North Anna Power Station, Units 1 and 2, Virginia Electric and Power Company, 68882-68884 [2015-28361]

Download as PDF 68882 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 215 / Friday, November 6, 2015 / Notices • Mail Comments to: Cindy Bladey, Office of Administration, Mail Stop: OWFN–12–H08, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555–0001. For additional direction on obtaining information and submitting comments, see ‘‘Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments’’ in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elaine Keegan, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 0001; telephone: 1–800–368–5642, extension 8517; email: Elaine.Keegan@ nrc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES A. Obtaining Information Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2014– 0109 when contacting the NRC about the availablitiy of information for this action. You may obtain publiclyavailable information related to this action by any of the following methods: • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC–2014–0109. • NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS): You may obtain publiclyavailable 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 draft plant-specific supplement GEIS is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML15300A064 for Volume 1 and ML15300A073 for Volume 2. • 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. B. Submitting Comments Please include Docket ID NRC–2014– 0109 in your comment submission. The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact information that you do not want to be publicly disclosed in your comment submission. The NRC posts all comment submissions at https:// www.regulations.gov as well as entering the comment submissions into ADAMS. The NRC does not routinely edit VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:21 Nov 05, 2015 Jkt 238001 comments submissions to remove identifying or contact information. If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons for submission to the NRC, then you should inform those persons not to include identifying or contact information that they do not want to be publicly disclosed in their comment submission. Your request should state that the NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to remove such information before making the comment submissions available to the public or entering the comment submissions into ADAMS. II. Discussion The NRC is issuing for public comment the draft plant-specific Supplement 56 to the GEIS for license renewal of nuclear plants, NUREG– 1437, regarding the renewal of operating license, NPF–43 for an additional 20 years of operation for Fermi 2. Supplement 56 to the GEIS includes the preliminary analysis that evaluates the environmental impacts of the proposed action and alternatives to the proposed action. The NRC’s preliminary recommendation is that the adverse environmental impacts of license renewal for Fermi 2 are not great enough to deny the option of license renewal for energy-planning decisionmakers. III. Public Meetings The NRC staff will hold a public meeting prior to the close of the public comment period to present an overview of the draft plant-specific supplement to the GEIS and to accept public comment on the document. The meeting will be held at the Monroe County Community College, La-Z-Boy-Center 1555 S. Raisinville Road, Monroe, Michigan on Wednesday, December 2, 2015. There will be a registration period from 6:30 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. The meeting will start at 7:00 p.m. and continue until 9:00 p.m., as necessary. The meeting will be transcribed and will include: (1) A presentation of the contents of the draft plant-specific supplement to the GEIS; and (2) the opportunity for interested government agencies, organizations, and individuals to provide comments on the draft report. To be considered in the final supplement to the GEIS, comments must be provided either at the transcribed public meeting or submitted in writing by the comment deadline identified in the DATES section of this notice. Persons may pre-register to attend or present oral comments at the meeting by contacting Ms. Elaine Keegan, the NRC project manager, at 1– 800–368–5642, extension 8517, or by PO 00000 Frm 00049 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 email at Elaine.Keegan@nrc.gov no later than Tuesday, November 24, 2015. Members of the public may also register to provide oral comments during the registration period prior to the meeting. Individual oral comments may be limited by the time available, depending on the number of persons who register. If special equipment or accommodations are needed to attend or present information at the public meeting, the need should be brought to Ms. Keegan’s attention no later than Tuesday, November 24, 2015, in order to provide the NRC staff with adequate notice to determine whether the request can be accommodated. Additional details regarding the meeting will be posted at least 10 days prior to the public meeting on the NRC’s Public Meeting Schedule Web site at https://www.nrc.gov/publicinvolve/public-meetings/index.cfm. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 29 day of October 2015. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. James G. Danna, Chief, Projects Branch 2, Division of License Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. [FR Doc. 2015–28265 Filed 11–5–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket Nos. 50–338 and 50–339; NRC– 2012–0258; License Nos.: NPF–4 and NPF– 7] North Anna Power Station, Units 1 and 2, Virginia Electric and Power Company Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Revised director’s decision under 10 CFR 2.206; issuance. AGENCY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is giving notice that the Director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation has issued a revised final Director’s Decision (DD) with regard to a petition dated October 20, 2011, filed by Paul Gunter et al., herein referred to as ‘‘the petitioners.’’ DATES: November 6, 2015. ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2012–0258 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–2012–0258. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\06NON1.SGM 06NON1 mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 215 / Friday, November 6, 2015 / Notices 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 publiclyavailable 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 it 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: V. Sreenivas, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 0001; telephone: 301–415–2597; email: V.Sreenivas@nrc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that the Director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, has issued a revision to a Director’s Decision (DD) dated August 21, 2015 (ADAMS Accession No. 15175A465), with regard to a petition dated October 20, 2011 (ADAMS Accession No. ML11293A116), filed by the petitioners. The petition was supplemented on November 2, 2011 (ADAMS Accession No. ML11308A027) and December 15, 2011 (ADAMS Accession No. ML12060A197). The petition concerns the operation of the North Anna Power Station, Units 1 and 2 (North Anna 1 and 2), by the Virginia Electric and Power Company (VEPCO or the licensee). The petition requested that the NRC suspend the operating licenses for North Anna 1 and 2, until the completion of a set of activities described in the petition. The petitioner also requested that a public meeting be held to discuss this matter in the Washington, DC area. As the basis for the October 20, 2011, request, the petitioner raised several concerns, of which 12 were accepted for review by the NRC staff by letter dated March 16, 2012 (ADAMS Accession No. ML12060A090). These are summarized as follows: VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:21 Nov 05, 2015 Jkt 238001 (1) Prior to the approval of restart for North Anna 1 and 2, after the earthquake of August 23, 2011, VEPCO should be required to obtain a license amendment from the NRC that reanalyzes and reevaluates the plant’s design basis for earthquakes and for associated necessary retrofits. (2) Prior to the approval of restart for North Anna 1 and 2, after the earthquake of August 23, 2011, the licensee should be required to ensure that North Anna 1 and 2, are subjected to thorough inspections of the same level and rigor. (3) The licensee should be required to reanalyze and reevaluate the North Anna Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (lSFSI) due to damage caused by the earthquake of August 23, 2011, and ensure that no threat is posed to public health and safety by its operation. (4) The licensee should ensure the reliability and accuracy of the seismic instrumentation at North Anna 1 and 2. (5) The NRC staff made hasty decisions about the restart of North Anna 1 and 2, and gave priority to economic considerations. The long-term action plan was not even complete before the NRC staff gave authorization to restart. (6) Regulatory commitments are an inadequate regulatory tool for ensuring that the critical long-term tasks identified in the NRC staff’s confirmatory action letter dated November 11, 2011, are completed. (7) The licensee needs to address the possibility of both boildown and rapid draindown events at the North Anna 1 and 2, spent fuel pool (SFP). (8) The long-term storage of spent fuel in the SFP at North Anna 1 and 2, and at the North Anna ISFSI poses challenges to the public health and safety. (9) ‘‘Hardened on-site storage’’ strategies for spent fuel should be used at North Anna 1 and 2. (10) Concerns exist about the response of North Anna 1 and 2, to a prolonged station blackout. (11) The current emergency evacuation plans for North Anna 1 and 2, need to be revised to reflect the possible need to evacuate a larger area than that identified in the current emergency planning zone. (12) Concerns exist about damage to the structural integrity of the spent fuel pool structure at North Anna 1 and 2, as represented on pages 41 and 42 of the NRC staff’s technical evaluation for the restart of North Anna 1 and 2, dated November 11, 2011. On December 12, 2012 and February 2, 2012, the petitioners and the licensee PO 00000 Frm 00050 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 68883 met with the NRC staff’s petition review board (meeting transcripts under ADAMS Accession Nos. ML12033A025 and ML12047A240), regarding the petition. These meetings gave the petitioner and the licensee an opportunity to provide additional information and to clarify issues raised in the petition. The NRC staff issued a partial DD on October 19, 2012 (ADAMS Accession No. ML12262A156). Twelve of the concerns were accepted for review by the NRC staff. As detailed in the partial DD, eight of these concerns were closed. The remaining four concerns accepted for review were identified as those that may take longer than the target timeframe for reaching a decision on a petition based on the fact they were undergoing NRC review as part of the agency’s response to the Fukushima event in Japan. Regarding the four remaining concerns, the NRC staff sent a copy of the proposed DD to the Petitioners and to the licensee for comment on April 17, 2015 (ADAMS Accession Nos. ML14311A616 and ML15061A133, respectively). The Petitioners provided comments in a response dated May 18, 2015 (ADAMS Accession No. ML15138A277) and the licensee provided comments in a response dated May 20, 2015 (ADAMS Accession No. ML15147A517). The comments and the NRC staff’s response to them are included with this director’s decision. On August 21, 2015, the NRC issued a director’s decision (ADAMS Accession No. ML15175A465). Subsequently, the NRC identified portions of the director’s decision on the long-term storage of spent fuel in the SFP and ISFSI that required clarification. Accordingly, the decision’s response to Concern 8 is revised to clarify the NRC’s resolution of the concern. The Director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation has determined that the request to suspend the operating licenses for North Anna 1 and 2, until the completion of a set of activities described in the petition, be partially granted and partially denied. The reasons for this decision are explained in the revised director’s decision DD– 15–09 pursuant to section 2.206 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) of the Commission’s regulations. The NRC will file a copy of the revised director’s decision with the Secretary of the Commission for the Commission’s review in accordance with 10 CFR 2.206. As provided for by this regulation, the director’s decision will constitute the final action of the Commission 25 days after the date of the E:\FR\FM\06NON1.SGM 06NON1 68884 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 215 / Friday, November 6, 2015 / Notices decision, unless the Commission, on its own motion, institutes a review of the director’s decision in that time. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 30th day of October, 2015. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. William M. Dean, Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. BILLING CODE 7590–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [NRC–2015–0001] November 9, 16, 23, 30, December 7, 14, 2015. PLACE: Commissioners’ Conference Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. STATUS: Public and Closed. DATES: Week of November 9, 2015 Monday, November 9, 2015 2:45 p.m. Affirmation Session (Public Meeting) (Tentative). a. Pacific Gas and Electric Company (Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant), Friends of the Earth's Appeal of LBP±15±6 (Tentative) b. Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (Palisades Nuclear Plant)—Appeal of LBP–15–17 (Tentative) c. Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (Palisades Nuclear Plant)—Appeal of LBP–15–20 (Tentative) d. Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (Indian Point Nuclear Generating Units 2 and 3)—Petition for Interlocutory Review of Atomic Safety and Licensing Board’s July 20, 2015 Order (Denying New York Motion to Withdraw Proprietary Designation) (Tentative). Week of November 16, 2015—Tentative mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Tuesday, November 17, 2015 9:00 a.m. Briefing on the Status of Lessons Learned from the Fukushima Dai-Ichi Accident (Public Meeting); (Contact: Gregory Bowman: 301–415–2939). This meeting will be webcast live at the Web address—https://www.nrc.gov/. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:21 Nov 05, 2015 Jkt 238001 There are no meetings scheduled for the week of November 23, 2015. Week of November 30, 2015—Tentative Thursday, December 3, 2015 Week of December 7, 2015—Tentative Sunshine Act Meeting Notice 9:00 a.m. Hearing on Combined Licenses for South Texas Project, Units 3 and 4: Section 189a of the Atomic Energy Act Proceeding (Public Meeting); (Contact: Tom Tai: 301–415–8484). Week of November 23, 2015—Tentative 9:30 a.m. Briefing on Equal Employment Opportunity and Civil Rights Outreach (Public Meeting); (Contact: Larniece McKoy Moore: 301–415–1942). This meeting will be webcast live at the Web address—https://www.nrc.gov/. [FR Doc. 2015–28361 Filed 11–5–15; 8:45 am] Thursday, November 19, 2015 This meeting will be webcast live at the Web address—https://www.nrc.gov/. There are no meetings scheduled for the week of December 7, 2015. Week of December 14, 2015—Tentative Tuesday, December 15, 2015 9:00 a.m. Hearing on Construction Permit for SHINE Medical Isotope Production Facility: Section 189a of the Atomic Energy Act Proceeding (Public Meeting); (Contact: Steven Lynch: 301–415–1524). This meeting will be webcast live at the Web address—https://www.nrc.gov/. Thursday, December 17, 2015 9:30 a.m. Briefing on Project AIM 2020 (Public Meeting); (Contact: John Jolicoeur 301–415–1642). This meeting will be webcast live at the Web address—https://www.nrc.gov/. * * * * * The schedule for Commission meetings is subject to change on short notice. For more information or to verify the status of meetings, contact Denise McGovern at 301–415–0681 or via email at Denise.McGovern@nrc.gov. * * * * * The NRC Commission Meeting Schedule can be found on the Internet at:https://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/ public-meetings/schedule.html. * * * * * The NRC provides reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities where appropriate. If you need a reasonable accommodation to participate in these public meetings, or need this meeting notice or the transcript or other information from the public meetings in another format (e.g. braille, large print), please notify Kimberly Meyer, NRC Disability Program Manager, at 301–287–0739, by videophone at 240–428–3217, or by email at Kimberly.Meyer-Chambers@ nrc.gov. 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Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the ‘‘Act’’),1 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,2 notice is hereby given that on October 21, 2015, BATS Exchange, Inc. (the ‘‘Exchange’’ or ‘‘BATS’’) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (‘‘Commission’’) the proposed rule change as described in Items I, II and III below, which Items have been prepared by the Exchange. The Exchange has designated this proposal as a ‘‘noncontroversial’’ proposed rule change pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A) of the Act 3 and Rule 19b–4(f)(6)(iii) thereunder,4 which renders it effective upon filing with the Commission. The Commission is publishing this notice to solicit comments on the proposed rule change from interested persons. I. 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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 215 (Friday, November 6, 2015)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-28361]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50-338 and 50-339; NRC-2012-0258; License Nos.: NPF-4 and 
NPF-7]


North Anna Power Station, Units 1 and 2, Virginia Electric and 
Power Company

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Revised director's decision under 10 CFR 2.206; issuance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is giving notice 
that the Director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation has 
issued a revised final Director's Decision (DD) with regard to a 
petition dated October 20, 2011, filed by Paul Gunter et al., herein 
referred to as ``the petitioners.''

DATES: November 6, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2012-0258 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-2012-0258. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Carol

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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 it 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: V. Sreenivas, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-2597; email: V.Sreenivas@nrc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that the Director of 
the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, has issued a revision to a 
Director's Decision (DD) dated August 21, 2015 (ADAMS Accession No. 
15175A465), with regard to a petition dated October 20, 2011 (ADAMS 
Accession No. ML11293A116), filed by the petitioners. The petition was 
supplemented on November 2, 2011 (ADAMS Accession No. ML11308A027) and 
December 15, 2011 (ADAMS Accession No. ML12060A197). The petition 
concerns the operation of the North Anna Power Station, Units 1 and 2 
(North Anna 1 and 2), by the Virginia Electric and Power Company (VEPCO 
or the licensee). The petition requested that the NRC suspend the 
operating licenses for North Anna 1 and 2, until the completion of a 
set of activities described in the petition. The petitioner also 
requested that a public meeting be held to discuss this matter in the 
Washington, DC area.
    As the basis for the October 20, 2011, request, the petitioner 
raised several concerns, of which 12 were accepted for review by the 
NRC staff by letter dated March 16, 2012 (ADAMS Accession No. 
ML12060A090). These are summarized as follows:
    (1) Prior to the approval of restart for North Anna 1 and 2, after 
the earthquake of August 23, 2011, VEPCO should be required to obtain a 
license amendment from the NRC that reanalyzes and reevaluates the 
plant's design basis for earthquakes and for associated necessary 
retrofits.
    (2) Prior to the approval of restart for North Anna 1 and 2, after 
the earthquake of August 23, 2011, the licensee should be required to 
ensure that North Anna 1 and 2, are subjected to thorough inspections 
of the same level and rigor.
    (3) The licensee should be required to reanalyze and reevaluate the 
North Anna Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (lSFSI) due to 
damage caused by the earthquake of August 23, 2011, and ensure that no 
threat is posed to public health and safety by its operation.
    (4) The licensee should ensure the reliability and accuracy of the 
seismic instrumentation at North Anna 1 and 2.
    (5) The NRC staff made hasty decisions about the restart of North 
Anna 1 and 2, and gave priority to economic considerations. The long-
term action plan was not even complete before the NRC staff gave 
authorization to restart.
    (6) Regulatory commitments are an inadequate regulatory tool for 
ensuring that the critical long-term tasks identified in the NRC 
staff's confirmatory action letter dated November 11, 2011, are 
completed.
    (7) The licensee needs to address the possibility of both boildown 
and rapid draindown events at the North Anna 1 and 2, spent fuel pool 
(SFP).
    (8) The long-term storage of spent fuel in the SFP at North Anna 1 
and 2, and at the North Anna ISFSI poses challenges to the public 
health and safety.
    (9) ``Hardened on-site storage'' strategies for spent fuel should 
be used at North Anna 1 and 2.
    (10) Concerns exist about the response of North Anna 1 and 2, to a 
prolonged station blackout.
    (11) The current emergency evacuation plans for North Anna 1 and 2, 
need to be revised to reflect the possible need to evacuate a larger 
area than that identified in the current emergency planning zone.
    (12) Concerns exist about damage to the structural integrity of the 
spent fuel pool structure at North Anna 1 and 2, as represented on 
pages 41 and 42 of the NRC staff's technical evaluation for the restart 
of North Anna 1 and 2, dated November 11, 2011.
    On December 12, 2012 and February 2, 2012, the petitioners and the 
licensee met with the NRC staff's petition review board (meeting 
transcripts under ADAMS Accession Nos. ML12033A025 and ML12047A240), 
regarding the petition. These meetings gave the petitioner and the 
licensee an opportunity to provide additional information and to 
clarify issues raised in the petition.
    The NRC staff issued a partial DD on October 19, 2012 (ADAMS 
Accession No. ML12262A156). Twelve of the concerns were accepted for 
review by the NRC staff. As detailed in the partial DD, eight of these 
concerns were closed. The remaining four concerns accepted for review 
were identified as those that may take longer than the target timeframe 
for reaching a decision on a petition based on the fact they were 
undergoing NRC review as part of the agency's response to the Fukushima 
event in Japan.
    Regarding the four remaining concerns, the NRC staff sent a copy of 
the proposed DD to the Petitioners and to the licensee for comment on 
April 17, 2015 (ADAMS Accession Nos. ML14311A616 and ML15061A133, 
respectively). The Petitioners provided comments in a response dated 
May 18, 2015 (ADAMS Accession No. ML15138A277) and the licensee 
provided comments in a response dated May 20, 2015 (ADAMS Accession No. 
ML15147A517). The comments and the NRC staff's response to them are 
included with this director's decision.
    On August 21, 2015, the NRC issued a director's decision (ADAMS 
Accession No. ML15175A465). Subsequently, the NRC identified portions 
of the director's decision on the long-term storage of spent fuel in 
the SFP and ISFSI that required clarification. Accordingly, the 
decision's response to Concern 8 is revised to clarify the NRC's 
resolution of the concern.
    The Director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation has 
determined that the request to suspend the operating licenses for North 
Anna 1 and 2, until the completion of a set of activities described in 
the petition, be partially granted and partially denied. The reasons 
for this decision are explained in the revised director's decision DD-
15-09 pursuant to section 2.206 of title 10 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations (10 CFR) of the Commission's regulations.
    The NRC will file a copy of the revised director's decision with 
the Secretary of the Commission for the Commission's review in 
accordance with 10 CFR 2.206. As provided for by this regulation, the 
director's decision will constitute the final action of the Commission 
25 days after the date of the

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decision, unless the Commission, on its own motion, institutes a review 
of the director's decision in that time.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 30th day of October, 2015.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
William M. Dean,
Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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