the Atomic Energy Act Commission designated a longer period No. 4–544) (Notice of Filing and Order Approving
within which to approve the proposed and Declaring Effective a Plan for the Allocation of
of 1954, as amended (AEA) and the Regulatory Responsibilities). In 2007, the NASD,
NRC’s regulations in Chapter I of title 10 rule change, disapprove the proposed NYSE, the Exchange and NYSE Regulation also
of the Code of Federal Regulations. The rule change, or institute proceedings to entered into a Regulatory Services Agreement
determine whether to approve or (‘‘RSA’’), whereby FINRA was retained to perform
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NRC has made appropriate findings, certain regulatory services for non-common rules.
which are set forth in each of the disapprove the proposed rule change.4
6 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 60409
licenses, as required by the AEA and its (July 30, 2009), 74 FR 39353 (August 6, 2009) (File
1 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
regulations. A public notice of the 2 17
No. 4–587).
CFR 240.19b–4. 7 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 54646
proposed issuance of the renewed 3 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 76276
(September 12, 2008), 73 FR 54646 (September 22,
licenses and an opportunity for a (October 27, 2015), 80 FR 67454. 2008) (File No. 4–566). See also Securities Exchange
hearing was published in the Federal 4 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 76669, Act Release No. 58806 (October 17, 2008), 73 FR
Register on July 24, 2013 (78 FR 44603). 80 FR 79640 (December 22, 2015). 63216 (October 23, 2008) (File No. 4–566).

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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 renewal and record of decision; issuance.
Dates		The license renewal of facility operating license Nos. NPF-72 and NPF-77 were effective on January 27, 2016.
Contact		Lois James, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555- 0001, telephone: 301-415-3306; email: [email protected]
FR Citation		81 FR 5792