[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 36 (Tuesday, February 24, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9756-9757]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-03758]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-334; NRC-2014-0180]


FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company; Beaver Valley Power 
Station, Unit 1

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 FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company to withdraw its 
application dated July 30, 2013, for a proposed amendment to Renewed 
Facility Operating License No. DPR-66, for the Beaver Valley Power 
Station, Unit 1. The proposed amendment would authorize the 
implementation of Sec.  50.61a of Title 10 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations (10 CFR), ``Alternate Fracture Toughness Requirements for 
Protection Against Pressurized Thermal Shock Events,'' in lieu of the 
requirements located in 10 CFR 50.61, ``Fracture Toughness

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Requirements for Protection Against Pressurized Thermal Shock Events.''

DATES: Notice of withdrawal of license amendment application given on 
February 24, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2014-0180 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 Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2014-0180. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#cd8eacbfa2a1e38aaca1a1acaaa5a8bf8da3bfaee3aaa2bb"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a3e0c2d1cccf8de4c2cfcfc2c4cbc6d1e3cdd1c08dc4ccd5">[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#3e4e5a4c104c5b4d514b4c5d5b7e504c5d10595148"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="245440560a5641574b51564741644a56470a434b52">[email protected]</span></a>. The 
ADAMS accession number for each document referenced in this document 
(if that document is available in ADAMS) is provided the first time 
that a document is referenced.
    <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: Taylor A. Lamb, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-7128, email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4713263e2b2835690b262a250729352469202831"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="82d6e3fbeeedf0accee3efe0c2ecf0e1ace5edf4">[email protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    The NRC has granted the request of FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating 
Company (the licensee) to withdraw its application dated July 30, 2013 
(ADAMS Accession No. ML13212A027), for a proposed amendment to the 
Beaver Valley Power Station, Unit 1, located in Beaver County, 
Pennsylvania.
    The proposed amendment would authorize the implementation of Title 
10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 50.61a, ``Alternate 
Fracture Toughness Requirements for Protection Against Pressurized 
Thermal Shock Events,'' in lieu of the requirements located in 10 CFR 
50.61, ``Fracture Toughness Requirements for Protection Against 
Pressurized Thermal Shock Events.''
    The NRC published a Biweekly Notice in the Federal Register on 
August 5, 2014 (79 FR 45476), that gave notice that this proposed 
amendment was under consideration by the NRC. However, by letter dated 
February 5, 2015 (ADAMS Accession No. ML15036A424), the licensee 
requested to withdraw the proposed amendment.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 18th day of February 2015.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Taylor A. Lamb,
Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch I-2, Division of Operating 
Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2015-03758 Filed 2-23-15; 8:45 am]
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