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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 165 / Monday, August 30, 2021 / Notices For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Wesley W. Held, Policy Coordinator, Office of the Secretary.
FR Doc. 202118680 Filed 82621; 11:15 am BILLING CODE 759001P

NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION
Docket Nos. STN 50454 and STN 50455;
NRC20210156

Exelon Generation Company, LLC, Byron Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2
Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Exemption; issuance.
AGENCY:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission NRC is issuing an exemption in response to a September 28, 2020, request from Exelon Generation Company, LLC. The exemption allows either a licensed senior operator or a certified fuel handler to approve the emergency suspension of security measures for Byron Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 during certain emergency conditions or during severe weather after both the certification of permanent cessation of operations and the certification of permanent fuel removal have been docketed for the facility.
DATES: The exemption was issued on August 23, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID
NRC20210156 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information regarding this document.
You may obtain publicly available information related to this document using any of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC20210156. Address questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann;
telephone: 3014150624; email Stacy.Schumann@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section of this document.
NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System ADAMS: You may obtain publicly available documents online in the ADAMS Public Documents collection at https www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
adams.html. To begin the search, select Begin Web-based ADAMS Search. For problems with ADAMS, contact the NRCs Public Document Room PDR
reference staff at 18003974209, 301
4154737, or by email to pdr.resource@
nrc.gov. The ADAMS accession number for each document referenced if it is
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available in ADAMS is provided the first time that it is mentioned in this document.
Attention: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies of public documents, is currently closed. You may submit your request to the PDR via email at pdr.resource@nrc.gov or call 1
8003974209 or 3014154737, between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joel S. Wiebe, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555
0001; telephone: 3014156606; email:
Joel.Wiebe@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The text of the exemption is attached.
Dated: August 25, 2021.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Joel S. Wiebe, Senior Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch III, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.

Attachment: Exemption NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION
Docket Nos. STN 50454 and STN 50
455
Exelon Generation Company, LLC;
Byron Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2
Exemption Related to the Approval Authority for Suspension of Security Measures in an Emergency or During Severe Weather I. Background Exelon Generation Company, LLC
Exelon is the holder of Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. NPF37
and NPF66 for the Byron Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 Byron. The licenses provide, among other things, that the facility is subject to all applicable rules, regulations, and orders of the U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission NRC, the Commission, now or hereafter in effect. The Byron facility consists of two pressurized-water reactors located in Ogle County, Illinois.
By letter dated September 2, 2020
Agencywide Documents Access and Management System ADAMS
Accession No. ML20246G613, Exelon provided formal notification to the NRC
pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations 10 CFR Sections 50.82a1i and 50.4b8 of the intention to permanently cease power operations at Byron on or before September 30, 2021.
In accordance with 10 CFR
50.82a1iii and 50.82a2, the 10

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CFR part 50 licenses for the facility will no longer authorize reactor operation or emplacement or retention of fuel in the reactor vessel after certifications of permanent cessation of operations and permanent removal of fuel from the reactor vessel are docketed for Byron.
As a result, licensed senior operators i.e., individuals licensed under 10 CFR
part 55 to manipulate the controls of a facility and to direct the licensed activities of licensed operators will no longer be required to support plant operating activities. Instead, certified fuel handlers CFHs i.e., non-licensed operators who have qualified in accordance with a fuel handler training program approved by the Commission will perform activities associated with decommissioning, irradiated fuel handling, and management.
Commission approval of a fuel handler training program is needed to facilitate these activities.
By letter dated September 24, 2020
ADAMS Accession No. ML20269A233, Exelon submitted a request for Commission approval of the CFH
Training and Retraining Program for Byron. By letter dated August 17, 2021
ADAMS Accession No. ML21076A371, the Commission approved the CFH
Training and Retraining Program for Byron. The CFH Training and Retraining Program is to be used to satisfy training requirements for the plant personnel responsible for supervising and directing the monitoring, storage, handling, and cooling of irradiated fuel in a manner consistent with ensuring the health and safety of the public. As stated in 10 CFR
50.2, Definitions, CFHs are qualified in accordance with a Commissionapproved training program.
II. Request/Action The Commissions regulation at 10
CFR 73.55p1 addresses the suspension of security measures in an emergency 10 CFR 73.55p1i or during severe weather 10 CFR
73.55p1ii by stating:
The licensee may suspend implementation of affected requirements of this section under the following conditions:
i In accordance with 50.54x and 50.54y of this chapter, the licensee may suspend any security measures under this section in an emergency when this action is immediately needed to protect the public health and safety and no action consistent with license conditions and technical specifications that can provide adequate or equivalent protection is immediately apparent. This suspension of security measures must be approved as a minimum by a licensed senior operator before taking this action.

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