81 FR 88274 - License Renewal for Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Unit 1
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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 235 (Wednesday, December 7, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 88274-88275] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-29357] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket No. 50-416; NRC-2016-0236] License Renewal for Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Unit 1 AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: License renewal and record of decision; issuance. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued renewed facility operating license No. NPF-29 to Entergy Company (Entergy or the licensee), the operator of Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Unit 1 (GGNS). Renewed facility operating license No. NPF-29 authorizes operation of GGNS by the licensee at reactor core power levels not in excess of 4,408 megawatts thermal, in accordance with the provisions of the GGNS renewed license 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 No. NPF-29. DATES: The license renewal of facility operating license No. NPF-29 was effective on December 1, 2016. ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2016-0236 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-2016-0236. 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 in this document (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: Emmanuel Sayoc, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555; telephone: 301-415-4084; email: [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that the NRC has issued renewed facility operating license No. NPF-29 to Entergy Company, the operator of GGNS. Renewed facility operating license No. NPF-29 authorizes operation of GGNS by the licensee at reactor core power levels not in excess of 4,408 megawatts thermal, in accordance with the provisions of the GGNS renewed license and technical specifications. The NRC's ROD that supports the NRC's decision to renew facility operating license No. NPF-29 is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML16243A024. As discussed in the ROD and the final supplemental environmental impact statement (FSEIS) for GGNS, Supplement 50 to NUREG-1437, ``Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants Regarding Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Unit 1,'' dated November 30, 2014 (ADAMS Accession No. ML14328A171), the NRC has considered a range of reasonable alternatives that included natural gas combined-cycle (NGCC), supercritical pulverized coal, combination of wind, solar, and NGCC, and the no action alternative. The ROD and FSEIS document the NRC decision for the environmental review that the adverse environmental impacts of license renewal for GGNS are not so great that preserving the option of license renewal for energy planning decision makers would be unreasonable. Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Unit 1 is a boiling water reactor located 20 miles southwest of Vicksburg, Mississippi. The application for the renewed license, ``License Renewal Application, Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Unit 1,'' dated October 28, 2011, as supplemented by letters dated through October 3, 2016 (ADAMS Accession No. ML11308A052), complied with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the NRC's regulations. As required by the Act and the NRC's regulations in chapter 1 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), the NRC has made appropriate findings, which are set forth in the license. A public notice of the proposed issuance of the renewed license and an opportunity for a hearing was published in the Federal Register on December 27, 2011 (76 FR 80980). For further details with respect to this action, see: (1) Entergy Company, license renewal application for Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Unit 1, dated October 28, 2011, as supplemented by letters dated through October 3, 2016; (2) the NRC's safety evaluation report published on October 18, 2016 (ADAMS [[Page 88275]] Accession No. ML16288A185); (3) the NRC's final environmental impact statement (NUREG-1437, Supplement 50), for GGNS published in November 2014; and (4) the NRC's record of decision. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 1st day of December, 2016. For the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Jane E. Marshall, Acting Director, Division of License Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. [FR Doc. 2016-29357 Filed 12-6-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590-01-P
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establish such a permit system to SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
designate Antarctic Specially Protected Commission (NRC) has issued renewed hereby given that the NRC has issued
Areas. facility operating license No. NPF–29 to renewed facility operating license No.
Entergy Company (Entergy or the NPF–29 to Entergy Company, the
Application Details
licensee), the operator of Grand Gulf operator of GGNS. Renewed facility
Permit Application: 2017–034 Nuclear Station, Unit 1 (GGNS). operating license No. NPF–29
1. Applicant: Dr. David W. Johnston, Renewed facility operating license No. authorizes operation of GGNS by the
Duke University Marine Laboratory, NPF–29 authorizes operation of GGNS licensee at reactor core power levels not
Beaufort, NC 28516. by the licensee at reactor core power in excess of 4,408 megawatts thermal, in
Activity for Which Permit is levels not in excess of 4,408 megawatts accordance with the provisions of the
Requested: Take; Harmful Interference; thermal, in accordance with the GGNS renewed license and technical
Enter Antarctic Specially Protected Area provisions of the GGNS renewed license specifications. The NRC’s ROD that
(ASPA). The applicant proposes to use and technical specifications. In supports the NRC’s decision to renew
unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) for addition, the NRC has prepared a record facility operating license No. NPF–29 is
photogrammetry and aerial surveys of of decision (ROD) that supports the available in ADAMS under Accession
whales and seabirds in the Antarctic NRC’s decision to renew facility No. ML16243A024. As discussed in the
Peninsula region between Charcot operating license No. NPF–29. ROD and the final supplemental
Island and the North Gerlache Strait, environmental impact statement (FSEIS)
DATES: The license renewal of facility
for GGNS, Supplement 50 to NUREG–
including ASPA No. 117, Avian Island, operating license No. NPF–29 was
1437, ‘‘Generic Environmental Impact
Marguerite Bay. The applicant plans to effective on December 1, 2016.
Statement for License Renewal of
use both fixed-wing and multicopter ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID Nuclear Plants Regarding Grand Gulf
small UAS at altitudes of 50—300 feet NRC–2016–0236 when contacting the Nuclear Station, Unit 1,’’ dated
above the target species. Average flight NRC about the availability of November 30, 2014 (ADAMS Accession
times are expected to range from 12 to information regarding this document. No. ML14328A171), the NRC has
35 minutes. The UAS pilots have You may obtain publicly-available considered a range of reasonable
experience appropriate for the proposed information related to this document alternatives that included natural gas
activities. The species subject to take or using any of the following methods: combined-cycle (NGCC), supercritical
harmful interference as result of the • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to pulverized coal, combination of wind,
proposed activity include: humpback http://www.regulations.gov and search solar, and NGCC, and the no action
whales (n=100 per year), minke whales for Docket ID NRC–2016–0236. Address alternative. The ROD and FSEIS
(n=100 per year), Adelie penguins questions about NRC dockets to Carol document the NRC decision for the
(n=2000 per year), Gentoo penguins Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463; environmental review that the adverse
(n=2000 per year), chinstrap penguins email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For environmental impacts of license
(n=500 per year), brown skua (n=50 per technical questions, contact the renewal for GGNS are not so great that
year), south polar skua (n=50 per year), individual listed in the FOR FURTHER preserving the option of license renewal
giant petrel (n=50 per year), kelp gull INFORMATION CONTACT section of this for energy planning decision makers
(n=100 per year), blue-eyed shag (n=100 document. would be unreasonable.
per year), snowy sheathbill (n=50 per Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Unit 1 is
• NRC’s Agencywide Documents
year). The applicant currently holds a a boiling water reactor located 20 miles
Access and Management System
Marine Mammal Protection Act permit southwest of Vicksburg, Mississippi.
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-
(14809–02) that allows for the take of The application for the renewed license,
available documents online in the
the whale species in the Southern ‘‘License Renewal Application, Grand
ADAMS Public Documents collection at
Ocean by photogrammetry and photo- Gulf Nuclear Station, Unit 1,’’ dated
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
identification. October 28, 2011, as supplemented by
Location: Antarctic Peninsula region; adams.html. To begin the search, select
‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then letters dated through October 3, 2016
Torgersen Island; ASPA No. 117, Avian (ADAMS Accession No. ML11308A052),
Island, Marguerite Bay. select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS
Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS, complied with the standards and
Dates: January 5, 2017—March 31, requirements of the Atomic Energy Act
2019. please contact the NRC’s Public
Document Room (PDR) reference staff at of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the
Nadene G. Kennedy, 1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by NRC’s regulations. As required by the
Polar Coordination Specialist, Division of email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The Act and the NRC’s regulations in
Polar Programs. ADAMS accession number for each chapter 1 of title 10 of the Code of
[FR Doc. 2016–29322 Filed 12–6–16; 8:45 am] document referenced in this document Federal Regulations (10 CFR), the NRC
BILLING CODE 7555–01–P (if that document is available in has made appropriate findings, which
ADAMS) is provided the first time that are set forth in the license. A public
a document is referenced. notice of the proposed issuance of the
renewed license and an opportunity for
NUCLEAR REGULATORY • NRC’s PDR: You may examine and
a hearing was published in the Federal
COMMISSION purchase copies of public documents at Register on December 27, 2011 (76 FR
the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One
asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
[Docket No. 50–416; NRC–2016–0236] 80980).
White Flint North, 11555 Rockville For further details with respect to this
License Renewal for Grand Gulf Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. action, see: (1) Entergy Company,
Nuclear Station, Unit 1 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: license renewal application for Grand
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Emmanuel Sayoc, Office of Nuclear Gulf Nuclear Station, Unit 1, dated
Commission. Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear October 28, 2011, as supplemented by
Regulatory Commission, Washington, letters dated through October 3, 2016;
ACTION: License renewal and record of
DC 20555; telephone: 301–415–4084; (2) the NRC’s safety evaluation report
decision; issuance.
email: Emmanuel.Sayoc@nrc.gov. published on October 18, 2016 (ADAMS
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Accession No. ML16288A185); (3) the for Docket ID NRC–2012–0272. Address a steady-state power level of 1.1
NRC’s final environmental impact questions about NRC dockets to Carol megawatts thermal with pulsing
statement (NUREG–1437, Supplement Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463; capability using reactivity insertions up
50), for GGNS published in November email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For to 2.45% Dk/k. The renewed Facility
2014; and (4) the NRC’s record of technical questions, contact the Operating License No. R–84 will expire
decision. individual listed in the FOR FURTHER 20 years from its date of issuance,
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 1st day INFORMATION CONTACT section of this November 30, 2016.
of December, 2016. document. The renewed facility operating license
• NRC’s Agencywide Documents
For the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory complies with the standards and
Commission. Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly- requirements of the Atomic Energy Act
Jane E. Marshall, of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the
available documents online in the
Acting Director, Division of License Renewal,
ADAMS Public Documents collection at Commission’s rules and regulations.
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. The Commission has made appropriate
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
[FR Doc. 2016–29357 Filed 12–6–16; 8:45 am]
adams.html. To begin the search, select findings as required by the Act and the
BILLING CODE 7590–01–P ‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then Commission’s regulations in Chapter I
select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS of title 10 of the Code of Federal
Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS, Regulations (10 CFR), and sets forth
NUCLEAR REGULATORY please contact the NRC’s Public those findings in the renewed facility
COMMISSION Document Room (PDR) reference staff at operating license. The agency afforded
[Docket No. 50–170; NRC–2012–0272] 1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by an opportunity for hearing in the Notice
email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. For the of Opportunity for Hearing published in
Armed Forces Radiobiology Research convenience of the reader, the ADAMS the Federal Register on November 15,
Institute accession numbers are provided in a 2012 (77 FR 68155). The NRC received
table in the ‘‘Availability of Documents’’ no request for a hearing or petition for
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory leave to intervene following the notice.
Commission. section of this document.
• NRC’s PDR: You may examine and The NRC staff prepared a Safety
ACTION: License renewal; issuance.
purchase copies of public documents at Evaluation Report related to the renewal
SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One of Facility Operating License No. R–84
Commission (NRC) issued a renewal of White Flint North, 11555 Rockville and concluded, based on that
Facility Operating License No. R–84, Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. evaluation, that the licensee can
held by the Armed Forces Radiobiology FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: continue to operate the facility without
Research Institute (AFRRI or the Cindy K. Montgomery, Office of Nuclear endangering the health and safety of the
licensee) for the continued operation of Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear public. The NRC staff also prepared an
its AFRRI Training, Research, Isotopes Regulatory Commission, Washington, Environmental Assessment and Finding
Production, General Atomics (TRIGA) DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415– of No Significant Impact regarding the
reactor for an additional 20 years. 3398; email: Cindy.Montgomery@ renewal of the facility operating license,
DATES: The Renewed Facility Operating nrc.gov. noticed in the Federal Register on
License No. R–84 is effective on SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC November 25, 2016 (81 FR 85268), and
November 30, 2016. has issued renewed Facility Operating concluded that renewal of the facility
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID License No. R–84, held by the licensee, operating license will not have a
NRC–2012–0272 when contacting the which authorizes continued operation significant impact on the quality of the
NRC about the availability of of the AFRRI TRIGA reactor, located in human environment.
information regarding this document. Bethesda, Maryland. The AFRRI TRIGA Availability of Documents
You may obtain publicly-available reactor is a heterogeneous pool-type,
information related to this document natural convection, light-water cooled The documents identified in the
using any of the following methods: and shielded reactor. The renewed following table are available to
• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to license authorizes the licensee to interested persons through ADAMS
http://www.regulations.gov and search operate the AFRRI TRIGA reactor up to accession numbers, as indicated.
ADAMS accession
Document No.
Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute Renewal of Operating License R–84 for 1 MW TRIGA Research Reactor
(June 24, 2004) .......................................................................................................................................................................... ML041800067
Reactor Operator Requalification Program for Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute (June 24, 2004) ....................... ML041800071
Environmental Report for Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute (June 24, 2004) ....................................................... ML041800068
Safety Analysis Report for Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute (AFRRI) (June 24, 2004) (redacted version) ......... ML101650415
Safety Analysis Report Chapters 4 and 13 for Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute (AFRRI) (March 4, 2010) (re-
dacted version) ........................................................................................................................................................................... ML101650422
asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
Request for Additional Information Regarding Financial Qualifications for the License Renewal Review (August 13, 2010) .... ML102310075
Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute Response to Request for Additional Information dated July 19, 2010 Re:
Technical Specifications (September 27, 2010) (redacted version) .......................................................................................... ML110260024
Letter Re: Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute-Request for Additional Information Regarding the Application for
License Renewal (TAC No. ME1587) (October 21, 2010) ........................................................................................................ ML103070121
Request for Additional Information Re: License Amendment, Separation of Byproduct Material (December 15, 2010) ............ ML103560456
Request for Additional Information Regarding the Application for License Renewal (February 7, 2011) .................................... ML110460687
Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute—Response to Request for Additional Information Regarding the Application
for License Renewal (June 20, 2011) ........................................................................................................................................ ML112232300
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| Action | License renewal and record of decision; issuance. | |
| Dates | The license renewal of facility operating license No. NPF-29 was effective on December 1, 2016. | |
| Contact | Emmanuel Sayoc, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555; telephone: 301-415-4084; email: [email protected] | |
| FR Citation | 81 FR 88274 |
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