81_FR_75036 81 FR 74828 - Exelon Generation Company, LLC.; LaSalle County Station, Units 1 and 2; License Renewal

81 FR 74828 - Exelon Generation Company, LLC.; LaSalle County Station, Units 1 and 2; License Renewal

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Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 208 (October 27, 2016)

Page Range74828-74828
FR Document2016-25988

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued renewed facility operating license Nos. NPF-11 and NPF-18 to Exelon Generation Company, LLC (Exelon or the licensee), the operator of LaSalle County Station, Units 1 and 2. Renewed facility operating license Nos. NPF-11 and NPF-18 authorize the operation of LaSalle County Station, Units 1 and 2 by the licensee at reactor core power levels not in excess of 3546 megawatts thermal in accordance with the provisions of the renewed licenses and technical specifications until April 17, 2042 and December 16, 2043, respectively. The NRC prepared a safety evaluation report, a final supplemental environmental impact statement (FSEIS), and a record of decision (ROD) that support its decision to issue renewed facility operating license Nos. NPF-11 and NPF-18.

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[Docket Nos. 50-373 and 50-374; NRC-2014-0268]


Exelon Generation Company, LLC.; LaSalle County Station, Units 1 
and 2; License Renewal

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-11 and NPF-18 to Exelon 
Generation Company, LLC (Exelon or the licensee), the operator of 
LaSalle County Station, Units 1 and 2. Renewed facility operating 
license Nos. NPF-11 and NPF-18 authorize the operation of LaSalle 
County Station, Units 1 and 2 by the licensee at reactor core power 
levels not in excess of 3546 megawatts thermal in accordance with the 
provisions of the renewed licenses and technical specifications until 
April 17, 2042 and December 16, 2043, respectively. The NRC prepared a 
safety evaluation report, a final supplemental environmental impact 
statement (FSEIS), and a record of decision (ROD) that support its 
decision to issue renewed facility operating license Nos. NPF-11 and 
NPF-18.

DATES: Renewed facility operating license Nos. NPF-11 and NPF-18 were 
issued and effective on October 19, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2014-0268 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-2014-0268. 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 it is available 
in ADAMS) is provided the first time that it is mentioned in 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: Jeffrey Mitchell, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-3019; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that the NRC has 
issued renewed facility operating license Nos. NPF-11 and NPF-18 to 
Exelon Generation Company, LLC, the operator of LaSalle County Station, 
Units 1 and 2. Renewed facility operating license Nos. NPF-11 and NPF-
18 authorize the operation of LaSalle County Station, Units 1 and 2 by 
the licensee at reactor core power levels not in excess of 3546 
megawatts thermal in accordance with the provisions of the renewed 
licenses and technical specifications until April 17, 2042 and December 
16, 2043, respectively.
    LaSalle County Station, Units 1 and 2, are boiling-water reactors 
located in Brookfield Township, LaSalle County, Illinois. The NRC 
determined that the application for the renewed licenses, ``License 
Renewal Application, LaSalle County Station, Units 1 and 2, Facility 
Operating License Nos. NPF-11 and NPF-18,'' dated December 9, 2014 
(ADAMS Accession No. ML14343A849), as supplemented by letters dated 
through June 8, 2016, complied with the standards and requirements of 
the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the NRC's 
regulations set forth in Chapter I of title 10 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations (10 CFR). As required by the Act and the NRC's regulations, 
the NRC has made the appropriate findings, which are set forth in the 
renewed licenses. A public notice of the proposed issuance of the 
renewed licenses and an opportunity to request a hearing was published 
in the Federal Register on February 3, 2015 (80 FR 5822).
    The NRC's FSEIS, NUREG-1437, Supplement 57, ``Generic Environmental 
Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants Regarding 
LaSalle County Station, Units 1 and 2,'' and ROD that support the NRC's 
issuance of renewed facility operating license Nos. NPF-11 and NPF-18 
are available in ADAMS under Accession Nos. ML16264A222 and 
ML16238A029, respectively. As discussed in the FSEIS and ROD, the NRC 
considered a range of reasonable alternatives to the issuance of the 
renewed licenses that included new nuclear power generation, coal-
integrated gasification combined-cycle, natural gas combined-cycle 
(NGCC), a combination of wind, solar, and NGCC, purchased power, and 
the no-action alternative. The FSEIS and ROD document the NRC's 
decision with respect to its environmental review that the adverse 
environmental impacts of issuing the renewed licenses are not so great 
that preserving the option of license renewal for energy-planning 
decisionmakers would be unreasonable.
    For further details with respect to this action, see: (1) The 
Exelon Generation Company, LLC license renewal application for LaSalle 
County Station, Units 1 and 2, dated December 9, 2014, as supplemented 
by letters dated through June 8, 2016; (2) the NRC safety evaluation 
report dated September 2016 (ADAMS Accession No. ML16271A039); (3) the 
NRC FSEIS dated August 2016; and (4) the NRC ROD dated October 2016.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 19th day of October, 2016.
    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Jane E. Marshall,
Acting Director, Division of License Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor 
Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2016-25988 Filed 10-26-16; 8:45 am]
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                                                   Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 21st day             • NRC’s Agencywide Documents                       a hearing was published in the Federal
                                                October, 2016.                                          Access and Management System                          Register on February 3, 2015 (80 FR
                                                   For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.               (ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-                     5822).
                                                Alexander Adams, Jr.,                                   available documents online in the                        The NRC’s FSEIS, NUREG–1437,
                                                Chief, Research and Test Reactors Branch,               ADAMS Public Documents collection at                  Supplement 57, ‘‘Generic
                                                Division of Policy and Rulemaking, Office               http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/                        Environmental Impact Statement for
                                                of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.                          adams.html. To begin the search, select               License Renewal of Nuclear Plants
                                                [FR Doc. 2016–25993 Filed 10–26–16; 8:45 am]            ‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then                   Regarding LaSalle County Station, Units
                                                BILLING CODE 7590–01–P                                  select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS                        1 and 2,’’ and ROD that support the
                                                                                                        Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS,                    NRC’s issuance of renewed facility
                                                                                                        please contact the NRC’s Public                       operating license Nos. NPF–11 and
                                                NUCLEAR REGULATORY                                      Document Room (PDR) reference staff at                NPF–18 are available in ADAMS under
                                                COMMISSION                                              1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by                   Accession Nos. ML16264A222 and
                                                [Docket Nos. 50–373 and 50–374; NRC–                    email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The                    ML16238A029, respectively. As
                                                2014–0268]                                              ADAMS accession number for each                       discussed in the FSEIS and ROD, the
                                                                                                        document referenced (if it is available in            NRC considered a range of reasonable
                                                Exelon Generation Company, LLC.;                        ADAMS) is provided the first time that                alternatives to the issuance of the
                                                LaSalle County Station, Units 1 and 2;                  it is mentioned in this document.                     renewed licenses that included new
                                                License Renewal                                            • NRC’s PDR: You may examine and                   nuclear power generation, coal-
                                                AGENCY:  Nuclear Regulatory                             purchase copies of public documents at                integrated gasification combined-cycle,
                                                Commission.                                             the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One                       natural gas combined-cycle (NGCC), a
                                                                                                        White Flint North, 11555 Rockville                    combination of wind, solar, and NGCC,
                                                ACTION: License renewal and record of
                                                                                                        Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.                      purchased power, and the no-action
                                                decision; issuance.
                                                                                                        FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                      alternative. The FSEIS and ROD
                                                SUMMARY:   The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory                  Jeffrey Mitchell, Office of Nuclear                   document the NRC’s decision with
                                                Commission (NRC) has issued renewed                     Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear                      respect to its environmental review that
                                                facility operating license Nos. NPF–11                  Regulatory Commission, Washington,                    the adverse environmental impacts of
                                                and NPF–18 to Exelon Generation                         DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415–                    issuing the renewed licenses are not so
                                                Company, LLC (Exelon or the licensee),                  3019; email: Jeffrey.Mitchell2@nrc.gov.               great that preserving the option of
                                                the operator of LaSalle County Station,                 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is                  license renewal for energy-planning
                                                Units 1 and 2. Renewed facility                         hereby given that the NRC has issued                  decisionmakers would be unreasonable.
                                                operating license Nos. NPF–11 and                       renewed facility operating license Nos.                  For further details with respect to this
                                                NPF–18 authorize the operation of                       NPF–11 and NPF–18 to Exelon                           action, see: (1) The Exelon Generation
                                                LaSalle County Station, Units 1 and 2 by                Generation Company, LLC, the operator                 Company, LLC license renewal
                                                the licensee at reactor core power levels               of LaSalle County Station, Units 1 and                application for LaSalle County Station,
                                                not in excess of 3546 megawatts thermal                 2. Renewed facility operating license                 Units 1 and 2, dated December 9, 2014,
                                                in accordance with the provisions of the                Nos. NPF–11 and NPF–18 authorize the                  as supplemented by letters dated
                                                renewed licenses and technical                          operation of LaSalle County Station,                  through June 8, 2016; (2) the NRC safety
                                                specifications until April 17, 2042 and                 Units 1 and 2 by the licensee at reactor              evaluation report dated September 2016
                                                December 16, 2043, respectively. The                    core power levels not in excess of 3546               (ADAMS Accession No. ML16271A039);
                                                NRC prepared a safety evaluation report,                megawatts thermal in accordance with                  (3) the NRC FSEIS dated August 2016;
                                                a final supplemental environmental                      the provisions of the renewed licenses                and (4) the NRC ROD dated October
                                                impact statement (FSEIS), and a record                  and technical specifications until April              2016.
                                                of decision (ROD) that support its                      17, 2042 and December 16, 2043,                         Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 19th day
                                                decision to issue renewed facility                      respectively.                                         of October, 2016.
                                                operating license Nos. NPF–11 and                          LaSalle County Station, Units 1 and 2,               For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
                                                NPF–18.                                                 are boiling-water reactors located in                 Jane E. Marshall,
                                                DATES: Renewed facility operating                       Brookfield Township, LaSalle County,                  Acting Director, Division of License Renewal,
                                                license Nos. NPF–11 and NPF–18 were                     Illinois. The NRC determined that the                 Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
                                                issued and effective on October 19,                     application for the renewed licenses,                 [FR Doc. 2016–25988 Filed 10–26–16; 8:45 am]
                                                2016.                                                   ‘‘License Renewal Application, LaSalle                BILLING CODE 7590–01–P
                                                ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID                    County Station, Units 1 and 2, Facility
                                                NRC–2014–0268 when contacting the                       Operating License Nos. NPF–11 and
                                                NRC about the availability of                           NPF–18,’’ dated December 9, 2014                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
                                                information regarding this document.                    (ADAMS Accession No. ML14343A849),                    COMMISSION
                                                You may obtain publicly-available                       as supplemented by letters dated
                                                                                                        through June 8, 2016, complied with the               [Release No. 34–79133; File No. SR–CBOE–
                                                information related to this document
                                                                                                                                                              2016–071]
                                                using any of the following methods:                     standards and requirements of the
                                                   • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to                 Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended                 Self-Regulatory Organizations;
                                                http://www.regulations.gov and search                   (the Act), and the NRC’s regulations set              Chicago Board Options Exchange,
                                                for Docket ID NRC–2014–0268. Address                    forth in Chapter I of title 10 of the Code
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                                                                                                                                                              Incorporated; Notice of Filing of a
                                                questions about NRC dockets to Carol                    of Federal Regulations (10 CFR). As                   Proposed Rule Change Relating to
                                                Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463;                     required by the Act and the NRC’s                     Opening and Closing Rotations Under
                                                email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For                     regulations, the NRC has made the                     the HOSS System
                                                technical questions, contact the                        appropriate findings, which are set forth
                                                individual listed in the FOR FURTHER                    in the renewed licenses. A public notice              October 21, 2016.
                                                INFORMATION CONTACT section of this                     of the proposed issuance of the renewed                 Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the
                                                document.                                               licenses and an opportunity to request                Securities Exchange Act of 1934


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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionLicense renewal and record of decision; issuance.
DatesRenewed facility operating license Nos. NPF-11 and NPF-18 were issued and effective on October 19, 2016.
ContactJeffrey Mitchell, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-3019; email: [email protected]
FR Citation81 FR 74828 

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