[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 250 (Friday, December 29, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67368-67369]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-31481]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50-325 and 50-324]


Carolina Power & Light Company; Brunswick Steam Electric Plant, 
Units 1 and 2; Exemption

I

    The Carolina Power & Light Company (the licensee) is the holder of 
Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-71 and DPR-62, which authorize 
operation of the Brunswick Steam Electric Plant (BSEP). The licenses 
provide, among other things, that the licensee is subject to all rules, 
regulations, and orders of the Commission now or hereafter in effect.
    These facilities consist of two boiling water reactors located at 
the licensee's site in Brunswick County, North Carolina.

II

    Title 10 CFR 50.71 ``Maintenance of records, making of reports,'' 
paragraph (e)(4) states, in part, that ``Subsequent revisions [to the 
Final Safety Analysis Report (FSAR)] must be filed annually or 6 months 
after each refueling outage provided the interval between successive 
updates to the FSAR does not exceed 24 months.'' The two BSEP units 
share a common FSAR; therefore, this rule requires the licensee to 
update the same document within 6 months after a refueling outage for 
either unit.

III

    10 CFR 50.12(a), ``Specific exemptions,'' states that * * *

    The Commission may, upon application by any interested person, 
or upon its own initiative, grant exemptions from the requirements 
of the regulations of this part, which are- (1) Authorized by law, 
will not present an undue risk to the public health and safety, and 
are consistent with the common defense and security. (2) The 
Commission will not consider granting an exemption unless special 
circumstances are present.

    10 CFR 50.12(a)(2)(ii) states that special circumstances are 
present when * * *

    Application of the regulation in the particular circumstances 
would not serve the underlying purpose of the rule or is not 
necessary to achieve the underlying purpose of the rule * * *

IV

    As noted in the staff's safety evaluation, the licensee's proposed 
schedule for FSAR updates will ensure that the BSEP FSAR will be 
maintained current within 24 months of the last revision and the 
interval for submission of the 10 CFR 50.59 design change report will 
not exceed 24 months. The Commission has determined that, 

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pursuant to 10 CFR 50.12, an exemption is authorized by law, will not 
present an undue risk to the public health and safety and is consistent 
with common defense or security, and is otherwise in the public 
interest. The Commission has also determined that special circumstances 
are present as defined in 10 CFR 50.12(a)(2)(ii). The Commission hereby 
grants the licensee an exemption from the requirement of 10 CFR 
50.71(e)(4) to submit updates to the BSEP FSAR within six months of 
each outage. The licensee will be required to submit updates to the 
BSEP FSAR once per fuel cycle (based upon the Unit 1 refueling outage 
schedule). With the current length of fuel cycles, FSAR updates would 
be submitted every 18 months, but not to exceed 24 months from the last 
submittal.
    Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.32, the Commission has determined that 
granting of this exemption will have no significant effect on the 
quality of the human environment (60 FR 64456). This exemption is 
effective upon issuance.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 21st day of December 1995.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Steven A. Varga,
Director, Division of Reactor Projects--I/II, Office of Nuclear Reactor 
Regulation.
[FR Doc. 95-31481 Filed 12-28-95; 8:45 am]
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