In the Matter of Duke Energy Progress, Inc., and North Carolina Eastern Municipal Power Agency; Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 1, 41097-41099 [2015-17278]
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order’s date of issue, this order shall
become null and void. However, upon
written application and good cause
shown, such date may be extended by
order.
This order is effective upon issuance.
For further details with respect to this
order, see the initial application dated
December 22, 2014 (ADAMS Accession
No. ML14358A253), as supplemented
by letters dated March 4, 2015 (ADAMS
Accession No. ML15075A102); June 1,
2015 (ADAMS Accession No.
ML15152A205); June 10, 2015 (ADAMS
Accession No. ML15161A289); and June
24, 2015 (ADAMS Accession No.
ML15175A036), and the safety
evaluation dated July 6, 2015 (ADAMS
Accession No. ML15159A632), which
are available for public inspection at the
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Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 6th day
of July 2015.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
William M. Dean,
Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2015–17279 Filed 7–13–15; 8:45 am]
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[NRC–2015–0164]
Memorandum of Understanding
Among the Department of Homeland
Security, the Department of
Transportation, and the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission Concerning
Cooperation on Radioactive Materials
Transportation Security
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AGENCY:
The United States (U.S.)
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is issuing a notice regarding a finalized
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
between the NRC, the U.S. Department
of Homeland Security (DHS) and the
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(DOT) that defines a cooperative
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MOU is to ensure that the transportation
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2015.
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between the agencies for radioactive
material transportation security.
II. Summary
The Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Pub.
L. 109–58, August 8, 2005) established
the Task Force on Radiation Source
Protection and Security. Subsequently,
the Task Force recommended that the
participating departments and agencies
develop an interagency MOU for
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security. The MOU establishes a
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practicable, their respective
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security of radioactive material
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U.S. borders. The intent of the MOU is
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facilitate the sharing of expertise and
information, promote leveraging of
mutual interests, and reduce
duplication in shared areas of
responsibility.
III. Further Information
The Task Force on Radiation Source
Protection and Security has produced
three reports. The reports were
published in 2006, 2010 and 2014.
Those reports may be found in the NRC
ADAMS public document collection at
accession numbers ML062190349,
ML102230141 and ML14219A642, for
the 2006, 2010 and 2014 reports,
respectively.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 7th day
of July 2015.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Mark Thaggard,
Deputy Director, Division of Security Policy,
Office of Nuclear Security and Incident
Response.
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[Docket No. 50–400; License No. NPF–63;
NRC–2015–0101]
In the Matter of Duke Energy Progress,
Inc., and North Carolina Eastern
Municipal Power Agency; Shearon
Harris Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 1
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Direct transfer of license, order;
issuance.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is issuing an Order
to Duke Energy Progress, Inc. (Duke
Energy) and North Carolina Eastern
Municipal Power Agency (NCEMPA)
SUMMARY:
I. Introduction
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approving the direct transfer of control
of the Renewed Facility Operating
License No. NPF–63, and ownership
interest for the Shearon Harris Nuclear
Power Plant (Harris), Unit 1, to the
extent currently held by NCEMPA. As a
result of the transaction, Duke Energy
will become the sole owner of the Harris
facility and hold 100 percent ownership
of the facility. The conforming license
amendment will remove references to
NCEMPA. No physical changes to the
facility or operational changes were
proposed in the application and Duke
Energy will remain as the licensed
operator of the facility. This Order is
effective upon issuance.
DATES: The Order was issued on July 6,
2015, and is effective for 1 year.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID
NRC–2015–0101 when contacting the
NRC about the availability of
information regarding this document.
You may obtain 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
for Docket ID NRC–2015–0101. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol
Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463;
email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For
technical questions, 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 obtain publicly
available documents online in the
ADAMS Public Documents collection 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
ADAMS accession number for each
document referenced (if that document
is available in ADAMS) is provided the
first time that a document is referenced.
• 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:
Martha Barillas, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415–
2760, email: Martha.Barillas@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The text of
the Order is attached.
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Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 6th day
of July 2015.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Martha Barillas,
Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch II–
2, Division of Operator Reactor Licensing,
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION
In the Matter of DUKE ENERGY
PROGRESS, INC., NORTH CAROLINA
EASTERN MUNICIPAL POWER
AGENCY, Shearon Harris Nuclear
Power Plant Unit 1
Docket No. 50–400
License No. NPF–63
ORDER APPROVING DIRECT
TRANSFER OF LICENSE AND
APPROVING CONFORMING
AMENDMENT
I
Duke Energy Progress, Inc. (Duke
Energy), and North Carolina Eastern
Municipal Power Agency (NCEMPA),
are the owners of Shearon Harris
Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 1 (Harris).
With respect to their ownership, they
are co-holders of Renewed Facility
Operating License No. NPF–63. The
Harris facility consists of a
Westinghouse three-loop pressurizedwater reactor located in Wake and
Chatham Counties, North Carolina. The
facility operating license authorizes
Duke Energy to possess, use, and
operate the Harris facility.
II
By application dated December 22,
2014 (Agencywide Documents Access
and Management System (ADAMS)
Accession No. ML14358A253), as
supplemented by letters dated March 4,
2015 (ADAMS Accession No.
ML15075A102); June 1, 2015 (ADAMS
Accession No. ML15152A205); June 10,
2015 (ADAMS Accession No.
ML15161A289); and June 24, 2015
(ADAMS Accession No. ML15175A036),
Duke Energy and NCEMPA requested,
pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of
Federal Regulations (10 CFR), Section
50.80 (10 CFR 50.80), that the U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
consent to the direct transfer of
Operating License No. NPF–63 for the
Harris facility, to the extent currently
held by NCEMPA, to co-owner Duke
Energy.
The interest in Harris held by Duke
Energy is 83.83 percent undivided
ownership interest and that held by
NCEMPA is 16.17 percent undivided
ownership interest. Duke Energy is the
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licensed operator for the facility.
Following approval of the proposed
direct transfer of control of the licenses,
Duke Energy would acquire NCEMPA’s
ownership interest in the facility and
would hold 100 percent of the facility.
The applicant also requested approval
of the conforming license amendment
that would remove references to
NCEMPA in the license. The proposed
direct transfer of control of the Harris
operating license will not result in any
change in the role of Duke Energy as the
licensed operator and owner of the
licensed facility and will not result in
any changes to its financial
qualifications, decommissioning
funding assurance, or technical
qualifications.
Approval of the direct transfer of the
facility operating license and
conforming license amendment was
requested by Duke Energy and NCEMPA
pursuant to 10 CFR 50.80 and 50.90. A
notice entitled, ‘‘Notice of Consideration
of Approval of Transfer of Licenses and
Conforming Amendment,’’ was
published in the Federal Register on
April 21, 2015 (80 FR 22224). No
comments or hearing requests were
received.
Under 10 CFR 50.80, no license, or
any right thereunder, shall be
transferred, directly or indirectly,
through transfer of control of the
license, unless the Commission gives its
consent in writing. Upon review of the
information in the licensee’s
application, and other information
before the Commission, the NRC staff
has determined that Duke Energy is
qualified to hold 100 percent of the
license as proposed by the transfer of
NCEMPA’s 16.17 percent ownership
interests, and that the transfer of the
license is otherwise consistent with the
applicable provisions of law,
regulations, and orders issued by the
NRC and subject to the conditions set
forth below. The NRC staff has further
found that the application for the
proposed license amendment complies
with the standards and requirements of
the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as
amended (the Act), and the
Commission’s rules and regulations set
forth in 10 CFR Chapter I; the facility
will operate in conformity with the
application, the provisions of the Act
and the rules and regulations of the
Commission; there is reasonable
assurance that the activities authorized
by the proposed license amendment can
be conducted without endangering the
health and safety of the public and that
such activities will be conducted in
compliance with the Commission’s
regulations; the issuance of the
proposed license amendment will not
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be inimical to the common defense and
security or to the health and safety of
the public; and the issuance of the
proposed amendment will be in
accordance with 10 CFR part 51 of the
Commission’s regulations and all
applicable requirements have been
satisfied. The findings set forth above
are supported by a safety evaluation
dated July 6, 2015.
III
Accordingly, pursuant to Sections
161b, 161i, 161.o, and 184 of the Atomic
Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the
Act), 42 U.S.C. Sections 2201(b),
2201(i), 2201(o), and 2234; and 10 CFR
50.80, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the
application regarding the proposed
direct license transfer is approved,
subject to the following condition:
1. Duke Energy shall provide
satisfactory documentary evidence to
the Director of the Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation that it has obtained
the appropriate amount of insurance
required of a licensee under 10 CFR part
140 within 30 days of the transfer.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that
consistent with 10 CFR 2.1315(b), the
license amendment that make changes,
as indicated in Enclosure 5 to the cover
letter forwarding this order, to reflect
the subject direct transfer, is approved.
The amendment shall be issued and
made effective at the time the proposed
direct transfer action is completed.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that after
receipt of all required regulatory
approvals of the proposed direct transfer
action, Duke Energy shall inform the
Director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation in writing of such receipt no
later than 2 business days prior to the
date of the closing of the direct transfer.
Should the proposed direct transfer not
be completed within 1 year of this
order’s date of issue, this order shall
become null and void. However, upon
written application and good cause
shown, such date may be extended by
order.
This order is effective upon issuance.
For further details with respect to this
order, see the initial application dated
December 22, 2014 (ADAMS Accession
No. ML14358A253), as supplemented
by letters dated March 4, 2015 (ADAMS
Accession No. ML15075A102); June 1,
2015 (ADAMS Accession No.
ML15152A205); June 10. 2015 (ADAMS
Accession No. ML15161A289); and June
24, 2015 (ML15175A036), and the safety
evaluation dated July 6, 2015 (ADAMS
Accession No. ML15159A632), which
are available for public inspection at the
NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR),
located at One White Flint North, Room
O1–F21, 11555 Rockville Pike,
Rockville, Maryland 20852. You may
obtain publicly-available documents
online in the ADAMS Public Documents
collection 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’s PDR reference staff at
1–800–397–4209 or 301–415–4737 or by
email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 6th day
of July 2015.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
William M. Dean,
Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 50-400; License No. NPF-63; NRC-2015-0101]
In the Matter of Duke Energy Progress, Inc., and North Carolina
Eastern Municipal Power Agency; Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant,
Unit 1
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Direct transfer of license, order; issuance.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing an
Order to Duke Energy Progress, Inc. (Duke Energy) and North Carolina
Eastern Municipal Power Agency (NCEMPA)
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approving the direct transfer of control of the Renewed Facility
Operating License No. NPF-63, and ownership interest for the Shearon
Harris Nuclear Power Plant (Harris), Unit 1, to the extent currently
held by NCEMPA. As a result of the transaction, Duke Energy will become
the sole owner of the Harris facility and hold 100 percent ownership of
the facility. The conforming license amendment will remove references
to NCEMPA. No physical changes to the facility or operational changes
were proposed in the application and Duke Energy will remain as the
licensed operator of the facility. This Order is effective upon
issuance.
DATES: The Order was issued on July 6, 2015, and is effective for 1
year.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2015-0101 when contacting the
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You
may obtain 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 for Docket ID NRC-2015-0101. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For technical questions, 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 obtain publicly available documents online in the
ADAMS Public Documents collection 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
ADAMS accession number for each document referenced (if that document
is available in ADAMS) is provided the first time that a document is
referenced.
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: Martha Barillas, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-2760, email: Martha.Barillas@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The text of the Order is attached.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 6th day of July 2015.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Martha Barillas,
Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch II-2, Division of Operator
Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
In the Matter of DUKE ENERGY PROGRESS, INC., NORTH CAROLINA EASTERN
MUNICIPAL POWER AGENCY, Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant Unit 1
Docket No. 50-400
License No. NPF-63
ORDER APPROVING DIRECT TRANSFER OF LICENSE AND APPROVING CONFORMING
AMENDMENT
I
Duke Energy Progress, Inc. (Duke Energy), and North Carolina
Eastern Municipal Power Agency (NCEMPA), are the owners of Shearon
Harris Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 1 (Harris). With respect to their
ownership, they are co-holders of Renewed Facility Operating License
No. NPF-63. The Harris facility consists of a Westinghouse three-loop
pressurized-water reactor located in Wake and Chatham Counties, North
Carolina. The facility operating license authorizes Duke Energy to
possess, use, and operate the Harris facility.
II
By application dated December 22, 2014 (Agencywide Documents Access
and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML14358A253), as
supplemented by letters dated March 4, 2015 (ADAMS Accession No.
ML15075A102); June 1, 2015 (ADAMS Accession No. ML15152A205); June 10,
2015 (ADAMS Accession No. ML15161A289); and June 24, 2015 (ADAMS
Accession No. ML15175A036), Duke Energy and NCEMPA requested, pursuant
to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), Section 50.80
(10 CFR 50.80), that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
consent to the direct transfer of Operating License No. NPF-63 for the
Harris facility, to the extent currently held by NCEMPA, to co-owner
Duke Energy.
The interest in Harris held by Duke Energy is 83.83 percent
undivided ownership interest and that held by NCEMPA is 16.17 percent
undivided ownership interest. Duke Energy is the licensed operator for
the facility. Following approval of the proposed direct transfer of
control of the licenses, Duke Energy would acquire NCEMPA's ownership
interest in the facility and would hold 100 percent of the facility.
The applicant also requested approval of the conforming license
amendment that would remove references to NCEMPA in the license. The
proposed direct transfer of control of the Harris operating license
will not result in any change in the role of Duke Energy as the
licensed operator and owner of the licensed facility and will not
result in any changes to its financial qualifications, decommissioning
funding assurance, or technical qualifications.
Approval of the direct transfer of the facility operating license
and conforming license amendment was requested by Duke Energy and
NCEMPA pursuant to 10 CFR 50.80 and 50.90. A notice entitled, ``Notice
of Consideration of Approval of Transfer of Licenses and Conforming
Amendment,'' was published in the Federal Register on April 21, 2015
(80 FR 22224). No comments or hearing requests were received.
Under 10 CFR 50.80, no license, or any right thereunder, shall be
transferred, directly or indirectly, through transfer of control of the
license, unless the Commission gives its consent in writing. Upon
review of the information in the licensee's application, and other
information before the Commission, the NRC staff has determined that
Duke Energy is qualified to hold 100 percent of the license as proposed
by the transfer of NCEMPA's 16.17 percent ownership interests, and that
the transfer of the license is otherwise consistent with the applicable
provisions of law, regulations, and orders issued by the NRC and
subject to the conditions set forth below. The NRC staff has further
found that the application for the proposed license amendment complies
with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954,
as amended (the Act), and the Commission's rules and regulations set
forth in 10 CFR Chapter I; the facility will operate in conformity with
the application, the provisions of the Act and the rules and
regulations of the Commission; there is reasonable assurance that the
activities authorized by the proposed license amendment can be
conducted without endangering the health and safety of the public and
that such activities will be conducted in compliance with the
Commission's regulations; the issuance of the proposed license
amendment will not
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be inimical to the common defense and security or to the health and
safety of the public; and the issuance of the proposed amendment will
be in accordance with 10 CFR part 51 of the Commission's regulations
and all applicable requirements have been satisfied. The findings set
forth above are supported by a safety evaluation dated July 6, 2015.
III
Accordingly, pursuant to Sections 161b, 161i, 161.o, and 184 of the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), 42 U.S.C. Sections
2201(b), 2201(i), 2201(o), and 2234; and 10 CFR 50.80, IT IS HEREBY
ORDERED that the application regarding the proposed direct license
transfer is approved, subject to the following condition:
1. Duke Energy shall provide satisfactory documentary evidence to
the Director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation that it has
obtained the appropriate amount of insurance required of a licensee
under 10 CFR part 140 within 30 days of the transfer.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that consistent with 10 CFR 2.1315(b), the
license amendment that make changes, as indicated in Enclosure 5 to the
cover letter forwarding this order, to reflect the subject direct
transfer, is approved. The amendment shall be issued and made effective
at the time the proposed direct transfer action is completed.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that after receipt of all required regulatory
approvals of the proposed direct transfer action, Duke Energy shall
inform the Director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation in
writing of such receipt no later than 2 business days prior to the date
of the closing of the direct transfer. Should the proposed direct
transfer not be completed within 1 year of this order's date of issue,
this order shall become null and void. However, upon written
application and good cause shown, such date may be extended by order.
This order is effective upon issuance.
For further details with respect to this order, see the initial
application dated December 22, 2014 (ADAMS Accession No. ML14358A253),
as supplemented by letters dated March 4, 2015 (ADAMS Accession No.
ML15075A102); June 1, 2015 (ADAMS Accession No. ML15152A205); June 10.
2015 (ADAMS Accession No. ML15161A289); and June 24, 2015
(ML15175A036), and the safety evaluation dated July 6, 2015 (ADAMS
Accession No. ML15159A632), which are available for public inspection
at the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR), located at One White Flint
North, Room O1-F21, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
You may obtain publicly-available documents online in the ADAMS Public
Documents collection 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's PDR
reference staff at 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737 or by email to
pdr.resource@nrc.gov.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 6th day of July 2015.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
William M. Dean,
Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2015-17278 Filed 7-13-15; 8:45 am]
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