In the Matter of Duke Energy Progress, Inc., and North Carolina Eastern Municipal Power Agency; Brunswick Steam Electric Plant, Units 1 and 2, 41095-41097 [2015-17279]
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41095
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[Docket Nos. 50–325 and 50–324; License
Nos. DPR–71 and DPR–62; NRC–2015–0100]
In the Matter of Duke Energy Progress,
Inc., and North Carolina Eastern
Municipal Power Agency; Brunswick
Steam Electric Plant, Units 1 and 2
Dated: July 9, 2015.
Crystal Robinson,
Committee Management Officer.
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Direct transfer of licenses, order;
issuance.
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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),
approving the direct transfer of control
of the Renewed Facility Operating
License Nos. DPR–71 and DPR–62, and
ownership interest for the Brunswick
Steam Electric Plant (Brunswick), Units
1 and 2, to the extent currently held by
NCEMPA. As a result of the transaction,
Duke Energy will become the sole
owner of the Brunswick facility and will
hold 100 percent ownership of the
facility. The conforming license
amendments 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 one year.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID
NRC–2015–0100 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–2015–0100. 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
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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
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In the Matter of DUKE ENERGY
PROGRESS, INC., NORTH CAROLINA
EASTERN MUNICIPAL POWER
AGENCY, Brunswick Steam Electric
Plant Units 1 and 2
Docket Nos. 50–325 and 50–324
License Nos. DPR–71 and DPR–62
ORDER APPROVING DIRECT
TRANSFER OF LICENSES AND
APPROVING CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS
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I
Duke Energy Progress, Inc. (Duke
Energy), and North Carolina Eastern
Municipal Power Agency (NCEMPA),
are the owners of Brunswick Steam
Electric Plant (Brunswick), Unit Nos. 1
and 2. With respect to their ownership,
they are co-holders of Renewed Facility
Operating License Nos. DPR–71 and
DPR–62. The Brunswick facility consists
of two General Electric boiling-water
reactors and an independent spent fuel
storage installation (ISFSI), located in
Brunswick County, North Carolina. The
ISFSI is licensed under a general license
pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of
Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 50.
The facility operating licenses authorize
Duke Energy to possess, use, and
operate the Brunswick facility.
II
By application dated December 22,
2014 (Agencywide Documents Access
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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 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 Nos. DPR–71 and DPR–62 for
the Brunswick facility, to the extent
currently held by NCEMPA, to co-owner
Duke Energy.
The interest in Brunswick held by
Duke Energy is 81.67 percent undivided
ownership interest and that held by
NCEMPA is 18.33 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 will 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 amendments
that would remove references to
NCEMPA in the licenses. The proposed
direct transfer of control of the
Brunswick operating licenses 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 licenses 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 22228). 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 18.33 percent ownership
interests, and that the transfer of the
licenses is otherwise consistent with the
applicable provisions of law,
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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 amendments 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 amendments
can be conducted without endangering
the health and safety of the public and
that such activities will be conducted in
compliance with the Commission’s
regulations; the issuance of the
proposed license amendments will not
be inimical to the common defense and
security or to the health and safety of
the public; and the issuance of the
proposed amendments will be in
accordance with 10 CFR part 51 of the
Commission’s regulations and all
applicable requirements have been
satisfied. The findings set forth above
are supported by 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 transfers are 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 amendments that make changes,
as indicated in Enclosure 4 to the cover
letter forwarding this order, to reflect
the subject direct transfer, are approved.
The amendments 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
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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
NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR),
located at One White Flint North, Public
File Area 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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[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
Nuclear Regulatory
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ACTION: Memorandum of
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The United States (U.S.)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
is issuing a notice regarding a finalized
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
between the NRC, the U.S. Department
of Homeland Security (DHS) and the
U.S. Department of Transportation
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(DOT) that defines a cooperative
working relationship between the
agencies for radioactive material
transportation security. The goal of the
MOU is to ensure that the transportation
of radioactive material in the U.S. and
across U.S. borders is carried out in a
secure manner that protects public
health and safety, and in a manner that
is not inimical to the common defense
and security of the U.S.
DATES: The Memorandum of
Understanding is available July 14,
2015.
Please refer to Docket ID
NRC–2015–0164 when contacting the
NRC about the availability of
information regarding this document.
You may obtain publicly-available
information related to this document
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• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2015–0164. 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
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The NRC, DHS, and DOT have
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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
radioactive material transportation
security. The MOU establishes a
framework for departments and agencies
to coordinate, to the maximum extent
practicable, their respective
responsibilities and activities on
security of radioactive material
transportation within the U.S. or across
U.S. borders. The intent of the MOU is
to enhance collaborative exchanges,
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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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:
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50-325 and 50-324; License Nos. DPR-71 and DPR-62; NRC-
2015-0100]
In the Matter of Duke Energy Progress, Inc., and North Carolina
Eastern Municipal Power Agency; Brunswick Steam Electric Plant, Units 1
and 2
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Direct transfer of licenses, 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), approving the direct transfer
of control of the Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-71 and
DPR-62, and ownership interest for the Brunswick Steam Electric Plant
(Brunswick), Units 1 and 2, to the extent currently held by NCEMPA. As
a result of the transaction, Duke Energy will become the sole owner of
the Brunswick facility and will hold 100 percent ownership of the
facility. The conforming license amendments 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 one
year.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2015-0100 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-2015-0100. 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
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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 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, Brunswick Steam Electric Plant Units 1 and 2
Docket Nos. 50-325 and 50-324
License Nos. DPR-71 and DPR-62
ORDER APPROVING DIRECT TRANSFER OF LICENSES AND APPROVING CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS
I
Duke Energy Progress, Inc. (Duke Energy), and North Carolina
Eastern Municipal Power Agency (NCEMPA), are the owners of Brunswick
Steam Electric Plant (Brunswick), Unit Nos. 1 and 2. With respect to
their ownership, they are co-holders of Renewed Facility Operating
License Nos. DPR-71 and DPR-62. The Brunswick facility consists of two
General Electric boiling-water reactors and an independent spent fuel
storage installation (ISFSI), located in Brunswick County, North
Carolina. The ISFSI is licensed under a general license pursuant to
Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 50. The
facility operating licenses authorize Duke Energy to possess, use, and
operate the Brunswick 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 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 Nos. DPR-71 and DPR-62 for the Brunswick facility, to the
extent currently held by NCEMPA, to co-owner Duke Energy.
The interest in Brunswick held by Duke Energy is 81.67 percent
undivided ownership interest and that held by NCEMPA is 18.33 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 will 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
amendments that would remove references to NCEMPA in the licenses. The
proposed direct transfer of control of the Brunswick operating licenses
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 licenses
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 22228). 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 18.33 percent ownership interests, and that
the transfer of the licenses 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 amendments
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 amendments can
be conducted without endangering the health and safety of the public
and that such activities will be conducted in compliance with the
Commission's regulations; the issuance of the proposed license
amendments will not be inimical to the common defense and security or
to the health and safety of the public; and the issuance of the
proposed amendments will be in accordance with 10 CFR part 51 of the
Commission's regulations and all applicable requirements have been
satisfied. The findings set forth above are supported by 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
transfers are 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 amendments that make changes, as indicated in Enclosure 4 to
the cover letter forwarding this order, to reflect the subject direct
transfer, are approved. The amendments 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
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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 NRC's Public Document Room (PDR), located at One
White Flint North, Public File Area 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. 2015-17279 Filed 7-13-15; 8:45 am]
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