In the Matter of Dominion Energy, Inc., and SCANA Corporation Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station (VCSNS), Units 1, 2, and 3, and the ISFSI, 45687-45688 [2018-19578]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50–395, 52–027, 52–028, and
72–1038; Renewed Operating License No.
NPF–12; Combined License Nos. NPF–93
and NPF–94; and the General License for
the Independent Spent Fuel Storage
Installation (ISFSI); NRC–2018–0043]
In the Matter of Dominion Energy, Inc.,
and SCANA Corporation Virgil C.
Summer Nuclear Station (VCSNS),
Units 1, 2, and 3, and the ISFSI
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Indirect transfer of license;
Orders.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is issuing Orders
approving an application filed by South
Carolina Electric & Gas Company and
Dominion Energy, Inc. (Dominion
Energy) on January 25, 2018. The
application sought NRC approval of the
indirect transfer of Renewed Facility
Operating License No. NPF–12 and
Combined License Nos. NPF–93 and
NPF–94 for Summer, Units 1, 2, and 3,
respectively, and the general license for
the Independent Spent Fuel Storage
Installation, from the ultimate parent,
SCANA Corporation, to Dominion
Energy. The NRC’s approval of the
indirect license transfer is subject to
certain conditions, which are described
in the Orders. No physical changes to
the facility or operational changes were
proposed in the application. The Orders
were effective upon issuance.
DATES: The Orders were issued on
August 30, 2018, and are effective for 1
year.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID
NRC–2018–0043 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–2018–0035. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Jennifer
Borges; telephone: 301–287–9127;
email: Jennifer.Borges@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
‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.’’ For
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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 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:
Shawn Williams, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415–
1009; email: Shawn.Williams@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The text of
the Orders are attached.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 5th of
September 2018.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Shawn A. Williams,
Senior Project Manager, Plant Licensing
Branch II–1, Division of Operating Reactor
Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
Attachment—Orders Approving Indirect
Transfer of License
United States of America
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
In the Matter of: SCANA Corporation,
South Carolina Electric & Gas Company,
Dominion Energy, Inc.,Virgil C. Summer
Nuclear Station, Unit No. 1, and Independent
Spent Fuel Storage Installation
Docket Nos. 50–395, 72–1038
Renewed Facility Operating License No.
NPF–12; and, General License for the
Independent Spent Fuel Storage
Installation
ORDER APPROVING INDIRECT TRANSFER
OF LICENSES
I.
South Carolina Electric & Gas Company
(SCE&G) and the South Carolina Public
Service Authority (Santee Cooper) are the
holders of Renewed Facility Operating
License No. NPF–12 and the general license
for the Independent Spent Fuel Storage
Installation (ISFSI) for the Virgil C. Summer
Nuclear Station, Unit No. 1, and the ISFSI
(together, VCSNS). SCE&G is the licensed
operator of VCSNS. SCE&G is a wholly
owned subsidiary of SCANA Corporation
(SCANA). VCSNS is located in Fairfield
County, South Carolina.
II.
By application dated January 25, 2018,
SCE&G, acting for itself and its parent
company, SCANA, and Dominion Energy,
Inc. (Dominion Energy) (together, the
Applicants) requested, pursuant to Title 10 of
the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR),
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Section 50.80 (10 CFR 50.80), that the U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
consent to the indirect transfer of SCE&G’s
two-thirds ownership interest in the
Renewed Facility Operating License No.
NPF–12, Combined License Nos. NPF–93 and
NPF–94, and the general license for the
associated ISFSI. The proposed indirect
transfer does not involve Santee Cooper’s
one-third ownership interest in VCSNS. The
Combined License Nos. NPF–93 and NPF–94
indirect license transfer is addressed in a
separate Order.
The proposed indirect license transfer
would facilitate a merger between Dominion
Energy and SCANA, the parent company of
SCE&G. The transaction would be effected
through the merger of SCANA and Sedona
Corp. (Sedona), which is a South Carolina
corporation and subsidiary of Dominion
Energy formed for the sole purpose of
merging with SCANA. Sedona would be
merged with and into SCANA, with SCANA
remaining as the surviving corporation,
which will be a direct wholly-owned
subsidiary of Dominion Energy.
Approval of the indirect transfer of the
Renewed Facility Operating License and
ISFSI was requested by SCE&G and
Dominion Energy. A notice entitled, ‘‘Virgil
C. Summer Nuclear Station, Unit 1, 2, and 3,
and Independent Spent Fuel Storage
Installation; Consideration of Approval of
Transfer of License,’’ was published in the
Federal Register on March 8, 2018 (83 FR
9876). 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. After the indirect transfer, SCE&G
would remain a wholly owned subsidiary of
SCANA, which in turn would become a
wholly owned subsidiary of Dominion
Energy. SCE&G would remain the licensed
owner and operator of VCSNS. Upon review
of the information in the application, and
other information before the Commission, the
NRC staff has determined that the Applicants
are qualified to hold the licenses to the extent
proposed to permit the indirect transfer. The
NRC staff has also determined that indirect
transfer of the licenses, as described in the
application, is otherwise consistent with the
applicable provisions of law, regulations, and
orders issued by the NRC, pursuant thereto,
subject to the conditions set forth below. The
findings set forth above are supported by a
safety evaluation dated August 30, 2018.
III.
Accordingly, pursuant to Sections 161b,
161i, 161o, and 184 of the Atomic Energy Act
of 1954, as amended (the Act), 42 U.S.C.
§ 2201(b), 2201(i), 2201(o), and 2234; and 10
CFR 50.80, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the
application regarding the proposed indirect
license transfer is approved for Virgil C.
Summer Nuclear Station, Unit No. 1, and the
ISFSI.
IT IS ORDERED that after receipt of all
required regulatory approvals of the
proposed indirect transfer action, SCE&G
shall inform the Director of the Office of
Nuclear Reactor Regulation in writing of such
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receipt no later than 2 business days prior to
the date of the closing of the indirect transfer.
Should the proposed indirect transfer not be
completed within 1 year of this Order’s date
of issue, this Order shall become null and
void, provided, 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
January 25, 2018 (Agencywide Documents
Access and Management System (ADAMS)
Accession No. ML18025C035), and the Safety
Evaluation dated August 30, 2018 (ADAMS
Accession No. ML18129A076), which are
available for public inspection at the
Commission’s Public Document Room (PDR),
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 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 30th day
of August 2018.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Joseph G. Giitter,
Director, Division of Operating Reactor
Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation
United States of America
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
In the Matter of: SCANA Corporation,
South Carolina Electric and Gas Company,
Dominion Energy, Inc., Virgil C. Summer
Nuclear Station, Unit Nos. 2 and 3
Docket Nos. 52–027, 52–028
Combined License Nos. NPF–93 and NPF–94
ORDER APPROVING INDIRECT TRANSFER
OF LICENSES
I.
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South Carolina Electric & Gas Company
(SCE&G) and the South Carolina Public
Service Authority (Santee Cooper) are the
holders of Combined License (COL) Nos.
NPF–93 and NPF–94 for the Virgil C.
Summer Nuclear Station (VCSNS), Unit Nos.
2 and 3. SCE&G is a wholly owned subsidiary
of SCANA Corporation (SCANA). VCSNS is
located in Fairfield County, South Carolina.
II.
By application dated January 25, 2018,
SCE&G, acting for itself and its parent
company, SCANA, and Dominion Energy,
Inc. (Dominion Energy) (together, the
Applicants) 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 indirect transfer of SCE&G’s
two-thirds ownership interest in Renewed
Facility Operating License No. NPF–12,
Combined License Nos. NPF–93 and NPF–94,
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and the general license for the associated
ISFSI. The proposed indirect transfer does
not involve Santee Cooper’s one-third
ownership interest in VCSNS, Units 2 and 3.
The Renewed Facility Operating License No.
NPF–12 and the general license for the ISFSI
indirect license transfer is addressed in a
separate Order.
The proposed indirect license transfer
would facilitate a merger between Dominion
Energy and SCANA, the parent company of
SCE&G. The merger would be effected
through the merger of SCANA and Sedona
Corp. (Sedona), which is a South Carolina
corporation and subsidiary of Dominion
Energy formed for the sole purpose of
merging with SCANA. Sedona would be
merged with and into SCANA, with SCANA
remaining as the surviving corporation which
will be a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of
Dominion Energy.
Approval of the indirect transfer of the
Combined License Nos. NPF–93 and NPF–94
was requested by SCE&G and Dominion
Energy. A notice entitled, ‘‘Virgil C. Summer
Nuclear Station, Unit 1, 2, and 3, and
Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation;
Consideration of Approval of Transfer of
License,’’ was published in the FEDERAL
REGISTER on March 8, 2018 (83 FR 9876). 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. After the indirect transfer, SCE&G
would remain a wholly owned subsidiary of
SCANA, which in turn would become a
wholly owned subsidiary of Dominion
Energy. SCE&G would remain the licensed
two-thirds owner and operator of VCSNS,
Units 2 and 3. Upon review of the
information in the licensee’s application, and
other information before the Commission, the
NRC staff has determined that the Applicants
are qualified to hold the license to the extent
proposed to permit the indirect transfer. The
NRC staff has also determined that indirect
transfer of the licenses, as described in the
application, is otherwise consistent with the
applicable provisions of law, regulations, and
orders issued by the NRC, pursuant thereto,
subject to the conditions set forth below. The
findings set forth above are supported by a
safety evaluation dated August 30, 2018.
III.
Accordingly, pursuant to Sections 161b,
161i, 161o, and 184 of the Atomic Energy Act
of 1954, as amended (the Act), 42 U.S.C.
§ 2201(b), 2201(i), 2201(o), and 2234; and 10
CFR 50.80 and 52.105, IT IS HEREBY
ORDERED that the application regarding the
proposed indirect license transfer is
approved for Virgil C. Summer Nuclear
Station, Unit Nos. 2 and 3.
IT IS ORDERED that after receipt of all
required regulatory approvals of the
proposed indirect transfer action, SCG&E
shall inform the Director of the Office of New
Reactors in writing of such receipt no later
than 2 business days prior to the date of the
closing of the indirect transfer. Should the
proposed indirect transfer not be completed
within 1 year of this Order’s date of issue,
this Order shall become null and void,
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provided, 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
January 25, 2018, (Agencywide Documents
Access and Management System (ADAMS)
Accession No. ML18025C035), and the Safety
Evaluation dated August 30, 2018 (ADAMS
Accession No. ML18129A076), which are
available for public inspection at the
Commission’s Public Document Room (PDR),
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 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 30th day
of August, 2018.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Robert M. Taylor,
Director Division of Licensing, Siting, and
Environmental Analysis Office of New
Reactors.
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BILLING CODE 7590–01–P
NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION
[Docket No. 50–395; NRC–2018–0198]
Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station, Unit
No. 1
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: License amendment request;
opportunity to comment, request a
hearing, and petition for leave to
intervene.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is proposing to
determine that no significant hazards
consideration is involved with the
issuance of an amendment to Facility
Operating License No. NPF–12 for the
Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station
(Summer), Unit No. 1. By letter dated
August 24, 2018, as supplemented by
letter dated August 31, 2018, South
Caroline Electric and Gas Company
(SCE&G) requested a one-time extension
to surveillance requirement (SR) 4.3.3.6
to allow a one-time extension of the
frequency of the Core Exit Temperature
Instrumentation channel calibrations
from ‘‘every refueling outage’’ to ‘‘every
19 months.’’
DATES: Submit comments by September
24, 2018. Requests for a hearing or
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50-395, 52-027, 52-028, and 72-1038; Renewed Operating
License No. NPF-12; Combined License Nos. NPF-93 and NPF-94; and the
General License for the Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation
(ISFSI); NRC-2018-0043]
In the Matter of Dominion Energy, Inc., and SCANA Corporation
Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station (VCSNS), Units 1, 2, and 3, and the
ISFSI
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Indirect transfer of license; Orders.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing Orders
approving an application filed by South Carolina Electric & Gas Company
and Dominion Energy, Inc. (Dominion Energy) on January 25, 2018. The
application sought NRC approval of the indirect transfer of Renewed
Facility Operating License No. NPF-12 and Combined License Nos. NPF-93
and NPF-94 for Summer, Units 1, 2, and 3, respectively, and the general
license for the Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation, from the
ultimate parent, SCANA Corporation, to Dominion Energy. The NRC's
approval of the indirect license transfer is subject to certain
conditions, which are described in the Orders. No physical changes to
the facility or operational changes were proposed in the application.
The Orders were effective upon issuance.
DATES: The Orders were issued on August 30, 2018, and are effective for
1 year.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2018-0043 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-2018-0035. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Jennifer Borges; telephone: 301-287-
9127; email: [email protected]. 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 ``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 [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: Shawn Williams, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-1009; email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The text of the Orders are attached.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 5th of September 2018.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Shawn A. Williams,
Senior Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch II-1, Division of
Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
Attachment--Orders Approving Indirect Transfer of License
United States of America
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
In the Matter of: SCANA Corporation, South Carolina Electric &
Gas Company, Dominion Energy, Inc.,Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station,
Unit No. 1, and Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation
Docket Nos. 50-395, 72-1038
Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF-12; and, General License
for the Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation
ORDER APPROVING INDIRECT TRANSFER OF LICENSES
I.
South Carolina Electric & Gas Company (SCE&G) and the South
Carolina Public Service Authority (Santee Cooper) are the holders of
Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF-12 and the general
license for the Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI)
for the Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station, Unit No. 1, and the ISFSI
(together, VCSNS). SCE&G is the licensed operator of VCSNS. SCE&G is
a wholly owned subsidiary of SCANA Corporation (SCANA). VCSNS is
located in Fairfield County, South Carolina.
II.
By application dated January 25, 2018, SCE&G, acting for itself
and its parent company, SCANA, and Dominion Energy, Inc. (Dominion
Energy) (together, the Applicants) 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 indirect transfer of SCE&G's two-thirds ownership interest in
the Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF-12, Combined License
Nos. NPF-93 and NPF-94, and the general license for the associated
ISFSI. The proposed indirect transfer does not involve Santee
Cooper's one-third ownership interest in VCSNS. The Combined License
Nos. NPF-93 and NPF-94 indirect license transfer is addressed in a
separate Order.
The proposed indirect license transfer would facilitate a merger
between Dominion Energy and SCANA, the parent company of SCE&G. The
transaction would be effected through the merger of SCANA and Sedona
Corp. (Sedona), which is a South Carolina corporation and subsidiary
of Dominion Energy formed for the sole purpose of merging with
SCANA. Sedona would be merged with and into SCANA, with SCANA
remaining as the surviving corporation, which will be a direct
wholly-owned subsidiary of Dominion Energy.
Approval of the indirect transfer of the Renewed Facility
Operating License and ISFSI was requested by SCE&G and Dominion
Energy. A notice entitled, ``Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station, Unit
1, 2, and 3, and Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation;
Consideration of Approval of Transfer of License,'' was published in
the Federal Register on March 8, 2018 (83 FR 9876). 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. After
the indirect transfer, SCE&G would remain a wholly owned subsidiary
of SCANA, which in turn would become a wholly owned subsidiary of
Dominion Energy. SCE&G would remain the licensed owner and operator
of VCSNS. Upon review of the information in the application, and
other information before the Commission, the NRC staff has
determined that the Applicants are qualified to hold the licenses to
the extent proposed to permit the indirect transfer. The NRC staff
has also determined that indirect transfer of the licenses, as
described in the application, is otherwise consistent with the
applicable provisions of law, regulations, and orders issued by the
NRC, pursuant thereto, subject to the conditions set forth below.
The findings set forth above are supported by a safety evaluation
dated August 30, 2018.
III.
Accordingly, pursuant to Sections 161b, 161i, 161o, and 184 of
the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), 42 U.S.C. Sec.
2201(b), 2201(i), 2201(o), and 2234; and 10 CFR 50.80, IT IS HEREBY
ORDERED that the application regarding the proposed indirect license
transfer is approved for Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station, Unit No.
1, and the ISFSI.
IT IS ORDERED that after receipt of all required regulatory
approvals of the proposed indirect transfer action, SCE&G shall
inform the Director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation in
writing of such
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receipt no later than 2 business days prior to the date of the
closing of the indirect transfer. Should the proposed indirect
transfer not be completed within 1 year of this Order's date of
issue, this Order shall become null and void, provided, 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 January 25, 2018 (Agencywide Documents Access and
Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML18025C035), and the Safety
Evaluation dated August 30, 2018 (ADAMS Accession No. ML18129A076),
which are available for public inspection at the Commission's Public
Document Room (PDR), 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 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
[email protected].
Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 30th day of August 2018.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Joseph G. Giitter,
Director, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation
United States of America
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
In the Matter of: SCANA Corporation, South Carolina Electric and
Gas Company, Dominion Energy, Inc., Virgil C. Summer Nuclear
Station, Unit Nos. 2 and 3
Docket Nos. 52-027, 52-028
Combined License Nos. NPF-93 and NPF-94
ORDER APPROVING INDIRECT TRANSFER OF LICENSES
I.
South Carolina Electric & Gas Company (SCE&G) and the South
Carolina Public Service Authority (Santee Cooper) are the holders of
Combined License (COL) Nos. NPF-93 and NPF-94 for the Virgil C.
Summer Nuclear Station (VCSNS), Unit Nos. 2 and 3. SCE&G is a wholly
owned subsidiary of SCANA Corporation (SCANA). VCSNS is located in
Fairfield County, South Carolina.
II.
By application dated January 25, 2018, SCE&G, acting for itself
and its parent company, SCANA, and Dominion Energy, Inc. (Dominion
Energy) (together, the Applicants) 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 indirect transfer of SCE&G's two-thirds ownership interest in
Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF-12, Combined License Nos.
NPF-93 and NPF-94, and the general license for the associated ISFSI.
The proposed indirect transfer does not involve Santee Cooper's one-
third ownership interest in VCSNS, Units 2 and 3. The Renewed
Facility Operating License No. NPF-12 and the general license for
the ISFSI indirect license transfer is addressed in a separate
Order.
The proposed indirect license transfer would facilitate a merger
between Dominion Energy and SCANA, the parent company of SCE&G. The
merger would be effected through the merger of SCANA and Sedona
Corp. (Sedona), which is a South Carolina corporation and subsidiary
of Dominion Energy formed for the sole purpose of merging with
SCANA. Sedona would be merged with and into SCANA, with SCANA
remaining as the surviving corporation which will be a direct
wholly-owned subsidiary of Dominion Energy.
Approval of the indirect transfer of the Combined License Nos.
NPF-93 and NPF-94 was requested by SCE&G and Dominion Energy. A
notice entitled, ``Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station, Unit 1, 2, and
3, and Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation; Consideration of
Approval of Transfer of License,'' was published in the Federal
Register on March 8, 2018 (83 FR 9876). 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. After
the indirect transfer, SCE&G would remain a wholly owned subsidiary
of SCANA, which in turn would become a wholly owned subsidiary of
Dominion Energy. SCE&G would remain the licensed two-thirds owner
and operator of VCSNS, Units 2 and 3. Upon review of the information
in the licensee's application, and other information before the
Commission, the NRC staff has determined that the Applicants are
qualified to hold the license to the extent proposed to permit the
indirect transfer. The NRC staff has also determined that indirect
transfer of the licenses, as described in the application, is
otherwise consistent with the applicable provisions of law,
regulations, and orders issued by the NRC, pursuant thereto, subject
to the conditions set forth below. The findings set forth above are
supported by a safety evaluation dated August 30, 2018.
III.
Accordingly, pursuant to Sections 161b, 161i, 161o, and 184 of
the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), 42 U.S.C. Sec.
2201(b), 2201(i), 2201(o), and 2234; and 10 CFR 50.80 and 52.105, IT
IS HEREBY ORDERED that the application regarding the proposed
indirect license transfer is approved for Virgil C. Summer Nuclear
Station, Unit Nos. 2 and 3.
IT IS ORDERED that after receipt of all required regulatory
approvals of the proposed indirect transfer action, SCG&E shall
inform the Director of the Office of New Reactors in writing of such
receipt no later than 2 business days prior to the date of the
closing of the indirect transfer. Should the proposed indirect
transfer not be completed within 1 year of this Order's date of
issue, this Order shall become null and void, provided, 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 January 25, 2018, (Agencywide Documents Access and
Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML18025C035), and the Safety
Evaluation dated August 30, 2018 (ADAMS Accession No. ML18129A076),
which are available for public inspection at the Commission's Public
Document Room (PDR), 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 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
[email protected].
Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 30th day of August, 2018.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Robert M. Taylor,
Director Division of Licensing, Siting, and Environmental Analysis
Office of New Reactors.
[FR Doc. 2018-19578 Filed 9-7-18; 8:45 am]
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