82_FR_28652 82 FR 28533 - Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Units 1, 2, and 3

82 FR 28533 - Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Units 1, 2, and 3

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Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 119 (June 22, 2017)

Page Range28533-28534
FR Document2017-13052

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has granted the request of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA, the licensee) to withdraw its license amendment request (LAR) dated September 16, 2015, as supplemented by letters dated April 15, April 29, May 11, May 25, June 16, August 24, and September 15, 2016, for a proposed amendment to Renewed Facility Operating License (RFOL) Nos. DPR-33, DPR-52, and DPR- 68, for the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant (BFN), Units 1, 2, and 3. The proposed amendment would have revised the BFN, Units 1 and 2 Technical Specifications (TSs) by adding a new specification governing the safety functions for the emergency core cooling system preferred pump logic, common accident signal logic, and the unit priority re-trip logic. In addition, the LAR relocated the BFN, Unit 3, requirements for common accident signal logic and unit priority re-trip logic to a new specification governing the safety functions for the common accident signal logic and the unit priority re-trip logic for consistency with the changes to the BFN, Units 1 and 2, TSs.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 119 (Thursday, June 22, 2017) 
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[Docket Nos. 50-250, 50-260, and 50-296; NRC-2015-0288]


Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Units 1, 2, and 3

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: License amendment application; withdrawal by applicant.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has granted the 
request of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA, the licensee) to 
withdraw its license amendment request (LAR) dated September 16, 2015, 
as supplemented by letters dated April 15, April 29, May 11, May 25, 
June 16, August 24, and September 15, 2016, for a proposed amendment to 
Renewed Facility Operating License (RFOL) Nos. DPR-33, DPR-52, and DPR-
68, for the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant (BFN), Units 1, 2, and 3. The 
proposed amendment would have revised the BFN, Units 1 and 2 Technical 
Specifications (TSs) by adding a new specification governing the safety 
functions for the emergency core cooling system preferred pump logic, 
common accident signal logic, and the unit priority re-trip logic. In 
addition, the LAR relocated the BFN, Unit 3, requirements for common 
accident signal logic and unit priority re-trip logic to a new 
specification governing the safety functions for the common accident 
signal logic and the unit priority re-trip logic for consistency with 
the changes to the BFN, Units 1 and 2, TSs.

DATES: June 22, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2015-0288 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-2015-0288. 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

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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: Farideh Saba, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington DC 
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-1447; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC has granted the request of the TVA 
to withdraw its September 16, 2015, application for the proposed 
amendment to RFOLs for Browns Ferry, located in Limestone County, AL.
    By letter dated September 16, 2015 (ADAMS Accession No. 
ML15260B125), as supplemented by letters dated April 15, April 29, May 
11, May 25, June 16, August 24, and September 15, 2016 (ADAMS Accession 
Nos. ML16106A323, ML16123A071, ML16133A566, ML16146A725, ML16169A179, 
ML16237A418, and ML16260A098, respectively), TVA submitted a LAR to the 
BFN, Units 1, 2, and 3, Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-33, 
DPR-52, and DPR-68, respectively. The proposed amendment would revise 
the BFN, Units 1 and 2, TSs by adding a new specification governing the 
safety functions for the emergency core cooling system preferred pump 
logic, common accident signal logic, and the unit priority re-trip 
logic. In addition, the LAR would relocate the BFN, Unit 3, 
requirements for common accident signal logic and unit priority re-trip 
logic to a new specification governing the safety functions for the 
common accident signal logic and the unit priority re-trip logic for 
consistency with the changes to the TSs for BFN, Units 1 and 2.
    The NRC published a biweekly notice in the Federal Register on 
January 5, 2016 (81 FR 265), that gave notice that this proposed 
amendment was under consideration by the NRC. However, by letter dated 
May 8, 2017 (ADAMS Accession No ML17128A486), the licensee requested to 
withdraw the proposed amendment.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 7th day of June 2017.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Farideh E. Saba,
Senior Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch II-2, Division of 
Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2017-13052 Filed 6-21-17; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 119 / Thursday, June 22, 2017 / Notices 28533 unless it displays a currently valid Food and Drug Administration For the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Office of Management and Budget representative; and (l) Agreement State Commission. control number. representative. Andrew L. Bates, The NRC is inviting nominations for Advisory Committee Management Officer. Frances Teel, the positions of Agreement State [FR Doc. 2017–13038 Filed 6–21–17; 8:45 am] NASA PRA Clearance Officer. [FR Doc. 2017–13027 Filed 6–21–17; 8:45 am] representative, nuclear medicine BILLING CODE 7590–01–P BILLING CODE 7510–13–P physicist, and the Health Care Administrator to the ACMUI. The Agreement State representative position NUCLEAR REGULATORY is currently vacant. The terms of the COMMISSION NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION individuals currently occupying the [Docket Nos. 50–250, 50–260, and 50–296; nuclear medicine physicist position and NRC–2015–0288] Advisory Committee on the Medical the Health Care Administrator position Uses of Isotopes: Call for Nominations will end March 08, 2018, and March 23, Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Units 1, 2, 2018, respectively. Committee members and 3 AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory currently serve a 4-year term and may Commission. AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory be considered for reappointment to an Commission. ACTION: Call for nominations. additional term. ACTION: License amendment application; SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Nominees must be U.S. citizens and withdrawal by applicant. Commission (NRC) is advertising for be able to devote approximately 160 nominations for the positions of hours per year to Committee business. SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Agreement State representative, nuclear Members who are not Federal Commission (NRC) has granted the medicine physicist, and Health Care employees are compensated for their request of the Tennessee Valley Administrator on the Advisory service. In addition, members are Authority (TVA, the licensee) to Committee on the Medical Uses of reimbursed for travel (including per- withdraw its license amendment request Isotopes (ACMUI). diem in lieu of subsistence) and are (LAR) dated September 16, 2015, as DATES: Nominations are due on or reimbursed secretarial and supplemented by letters dated April 15, before August 21, 2017. correspondence expenses. Full-time April 29, May 11, May 25, June 16, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Federal employees are reimbursed for August 24, and September 15, 2016, for Sophie Holiday, U.S. Nuclear travel expenses only. a proposed amendment to Renewed Regulatory Commission, Office of Nomination Process: Submit an Facility Operating License (RFOL) Nos. Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards; electronic copy of resume or curriculum DPR–33, DPR–52, and DPR–68, for the (301) 415–7865; Sophie.Holiday@ vitae to Ms. Sophie Holiday, Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant (BFN), nrc.gov. Units 1, 2, and 3. The proposed Sophie.Holiday@nrc.gov. Please ensure amendment would have revised the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The that the resume or curriculum vitae BFN, Units 1 and 2 Technical ACMUI advises the NRC on policy and includes the following information, if Specifications (TSs) by adding a new technical issues that arise in the applicable: Education; certification; specification governing the safety regulation of the medical use of current state regulatory experience; functions for the emergency core byproduct material. Responsibilities professional association membership cooling system preferred pump logic, include providing comments on changes and committee membership activities; common accident signal logic, and the to the NRC regulations and guidance; duties and responsibilities in current unit priority re-trip logic. In addition, evaluating certain non-routine uses of and previous clinical, research, and/or the LAR relocated the BFN, Unit 3, byproduct material; providing technical academic position(s); and leadership requirements for common accident assistance in licensing, inspection, and activities. Nominees for the Agreement signal logic and unit priority re-trip enforcement cases; and bringing key State representative position must logic to a new specification governing issues to the attention of the NRC staff, currently be an employee of an the safety functions for the common for appropriate action. Agreement State Radiation Control accident signal logic and the unit ACMUI members are selected based Program. Nominees for the nuclear priority re-trip logic for consistency on their educational background, medicine physicist position should have with the changes to the BFN, Units 1 certification(s), work experience, professional experience with the and 2, TSs. involvement and/or leadership in application of medical physics in professional society activities, and other DATES: June 22, 2017. nuclear medicine. Nominees for the information obtained in letters or during Health Care Administrator position ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID the selection process. should have professional or personal NRC–2015–0288 when contacting the ACMUI members possess the medical experience with or knowledge about NRC about the availability of and technical skills needed to address Health Care Administration. information regarding this document. evolving issues. The current You may obtain publicly-available membership is comprised of the Security Background Check: The information related to this document following professionals: (a) Nuclear selected nominee will undergo a using any of the following methods: medicine physician; (b) nuclear thorough security background check. • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES cardiologist; (c) two radiation Security paperwork may take the http://www.regulations.gov and search oncologists; (d) diagnostic radiologist; nominee several weeks to complete. for Docket ID NRC–2015–0288. Address (e) therapy medical physicist; (f) nuclear Nominees will also be required to questions about NRC dockets to Carol medicine physicist; (g) nuclear complete a financial disclosure Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463; pharmacist; (h) Health Care statement to avoid conflicts of interest. email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. 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28534 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 119 / Thursday, June 22, 2017 / Notices INFORMATION CONTACT section of this The NRC published a biweekly notice the availability of information for this document. in the Federal Register on January 5, action. You may obtain publicly- • NRC’s Agencywide Documents 2016 (81 FR 265), that gave notice that available information related to this Access and Management System this proposed amendment was under action by any of the following methods: (ADAMS): You may obtain publicly- consideration by the NRC. However, by • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to available documents online in the letter dated May 8, 2017 (ADAMS http://www.regulations.gov and search ADAMS Public Documents collection at Accession No ML17128A486), the for Docket ID NRC–2016–0123. http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ licensee requested to withdraw the • NRC’s Agencywide Documents adams.html. To begin the search, select proposed amendment. Access and Management System ‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 7th day (ADAMS): You may obtain publicly- select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS of June 2017. available documents online in the Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS, For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ADAMS Public Documents collection at please contact the NRC’s Public Farideh E. Saba, http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ Document Room (PDR) reference staff at adams.html. To begin the search, select Senior Project Manager, Plant Licensing 1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by Branch II–2, Division of Operating Reactor ‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS ADAMS accession number for each Regulation. Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS, document referenced (if it is available in [FR Doc. 2017–13052 Filed 6–21–17; 8:45 am] please contact the NRC’s Public ADAMS) is provided the first time that BILLING CODE 7590–01–P Document Room (PDR) reference staff at it is mentioned in this document. 1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The • NRC’s PDR: You may examine and NUCLEAR REGULATORY supporting statement is available in purchase copies of public documents at COMMISSION ADAMS under Accession No. the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One ML17156A778. White Flint North, 11555 Rockville [NRC–2016–0123] • NRC’s PDR: You may examine and Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. purchase copies of public documents at Information Collection: Licenses for FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One Radiography and Radiation Safety Farideh Saba, Office of Nuclear Reactor White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Requirements for Radiographic Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. Operations Commission, Washington DC 20555– • NRC’s Clearance Officer: A copy of 0001; telephone: 301–415–1447; email: AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory the collection of information and related Farideh.Saba@nrc.gov. Commission. instructions may be obtained without SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC ACTION: Notice of submission to the charge by contacting the NRC’s has granted the request of the TVA to Office of Management and Budget; Clearance Officer, David Cullison, withdraw its September 16, 2015, request for comment. Office of the Chief Information Officer, application for the proposed U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone: amendment to RFOLs for Browns Ferry, Commission (NRC) invites public located in Limestone County, AL. 301–415–2084; email: comment on the renewal of Office of Infocollects.Resource@nrc.gov. By letter dated September 16, 2015 Management and Budget (OMB) (ADAMS Accession No. ML15260B125), approval for an existing collection of B. Submitting Comments as supplemented by letters dated April information. The information collection The NRC cautions you not to include 15, April 29, May 11, May 25, June 16, is titled ‘‘Licenses for Radiography and identifying or contact information in August 24, and September 15, 2016 Radiation Safety Requirements for comment submissions that you do not (ADAMS Accession Nos. Radiographic Operations.’’ want to be publicly disclosed in your ML16106A323, ML16123A071, DATES: Submit comments by July 24, comment submission. All comment ML16133A566, ML16146A725, 2017. submissions are posted at http:// ML16169A179, ML16237A418, and www.regulations.gov and entered into ADDRESSES: Submit comments directly ML16260A098, respectively), TVA ADAMS. Comment submissions are not to the OMB reviewer at: Aaron Szabo, submitted a LAR to the BFN, Units 1, 2, routinely edited to remove identifying Desk Officer, Office of Information and and 3, Renewed Facility Operating or contact information. Regulatory Affairs, OMB 3150–0007, License Nos. DPR–33, DPR–52, and If you are requesting or aggregating NEOB–10202, Office of Management DPR–68, respectively. The proposed comments from other persons for and Budget, Washington, DC 20503; amendment would revise the BFN, submission to the OMB, then you telephone: 202–395–3621, email: oira_ Units 1 and 2, TSs by adding a new should inform those persons not to submission@omb.eop.gov. specification governing the safety include identifying or contact FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: functions for the emergency core information that they do not want to be cooling system preferred pump logic, David Cullison, NRC Clearance Officer, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, publicly disclosed in their comment common accident signal logic, and the submission. Your request should state unit priority re-trip logic. In addition, Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415–2084; email: that comment submissions are not the LAR would relocate the BFN, Unit routinely edited to remove such 3, requirements for common accident INFOCOLLECTS.Resource@nrc.gov. sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES information before making the comment signal logic and unit priority re-trip SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: submissions available to the public or logic to a new specification governing I. Obtaining Information and entering the comment into ADAMS. the safety functions for the common Submitting Comments accident signal logic and the unit II. Background priority re-trip logic for consistency A. Obtaining Information Under the provisions of the with the changes to the TSs for BFN, Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2016– Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 Units 1 and 2. 0123 when contacting the NRC about U.S.C. 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Document Created: 2017-06-21 23:55:19
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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionLicense amendment application; withdrawal by applicant.
DatesJune 22, 2017.
ContactFarideh Saba, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-1447; email: [email protected]
FR Citation82 FR 28533 
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