⚛️NRC Notice on Amendments to Operating Licenses and Licensing Procedures
Pursuant to section 189a.(2) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is publishing this regular monthly notice. The Act requires the Commission to publish notice of any amendments issued, or proposed to be issued, and grants the Commission the authority to issue and make immediately effective any amendment to an operating license or combined license, as applicable, upon a determination by the Commission that such amendment involves no significant hazards consideration (NSHC), notwithstanding the pendency before the Commission of a request for a hearing from any person.
Learn More⚛️NRC Draft Report on Level 3 Risk Assessment Now Open for Comments
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for public comment a draft report on the Level 3 Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA) project; specifically, "Volume 8: Integrated Site Risk, All Hazards, Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3 PRA."
Learn More⚠️Confirmatory Order Mandates Safety Enhancements for Constellation Energy
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing a Confirmatory Order to Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station, Units 1 and 2, to memorialize the agreement reached during an alternative dispute resolution mediation session held on June 17-18, 2025. The Confirmatory Order contains commitments made to resolve six apparent violations of NRC requirements relating to the Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station, Unit 1, reactor pressure vessel drain down event that occurred on March 28, 2023. The commitments include actions by Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station, Units 1 and 2, to enhance its corrective action program, employee training, and safety culture. The Confirmatory Order is effective upon issuance.
Learn More⚛️NRC Exemption on Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant License Renewal
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing an exemption from the regulation that would otherwise require the application for subsequent renewal of Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-33, DPR-52, and DPR-68 for Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant (BFN), Units 1, 2, and 3, respectively, to be referred to the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) for a review and report, with any report being made part of the record of the application and made available to the public, except to the extent that security classification prevents disclosure. The NRC finds that the required criteria are met due to the special circumstance presented by Executive Order (E.O.) 14300, "Ordering the Reform of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission," section 4(b) (stating that "[r]eview by ACRS of permitting and licensing issues shall focus on issues that are truly novel or noteworthy").
Learn More⚛️Proposed Amendments to Spent Fuel Storage Regulations by NRC
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is proposing to amend its spent fuel storage regulations by revising the TN Americas LLC, NUHOMS[supreg] EOS Dry Spent Fuel Storage System listing within the "List of approved spent fuel storage casks" to include Amendment No. 4 to Certificate of Compliance No. 1042. Amendment No. 4 would change the certificate of compliance to incorporate a method to determine new loading patterns, introduce a steel plate composite option, introduce the use of MAVRIC software for a confirmatory run of the HSM-MX dose rates, make technical specification changes for consistency and terminology clarification, make various updated final safety analysis report editorial corrections for consistency and clarification, add measured exposures from past loading campaigns, allow use of a blended Portland cement, change the use of the MX- Loading Crane, and clarify the scenarios under which the maximum heat loads can be reduced.
Learn More⚛️NRC Denies Petition for Revised Design Basis Accident Dose Criteria
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is denying a petition for rulemaking, dated November 23, 2019, submitted by John G. Parillo. The petition requested that the NRC develop a rule that would allow nuclear power plant licensees to voluntarily adopt a revised accident dose acceptance criteria for the control room, exclusion area boundary, and the low population zone outer boundary. The petition further requested revisions to clarify footnotes discussing these dose acceptance criteria in the applicable regulations. The NRC docketed the petition on February 19, 2020, and assigned it Docket No. PRM-50-121. The NRC is denying the petition because the information presented does not support rulemaking and the proposed changes are not necessary to provide reasonable assurance of adequate protection of public health and safety.
Learn More⚛️NRC Denies Petition for Alternative Steel Reactor Vessel Calculation
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is denying a petition for rulemaking, dated August 19, 2019, submitted by Thomas A. Bergman on behalf of NuScale Power, LLC. The petition was docketed by the NRC on September 11, 2019, and was assigned Docket No. PRM-50-120. The petitioner requested that the NRC revise its regulations to add an alternative formula for calculating the mean value of the transition temperature shift described in American Society for Testing and Materials Standard E900-15 to the NRC's regulations and guidance documents. The NRC is denying the petition because the petitioner did not demonstrate the immediacy of any safety issues in the concerns raised in the petition and did not provide any new information that would warrant revision of the NRC's regulations.
Learn More⚛️NRC Notice on Clinch River Nuclear Site Environmental Impact Statement
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is providing public notice that it will prepare a supplement to the Early Site Permit (ESP) Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to evaluate the environmental impacts for a construction permit (CP) requested by Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) for the Clinch River Nuclear (CRN) Site, Unit 1.
Learn More🏗️NRC Accepts TVA Nuclear Construction Permit Application
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has accepted for review and docketed an application from Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) for a construction permit for the Clinch River Nuclear Site, Unit 1 reactor to be built in Roane County, Tennessee. In addition, the NRC is providing notice that an uncontested hearing will be held on the TVA construction permit application at a time and place to be set in the future by the presiding officer for the uncontested hearing. This notice also provides the public an opportunity to request a hearing and petition for leave to intervene (i.e., contested hearing) with respect to that application. The NRC staff is currently conducting a detailed technical review of the construction permit application. If the NRC issues a construction permit, the applicant, TVA, would be authorized to construct its proposed reactor in accordance with the provisions of the construction permit. Because the application contains Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information (SUNSI), this notice includes an order that imposes procedures to obtain access to SUNSI for contention preparation.
Learn More⚛️Entergy Granted Exemptions for Nuclear Decommissioning Fund Use
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued exemptions in response to a request dated November 13, 2024, from Entergy Operations, Inc. (the licensee) related to Arkansas Nuclear One (ANO), Units 1 and 2, located in Pope County, Arkansas. The exemptions allow the licensee to withdraw a small portion of the funds from the ANO, Units 1 and 2 nuclear decommissioning trust funds (DTFs) to facilitate the prompt disposal of certain retired major radioactive components (MRCs).
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