[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 123 (Tuesday, June 26, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29834-29835]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-13606]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-331; NRC-2018-0123]


Duane Arnold Energy Center

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 NextEra Energy Duane Arnold, LLC (NextEra) to withdraw its 
application dated August 31, 2017, for a proposed amendment to Duane 
Arnold Energy Center (DAEC), Facility Operating License No. DPR-49. The 
proposed amendment would have modified the licensing basis by the 
addition of a license condition to allow for the implementation of the 
NRC's regulations on ``Risk-Informed Categorization and Treatment of 
Structures, Systems, and Components (SSCs) for Nuclear Power 
Reactors.''

DATES: June 26, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2018-0123 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:
    <bullet> Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2018-0123. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Jennifer Borges; telephone: 301-287-
9127; email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7238171c1c1b1417005c301d00151701321c00115c151d04"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6a200f0404030c0f18442805180d0f192a041809440d051c">[email protected]</span></a>. For technical questions, contact 
the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of 
this document.
    <bullet> 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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0e7e6a7c207c6b7d617b7c6d6b4e607c6d20696178"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e4948096ca9681978b91968781a48a9687ca838b92">[email protected]</span></a>. 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.
    <bullet> 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: Mahesh Chawla, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-8371, email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#80cde1e8e5f3e8aec3e8e1f7ece1c0eef2e3aee7eff6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b1fcd0d9d4c2d99ff2d9d0c6ddd0f1dfc3d29fd6dec7">[email protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC has granted the request of NextEra 
Energy Duane Arnold, LLC (NextEra) to withdraw its August 31, 2017 
(ADAMS Accession No. ML17243A469), application for proposed amendment 
to Duane Arnold Energy Center (DAEC), Facility Operating License No. 
DPR-49, located in Linn County, Iowa.
    The proposed amendment would have modified the licensing basis by 
the addition of a license condition to allow for the implementation of 
the provisions of section 50.69 of title 10 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations (10 CFR), ``Risk-Informed Categorization and Treatment of 
Structures, Systems, and Components (SSCs) for Nuclear Power 
Reactors.''
    The Commission had previously issued a notice of consideration of 
issuance of amendment published in the Federal Register on November 21, 
2017 (82 FR 55407). However, by letter dated June 12, 2018, the 
licensee withdrew the proposed change (ADAMS Accession No. 
ML18166A172).
    For further details with respect to this action, see the 
application for amendment dated August 31, 2017, and the licensee's 
letter dated June 12, 2018, which withdrew the application for license 
amendment.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, on June 20, 2018.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Mahesh L. Chawla,
Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch III, Division of Operating 
Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2018-13606 Filed 6-25-18; 8:45 am]
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