[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 113 (Tuesday, June 12, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35080-35081]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-14262]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 50-293; NRC-2012-0130]
Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station;
Record of Decision and Issuance of Renewed Facility Operating License
No. DPR-35 for an Additional 20-Year Period
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: License renewal application; issuance.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission)
has issued renewed facility operating license No. DPR-35 to Entergy
Operations Inc. (the licensee), the operator of the Pilgrim Nuclear
Power Station (PNPS). Renewed facility operating license No. DPR-35
authorizes operation of PNPS by the licensee at reactor core power
levels not in excess of 2,028 megawatts thermal in accordance with the
provisions of the PNPS renewed license and its technical
specifications. This also serves as the record of decision for the
renewal of facility operating license No. DPR-35, consistent with the
NRC's regulations.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Notice is hereby given that the NRC has issued renewed facility
operating license No. DPR-35 to Entergy Operations Inc., the operator
of the PNPS. Renewed facility operating license No. DPR-35 authorizes
operation of PNPS by the licensee at reactor core power levels not in
excess of 2,028 megawatts thermal in accordance with the provisions of
the PNPS renewed license and its technical specifications.
The notice also serves as the record of decision for the renewal of
facility operating license No. DPR-35, consistent with Title 10 of the
Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 51.103. As discussed in the final
supplemental environmental impact statement (FSEIS) for PNPS,
Supplement 47 to NUREG-1437, ``Generic Environmental Impact Statement
for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants Regarding Pilgrim Nuclear Power
Station,'' dated July 2007 (ADAMS Accession Nos. ML071990020 and
ML071990027), the Commission has considered a range of reasonable
alternatives that included fossil fuel generation, renewable energy
sources, demand-side measures such as energy conservation, and the no-
action alternative. The factors considered in the record of decision
can be found in the FSEIS for PNPS.
PNPS is a boiling water reactor located 4 miles southeast of
Plymouth, Massachusetts. The application for the renewed license,
``Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station License Renewal Application,'' dated
January 25, 2006 (ADAMS Accession No. ML060300028), complied with the
standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended
(the Act), and the Commission's regulations. As required by the Act and
the Commission's regulations in 10 CFR Chapter 1, the Commission has
made appropriate findings, which are set forth in the license. Prior
public notice of the action involving the proposed issuance of the
renewed license and of an opportunity for a hearing regarding the
proposed issuance of the renewed license was published in the Federal
Register on March 27, 2006 (71 FR 15222).
For further details with respect to this action, see: (1) Entergy
Nuclear Operation, Inc., license renewal application for Pilgrim
Nuclear Power Station dated January 25, 2006, as supplemented by
letters dated through April 24, 2012; (2) the Commission's safety
evaluation report (NUREG-1891), published in November 2007, as
supplemented (ADAMS Accession Nos. ML073241016, ML072210478, and
ML11147A036); (3) the licensee's Final Safety Analysis Report; and (4)
the Commission's FSEIS (NUREG-1437, Supplement 29), for the Pilgrim
Nuclear Power Station, published in July 2007.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 29th day of May, 2012.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Dennis Morey,
Chief, Projects Branch 1, Division of License Renewal, Office of
Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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