[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 134 (Tuesday, July 14, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41097-41099]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-17278]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 50-400; License No. NPF-63; NRC-2015-0101]
In the Matter of Duke Energy Progress, Inc., and North Carolina
Eastern Municipal Power Agency; Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant,
Unit 1
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Direct transfer of license, order; issuance.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing an
Order to Duke Energy Progress, Inc. (Duke Energy) and North Carolina
Eastern Municipal Power Agency (NCEMPA)
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approving the direct transfer of control of the Renewed Facility
Operating License No. NPF-63, and ownership interest for the Shearon
Harris Nuclear Power Plant (Harris), Unit 1, to the extent currently
held by NCEMPA. As a result of the transaction, Duke Energy will become
the sole owner of the Harris facility and hold 100 percent ownership of
the facility. The conforming license amendment will remove references
to NCEMPA. No physical changes to the facility or operational changes
were proposed in the application and Duke Energy will remain as the
licensed operator of the facility. This Order is effective upon
issuance.
DATES: The Order was issued on July 6, 2015, and is effective for 1
year.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2015-0101 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 http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2015-0101. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; 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 http://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 email to [email protected]. The
ADAMS accession number for each document referenced (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: Martha Barillas, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-2760, email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The text of the Order is attached.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 6th day of July 2015.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Martha Barillas,
Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch II-2, Division of Operator
Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
In the Matter of DUKE ENERGY PROGRESS, INC., NORTH CAROLINA EASTERN
MUNICIPAL POWER AGENCY, Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant Unit 1
Docket No. 50-400
License No. NPF-63
ORDER APPROVING DIRECT TRANSFER OF LICENSE AND APPROVING CONFORMING
AMENDMENT
I
Duke Energy Progress, Inc. (Duke Energy), and North Carolina
Eastern Municipal Power Agency (NCEMPA), are the owners of Shearon
Harris Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 1 (Harris). With respect to their
ownership, they are co-holders of Renewed Facility Operating License
No. NPF-63. The Harris facility consists of a Westinghouse three-loop
pressurized-water reactor located in Wake and Chatham Counties, North
Carolina. The facility operating license authorizes Duke Energy to
possess, use, and operate the Harris facility.
II
By application dated December 22, 2014 (Agencywide Documents Access
and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML14358A253), as
supplemented by letters dated March 4, 2015 (ADAMS Accession No.
ML15075A102); June 1, 2015 (ADAMS Accession No. ML15152A205); June 10,
2015 (ADAMS Accession No. ML15161A289); and June 24, 2015 (ADAMS
Accession No. ML15175A036), Duke Energy and NCEMPA 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 Operating License No. NPF-63 for the
Harris facility, to the extent currently held by NCEMPA, to co-owner
Duke Energy.
The interest in Harris held by Duke Energy is 83.83 percent
undivided ownership interest and that held by NCEMPA is 16.17 percent
undivided ownership interest. Duke Energy is the licensed operator for
the facility. Following approval of the proposed direct transfer of
control of the licenses, Duke Energy would acquire NCEMPA's ownership
interest in the facility and would hold 100 percent of the facility.
The applicant also requested approval of the conforming license
amendment that would remove references to NCEMPA in the license. The
proposed direct transfer of control of the Harris operating license
will not result in any change in the role of Duke Energy as the
licensed operator and owner of the licensed facility and will not
result in any changes to its financial qualifications, decommissioning
funding assurance, or technical qualifications.
Approval of the direct transfer of the facility operating license
and conforming license amendment was requested by Duke Energy and
NCEMPA pursuant to 10 CFR 50.80 and 50.90. A notice entitled, ``Notice
of Consideration of Approval of Transfer of Licenses and Conforming
Amendment,'' was published in the Federal Register on April 21, 2015
(80 FR 22224). 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 Commission gives its consent in writing. Upon
review of the information in the licensee's application, and other
information before the Commission, the NRC staff has determined that
Duke Energy is qualified to hold 100 percent of the license as proposed
by the transfer of NCEMPA's 16.17 percent ownership interests, and that
the transfer of the license is otherwise consistent with the applicable
provisions of law, regulations, and orders issued by the NRC and
subject to the conditions set forth below. The NRC staff has further
found that the application for the proposed 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 the proposed license 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 the proposed license
amendment will not
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be inimical to the common defense and security or to the health and
safety of the public; and the issuance of the proposed amendment will
be in accordance with 10 CFR part 51 of the Commission's regulations
and all applicable requirements have been satisfied. The findings set
forth above are supported by a safety evaluation dated July 6, 2015.
III
Accordingly, pursuant to Sections 161b, 161i, 161.o, and 184 of the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), 42 U.S.C. Sections
2201(b), 2201(i), 2201(o), 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:
1. Duke Energy 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 within 30 days of the transfer.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that consistent with 10 CFR 2.1315(b), the
license amendment that make changes, as indicated in Enclosure 5 to the
cover letter forwarding this order, to reflect the subject direct
transfer, is approved. The amendment shall be issued and made effective
at the time the proposed direct transfer action is completed.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that after receipt of all required regulatory
approvals of the proposed direct transfer action, Duke Energy shall
inform the Director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation in
writing of such receipt no later than 2 business days prior to the date
of the closing of the direct transfer. Should the proposed direct
transfer not be completed within 1 year of this order's date of issue,
this order shall become null and void. 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 December 22, 2014 (ADAMS Accession No. ML14358A253),
as supplemented by letters dated March 4, 2015 (ADAMS Accession No.
ML15075A102); June 1, 2015 (ADAMS Accession No. ML15152A205); June 10.
2015 (ADAMS Accession No. ML15161A289); and June 24, 2015
(ML15175A036), and the safety evaluation dated July 6, 2015 (ADAMS
Accession No. ML15159A632), which are available for public inspection
at the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR), located at One White Flint
North, Room O1-F21, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
You may obtain publicly-available documents online in the ADAMS Public
Documents collection at http://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's PDR
reference staff at 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737 or by email to
[email protected].
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 6th day of July 2015.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
William M. Dean,
Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2015-17278 Filed 7-13-15; 8:45 am]
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