In the Matter of Entergy Nuclear FitzPatrick, LLC, Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., and Exelon Generation Company, LLC; James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant, 13018-13019 [2017-04537]
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that challenged the NRC staff’s approval
of Entergy’s exemption requests. The
Petitioners raised concerns about the
use of Trust fund for costs associated
with irradiated fuel management, citing
that a potential shortfall in the Fund
would result in radiological and
environmental consequences as well as
economic risk to the Vermont taxpayers.
As discussed earlier, the NRC has
determined that there is reasonable
assurance that adequate funds are
available in the Trust to complete all
activities associated with
decommissioning and irradiated fuel
management activities. Further, the NRC
has concluded in this EA that there are
no environmental impacts as a result of
the exemptions.
IV. Finding of No Significant Impact
Entergy proposed exemptions from
§§ 50.82(a)(8)(i)(A) and 50.75(h)(2) to
allow the licensee to use funds from the
Trust for irradiated fuel management
activities, without prior written
notification to the NRC. The NRC
granted the exemptions on June 23,
2015.
Consistent with § 51.21, the NRC
conducted the environmental
assessment for the exemptions included
in Section II of this document and
incorporated by reference in this
finding. On the basis of this
environmental assessment, the NRC
concludes that the exemptions did not,
and will not, have significant effects on
the quality of the human environment.
Accordingly, the NRC has decided not
to prepare an environmental impact
statement for the action.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 1st day
of March, 2017.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Bruce Watson,
Chief, Reactor Decommissioning Branch,
Division of Decommissioning, Uranium
Recovery and Waste Programs, Office of
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
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In the Matter of Entergy Nuclear
FitzPatrick, LLC, Entergy Nuclear
Operations, Inc., and Exelon
Generation Company, LLC; James A.
FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Direct transfer of license; order.
AGENCY:
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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is issuing an order
approving the transfer of the James A.
FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant
Renewed Facility Operating License No.
DPR–59, and the transfer of the
generally licensed FitzPatrick
Independent Spent Fuel Storage
Installation from Entergy Nuclear
FitzPatrick, LLC and Entergy Nuclear
Operations, Inc. to Exelon Generation
Company, LLC.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Diane L. Render,
Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch I,
Division of Operating Reactor Licensing,
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
The Order was issued on March
1, 2017, and is effective for one year.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
SUMMARY:
DATES:
Please refer to Docket ID
NRC–2016–0195 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–2016–0195. 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
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please contact the NRC’s Public
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(if that document is available in
ADAMS) is provided the first time that
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• NRC’s PDR: You may examine and
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the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One
White Flint North, 11555 Rockville
Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
ADDRESSES:
Dr.
Diane L. Render, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415–
3629; e-mail: Diane.Render@nrc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The text of
the Order is attached.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 1st day
of March 2017.
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Attachment—Order Approving Direct
Transfer of License and Approving
Conforming Amendment
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[Docket Nos. 50–333 and 72–012;
License No. DPR–59; NRC–2016–0195]
In the Matter of Entergy Nuclear
FitzPatrick, LLC, Entergy Nuclear
Operations, Inc., and Exelon
Generation Company, LLC; James A.
FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant
ORDER APPROVING DIRECT
TRANSFER OF LICENSE AND
APPROVING CONFORMING
AMENDMENT
I.
Entergy Nuclear FitzPatrick, LLC
(ENF) and Entergy Nuclear Operations,
Inc. (ENO) (collectively, Entergy) are the
owner and operator, respectively, of the
James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power
Plant (FitzPatrick) and are the coholders of Renewed Facility Operating
License No. DPR–59 and the general
license for the FitzPatrick Independent
Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI).
FitzPatrick is a General Electric boilingwater reactor located in Oswego County,
New York.
II.
By application dated August 18, 2016,
as supplemented by letter dated
November 29, 2016, Entergy and Exelon
Generation Company, LLC (Exelon)
jointly 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 the FitzPatrick renewed
facility operating license and the
FitzPatrick ISFSI general license from
Entergy to Exelon. Future references to
FitzPatrick include the general license
for the FitzPatrick ISFSI.
In response to the request by Entergy
and Exelon for consent to the direct
transfer of the FitzPatrick renewed
facility operating license and the
FitzPatrick ISFSI general license, the
NRC published a notice entitled, ‘‘James
A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant;
Consideration of Approval of Transfer of
License and Conforming Amendment,’’
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in the Federal Register on September
15, 2016 (81 FR 63500). The NRC
received 22 comments and no hearing
requests. All comments were in support
of the proposed action.
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 NRC shall give its
consent in writing. Upon review of the
information in the application, and
other information before the NRC, and
relying upon the representations and
agreements contained in the
application, the NRC staff has
determined that Exelon is qualified to
hold the FitzPatrick renewed facility
operating license and the FitzPatrick
ISFSI general license. The NRC staff has
also determined that the transfer of
these licenses is otherwise consistent
with the applicable provisions of law,
regulations, and orders issued by the
NRC, pursuant thereto, subject to the
condition set forth below.
Upon review of the application for a
conforming license amendment to
reflect this transfer, the NRC staff has
determined that the application for the
conforming 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 this 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 this
amendment will not be inimical to the
common defense and security or to the
health and safety of the public; and the
issuance of this amendment will be in
accordance with 10 CFR part 51 of the
Commission’s regulations and all
applicable requirements will have been
satisfied.
The findings set forth above are
supported by an NRC safety evaluation
dated March 1, 2017, and available
under Agencywide Documents Access
and Management System (ADAMS)
Accession No. ML17041A196.
III.
Accordingly, pursuant to Sections
161b, 161i, and 184 of the Atomic
Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the
Act), 42 USC §§ 2201(b), 2201(i), and
2234; and 10 CFR 50.80, it is hereby
ordered that the application regarding
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the proposed direct license transfer is
approved, subject to the following
condition:
Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
Prior to the completion of the license
transfer, Exelon Generation Company, LLC
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 and 10 CFR part 50.
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It is further ordered that, consistent
with 10 CFR 2.1315(b), the license
amendment that makes changes, as
indicated in Enclosure 2 to the cover
letter forwarding this Order, to conform
the license to reflect the subject direct
license transfer is approved. The
amendment shall be issued and made
effective at the time the proposed direct
license transfer is completed.
It is further ordered that, after receipt
of all required regulatory approvals of
the proposed direct license transfer,
Exelon shall inform the Director of the
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation in
writing of such receipt, and of the date
of closing of the transfer, no later than
2 business days prior to the date of the
closing of the direct license transfer.
Should the proposed direct license
transfer not be completed within 1 year
of this Order’s date of issuance, this
Order shall become null and void,
provided, however, upon written
application and for 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 application dated August
18, 2016 (ADAMS Accession No.
ML16235A081), as supplemented by
letter dated November 29, 2016
(ADAMS Accession No. ML16335A104),
and the NRC’s nonproprietary Safety
Evaluation dated March 1, 2017
(ADAMS Accession No. ML17041A196),
which are available for public
inspection at the Commission’s Public
Document Room (PDR), located at One
White Flint North, Public File Area O1
F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor),
Rockville, Maryland. Publicly available
documents created or received at the
NRC are accessible electronically
through ADAMS in the NRC Library at
https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
adams.html. Persons who do not have
access to ADAMS, or who encounter
problems in accessing the documents
located in ADAMS, should contact the
NRC PDR reference staff by telephone at
1–800–397–4209 or 301–415–4737, or
by email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 1st day
of March 2017.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
William M. Dean,
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Applications and Amendments to
Facility Operating Licenses and
Combined Licenses Involving
Proposed No Significant Hazards
Considerations and Containing
Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards
Information and Order Imposing
Procedures for Access to Sensitive
Unclassified Non-Safeguards
Information
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: License amendment request;
notice of opportunity to comment,
request a hearing, and petition for leave
to intervene; order imposing
procedures.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) received and is
considering approval of three
amendment requests. The amendment
requests are for LaSalle County Station,
Units 1 and 2; Virgil C. Summer Nuclear
Station, Units 2 and 3; and Vogtle
Electric Generating Plant, Units 3 and 4.
For each amendment request, the NRC
proposes to determine that they involve
no significant hazards consideration.
Because each amendment request
contains sensitive unclassified nonsafeguards information (SUNSI), an
order imposes procedures to obtain
access to SUNSI for contention
preparation.
SUMMARY:
Comments must be filed by April
7, 2017. A request for a hearing must be
filed by May 8, 2017. Any potential
party as defined in § 2.4 of title 10 of the
Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR),
who believes access to SUNSI is
necessary to respond to this notice must
request document access by March 20,
2017.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by any of the following methods (unless
this document describes a different
method for submitting comments on a
specific subject):
• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2017–0047. 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
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[Docket Nos. 50-333 and 72-012; License No. DPR-59; NRC-2016-0195]
In the Matter of Entergy Nuclear FitzPatrick, LLC, Entergy
Nuclear Operations, Inc., and Exelon Generation Company, LLC; James A.
FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Direct transfer of license; order.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing an
order approving the transfer of the James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power
Plant Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-59, and the transfer
of the generally licensed FitzPatrick Independent Spent Fuel Storage
Installation from Entergy Nuclear FitzPatrick, LLC and Entergy Nuclear
Operations, Inc. to Exelon Generation Company, LLC.
DATES: The Order was issued on March 1, 2017, and is effective for one
year.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2016-0195 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-2016-0195. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; e-mail: 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 e-mail to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The
ADAMS accession number for each document referenced in this document
(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: Dr. Diane L. Render, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-3629; e-mail: Diane.Render@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The text of the Order is attached.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 1st day of March 2017.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Diane L. Render,
Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch I, Division of Operating
Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
Attachment--Order Approving Direct Transfer of License and Approving
Conforming Amendment
Attachment--Order Approving Direct Transfer of License and Approving
Conforming Amendment
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50-333 and 72-012; License No. DPR-59; NRC-2016-0195]
In the Matter of Entergy Nuclear FitzPatrick, LLC, Entergy Nuclear
Operations, Inc., and Exelon Generation Company, LLC; James A.
FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant
ORDER APPROVING DIRECT TRANSFER OF LICENSE AND APPROVING CONFORMING
AMENDMENT
I.
Entergy Nuclear FitzPatrick, LLC (ENF) and Entergy Nuclear
Operations, Inc. (ENO) (collectively, Entergy) are the owner and
operator, respectively, of the James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant
(FitzPatrick) and are the co-holders of Renewed Facility Operating
License No. DPR-59 and the general license for the FitzPatrick
Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI). FitzPatrick is a
General Electric boiling-water reactor located in Oswego County, New
York.
II.
By application dated August 18, 2016, as supplemented by letter
dated November 29, 2016, Entergy and Exelon Generation Company, LLC
(Exelon) jointly 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
the FitzPatrick renewed facility operating license and the FitzPatrick
ISFSI general license from Entergy to Exelon. Future references to
FitzPatrick include the general license for the FitzPatrick ISFSI.
In response to the request by Entergy and Exelon for consent to the
direct transfer of the FitzPatrick renewed facility operating license
and the FitzPatrick ISFSI general license, the NRC published a notice
entitled, ``James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant; Consideration of
Approval of Transfer of License and Conforming Amendment,''
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in the Federal Register on September 15, 2016 (81 FR 63500). The NRC
received 22 comments and no hearing requests. All comments were in
support of the proposed action.
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 NRC shall give its consent in writing. Upon review
of the information in the application, and other information before the
NRC, and relying upon the representations and agreements contained in
the application, the NRC staff has determined that Exelon is qualified
to hold the FitzPatrick renewed facility operating license and the
FitzPatrick ISFSI general license. The NRC staff has also determined
that the transfer of these licenses is otherwise consistent with the
applicable provisions of law, regulations, and orders issued by the
NRC, pursuant thereto, subject to the condition set forth below.
Upon review of the application for a conforming license amendment
to reflect this transfer, the NRC staff has determined that the
application for the conforming 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 this 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 this amendment will not be inimical to the common defense and
security or to the health and safety of the public; and the issuance of
this amendment will be in accordance with 10 CFR part 51 of the
Commission's regulations and all applicable requirements will have been
satisfied.
The findings set forth above are supported by an NRC safety
evaluation dated March 1, 2017, and available under Agencywide
Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No.
ML17041A196.
III.
Accordingly, pursuant to Sections 161b, 161i, and 184 of the Atomic
Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), 42 USC Sec. Sec. 2201(b),
2201(i), 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:
Prior to the completion of the license transfer, Exelon Generation
Company, LLC 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 and 10 CFR part 50.
It is further ordered that, consistent with 10 CFR 2.1315(b), the
license amendment that makes changes, as indicated in Enclosure 2 to
the cover letter forwarding this Order, to conform the license to
reflect the subject direct license transfer is approved. The amendment
shall be issued and made effective at the time the proposed direct
license transfer is completed.
It is further ordered that, after receipt of all required
regulatory approvals of the proposed direct license transfer, Exelon
shall inform the Director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
in writing of such receipt, and of the date of closing of the transfer,
no later than 2 business days prior to the date of the closing of the
direct license transfer. Should the proposed direct license transfer
not be completed within 1 year of this Order's date of issuance, this
Order shall become null and void, provided, however, upon written
application and for 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 application
dated August 18, 2016 (ADAMS Accession No. ML16235A081), as
supplemented by letter dated November 29, 2016 (ADAMS Accession No.
ML16335A104), and the NRC's nonproprietary Safety Evaluation dated
March 1, 2017 (ADAMS Accession No. ML17041A196), which are available
for public inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room (PDR),
located at One White Flint North, Public File Area O1 F21, 11555
Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland. Publicly available
documents created or received at the NRC are accessible electronically
through ADAMS in the NRC Library at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. Persons who do not have access to ADAMS, or who encounter
problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, should contact
the NRC PDR reference staff by telephone at 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-
4737, or by email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 1st day of March 2017.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
William M. Dean,
Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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