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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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November 10, 2026

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Nuclear Regulatory Commission

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 216 (Tuesday, November 10, 2026)]
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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-2026-5281]

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 December 10, 2026. A request for a
hearing or petitions for leave to intervene must be filed by January
11, 2027. This biweekly notice includes all amendments issued, or
proposed to be issued, from October 13, 2026, to
October 26, 2026. The last biweekly notice was published on October
27, 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-2026-5281. 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#96d4e4fff2f1f3e2b8d5e3e4e4f7f8d6f8e4f5b8f1f9e0">[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: Paula Blechman, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-2242; email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#cc9cadb9a0ade28ea0a9afa4a1ada28ca2beafe2aba3ba">[email&#160;protected]</a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments

A. Obtaining Information

Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2026-5281, 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-2026-5281.
<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#eabaaeb8c4b88f99859f98898faa849889c48d859c">[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#530317017d0136203c26213036133d21307d343c25">[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-2026-5281, facility name, unit number(s), docket
number(s), application date, and subject, in your comment submission.
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

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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#2e664b4f5c474049006a414d454b5a6e405c4d00494158">[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
participant, or 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

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<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3b7668737f15695e48544e49585e7b554958155c544d">[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 Request(s)
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Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; Limerick Generating Station, Unit
2; Montgomery County, PA
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Docket No.............................. 50-353.
Application date....................... July 24, 2026, as supplemented
by letter dated September 4,
2026.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML26205A107, ML26247A213.
Location in Application of NSHC........ Pages 16-18 of Attachment 1.
Brief Description of Amendment......... The proposed amendment would
revise the operating license
and technical specifications
to allow a one-time extension
to the due date for local
leakage rate testing
requirements for certain
valves.
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.. Audrey Klett, 301-415-0489.
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Duke Energy Progress, LLC; Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 1;
Wake and Chatham Counties, NC
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Docket No.............................. 50-400.
Application date....................... August 14, 2026.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML26225A421.
Location in Application of NSHC........ Pages 7-9 of the Enclosure.
Brief Description of Amendment......... The proposed amendment would
modify the technical
specifications (TSs) for the
Shearon Harris Nuclear Power
Plant, Unit 1, to provide an
alternative monitoring option
for a condition in which one
digital rod position indicator
per bank is inoperable. The
alternative monitoring option
would allow rod position
verification to be performed
based on the occurrence of rod
movement or power level
change, consistent with a
proposed change within
Technical Specification Task
Force (TSTF) Traveler TSTF-
547, Revision 1.
Proposed Determination................. NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Mailing Tracey Mitchell LeRoy, Deputy
Address. General Counsel, Duke Energy
Corporation, 525 S Tryon
Street, Charlotte, NC 28202.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Number.. Robert Fisher, 301-415-6328.
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Northern States Power Company; Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant;
Wright County, MN
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Docket No.............................. 50-263.
Application date....................... August 17, 2026.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML26238A216.
Location in Application of NSHC........ Pages 6-8 of the Enclosure.

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Brief Description of Amendment......... The proposed amendment would
adopt Technical Specifications
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 technical specifications.
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 change revises
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, DC
20004.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Number.. Ramon Gascot Lozada, 301-415-
2004.
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Pacific Gas and Electric Company; Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant,
Units 1 and 2; San Luis Obispo County, CA
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Docket Nos............................. 50-275, 50-323.
Application date....................... September 22, 2026.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML26266A129.
Location in Application of NSHC........ Pages 1-3 of the Enclosure.
Brief Description of Amendments........ The proposed amendments would
revise the Ventilation Filter
Testing Program technical
specifications to permit the
use of alternate challenge
agents when testing filters
and charcoal adsorber beds,
based on Technical
Specifications 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 Kavita Vaidyanathan, Esq.,
Address. Pacific Gas and Electric Co.,
555 12th Street NW, Suite
1225, Washington, DC 20004.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Number.. Samson Lee, 301-415-3168.
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Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Joseph M. Farley Nuclear
Plant, Units 1 and 2; Houston County, AL; Southern Nuclear Operating
Company, Inc.; Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2; Burke
County, GA
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Docket Nos............................. 50-348, 50-364, 50-424, 50-425.
Application date....................... September 11, 2026.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML26254A331.
Location in Application of NSHC........ Pages E35-E37 of the Enclosure.
Brief Description of Amendments........ The proposed amendments would
modify the Joseph M. Farley
Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2,
(Farley) and Vogtle Electric
Generating Plant, Units 1 and
2 (Vogtle), Renewed Facility
Operating Licenses and
technical specifications
(TSs). Specifically, the
proposed license amendments
would revise the Risk Informed
Completion Time (RICT) Program
descriptions in the Farley and
Vogtle TSs to align with
Technical Specifications Task
Force (TSTF) Travelers TSTF-
505, Revision 2, ``Provide
Risk-Informed Extended
Completion Times--RITSTF
Initiative 4b'' and TSTF-591,
``Revise Risk Informed
Completion Time (RICT)
Program.'' In addition to
revising the RICT Program
descriptions, the proposed
license amendments include
related changes to select TSs
that address conditions
representing a loss of
function as defined by the
TSs. These changes include
conforming revisions that
align affected TSs with the
Standard TSs and applicable
TSTF traveler provisions, as
well as revisions to certain
TS required actions that
remove embedded shutdown logic
and explicitly direct entry
into Limiting Condition for
Operation 3.0.3. The proposed
amendments also removes RICT-
related license conditions
associated with the original
approval and implementation of
the RICT Programs at Farley
and Vogtle.
Proposed Determination................. NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Mailing Leslie G. Allen, Vice President
Address. and General Counsel, Southern
Nuclear Operating Co., Inc.,
P.O. Box 1295, Birmingham, AL
35201-1295.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Number.. Zachary Turner, 415-6303.
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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.
Application date....................... September 24, 2026.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML26271A052.
Location in Application of NSHC........ Pages E1-4--E1-6 of Enclosure
1.

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Brief Description of Amendments........ The proposed amendments would
revise the emergency plans for
Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant,
Units 1, 2, and 3, and its
generally licensed independent
spent fuel storage
installation (ISFSI); Sequoyah
Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2,
and its generally licensed
ISFSI; and Watts Bar Nuclear
Plant, Units 1 and 2, and its
generally licensed ISFSI, to
adopt the Nuclear Energy
Institute's (NEI's) revised
Emergency Action Level schemes
described in NEI 99-01,
``Development of Emergency
Action Levels for Non-Passive
Reactors,'' Revision 7.
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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Union Electric Company; Callaway Plant, Unit No. 1; Callaway County, MO
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Docket No.............................. 50-483.
Application date....................... September 15, 2026.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML26258A308 (package).
Location in Application of NSHC........ Pages 4-6 of the Enclosure.
Brief Description of Amendment......... The proposed amendment would
revise the Callaway Plant,
Unit No. 1 (Callaway)
technical specifications (TSs)
to adopt Technical
Specifications Task Force
(TSTF) Traveler TSTF-547,
``Clarification of Rod
Position Requirements,'' which
is an approved change to the
Standard Technical
Specifications, into the
Callaway TSs. The TSs related
to rod position requirements
are revised based on operating
history. The amendment would
revise the requirements on
control and shutdown rods, as
well as rod and bank position
indication.
Proposed Determination................. NSHC.
Name of Attorney for Licensee, Mailing Jay E. Silberg, Pillsbury
Address. Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP,
1200 17th St. NW, Washington,
DC 20036.
NRC Project Manager, Telephone Number.. Mahesh Chawla, 301-415-8371.
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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 Issuance(s)
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Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC; Oconee Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2, and 3;
Oconee County, SC; Duke Energy Progress, LLC; Shearon Harris Nuclear
Power Plant, Unit 1; Wake and Chatham Counties, NC
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Docket Nos............................. 50-269, 50-270, 50-287, 50-400.
Amendment Date......................... October 16, 2026.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML26274A022.
Amendment Nos.......................... Shearon Harris Unit 1-205;
Oconee Units 1, 2, and 3-436,
438, and 437.

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Brief Description of Amendments........ The amendments modified the
Shearon Harris Nuclear Power
Plant, Unit 1, and Oconee
Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2,
and 3 technical specifications
(TSs) to allow the use of
online monitoring (OLM)
methodology for determining
the calibration frequency of
pressure, level, and flow
transmitters. The amendments
revised the TS definitions
related to channel calibration
and added a new administrative
program for OLM, thereby
transitioning from time-based
to condition-based calibration
frequencies for affected
transmitters. These changes
also clarified the scope of
transmitters subject to OLM
and the associated
programmatic controls for
calibration activities and
dynamic response assessments
using noise analysis
techniques.
Public Comments Received as to Proposed No.
NSHC (Yes/No).
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Entergy Louisiana, LLC, and Entergy Operations, Inc.; River Bend
Station, Unit 1; West Feliciana Parish, LA; Entergy Operations, Inc.,
System Energy Resources, Inc., Cooperative Energy, A Mississippi
Electric Cooperative, and Entergy Mississippi, LLC; Grand Gulf Nuclear
Station, Unit 1; Claiborne County, MS; Entergy Operations, Inc.;
Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 2; Pope County, AR; Entergy Operations, Inc.;
Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3; St. Charles Parish, LA
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Docket Nos............................. 50-368, 50-382, 50-416, 50-458.
Amendment Date......................... October 15, 2026.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML26233A078.
Amendment Nos.......................... 342 (Arkansas, Unit 2), 243
(Grand Gulf), 223 (River
Bend), and 281 (Waterford 3).
Brief Description of Amendments........ The amendments revised the
technical specifications for
Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 2;
Grand Gulf Nuclear Station,
Unit 1; River Bend Station,
Unit 1; and Waterford Steam
Electric Station, Unit 3,
based on Technical
Specifications Task Force
(TSTF) Traveler TSTF-599,
Revision 1, ``Eliminate
Periodic Surveillance Test of
Simultaneous Start of
Redundant Diesel Generators''
(ML25093A204), and the
associated NRC staff final
safety evaluation of Traveler
TSTF-599 (ML25119A288).
Public Comments Received as to Proposed No.
NSHC (Yes/No).
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Florida Power & Light Company; St. Lucie Plant, Unit No. 1; St. Lucie
County, FL
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Docket No.............................. 50-335.
Amendment Date......................... October 6, 2026.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML26266A218.
Amendment No........................... 260.
Brief Description of Amendment......... The amendment revised the St.
Lucie Plant, Unit No. 1,
Technical Specification 5.6.3,
``Core Operating Limits
Report,'' to update the
listing of NRC-approved
analytical methods used to
determine the core operating
limits. Specifically, the
amendment requested changes to
the fuel thermal-mechanics,
core thermal-hydraulics,
emergency core cooling,
nuclear design, and select
design basis event analyses
using NRC-approved advanced
codes and methods in support
of a St. Lucie Plant, Unit No.
1, transition to 24-month fuel
cycles.
Public Comments Received as to Proposed No.
NSHC (Yes/No).
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Pacific Gas and Electric Company; Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant,
Units 1 and 2; San Luis Obispo County, CA
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Docket No(s)........................... 50-275, 50-323.
Amendment Date......................... October 15, 2026.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML26279A207.
Amendment No(s)........................ 264 (Unit 1) and 266 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of Amendment(s)...... The amendments revised the
license condition associated
with the adoption of 10 CFR
50.69, ``Risk-informed
categorization and treatment
of structures, systems and
components for nuclear power
reactors,'' that was added to
the operating licenses upon
issuance of Amendments 247 and
249. Specifically, the
revision incorporated use of
the Electric Power Research
Institute Technical Report No.
3002033536, ``Enhanced Risk-
Informed Categorization
Methodology for Pressure
Boundary Components (Revision
1-A).''
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......................... October 19, 2026.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML26273A335.
Amendment Nos.......................... 358 (Unit 1) and 340 (Unit 2).

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Brief Description of Amendments........ The amendments allowed the
licensee to use a data
validation and reconciliation
methodology as the primary
means of measurement
uncertainty recapture at Salem
Nuclear Generating Station
(Salem), Unit Nos. 1 and 2.
The amendments also removed a
methodology from the technical
specifications for Salem, Unit
Nos. 1 and 2.
Public Comments Received as to Proposed No.
NSHC (Yes/No).
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STP Nuclear Operating Company; South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2;
Matagorda County, TX
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Docket Nos............................. 50-498, 50-499.
Amendment Date......................... October 15, 2026.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML26264A276.
Amendment Nos.......................... 229 (Unit 1) and 213 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of Amendments........ The amendments revised
Technical Specification (TS)
3.0.3, ``Limiting Condition
for Operation 3.0.3,'' to
require a risk assessment and
risk management actions
whenever the specification was
entered. The amendments
changed the shutdown timing
framework so that, if
continuing operation was
acceptable and the required
actions were met, shutdown
could be initiated within 24
hours; otherwise, shutdown was
required immediately or within
shorter mode-change time
limits. The amendments also
revised selected required
actions in TS 3.7.1.5, ``Main
Steam Line Isolation Valves,''
and TS 3.8.2.1, ``DC Sources--
Operating,'' to direct plant
shutdown actions instead of
entry into TS 3.0.3.
Public Comments Received as to Proposed No.
NSHC (Yes/No).
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Vistra Operations Company LLC; Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, Unit
Nos. 1 and 2; Somervell County, TX
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Docket Nos............................. 50-445 (Unit 1) and 50-446
(Unit 2).
Amendment Date......................... September 29, 2026.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML26255A070.
Amendment Nos.......................... 200 (Unit 1) and 200 (Unit 2).
Brief Description of Amendments........ The amendments revised the
technical specifications (TSs)
to adopt NRC-approved
Technical Specifications Task
Force (TSTF) Traveler TSTF-
602, Revision 0, ``Revise the
Ventilation Filter Testing
Program to Permit Alternate
Challenge Agents,'' which was
approved by the NRC by letter
dated December 11, 2025
(ML25343A362 (package)). The
amendments revised the
Ventilation Filter Testing
Program TS to permit the use
of alternate challenge agents
when testing filters and
charcoal adsorber beds.
Public Comments Received as to Proposed No.
NSHC (Yes/No).
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Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation; Wolf Creek Generating Station,
Unit 1; Coffey County, KS
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Docket No.............................. 50-482.
Amendment Date......................... October 19, 2026.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML26251A034.
Amendment No........................... 250.
Brief Description of Amendment......... The amendment revised technical
specification requirements for
unavailable barriers by adding
Limiting Condition for
Operation 3.0.9. The changes
are consistent with NRC-
approved Technical
Specifications Task Force
(TSTF) Standard Technical
Specification Change Traveler,
TSTF-427-A, Revision 2,
``Allowance for Non Technical
Specification Barrier
Degradation on Supported
System OPERABILITY.''
Public Comments Received as to Proposed No.
NSHC (Yes/No).
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IV. Notice of Issuance of Amendment to Facility Operating Licenses and
Combined Licenses and Final Determination of No Significant Hazards
Consideration and Opportunity for a Hearing (Exigent Circumstances or
Emergency Situation)

Since publication of the last biweekly notice, the Commission has
issued the following amendment. The Commission has determined for this
amendment that the application for the amendment 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.
Because of exigent circumstances or emergency situation associated
with the date the amendment was needed, there was not time for the
Commission to publish, for public comment before issuance, its usual
notice of consideration of issuance of amendment, proposed NSHC
determination, and opportunity for a hearing.
For exigent circumstances, the Commission has either issued a
Federal Register notice providing opportunity for public comment or has
used local media to provide notice to the public in the area
surrounding a licensee's facility of the licensee's application and of
the Commission's proposed determination of NSHC. The Commission has
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to comment, using its best efforts to make available to the public
means of communication for the public to respond quickly, and in the
case of telephone comments, the comments have been recorded or
transcribed as appropriate and the licensee has been informed of the
public comments.
In circumstances where failure to act in a timely way would have
resulted, for example, in derating or shutdown of a nuclear power plant
or in prevention of either resumption of operation or of increase in
power output up to the plant's licensed power level (an emergency
situation), the Commission may not have had an opportunity to provide
for public comment on its NSHC determination. In such case, the license
amendment has been issued without opportunity for comment prior to
issuance. Nonetheless, the State has been consulted by telephone
whenever possible.
Under its regulations, the Commission may issue and make an
amendment immediately effective, notwithstanding the pendency before it
of a request for a hearing from any person, in advance of the holding
and completion of any required hearing, where it has determined that
NSHC is involved. The Commission has applied the standards of 10 CFR
50.92 and has made a final determination that the amendments involve
NSHC. The basis for this determination is contained in the NRC staff
safety evaluation related to each action. Accordingly, the amendment
has been issued and made effective as indicated.
For those amendments that have not been previously noticed in the
Federal Register, within 60 days after the date of publication of this
notice, any persons (petitioner) whose interest may be affected by this
action may file a request for a hearing and petition for leave to
intervene (petition) with respect to the action. Petitions shall be
filed in accordance with the guidance concerning the Commission's
``Agency Rules of Practice and Procedure'' in 10 CFR part 2 as
discussed in section II.A of this document.
Unless otherwise indicated, the Commission has determined that the
amendment satisfies 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 this amendment. If the Commission has prepared an
environmental assessment under the special circumstances provision in
10 CFR 51.12(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 these actions, 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 number 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 Issuance--Exigent Circumstances
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Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station,
Unit 2; York County, PA
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Docket No.............................. 50-277.
Amendment Date......................... October 09, 2026.
ADAMS Accession No..................... ML26275A169.
Amendment No........................... 349.
Brief Description of Amendment......... The amendment revised the
definition of ``Drain Time''
in section 1.1 of the
technical specifications by
deleting the phrase, ``(e.g.,
seismic event, loss of normal
power, single human error)''
from item b in the definition.
The amendment also replaced
the phrase ``locked, sealed,
or otherwise secured'' with
``closed and administratively
controlled'' in item b of the
drain time definition.
Local Media Notice (Yes/No)............ Yes.
Public Comments Requested as to Yes.
Proposed NSHC (Yes/No).
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Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.

Dated: November 4, 2026.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Ilka Berrios,
Chief, Operating Reactor Licensing Branch 3, Division of Licensing
Projects I, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2026-22882 Filed 11-9-26; 8:45 am]
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