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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 2 (Friday, January 3, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 339-340]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-31579]

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50-263; NRC-2023-0031]

Northern States Power Company, a Minnesota Corporation; 
Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant, Unit 1; Subsequent License Renewal 
and Record of Decision

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice; issuance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued 
Subsequent Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-22 to Northern 
States Power Company, a Minnesota corporation (NSPM, or the licensee), 
for Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant, Unit 1 (Monticello). In 
addition, the NRC has prepared a record of decision (ROD) that supports 
the NRC's decision to issue Subsequent Renewed Facility Operating 
License No. DPR-22.

DATES: The Subsequent Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-22 was 
issued on December 30, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2023-0031 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 Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2023-0031. Address 
questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann; 
telephone: 301-415-0624; 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 access publicly available documents online in the 
ADAMS Public Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, 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, at 301-415-4737, 
or by email to [email protected]. For the convenience of the reader, 
instructions about obtaining materials referenced in this document are 
provided in the ``Availability of Documents'' section.
     NRC's PDR: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies 
of publicly available documents, is open by appointment. To make an 
appointment to visit the PDR, please send an email to 
[email protected] or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, between 8 
a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern time (ET), Monday through Friday, except 
Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marieliz Johnson, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-5861; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Discussion

    Notice is hereby given that the NRC has issued Subsequent Renewed 
Facility Operating License No. DPR-22 to Northern States Power Company, 
a Minnesota corporation (NSPM, the licensee), for Monticello Nuclear 
Generating Plant, Unit 1 (Monticello). NSPM is the operator of the 
facility. Subsequent Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-22 
authorizes operation of Monticello by NSPM at reactor core power levels 
not in excess of 2,004 megawatts thermal, in accordance with the 
provisions of the Monticello subsequent renewed license and technical 
specifications. Notice is also given that the record of decision (ROD) 
that supports the NRC's decision to issue Subsequent Renewed Facility 
Operating License No. DPR-22 is available in the ``Availability of 
Documents'' section of this document.
    As discussed in the ROD and the final site-specific environmental 
impact statement (EIS), published as NUREG-1437, Supplement 26, Second 
Renewal, ``Site-Specific Environmental Impact Statement for License 
Renewal of Nuclear Plants, Supplement 26, Second Renewal, Regarding 
Subsequent License Renewal for Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant, 
Unit 1, Final Report,'' dated November 2024, the final EIS documents 
the NRC staff's environmental review, including the determination that 
the adverse environmental impacts of subsequent license renewal for 
Monticello are not so great that preserving the option of subsequent 
license renewal for energy planning decisionmakers would be 
unreasonable. The final EIS conclusion is based on (1) information 
provided in the environmental report submitted by NSPM, as 
supplemented, (2) the NRC staff's consultations with Federal, State, 
local, and Tribal agencies, (3) the NRC staff's independent 
environmental review, (4) the NRC staff's consideration of public 
comments received during the scoping process and on the 2024 draft 
site-specific EIS, and (5) consideration of new and modified Category 1 
and Category 2 environmental issues identified in Revision 2 to NUREG-
1437, ``Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of 
Nuclear Plants'' (August 2024). Monticello is a single-cycle, forced 
circulation, General Electric BWR-3, low power density boiling water 
reactor (BWR), located on a site situated on the southern bank of the 
Mississippi River in Monticello, Minnesota, approximately 35 miles 
northwest of Minneapolis, Minnesota. NSPM submitted its application for 
the subsquent renewed license, ``Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant 
Unit 1 Subsequent License Renewal Application,'' dated January 9, 2023, 
as supplemented by letters through February 29, 2024 (see Availability 
of Documents'' section of this document). The NRC staff has determined 
that NSPM's application complies with the standards and requirements of 
the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and NRC's 
regulations. As required by the Act and NRC regulations in chapter 1 of 
title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), the NRC has made 
appropriate findings, which are set forth in the subsequent renewed 
license.
    A public notice of the NRC's acceptance for docketing of the 
subsequent renewed license application and an opportunity for a hearing 
was published in the Federal Register on March 3, 2023 (88 FR 13474). 
Further, a notice of intent to prepare a site-specific EIS and conduct 
environmental scoping was published on March 10, 2023 (88 FR 15103). On 
March 18, 2024, the NRC staff issued its Safety Evaluation Report 
concerning the Monticello subsequent license renewal application. In 
April 2024, the NRC staff issued a draft site-specific EIS for public 
comment, providing the preliminary results of the staff's environmental 
evaluation of the Monticello SLR application. A notice of availability 
of the site-specific draft EIS was published in the Federal Register on 
April 24, 2024 (89 FR 31225). On November 15, 2024, the NRC staff 
issued a final site-specific EIS, providing its final evaluation of the 
environmental impacts of Monticello subsequent license renewal; a 
notice of issuance was

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published in the Federal Register on November 21, 2024 (89 FR 92185).
    For further details with respect to this action, see (1) NSPM's 
subsequent license renewal application for Monticello, dated January 9, 
2023, as supplemented by letters dated through February 29, 2024; (2) 
the NRC's safety evaluation report, dated March 2024; (3) the NRC's 
final EIS (NUREG-1437, Supplement 26, Second Renewal) for Monticello 
dated November 2024; and (4) the NRC's ROD, issued in December 2024.

II. Availability of Documents

    The documents identified in the following table are available to 
interested persons through ADAMS, as indicated.

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                    Document description                                     ADAMS accession No.
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Record of Decision--Subsequent License Renewal Application   ML24324A212.
 Review--Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant, Unit 1, dated
 December 30, 2024.
Safety Evaluation Report--Subsequent License Renewal         ML24077A001.
 Application Review--Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant,
 Unit 1, dated March 18, 2024.
NUREG-1437, Site-Specific Environmental Impact Statement     ML24309A221.
 for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants, Supplement 26,
 Second Renewal, Regarding Subsequent License Renewal for
 Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant, Unit 1, Final Report,
 dated November 2024.
Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant, Unit 1--Subsequent      ML23009A352 (Package).
 License Renewal Application, dated January 9, 2023.
Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant, Unit 1--Subsequent      ML23094A136.
 License Renewal Application Supplement 1, dated April 3,
 2023.
Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant, Unit 1--Subsequent      ML23177A218.
 License Renewal Application Supplement 2, dated June 26,
 2023.
NUREG-1437, Site-Specific Environmental Impact Statement     ML24102A276.
 for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants Supplement 26,
 Second Renewal Regarding Subsequent License Renewal for
 Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant, Unit 1, Draft Report
 for Comment, dated April 2024.
Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant, Unit 1--License         ML23193B026.
 Renewal Application Supplement 3, dated July 11, 2023.
Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant, Unit 1--Subsequent      ML23199A154.
 License Renewal Application Supplement 4 and Responses to
 Request for Confirmation of Information--Set 1, dated July
 18, 2023.
Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant, Unit 1--Subsequent      ML23227A175.
 License Renewal Application Response to Request for
 Additional Information Set 1, dated August 15, 2023.
Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant, Unit 1--Subsequent      ML23240A695.
 License Renewal Application Supplement 5, dated August 28,
 2023.
NUREG-1437, Revision 2, Volumes 1, 2, and 3, Generic         ML24087A133 (Package).
 Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of
 Nuclear Plants, dated August 2024.
Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant, Unit 1--Subsequent      ML23248A474.
 License Renewal Application Response to Request for
 Additional Information Set 2 and Supplement 6, dated
 September 5, 2023.
Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant, Unit 1--Subsequent      ML23265A158.
 License Renewal Application Response to Request for
 Additional Information Set 3, dated September 22, 2023.
Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant, Unit 1--Subsequent      ML23276B433.
 License Renewal Application Response to Request for
 Confirmation of Information Set 2, dated October 3, 2023.
Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant, Unit 1--Subsequent      ML23313A158.
 License Renewal Application Response to Request for
 Additional Information Round 2--Set 1, dated November 9,
 2023.
Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant, Unit 1--Subsequent      ML23334A147.
 License Renewal Application Supplement 7, dated November
 30, 2023.
Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant, Unit 1--Subsequent      ML24012A051.
 License Renewal Application Supplement 8, dated January
 11, 2024.
Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant, Unit 1--Subsequent      ML24060A269.
 License Renewal Application Annual Update 1 and Supplement
 9, dated February 29, 2024.
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    Dated: December 30, 2024.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Michele Sampson,
Director, Division of New and Renewed Licenses, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2024-31579 Filed 1-2-25; 8:45 am]
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