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, 77022-77023 [2011-31636]
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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.
[FR Doc. 2011–31635 Filed 12–8–11; 8:45 am]
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[NRC–2011–0282; License Nos. DPR–23 and
SNM–2502; Docket Nos. 50–261 and 72–3]
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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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. Also, pursuant to 10
CFR 72.50(a), no license or any part
included in a license issued under part
[72] for an ISFSI shall be transferred,
assigned, or in any manner disposed of,
either voluntarily or involuntarily,
directly or indirectly, through transfer of
control of the license to any person,
unless the Commission gives 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 Robinson
licenses held by CP&L, to the extent
affected by the proposed corporate
merger between Progress Energy and
Duke Energy Corporation, will not affect
the qualifications of CP&L as holder of
the Robinson licenses 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
USC Sections 2201(b), 2201(i), 2201(o),
and 2234, respectively); and Sections
50.80 and 72.50 of 10 CFR, it is hereby
ordered that the application regarding
the proposed indirect license transfers
related to the proposed merger is
approved.
It is further ordered that after receipt
of all required regulatory approvals
associated with 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
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White Flint North, Public File Area 01
F21, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville,
Maryland. Publicly available documents
created or received at the NRC are
accessible electronically through
ADAMS https://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/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.
Daniel H. Dorman,
Acting Director, Office of Nuclear Material
Safety and Safeguards.
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[NRC–2011–0281; License No. DPR–72;
Docket No. 50–302]
In the Matter of Florida Power
Corporation, et al., Crystal River Unit 3
Nuclear Generating Plant; Order
Approving Indirect Transfer of Control
of License
I.
Florida Power Corporation (FPC, the
licensee) and nine other entities are the
owners of Crystal River Unit 3 Nuclear
Generating Plant (Crystal River), Facility
Operating License No. DPR–72. The
ownership interest in Crystal River is
held by ten owners in the following
percentages:
Percent
Florida Power Corporation .............
City of Alachua, Florida ..................
City of Bushnell, Florida .................
City of Gainesville, Florida .............
Kissimmee Utility Authority .............
City of Leesburg, Florida ................
Utilities Commission of the City of
New Smyrna Beach ....................
City of Ocala, Florida ......................
Orlando Utilities Commission .........
Seminole Electric Cooperative, Inc.
91.78
0.08
0.04
1.41
0.68
0.82
0.56
1.33
1.60
1.70
With respect to their ownership, they
are co-holders of the Crystal River
facility. The Crystal River facility
consists of a single unit, Babcock and
Wilcox two-loop pressurized water
reactor located in Citrus County,
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Florida. The operating license
authorized FPC to possess, use and
operate the Crystal River 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 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 the facility operating
license for Crystal River, to the extent
held by FPC. The proposed indirect
transfer of control of the license results
from the planned corporate merger
between Progress Energy, Inc. (Progress
Energy) and Duke Energy Corporation
(Duke Energy). Progress Energy is FPC’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 FPC.
FPC is the sole operator of Crystal
River. The proposed indirect transfer of
control of the Crystal River license will
not result in any change in the role of
FPC 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. FPC will retain the
requisite qualifications to own and
operate the licensed facility. The other
nine owners are not involved in the
proposed transaction and will continue
to own the same percentages of
ownership in Crystal River as before the
transaction.
Approval of the indirect transfer of
the facility operating license was
requested by FPC. A notice entitled, ‘‘A
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 53972). No
comments or hearing requests were
received.
Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.80(a), no
license, or any right thereunder, shall be
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[NRC-2011-0282; License Nos. DPR-23 and SNM-2502; Docket Nos. 50-261
and 72-3]
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
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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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. Also, pursuant to 10 CFR 72.50(a), no license or any part
included in a license issued under part [72] for an ISFSI shall be
transferred, assigned, or in any manner disposed of, either voluntarily
or involuntarily, directly or indirectly, through transfer of control
of the license to any person, unless the Commission gives 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 Robinson licenses held by CP&L, to
the extent affected by the proposed corporate merger between Progress
Energy and Duke Energy Corporation, will not affect the qualifications
of CP&L as holder of the Robinson licenses 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 USC Sections 2201(b),
2201(i), 2201(o), and 2234, respectively); and Sections 50.80 and 72.50
of 10 CFR, it is hereby ordered that the application regarding the
proposed indirect license transfers related to the proposed merger is
approved.
It is further ordered that after receipt of all required regulatory
approvals associated with 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, Rockville, Maryland. Publicly available
documents created or received at the NRC are accessible electronically
through ADAMS 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.
Daniel H. Dorman,
Acting Director, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 2011-31636 Filed 12-8-11; 8:45 am]
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