In the Matter of Entergy Louisiana, LLC and Entergy Operations, Inc. Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3, and Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation Facility, 39797-39798 [2018-17166]
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3 by then Framatome and now
AREVA-Le Creusot Forge industrial
facility in Charlon-St. Marcel, France
and;
b. With completion and confirmation [of
the above Crystal River Unit 3 actions],
the modification of Duke Energy’s
current license for the permanently
closed Crystal River Unit 3 nuclear
power station in Crystal River, Florida,
to inspect and conduct the appropriate
material test(s) for carbon
macrosegregation on sufficient samples
harvested from the installed and now in
service irradiated Le Creusot Forge
reactor pressure vessel head [sic]. The
Petitioners assert that the appropriate
material testing include OES.
NRC Response:
AREVA did not identify Crystal River Unit
3 as a plant that contained components from
ACF,37 38 and the staff has not confirmed that
this unit contained any forgings
manufactured from ingots produced by ACF.
In addition, Crystal River Unit 3 is currently
shut down and in the process of
decommissioning. Therefore, the Petitioners’
requests 1, 2, 3, and 4(a) do not apply to this
plant. However, the acquisition and
subsequent testing of irradiated and aged
plant material from decommissioned plants
could be a valuable research activity that
might offer useful scientific information on
the progress of aging mechanisms. The
harvesting of reactor vessel material from
plants that have been permanently shut
down can be a complex and
radiation-dose-intensive effort. The NRC’s
Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research has
previously obtained samples appropriate for
testing from shutdown plants. In regard to
this request, the NRC may, in the future, seek
to purchase samples. However, the identified
facility has ceased operations, and there is no
safety concern at those facilities that justifies
enforcement-related action (i.e., to modify,
suspend, or revoke the license) to give the
NRC reasonable assurance of the adequate
protection of public health and safety.
NRC memorandum, the NRR Director has
determined that the actions requested by the
Petitioners, will not be granted in whole or
in part.
As provided for in 10 CFR 2.206(c), a copy
of this Director’s Decision will be filed with
the Secretary of the Commission for the
Commission to review. As provided for by
this regulation, the decision will constitute
the final action of the Commission 25 days
after the date of the decision unless the
Commission, on its own motion, institutes a
review of the decision within that time.
III. Conclusion
Based on the evaluations provided above,
and documented in the February 22, 2018,
Attachment:
Dated at Rockville, MD, this 2nd day of
August 2018.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Brian E. Holian,
Acting Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
List of Affected Reactors
LIST OF POWER REACTORS AFFECTED BY THE PETITION
Plant
Docket No.
Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Unit 1 ......................................................................................................
Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Unit 2 ......................................................................................................
Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 2 ................................................................................................................................
Beaver Valley Power Station, Unit 1 .......................................................................................................................
North Anna Power Station, Unit 1 ...........................................................................................................................
North Anna Power Station, Unit 2 ...........................................................................................................................
Surry Power Station, Unit 1 .....................................................................................................................................
Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 1 ........................................................................................................
V.C. Summer Nuclear Station, Unit 1 .....................................................................................................................
Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant, Unit 1 ..................................................................................................................
Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant, Unit 2 ..................................................................................................................
South Texas Project, Unit 1 ....................................................................................................................................
South Texas Project, Unit 2 ....................................................................................................................................
Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Unit 1 ..............................................................................................................................
Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 1 ..............................................................................................................................
Millstone Power Station, Unit 2 ...............................................................................................................................
Saint Lucie Plant, Unit 1 ..........................................................................................................................................
Crystal River Unit 3 Nuclear Generating Plant .......................................................................................................
[FR Doc. 2018–17131 Filed 8–9–18; 8:45 am]
ACTION:
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Indirect transfer of license;
order.
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is issuing an order to
permit the indirect transfer of
membership interests in Entergy
Louisiana, LLC (ELL; the owner of
Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit
3, and the independent spent fuel
storage installation facility) to the extent
ELL is affected by the addition of
Entergy Arkansas, LLC; Entergy
Mississippi, LLC; and Entergy New
Orleans, LLC to Entergy Utility Holding
Company, LLC (EUHC). Upon execution
of the transfer, these changes will result
in additional members of EUHC that
SUMMARY:
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[Docket Nos. 50–382 and 72–75; NRC–2017–
0239]
In the Matter of Entergy Louisiana, LLC
and Entergy Operations, Inc. Waterford
Steam Electric Station, Unit 3, and
Independent Spent Fuel Storage
Installation Facility
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
AGENCY:
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may dilute the resources and voting
power of its members, including ELL.
The order was issued on August
1, 2018, and is effective for one year.
DATES:
Please refer to Docket ID
NRC–2017–0239 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 Website: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2017–0239. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Jennifer
Borges; telephone: 301–287–9127;
email: Jennifer.Borges@nrc.gov. For
ADDRESSES:
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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
‘‘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 (if it is
available in ADAMS) is provided the
first time that it is mentioned in this
document.
• 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:
Margaret W. O’Banion, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington DC
20555–0001; telephone: 301–415–1233;
email: Margaret.O’Banion@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The text of
the order is attached.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 7th day
of August 2018.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Margaret W. O’Banion,
Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch IV,
Division of Operating Reactor Licensing,
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
Attachment—Order Approving Indirect
Transfer of Control of License
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50–382 and 72–75; License No.
NPF–38]
In the Matter of Entergy Louisiana, LLC and
Entergy Operations, Inc.
Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3
ORDER APPROVING INDIRECT TRANSFER
OF CONTROL OF LICENSE
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I.
Entergy Louisiana, LLC (ELL) and Entergy
Operations, Inc. (EOI) (together, the
licensees) are co-holders of Facility
Operating License No. NPF-38 for Waterford
Steam Electric Station, Unit 3 (Waterford),
and the general license for the independent
spent fuel storage installation (ISFSI). ELL is
the owner and EOI is authorized to possess,
use, and operate Waterford and the ISFSI,
which are located in St. Charles Parish,
Louisiana.
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II.
By application dated September 21, 2017,
EOI requested, on behalf of itself, ELL, and
their parent companies (together, the
applicants), pursuant to Title 10 of the Code
of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Section
50.80, ‘‘Transfer of licenses,’’ that the U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
consent to the indirect transfer of
membership interests in ELL to the extent
ELL is affected by the addition of Entergy
Arkansas, LLC (EAL); Entergy Mississippi,
LLC (EML); and Entergy New Orleans, LLC
(ENOL) to Entergy Utility Holding Company,
LLC (EUHC). These changes will result (upon
execution of the transfers) in additional
members of EUHC that may dilute the
resources and voting power of its members.
The application proposes no physical or
operational changes to the facilities. The
interconnections that provide offsite power
to Waterford do not change as a result of the
proposed indirect license transfer.
The applicants requested NRC approval of
the indirect transfer of membership interests
in ELL. The NRC published a notice,
‘‘Arkansas Nuclear One, Units 1 and 2; Grand
Gulf Nuclear Station, Unit 1; River Bend
Station, Unit 1; and Waterford Steam Electric
Station, Unit 3 Consideration of Approval of
Transfer of Licenses and Conforming
Amendments,’’ in the Federal Register on
December 29, 2017 (82 FR 61800). 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 NRC gives its consent
in writing. Upon review of the information in
the application and other information before
the Commission, the NRC staff has
determined that the licensees are qualified to
hold the license to the extent proposed to
permit the indirect transfer of membership
interests in ELL to the extent ELL is affected
by the addition of EAL, EML, and ENOL to
EUHC. The NRC staff has also determined
that the proposed license transfer is
otherwise consistent with the applicable
provisions of law, regulations, and orders
issued by the NRC pursuant thereto. The
findings set forth above are supported by an
NRC safety evaluation dated August 1, 2018.
III.
Accordingly, pursuant to Sections 161b,
161i, and 184 of the Atomic Energy Act of
1954, as amended; Title 42 of the United
States Code Sections 2201(b), 2201(i), and
2234; and 10 CFR 50.80, IT IS HEREBY
ORDERED that the application regarding the
proposed indirect license transfer is
approved.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, after
receipt of all required regulatory approvals of
the proposed transfer action, EOI 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 5 business days before the date of
the closing of the transfer. Should the
proposed indirect transfer not be completed
within 1 year of this order’s date of issuance,
this order shall become null and void;
however, upon written application and for
good cause shown, such date may be
extended by order.
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This order is effective upon issuance.
For further details with respect to this
order, see the application dated September
21, 2017 (Agencywide Documents Access
and Management System (ADAMS)
Accession No. ML17268A213), and the
NRC’s safety evaluation dated August 1, 2018
(ADAMS Accession No. ML18177A236),
which are available for public inspection at
the NRC’s Public Document Room located at
One White Flint North, Public File Area 01–
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 accessing the documents located in
ADAMS, should contact the NRC Public
Document Room reference staff by telephone
at 1–800–397–4209 or 301–415–4737, or by
e-mail to pdr.resource@nrc.gov.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 1st day
of August, 2018.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Joseph G. Giitter,
Director, Division of Operating Reactor
Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2018–17166 Filed 8–9–18; 8:45 am]
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[Docket Nos. 50–458 and 72–49; NRC–2017–
0239]
In the Matter of Entergy Louisiana, LLC
and Entergy Operations, Inc., River
Bend Station, Unit 1, and Independent
Spent Fuel Storage Installation Facility
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Indirect transfer of license;
order.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is issuing an order to
permit the indirect transfer of
membership interests in Entergy
Louisiana, LLC (ELL; the owner of River
Bend Station, Unit 1, and the
independent spent fuel storage
installation facility) to the extent ELL is
affected by the addition of Entergy
Arkansas, LLC; Entergy Mississippi,
LLC; and Entergy New Orleans, LLC to
Entergy Utility Holding Company, LLC
(EUHC). Upon execution of the transfer,
these changes will result in additional
members of EUHC that may dilute the
resources and voting power of its
members, including ELL.
DATES: The Order was issued on August
1, 2018, and is effective for one year.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID
NRC–2017–0239 when contacting the
NRC about the availability of
SUMMARY:
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50-382 and 72-75; NRC-2017-0239]
In the Matter of Entergy Louisiana, LLC and Entergy Operations,
Inc. Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3, and Independent Spent
Fuel Storage Installation Facility
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Indirect transfer of license; order.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing an
order to permit the indirect transfer of membership interests in
Entergy Louisiana, LLC (ELL; the owner of Waterford Steam Electric
Station, Unit 3, and the independent spent fuel storage installation
facility) to the extent ELL is affected by the addition of Entergy
Arkansas, LLC; Entergy Mississippi, LLC; and Entergy New Orleans, LLC
to Entergy Utility Holding Company, LLC (EUHC). Upon execution of the
transfer, these changes will result in additional members of EUHC that
may dilute the resources and voting power of its members, including
ELL.
DATES: The order was issued on August 1, 2018, and is effective for one
year.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2017-0239 when contacting the
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You
may obtain publicly[dash]available information related to this document
using any of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2017-0239. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Jennifer Borges; telephone: 301-287-
9127; email: [email protected]. For
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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 ``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 [email protected]. The ADAMS accession number for each
document referenced (if it is available in ADAMS) is provided the first
time that it is mentioned in this document.
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: Margaret W. O'Banion, Office of
Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-1233; email:
Margaret.O'[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The text of the order is attached.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 7th day of August 2018.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Margaret W. O'Banion,
Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch IV, Division of Operating
Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
Attachment--Order Approving Indirect Transfer of Control of License
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50-382 and 72-75; License No. NPF-38]
In the Matter of Entergy Louisiana, LLC and Entergy Operations, Inc.
Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3
ORDER APPROVING INDIRECT TRANSFER OF CONTROL OF LICENSE
I.
Entergy Louisiana, LLC (ELL) and Entergy Operations, Inc. (EOI)
(together, the licensees) are co[dash]holders of Facility Operating
License No. NPF[dash]38 for Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3
(Waterford), and the general license for the independent spent fuel
storage installation (ISFSI). ELL is the owner and EOI is authorized
to possess, use, and operate Waterford and the ISFSI, which are
located in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana.
II.
By application dated September 21, 2017, EOI requested, on
behalf of itself, ELL, and their parent companies (together, the
applicants), pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations
(10 CFR) Section 50.80, ``Transfer of licenses,'' that the U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) consent to the indirect transfer
of membership interests in ELL to the extent ELL is affected by the
addition of Entergy Arkansas, LLC (EAL); Entergy Mississippi, LLC
(EML); and Entergy New Orleans, LLC (ENOL) to Entergy Utility
Holding Company, LLC (EUHC). These changes will result (upon
execution of the transfers) in additional members of EUHC that may
dilute the resources and voting power of its members.
The application proposes no physical or operational changes to
the facilities. The interconnections that provide offsite power to
Waterford do not change as a result of the proposed indirect license
transfer.
The applicants requested NRC approval of the indirect transfer
of membership interests in ELL. The NRC published a notice,
``Arkansas Nuclear One, Units 1 and 2; Grand Gulf Nuclear Station,
Unit 1; River Bend Station, Unit 1; and Waterford Steam Electric
Station, Unit 3 Consideration of Approval of Transfer of Licenses
and Conforming Amendments,'' in the Federal Register on December 29,
2017 (82 FR 61800). 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 NRC gives its consent in writing. Upon
review of the information in the application and other information
before the Commission, the NRC staff has determined that the
licensees are qualified to hold the license to the extent proposed
to permit the indirect transfer of membership interests in ELL to
the extent ELL is affected by the addition of EAL, EML, and ENOL to
EUHC. The NRC staff has also determined that the proposed license
transfer is otherwise consistent with the applicable provisions of
law, regulations, and orders issued by the NRC pursuant thereto. The
findings set forth above are supported by an NRC safety evaluation
dated August 1, 2018.
III.
Accordingly, pursuant to Sections 161b, 161i, and 184 of the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended; Title 42 of the United States
Code Sections 2201(b), 2201(i), and 2234; and 10 CFR 50.80, IT IS
HEREBY ORDERED that the application regarding the proposed indirect
license transfer is approved.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, after receipt of all required
regulatory approvals of the proposed transfer action, EOI 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 5 business days before the date of the closing of the
transfer. Should the proposed indirect transfer not be completed
within 1 year of this order's date of issuance, this order shall
become null and void; 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 September 21, 2017 (Agencywide Documents Access
and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML17268A213), and the
NRC's safety evaluation dated August 1, 2018 (ADAMS Accession No.
ML18177A236), which are available for public inspection at the NRC's
Public Document Room located at One White Flint North, Public File
Area 01-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 accessing the documents
located in ADAMS, should contact the NRC Public Document Room
reference staff by telephone at 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, or
by e-mail to [email protected].
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 1st day of August, 2018.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Joseph G. Giitter,
Director, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation.
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