Tennessee Valley Authority; Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Units 1 and 2

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Nuclear Regulatory Commission [Docket Nos. 50-390 and 50-391; NRC-2019-0135] AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: License amendment application; opportunity to comment, request a hearing, and petition for leave to intervene. SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering issuance of an amendment to Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-90 and NPF-96, issued to Tennessee Valley Authority, for operation of Watts Bar Nuclear Plants, Units 1 and 2, respectively. The proposed amendments would modify the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, Technical Specification (TS) requirements related to direct current (DC) electrical systems to be consistent with Technical Specifications Task Force (TSTF) Traveler TSTF-500, Revision 2, “DC Electrical Rewrite—Update to TSTF-360.” In addition, the proposed amendments would modify TS 3.8.4 to declare the associated diesel generator(s) inoperable when one or more diesel generator DC battery charger(s) in redundant trains is inoperable. DATES: Submit comments by October 15, 2019. Requests for a hearing or petition for leave to intervene must be filed by November 12, 2019. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods: Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2019-0135. Address questions about NRC docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Jennifer Borges; telephone: 301-287-9127; email: Jennifer.Borges@nrc.gov . For technical questions, …