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Biweekly Notice; Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations

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October 27, 2026

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Abstract

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 biweekly 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.

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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 206 (Tuesday, October 27, 2026)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2026-4984]

Biweekly Notice; Applications and Amendments to Facility
Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant
Hazards Considerations

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Biweekly notice.

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SUMMARY: 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 biweekly 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.

DATES: Comments must be filed by November 27, 2026. A request for a
hearing or petitions for leave to intervene must be filed by December
28, 2026. This biweekly notice includes all amendments issued, or
proposed to be issued, from September 29, 2026, to October 9, 2026. The
last biweekly notice was published on October 13, 2026.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods;
however, the NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the
Federal rulemaking website.
<bullet> Federal rulemaking website: Go to <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> and search for Docket ID NRC-2026-4984. Address
questions about Docket IDs in <a href="http://Regulations.gov">Regulations.gov</a> to Bridget Curran;
telephone: 301-415-1003; email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6426160d000301104a27111616050a240a16074a030b12">[email&#160;protected]</a>. For technical
questions, contact the individual(s) listed in the For Further
Information Contact section of this document.
<bullet> Mail comments to: Office of Nuclear Material Safety and
Safeguards, Mail Stop: TWFN-5-A85, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001, ATTN: Guidance and Publications Branch.
For additional direction on obtaining information and submitting
comments, see ``Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments'' in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Lent, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001; telephone: 301-415-1365; email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c695b3b5a7a8e88aa3a8b286a8b4a5e8a1a9b0">[email&#160;protected]</a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments

A. Obtaining Information

Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2026-4984, facility name, unit
number(s), docket number(s), application date, and subject when
contacting the NRC about the availability of information for this
action. You may obtain publicly available information related to this
action by any of the following methods:
<bullet> Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> and search for Docket ID NRC-2026-4984.
<bullet> NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the
ADAMS Public Documents collection at <a href="https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html">https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html</a>. To begin the search, select ``Begin ADAMS Public 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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#134357413d4176607c66617076537d61703d747c65">[email&#160;protected]</a>. For the convenience of the reader,
instructions about obtaining materials referenced in this document are
provided in the ``Availability of Documents'' section.
<bullet> 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
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ebbbafb9c5b98e98849e99888eab859988c58c849d">[email&#160;protected]</a> 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.

B. Submitting Comments

The NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the
Federal rulemaking website (<a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>). Please
include Docket ID NRC-2026-4984, facility name, unit number(s), docket
number(s), application date, and subject, in your comment submission.

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The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact
information that you do not want to be publicly disclosed in your
comment submission. The NRC will post all comment submissions at
<a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> as well as enter the comment submissions
into ADAMS. The NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to
remove identifying or contact information.
If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons
for submission to the NRC, then you should inform those persons not to
include identifying or contact information that they do not want to be
publicly disclosed in their comment submission. Your request should
state that the NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to
remove such information before making the comment submissions available
to the public or entering the comment into ADAMS.

II. Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendments to Facility
Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses and Proposed No Significant
Hazards Consideration Determination

For the facility-specific amendment requests shown in this notice,
the Commission finds that the licensees' analyses provided, consistent
with section 50.91 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10
CFR) ``Notice for public comment; State consultation,'' are sufficient
to support the proposed determinations that these amendment requests
involve NSHC. Under the Commission's regulations in 10 CFR 50.92,
operation of the facilities in accordance with the proposed amendments
would not (1) involve a significant increase in the probability or
consequences of an accident previously evaluated; or (2) create the
possibility of a new or different kind of accident from any accident
previously evaluated; or (3) involve a significant reduction in a
margin of safety.
The Commission is seeking public comments on these proposed
determinations. Any comments received within 30 days after the date of
publication of this notice will be considered in making any final
determinations.
Normally, the Commission will not issue the amendments until the
expiration of 60 days after the date of publication of this notice. The
Commission may issue any of these license amendments before expiration
of the 60-day period provided that its final determination is that the
amendment involves NSHC. In addition, the Commission may issue any of
these amendments prior to the expiration of the 30-day comment period
if circumstances change during the 30-day comment period such that
failure to act in a timely way would result, for example in derating or
shutdown of the facility. If the Commission takes action on any of
these amendments prior to the expiration of either the comment period
or the notice period, it will publish in the Federal Register a notice
of issuance. If the Commission makes a final NSHC determination for any
of these amendments, any hearing will take place after issuance. The
Commission expects that the need to take action on any amendment before
60 days have elapsed will occur very infrequently.

A. Opportunity To Request a Hearing and Petition for Leave To Intervene

Within 60 days after the date of publication of this notice, any
person (petitioner) whose interest may be affected by any of these
actions may file a request for a hearing and petition for leave to
intervene (petition) with respect to that action. Petitions shall be
filed in accordance with the Commission's ``Agency Rules of Practice
and Procedure'' in 10 CFR part 2. Interested persons should consult 10
CFR 2.309. If a petition is filed, the Commission or a presiding
officer will rule on the petition and, if appropriate, a notice of a
hearing will be issued.
Petitions must be filed no later than 60 days from the date of
publication of this notice in accordance with the filing instructions
in the ``Electronic Submissions (E-Filing)'' section of this document.
Petitions and motions for leave to file new or amended contentions that
are filed after the deadline will not be entertained absent a
determination by the presiding officer that the filing demonstrates
good cause by satisfying the three factors in 10 CFR 2.309(c)(1)(i)
through (iii).
If a hearing is requested, and the Commission has not made a final
determination on the issue of no significant hazards consideration, the
Commission will make a final determination on the issue of no
significant hazards consideration, which will serve to establish when
the hearing is held. If the final determination is that the license
amendment request involves no significant hazards consideration, the
Commission may issue the amendment and make it immediately effective,
notwithstanding the request for a hearing. Any hearing would take place
after issuance of the amendment. If the final determination is that the
license amendment request involves a significant hazards consideration,
then any hearing held would take place before the issuance of the
amendment unless the Commission finds an imminent danger to the health
or safety of the public, in which case it will issue an appropriate
order or rule under 10 CFR part 2.
A State, local governmental body, Federally recognized Indian
Tribe, or designated agency thereof, may submit a petition to the
Commission to participate as a party under 10 CFR 2.309(h) no later
than 60 days from the date of publication of this notice.
Alternatively, a State, local governmental body, Federally recognized
Indian Tribe, or designated agency thereof, may participate as a non-
party under 10 CFR 2.315(c).
For information about filing a petition and about participation by
a person not a party under 10 CFR 2.315, see ADAMS Accession No.
ML20340A053 (<a href="https://adamswebsearch2.nrc.gov/webSearch2/main.jsp?AccessionNumber=ML20340A053">https://adamswebsearch2.nrc.gov/webSearch2/main.jsp?AccessionNumber=ML20340A053</a>) and the NRC's public website
(<a href="https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/regulatory/adjudicatory/hearing.html#participate">https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/regulatory/adjudicatory/hearing.html#participate</a>).

B. Electronic Submissions (E-Filing)

All documents filed in NRC adjudicatory proceedings, including
documents filed by an interested State, local governmental body,
Federally recognized Indian Tribe, or designated agency thereof that
requests to participate under 10 CFR 2.315(c), must be filed in
accordance with 10 CFR 2.302. The E-Filing process requires
participants to submit and serve all adjudicatory documents over the
internet, or in some cases, to mail copies on electronic storage media,
unless an exemption permitting an alternative filing method, as further
discussed, is granted. Detailed guidance on electronic submissions is
located in the ``Guidance for Electronic Submissions to the NRC''
(ADAMS Accession No. ML13031A056), and on the NRC's public website
(<a href="https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html">https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html</a>).
To comply with the procedural requirements of E-Filing, at least 10
days prior to the filing deadline, the participant should contact the
Office of the Secretary by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1e567b7f6c777079305a717d757b6a5e706c7d30797168">[email&#160;protected]</a>, or by
telephone at 301-415-1677, to: (1) request a digital identification
(ID) certificate, which allows the participant (or their counsel or
representative) to digitally sign submissions and access the E-Filing
system for any proceeding in which it is participating; and (2) advise
the Secretary that the participant will be submitting a petition or
other adjudicatory document (even in instances in which the
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their counsel or representative, already holds an NRC-issued digital ID
certificate). Based upon this information, the Secretary will establish
an electronic docket for the proceeding if the Secretary has not
already established an electronic docket.
Information about applying for a digital ID certificate is
available on the NRC's public website (<a href="https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals/getting-started.html">https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals/getting-started.html</a>). After a digital ID certificate is
obtained and a docket is created, the participant must submit
adjudicatory documents in the Portable Document Format. Guidance on
submissions is available on the NRC's public website (<a href="https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/electronic-sub-ref-mat.html">https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/electronic-sub-ref-mat.html</a>). A filing is
considered complete at the time the document is submitted through the
NRC's E-Filing system. To be timely, an electronic filing must be
submitted to the E-Filing system no later than 11:59 p.m. ET on the due
date. Upon receipt of a transmission, the E-Filing system time-stamps
the document and sends the submitter an email confirming receipt of the
document. The E-Filing system also distributes an email that provides
access to the document to the NRC's Office of the General Counsel and
any others who have advised the Office of the Secretary that they wish
to participate in the proceeding, so that the filer need not serve the
document on those participants separately. Therefore, applicants and
other participants (or their counsel or representative) must apply for
and receive a digital ID certificate before adjudicatory documents are
filed in order to obtain access to the documents via the E-Filing
system.
A person filing electronically using the NRC's adjudicatory E-
Filing system may seek assistance by contacting the NRC's Electronic
Filing Help Desk through the ``Contact Us'' link located on the NRC's
public website (<a href="https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html">https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html</a>), by
email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1e534d565a304c7b6d716b6c7d7b5e706c7d30797168">[email&#160;protected]</a>, or by a toll-free call at 1-866-672-
7640. The NRC Electronic Filing Help Desk is available between 9 a.m.
and 6 p.m., ET, Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
Participants who believe that they have good cause for not
submitting documents electronically must file an exemption request, in
accordance with 10 CFR 2.302(g), with their initial paper filing
stating why there is good cause for not filing electronically and
requesting authorization to continue to submit documents in paper
format. Such filings must be submitted in accordance with 10 CFR
2.302(b)-(d). Participants filing adjudicatory documents in this manner
are responsible for serving their documents on all other participants.
Participants granted an exemption under 10 CFR 2.302(g)(2) must still
meet the electronic formatting requirement in 10 CFR 2.302(g)(1),
unless the participant also seeks and is granted an exemption from 10
CFR 2.302(g)(1).
Documents submitted in adjudicatory proceedings will appear in the
NRC's electronic hearing docket, which is publicly available on the
NRC's public website (<a href="https://ehd.nrc.gov">https://ehd.nrc.gov</a>), unless otherwise excluded
pursuant to an order of the presiding officer. If you do not have an
NRC-issued digital ID certificate as previously described, click
``cancel'' when the link requests certificates and you will be
automatically directed to the NRC's electronic hearing docket where you
will be able to access any publicly available documents in a particular
hearing docket. Participants are requested not to include personal
privacy information such as social security numbers, home addresses, or
personal phone numbers in their filings, unless an NRC regulation or
other law requires submission of such information. With respect to
copyrighted works, except for limited excerpts that serve the purpose
of the adjudicatory filings and would constitute a Fair Use
application, participants should not include copyrighted materials in
their submission.
The following table provides the plant name, docket number, date of
application, ADAMS accession number, and location in the application of
the licensees' proposed NSHC determinations. For further details with
respect to these license amendment applications, see the applications
for amendment, which are available for public inspection in ADAMS. For
additional direction on accessing information related to this document,
see the ``Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments'' section of
this document.

License Amendment Requests
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Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power
Plant, Units 1 and 2; Calvert County, MD
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Docket Nos............................. 50-317, 50-318.
Application date....................... September 29, 2026.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML26272A139.
Location in Application of NSHC........ Pages 7-8 of Attachment 1.
Brief Description of Amendments........ The proposed amendments would
update the applicability of
the Reactor Protective System
Rate of Change of Power-High
(RCPH) trip function. This
trip function is specified in
technical specification (TS)
Table 3.3.1-1, ``Reactor
Protective System
Instrumentation,'' as Function
2, ``Rate of Change of Power-
High.'' These proposed license
amendments request a change to
limit the Mode of
applicability of the RCPH trip
to be consistent with the
current licensing basis
documented in the Calvert
Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant,
Units 1 and 2, Updated Final
Safety Analysis Report Chapter
14, ``Safety Analysis.'' The
proposed changes also include
a minor update to a note of TS
Table 3.3.1-1.
Proposed Determination................. NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Mailing Jason Zorn, Managing Counsel,
Address. Constellation Energy
Generation, LLC, 4300 Winfield
Road, Warrenville, IL 60555.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Number.. Scott Wall, 301-415-2855.
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Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; LaSalle County Station, Units 1
and 2; LaSalle County, IL
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Docket Nos............................. 50-373, 50-374.
Application date....................... October 1, 2026.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML26274A500.
Location in Application of NSHC........ Pages 7-8 of Attachment 1.

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Brief Description of Amendments........ The proposed amendments would
perform editorial revisions to
Technical Specifications
3.1.7, 3.3.1, 3.7.2, and
3.8.1, Operating Licenses for
LaSalle County Station, Units
1 and 2.
Proposed Determination................. NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Mailing Jason Zorn, Managing Counsel,
Address. Constellation Energy
Generation, LLC, 4300 Winfield
Road, Warrenville, IL 60555.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Number.. Robert Kuntz, 301-415-3733.
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Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc.; Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station,
Unit 1, Fairfield County, SC
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Docket No.............................. 50-395.
Application date....................... September 2, 2026.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML26246A059.
Location in Application of NSHC........ Pages 10-12 of Attachment 1.
Brief Description of Amendment......... The proposed amendment would
modify the required actions of
Technical Specification
3.7.1.2, ``Emergency Feedwater
System,'' to allow 7 days of
inoperability under certain
circumstances as described in
the application.
Proposed Determination................. NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Mailing W.S. Blair, Senior Counsel,
Address. Dominion Energy Services,
Inc., 120 Tredegar St., RS-2,
Richmond, VA 23219.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Number.. G. Ed Miller, 301-415-2481.
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Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc.; Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station,
Unit 1, Fairfield County, SC
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Docket No.............................. 50-395.
Application date....................... September 2, 2026.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML26245A390.
Location in Application of NSHC........ Pages 3-5 of Attachment 1.
Brief Description of Amendment......... The proposed amendment would
modify Technical Specification
3/4.8.1, ``A.C. [alternating
current] Sources Operating,''
by deleting Surveillance
Requirement 4.8.1.1.2.h as
described in the application.
The proposed change is
consistent with Technical
Specification Task Force
(TSTF) Traveler TSTF-599,
``Eliminate Periodic
Surveillance Test of
Simultaneous Start of
Redundant Diesel Generators.''
Proposed Determination................. NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Mailing W.S. Blair, Senior Counsel,
Address. Dominion Energy Services,
Inc., 120 Tredegar St., RS-2,
Richmond, VA 23219.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Number.. G. Ed Miller, 301-415-2481.
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Indiana Michigan Power Company; Donald C. Cook Nuclear Plant, Units 1
and 2; Berrien County, MI
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Docket Nos............................. 50-315, 50-316.
Application date....................... August 24, 2026.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML26237A268.
Location in Application of NSHC........ Pages 2-3 of Enclosure 2.
Brief Description of Amendments........ The proposed amendments would
revise the Donald C. Cook
Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2,
Technical Specifications for
the Ventilation Filter Testing
Program to permit the use of
alternate challenge agents
when performing in place
testing of engineered safety
feature ventilation system
high efficiency particulate
air filters and charcoal
adsorbers. The proposed
changes are being requested in
accordance with Technical
Specification Task Force
(TSTF) Traveler TSTF-602,
Revision 0, ``Revise the
Ventilation Filter Testing
Program to Permit Alternate
Challenge Agents.''
Proposed Determination................. NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Mailing Robert G. Garpenter, Assistant
Address. General Counsel, American
Electric Power, 1 Riverside
Plaza, 29, Columbus, OH 43215.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Number.. Scott Wall, 301-415-2855.
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Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, LLC and Constellation Energy
Generation, LLC; Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, Unit 1; Oswego County,
NY
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Docket No.............................. 50-410.
Application date....................... August 19, 2026.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML26231A323.
Location in Application of NSHC........ Pages 2-4 of Attachment 1.
Brief Description of Amendment......... The proposed amendment would
modify a note in the Technical
Specifications Surveillance
Requirements for Intermediate
Range Monitoring
instrumentation in conflict
with the Surveillance
Frequency Control Program. The
proposed change would be made
consistent with NUREG-1433,
Revision 5, ``Standard
Technical Specifications,
General Electric BWR/4
Plants.''
Proposed Determination................. NSHC.

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Name of Attorney for Licensee, Mailing Jason Zorn, Associate General
Address. Counsel, Constellation Energy
Generation, LLC, 101
Constitution Ave. NW, Suite
400 East, Washington, DC
20001.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Number.. Richard Guzman, 301-415-1030.
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Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, LLC and Constellation Energy
Generation, LLC; Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, Unit 2; Oswego County,
NY
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Docket No.............................. 50-410.
Application date....................... August 18, 2026.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML26230A116.
Location in Application of NSHC........ Pages 6-7 of Attachment 1.
Brief Description of Amendment......... The proposed amendment would
update the Technical
Specification Surveillance
Requirement 3.6.1.3.12 for
Main Steam Isolation Valve
leakage testing to align the
allowed maximum Main Steam
Line leakage to the
assumptions in the Analysis of
Record for evaluation of Loss
of Coolant Accident
radiological dose using
Alternative Source Term
methodology.
Proposed Determination................. NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Mailing Jason Zorn, Associate General
Address. Counsel, Constellation Energy
Generation, LLC, 101
Constitution Ave. NW, Suite
400 East, Washington, DC
20001.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Number.. Richard Guzman, 301-415-1030.
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Northern States Power Company; Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant,
Units 1 and 2; Goodhue County, MN
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Docket Nos............................. 50-282, 50-306.
Application date....................... June 4, 2026.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML26155A281.
Location in Application of NSHC........ Pages 5-7 of the Enclosure.
Brief Description of Amendments........ The proposed amendments would
adopt Technical Specifications
(TS) Task Force (TSTF)
Traveler TSTF-596, ``Expand
the Applicability of the
Surveillance Frequency Control
Program (SFCP).'' TSTF-596
expands the applicability of
the SFCP to include other
periodic testing frequencies
in TS. The proposed change
would also revise the SFCP to
reference additional
regulatory mechanisms that may
be used to control
Surveillance Frequencies, such
as 10 CFR 50.55a and 10 CFR
50.69. The proposed changes
revise Surveillance
Requirements that reference
the Inservice Testing Program
to instead reference the SFCP.
Proposed Determination................. NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Mailing Andrew Van Duzer, Assistant
Address. General Counsel, Xcel Energy,
701 Pennsylvania Ave. NW,
Suite 250, Washington, D.C.
20004.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Number.. Ramon Gascot Lozada, 301-415-
2004.
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PSEG Nuclear LLC; Salem Nuclear Generating Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2;
Salem County, NJ
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Docket Nos............................. 50-272, 50-311.
Application date....................... July 30, 2026.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML26211A326.
Location in Application of NSHC........ Pages 5-6 of Enclosure 1.
Brief Description of Amendments........ The proposed amendments would
revise the technical
specifications to adopt
Technical Specification Task
Force (TSTF)-600, ``Revise the
Reactor Coolant System (RCS)
Pressure Isolation Valve (PIV)
Leakage Testing Frequency''
(ML25083A153), with
variations.
Proposed Determination................. NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Mailing Francis Romano, PSEG--Services
Address. Corporation, 80 Park Plaza, T-
10, Newark, NJ 07102.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Number.. Audrey Klett, 301-415-0489.
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Tennessee Valley Authority; Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2;
Hamilton County, TN
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Docket Nos............................. 50-327, 50-328.
Application date....................... September 2, 2026.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML26245A425.
Location in Application of NSHC........ Pages E5-E7 of the Enclosure.

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Brief Description of Amendments........ The proposed amendments would
revise the Sequoyah Nuclear
Plant, Units 1 and 2,
Technical Specification (TS)
3.6.7, ``Shield Building,'' to
add a new action that is
applicable prior to
criticality following a
refueling outage. The proposed
changes are based on Technical
Specifications Task Force
(TSTF) Traveler TSTF-601,
Revision 1, ``Extend Shield
Building Completion Time After
Refueling.'' Additionally, the
proposed amendments would
relocate TS Surveillance
Requirement 3.6.10.6,
``Emergency Gas Treatment
System (EGTS) Air Cleanup
Subsystem,'' to TS 3.6.7. The
proposed amendments would also
revise the Completion Time of
current TS 3.6.7 Condition A
from 1 hour to 24 hours.
Proposed Determination................. NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Mailing Edward C. Meade, (Interim)
Address. Executive VP and General
Counsel, Tennessee Valley
Authority, 400 West Summit
Hill Drive, WT 6A, Knoxville,
TN 37902.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Number.. Kimberly Green, 301-415-1627.
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Vistra Operations Company LLC; Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station, Unit
No. 1; Ottawa County, OH
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Docket No.............................. 50-346.
Application date....................... August 3, 2026.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML26215A326.
Location in Application of NSHC........ Pages 31-32 of the Enclosure.
Brief Description of Amendment......... The proposed amendment would
modify the Davis-Besse Nuclear
Power Station, Unit No. 1,
licensing basis, by the
addition of a license
condition, to allow for the
implementation of the
provisions of 10 CFR 50.69,
``Risk-informed categorization
and treatment of structures,
systems and components for
nuclear power reactors.''
Proposed Determination................. NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Mailing Roland Backhaus, Senior Lead
Address. Counsel-Nuclear, Vistra Corp.,
325 7th Street NW, Suite 520,
Washington, DC 20004.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Number.. Robert Kuntz, 301-415-3733.
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III. Notice of Issuance of Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses
and Combined Licenses

During the period since publication of the last biweekly notice,
the Commission has issued the following amendments. The Commission has
determined for each of these amendments that the application complies
with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954,
as amended (the Act), and the Commission's rules and regulations. The
Commission has made appropriate findings as required by the Act and the
Commission's rules and regulations in 10 CFR chapter I, which are set
forth in the license amendment.
A notice of consideration of issuance of amendment to facility
operating license or combined license, as applicable, proposed NSHC
determination, and opportunity for a hearing in connection with these
actions, were published in the Federal Register as indicated in the
safety evaluation for each amendment.
Unless otherwise indicated, the Commission has determined that
these amendments satisfy the criteria for categorical exclusion in
accordance with 10 CFR 51.22. Therefore, pursuant to 10 CFR 51.22(b),
no environmental impact statement or environmental assessment need be
prepared for these amendments. If the Commission has prepared an
environmental assessment under the special circumstances provision in
10 CFR 51.22(b) and has made a determination based on that assessment,
it is so indicated in the safety evaluation for the amendment.
For further details with respect to each action, see the amendment
and associated documents such as the Commission's letter and safety
evaluation, which may be obtained using the ADAMS accession numbers
indicated in the following table. The safety evaluation will provide
the ADAMS accession numbers for the application for amendment and the
Federal Register citation for any environmental assessment. All of
these items can be accessed as described in the ``Obtaining Information
and Submitting Comments'' section of this document.

License Amendment Issuances
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Nebraska Public Power District; Cooper Nuclear Station; Nemaha County,
NE
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Docket No.............................. 50-298.
Amendment Date......................... September 30, 2026.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML26260A290.
Amendment No........................... 284.

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Brief Description of Amendment......... The license amendment for
Cooper Nuclear Station adopted
Technical Specification (TS)
Task Force (TSTF) Traveler
TSTF-585, ``Revise LCO
[Limiting Condition for
Operation] 3.0.3 to Require
Managing Risk.'' TSTF-585
revised LCO 3.0.3 to require
assessing and managing plant
risk whenever LCO 3.0.3 was
entered. If the risk
assessment determined that
continuing plant operation was
acceptable and other
conditions were satisfied, 24
hours from entry into LCO
3.0.3 were permitted to
initiate a shutdown;
otherwise, initiation of the
shutdown was required
immediately. The amendment
also revised or added TS
Required Actions to direct a
shutdown or other actions
instead of entry into LCO
3.0.3.
Public Comments Received as to Proposed No.
NSHC (Yes/No).
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Northern States Power Company; Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant,
Units 1 and 2; Goodhue County, MN
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Docket Nos............................. 50-282, 50-306.
Amendment Date......................... September 28, 2026.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML26217A085.
Amendment Nos.......................... 252 (Unit 1), 240 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of Amendments........ The amendments adopted
Technical Specification Task
Force (TSTF) Traveler TSTF-585
``Revise LCO [Limiting
Condition for Operation] 3.0.3
to Require Managing Risk.''
Public Comments Received as to Proposed No.
NSHC (Yes/No).
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PSEG Nuclear LLC; Salem Nuclear Generating Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2;
Salem County, NJ
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Docket Nos............................. 50-272, 50-311.
Amendment Date......................... September 29, 2026.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML26257A516.
Amendment Nos.......................... 357 (Unit 1) and 339 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of Amendments........ The amendments revised the
renewed facility operating
licenses and the technical
specifications to allow
irradiation of cobalt-59 and
the production and transfer of
cobalt-60.
Public Comments Received as to Proposed No.
NSHC (Yes/No).
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Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Vogtle Electric Generating
Plant, Units 3 and 4; Burke County, GA
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Docket Nos............................. 52-025, 52-026.
Amendment Date......................... October 6, 2026.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML26260C109.
Amendment Nos.......................... 220 (Unit 3), 217 (Unit 4).
Brief Description of Amendments........ The amendments modify the
Combined License and technical
specification requirements to
permit the use of a
Surveillance Frequency Control
Program for Vogtle, Units 3
and 4, based on the
methodology described in
Technical Specifications Task
Force (TSTF) Traveler TSTF-
425, Revision 3, ``Relocate
Surveillance Frequencies to
Licensee Control--RITSTF
Initiative 5b,'' TSTF-563,
Revision 0, ``Revise
Instrument Testing Definitions
to Incorporate the
Surveillance Frequency Control
Program,'' and TSTF-596,
Revision 2, ``Expand the
Applicability of the
Surveillance Frequency Control
Program (SFCP).''
Public Comments Received as to Proposed No.
NSHC (Yes/No).
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Tennessee Valley Authority; Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Units 1, 2, and
3; Limestone County, AL; Tennessee Valley Authority; Sequoyah Nuclear
Plant, Units 1 and 2; Hamilton County, TN; Tennessee Valley Authority;
Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2; Rhea County, TN
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Docket Nos............................. 50-259, 50-260, 50-296, 50-327,
50-328, 50-390, 50-391
Amendment Date......................... September 25, 2026.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML26258A272.
Amendment Nos.......................... 346 (Browns Ferry, Unit 1), 369
(Browns Ferry, Unit 2), 329
(Browns Ferry, Unit 3); 380
(Sequoyah, Unit 1), 375
(Sequoyah, Unit 2); 186 (Watts
Bar, Unit 1), 91 (Watts Bar,
Unit 2).

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Brief Description of Amendments........ The amendments revised Browns
Ferry Nuclear Plant, Units 1,
2, and 3; Sequoyah Nuclear
Plant, Units 1 and 2; and
Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Units
1 and 2 technical
specifications (TSs) to adopt
changes in accordance with
Technical Specifications Task
Force (TSTF) Traveler TSTF-
596, Revision 2, ``Expand the
Applicability of the
Surveillance Frequency Control
Program (SFCP).''
Additionally, the amendments
revised the Watts Bar Nuclear
Plant, Units 1 and 2, TSs,
only, to adopt changes in
accordance with TSTF-374,
Revision 0, ``Revision to TS
5.5.13 and associated TS Bases
for Diesel Fuel Oil''; TSTF-
118, Revision 0,
``Administrative Controls
Program Exceptions''; and TSTF-
600, Revision 2, ``Revise the
Reactor Coolant System (RCS)
Pressure Isolation Valve (PIV)
Leakage Testing Frequency.''
Public Comments Received as to Proposed No.
NSHC (Yes/No).
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Union Electric Company; Callaway Plant, Unit No. 1; Callaway County, MO
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Docket No.............................. 50-483
Amendment Date......................... September 1, 2026.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML26223A277.
Amendment No........................... 244.
Brief Description of Amendment......... The amendment revised Technical
Specification (TS) Section
1.1, ``Use and Application
Definitions,'' and added a new
TS 5.5.20, ``Online Monitoring
Program,'' to TS Section 5.5,
``Administrative Controls
Programs and Manuals.'' The
amendment authorized to use an
online monitoring (OLM)
methodology as the technical
basis to switch from a time-
based surveillance frequency
for channel calibrations to a
condition-based calibration
frequency based on OLM
results.
Public Comments Received as to Proposed No.
NSHC (Yes/No).
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Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.

Dated: October 21, 2026.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Hip[oacute]lito Gonz[aacute]lez,
Chief, Operating Reactor Licensing Branch 4, Division of Licensing
Projects I, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2026-21832 Filed 10-26-26; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7590-01-P

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