82 FR 32017 - FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company; Beaver Valley Power Station, Units 1 and 2
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 131 (July 11, 2017)
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[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 131 (Tuesday, July 11, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 32017-32021] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-14517] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket Nos. 50-334 and 50-412; NRC-2017-0157] FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company; Beaver Valley Power Station, Units 1 and 2 AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: License amendment application; opportunity to comment, request a hearing, and petition for leave to intervene. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering issuance of amendments to Facility Operating License Nos. 50-334 and 50-412, issued to FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company, for operation of the Beaver Valley Power Station (Beaver Valley), Units 1 and 2. The proposed amendments would modify requirements on control and shutdown rods, and rod and bank position indication for Beaver Valley, Unit 2, and make additional, supporting changes to Beaver Valley, Units 1 and 2, Technical Specifications. DATES: Submit comments by August 10, 2017. A request for a hearing or petition for leave to intervene must be filed by September 11, 2017. ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2017-0157 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You may obtain publicly available [[Page 32018]] 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-2017-0157. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415- 3463; email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact the individual(s) 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: Booma Venkataraman, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-2934, email: [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments A. Obtaining Information Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2017-0157 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information for this action. You may obtain publicly available information related to this action by any of the following methods: Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2017-0157. 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. The application for amendments, dated June 30, 2017, is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML17181A464. 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. B. Submitting Comments Please include Docket ID NRC-2017-0157 in your comment submission. The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact information that you do not want to be publicly disclosed in your comment submission. The NRC will post all comment submissions at http://www.regulations.gov as well as enter the comment submissions into ADAMS. The NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to remove identifying or contact information. If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons for submission to the NRC, then you should inform those persons not to include identifying or contact information that they do not want to be publicly disclosed in their comment submission. Your request should state that the NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to remove such information before making the comment submissions available to the public or entering the comment into ADAMS. II. Introduction The NRC is considering issuance of amendments to Facility Operating License Nos. 50-334 and 50-412, issued to FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company, for operation of Beaver Valley, Units 1 and 2, located in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. The proposed amendments would modify requirements on control and shutdown rods, and rod and bank position indication for Beaver Valley, Unit 2. The proposed changes are consistent with the NRC-approved Technical Specifications Task Force (TSTF) Traveler TSTF-547-A, Revision 1, ``Clarification of Rod Positon Requirements'' (ADAMS Package Accession No. ML16012A126). The licensee also proposed additional supporting changes to Beaver Valley, Units 1 and 2, Technical Specifications. Before any issuance of the proposed license amendments, the NRC will need to make the findings required by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the NRC's regulations. The NRC has made a proposed determination that the license amendment request involves no significant hazards consideration. Under the NRC's regulations in Sec. 50.92 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), this means that operation of the facilities in accordance with the proposed amendments would not (1) involve a significant increase in the probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated; or (2) create the possibility of a new or different kind of accident from any accident previously evaluated; or (3) involve a significant reduction in a margin of safety. As required by 10 CFR 50.91(a), the licensee has provided its analysis of the issue of no significant hazards consideration, which is presented below: 1. Does the proposed amendment involve a significant increase in the probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated? Response: No. Control and shutdown rods are assumed to insert into the core to shut down the reactor in evaluated accidents. Rod insertion limits ensure that adequate negative reactivity is available to provide the assumed shutdown margin (SDM). Rod alignment and overlap limits maintain an appropriate power distribution and reactivity insertion profile. Control and shutdown rods are initiators to several accidents previously evaluated, such as rod ejection. The proposed change does not change the limiting conditions for operation for the rods or make any technical changes to the Surveillance Requirements (SRs) governing the rods. Therefore, the proposed change has no significant effect on the probability of any accident previously evaluated. Revising the TS [Technical Specification] Actions to provide a limited time to repair rod movement control has no effect on the SDM assumed in the accident analysis as the proposed Actions require verification that SDM is maintained. The effects on power distribution will not cause a significant increase in the consequences of any accident previously evaluated as all TS requirements on power distribution continue to be applicable. Revising the TS Actions to provide an alternative to frequent use of the moveable incore detector system to verify the position of rods with inoperable rod position indicator does not change the requirement for the rods to be aligned and within the insertion limits. Therefore, the assumptions used in any accidents previously evaluated are unchanged and there is no significant increase in the consequences. The proposed change to resolve the conflicts in the TS ensure that the intended Actions are followed when equipment is inoperable. Actions taken with inoperable equipment are not assumptions in the [[Page 32019]] accidents previously evaluated and have no significant effect on the consequences. The proposed change to eliminate an unnecessary action has no effect on the consequences of accidents previously evaluated as the analysis of those accidents did not consider the use of the action. The proposed change to increase consistency within the TS has no effect on the consequences of accidents previously evaluated as the proposed change clarifies the application of the existing requirements and does not change the intent. The proposed change to renumber the TS and make other supporting changes has no effect on the probability or consequences of previously evaluated accidents. Therefore, the proposed amendment does not involve a significant increase in the probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated. 2. Does the proposed amendment create the possibility of a new or different kind of accident from any previously evaluated? Response: No. The proposed change does not involve a physical alteration of the plant (that is, no new or different type of equipment will be installed). The change does not alter assumptions made in the safety analyses. The proposed change does not alter the limiting conditions for operation for the rods or make any technical changes to the SRs governing the rods. The proposed change to actions maintains or improves safety when equipment is inoperable and does not introduce new failure modes. The proposed change to renumber the TS and make other supporting changes will not create the possibility of a new or different kind of accident from those previously evaluated. Therefore, the proposed amendment does not create the possibility of a new or different kind of accident from any previously evaluated. 3. Does the proposed amendment involve a significant reduction in a margin of safety? Response: No. The proposed change to allow an alternative method of verifying rod position has no effect on the safety margin as actual rod position is not affected. The proposed change to provide time to repair rods that are Operable but immovable does not result in a significant reduction in the margin of safety because all rods must be verified to be Operable, and all other banks must be within the insertion limits. The remaining proposed changes to make the requirements internally consistent and to eliminate unnecessary actions do not affect the margin of safety as the changes do not affect the ability of the rods to perform their specified safety function. The proposed change to renumber the TS and make other supporting changes has no effect on a margin of safety. Therefore, the proposed amendment does not involve a significant reduction in a margin of safety. The NRC staff has reviewed the licensee's analysis and, based on this review, it appears that the three standards of 10 CFR 50.92(c) are satisfied. Therefore, the NRC staff proposes to determine that the license amendment request involves a no significant hazards consideration. The NRC is seeking public comments on this proposed determination that the license amendment request involves no significant hazards consideration. Any comments received within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice will be considered in making any final determination. Normally, the Commission will not issue the amendments until the expiration of 60 days after the date of publication of this notice. The Commission may issue the license amendments before expiration of the 60-day notice period if the Commission concludes the amendments involve no significant hazards consideration. In addition, the Commission may issue the amendments prior to the expiration of the 30-day comment period if circumstances change during the 30-day comment period such that failure to act in a timely way would result, for example, in derating or shutdown of the facility. If the Commission takes action prior to the expiration of either the comment period or the notice period, it will publish in the Federal Register a notice of issuance. If the Commission makes a final no significant hazards consideration determination, any hearing will take place after issuance. The Commission expects that the need to take this action will occur very infrequently. III. Opportunity To Request a Hearing and Petition for Leave To Intervene Within 60 days after the date of publication of this notice, any persons (petitioner) whose interest may be affected by this action may file a request for a hearing and petition for leave to intervene (petition) with respect to the action. Petitions shall be filed in accordance with the Commission's ``Agency Rules of Practice and Procedure'' in 10 CFR part 2. Interested persons should consult a current copy of 10 CFR 2.309. The NRC's regulations are accessible electronically from the NRC Library on the NRC's Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/cfr/. Alternatively, a copy of the regulations is available at the NRC's Public Document Room, located at One White Flint North, Room O1-F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland 20852. If a petition is filed, the Commission or a presiding officer will rule on the petition and, if appropriate, a notice of a hearing will be issued. As required by 10 CFR 2.309(d) the petition should specifically explain the reasons why intervention should be permitted with particular reference to the following general requirements for standing: (1) The name, address, and telephone number of the petitioner; (2) the nature of the petitioner's right under the Act to be made a party to the proceeding; (3) the nature and extent of the petitioner's property, financial, or other interest in the proceeding; and (4) the possible effect of any decision or order which may be entered in the proceeding on the petitioner's interest. In accordance with 10 CFR 2.309(f), the petition must also set forth the specific contentions which the petitioner seeks to have litigated in the proceeding. Each contention must consist of a specific statement of the issue of law or fact to be raised or controverted. In addition, the petitioner must provide a brief explanation of the bases for the contention and a concise statement of the alleged facts or expert opinion which support the contention and on which the petitioner intends to rely in proving the contention at the hearing. The petitioner must also provide references to the specific sources and documents on which the petitioner intends to rely to support its position on the issue. The petition must include sufficient information to show that a genuine dispute exists with the applicant or licensee on a material issue of law or fact. Contentions must be limited to matters within the scope of the proceeding. The contention must be one which, if proven, would entitle the petitioner to relief. A petitioner who fails to satisfy the requirements at 10 CFR 2.309(f) with respect to at least one contention will not be permitted to participate as a party. Those permitted to intervene become parties to the proceeding, subject to any limitations in the order granting leave to intervene. Parties have the opportunity to participate fully in the conduct of the hearing with respect to resolution of that party's admitted contentions, including the opportunity to present evidence, consistent with the NRC's regulations, policies, and procedures. Petitions must be filed no later than 60 days from the date of publication of this notice. Petitions and motions for leave to file new or amended contentions that are filed after the deadline will not be entertained absent a determination by the presiding officer that the filing demonstrates good cause by satisfying the three factors in 10 CFR 2.309(c)(1)(i) through (iii). The petition must be filed in accordance with the filing instructions in the ``Electronic [[Page 32020]] Submissions (E-Filing)'' section of this document. If a hearing is requested, and the Commission has not made a final determination on the issue of no significant hazards consideration, the Commission will make a final determination on the issue of no significant hazards consideration. The final determination will serve to establish when the hearing is held. If the final determination is that the amendment request involves no significant hazards consideration, the Commission may issue the amendments and make them immediately effective, notwithstanding the request for a hearing. Any hearing would take place after issuance of the amendments. If the final determination is that the amendment request involves a significant hazards consideration, then any hearing held would take place before the issuance of the amendments unless the Commission finds an imminent danger to the health or safety of the public, in which case it will issue an appropriate order or rule under 10 CFR part 2. A State, local governmental body, Federally-recognized Indian Tribe, or agency thereof, may submit a petition to the Commission to participate as a party under 10 CFR 2.309(h)(1). The petition should state the nature and extent of the petitioner's interest in the proceeding. The petition should be submitted to the Commission by September 11, 2017. The petition must be filed in accordance with the filing instructions in the ``Electronic Submissions (E-Filing)'' section of this document, and should meet the requirements for petitions set forth in this section, except that under 10 CFR 2.309(h)(2) a State, local governmental body, or federally recognized Indian Tribe, or agency thereof does not need to address the standing requirements in 10 CFR 2.309(d) if the facility is located within its boundaries. Alternatively, a State, local governmental body, Federally- recognized Indian Tribe, or agency thereof may participate as a non- party under 10 CFR 2.315(c). If a hearing is granted, any person who is not a party to the proceeding and is not affiliated with or represented by a party may, at the discretion of the presiding officer, be permitted to make a limited appearance pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.315(a). A person making a limited appearance may make an oral or written statement of his or her position on the issues but may not otherwise participate in the proceeding. A limited appearance may be made at any session of the hearing or at any prehearing conference, subject to the limits and conditions as may be imposed by the presiding officer. Details regarding the opportunity to make a limited appearance will be provided by the presiding officer if such sessions are scheduled. IV. Electronic Submissions (E-Filing) All documents filed in NRC adjudicatory proceedings, including a request for hearing and petition for leave to intervene (petition), any motion or other document filed in the proceeding prior to the submission of a request for hearing or petition to intervene, and documents filed by interested governmental entities that request to participate under 10 CFR 2.315(c), must be filed in accordance with the NRC's E-Filing rule (72 FR 49139; August 28, 2007, as amended at 77 FR 46562, August 3, 2012). The E-Filing process requires participants to submit and serve all adjudicatory documents over the internet, or in some cases to mail copies on electronic storage media. Detailed guidance on making electronic submissions may be found in the Guidance for Electronic Submissions to the NRC and on the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html. Participants may not submit paper copies of their filings unless they seek an exemption in accordance with the procedures described below. To comply with the procedural requirements of E-Filing, at least 10 days prior to the filing deadline, the participant should contact the Office of the Secretary by email at [email protected], or by telephone at 301-415-1677, to (1) request a digital identification (ID) certificate, which allows the participant (or its counsel or representative) to digitally sign submissions and access the E-Filing system for any proceeding in which it is participating; and (2) advise the Secretary that the participant will be submitting a petition or other adjudicatory document (even in instances in which the participant, or its counsel or representative, already holds an NRC- issued digital ID certificate). Based upon this information, the Secretary will establish an electronic docket for the hearing in this proceeding if the Secretary has not already established an electronic docket. Information about applying for a digital ID certificate is available on the NRC's public Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals/getting-started.html. Once a participant has obtained a digital ID certificate and a docket has been created, the participant can then submit adjudicatory documents. Submissions must be in Portable Document Format (PDF). Additional guidance on PDF submissions is available on the NRC's public Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/site-help/electronic-sub-ref-mat.html. A filing is considered complete at the time the document is submitted through the NRC's E-Filing system. To be timely, an electronic filing must be submitted to the E-Filing system no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date. Upon receipt of a transmission, the E-Filing system time-stamps the document and sends the submitter an email notice confirming receipt of the document. The E-Filing system also distributes an email notice that provides access to the document to the NRC's Office of the General Counsel and any others who have advised the Office of the Secretary that they wish to participate in the proceeding, so that the filer need not serve the document on those participants separately. Therefore, applicants and other participants (or their counsel or representative) must apply for and receive a digital ID certificate before adjudicatory documents are filed so that they can obtain access to the documents via the E-Filing system. A person filing electronically using the NRC's adjudicatory E- Filing system may seek assistance by contacting the NRC's Electronic Filing Help Desk through the ``Contact Us'' link located on the NRC's public Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html, by email to [email protected], or by a toll-free call at 1-866-672- 7640. The NRC Electronic Filing Help Desk is available between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m., Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, excluding government holidays. Participants who believe that they have a good cause for not submitting documents electronically must file an exemption request, in accordance with 10 CFR 2.302(g), with their initial paper filing stating why there is good cause for not filing electronically and requesting authorization to continue to submit documents in paper format. Such filings must be submitted by: (1) First class mail addressed to the Office of the Secretary of the Commission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, Attention: Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff; or (2) courier, express mail, or expedited delivery service to the Office of the Secretary, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852, Attention: Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff. Participants filing adjudicatory documents in this manner are responsible for serving the document on all other participants. Filing is [[Page 32021]] considered complete by first-class mail as of the time of deposit in the mail, or by courier, express mail, or expedited delivery service upon depositing the document with the provider of the service. A presiding officer, having granted an exemption request from using E- Filing, may require a participant or party to use E-Filing if the presiding officer subsequently determines that the reason for granting the exemption from use of E-Filing no longer exists. Documents submitted in adjudicatory proceedings will appear in the NRC's electronic hearing docket which is available to the public at https://adams.nrc.gov/ehd, unless excluded pursuant to an order of the Commission or the presiding officer. If you do not have an NRC-issued digital ID certificate as described above, click cancel when the link requests certificates and you will be automatically directed to the NRC's electronic hearing dockets where you will be able to access any publicly available documents in a particular hearing docket. Participants are requested not to include personal privacy information, such as social security numbers, home addresses, or personal phone numbers in their filings, unless an NRC regulation or other law requires submission of such information. For example, in some instances, individuals provide home addresses in order to demonstrate proximity to a facility or site. With respect to copyrighted works, except for limited excerpts that serve the purpose of the adjudicatory filings and would constitute a Fair Use application, participants are requested not to include copyrighted materials in their submission. For further details with respect to this action, see the application for license amendments dated June 30, 2017. Attorney for licensee: David W. Jenkins, FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company, FirstEnergy Corporation, 76 South Main Street, Akron, OH 44308. NRC Branch Chief: James G. Danna. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 6th day of July 2017. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Booma Venkataraman, Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch I, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. [FR Doc. 2017-14517 Filed 7-10-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590-01-P
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301–415–2084; email: INFOCOLLECTS submission. Your request should state are options to the two-step licensing
.Resource@nrc.gov. that comment submissions are not process in 10 CFR part 50, which
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: routinely edited to remove such provides for a CP and an OL. The part
information before making the comment 52 licensing process places procedural
I. Obtaining Information and submissions available to the public or requirements in part 52 and technical
Submitting Comments entering the comment into ADAMS. requirements in part 50. Part 52 reduces
A. Obtaining Information the overall paperwork burden borne by
II. Background
applicants for CPs and OLs because part
Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2016– Under the provisions of the 52 only requires a single application
0129 when contacting the NRC about Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 and provides options for referencing
the availability of information for this U.S.C. Chapter 35), the NRC recently standardized designs. The information
action. You may obtain publicly- submitted a request for renewal of an in 10 CFR part 52 is needed by the
available information related to this existing collection of information to agency to assess the adequacy and
action by any of the following methods: OMB for review titled ‘‘10 CFR part 52, suitability of an applicant’s site, plant
• Federal rulemaking Web site: Go to Licenses, Certifications, and Approvals design, construction, training and
http://www.regulations.gov and search for Nuclear Power Plants.’’ The NRC experience, plans and procedures for
for Docket ID NRC–2016–0129. hereby informs potential respondents the protection of public health and
• NRC’s Agencywide Documents that an agency may not conduct or safety.
Access and Management System sponsor, and that a person is not
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly- Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 6th day
required to respond to, a collection of of July 2017.
available documents online in the information unless it displays a
ADAMS Public Documents collection at For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
currently valid OMB control number.
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ The NRC published a Federal David Cullison,
adams.html. To begin the search, select Register notice with a 60-day comment NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief
‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then period on this information collection on Information Officer.
select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS April 4, 2017 (82 FR 16435). [FR Doc. 2017–14491 Filed 7–10–17; 8:45 am]
Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS, 1. The title of the information BILLING CODE 7590–01–P
please contact the NRC’s Public collection: 10 CFR part 52, Licenses,
Document Room (PDR) reference staff at Certifications, and Approvals for
1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by Nuclear Power Plants. NUCLEAR REGULATORY
email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The 2. OMB approval number: 3150–0151. COMMISSION
supporting statement and burden 3. Type of submission: Extension. [Docket Nos. 50–334 and 50–412; NRC–
spreadsheet are available in ADAMS 4. The form number if applicable: Not 2017–0157]
under Accession Nos. ML17171A173 applicable.
and ML17171A188. 5. How often the collection is required FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating
• NRC’s PDR: You may examine and or requested: On occasion. Applications Company; Beaver Valley Power
purchase copies of public documents at are submitted only when licensing Station, Units 1 and 2
the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One action is sought.
White Flint North, 11555 Rockville 6. Who will be required or asked to AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory
Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. respond: Applicants for early site Commission.
• NRC’s Clearance Officer: A copy of permits (ESPs), standard design ACTION: License amendment application;
the collection of information and related approvals (SDAs) and certifications, opportunity to comment, request a
instructions may be obtained without manufacturing licenses (MLs), and hearing, and petition for leave to
charge by contacting the NRC’s licenses which combine construction intervene.
Clearance Officer, David Cullison, permits (CPs) and conditional operating
Office of the Chief Information Officer, SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
licenses (OLs), e.g., COLs, for
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Commission (NRC) is considering
commercial nuclear power reactors.
Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone: 7. The estimated number of annual issuance of amendments to Facility
301–415–2084; email: INFOCOLLECTS responses: 1,175 (1,150 reporting Operating License Nos. 50–334 and 50–
.Resource@NRC.GOV. responses plus 25 recordkeepers). 412, issued to FirstEnergy Nuclear
8. The estimated number of annual Operating Company, for operation of the
B. Submitting Comments respondents: 25. Beaver Valley Power Station (Beaver
The NRC cautions you not to include 9. An estimate of the total number of Valley), Units 1 and 2. The proposed
identifying or contact information in hours needed annually to comply with amendments would modify
comment submissions that you do not the information collection requirement requirements on control and shutdown
want to be publicly disclosed in your or request: 243,854 hours (220,414 rods, and rod and bank position
comment submission. All comment hours reporting plus 23,440 hours indication for Beaver Valley, Unit 2, and
submissions are posted at http:// recordkeeping). make additional, supporting changes to
www.regulations.gov and entered into 10. Abstract: The licensing processes Beaver Valley, Units 1 and 2, Technical
ADAMS. Comment submissions are not in part 52 of title 10 of the Code of Specifications.
routinely edited to remove identifying Federal Regulations (10 CFR) provide DATES: Submit comments by August 10,
or contact information. for issuance of ESPs, SDAs, MLs, CPs, 2017. A request for a hearing or petition
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If you are requesting or aggregating and COLs for commercial nuclear power for leave to intervene must be filed by
comments from other persons for reactors. The applicants submit updated September 11, 2017.
submission to the OMB, then you reports, applications for renewals, ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID
should inform those persons not to exemption requests and maintain NRC–2017–0157 when contacting the
include identifying or contact records of changes to the facility and NRC about the availability of
information that they do not want to be records of detailed design related information regarding this document.
publicly disclosed in their comment information. These licensing procedures You may obtain publicly available
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information related to this document Document Room (PDR) reference staff at Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended
using any of the following methods: 1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by (the Act), and the NRC’s regulations.
• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The The NRC has made a proposed
http://www.regulations.gov and search ADAMS accession number for each determination that the license
for Docket ID NRC–2017–0157. Address document referenced (if it is available in amendment request involves no
questions about NRC dockets to Carol ADAMS) is provided the first time that significant hazards consideration. Under
Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463; it is mentioned in this document. The the NRC’s regulations in § 50.92 of title
email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For application for amendments, dated June 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations
technical questions, contact the 30, 2017, is available in ADAMS under (10 CFR), this means that operation of
individual(s) listed in the FOR FURTHER Accession No. ML17181A464. the facilities in accordance with the
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this • NRC’s PDR: You may examine and proposed amendments would not (1)
document. purchase copies of public documents at involve a significant increase in the
• NRC’s Agencywide Documents the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One probability or consequences of an
Access and Management System White Flint North, 11555 Rockville accident previously evaluated; or (2)
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. create the possibility of a new or
available documents online in the different kind of accident from any
ADAMS Public Documents collection at B. Submitting Comments
accident previously evaluated; or (3)
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ Please include Docket ID NRC–2017– involve a significant reduction in a
adams.html. To begin the search, select 0157 in your comment submission. margin of safety. As required by 10 CFR
‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then The NRC cautions you not to include 50.91(a), the licensee has provided its
select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS identifying or contact information that analysis of the issue of no significant
Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS, you do not want to be publicly hazards consideration, which is
please contact the NRC’s Public disclosed in your comment submission. presented below:
Document Room (PDR) reference staff at The NRC will post all comment
1. Does the proposed amendment involve
1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by submissions at http://
a significant increase in the probability or
email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The www.regulations.gov as well as enter the consequences of an accident previously
ADAMS accession number for each comment submissions into ADAMS. evaluated?
document referenced in this document The NRC does not routinely edit Response: No.
(if that document is available in comment submissions to remove Control and shutdown rods are assumed to
ADAMS) is provided the first time that identifying or contact information. insert into the core to shut down the reactor
a document is referenced. If you are requesting or aggregating in evaluated accidents. Rod insertion limits
• NRC’s PDR: You may examine and comments from other persons for ensure that adequate negative reactivity is
submission to the NRC, then you should available to provide the assumed shutdown
purchase copies of public documents at
margin (SDM). Rod alignment and overlap
the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One inform those persons not to include limits maintain an appropriate power
White Flint North, 11555 Rockville identifying or contact information that distribution and reactivity insertion profile.
Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. they do not want to be publicly Control and shutdown rods are initiators to
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: disclosed in their comment submission. several accidents previously evaluated, such
Booma Venkataraman, Office of Nuclear Your request should state that the NRC as rod ejection. The proposed change does
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear does not routinely edit comment not change the limiting conditions for
Regulatory Commission, Washington, submissions to remove such information operation for the rods or make any technical
before making the comment changes to the Surveillance Requirements
DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415– (SRs) governing the rods. Therefore, the
2934, email: Booma.Venktaraman@ submissions available to the public or
proposed change has no significant effect on
nrc.gov. entering the comment into ADAMS. the probability of any accident previously
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: II. Introduction evaluated.
Revising the TS [Technical Specification]
I. Obtaining Information and The NRC is considering issuance of Actions to provide a limited time to repair
Submitting Comments amendments to Facility Operating rod movement control has no effect on the
License Nos. 50–334 and 50–412, issued SDM assumed in the accident analysis as the
A. Obtaining Information to FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating proposed Actions require verification that
Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2017– Company, for operation of Beaver SDM is maintained. The effects on power
0157 when contacting the NRC about Valley, Units 1 and 2, located in Beaver distribution will not cause a significant
the availability of information for this County, Pennsylvania. increase in the consequences of any accident
action. You may obtain publicly The proposed amendments would previously evaluated as all TS requirements
modify requirements on control and on power distribution continue to be
available information related to this applicable.
action by any of the following methods: shutdown rods, and rod and bank Revising the TS Actions to provide an
• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to position indication for Beaver Valley, alternative to frequent use of the moveable
http://www.regulations.gov and search Unit 2. The proposed changes are incore detector system to verify the position
for Docket ID NRC–2017–0157. consistent with the NRC-approved of rods with inoperable rod position
• NRC’s Agencywide Documents Technical Specifications Task Force indicator does not change the requirement for
Access and Management System (TSTF) Traveler TSTF–547–A, Revision the rods to be aligned and within the
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly 1, ‘‘Clarification of Rod Positon insertion limits.
available documents online in the Requirements’’ (ADAMS Package Therefore, the assumptions used in any
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ADAMS Public Documents collection at Accession No. ML16012A126). The accidents previously evaluated are
unchanged and there is no significant
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ licensee also proposed additional increase in the consequences.
adams.html. To begin the search, select supporting changes to Beaver Valley, The proposed change to resolve the
‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then Units 1 and 2, Technical Specifications. conflicts in the TS ensure that the intended
select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS Before any issuance of the proposed Actions are followed when equipment is
Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS, license amendments, the NRC will need inoperable. Actions taken with inoperable
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| Contact | Booma Venkataraman, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-2934, email: [email protected] | |
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