Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 14 / Monday, January 22, 2001 / Notices 6701

NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

[Docket No. 72–8]

Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant;

Notice of Docketing of the Materials

License SNM–2505 Amendment

Application for the Calvert Cliffs

Independent Spent Fuel Storage

Installation

By letter dated November 16, 2000,

Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant

(CCNPP) submitted an application to the

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC

or the Commission) in accordance with

10 CFR Part 72 requesting an

amendment of the Calvert Cliffs

independent spent fuel storage

installation (ISFSI) license (SNM–2505)

for the ISFSI located in Calvert County,

Maryland. CCNPP is seeking

Commission approval to amend the

materials license to reflect changes to

License Conditions 9, 12, and 16.

Changes to Conditions 9 and 12 involve

eliminating references to certain

documents. Changes to Condition 16

involve elimination of the helium leak

test for the double-closure seal welds

located at the bottom of the dry shielded

canisters.

This application was docketed under

10 CFR part 72; the ISFSI Docket No. is

72–8 and will remain the same for this

action. The amendment of an ISFSI

license is subject to the Commission’s

approval.

The Commission may issue either a

notice of hearing or a notice of proposed

action and opportunity for hearing in

accordance with 10 CFR 72.46(b)(1) or,

if a determination is made that the

amendment does not present a genuine

issue as to whether public health and

safety will be significantly affected, take

immediate action on the amendment in

accordance with 10 CFR 72.46(b)(2) and

provide notice of the action taken and

an opportunity for interested persons to

request a hearing on whether the action

should be rescinded or modified.

For further details with respect to this

application, see the application dated

November 16, 2000, which is available

for public inspection at the

Commission’s Public Document Room,

One White Flint North Building, 11555

Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD, or from

the publically available records

component of NRC’s document system

(ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from

the NRC Web Site at http://

www.nrc.gov/nrc/adams/index.html

(the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 5th day

of January 2001.

For the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission.

E. William Brach,

Director, Spent Fuel Project Office, Office of

Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.

[FR Doc. 01–1597 Filed 1–19–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P

NOTICE REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 70–3098]

Notice of Opportunities for Hearings

Related to Licensing the Mixed Oxide

Fuel Fabrication Facility

Within the next several months, the

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

(NRC) expects to receive an application

from Duke Cogema Stone & Webster

(DCS) to construct and operate a mixed

oxide (MOX) fuel fabrication facility to

be located at the U.S. Department of

Energy’s Savannah River Site. The

regulations in 10 CFR part 70 for a

plutonium fuel fabrication plant

contemplate two approvals—approval

for construction (10 CFR 70.23(a)(7), (b))

and approval for operation (10 CFR

70.23(a)(8)). The regulations in 10 CFR

part 70 do not, however, mandate a

particular approval or hearing process.

The appropriate approval and hearing

process—one stage or two stage—will

depend largely on the nature, level of

detail and degree of completeness of the

application. This notice is intended to

inform the public of the staff’s planned

approach for possible hearing issues

related to the MOX fuel fabrication

facility.

Although the regulations do not

require the applicant to submit a

comprehensive and complete

application covering both construction

and operation before the Commission

can approve commencement of

construction, an applicant has the

option of submitting a complete license

application addressing both

construction and operation at the outset.

We understand, however, that DCS will

be submitting an initial application

(including the environmental report)

focusing on siting matters and the

design bases of the principal structures,

systems, and components, leaving the

balance of the information, including

detailed design and safety evaluation

issues and operating issues, to be

addressed in a second submittal. In this

case, a two-stage approval and hearing

process is appropriate. NRC will be

providing an opportunity for a hearing

in connection with each of the two

required approvals (approval for

construction and approval for

operation). Any NRC adjudicatory

proceedings regarding the MOX facility

would be subject to the procedural

requirements of 10 CFR part 2, Subpart

L.

The first hearing would encompass

issues related to the construction

approval, and would likely be limited to

whether applicable NRC requirements

have been met regarding the general

design bases for the principal structures,

systems, and components, the quality

assurance program, and environmental

issues. The second hearing would

encompass all other issues related to the

issuance of a 10 CFR part 70 license.

Such issues would include whether

operation of the MOX facility, as

constructed, will adequately protect

health, minimize danger to life or

property, and control special nuclear

material.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Timothy C. Johnson, Office of Nuclear

Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission,

Washington, DC 20555, telephone: (301)

415–7299.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 11th day

of January 2001.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Eric J. Leeds,

Chief, Special Projects Branch, Division of

Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards, Office of

Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.

[FR Doc. 01–1598 Filed 1–19–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P

NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50–354]

PSEG Nuclear LLC; Notice of

Consideration of Issuance of

Amendment To Facility Operating

License No. NPF–57 Proposed No

Significant Hazards Consideration

Determination, and Opportunity for a

Hearing

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (the Commission) is

considering issuance of an amendment

to Facility Operating License No. NPF–

57 issued to PSEG Nuclear LLC (the

licensee) for operation of the Hope

Creek Generating Station, located in

Salem County, New Jersey.

The proposed amendment would

revise the Technical Specifications (TS)

to change the acceptance values for Core

Spray subsystem flow contained in TS

4.5.1.b.1 from the current value of 6350

gallons per minute (gpm) to 6150 gpm.

Before issuance of the proposed

license amendment, the Commission

will have made findings required by the

Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended