In the Matter of Carolina Power & Light Company, North Carolina Eastern Municipal Power Agency Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 1; Order Approving Indirect Transfer of Control of License, 77021-77022 [2011-31635]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 52–018 and 52–019; NRC–
2008–0170, Docket Nos. 52–022 and 52–023;
NRC–2008–0231, Docket Nos. 52–029 and
52–030; NRC–2008–0558, Docket Nos. 52–
040 and 52–041; NRC–2009–0337]
Notice of Availability of Combined
License Applications
ACTION:
Combined license applications;
receipt.
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is giving notice once
each week for four consecutive weeks of
combined license (COL) applications
from Progress Energy Florida, Inc., Duke
Energy Carolinas, LLC, Progress Energy
Carolinas, Inc., and Florida Power &
Light Company.
ADDRESSES: You can access publicly
available documents related to this
action using the following methods:
• NRC’s Public Document Room
(PDR): The public may examine and
have copied, for a fee, publicly available
documents at the NRC’s PDR, O1–F21,
One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville
Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
• NRC’s Agencywide Documents
Access and Management System
(ADAMS): Publicly available documents
created or received at the NRC are
available online in the NRC Library at
https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
adams.html. From this page, the public
can gain entry into ADAMS, which
provides text and image files of the
NRC’s public documents. If you do not
have access to ADAMS or if there are
problems in accessing the documents
located in ADAMS, contact the NRC’s
PDR reference staff at 1–(800) 397–4209,
(301) 415–4737, or by email to
pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The ADAMS
accession numbers for the initial
application cover letters are as follows:
ML073510494 for William States Lee III
Nuclear Station Units 1 and 2,
ML080580078 for Shearon Harris
Nuclear Power Plant Units 2 and 3;
ML082260277 for Levy Nuclear Plant
Units 1 and 2; and ML091830589 for
Turkey Point Units 6 and 7.
• Federal Rulemaking Web site:
Public comments and supporting
materials related to this action can be
found at https://www.regulations.gov by
searching on Docket ID NRC–2008–0170
(William States Lee III Nuclear Station
Units 1 and 2), NRC–2008–0231
(Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant
Units 2 and 3), NRC–2008–0558 (Levy
Nuclear Plant Units 1 and 2), and NRC–
2009–0337 (Turkey Point Units 6 and 7).
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Carol Gallagher, telephone: (301) 492–
3668; email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov.
The applications are also available at
https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/newreactors/col.html.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Donald Habib, Office of New Reactors,
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555–0001, telephone:
(301) 415–1035, email:
Donald.Habib@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
following parties have filed applications
for COLs with the NRC, pursuant to
Section 103 of the Atomic Energy Act of
1954, as amended, and Title 10 of the
Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR)
part 52, ‘‘Licenses, Certifications, and
Approvals for Nuclear Power Plants:’’
1. On December 12, 2007, Duke
Energy Carolinas, LLC, submitted an
application for COLs for two AP1000
advanced passive pressurized water
reactors designated as William States
Lee III Nuclear Station Units 1 and 2 in
Cherokee County, South Carolina.
2. On February 18, 2008, Progress
Energy Carolinas, Inc., submitted an
application for COLs for two AP1000
advanced passive pressurized water
reactors designated as Shearon Harris
Nuclear Power Plant Units 2 and 3 in
Wake County, North Carolina.
3. On July 28, 2008, Progress Energy
Florida, Inc., submitted an application
for COLs for two AP1000 advanced
passive pressurized water reactors
designated as Levy Nuclear Plant Units
1 and 2 in Levy County, Florida.
4. On June 30, 2009, Florida Power &
Light Company submitted an
application for COLs for two AP1000
advanced passive pressurized water
reactors designated as Turkey Point
Units 6 and 7 in Miami-Dade County,
Florida.
These four applications are currently
under review by the NRC staff.
An applicant may seek a COL in
accordance with Subpart C of 10 CFR
part 52. The information submitted by
the applicant includes certain
administrative information, such as
financial qualifications submitted
pursuant to 10 CFR 52.77, as well as
technical information submitted
pursuant to 10 CFR 52.79. These notices
are being provided in accordance with
the requirements in 10 CFR 50.43(a)(3).
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 5th day
of December, 2011.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Jeffrey Cruz,
Chief, AP1000 Projects Branch 1, Division
of New Reactor Licensing, Office of New
Reactors.
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[NRC–2011–0283; License No. NPF–63;
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In the Matter of Carolina Power & Light
Company, North Carolina Eastern
Municipal Power Agency Shearon
Harris Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 1;
Order Approving Indirect Transfer of
Control of License
I
Carolina Power & Light Company
(CP&L, the licensee) and North Carolina
Eastern Municipal Power Agency are
the owners of Shearon Harris Nuclear
Power Plant (Harris), Unit 1. With
respect to their ownership, they are
coholders of Renewed Facility
Operating License No. NPF–63. The
Harris facility consists of a single unit
Westinghouse three-loop pressurized
water reactor located in Wake and
Chatham Counties, North Carolina. The
facility operating license authorizes
CP&L to possess, use, and operate the
Harris facility.
II
By application dated March 30, 2011
(Agencywide Documents Access and
Management System (ADAMS)
Accession No. ML11110A031), as
supplemented by letter dated September
2, 2011 (ADAMS Accession No.
ML11255A129) (collectively hereinafter
referred to as the application), the
licensee requested, on its own behalf,
pursuant to Section 184 of the Atomic
Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and
Section 50.80 of Title 10 of the Code of
Federal Regulations (10 CFR), that the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC,
the Commission) consent to the
proposed indirect transfer of control of
facility operating license to for Harris,
Unit 1, to the extent held by CP&L. The
proposed indirect transfer of control of
the Harris license results from the
planned corporate merger between
Progress Energy, Inc. (Progress Energy)
and Duke Energy Corporation (Duke
Energy). Progress Energy is CP&L’s
ultimate parent corporation. As part of
the transaction, Progress Energy will
merge with Diamond Acquisition
Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary
of Duke Energy. Progress Energy will be
the surviving entity and will become a
wholly owned subsidiary of Duke
Energy. Progress Energy will become an
intermediate parent corporation of
CP&L.
The ownership interest in Harris held
by CP&L is 83.83 percent and that held
by North Carolina Eastern Municipal
Power Agency is 16.17 percent. CP&L is
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the sole operator of Harris. The
proposed indirect transfer of control of
the Brunswick operating license will not
result in any change in the role of the
CP&L as the licensed operator and
owner of the licensed facilities and will
not result in any changes to its financial
qualifications, decommissioning
funding assurance, or technical
qualifications. CP&L will retain the
requisite qualifications to own and
operate the licensed facility. North
Carolina Eastern Municipal Power
Agency is not involved in the proposed
transaction and will continue to own
16.17 percent of Harris facility.
Approval of the indirect transfer of
control of the facility operating license
was requested by CP&L. A notice
entitled, ‘‘Notice of Consideration of
Approval of Application for Indirect
License Transfers Resulting from the
Proposed Merger Between Progress
Energy, Inc. and Duke Energy
Corporation, and Opportunity for
Hearing,’’ was published in the Federal
Register on August 30, 2011 (76 FR
53967). No comments or hearing
requests were received.
Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.80(a), no
license, or any right thereunder, shall be
transferred, directly or indirectly,
through transfer of control of the
license, unless the NRC shall give its
consent in writing. Upon review of the
information in the application and other
information before the Commission, and
relying on the representations in the
application, the NRC staff has
determined that the proposed indirect
transfer of control of the Harris license
to the extent held by CP&L, to the extent
affected by the planned corporate
merger between Progress Energy and
Duke Energy Corporation, will not affect
the qualifications of CP&L as holder of
the Harris license and is otherwise
consistent with the applicable
provisions of law, regulations, and
orders issued by the NRC, pursuant
thereto. The findings set forth above are
supported by a safety evaluation dated
December 2, 2011.
III
Accordingly, pursuant to Sections
161b, 161i, 161o, and 184 of the Atomic
Energy Act of 1954, as amended (42
U.S.C. Sections 2201(b), 2201(i),
2201(o), and 2234 respectively); and 10
CFR 50.80, it is hereby ordered that the
application regarding the indirect
license transfer related to the proposed
merger is approved.
It is further ordered that after receipt
of all required regulatory approvals of
the proposed indirect transfer action,
CP&L shall inform the Director of the
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation in
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writing of the date of the closing of the
corporate merger of Progress Energy and
Duke Energy. Should the indirect
transfer of control of the licenses not be
completed by December 2, 2012, this
Order shall become null and void,
provided, however, upon written
application and good cause shown, such
date may be extended by order of the
Commission.
This Order is effective upon issuance.
For further details with respect to this
Order, see the initial application dated
March 30, 2011, as supplemented by
letter dated September 2, 2011, and the
Safety Evaluation dated December 2,
2011, 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. Publicly available
documents created or received at the
NRC are accessible electronically
through ADAMS at 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, or (301)
415–4737, or by email to pdr.resource@
nrc.gov.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 2nd day
of December 2011.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Michele G. Evans,
Director, Division of Operating Reactor
Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
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[NRC–2011–0282; License Nos. DPR–23 and
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In the Matter of Carolina Power & Light
Company, H.B. Robinson Steam
Electric Plant, Unit No. 2, H. B.
Robinson Steam Electric Plant, Unit 2,
Independent Spent Fuel Storage
Installation; Order Approving Indirect
Transfer of Control of Licenses
I.
Carolina Power & Light Company
(CP&L, the licensee) is the owner of the
H.B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant
(Robinson), Unit No. 2, Renewed
Facility Operating License No. DPR–23,
and the Robinson Unit No. 2
Independent Spent Fuel Storage
Installation (ISFSI), Renewed Materials
License No. SNM–2502. The Robinson
facility consists of a single unit
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Westinghouse three-loop pressurized
water reactor and an ISFSI located in
Darlington County, South Carolina. The
facility operating license and materials
license authorize CP&L to possess, use,
and operate the Robinson facility.
II.
By application dated March 30, 2011
(Agencywide Documents Access and
Management System (ADAMS)
Accession No. ML11110A031), as
supplemented by letter dated September
2, 2011 (ADAMS Accession No.
ML11255A129) (collectively hereinafter
referred to as the application), the
licensee requested, pursuant to Section
184 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954,
as amended, and Sections 50.80 and
72.50 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR), that the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission (NRC or the
Commission) consent to the proposed
indirect transfer of control of the facility
operating license and materials license
for Robinson. The proposed indirect
transfer of control of the licenses results
from the planned corporate merger
between Progress Energy, Inc. (Progress
Energy) and Duke Energy Corporation
(Duke Energy). Progress Energy is
CP&L’s ultimate parent corporation. As
part of the transaction, Progress Energy
will merge with Diamond Acquisition
Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary
of Duke Energy. Progress Energy will be
the surviving entity and will become a
wholly owned subsidiary of Duke
Energy. Progress Energy will become an
intermediate parent corporation of
CP&L.
CP&L holds 100 percent ownership
and is the sole operator of the Robinson
facility. The proposed indirect transfer
of control of the Robinson licenses will
not result in any change in the role of
the CP&L as the licensed operator and
owner of the Robinson facility and will
not result in any changes to its financial
qualifications, decommissioning
funding assurance, or technical
qualifications. CP&L will retain the
requisite qualifications to own and
operate the licensed facility.
Approval of the indirect transfer of
control of the facility operating license
and the material license for Robinson
was requested by CP&L. A notice
entitled, ‘‘Notice of Consideration of
Approval of Application for Indirect
License Transfers Resulting from the
Proposed Merger Between Progress
Energy, Inc. and Duke Energy
Corporation, and Opportunity for
Hearing,’’ was published in the Federal
Register on August 31, 2011 (76 FR
54261). No comments or hearing
requests were received.
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[NRC-2011-0283; License No. NPF-63; Docket No. 50-400]
In the Matter of Carolina Power & Light Company, North Carolina
Eastern Municipal Power Agency Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant, Unit
1; Order Approving Indirect Transfer of Control of License
I
Carolina Power & Light Company (CP&L, the licensee) and North
Carolina Eastern Municipal Power Agency are the owners of Shearon
Harris Nuclear Power Plant (Harris), Unit 1. With respect to their
ownership, they are coholders of Renewed Facility Operating License No.
NPF-63. The Harris facility consists of a single unit Westinghouse
three-loop pressurized water reactor located in Wake and Chatham
Counties, North Carolina. The facility operating license authorizes
CP&L to possess, use, and operate the Harris facility.
II
By application dated March 30, 2011 (Agencywide Documents Access
and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML11110A031), as
supplemented by letter dated September 2, 2011 (ADAMS Accession No.
ML11255A129) (collectively hereinafter referred to as the application),
the licensee requested, on its own behalf, pursuant to Section 184 of
the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and Section 50.80 of Title
10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), that the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission (NRC, the Commission) consent to the proposed
indirect transfer of control of facility operating license to for
Harris, Unit 1, to the extent held by CP&L. The proposed indirect
transfer of control of the Harris license results from the planned
corporate merger between Progress Energy, Inc. (Progress Energy) and
Duke Energy Corporation (Duke Energy). Progress Energy is CP&L's
ultimate parent corporation. As part of the transaction, Progress
Energy will merge with Diamond Acquisition Corporation, a wholly owned
subsidiary of Duke Energy. Progress Energy will be the surviving entity
and will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Duke Energy. Progress
Energy will become an intermediate parent corporation of CP&L.
The ownership interest in Harris held by CP&L is 83.83 percent and
that held by North Carolina Eastern Municipal Power Agency is 16.17
percent. CP&L is
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the sole operator of Harris. The proposed indirect transfer of control
of the Brunswick operating license will not result in any change in the
role of the CP&L as the licensed operator and owner of the licensed
facilities and will not result in any changes to its financial
qualifications, decommissioning funding assurance, or technical
qualifications. CP&L will retain the requisite qualifications to own
and operate the licensed facility. North Carolina Eastern Municipal
Power Agency is not involved in the proposed transaction and will
continue to own 16.17 percent of Harris facility.
Approval of the indirect transfer of control of the facility
operating license was requested by CP&L. A notice entitled, ``Notice of
Consideration of Approval of Application for Indirect License Transfers
Resulting from the Proposed Merger Between Progress Energy, Inc. and
Duke Energy Corporation, and Opportunity for Hearing,'' was published
in the Federal Register on August 30, 2011 (76 FR 53967). No comments
or hearing requests were received.
Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.80(a), no license, or any right thereunder,
shall be transferred, directly or indirectly, through transfer of
control of the license, unless the NRC shall give its consent in
writing. Upon review of the information in the application and other
information before the Commission, and relying on the representations
in the application, the NRC staff has determined that the proposed
indirect transfer of control of the Harris license to the extent held
by CP&L, to the extent affected by the planned corporate merger between
Progress Energy and Duke Energy Corporation, will not affect the
qualifications of CP&L as holder of the Harris license and is otherwise
consistent with the applicable provisions of law, regulations, and
orders issued by the NRC, pursuant thereto. The findings set forth
above are supported by a safety evaluation dated December 2, 2011.
III
Accordingly, pursuant to Sections 161b, 161i, 161o, and 184 of the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (42 U.S.C. Sections 2201(b),
2201(i), 2201(o), and 2234 respectively); and 10 CFR 50.80, it is
hereby ordered that the application regarding the indirect license
transfer related to the proposed merger is approved.
It is further ordered that after receipt of all required regulatory
approvals of the proposed indirect transfer action, CP&L shall inform
the Director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation in writing of
the date of the closing of the corporate merger of Progress Energy and
Duke Energy. Should the indirect transfer of control of the licenses
not be completed by December 2, 2012, this Order shall become null and
void, provided, however, upon written application and good cause shown,
such date may be extended by order of the Commission.
This Order is effective upon issuance.
For further details with respect to this Order, see the initial
application dated March 30, 2011, as supplemented by letter dated
September 2, 2011, and the Safety Evaluation dated December 2, 2011,
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.
Publicly available documents created or received at the NRC are
accessible electronically through ADAMS at 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, or (301)
415-4737, or by email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 2nd day of December 2011.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Michele G. Evans,
Director, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation.
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