82 FR 46311 - STP Nuclear Operating Company; South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 191 (October 4, 2017)

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued renewed Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-76 and NPF-80 to STP Nuclear Operating Company (licensee), the operator of the South Texas Project (STP), Units 1 and 2. Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-76 and NPF-80 authorize operation of STP by the licensee at reactor core power levels not in excess of 3,853 megawatts thermal for each unit, in accordance with the provisions of the STP renewed licenses 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 Nos. NPF-76 and NPF-80.

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 191 (Wednesday, October 4, 2017)]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50-498 & 50-499; NRC-2010-0375]


STP Nuclear Operating Company; South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2

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-76 and NPF-80 to STP 
Nuclear Operating Company (licensee), the operator of the South Texas 
Project (STP), Units 1 and 2. Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. 
NPF-76 and NPF-80 authorize operation of STP by the licensee at reactor 
core power levels not in excess of 3,853 megawatts thermal for each 
unit, in accordance with the provisions of the STP renewed licenses 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 Nos. NPF-76 and NPF-80.

DATES: The renewal of Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-76 and NPF-80 
was issued on September 28, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2010-0375 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-2010-0375. 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: Lois M. James, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555; telephone: 301-415-3306; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that the NRC has 
issued renewed Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-76 and NPF-80 to STP 
Nuclear Operating Company (licensee), the operator of STP, Units 1 and 
2. Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-76 and NPF-80 authorize 
operation of STP by the licensee at reactor core power levels not in 
excess of 3,853 megawatts thermal for each unit, in accordance with the 
provisions of the STP renewed license and technical specifications. The 
NRC's ROD that supports the NRC's decision to renew Facility Operating 
License Nos. NPF-76 and NPF-80 is available in ADAMS under Accession 
No. ML17138A276 and was published in the Federal Register (FR) on 
September 25, 2017 (82 FR 44666). As discussed in the ROD and the final 
supplemental environmental impact statement (FSEIS) for STP, Supplement 
48 to NUREG-1437, ``Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License 
Renewal of Nuclear Plants Regarding South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2, 
Final Report'' dated November 2013 (ADAMS Accession No. ML13322A890), 
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 FSEIS documents the environmental review, including the 
determination that the adverse environmental impacts of license renewal 
for STP are not so great that preserving the option of license renewal 
for energy planning decisionmakers would be unreasonable.
    South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2, are pressurized water reactors 
located in Bay City, TX (90 miles SW of Houston, TX). The application 
for the renewed licenses, ``License Renewal Application, South Texas 
Project, Unit 1 and Unit 2, Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-76 and 
NPF-80,'' dated October 25, 2010 (ADAMS Package Accession No. 
ML103010256), as supplemented by letters dated through May 2, 2017, 
complies 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 title10 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 January 13, 2011 (76 
FR 2426). No adjudicatory matters are pending before the Commission or 
the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel regarding the STP license 
renewal application.
    For further details with respect to this action, see: (1) STP 
Nuclear Operating Company license renewal application for STP dated 
October 25, 2010 (ADAMS Package Accession No. ML103010256), as 
supplemented by letters through May 2, 2017; (2) the NRC's safety 
evaluation report published on June 8, 2017 (ADAMS Package Accession 
No. ML17142A263); (3) the NRC's final environmental impact statement 
(NUREG-1437, Supplement 48) for STP published on November 30, 2013 
(ADAMS Accession No. ML13322A890); and (4) the NRC's ROD (ADAMS 
Accession No. ML17138A276).

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 28th day of September 2017.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Joseph E. Donoghue,
Deputy Director, Division of License Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor 
Regulation.
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