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[Docket Nos. 50–259, 50–260, 50–296;
License Nos. DPR–33, DPR–52, DPR–68;
EA–14–005; NRC–2014–0107]
In the Matter of Tennessee Valley
Authority, Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant,
Units 1, 2, and 3
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Confirmatory order; issuance.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is issuing a
confirmatory order to Tennessee Valley
Authority (TVA or Licensee), the holder
of License Nos. DPR–33, DPR–52, DPR–
68, authorizing the operation of Browns
Ferry Nuclear Plant, Units 1, 2, and 3.
The facility is located on the Licensee’s
site in Athens, Alabama. The order was
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a result of Alternative Dispute
Resolution between the NRC and TVA,
and required TVA to complete a number
of corrective actions to address the
submittal of information to the NRC that
was not complete and accurate in all
material respects, and to address TVA’s
change to a license condition without
submitting an amendment request. The
order is related to control room staffing
levels that were not sufficient to
implement certain fire response
procedures and achieve safe shutdown
on the three-unit site during a
postulated fire event.
DATES:
Issue Date: May 1, 2014.
Please refer to Docket ID
NRC–2014–0107 when contacting the
NRC about the availability of
information regarding this document.
You may access publicly-available
information related to this action by the
following methods:
• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2014–0107. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol
Gallagher; telephone: 301–287–3422;
email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For
questions about this Order, contact the
individual listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this
document.
• NRC’s Agencywide Documents
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(ADAMS): You may access publicly
available documents online in the NRC
Library at https://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/adams.html. To begin the search,
select ‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and
then select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS
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please contact the NRC’s Public
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Order is available in ADAMS under
Accession No. ML14121A519.
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Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555–0001; telephone: 404–997–
4414, email: Carolyn.Evans@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The text of
the Order is attached.
Dated at Atlanta, Georgia, this 1st day of
May 2014.
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For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Leonard D. Wert,
Deputy Regional Administrator for
Operations.
Confirmatory Order
I
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA or
Licensee) is the holder of License Nos.
DPR–33, DPR–52, and DPR–68, issued
by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC or Commission)
pursuant to 10 CFR part 50 on December
20, 1973, June 28, 1974, and July 2,
1976, respectively. The licenses
authorize the operation of the Browns
Ferry Nuclear Plant (BFN), Units 1, 2,
and 3, in accordance with the
conditions specified therein. The
facility is located on the Licensee’s site
in Athens, Alabama.
This Confirmatory Order is the result
of an agreement reached during an
alternative dispute resolution (ADR)
mediation session conducted on April 3,
2014.
II
On February 14, 2014, the NRC issued
Inspection Report 05000259, 260, 296/
2013005 to TVA, (IR) which
documented the identification of two
apparent violations that were being
considered for escalated enforcement
action in accordance with the NRC
Enforcement Policy. The first apparent
violation involved two examples of
TVA’s submission of information that
was not complete and accurate in all
material respects, as required by 10 CFR
50.9, Completeness and Accuracy of
Information. The information contained
in TVA’s letters was inaccurate because,
contrary to their assertions, TVA’s
stated control room staffing levels were
not sufficient to implement certain fire
response procedures and achieve safe
shutdown on the three-unit site during
a postulated 10 CFR 50, Appendix R fire
event.
The second apparent violation
involved TVA’s change to a license
condition without submitting an
amendment request, as required by 10
CFR 50.90, Amendment of License or
Construction Permit at Request of
Holder. In this case, from June 29, 2010,
through October 30, 2013, the licensee
inappropriately changed the
requirements for site staffing,
incorporated as part of license
amendments 271, 300, and 259, without
submission of a license amendment
request. The licensee’s actions to amend
staffing levels via a commitment change
resulted in bypassing the review and
approval that would occur as part of the
license amendment process.
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III
On April 3, 2014, the NRC and TVA
met in an ADR session mediated by a
professional mediator, arranged through
Cornell University’s Institute on
Conflict Resolution. ADR is a process in
which a neutral mediator with no
decision-making authority assists the
parties in reaching an agreement or
resolving any differences regarding their
dispute. This confirmatory order is
issued pursuant to the agreement
reached during the ADR process. The
elements of the agreement consist of the
following:
1. The NRC and TVA agreed that the
issues described in NRC Inspection
Report 05000259, 260, 296/2013005
represent violations of regulatory
requirements. The violations are as
follows:
a. 10 CFR 50.9(a) requires, in part,
that information provided to the
Commission by a licensee or
information required by statute or by the
Commission’s regulations, orders or
license conditions to be maintained by
the licensee shall be complete and
accurate in all material respects.
Contrary to the above, TVA provided
information to the Commission that was
not complete and accurate in all
material respects as evidenced by the
following two examples:
In a letter dated June 29, 2010, TVA
provided inaccurate information to the NRC
indicating that the minimum staffing levels
stated in their licensing basis were not
required to achieve safe shutdown on the
three-unit site during an Appendix R fire
event. TVA’s letter stated, ‘‘TVA has assessed
the number of operators required to carry out
the SSIs. The most demanding staffing is
required by 0–SSI–16, ‘‘Control Building Fire
EL (elevation) 593 Through EL 617.’’ The
evaluation concludes that the minimum
staffing of three USs (Unit Supervisors), six
ROs (Reactor Operators), and eight AUOs
(Auxiliary Unit Operators) is adequate for
successful implementation of this SSI.’’ This
information was inaccurate because the
licensee needed an additional SRO (Senior
Reactor Operator) to successfully implement
0–SSI–16.
In a letter dated November 30, 2011, TVA
provided inaccurate information to the NRC
indicating that the minimum staffing levels
stated in their licensing basis were not
required to achieve safe shutdown on the
three-unit site during an Appendix R fire
event. TVA’s letter stated, ‘‘. . . Total staffing
level is one Shift Manager (SM), three Unit
Supervisors (US), Six ROs, and eight AUOs.
One of the US may be the STA (Shift
Technical Advisor) . . .’’ This statement was
inaccurate because the minimum staffing
levels stated in their licensing basis were
required to achieve safe shutdown on the
three-unit site during an 10 CFR 50,
Appendix R fire event.
The above information was material
to the NRC because it was reviewed by
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the NRC staff to determine compliance
with regulatory requirements.
b. 10 CFR 50.90 requires, in part, that
whenever a holder of an operating
license under this part desires to amend
the license or permit, application for an
amendment must be filed with the
Commission, as specified in 10 CFR
50.4, fully describing the changes
desired, and following as far as
applicable, the form prescribed for
original applications.
Contrary to the above, from June 29,
2010 to October 30, 2013, the licensee
inappropriately amended the
requirements of their license without
filing an application for an amendment
as specified in 10 CRFR 50.4.
Specifically, the licensee
inappropriately changed the
requirements for site staffing
incorporated as part of license
amendments 271, 300, and 259, without
submission of a license amendment
request. The licensee’s actions to amend
staffing levels via a commitment change
resulted in bypassing the review and
approval that would occur as part of the
license amendment process.
2. Based on TVA’s review of the
incident and NRC’s concerns with
respect to precluding recurrence of the
violations, TVA agrees to implement
and continue to implement corrective
actions and enhancements specified in
Section V of this Confirmatory Order.
3. The NRC considers the corrective
actions and enhancements discussed in
Section V of this Confirmatory Order to
be appropriately prompt and
comprehensive to address the causes
which gave rise to the incident
discussed in the NRC’s Inspection
Report of February 14, 2014.
4. Based on the corrective actions and
enhancements described above, NRC
will conduct follow-up inspections
using NRC Manual Chapter Inspection
Procedure 92702 to confirm, among
other things, the thoroughness and
adequacy of the actions specified in
Section V of this Confirmatory Order.
Close out inspection of the corrective
actions documented in this
Confirmatory Order will make the need
for additional follow up inspection of
the violations unnecessary.
5. The NRC and TVA agree that the
above elements will be incorporated
into issuance of a Confirmatory Order.
6. In consideration of the
commitments delineated above and in
Section V of this Confirmatory Order,
the NRC agrees to refrain from
proposing a civil penalty or issuing a
Notice of Violation for all matters
discussed in the NRC’s IR to TVA of
February 14, 2014 (EA–14–005).
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7. This agreement is binding upon
successors and assigns of TVA.
On April 25, 2014, TVA consented to
issuance of this Order with the
commitments, as described in Section V
below. The Licensee further agreed that
this Order is to be effective 30 days after
issuance and that it has waived its right
to a hearing.
IV
Because the licensee has agreed to
take additional actions to address NRC’s
concerns, as set forth in Section V of
this Confirmatory Order, the NRC has
concluded that its concerns can be
resolved through issuance of this
Confirmatory Order.
I find that TVA’s commitments, as set
forth in Section V, are acceptable and
necessary and conclude that with these
commitments, the public health and
safety are reasonably assured. In view of
the foregoing, I have determined that
public health and safety requires that
TVA’s commitments be confirmed by
this Order. Based on the above and
TVA’s consent, this Confirmatory Order
is effective 30 days after issuance.
V
Accordingly, pursuant to Sections
104b., 161b., 161i., 161o., 182, and 186
of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as
amended, and the Commission’s
regulations in 10 CFR 2.202 and 10 CFR
Parts 50, it is hereby ordered, that
license nos. DPR–33, DPR–52 AND
DPR–68 are modified as follows:
1. TVA agrees to implement, or
continue to implement, the following
corrective actions and enhancements:
a. Actions related to the violation of
10 CFR 50.9, Completeness and
Accuracy of Information:
i. Fleet-wide:
1. By no later than September 1, 2014,
TVA will revise and issue a fleet-wide
procedure governing the preparation of
information intended to support
licensing submittals to the NRC. The
procedure shall contain requirements
for the preparation (including
specifications for draft information),
verification, and management oversight
of this information, and will delineate
acceptable validation documents. The
procedure will include an overt
discussion of the roles and
responsibilities for individuals
involved. BFN will provide training in
accordance with the procedure change
process.
ii. BFN-specific:
1. By no later than May 23, 2014, TVA
will design, develop, and implement a
BFN Integrated Completeness and
Accuracy Review Evaluation Board
(ICAREB). The ICAREB will be
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chartered to provide pre-submittal
reviews of correspondence and
supporting documentation for BFN
licensing submittals to the NRC,
including those prepared by BFN staff
and Corporate Nuclear. Specific criteria
for dissolution of the ICAREB will be
established, but it will remain active, at
a minimum, until a fleet-wide
procedure governing the preparation of
information intended to support
licensing submittals to the NRC is
active.
2. By no later than August 21, 2014,
BFN Licensing will prepare a
benchmarking report identifying
industry best practices in the area of 10
CFR 50.9 compliance in the preparation
and validation of inputs to NRC
submittals. This report will be made
available to the NRC for review. BFN
will consider benchmarking results, as
appropriate, for implementation.
b. Actions related to the violation of
10 CFR 50.90:
i. Fleet-wide:
1. By July 15, 2014, TVA will
benchmark nuclear industry
methodologies used to maintain
Licensing Bases Documents. A report on
this activity will be made available to
the NRC for review. BFN will consider
benchmarking results for
implementation.
2. By no later than August 15, 2014,
TVA will develop and issue a fleet-wide
Licensing Compliance Review
Procedure to establish the process for
verifying that changes to NPG
administrative and technical procedures
not covered under the 10 CFR 50.59
review process are reviewed for
conformance to the current licensing
basis. BFN will provide training in
accordance with the procedure change
process.
3. By no later than August 15, 2014,
TVA will revise NPG–SPP–01.1 and
NPG–SPP–01.2 to incorporate the
Licensing Compliance Review process,
including verification of compliance.
4. By no later than September 26,
2014, TVA will convert NLDP–5 ‘‘FSAR
Management’’ to an NPG Standard
Programs and Processes (SPP)
procedure. BFN will provide training in
accordance with the procedure change
process.
5. By no later than June 13, 2014, TVA
will implement, via an independent
entity, a review of the 10 CFR 50.9 and
10 CFR 50.90 Root Cause Analysis
reports to assess the completeness and
adequacy of the identified root/
contributing causes, extent of cause,
extent of condition and CAPRs/CAs.
The deliverable from this review will be
a report with documented
recommendations. TVA will consider
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these recommendations for
implementation.
6. By no later than July 15, 2015, TVA
will implement, via an independent
entity, an effectiveness review of the
corrective actions completed to date
with regard to the 10 CFR 50.9 and 10
CFR 50.90 Root Cause Analyses.
ii. BFN-specific:
1. TVA completed a snapshot selfassessment to verify if commitments are
being implemented accurately on March
25, 2014.
2. TVA acknowledges that there have
been previous instances where
repetitive PERs were submitted on the
issue of adequate staffing and the issue
was ineffectively resolved. BFN
commits to close the CAP Fundamental
Problem that was identified under the
95003 that resulted in significant
programmatic and organizational
changes in TVA’s CAP by no later than
April 9, 2014. In addition, the NRC
recently closed the 95003 Tier 1 CAL
Commitment in the BFN CAP.
3. By no later than May 2, 2014, TVA
will develop and implement an Interim
Licensing Compliance Review Checklist
for use by procedure writing
organizations and document reviewers
to ensure the correct licensing basis
documents are referenced when revising
procedures. This Interim Licensing
Compliance Review Checklist will be
used until issuance of a revised
Licensing Compliance Review
Procedure. (b.i.2 Fleet-wide action
above).
4. By no later than November 26,
2014, TVA will perform a detailed
review of all procedures revised prior to
August 15, 2014, during the Procedure
Upgrade Project to ensure that the
licensing basis information required by
the revised SPP–01.1 and SPP–01.2 is
identified. This review will include all
licensing, administrative and
governance procedures. The revised
procedures will institutionalize the
licensing review process and provide
sustainability from that point forward in
the Procedure Upgrade Project.
5. By no later than November 28,
2014, TVA will complete training of
BFN Engineering, Licensing and
licensed Operators regarding the scope
and hierarchy of licensing basis
documents, lessons learned from
circumstances associated with EA–14–
005, and the associated change process.
The training material will be available
for NRC review.
6. Through December 31, 2014,
changes to BFN licensing commitments
will be reviewed and approved by a
second site licensing engineer in
addition to review and approval by site
licensing. The focus of this additional
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review will be to ensure that the correct
regulatory change process(es) has/have
been used. This action will be
discontinued upon completion of the
training encompassed in item 5 above.
7. By December 31, 2015, TVA will
review a sample of facility changes,
based on plant risk and complexity, that
have occurred from 2004 to May 2014,
to determine whether these changes
have been appropriately incorporated
into the licensing basis documents.
TVA’s method of selecting facility
changes to be sampled will be provided
to the NRC by July 15, 2014. Any
identified discrepancies will be
dispositioned through the corrective
action process. The results of this
review will be made available to the
NRC.
8. By December 31, 2015, TVA will
review a sample of BFN facility changes,
based on plant risk and complexity,
accomplished within the last 3 years
and processed outside of the 10 CFR
50.59 process to determine whether
these changes have been appropriately
incorporated into the licensing basis
documents. TVA’s method of selecting
facility changes to be sampled will be
provided to the NRC by July 15, 2014.
Any identified discrepancies will be
dispositioned through the corrective
action process. The results of this
review will be made available to the
NRC.
9. By December 31, 2014, TVA will
make a presentation to the (1)
Regulatory Issue Working Group and (2)
the Regulating Utility Group regarding
the circumstances of the violations
discussed above and the importance of
leadership attention to the effective
management of the current licensing
basis and complete and accurate
communications with the NRC. The
presentation will be made available to
the NRC in advance.
c. Prior to July 15, 2014, TVA will
perform, via an independent entity, a
reevaluation of Operations minimum
shift staffing. The results of that staffing
evaluation will be documented as a
reference to OPDP–1, ‘‘Conduct of
Operations.’’
d. Upon completion of the terms of
items of the Confirmatory Order, TVA
will provide the NRC with a letter
discussing its basis for concluding that
the Order has been satisfied.
The Regional Administrator, NRC
Region II, may relax or rescind, in
writing, any of the above conditions
upon a showing by TVA of good cause.
VI
Any person adversely affected by this
Order, other than TVA, may submit a
written answer and/or request a hearing
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on this Order within 30 days from the
date of this Order, pursuant to 10 CFR
2.302 and 10 CFR 2.309. Where good
cause is shown, consideration will be
given to extending the time to answer or
request a hearing. A request for
extension of time must be directed to
the Director, Office of Enforcement, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555–0001, and
include a statement of good cause for
the extension.
If a hearing is requested by a person
whose interest is adversely affected, the
Commission will, if appropriate, issue
an Order designating the time and place
of any hearings. If a hearing is held, the
issue to be considered at such hearing
shall be whether this Order should be
sustained.
All documents filed in the NRC
adjudicatory proceedings, including a
request for a hearing, a petition for leave
to intervene, any motion or other
document filed in the proceeding prior
to the submission of a request for
hearing or petition to intervene, and
documents filed by interested
governmental entities participating
under 10 CFR 2.315(c), must be filed in
accordance with the NRC’s E-Filing rule
at 10 CFR 2.302. The E-Filing process
requires participants to submit and
serve all adjudicatory documents over
the internet, or to physically deliver or
mail a copy of documents on optical
storage media. Participants may not
submit paper copies of their filings
unless they seek and receive an
exemption in accordance with the
procedures described below.
To comply with the procedural
requirements of E-Filing, at least 10
days prior to the filing deadline, the
participant should contact the Office of
the Secretary by email at
hearing.docket@nrc.gov, or by telephone
at (301) 415–1677, to request (1) a
digital identification (ID) certificate,
which allows the participant (or its
counsel or representative) to digitally
sign documents and access the ESubmittal server for any proceeding in
which it is participating; and (2) advise
the Secretary that the participant will be
submitting a request or petition for
hearing (even in instances in which the
participant, or its counsel or
representative, already holds an NRCissued digital certificate). Based on this
information, the Secretary will establish
an electronic docket for the hearing in
this proceeding if the Secretary has not
already established an electronic docket.
Information about applying for a
digital ID certificate is available on the
NRC’s public Web site at https://
www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals/
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NRC’s ‘‘Guidance for Electronic
Submission,’’ which is available on the
NRC’s public Web site at https://
www.nrc.gov/site-help/esubmittals.html. Participants may
attempt to use other software not listed
on the Web site, but should note that the
NRC’s E-Filing system does not support
unlisted software, and the NRC Meta
System Help Desk will not be able to
offer assistance in using unlisted
software.
If a participant is electronically
submitting a document to the NRC in
accordance with the E-Filing rule, the
participant must file the document
using the NRC’s online, Web-based
submission form. In order to serve
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NRC’s Web site. Further information on
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including the installation of the Web
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NRC’s public Web site at https://
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Once a participant has obtained a
digital ID certificate and a docket has
been created, the participant can then
submit a request for a hearing or
petition for leave to intervene.
Submissions should be in Portable
Document Format (PDF) in accordance
with the NRC guidance available on the
NRC’s public Web site at https://
www.nrc.gov/site-help/esubmittals.html. A filing is considered
complete at the time the documents are
submitted through the NRC’s E-Filing
system. To be timely, an electronic
filing must be submitted to the E-Filing
system no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern
Time on the due date. Upon receipt of
a transmission, the E-Filing system
time-stamps the document and sends
the submitter an email notice
confirming receipt of the document. The
E-Filing system also distributes an email
notice that provides access to the
document to the NRC’s Office of the
General Counsel, and any others who
have advised the Office of the Secretary
that they wish to participate in the
proceeding, so that the filer need not
serve the document on those
participants separately. Therefore,
applicants and other participants (or
their counsel or representative) must
apply for and receive a digital ID
certificate before a hearing request/
petition to intervene is filed so that they
can obtain access to the document via
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the NRC’s adjudicatory E-Filing system
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MSHD.Resource@nrc.gov, or by a toll
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Participants who believe that they
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documents electronically must file an
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Office of the Secretary of the
Commission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
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Adjudications Staff; or (2) courier,
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service to the Office of the Secretary,
Sixteenth Floor, One White Flint North,
11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville,
Maryland 20852, Attention: Rulemaking
and Adjudications Staff. Participants
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delivery service upon depositing the
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granted an exemption request from
using E-Filing, may require a participant
or party to use E-Filing, if the presiding
officer subsequently determines the
reason for the exemption from use of EFiling no longer exists.
Documents submitted in adjudicatory
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ehd1.nrc.gov/ehd, unless excluded
pursuant to an order of the Commission,
or the presiding officer. Participants are
requested not to include personal
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security numbers, home addresses, or
home phone numbers in their filings,
unless an NRC regulation or other law
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If a person other than the licensee
requests a hearing, that person shall set
forth with particularity the manner in
which his/her interest is adversely
affected by this Order and shall address
the criteria set forth in 10 CFR 2.309(d)
and (f).
In the absence of any request for
hearing, or written approval of an
extension of time in which to request a
hearing, the provisions specified in
Section V above shall be final 30 days
from the date of this Order without
further order or proceedings. If an
extension of time for requesting a
hearing has been approved, the
provisions specified in Section V shall
be final when the extension expires if a
hearing request has not been received.
Dated this 1st day of May 2014.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Leonard D. Wert,
Deputy Regional Administrator for
Operations.
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[Docket No. 52–0010; NRC–2010–0135]
RIN 3150–AI85
ESBWR Design Certification
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: NUREG; issuance.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is issuing NUREG–
1966, ‘‘Final Safety Evaluation Report
Related to the Certification of the
Economic Simplified Boiling-Water
Reactor Standard Design.’’ On August
24, 2005, General Electric-Hitachi
Nuclear Energy tendered its application
for certification of the economic
simplified boiling-water reactor
(ESBWR) standard nuclear reactor
design to the NRC. The application
included the ESBWR design control
document (DCD) and the ESBWR
probabilistic risk assessment (PRA). On
March 24, 2011, the NRC published the
proposed rule in the Federal Register.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID
NRC 2010–0135 when contacting the
NRC about the availability of
information regarding this document.
You may access publicly-available
information related to this document
using any of the following methods:
• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50-259, 50-260, 50-296; License Nos. DPR-33, DPR-52, DPR-
68; EA-14-005; NRC-2014-0107]
In the Matter of Tennessee Valley Authority, Browns Ferry Nuclear
Plant, Units 1, 2, and 3
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing a
confirmatory order to Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA or Licensee), the
holder of License Nos. DPR-33, DPR-52, DPR-68, authorizing the
operation of Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Units 1, 2, and 3. The
facility is located on the Licensee's site in Athens, Alabama. The
order was
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a result of Alternative Dispute Resolution between the NRC and TVA, and
required TVA to complete a number of corrective actions to address the
submittal of information to the NRC that was not complete and accurate
in all material respects, and to address TVA's change to a license
condition without submitting an amendment request. The order is related
to control room staffing levels that were not sufficient to implement
certain fire response procedures and achieve safe shutdown on the
three-unit site during a postulated fire event.
DATES: Issue Date: May 1, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2014-0107 when contacting the
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You
may access publicly-available information related to this action by the
following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2014-0107. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-287-
3422; email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For questions about this Order,
contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
section of this document.
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may access publicly available documents online in the NRC
Library at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the
search, select ``ADAMS Public Documents'' and then select ``Begin Web-
based ADAMS Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC's
Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-
4737, or by email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The Order is available in
ADAMS under Accession No. ML14121A519.
NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public
documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carolyn Evans, Region II, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 404-997-
4414, email: Carolyn.Evans@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The text of the Order is attached.
Dated at Atlanta, Georgia, this 1st day of May 2014.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Leonard D. Wert,
Deputy Regional Administrator for Operations.
Confirmatory Order
I
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA or Licensee) is the holder of
License Nos. DPR-33, DPR-52, and DPR-68, issued by the U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission (NRC or Commission) pursuant to 10 CFR part 50 on
December 20, 1973, June 28, 1974, and July 2, 1976, respectively. The
licenses authorize the operation of the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant
(BFN), Units 1, 2, and 3, in accordance with the conditions specified
therein. The facility is located on the Licensee's site in Athens,
Alabama.
This Confirmatory Order is the result of an agreement reached
during an alternative dispute resolution (ADR) mediation session
conducted on April 3, 2014.
II
On February 14, 2014, the NRC issued Inspection Report 05000259,
260, 296/2013005 to TVA, (IR) which documented the identification of
two apparent violations that were being considered for escalated
enforcement action in accordance with the NRC Enforcement Policy. The
first apparent violation involved two examples of TVA's submission of
information that was not complete and accurate in all material
respects, as required by 10 CFR 50.9, Completeness and Accuracy of
Information. The information contained in TVA's letters was inaccurate
because, contrary to their assertions, TVA's stated control room
staffing levels were not sufficient to implement certain fire response
procedures and achieve safe shutdown on the three-unit site during a
postulated 10 CFR 50, Appendix R fire event.
The second apparent violation involved TVA's change to a license
condition without submitting an amendment request, as required by 10
CFR 50.90, Amendment of License or Construction Permit at Request of
Holder. In this case, from June 29, 2010, through October 30, 2013, the
licensee inappropriately changed the requirements for site staffing,
incorporated as part of license amendments 271, 300, and 259, without
submission of a license amendment request. The licensee's actions to
amend staffing levels via a commitment change resulted in bypassing the
review and approval that would occur as part of the license amendment
process.
III
On April 3, 2014, the NRC and TVA met in an ADR session mediated by
a professional mediator, arranged through Cornell University's
Institute on Conflict Resolution. ADR is a process in which a neutral
mediator with no decision-making authority assists the parties in
reaching an agreement or resolving any differences regarding their
dispute. This confirmatory order is issued pursuant to the agreement
reached during the ADR process. The elements of the agreement consist
of the following:
1. The NRC and TVA agreed that the issues described in NRC
Inspection Report 05000259, 260, 296/2013005 represent violations of
regulatory requirements. The violations are as follows:
a. 10 CFR 50.9(a) requires, in part, that information provided to
the Commission by a licensee or information required by statute or by
the Commission's regulations, orders or license conditions to be
maintained by the licensee shall be complete and accurate in all
material respects.
Contrary to the above, TVA provided information to the Commission
that was not complete and accurate in all material respects as
evidenced by the following two examples:
In a letter dated June 29, 2010, TVA provided inaccurate
information to the NRC indicating that the minimum staffing levels
stated in their licensing basis were not required to achieve safe
shutdown on the three-unit site during an Appendix R fire event.
TVA's letter stated, ``TVA has assessed the number of operators
required to carry out the SSIs. The most demanding staffing is
required by 0-SSI-16, ``Control Building Fire EL (elevation) 593
Through EL 617.'' The evaluation concludes that the minimum staffing
of three USs (Unit Supervisors), six ROs (Reactor Operators), and
eight AUOs (Auxiliary Unit Operators) is adequate for successful
implementation of this SSI.'' This information was inaccurate
because the licensee needed an additional SRO (Senior Reactor
Operator) to successfully implement 0-SSI-16.
In a letter dated November 30, 2011, TVA provided inaccurate
information to the NRC indicating that the minimum staffing levels
stated in their licensing basis were not required to achieve safe
shutdown on the three-unit site during an Appendix R fire event.
TVA's letter stated, ``. . . Total staffing level is one Shift
Manager (SM), three Unit Supervisors (US), Six ROs, and eight AUOs.
One of the US may be the STA (Shift Technical Advisor) . . .'' This
statement was inaccurate because the minimum staffing levels stated
in their licensing basis were required to achieve safe shutdown on
the three-unit site during an 10 CFR 50, Appendix R fire event.
The above information was material to the NRC because it was
reviewed by
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the NRC staff to determine compliance with regulatory requirements.
b. 10 CFR 50.90 requires, in part, that whenever a holder of an
operating license under this part desires to amend the license or
permit, application for an amendment must be filed with the Commission,
as specified in 10 CFR 50.4, fully describing the changes desired, and
following as far as applicable, the form prescribed for original
applications.
Contrary to the above, from June 29, 2010 to October 30, 2013, the
licensee inappropriately amended the requirements of their license
without filing an application for an amendment as specified in 10 CRFR
50.4. Specifically, the licensee inappropriately changed the
requirements for site staffing incorporated as part of license
amendments 271, 300, and 259, without submission of a license amendment
request. The licensee's actions to amend staffing levels via a
commitment change resulted in bypassing the review and approval that
would occur as part of the license amendment process.
2. Based on TVA's review of the incident and NRC's concerns with
respect to precluding recurrence of the violations, TVA agrees to
implement and continue to implement corrective actions and enhancements
specified in Section V of this Confirmatory Order.
3. The NRC considers the corrective actions and enhancements
discussed in Section V of this Confirmatory Order to be appropriately
prompt and comprehensive to address the causes which gave rise to the
incident discussed in the NRC's Inspection Report of February 14, 2014.
4. Based on the corrective actions and enhancements described
above, NRC will conduct follow-up inspections using NRC Manual Chapter
Inspection Procedure 92702 to confirm, among other things, the
thoroughness and adequacy of the actions specified in Section V of this
Confirmatory Order. Close out inspection of the corrective actions
documented in this Confirmatory Order will make the need for additional
follow up inspection of the violations unnecessary.
5. The NRC and TVA agree that the above elements will be
incorporated into issuance of a Confirmatory Order.
6. In consideration of the commitments delineated above and in
Section V of this Confirmatory Order, the NRC agrees to refrain from
proposing a civil penalty or issuing a Notice of Violation for all
matters discussed in the NRC's IR to TVA of February 14, 2014 (EA-14-
005).
7. This agreement is binding upon successors and assigns of TVA.
On April 25, 2014, TVA consented to issuance of this Order with the
commitments, as described in Section V below. The Licensee further
agreed that this Order is to be effective 30 days after issuance and
that it has waived its right to a hearing.
IV
Because the licensee has agreed to take additional actions to
address NRC's concerns, as set forth in Section V of this Confirmatory
Order, the NRC has concluded that its concerns can be resolved through
issuance of this Confirmatory Order.
I find that TVA's commitments, as set forth in Section V, are
acceptable and necessary and conclude that with these commitments, the
public health and safety are reasonably assured. In view of the
foregoing, I have determined that public health and safety requires
that TVA's commitments be confirmed by this Order. Based on the above
and TVA's consent, this Confirmatory Order is effective 30 days after
issuance.
V
Accordingly, pursuant to Sections 104b., 161b., 161i., 161o., 182,
and 186 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and the
Commission's regulations in 10 CFR 2.202 and 10 CFR Parts 50, it is
hereby ordered, that license nos. DPR-33, DPR-52 AND DPR-68 are
modified as follows:
1. TVA agrees to implement, or continue to implement, the following
corrective actions and enhancements:
a. Actions related to the violation of 10 CFR 50.9, Completeness
and Accuracy of Information:
i. Fleet-wide:
1. By no later than September 1, 2014, TVA will revise and issue a
fleet-wide procedure governing the preparation of information intended
to support licensing submittals to the NRC. The procedure shall contain
requirements for the preparation (including specifications for draft
information), verification, and management oversight of this
information, and will delineate acceptable validation documents. The
procedure will include an overt discussion of the roles and
responsibilities for individuals involved. BFN will provide training in
accordance with the procedure change process.
ii. BFN-specific:
1. By no later than May 23, 2014, TVA will design, develop, and
implement a BFN Integrated Completeness and Accuracy Review Evaluation
Board (ICAREB). The ICAREB will be chartered to provide pre-submittal
reviews of correspondence and supporting documentation for BFN
licensing submittals to the NRC, including those prepared by BFN staff
and Corporate Nuclear. Specific criteria for dissolution of the ICAREB
will be established, but it will remain active, at a minimum, until a
fleet-wide procedure governing the preparation of information intended
to support licensing submittals to the NRC is active.
2. By no later than August 21, 2014, BFN Licensing will prepare a
benchmarking report identifying industry best practices in the area of
10 CFR 50.9 compliance in the preparation and validation of inputs to
NRC submittals. This report will be made available to the NRC for
review. BFN will consider benchmarking results, as appropriate, for
implementation.
b. Actions related to the violation of 10 CFR 50.90:
i. Fleet-wide:
1. By July 15, 2014, TVA will benchmark nuclear industry
methodologies used to maintain Licensing Bases Documents. A report on
this activity will be made available to the NRC for review. BFN will
consider benchmarking results for implementation.
2. By no later than August 15, 2014, TVA will develop and issue a
fleet-wide Licensing Compliance Review Procedure to establish the
process for verifying that changes to NPG administrative and technical
procedures not covered under the 10 CFR 50.59 review process are
reviewed for conformance to the current licensing basis. BFN will
provide training in accordance with the procedure change process.
3. By no later than August 15, 2014, TVA will revise NPG-SPP-01.1
and NPG-SPP-01.2 to incorporate the Licensing Compliance Review
process, including verification of compliance.
4. By no later than September 26, 2014, TVA will convert NLDP-5
``FSAR Management'' to an NPG Standard Programs and Processes (SPP)
procedure. BFN will provide training in accordance with the procedure
change process.
5. By no later than June 13, 2014, TVA will implement, via an
independent entity, a review of the 10 CFR 50.9 and 10 CFR 50.90 Root
Cause Analysis reports to assess the completeness and adequacy of the
identified root/contributing causes, extent of cause, extent of
condition and CAPRs/CAs. The deliverable from this review will be a
report with documented recommendations. TVA will consider
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these recommendations for implementation.
6. By no later than July 15, 2015, TVA will implement, via an
independent entity, an effectiveness review of the corrective actions
completed to date with regard to the 10 CFR 50.9 and 10 CFR 50.90 Root
Cause Analyses.
ii. BFN-specific:
1. TVA completed a snapshot self-assessment to verify if
commitments are being implemented accurately on March 25, 2014.
2. TVA acknowledges that there have been previous instances where
repetitive PERs were submitted on the issue of adequate staffing and
the issue was ineffectively resolved. BFN commits to close the CAP
Fundamental Problem that was identified under the 95003 that resulted
in significant programmatic and organizational changes in TVA's CAP by
no later than April 9, 2014. In addition, the NRC recently closed the
95003 Tier 1 CAL Commitment in the BFN CAP.
3. By no later than May 2, 2014, TVA will develop and implement an
Interim Licensing Compliance Review Checklist for use by procedure
writing organizations and document reviewers to ensure the correct
licensing basis documents are referenced when revising procedures. This
Interim Licensing Compliance Review Checklist will be used until
issuance of a revised Licensing Compliance Review Procedure. (b.i.2
Fleet-wide action above).
4. By no later than November 26, 2014, TVA will perform a detailed
review of all procedures revised prior to August 15, 2014, during the
Procedure Upgrade Project to ensure that the licensing basis
information required by the revised SPP-01.1 and SPP-01.2 is
identified. This review will include all licensing, administrative and
governance procedures. The revised procedures will institutionalize the
licensing review process and provide sustainability from that point
forward in the Procedure Upgrade Project.
5. By no later than November 28, 2014, TVA will complete training
of BFN Engineering, Licensing and licensed Operators regarding the
scope and hierarchy of licensing basis documents, lessons learned from
circumstances associated with EA-14-005, and the associated change
process. The training material will be available for NRC review.
6. Through December 31, 2014, changes to BFN licensing commitments
will be reviewed and approved by a second site licensing engineer in
addition to review and approval by site licensing. The focus of this
additional review will be to ensure that the correct regulatory change
process(es) has/have been used. This action will be discontinued upon
completion of the training encompassed in item 5 above.
7. By December 31, 2015, TVA will review a sample of facility
changes, based on plant risk and complexity, that have occurred from
2004 to May 2014, to determine whether these changes have been
appropriately incorporated into the licensing basis documents. TVA's
method of selecting facility changes to be sampled will be provided to
the NRC by July 15, 2014. Any identified discrepancies will be
dispositioned through the corrective action process. The results of
this review will be made available to the NRC.
8. By December 31, 2015, TVA will review a sample of BFN facility
changes, based on plant risk and complexity, accomplished within the
last 3 years and processed outside of the 10 CFR 50.59 process to
determine whether these changes have been appropriately incorporated
into the licensing basis documents. TVA's method of selecting facility
changes to be sampled will be provided to the NRC by July 15, 2014. Any
identified discrepancies will be dispositioned through the corrective
action process. The results of this review will be made available to
the NRC.
9. By December 31, 2014, TVA will make a presentation to the (1)
Regulatory Issue Working Group and (2) the Regulating Utility Group
regarding the circumstances of the violations discussed above and the
importance of leadership attention to the effective management of the
current licensing basis and complete and accurate communications with
the NRC. The presentation will be made available to the NRC in advance.
c. Prior to July 15, 2014, TVA will perform, via an independent
entity, a reevaluation of Operations minimum shift staffing. The
results of that staffing evaluation will be documented as a reference
to OPDP-1, ``Conduct of Operations.''
d. Upon completion of the terms of items of the Confirmatory Order,
TVA will provide the NRC with a letter discussing its basis for
concluding that the Order has been satisfied.
The Regional Administrator, NRC Region II, may relax or rescind, in
writing, any of the above conditions upon a showing by TVA of good
cause.
VI
Any person adversely affected by this Order, other than TVA, may
submit a written answer and/or request a hearing on this Order within
30 days from the date of this Order, pursuant to 10 CFR 2.302 and 10
CFR 2.309. Where good cause is shown, consideration will be given to
extending the time to answer or request a hearing. A request for
extension of time must be directed to the Director, Office of
Enforcement, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001, and include a statement of good cause for the extension.
If a hearing is requested by a person whose interest is adversely
affected, the Commission will, if appropriate, issue an Order
designating the time and place of any hearings. If a hearing is held,
the issue to be considered at such hearing shall be whether this Order
should be sustained.
All documents filed in the NRC adjudicatory proceedings, including
a request for a hearing, a petition for leave to intervene, any motion
or other document filed in the proceeding prior to the submission of a
request for hearing or petition to intervene, and documents filed by
interested governmental entities participating under 10 CFR 2.315(c),
must be filed in accordance with the NRC's E-Filing rule at 10 CFR
2.302. The E-Filing process requires participants to submit and serve
all adjudicatory documents over the internet, or to physically deliver
or mail a copy of documents on optical storage media. Participants may
not submit paper copies of their filings unless they seek and receive
an exemption in accordance with the procedures described below.
To comply with the procedural requirements of E-Filing, at least 10
days prior to the filing deadline, the participant should contact the
Office of the Secretary by email at hearing.docket@nrc.gov, or by
telephone at (301) 415-1677, to request (1) a digital identification
(ID) certificate, which allows the participant (or its counsel or
representative) to digitally sign documents and access the E-Submittal
server for any proceeding in which it is participating; and (2) advise
the Secretary that the participant will be submitting a request or
petition for hearing (even in instances in which the participant, or
its counsel or representative, already holds an NRC-issued digital
certificate). Based on this information, the Secretary will establish
an electronic docket for the hearing in this proceeding if the
Secretary has not already established an electronic docket.
Information about applying for a digital ID certificate is
available on the NRC's public Web site at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals/getting-started.html. System
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requirements for accessing the E-Submittal server are detailed in the
NRC's ``Guidance for Electronic Submission,'' which is available on the
NRC's public Web site at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html. Participants may attempt to use other software not
listed on the Web site, but should note that the NRC's E-Filing system
does not support unlisted software, and the NRC Meta System Help Desk
will not be able to offer assistance in using unlisted software.
If a participant is electronically submitting a document to the NRC
in accordance with the E-Filing rule, the participant must file the
document using the NRC's online, Web-based submission form. In order to
serve documents through the Electronic Information Exchange System,
users will be required to install a Web browser plug-in obtained from
the NRC's Web site. Further information on the Web-based submission
form, including the installation of the Web browser plug-in, is
available on the NRC's public Web site at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html.
Once a participant has obtained a digital ID certificate and a
docket has been created, the participant can then submit a request for
a hearing or petition for leave to intervene. Submissions should be in
Portable Document Format (PDF) in accordance with the NRC guidance
available on the NRC's public Web site at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html. A filing is considered complete at the time the
documents are submitted through the NRC's E-Filing system. To be
timely, an electronic filing must be submitted to the E-Filing system
no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date. Upon receipt of
a transmission, the E-Filing system time-stamps the document and sends
the submitter an email notice confirming receipt of the document. The
E-Filing system also distributes an email notice that provides access
to the document to the NRC's Office of the General Counsel, and any
others who have advised the Office of the Secretary that they wish to
participate in the proceeding, so that the filer need not serve the
document on those participants separately. Therefore, applicants and
other participants (or their counsel or representative) must apply for
and receive a digital ID certificate before a hearing request/petition
to intervene is filed so that they can obtain access to the document
via the E-Filing system.
A person filing electronically using the NRC's adjudicatory E-
Filing system may seek assistance by contracting the NRC Meta System
Help Desk thorough the ``Contact Us'' link located on the NRC's public
Web site at https://www.nrc/gov/site-help/e-submittals.html, by email to
MSHD.Resource@nrc.gov, or by a toll free call to 1-866-672-7640. The
NRC Meta System Help Desk is available between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m.,
Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, excluding government holidays.
Participants who believe that they have a good cause for not
submitting documents electronically must file an extension request, in
accordance with 10 CFR 2.302(g), with their initial paper filing
requesting authorization to continue to submit documents in paper
format. Such filings must be submitted by: (1) First-class mail
addressed to the Office of the Secretary of the Commission, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, Attention:
Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff; or (2) courier, express mail, or
expedited delivery service to the Office of the Secretary, Sixteenth
Floor, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland
20852, Attention: Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff. Participants
filing a document in this manner are responsible for serving the
document on all other participants. Filing is considered complete by
first-class mail as of the time of deposit in the mail, or by courier,
express mail, or expedited delivery service upon depositing the
document with the provider of the service. A presiding officer, having
granted an exemption request from using E-Filing, may require a
participant or party to use E-Filing, if the presiding officer
subsequently determines the reason for the exemption from use of E-
Filing no longer exists.
Documents submitted in adjudicatory proceedings will appear in the
NRC's electronic hearing docket, which is available to the public at
https://ehd1.nrc.gov/ehd, unless excluded pursuant to an order of the
Commission, or the presiding officer. Participants are requested not to
include personal privacy information, such as social security numbers,
home addresses, or home phone numbers in their filings, unless an NRC
regulation or other law requires submission of such information. With
respect to copyrighted works, except for limited excerpts that serve
the purpose of the adjudicatory filings and would constitute a Fair Use
application, participants are requested not to include copyrighted
materials in their submissions.
If a person other than the licensee requests a hearing, that person
shall set forth with particularity the manner in which his/her interest
is adversely affected by this Order and shall address the criteria set
forth in 10 CFR 2.309(d) and (f).
In the absence of any request for hearing, or written approval of
an extension of time in which to request a hearing, the provisions
specified in Section V above shall be final 30 days from the date of
this Order without further order or proceedings. If an extension of
time for requesting a hearing has been approved, the provisions
specified in Section V shall be final when the extension expires if a
hearing request has not been received.
Dated this 1st day of May 2014.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Leonard D. Wert,
Deputy Regional Administrator for Operations.
[FR Doc. 2014-10717 Filed 5-8-14; 8:45 am]
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