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Duke Energy Corporation; Oconee Nuclear Station Units 1, 2, and 3; Notice of Issuance of Renewed Facility Operating License; Nos. DPR38, DPR47, and DPR55 for an Additional 20-Year Period

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 [Federal Register: May 30, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 104)]
[Notices]
[Page 34506-34507]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50269, 50270, and 50287]


Duke Energy Corporation; Oconee Nuclear Station Units 1, 2, and
3; Notice of Issuance of Renewed Facility Operating License; Nos.
DPR38, DPR47, and DPR55 for an Additional 20-Year Period

    Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(the Commission) has issued (1) Renewed Facility Operating License No.
DPR38 (the Unit 1 license), (2) Renewed Facility Operating License No.
DPR47 (the Unit 2 license), and (3) Renewed Facility Operating License
No. DPR55

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(the Unit 3 license) to Duke Energy Corporation (the licensee). The
Unit 1 license authorizes operation of the Oconee Nuclear Station, Unit
1 by the licensee at reactor core power levels not in excess of 2568
megawatts thermal in accordance with the provisions of the Unit 1
license and its Technical Specifications (Appendix A). The Unit 2
license authorizes operation of the Oconee Nuclear Station, Unit 2 by
the licensee at rector core power levels not in excess of 2568
megawatts thermal in accordance with the provisions of the Unit 2
license at its Technical Specifications. The Unit 3 license authorizes
operation of the Oconee Nuclear Station, Unit 3 by the licensee at
reactor core power levels not in excess of 2568 megawatts thermal in
accordance with the provisions of the Unit 3 license and its Technical
Specifications.
    Oconee Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2, and 3, are pressurized water
nuclear reactors located in eastern Oconee County about 8 miles
northeast of Seneca, South Carolina.
    The application for the renewed licenses complies with the
standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended
(the Act), and the Commission's regulations. The Commission has made
appropriate findings as required by the Act and the Commission's
regulations in 10 CFR Chapter I, which are set forth in each license.
Public notice of the proposed action and opportunity for hearing
regarding the proposed issuance of these renewed operating licenses was
published in the Federal Register on August 11, 1998 (63 FR 42885).
    For further details with respect to these actions, see (1) The Duke
Energy Corporation Oconee Nuclear Station Units 1, 2, and 3,
Application for Renewed Operating Licenses, dated July 6, 1998, as
supplemented by letter dated March 27, 2000, and by letters contained
in Appendix E of NUREG1723, Safety Evaluation Report Related to the
License Renewal of Oconee Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2, and 3, (2)
Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. DPR38, DPR47, and DPR55, with
the appendix listed above; (3) the Commission's Safety Evaluation
Reports dated June 16, 1999, February 3, 2000, and March 2000
(NUREG1723); (4) the licensee's updated final safety analysis report;
and (5) the Commission's Final Environmental Impact Statement
(NUREG1437, Supplement 2), dated December 1996. These items are
available at the NRC's Public Document Room, the Gelman Building, 2120
L Street NW., Washington, DC 205550001. In addition, documents that
were issued after November 1, 1999, (e.g., NUREG1723, and NUREG1437,
Supplement 2) can be viewed from the NRC Public Electronic Reading Room
at http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/ADAMS/index.html.
    A copy of the Renewed Facility Operating Licenses, Nos. DRP38,
DRP47, and DPR55, may be obtained upon request addressed to the U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 205550001, Attention:
Director, Division of Licensing Project Management. Copies of the
Safety Evaluation Report (NUREG1723) and the Final Environmental Impact
Statement (NUREG137, Supplement 2) may be purchased from the National
Technical Information Service, Springfield, Virginia 221610002
(telephone number 18005536847, http://www.ntis.gov), or the
Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, P.O. Box
37082, Washington, DC 204029328 (telephone number 2025121800, http://
www.access.gpo.gov/sudocs). All orders should clearly identify the NRC
publication number and the requestor's Government Printing Office
deposit account, or VISA or Mastercard number and expiration date.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 23rd day of May, 2000.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Joseph M. Sebrosky,
Prject Manager, License Renewal and Standardization Branch, Division of
Regulatory Improvement Programs, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 0013457 Filed 52600; 8:45 am]
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