82 FR 34991 - Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC; Catawba Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 143 (July 27, 2017)

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has granted the request of Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC (Duke Energy) to withdraw its application dated December 15, 2016, for proposed amendments to Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-35 and NPF-52. In that submitted, Duke Energy proposed to adopt multiple Technical Specifications Task Force (TSTF) Travelers that would have modified Technical Specification (TS) 3.4.12, ``Low Temperature Overpressure Protection (LTOP) System,'' to increase the time allowed for swapping charging pumps to one hour. The portion related to TSTF-285-A, Revision 1, ``Charging Pump Swap LTOP Allowance,'' is being withdrawn.

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[FR Doc No: 2017-15758]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50-413 and 50-414; NRC-2017-0104]


Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC; Catawba Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 
2

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 Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC (Duke Energy) to withdraw its 
application dated December 15, 2016, for proposed amendments to Renewed 
Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-35 and NPF-52. In that submitted, 
Duke Energy proposed to adopt multiple Technical Specifications Task 
Force (TSTF) Travelers that would have modified Technical Specification 
(TS) 3.4.12, ``Low Temperature Overpressure Protection (LTOP) System,'' 
to increase the time allowed for swapping charging pumps to one hour. 
The portion related to TSTF-285-A, Revision 1, ``Charging Pump Swap 
LTOP Allowance,'' is being withdrawn.

DATES: July 27, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2017-0104 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-2017-0104. 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 
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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.

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     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: Michael Mahoney, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington DC 
20555-0001; telephone 301-415-3857, email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC has granted the request of Duke 
Energy Carolinas, LLC (the licensee) to withdraw its application dated 
December 15, 2016 (ADAMS Accession No. ML16350A422), for proposed 
amendments to Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF-35 and NPF-52 
for the Catawba Nuclear Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2, located in York 
County, South Carolina.
    The submittal dated December 15, 2016, proposed to adopt multiple 
Technical Specifications Task Force (TSTF) Travelers that would have 
modified Technical Specification (TS) 3.4.12, ``Low Temperature 
Overpressure Protection (LTOP) System,'' to increase the time allowed 
for swapping charging pumps to one hour. The portion related to TSTF-
285-A, Revision 1, ``Charging Pump Swap LTOP Allowance,'' is being 
withdrawn. The licensee's application was noticed previously in the 
Federal Register on April 25, 2017 (82 FR 19099). The licensee provided 
a request to withdraw the application by letter dated on June 29, 2017 
(ADAMS Accession No. ML17180A154).

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 19th day of July 2017.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Michael Mahoney,
Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch II-1, Division of Operating 
Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2017-15758 Filed 7-26-17; 8:45 am]
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