Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC; Establishment of Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, 38926 [2024-09975]
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Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC;
Establishment of Atomic Safety and
Licensing Board
Pursuant to the Commission’s
regulations, see, e.g., 10 CFR 2.104,
2.105, 2.300, 2.309, 2.313, 2.318, 2.321,
notice is hereby given that an Atomic
Safety and Licensing Board (Board) is
being established to preside over the
following proceeding:
Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC (Oconee
Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2, and 3)
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This proceeding involves an
application seeking a twenty-year
subsequent license renewal of Renewed
Facility Operating License Nos. DPR–38,
DPR–47, and DPR–55, which authorize
Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC to operate
the Oconee Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2,
and 3, located in Seneca, South Carolina
until, respectively, February 6, 2033,
October 6, 2033, and July 19, 2034. In
response to a notice published in the
Federal Register announcing the
opportunity to request a hearing, see 89
FR 10107 (Feb. 13, 2024), a hearing
request was filed on April 29, 2024 on
behalf of Beyond Nuclear and Sierra
Club.1
The Board is comprised of the
following Administrative Judges:
G. Paul Bollwerk, III, Chairman, Atomic
Safety and Licensing Board Panel,
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555–0001
Dr. Sue H. Abreu, Atomic Safety and
Licensing Board Panel, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555–0001
Dr. Arielle J. Miller, Atomic Safety and
Licensing Board Panel, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555–0001
All correspondence, documents, and
other materials shall be filed in
accordance with the NRC E-Filing rule.
See 10 CFR 2.302.
Rockville, Maryland.
Dated: May 2, 2024.
Edward R. Hawkens,
Chief Administrative Judge, Atomic Safety
and Licensing Board Panel.
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1 The Secretary of the Commission extended the
deadline for requesting a hearing to April 29, 2024.
See Order of the Secretary (Mar. 28, 2024) (ADAMS
Accession Number ML24088A303).
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Vistra Operations Company LLC.;
Perry Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 1;
Independent Spent Fuel Storage
Installation; Environmental
Assessment and Finding of No
Significant Impact
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Notice; issuance.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is issuing an
environmental assessment (EA) and a
finding of no significant impact (FONSI)
for an exemption request submitted by
Energy Harbor Nuclear Corporation 1
that would permit Perry Nuclear Power
Plant (Perry) to load two Holtec 89assembly multi-purpose canisters (MPC)
with continuous basket shims (CBS) in
the HI–STORM Flood/Wind (FW) MPC
Storage System at its Perry Unit 1
Independent Spent Fuel Storage
Installation (ISFSI) in a storage
condition where the terms, conditions,
and specifications in the Certificate of
Compliance (CoC) No. 1032,
Amendment No. 5 are not met.
DATES: The EA and FONSI referenced in
this document are available on May 8,
2024.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID
NRC–2024–0082 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–2024–0082. 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.
• NRC’s Agencywide Documents
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SUMMARY:
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March 1, 2024, the facility operating
license for Perry Nuclear Power Plant was
transferred from Energy Harbor Nuclear Generation
LLC (owner) and Energy Harbor Nuclear Corp.
(operator) to Energy Harbor Nuclear Generation LLC
(owner) and Vistra Operations Company LLC. Upon
completion of this license transfer, Vistra
Operations Company LLC (VistraOps) assumed the
responsibility for all licensing actions under NRC
review at the time of the transfer and requested that
the NRC continue its review of these actions.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bernard White, Office of Nuclear
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555; telephone: 301–
415–6577; email: Bernard.White@
nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
The NRC is reviewing an exemption
request from Energy Harbor Nuclear
Corporation, dated February 27, 2024,
and supplemented by VistraOps on
March 22, 2024. VistraOps is requesting
an exemption, pursuant to section 72.7
of title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR), in paragraphs
72.212(a)(2), 72.212(b)(3),
72.212(b)(5)(i), 72.212(b)(11), and
72.214 that require VistraOps to comply
with the terms, conditions, and
specifications of the CoC No. 1032,
Amendment No. 5. If approved, the
exemption would allow VistraOps to
load two MPCs which contain the 89assembly CBS basket (MPC–89–CBS)
beginning in August 2024 in the HI–
STORM FW Storage System at the Perry
ISFSI in a storage condition where the
terms, conditions, and specifications in
the CoC No. 1032, Amendment No. 5 are
not met.
II. Environmental Assessment
Background
Perry is located on a 1,100 acre site
on Lake Erie, 40 miles northeast of
Cleveland in North Perry, Ohio. Unit 1
began operating in 1987. VistraOps has
been storing spent fuel in an ISFSI at
Perry under a general license as
authorized by 10 CFR part 72, subpart
K, ‘‘General License for Storage of Spent
Fuel at Power Reactor Sites.’’ VistraOps
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Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC; Establishment of Atomic Safety and
Licensing Board
Pursuant to the Commission's regulations, see, e.g., 10 CFR 2.104,
2.105, 2.300, 2.309, 2.313, 2.318, 2.321, notice is hereby given that
an Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (Board) is being established to
preside over the following proceeding:
Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC (Oconee Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2, and 3)
This proceeding involves an application seeking a twenty-year
subsequent license renewal of Renewed Facility Operating License Nos.
DPR-38, DPR-47, and DPR-55, which authorize Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC
to operate the Oconee Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2, and 3, located in
Seneca, South Carolina until, respectively, February 6, 2033, October
6, 2033, and July 19, 2034. In response to a notice published in the
Federal Register announcing the opportunity to request a hearing, see
89 FR 10107 (Feb. 13, 2024), a hearing request was filed on April 29,
2024 on behalf of Beyond Nuclear and Sierra Club.\1\
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\1\ The Secretary of the Commission extended the deadline for
requesting a hearing to April 29, 2024. See Order of the Secretary
(Mar. 28, 2024) (ADAMS Accession Number ML24088A303).
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The Board is comprised of the following Administrative Judges:
G. Paul Bollwerk, III, Chairman, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board
Panel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Dr. Sue H. Abreu, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001
Dr. Arielle J. Miller, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001
All correspondence, documents, and other materials shall be filed
in accordance with the NRC E-Filing rule. See 10 CFR 2.302.
Rockville, Maryland.
Dated: May 2, 2024.
Edward R. Hawkens,
Chief Administrative Judge, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel.
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