In the Matter of NorthStar Nuclear Decommissioning Company, LLC, NorthStar Vermont Yankee, LLC, ADP CR3, LLC, and Duke Energy Florida, LLC, Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station and Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation, Crystal River Unit 3 Nuclear Generating Plant and Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation, 35540-35544 [2021-14266]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50–271 and 72–59; NRC–2021–
0057; Docket Nos. 50–302 and 72–1035;
NRC–2021–0061]
In the Matter of NorthStar Nuclear
Decommissioning Company, LLC,
NorthStar Vermont Yankee, LLC, ADP
CR3, LLC, and Duke Energy Florida,
LLC, Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power
Station and Independent Spent Fuel
Storage Installation, Crystal River Unit
3 Nuclear Generating Plant and
Independent Spent Fuel Storage
Installation
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Indirect transfer of licenses;
order.
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AGENCY:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is issuing an Order
approving the application dated
November 19, 2020, as supplemented by
SUMMARY:
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letter dated April 13, 2021, filed by
NorthStar Nuclear Decommissioning
Company, LLC (NNDC) and ADP CR3,
LLC (ADP CR3), on behalf of
themselves, NorthStar Vermont Yankee,
LLC (NVY), and their corporate parents
related to NorthStar Group Services, Inc
(NorthStar). The application sought
NRC consent to the indirect transfer of
(1) NNDC’s licensed authority under,
and NVY’s licensed ownership of,
Renewed Facility Operating License No.
DPR–28 for the Vermont Yankee
Nuclear Power Station (Vermont
Yankee) and the general license for the
Vermont Yankee independent spent fuel
storage installation (ISFSI); and (2) ADP
CR3’s licensed authority under Facility
Operating License No. DPR–72 for the
Crystal River Unit 3 Nuclear Generating
Plant (CR3) and the general license for
the CR3 ISFSI. Duke Energy Florida,
LLC (DEF) will remain the licensed
owner of CR3, and the application does
not involve any direct or indirect
transfer of DEF’s license or
responsibilities. No physical changes to
the Vermont Yankee or CR3 facilities or
operational changes were proposed in
the application. The application
requested NRC consent to these indirect
transfers in order to complete an
internal reorganization with new
intermediary holding companies that
would acquire control of NorthStar.
DATES: The order was issued on June 28,
2021, and is effective for 1 year.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID
NRC–2021–0057 for Vermont Yankee
and Docket ID NRC–2021–0061 for CR3
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–2021–0057 for
Vermont Yankee and Docket ID NRC–
2021–0061 for CR3. Address questions
about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to
Stacy Schumann; telephone: 301–287–
0624; email: Stacy.Schumann@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
‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.’’ For
problems with ADAMS, please contact
the NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR)
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reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, 301–
415–4737, or by email to pdr.resource@
nrc.gov. The indirect license transfer
order and the NRC staff safety
evaluation supporting the order are
available in ADAMS under ADAMS
Package Accession No. ML21159A033.
• Attention: The PDR, where you may
examine and order copies of public
documents, is currently closed. You
may submit your request to the PDR via
email at pdr.resource@nrc.gov or call 1–
800–397–4209 or 301–415–4737,
between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (ET),
Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Marlayna Vaaler Doell, Office of Nuclear
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone:
301–415–3178; email: Marlayna.Doell@
nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The text of
the Order is attached.
Dated: June 29, 2021.
For the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
Marlayna V. Doell,
Project Manager, Reactor Decommissioning
Branch, Division of Decommissioning,
Uranium Recovery, and Waste Programs,
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and
Safeguards.
Attachment—Order Approving Indirect
Transfer of Licenses
United States of America
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
In the Matter of: NorthStar Nuclear
Decommissioning Company, LLC,
NorthStar Vermont Yankee, LLC, ADP
CR3, LLC, and Duke Energy Florida,
LLC, Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power
Station and Independent Spent Fuel
Storage Installation, Crystal River Unit 3
Nuclear Generating Plant and
Independent Spent Fuel Storage
Installation
Docket Nos. 50–271 and 72–59; License
No. DPR–28; Docket Nos. 50–302 and
72–1035; License No. DPR–72
Order Approving Indirect Transfer of
Licenses (EA–21–090)
I.
NorthStar Nuclear Decommissioning
Company, LLC (NNDC) is the licensed
operator and NorthStar Vermont
Yankee, LLC (NVY) is the licensed
owner of Renewed Facility Operating
License No. DPR–28 for the Vermont
Yankee Nuclear Power Station (Vermont
Yankee), as well as the general license
for the Vermont Yankee Independent
Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI),
to possess, maintain, and decommission
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Vermont Yankee and the Vermont
Yankee ISFSI. Vermont Yankee is
located in Windham County, Vermont.
ADP CR3, LLC (ADP CR3) is the
licensed operator of Facility Operating
License No. DPR–72 for the Crystal
River Unit 3 Nuclear Generating Plant
(CR3), as well as the general license for
the CR3 ISFSI, to possess, maintain, and
decommission CR3 and the CR3 ISFSI.
Duke Energy Florida, LLC (DEF) is the
licensed owner of CR3. CR3 is located
in Citrus County, Florida.
II.
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By application dated November 19,
2020 (Agencywide Documents Access
and Management System (ADAMS)
Accession No. ML20324A058), as
supplemented by letter dated April 13,
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2021 (ADAMS Accession No.
ML21103A415), NNDC and ADP CR3,
on behalf of themselves, NVY, and their
corporate parents related to NorthStar
Group Services, Inc. (NorthStar)
(collectively, the Applicants), requested,
pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of
Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Sections
50.80 and 72.50, that the U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission (NRC, the
Commission) consent to (1) the indirect
transfer of control of NNDC’s licensed
authority under, and NVY’s licensed
ownership of, Renewed Facility
Operating License No. DPR–28 for
Vermont Yankee and the general license
for the Vermont Yankee ISFSI; and (2)
the indirect transfer of control of ADP
CR3’s licensed authority under Facility
Operating License No. DPR–72 for CR3
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and the general license for the CR3
ISFSI. DEF will remain the licensed
owner of CR3, and the application does
not involve any direct or indirect
transfer of DEF’s license or
responsibilities. No physical changes to
the Vermont Yankee or CR3 facilities or
operational changes are proposed. The
Applicants requested NRC consent to
these indirect transfers in order to
complete an internal reorganization
with new intermediary holding
companies that would acquire control of
NorthStar. The current intermediary
holding company structure and the
proposed intermediary holding
company structure are described in
Figures 1 and 2, respectively.
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Notices entitled ‘‘Vermont Yankee
Nuclear Power Station; Consideration of
Approval of Transfer of License’’ and
‘‘Crystal River Unit 3 Nuclear
Generating Plant; Consideration of
Approval of Transfer of License,’’ were
published in the Federal Register (FR)
on April 2, 2021 (86 FR 17415 and 86
FR 17412, respectively). The NRC did
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not receive any comments or hearing
requests related to these notices.
Under 10 CFR 50.80 and 10 CFR
72.50, no license for a production or
utilization facility or ISFSI, or any right
thereunder, shall be transferred, either
voluntarily or involuntarily, directly or
indirectly, through transfer of control of
the license to any person, unless the
Commission gives its consent in writing.
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before the Commission, the NRC staff
has determined that the Applicants can
indirectly transfer their licenses via the
intermediary holding company structure
proposed in the application. The
proposed transferees are qualified to
have indirect control over the holders of
the licenses and the indirect transfer of
the licenses is otherwise consistent with
applicable provisions of law,
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regulations, and orders issued by the
Commission pursuant thereto.
The findings set forth above are
supported by an NRC staff safety
evaluation dated the same date as this
Order, which is available at ADAMS
Accession No. ML21159A042.
III.
Accordingly, pursuant to Sections
161b, 161i, and 184 of the Atomic
Energy Act of 1954, as amended, 42
U.S.C. 2201(b), 2201(i), and 2234; and
10 CFR 50.80 and 10 CFR 72.50, it is
hereby ordered that the application
regarding the proposed indirect license
transfers is approved for Vermont
Yankee, CR3, and their respective
ISFSIs.
It is further ordered that after receipt
of all required regulatory approvals of
the proposed indirect transfer action,
the Applicants shall inform the Director
of the NRC Office of Nuclear Material
Safety and Safeguards in writing of such
receipt, and of the date of the closing of
the transfer, no later than two business
days prior to the date of the closing of
the transfer. Should the proposed
indirect transfer not be completed
within 1 year of the date of this Order,
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 indirect license transfer
application dated November 19, 2020,
the supplemental information dated
April 13, 2021, and the NRC staff safety
evaluation dated the same date as this
Order, which are publicly available
electronically through ADAMS in the
NRC Library at https://www.nrc.gov/
reading-rm/adams.html. Persons who
encounter problems with ADAMS
should contact the NRC’s Public
Document Room reference staff by
telephone at 1–800–397–4209 or 301–
415–4737 or by email to pdr.resource@
nrc.gov.
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Dated this 28th day of June, 2021.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
John W. Lubinski,
Director, Office of Nuclear Material, Safety,
and Safeguards.
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COMMISSION
[NRC–2021–0118]
Applications and Amendments to
Facility Operating Licenses and
Combined Licenses Involving
Proposed No Significant Hazards
Considerations and Containing
Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards
Information and Safeguards
Information and Order Imposing
Procedures for Access to Sensitive
Unclassified Non-Safeguards
Information and 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 two amendment
requests. The amendment requests are
for Perry Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 1
and Three Mile Island Nuclear Station,
Unit 1. For each amendment request,
the NRC proposes to determine that they
involve no significant hazards
consideration (NSHC). Because each
amendment request contains sensitive
unclassified non-safeguards information
(SUNSI) and safeguards information
(SGI), an order imposes procedures to
obtain access to SUNSI and SGI for
contention preparation by persons who
file a hearing request or petition for
leave to intervene.
DATES: Comments must be filed by
August 5, 2021. A request for a hearing
or petitions for leave to intervene must
be filed by September 7, 2021. Any
potential party as defined in section 2.4
of title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR) who believes
access to SUNSI and/or SGI is necessary
to respond to this notice must request
document access by July 16, 2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by any of the following methods;
however, the NRC encourages electronic
comment submission through the
Federal Rulemaking website:
• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2021–0118. Address
questions about Docket IDs in
Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann;
telephone: 301–415–0624; email:
Stacy.Schumann@nrc.gov. For technical
questions, contact the individual listed
in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section of this document.
SUMMARY:
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• Mail comments to: Office of
Administration, Mail Stop: TWFN–7–
A60M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
0001, ATTN: Program Management,
Announcements and Editing Staff.
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:
Paula Blechman, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555–0001, telephone: 301–415–
2242, email: Paula.Blechman@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and
Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2021–
0118, facility name, unit number(s),
docket number(s), application date, and
subject when contacting the NRC about
the availability of information for this
action. You may obtain publicly
available information related to this
action by any of the following methods:
• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2021–0118.
• 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 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.
• Attention: The PDR, where you may
examine and order copies of public
documents, is currently closed. You
may submit your request to the PDR via
email at pdr.resource@nrc.gov or call 1–
800–397–4209 or 301–415–4737,
between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (EST),
Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays.
B. Submitting Comments
The NRC encourages electronic
comment submission through the
Federal Rulemaking website (https://
www.regulations.gov). Please include
Docket ID NRC–2021–0118, facility
name, unit number(s), docket
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50-271 and 72-59; NRC-2021-0057; Docket Nos. 50-302 and
72-1035; NRC-2021-0061]
In the Matter of NorthStar Nuclear Decommissioning Company, LLC,
NorthStar Vermont Yankee, LLC, ADP CR3, LLC, and Duke Energy Florida,
LLC, Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station and Independent Spent Fuel
Storage Installation, Crystal River Unit 3 Nuclear Generating Plant and
Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation
AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Indirect transfer of licenses; order.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing an
Order approving the application dated November 19, 2020, as
supplemented by letter dated April 13, 2021, filed by NorthStar Nuclear
Decommissioning Company, LLC (NNDC) and ADP CR3, LLC (ADP CR3), on
behalf of themselves, NorthStar Vermont Yankee, LLC (NVY), and their
corporate parents related to NorthStar Group Services, Inc (NorthStar).
The application sought NRC consent to the indirect transfer of (1)
NNDC's licensed authority under, and NVY's licensed ownership of,
Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-28 for the Vermont Yankee
Nuclear Power Station (Vermont Yankee) and the general license for the
Vermont Yankee independent spent fuel storage installation (ISFSI); and
(2) ADP CR3's licensed authority under Facility Operating License No.
DPR-72 for the Crystal River Unit 3 Nuclear Generating Plant (CR3) and
the general license for the CR3 ISFSI. Duke Energy Florida, LLC (DEF)
will remain the licensed owner of CR3, and the application does not
involve any direct or indirect transfer of DEF's license or
responsibilities. No physical changes to the Vermont Yankee or CR3
facilities or operational changes were proposed in the application. The
application requested NRC consent to these indirect transfers in order
to complete an internal reorganization with new intermediary holding
companies that would acquire control of NorthStar.
DATES: The order was issued on June 28, 2021, and is effective for 1
year.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2021-0057 for Vermont Yankee
and Docket ID NRC-2021-0061 for CR3 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-2021-0057 for Vermont
Yankee and Docket ID NRC-2021-0061 for CR3. Address questions about
Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann; telephone: 301-287-
0624; 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 indirect license transfer order
and the NRC staff safety evaluation supporting the order are available
in ADAMS under ADAMS Package Accession No. ML21159A033.
Attention: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies
of public documents, is currently closed. You may submit your request
to the PDR via email at [email protected] or call 1-800-397-4209 or
301-415-4737, between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (ET), Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marlayna Vaaler Doell, Office of
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-3178; email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The text of the Order is attached.
Dated: June 29, 2021.
For the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Marlayna V. Doell,
Project Manager, Reactor Decommissioning Branch, Division of
Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery, and Waste Programs, Office of
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
Attachment--Order Approving Indirect Transfer of Licenses
United States of America
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
In the Matter of: NorthStar Nuclear Decommissioning Company, LLC,
NorthStar Vermont Yankee, LLC, ADP CR3, LLC, and Duke Energy Florida,
LLC, Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station and Independent Spent Fuel
Storage Installation, Crystal River Unit 3 Nuclear Generating Plant and
Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation
Docket Nos. 50-271 and 72-59; License No. DPR-28; Docket Nos. 50-302
and 72-1035; License No. DPR-72
Order Approving Indirect Transfer of Licenses (EA-21-090)
I.
NorthStar Nuclear Decommissioning Company, LLC (NNDC) is the
licensed operator and NorthStar Vermont Yankee, LLC (NVY) is the
licensed owner of Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-28 for the
Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station (Vermont Yankee), as well as the
general license for the Vermont Yankee Independent Spent Fuel Storage
Installation (ISFSI), to possess, maintain, and decommission
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Vermont Yankee and the Vermont Yankee ISFSI. Vermont Yankee is located
in Windham County, Vermont.
ADP CR3, LLC (ADP CR3) is the licensed operator of Facility
Operating License No. DPR-72 for the Crystal River Unit 3 Nuclear
Generating Plant (CR3), as well as the general license for the CR3
ISFSI, to possess, maintain, and decommission CR3 and the CR3 ISFSI.
Duke Energy Florida, LLC (DEF) is the licensed owner of CR3. CR3 is
located in Citrus County, Florida.
II.
By application dated November 19, 2020 (Agencywide Documents Access
and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML20324A058), as
supplemented by letter dated April 13, 2021 (ADAMS Accession No.
ML21103A415), NNDC and ADP CR3, on behalf of themselves, NVY, and their
corporate parents related to NorthStar Group Services, Inc. (NorthStar)
(collectively, the Applicants), requested, pursuant to Title 10 of the
Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Sections 50.80 and 72.50, that the
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC, the Commission) consent to (1)
the indirect transfer of control of NNDC's licensed authority under,
and NVY's licensed ownership of, Renewed Facility Operating License No.
DPR-28 for Vermont Yankee and the general license for the Vermont
Yankee ISFSI; and (2) the indirect transfer of control of ADP CR3's
licensed authority under Facility Operating License No. DPR-72 for CR3
and the general license for the CR3 ISFSI. DEF will remain the licensed
owner of CR3, and the application does not involve any direct or
indirect transfer of DEF's license or responsibilities. No physical
changes to the Vermont Yankee or CR3 facilities or operational changes
are proposed. The Applicants requested NRC consent to these indirect
transfers in order to complete an internal reorganization with new
intermediary holding companies that would acquire control of NorthStar.
The current intermediary holding company structure and the proposed
intermediary holding company structure are described in Figures 1 and
2, respectively.
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Notices entitled ``Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station;
Consideration of Approval of Transfer of License'' and ``Crystal River
Unit 3 Nuclear Generating Plant; Consideration of Approval of Transfer
of License,'' were published in the Federal Register (FR) on April 2,
2021 (86 FR 17415 and 86 FR 17412, respectively). The NRC did not
receive any comments or hearing requests related to these notices.
Under 10 CFR 50.80 and 10 CFR 72.50, no license for a production or
utilization facility or ISFSI, or any right thereunder, shall be
transferred, either voluntarily or involuntarily, directly or
indirectly, through transfer of control of the license to any person,
unless the Commission 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 Applicants can
indirectly transfer their licenses via the intermediary holding company
structure proposed in the application. The proposed transferees are
qualified to have indirect control over the holders of the licenses and
the indirect transfer of the licenses is otherwise consistent with
applicable provisions of law,
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regulations, and orders issued by the Commission pursuant thereto.
The findings set forth above are supported by an NRC staff safety
evaluation dated the same date as this Order, which is available at
ADAMS Accession No. ML21159A042.
III.
Accordingly, pursuant to Sections 161b, 161i, and 184 of the Atomic
Energy Act of 1954, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 2201(b), 2201(i), and 2234;
and 10 CFR 50.80 and 10 CFR 72.50, it is hereby ordered that the
application regarding the proposed indirect license transfers is
approved for Vermont Yankee, CR3, and their respective ISFSIs.
It is further ordered that after receipt of all required regulatory
approvals of the proposed indirect transfer action, the Applicants
shall inform the Director of the NRC Office of Nuclear Material Safety
and Safeguards in writing of such receipt, and of the date of the
closing of the transfer, no later than two business days prior to the
date of the closing of the transfer. Should the proposed indirect
transfer not be completed within 1 year of the date of this Order, 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 indirect
license transfer application dated November 19, 2020, the supplemental
information dated April 13, 2021, and the NRC staff safety evaluation
dated the same date as this Order, which are publicly available
electronically through ADAMS in the NRC Library at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. Persons who encounter problems with ADAMS should
contact the NRC's Public Document Room reference staff by telephone at
1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737 or by email to [email protected].
Dated this 28th day of June, 2021.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
John W. Lubinski,
Director, Office of Nuclear Material, Safety, and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 2021-14266 Filed 7-2-21; 8:45 am]
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