In the Matter of PSEG Nuclear LLC; Exelon Generation Company, LLC; (Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, Unit Nos. 2 and 3); (Hope Creek Generating Station); (Salem Nuclear Generating Station Unit Nos. 1 and 2); Order Approving Transfers of Licenses and Conforming Amendments, 32375-32376 [E6-8649]
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[Docket Nos. 50–277 and 50–278, License
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354, License No. NPF–57; Docket Nos. 50–
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In the Matter of PSEG Nuclear LLC;
Exelon Generation Company, LLC;
(Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station,
Unit Nos. 2 and 3); (Hope Creek
Generating Station); (Salem Nuclear
Generating Station Unit Nos. 1 and 2);
Order Approving Transfers of Licenses
and Conforming Amendments
I
PSEG Nuclear LLC (PSEG Nuclear)
owns Hope Creek Generating Station
(Hope Creek), a 57.41-percent interest in
Salem Nuclear Generating Station, Unit
Nos. 1 and 2 (Salem), and a 50-percent
interest in Peach Bottom Atomic Power
Station, Unit Nos. 2 and 3 (Peach
Bottom). Exelon Generation Company,
LLC (EGC) owns the remaining interests
in Salem and Peach Bottom. PSEG
Nuclear holds the Facility Operating
License, No. NPF–57, for Hope Creek,
co-holds the Facility Operating
Licenses, Nos. DPR–70 and DPR–75, for
Salem, and co-holds the Renewed
Facility Operating Licenses, Nos. DPR–
44 and DPR–56, for Peach Bottom, and
is authorized to possess, use, and,
except for Peach Bottom, operate the
facilities in accordance with the terms
and conditions of the licenses. EGC is
the other co-holder of the Renewed
Facility Operating Licenses for Peach
Bottom, and is authorized to possess,
use and operate Peach Bottom, and is
the other co-holder of the Facility
Operating Licenses for Salem, and is
authorized to possess Salem. Hope
Creek and Salem are located in Salem
County, New Jersey, and Peach Bottom
is located in York and Lancaster
Counties, Pennsylvania.
II
By letter dated March 3, 2005, as
supplemented by letters dated May 24
and October 5, 2005, EGC submitted an
application requesting approval of
direct license transfers that would be
necessary in connection with the
transfer of the ownership interests held
by PSEG Nuclear in Peach Bottom to
EGC. By letter dated March 4, 2005, as
supplemented by letters dated May 24
and October 6, 2005, PSEG Nuclear
submitted an application requesting
approval of direct license transfers that
would be necessary in connection with
the transfer to EGC of the ownership
interests held by PSEG Nuclear in Hope
Creek and Salem, and the transfer of
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operating authority from PSEG Nuclear
to EGC.
All of the foregoing requests for
approval are associated with the
proposed merger of Public Service
Enterprise Group (the ultimate parent
company of PSEG Nuclear) into Exelon
Corporation (the ultimate parent
company of EGC). Upon completion of
the merger, Exelon Corporation will
change its name to Exelon Electric & Gas
Corporation (EEG). EEG will then
restructure its organization.
EGC and PSEG Nuclear also requested
NRC’s approval of conforming
administrative license amendments that,
in general, would reflect the transfers of
the licenses, to the extent held by PSEG
Nuclear, to EGC. No physical changes to
the facilities or operational changes
were proposed in the applications. After
completion of the proposed license
transfers, EGC would be the sole owner
and operator of the facilities.
EGC and PSEG Nuclear requested
approval of the transfers of the facility
operating licenses and conforming
license amendments pursuant to
Sections 50.80 and 50.90 of Title 10 of
the Code of Federal Regulations (10
CFR). Notices of the requests for
approval and an opportunity for a
hearing were published in the Federal
Register on August 2, 2005 (70 FR
44389, 70 FR 44397, and 70 FR 44398).
One petition for leave to intervene
pursuant to 10 CFR 2.309 was received
on August 21, 2005, from Mr. Eric
Joseph Epstein. By Memorandum and
Order CLI–05–26, dated October 26,
2005, the Commission rejected Mr.
Epstein’s claim of standing and
consequently dismissed the proceeding.
The Commission directed the NRC staff
to consider Mr. Epstein’s contentions
and supplemental filing dated October
7, 2005, as if they were ‘‘written
comments’’ under 10 CFR 2.1305. The
written comments have been considered
by the NRC staff in connection with the
issuance of this Order.
Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.80, no license,
or any right thereunder, shall be
transferred, directly or indirectly,
through transfer of control of the
license, unless the Commission shall
give its consent in writing. Upon review
of the information in the applications
and other information before the
Commission, and relying upon the
representations and agreements
contained in the applications, the NRC
staff has determined that EGC is
qualified to hold the licenses for Hope
Creek, Salem, and Peach Bottom as
proposed in the applications, and that
the transfers of the licenses as proposed
in the applications are otherwise
consistent with applicable provisions of
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law, regulations, and orders issued by
the Commission, subject to the
conditions set forth below. The NRC
staff has further found that the
applications for the proposed license
amendments comply with the standards
and requirements of the Atomic Energy
Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and
the Commission’s rules and regulations
set forth in 10 CFR chapter I; the
facilities will operate in conformity with
the applications, the provisions of the
Act and the rules and regulations of the
Commission; there is reasonable
assurance that the activities authorized
by the proposed license amendments
can be conducted without endangering
the health and safety of the public and
that such activities will be conducted in
compliance with the Commission’s
regulations; the issuance of the
proposed license amendments will not
be inimical to the common defense and
security or to the health and safety of
the public; and the issuance of the
proposed amendments will be in
accordance with 10 CFR part 51 of the
Commission’s regulations and all
applicable requirements have been
satisfied.
The findings set forth above are
supported by an NRC safety evaluation
dated May 30, 2006.
III
Accordingly, pursuant to Sections
161b, 161i, and 184 of the Act, 42 U.S.C.
§§ 2201(b), 2201(i), and 2234; and 10
CFR 50.80, it is hereby ordered that the
direct transfers of the licenses as
described herein are approved, subject
to the following conditions:
1. At the time of the closing of the
transfers of the licenses from PSEG
Nuclear to EGC, PSEG Nuclear shall
transfer to EGC all of PSEG Nuclear’s
respective decommissioning funds
accumulated as of such time, and EGC
shall deposit such funds in external
decommissioning trust(s) established by
EGC for the respective units.
2. Before completion of the transfers
of the interests in the subject facilities
to it, EGC shall provide to the Director
of the Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation satisfactory documentary
evidence that EGC has obtained the
appropriate amount of insurance
required of licensees under 10 CFR part
140, ‘‘Financial Protection
Requirements and Indemnity
Agreements,’’ of the Commission’s
regulations.
It is further ordered that, consistent
with 10 CFR 2.1315(b), license
amendments that make changes, as
indicated in Enclosures 2 through 6 to
the cover letter forwarding this Order, to
conform the licenses to reflect the
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subject direct license transfers are
approved. The amendments shall be
issued and made effective at the time
the proposed direct license transfers are
completed.
It is further ordered that EGC shall
inform the Director of the Office of
Nuclear Reactor Regulation in writing of
the date(s) of closing of the direct
transfers no later than 5 business days
prior to closing. Should the transfers of
the licenses not be completed by May
30, 2007, this Order shall become null
and void, provided, however, that upon
written application and for good cause
shown, such date may be extended by
Order.
This Order is effective upon issuance.
For further details with respect to this
Order, see the initial applications dated
March 3 and March 4, 2005, and
supplemental letters dated May 24
(two), October 5, and October 6, 2005,
and the non-proprietary safety
evaluation dated May 30, 2006, which
are available for public inspection at the
Commission’s Public Document Room
(PDR), located at One White Flint North,
Public File Area 01 F21, 11555
Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville,
Maryland and accessible electronically
from the Agencywide Documents
Access and Management System
(ADAMS) Public Electronic Reading
Room on the Internet at the NRC Web
site, https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
adams.html. Persons who do not have
access to ADAMS or who encounter
problems in accessing the documents
located in ADAMS, should contact the
NRC PDR Reference staff by telephone
at 1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or
by e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 30th day
of May 2006.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
J.E. Dyer,
Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
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[Docket No. 50–263]
Nuclear Management Company, LLC;
Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant;
Environmental Assessment and
Finding of No Significant Impact
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is considering
issuance of an amendment to Facility
Operating License No. DPR–22, issued
to the Nuclear Management Company
(the licensee) for operation of the
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Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant
(MNGP), located in Wright County,
Minnesota. Pursuant to Title 10 of the
Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR)
Sections 51.21 and 51.32, the NRC is
issuing this environmental assessment
and finding of no significant impact.
Environmental Assessment
Identification of the Proposed Action
The proposed action would be a
conversion from the current Technical
Specifications (CTSs) to the Improved
Technical Specifications (ITSs) format
based on NUREG–1433, ‘‘Standard
Technical Specifications General
Electric Plants BWR/4,’’ Revision 3,
dated June 2004. The proposed action is
in accordance with the licensee’s
application dated June 29, 2005, as
supplemented by letters dated April 25
(two letters), May 4, and May 12, 2006.
The Need for the Proposed Action
The Commission’s ‘‘Proposed Policy
Statement on Technical Specifications
Improvements for Nuclear Power
Reactors’’ (52 FR 3788), dated February
6, 1987, contained an Interim Policy
Statement that set forth objective criteria
for determining which regulatory
requirements and operating restrictions
should be included in the technical
specifications (TSs) for nuclear power
plants. When it issued the Interim
Policy Statement, the Commission also
requested comments on it.
Subsequently, to implement the Interim
Policy Statement, each reactor vendor
owners group and the NRC staff began
developing standard TSs (STSs) for
reactors supplied by each vendor. The
Commission then published its ‘‘Final
Policy Statement on Technical
Specifications Improvements for
Nuclear Power Reactors’’ (58 FR 39132),
dated July 22, 1993, in which it
addressed comments received on the
Interim Policy Statement, and
incorporated experience in developing
the STSs. The Final Policy Statement
formed the basis for a revision to 10 CFR
50.36 (60 FR 36953), dated July 19,
1995, that codified the criteria for
determining the content of TSs. The
NRC Committee to Review Generic
Requirements reviewed the STSs, made
note of their safety merits, and indicated
its support of conversion by operating
plants to the STSs. For MNGP, NUREG–
1433 documents the STSs and forms the
basis for the MNGP conversion to the
ITSs.
The proposed changes to the CTSs are
based on NUREG–1433 and the
guidance provided in the Final Policy
Statement. The objective of this action
is to rewrite, reformat, and streamline
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[Docket Nos. 50-277 and 50-278, License Nos. DPR-44 and DPR-56; Docket
No. 50-354, License No. NPF-57; Docket Nos. 50-272 and 50-311, License
Nos. DPR-70 and DPR-75]
In the Matter of PSEG Nuclear LLC; Exelon Generation Company,
LLC; (Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, Unit Nos. 2 and 3); (Hope
Creek Generating Station); (Salem Nuclear Generating Station Unit Nos.
1 and 2); Order Approving Transfers of Licenses and Conforming
Amendments
I
PSEG Nuclear LLC (PSEG Nuclear) owns Hope Creek Generating Station
(Hope Creek), a 57.41-percent interest in Salem Nuclear Generating
Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 (Salem), and a 50-percent interest in Peach
Bottom Atomic Power Station, Unit Nos. 2 and 3 (Peach Bottom). Exelon
Generation Company, LLC (EGC) owns the remaining interests in Salem and
Peach Bottom. PSEG Nuclear holds the Facility Operating License, No.
NPF-57, for Hope Creek, co-holds the Facility Operating Licenses, Nos.
DPR-70 and DPR-75, for Salem, and co-holds the Renewed Facility
Operating Licenses, Nos. DPR-44 and DPR-56, for Peach Bottom, and is
authorized to possess, use, and, except for Peach Bottom, operate the
facilities in accordance with the terms and conditions of the licenses.
EGC is the other co-holder of the Renewed Facility Operating Licenses
for Peach Bottom, and is authorized to possess, use and operate Peach
Bottom, and is the other co-holder of the Facility Operating Licenses
for Salem, and is authorized to possess Salem. Hope Creek and Salem are
located in Salem County, New Jersey, and Peach Bottom is located in
York and Lancaster Counties, Pennsylvania.
II
By letter dated March 3, 2005, as supplemented by letters dated May
24 and October 5, 2005, EGC submitted an application requesting
approval of direct license transfers that would be necessary in
connection with the transfer of the ownership interests held by PSEG
Nuclear in Peach Bottom to EGC. By letter dated March 4, 2005, as
supplemented by letters dated May 24 and October 6, 2005, PSEG Nuclear
submitted an application requesting approval of direct license
transfers that would be necessary in connection with the transfer to
EGC of the ownership interests held by PSEG Nuclear in Hope Creek and
Salem, and the transfer of operating authority from PSEG Nuclear to
EGC.
All of the foregoing requests for approval are associated with the
proposed merger of Public Service Enterprise Group (the ultimate parent
company of PSEG Nuclear) into Exelon Corporation (the ultimate parent
company of EGC). Upon completion of the merger, Exelon Corporation will
change its name to Exelon Electric & Gas Corporation (EEG). EEG will
then restructure its organization.
EGC and PSEG Nuclear also requested NRC's approval of conforming
administrative license amendments that, in general, would reflect the
transfers of the licenses, to the extent held by PSEG Nuclear, to EGC.
No physical changes to the facilities or operational changes were
proposed in the applications. After completion of the proposed license
transfers, EGC would be the sole owner and operator of the facilities.
EGC and PSEG Nuclear requested approval of the transfers of the
facility operating licenses and conforming license amendments pursuant
to Sections 50.80 and 50.90 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR). Notices of the requests for approval and an
opportunity for a hearing were published in the Federal Register on
August 2, 2005 (70 FR 44389, 70 FR 44397, and 70 FR 44398).
One petition for leave to intervene pursuant to 10 CFR 2.309 was
received on August 21, 2005, from Mr. Eric Joseph Epstein. By
Memorandum and Order CLI-05-26, dated October 26, 2005, the Commission
rejected Mr. Epstein's claim of standing and consequently dismissed the
proceeding. The Commission directed the NRC staff to consider Mr.
Epstein's contentions and supplemental filing dated October 7, 2005, as
if they were ``written comments'' under 10 CFR 2.1305. The written
comments have been considered by the NRC staff in connection with the
issuance of this Order.
Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.80, no license, or any right thereunder,
shall be transferred, directly or indirectly, through transfer of
control of the license, unless the Commission shall give its consent in
writing. Upon review of the information in the applications and other
information before the Commission, and relying upon the representations
and agreements contained in the applications, the NRC staff has
determined that EGC is qualified to hold the licenses for Hope Creek,
Salem, and Peach Bottom as proposed in the applications, and that the
transfers of the licenses as proposed in the applications are otherwise
consistent with applicable provisions of
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law, regulations, and orders issued by the Commission, subject to the
conditions set forth below. The NRC staff has further found that the
applications for the proposed license amendments comply with the
standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended
(the Act), and the Commission's rules and regulations set forth in 10
CFR chapter I; the facilities will operate in conformity with the
applications, the provisions of the Act and the rules and regulations
of the Commission; there is reasonable assurance that the activities
authorized by the proposed license amendments can be conducted without
endangering the health and safety of the public and that such
activities will be conducted in compliance with the Commission's
regulations; the issuance of the proposed license amendments will not
be inimical to the common defense and security or to the health and
safety of the public; and the issuance of the proposed amendments will
be in accordance with 10 CFR part 51 of the Commission's regulations
and all applicable requirements have been satisfied.
The findings set forth above are supported by an NRC safety
evaluation dated May 30, 2006.
III
Accordingly, pursuant to Sections 161b, 161i, and 184 of the Act,
42 U.S.C. Sec. Sec. 2201(b), 2201(i), and 2234; and 10 CFR 50.80, it
is hereby ordered that the direct transfers of the licenses as
described herein are approved, subject to the following conditions:
1. At the time of the closing of the transfers of the licenses from
PSEG Nuclear to EGC, PSEG Nuclear shall transfer to EGC all of PSEG
Nuclear's respective decommissioning funds accumulated as of such time,
and EGC shall deposit such funds in external decommissioning trust(s)
established by EGC for the respective units.
2. Before completion of the transfers of the interests in the
subject facilities to it, EGC shall provide to the Director of the
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation satisfactory documentary evidence
that EGC has obtained the appropriate amount of insurance required of
licensees under 10 CFR part 140, ``Financial Protection Requirements
and Indemnity Agreements,'' of the Commission's regulations.
It is further ordered that, consistent with 10 CFR 2.1315(b),
license amendments that make changes, as indicated in Enclosures 2
through 6 to the cover letter forwarding this Order, to conform the
licenses to reflect the subject direct license transfers are approved.
The amendments shall be issued and made effective at the time the
proposed direct license transfers are completed.
It is further ordered that EGC shall inform the Director of the
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation in writing of the date(s) of
closing of the direct transfers no later than 5 business days prior to
closing. Should the transfers of the licenses not be completed by May
30, 2007, this Order shall become null and void, provided, however,
that upon written application and for good cause shown, such date may
be extended by Order.
This Order is effective upon issuance.
For further details with respect to this Order, see the initial
applications dated March 3 and March 4, 2005, and supplemental letters
dated May 24 (two), October 5, and October 6, 2005, and the non-
proprietary safety evaluation dated May 30, 2006, which are available
for public inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room (PDR),
located at One White Flint North, Public File Area 01 F21, 11555
Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland and accessible
electronically from the Agencywide Documents Access and Management
System (ADAMS) Public Electronic Reading Room on the Internet at the
NRC Web site, https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. Persons who do
not have access to ADAMS or who encounter problems in accessing the
documents located in ADAMS, should contact the NRC PDR Reference staff
by telephone at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by e-mail to
pdr@nrc.gov.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 30th day of May 2006.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
J.E. Dyer,
Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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