2025-00444. Monthly Notice; Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations

License Amendment Request(s)

Florida Power & Light Company, et al.; St. Lucie Plant, Unit No. 2; St. Lucie County, FL
Docket No	50-389.
Application date	November 26, 2024.
ADAMS Accession No	ML24331A249.
Location in Application of NSHC	Pages 12-15 of Enclosure 1.
Brief Description of Amendment	The proposed license amendment would revise the St. Lucie Plant, Unit No. 2, Technical Specification 5.5.16, “Surveillance Frequency Control Program,” to increase certain surveillance requirement frequencies to support a 24-month fuel cycle. The proposed modification to the Surveillance Frequency Control Program would permit affected surveillance requirement frequency increases in accordance with NRC Generic Letter 91-04, “Changes in Technical Specification Surveillance Intervals to Accommodate a 24-Month Fuel Cycle,” dated April 2, 1991.
Proposed Determination	NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Mailing Address	James Petro, Managing Attorney—Nuclear, Florida Power & Light Company 700 Universe Boulevard, MS LAW/JB, Juno Beach, FL 33408-0420.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Number	Natreon Jordan, 301-415-7410.
Northern States Power Company; Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant; Wright County, MN
Docket No	50-263.
Application date	October 21, 2024.
ADAMS Accession No	ML24327A157.
Location in Application of NSHC	Pages 2-5 of the Enclosure.
Brief Description of Amendment	The proposed amendment would revise the Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant technical specification (TS) actions applicable when a residual heat removal (RHR) shutdown cooling subsystem is inoperable and provide a TS exception to entering Mode 4 if both required RHR shutdown cooling subsystems are inoperable. The proposed changes are consistent with Technical Specification Task Force (TSTF) Traveler TSTF-566, “Revise Actions for Inoperable RHR Shutdown Cooling Subsystems,” and Traveler TSTF-580, Revision 1, “Provide Exception from Entering Mode 4 with No Operable RHR Shutdown Cooling.”
Proposed Determination	NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Mailing Address	Peter M. Glass, Assistant General Counsel, Xcel Energy, 414 Nicollet Mall—401-8, Minneapolis, MN 55401.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Number	Brent Ballard, 301-415-0680.
Susquehanna Nuclear, LLC and Allegheny Electric Cooperative, Inc.; Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2; Luzerne County, PA
Docket Nos	50-387, 50-388.
Application date	November 1, 2024.
ADAMS Accession No	ML24306A122.
Location in Application of NSHC	Pages 113-117 of Attachment 1.
Brief Description of Amendments	The proposed amendments would revise technical specifications (TS) for the Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2. Specifically, the proposed amendments would modify the primary containment leak rate testing program TS by allowing: increasing the integrated leak rate test program interval; extending test intervals for Type A, B, and C leakage rate tests; extending the drywell-to-suppression chamber bypass leak rate test frequency; extending the frequency of containment isolation valve leakage rate testing; and, using American National Standards Institute/American Nuclear Society Standard 56.8-2020, “Containment System Leakage Testing Requirements.” The proposed amendments to the TS would also replace certain guidance document references and delete information regarding the performance of tests that have been successfully performed.
Proposed Determination	NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Mailing Address	Jason Usher, 600 Hamilton Street, Suite 600, Allentown, PA 18101.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Number	Audrey Klett, 301-415-0489.
Tennessee Valley Authority; Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2; Hamilton County, TN; Tennessee Valley Authority; Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2; Rhea County, TN
Docket Nos	50-327, 50-328, 50-390, 50-391.
Application date	November 4, 2024.
ADAMS Accession No	ML24309A061.
Location in Application of NSHC	Pages E19 and E20 of Enclosure.
Brief Description of Amendments	The proposed amendments would revise some definitions in Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, and Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, Technical Specification (TS) 1.1, “Definitions,” and add new TS 5.5.19, “Online Monitoring Program,” (Sequoyah) and TS 5.7.2.24, “Online Monitoring Program” (Watts Bar), to permit the use of an NRC-approved online monitoring (OLM) methodology as the technical basis to switch from time-based surveillance frequency for channel calibrations to a condition-based calibration frequency based on OLM results.
Proposed Determination	NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Mailing Address	David Fountain, Executive VP and General Counsel, Tennessee Valley Authority, 400 West Summit Hill Drive, WT 6A-K, Knoxville, TN 37902.
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NRC Project Manager, Telephone Number	Kimberly Green, 301-415-1627.
Tennessee Valley Authority; Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2; Hamilton County, TN; Tennessee Valley Authority; Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2; Rhea County, TN
Docket Nos	50-327, 50-328, 50-390, 50-391.
Application date	November 12, 2024.
ADAMS Accession No	ML24317A243.
Location in Application of NSHC	Pages E9-E11 of the Enclosure.
Brief Description of Amendments	The proposed amendments would revise Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, and Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, Technical Specification Limiting Condition of Operation 3.5.2, “ECCS [emergency core cooling system]—Operating,” Note 1, to include the residual heat removal pump flow paths in order to optimize surveillance testing.
Proposed Determination	NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Mailing Address	David Fountain, Executive VP and General Counsel, Tennessee Valley Authority, 400 West Summit Hill Drive, WT 6A-K, Knoxville, TN 37902.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Number	Kimberly Green, 301-415-1627.
Union Electric Company; Callaway Plant, Unit No. 1; Callaway County, MO
Docket No	50-483.
Application date	December 5, 2024.
ADAMS Accession No	ML24340A175 (Package).
Location in Application of NSHC	Pages 1-3 of the Enclosure.
Brief Description of Amendment	The proposed amendment would adopt Technical Specifications Task Force (TSTF) Traveler, TSTF-591, “Revise Risk Informed Completion Time (RICT) Program,” which is an approved change to the Standard Technical Specifications, into the Callaway Plant, Unit No. 1 Technical Specifications (TSs). TSTF-591 revises TS Section 5.5, “Programs and Manuals,” “Risk Informed Completion Time Program,” to reference Regulatory Guide 1.200, Revision 3, instead of Revision 2, and to make other changes. Also, a new report is added to TS Section 5.6, “Reporting Requirements,” to inform the NRC of newly developed methods used to Calculate RICTs.
Proposed Determination	NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Mailing Address	Jay E. Silberg, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, 1200 17th St. NW, Washington, DC 20036.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Number	Mahesh Chawla, 301-415-8371.

III. Notice of Issuance of Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses

During the period since publication of the last monthly notice, the Commission has issued the following amendments. The Commission has determined for each of these amendments that the application complies with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the Commission's rules and regulations. The Commission has made appropriate findings as required by the Act and the Commission's rules and regulations in 10 CFR chapter I, which are set forth in the license amendment.

A notice of consideration of issuance of amendment to facility operating license or combined license, as applicable, proposed NSHC determination, and opportunity for a hearing in connection with these actions, were published in the Federal Register as indicated in the safety evaluation for each amendment.

Unless otherwise indicated, the Commission has determined that these amendments satisfy the criteria for categorical exclusion in accordance with 10 CFR 51.22. Therefore, pursuant to 10 CFR 51.22(b), no environmental impact statement or environmental assessment need be prepared for these amendments. If the Commission has prepared an environmental assessment under the special circumstances provision in 10 CFR 51.22(b) and has made a determination based on that assessment, it is so indicated in the safety evaluation for the amendment.

For further details with respect to each action, see the amendment and associated documents such as the Commission's letter and safety evaluation, which may be obtained using the ADAMS accession numbers indicated in the following table. The safety evaluation will provide the ADAMS accession numbers for the application for amendment and the Federal Register citation for any environmental assessment. All of these items can be accessed as described in the “Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments” section of this document. ( print page 7195)

License Amendment Issuances

Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; Braidwood Station, Units 1 and 2, Will County, IL; Byron Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2, Ogle County, IL; Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2; Calvert County, MD; Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; Clinton Power Station, Unit No. 1; DeWitt County, IL; Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; LaSalle County Station, Units 1 and 2; LaSalle County, IL; Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; Limerick Generating Station, Units 1 and 2; Montgomery County, PA; Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, Units 2 and 3; York County, PA; Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant; Wayne County, New York; Constellation FitzPatrick, LLC and Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant; Oswego County, NY; Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, LLC and Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2; Oswego County, NY
Docket Nos	50-456, 50-457, 50-454, 50-455, 50-317, 50-318, 50-461, 50-333, 50-373, 50-374, 50-352, 50-353, 50-220, 50-410, 50-277, 50-278, 50-244.
Amendment Date	December 18, 2024.
ADAMS Accession No	ML24339B729.
Amendment Nos	Braidwood 236 (Units 1 and 2); Byron 235 (Units 1 and 2); Calvert Cliffs 351 (Unit 1), 328 (Unit 2); Clinton 255; FitzPatrick 359; LaSalle 264 (Unit 1), 249 (Unit 2); Limerick 265 (Unit 1), 227 (Unit 2); Nine Mile 254 (Unit 1), 198 (Unit 2); Peach Bottom 345 (Unit 2), 348 (Unit 3); R.E. Ginna 157.
Brief Description of Amendments	The amendments revised the technical specifications (TSs) for each facility in accordance with Technical Specifications Task Force (TSTF) Traveler TSTF-591, Revision 0, “Revise Risk-Informed Completion Time (RICT) Program.” A new report is added to inform the NRC of newly developed methods used to calculate a RICT. Additionally, the amendments removed certain facility's Facility Operating License condition sections associated with the implementation of 10 CFR 50.69, “Risk-informed categorization and treatment of structures, systems and components for nuclear power reactors,” and RICT programs.
Public Comments Received as to Proposed NSHC (Yes/No)	No.
Florida Power & Light Company; Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 3 and 4; Miami-Dade County, FL
Docket Nos	50-250, 50-251.
Amendment Date	December 11, 2024.
ADAMS Accession No	ML24319A294.
Amendment Nos	299 (Unit 3); 292 (Unit 4).
Brief Description of Amendments	The amendments revised the Turkey Point Nuclear Generating, Unit Nos. 3 and 4, technical specifications (TS) by incorporating changes to TS 3.7.13, “Fuel Storage Pool Boron Concentration,” TS 3.7.14, “Spent Fuel Storage,” and TS 4.3, “Fuel Storage,” to allow for an updated spent fuel pool criticality safety analysis that accounts for the impact on the spent fuel from a proposed transition to 24-month fuel cycles.
Public Comments Received as to Proposed NSHC (Yes/No)	No.
Indiana Michigan Power Company: Donald C. Cook Nuclear Plant, Unit Nos. 1 and 2; Berrien County, MI
Docket Nos	50-315, 50-316.
Amendment Date	December 18, 2024.
ADAMS Accession No	ML24297A130.
Amendment Nos	364 (Unit 1); 345 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of Amendments	The amendments revised Technical Specification (TS) 3.3.3, “Post Accident Monitoring (PAM) Instrumentation” to not require environmental qualification to be maintained for TS 3.3.3, Function 1, Neutron Flux, instrumentation.
Public Comments Received as to Proposed NSHC (Yes/No)	No.
Northern States Power Company; Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant; Wright County, MN
Docket No	50-263.
Amendment Date	December 19, 2024.
ADAMS Accession No	ML24270A155.
Amendment No	213.
Brief Description of Amendment	The amendment replaced the current neutron fluence methodology with a newer methodology and revised the technical specifications to update the methodology for developing a pressure temperature limits report.
Public Comments Received as to Proposed NSHC (Yes/No)	No.
Pacific Gas and Electric Company; Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2; San Luis Obispo County, CA
Docket Nos	50-275, 50-323.
Amendment Date	December 11, 2024.
ADAMS Accession No	ML24269A083.
Amendment Nos	247 (Unit 1) and 249 (Unit 2).
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Brief Description of Amendments	The amendments allowed the implementation of 10 CFR 50.69, “Risk-informed categorization and treatment of structures, systems and components for nuclear power reactors.” The provisions in 10 CFR 50.69 allows adjustment of the scope of structures, systems, and components (SSCs) subject to special treatment requirements (e.g., quality assurance, testing, inspection, condition monitoring, assessment, and evaluation) based on an integrated, systematic, risk-informed process for categorizing SSCs according to their safety significance.
Public Comments Received as to Proposed NSHC (Yes/No)	No.
Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant, Unit Nos. 1 and 2; Appling County, GA
Docket Nos	50-321, 50-366.
Amendment Date	December 9, 2024.
ADAMS Accession No	ML24281A097.
Amendment Nos	323 (Unit 1), 268 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of Amendments	The amendments revised Technical Specification (TS) Surveillance Requirement (SR) 3.4.3.1 to increase the nominal mechanical relief setpoints for all safety/relief valves (S/RVs) of the reactor coolant system nuclear pressure relief system. These changes will reduce the potential for S/RV pilot leakage. As a result of the increased S/RV setpoints, the amendments also revised SR 3.1. 7. 7 to increase the minimum Standby Liquid Control pump discharge pressure accordingly.
Public Comments Received as to Proposed NSHC (Yes/No)	No.
Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant, Unit Nos. 1 and 2; Appling County, GA
Docket Nos	50-321, 50-366.
Amendment Date	December 20, 2024.
ADAMS Accession No	ML24312A367.
Amendment Nos	324 (Unit 1), 269 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of Amendments	The amendments revised the Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant, Unit Nos. 1 and 2, Technical Specification (TS) requirements related to Completion Times (CTs) for Required Actions to provide the option to calculate a longer, risk-informed CT (RICT) for the condition of one pump inoperable for TS 3.7.1, “Residual Heat Removal Service Water (RHRSW) System,” and for TS 3.7.2, “Plant Service Water (PSW) System and Ultimate Heat Sink (UHS).” Additionally, the amendments also made corresponding revisions to TS 5.5.16, “Risk Informed Completion Time Program,” and to TS 1.3, “Completion Times,” Example 1.3-8.
Public Comments Received as to Proposed NSHC (Yes/No)	No.
Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2; Houston County, AL; Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2; Burke County, GA
Docket Nos	50-364, 50-348, 50-424, 50-425.
Amendment Date	December 20, 2024.
ADAMS Accession No	ML24330A123.
Amendment Nos	Farley 251 (Unit 1), 248 (Unit 2), Vogtle 226 (Unit 1), 208 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of Amendments	For Farley, Units 1 and 2, and Vogtle, Units 1 and 2, the amendments revised the Technical Specifications (TSs) to adopt Technical Specification Task Force (TSTF)-589, “Eliminate Automatic Diesel Generator Start During Shutdown,” which is an approved change to the Standard Technical Specifications, into the Farley, Units 1 and 2, and the Vogtle, Units 1 and 2, TSs. TSTF-589 eliminates the TS requirements for automatic diesel generator (DG) start and loading during shutdown. The revised amendments eliminate the TS requirements for the automatic DG start and loading capability to be OPERABLE during shutdown and modifies which DG surveillance requirements are required during shutdown.
Public Comments Received as to Proposed NSHC (Yes/No)	No.
Tennessee Valley Authority; Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Units 1, 2, and 3; Limestone County, AL; Tennessee Valley Authority; Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2; Hamilton County, TN; Tennessee Valley Authority; Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2; Rhea County, TN
Docket Nos	50-259, 50-260, 50-296, 50-327, 50-328, 50-390, and 50-391.
Amendment Date	December 23, 2024.
ADAMS Accession No	ML24312A322.
Amendment Nos	Browns Ferry 334 (Unit 1), 357 (Unit 2), 317 (Unit 3); Sequoyah 368 (Unit 1), 362 (Unit 2); Watts Bar 172 (Unit 1), 77 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of Amendments	The amendments revised Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Units 1, 2, and 3, and Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, Technical Specification (TS) 5.4, “Procedures,” and Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, TS 5.7.1, “Procedures,” to remove the revision number for Regulatory Guide 1.33 , “Quality Assurance Program Requirements (Operation),” and replace it with a reference to the revision that is specified in the Tennessee Valley Authority Nuclear Quality Assurance Plan.
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Public Comments Received as to Proposed NSHC (Yes/No)	No.
Tennessee Valley Authority; Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 1; Rhea County, TN
Docket No	50-390.
Amendment Date	December 23, 2024.
ADAMS Accession No	ML24312A005.
Amendment No	171.
Brief Description of Amendment	The amendment revised the expiration date of the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 1, Facility Operating License No. NPF-90 to be 40 years from the date that the full-power operating license was issued, rather than the date that the low-power license was issued. The Facility Operating License will now expire at midnight on February 7, 2036.
Public Comments Received as to Proposed NSHC (Yes/No)	No.
Tennessee Valley Authority; Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2; Rhea County, TN
Docket Nos	50-390, 50-391.
Amendment Date	December 17, 2024.
ADAMS Accession No	ML24285A207.
Amendment Nos	170 (Unit 1); 76 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of Amendments	The amendments revised Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, technical specifications 2.0, 3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, and 5.9.5 by adopting various Technical Specifications Task Force travelers.
Public Comments Received as to Proposed NSHC (Yes/No)	No.
General Electric Hitachi; Vallecitos Boiling Water Reactor, Alameda County, CA
Docket No	50-18.
Amendment Date	November 27, 2024.
ADAMS Accession No	ML24348A094 (Package).
Amendment No	22.
Brief Description of Amendment	The NRC reviewed an application submitted by General Electric Hitachi (GEH) on September 7, 2023, as supplemented on September 15, 2023, October 31, 2023, and March 25, 2024, to amend Facility License No. DPR-1. The application sought approval of a License Termination Plan (LTP) to support termination of Facility License No. DPR-1. The NRC prepared a safety evaluation report to document its review and evaluation of the amendment request. Also, in connection with this action, the NRC prepared an environmental assessment (EA) and a finding of no significant impact (FONSI). The notice of availability of the EA and FONSI for the VBWR was published in the Federal Register on October 16, 2024 (89 FR 83521). Upon completing its review, the NRC staff determined that the request complies with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, as well as the NRC's rules and regulations. The NRC approved the LTP and issued Amendment No. 22 to Facility License No. DPR-1 on November 27, 2024.
Public Comments Received as to Proposed NSHC (Yes/No)	No.