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MONTHYEARML22294A1892022-11-0808 November 2022 Federal Register Notice - Notice of Intent to Prepare EIS and to Conduct EIS Scoping for North Anna Power Station ML21222A1632021-08-19019 August 2021 Subsequent License Renewal Draft SEIS NOA FRN ML21153A2122021-07-0707 July 2021 Individual Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment(S) to (Renewed) Facility Operating Licenses, Proposed No Significant Hazards Consideration Determination, Opportunity for Hearing (EPID L-2021-LLA-0082)FRN ML21153A2112021-07-0707 July 2021 Individual Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment(S) to (Renewed) Facility Operating Licenses, Proposed No Significant Hazards Consideration Determination, Opportunity for Hearing (EPID L-2021-LLA-0082) LTR ML20274A1982020-10-19019 October 2020 Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and Conduct Scoping Process (EPID No. L-2020-SLE-0000) - Federal Register Notice ML20252A0042020-09-23023 September 2020 Request for Relief Request Fifth 10-Year Interval ML20224A1052020-09-17017 September 2020 SLRA - Receipt and Availability Letter ML20177A6452020-07-15015 July 2020 FRN - Notice of Issuance of Multiple Exemptions Regarding Various Parts of 10 CFR Due to COVID-19 Impacts for June 2020 ML19169A2612019-07-31031 July 2019 Federal Register Notice: Virginia Electric and Power Company, Dominion Energy Kewaunee, Inc. and Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc. North Anna ISFSI: Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact; Issuance ML18173A1792018-08-0707 August 2018 OEDO-17-00070 - Notice of Issuance of Director'S Decision, 2.206 Petition for Emergency Enforcement Action Per 10 CFR 2.206 at Listed U.S. Reactors with Forged Components and Parts Manufactured at France'S AREVA-Le Creusot Forge and Japan C ML18036B1302018-02-12012 February 2018 Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving Proposed No Significant Hazards Considerations and Containing SUNSI and Order Imposing Procedures for Access to SUNSI - Publication Date: March 6, 20 ML18031A2312018-02-0808 February 2018 Federal Register Notice - Notice of Issuance for License Renewal (Letter to D. G. Stoddard Issuance of Renewed Materials License No. SNM-2507 for the North Anna Power Station ISFSI) ML17312A6062018-01-29029 January 2018 Federal Register Notice for the Final Environmental Assessment for the North Anna ISFSI License Renewal NRC-2015-0237, Enclosufederal Register Notice-Notice of Issuance of Amendment Request to Materials License No. SNM-25072017-09-13013 September 2017 Enclosufederal Register Notice-Notice of Issuance of Amendment Request to Materials License No. SNM-2507 ML17236A2102017-09-13013 September 2017 Enclosufederal Register Notice-Notice of Issuance of Amendment Request to Materials License No. SNM-2507 ML17198A3292017-08-30030 August 2017 OEDO-17-00070 - Acknowledgement Letter, Paul Gunter, Beyond Nuclear, Petition for Emergency Enforcement Action Per 10 CFR 2.206 at Listed U.S. Reactors with Forged Components and Parts Manufactured at France'S AREVA-Le Creusot Forge and Jap ML17200A0652017-08-30030 August 2017 OEDO-17-00070 - Acknowledgement FRN, Paul Gunter, Beyond Nuclear, 2.206 Petition for Emergency Enforcement Action Per 10 CFR 2.206 at Listed U.S. Reactors with Forged Components and Parts Manufactured at France'S AREVA-Le Creusot Forge and ML16061A3012016-03-0202 March 2016 Biweekly Federal Register Notice - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations - Publication Date: March 15, 2016 ML15293A4542015-10-30030 October 2015 Revised Director'S Decision Letter (G20110757) NRC-2012-0258, Unit 2 - Federal Register Notice Director'S Decision 15-092015-10-30030 October 2015 Unit 2 - Federal Register Notice Director'S Decision 15-09 ML15293A4892015-10-30030 October 2015 Unit 2 - Federal Register Notice Director'S Decision 15-09 ML15176A6282015-08-21021 August 2015 G20110757 - Petition Federal Register Notice (Enclosure 2) ML15218A6252015-08-14014 August 2015 Biweekly FRN - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations - Publication Date: August 14, 2015 ML15148A3762015-06-0101 June 2015 Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations - Published June 9, 2015 ML14311A6242015-04-17017 April 2015 G20110757 - North Anna Proposed Director'S Decision ML13018A2392015-04-0808 April 2015 G20110171 - Letter to Petitioner Saporito on Proposed Director'S Decision Regarding 2.206 Petition Dated: March 12, 2011 NRC-2014-0917, Biweekly Sholly FRN - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations - Publication Date: September 16, 20142014-09-0505 September 2014 Biweekly Sholly FRN - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations - Publication Date: September 16, 2014 ML14247A1542014-09-0505 September 2014 Biweekly Sholly FRN - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations - Publication Date: September 16, 2014 ML14233A2082014-08-22022 August 2014 Biweekly Sholly FRN - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations - Publication Date: September 2, 2014 NRC-2014-0193, Biweekly Sholly FRN - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations - Publication Date: September 2, 20142014-08-22022 August 2014 Biweekly Sholly FRN - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations - Publication Date: September 2, 2014 NRC-2014-0121, Federal Register Notice: North Anna Power Station, Unit 2 - Withdrawal of an Amendment Request2014-05-0909 May 2014 Federal Register Notice: North Anna Power Station, Unit 2 - Withdrawal of an Amendment Request ML14114A6592014-05-0909 May 2014 Withdrawal of an Amendment Request ML14122A3042014-05-0909 May 2014 Federal Register Notice: North Anna Power Station, Unit 2 - Withdrawal of an Amendment Request ML13225A5572013-08-12012 August 2013 Rescission of Certain Security Orders Concerning Spent Nuclear Fuel in Transit ML13228A3992013-08-12012 August 2013 Letter to Holders of Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI) Licenses Re Rescission of Certain Security Orders Concerning Spent Nuclear Fuel in Transit - Rin 3150-AI64 (NRC-2009-0163) EA-02-109 NRC-2013-0172, Units 1 and 2 - FRN - Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact (TAC Nos. ME9753, ME9754, ME9755, and ME9756)2013-07-24024 July 2013 Units 1 and 2 - FRN - Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact (TAC Nos. ME9753, ME9754, ME9755, and ME9756) ML13205A2192013-07-24024 July 2013 Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact ML13205A2232013-07-24024 July 2013 FRN - Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact ML12262A1602012-10-19019 October 2012 G20110757/EDATS:OEDO-2011-0701 - Federal Register Notice - Issuance of Partial Director'S Decision NRC-2012-0241, Units 1 and 2 - Federal Register Notice - Withdrawal of Amendment (TAC Nos. ME7814, ME7815, ME7816, and ME7817)2012-10-10010 October 2012 Units 1 and 2 - Federal Register Notice - Withdrawal of Amendment (TAC Nos. ME7814, ME7815, ME7816, and ME7817) ML12277A3662012-10-10010 October 2012 Withdrawal of Amendment ML12277A3732012-10-10010 October 2012 Federal Register Notice - Withdrawal of Amendment ML12094A2512012-04-27027 April 2012 G20110668/ EDATS: OEDO-2011-0622 - Federal Register Notice - Final Director'S Decision Under 10 CFR 2.206 Re North Anna Power Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 ML12104A1282012-04-12012 April 2012 Enclosufederal Register Notice (Notice of Availability of Exemption for Virginia Electric and Power Company, North Anna Power Station Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation) ML12104A0822012-04-12012 April 2012 Enclosuexemption L. N. Hartz Letter Exemption from Parts of 10 CFR 72.212 - Storage of the Nuhoms Hd Dry Shielded Canisters at North Anna Power Station Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (TAC No. L24551) NRC-2012-0084, Enclosufederal Register Notice (Notice of Availability of Exemption for Virginia Electric and Power Company, North Anna Power Station Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation)2012-04-12012 April 2012 Enclosufederal Register Notice (Notice of Availability of Exemption for Virginia Electric and Power Company, North Anna Power Station Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation) ML12060A0902012-03-16016 March 2012 G20110757/EDATS: OEDO-2011-0701 - Acknowledgement Letter to Paul Gunter Re.: Request for Emergency Enforcement Action to Suspend and Restart and Operation of the North Anna Nuclear Generating Station, Units 1 and 2 ML12060A0912012-03-16016 March 2012 G20110757/EDATS: OEDO-2011-0701 - Federal Register Notice - Receipt of Request for Action Under 10 CFR 2.206 for North Anna Power Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 NRC-2012-0075, G20110757/EDATS: OEDO-2011-0701 - Federal Register Notice - Receipt of Request for Action Under 10 CFR 2.206 for North Anna Power Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 22012-03-16016 March 2012 G20110757/EDATS: OEDO-2011-0701 - Federal Register Notice - Receipt of Request for Action Under 10 CFR 2.206 for North Anna Power Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 NRC-2012-0067, Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation (Effective Immediately) - to All Power Reactor Licensees and Holders of Construction Permits in Active or Deferred Status2012-03-12012 March 2012 Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation (Effective Immediately) - to All Power Reactor Licensees and Holders of Construction Permits in Active or Deferred Status 2022-11-08
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MONTHYEARML18173A1752018-08-0202 August 2018 OEDO-17-00070/SRM-DD-18-03 - Director'S Decision, 2.206 Petition for Emergency Enforcement Action Per 10 CFR 2.206 at Listed U.S. Reactors with Forged Components and Parts Manufactured at France'S AREVA-Le Creusot Forge and Japan Casting ML18107A4022018-06-0606 June 2018 OEDO-17-00070 - Letter to Petitioner on Areva Forgings 2.206 ML18107A4042018-06-0606 June 2018 OEDO-17-00070 - Proposed Director'S Decision on Areva Forgings 2.206 ML15293A4792015-10-30030 October 2015 Unit 2 - Revised Director'S Decision Under 10 CFR Sec. 2.206 (DD-15-09) ML15293A4542015-10-30030 October 2015 Revised Director'S Decision Letter (G20110757) ML15175A4652015-08-21021 August 2015 G20110757 - Petition Final Decision 15-09 ML14311A6242015-04-17017 April 2015 G20110757 - North Anna Proposed Director'S Decision ML13018A2392015-04-0808 April 2015 G20110171 - Letter to Petitioner Saporito on Proposed Director'S Decision Regarding 2.206 Petition Dated: March 12, 2011 ML12262A1582012-10-19019 October 2012 G20110757/ EDATS: OEDO-2011-0701 - Partial Director'S Decision Under 10 CFR 2.206 for North Anna ML12262A1572012-10-19019 October 2012 G20110757/ EDATS: OEDO-2011-0701 - 2.206 Final - Letter to Paul Gunter Regarding Request for Enforcement Action to Suspend the Restart and Operation of the North Anna Nuclear Generating Station ML12165A2132012-07-10010 July 2012 G20110757/EDATS: OEDO-2011-0701 - Proposed Director'S Decision Under 10 CFR 2.206 ML12094A2512012-04-27027 April 2012 G20110668/ EDATS: OEDO-2011-0622 - Federal Register Notice - Final Director'S Decision Under 10 CFR 2.206 Re North Anna Power Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 ML12094A2502012-04-26026 April 2012 G20110668/EDATS: OEDO-2011-0622 - Final Director'S Decision ML12094A2492012-04-26026 April 2012 G20110668/ EDATS: OEDO-2011-0622 - Letter - Final Director'S Decision Re North Anna Power Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 August 23, 2011 Earthquake ML11357A1172012-02-28028 February 2012 G20110668/EDATS: OEDO-2011-0622 - Letter to Licensee Regarding 2.206 for Licensed Activities at North Anna Power Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 ML11357A1062012-02-28028 February 2012 G20110668/EDATS: OEDO-2011-0622 - 2.206 Director Decision Regarding Licensed Activities at North Anna Power Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 CY-92-223, G20110523/LTR-11-0411/EDATS: SECY-2011-0411 - Ltr. from Rep. E.J. Markey to Chairman Jaczko NRC Safety Requirements for Reactors Granted Construction Permits Prior to 19712011-07-14014 July 2011 G20110523/LTR-11-0411/EDATS: SECY-2011-0411 - Ltr. from Rep. E.J. Markey to Chairman Jaczko NRC Safety Requirements for Reactors Granted Construction Permits Prior to 1971 2018-08-02
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos.: 50-338 and 50-339; NRC-2012-0051]
License Nos.: NPF-4 and NPF-7 Virginia Electric and Power Company AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Director's Decision; issuance.
SUMMARY
- The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) is giving notice that the Director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR) has issued a Director's Decision with regard to a petition dated September 8, 2011, filed by Mr. Thomas Saporito, hereinafter referred to as the petitioner.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2012-0051 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You may access information related to this document, which the NRC possesses and is publicly available, using the following methods:
- NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS):
You may access publicly available documents online in the NRC Library 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 NRCs 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 in this notice (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 NRCs PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Notice is hereby given that the Director, NRR, has issued a Director's Decision with regard to a petition dated September 8, 2011 (ADAMS Accession No. ML11256A019), filed by Mr. Thomas Saporito. The petition was supplemented on September 8, 2011 (ADAMS Accession No. ML11334A152), September 29, 2011 (ADAMS Accession No. ML11332A046),
October 21, 2011 (ADAMS Accession No. ML11308A016), and November 7, 2011 (ADAMS Accession No. ML113530035). The petition concerns the operation of the North Anna Power Station, Units 1 and 2 (North Anna 1 and 2), by the Virginia Electric and Power Company (VEPCO or the licensee). The petition requested that the NRC:
(1) Take escalated enforcement action against the licensee and suspend, or revoke, the operating licenses for North Anna 1 and 2; (2) Issue a notice of violation against the licensee with a proposed civil penalty in the amount of 1 million dollars; and (3) Issue an order to the licensee requiring the licensee to keep North Anna 1 and 2, in a cold shutdown mode of operation until such time as a series of actions described in the petition are completed.
As the basis for this request, the petitioner states in summary that:
(1) On August 23, 2011, North Anna 1 and 2, automatically tripped offline as a direct result of ground motion caused by an earthquake centered in Mineral, Virginia, approximately 10 miles from North Anna 1 and 2. The licensee has not determined the root cause of this event, nor has it explained why the reactor tripped on negative flux rate rather than on loss of offsite power.
(2) Subsequent to the earthquake, the licensee initiated various inspection activities and tests to discover the extent of damage to the nuclear facility, but these inspection and testing activities continue and remain incomplete and non-validated.
(3) The licensee had set an overly aggressive schedule for restarting North Anna 1 and 2, that was based on economic considerations rather than safety.
(4) The licensee needs to amend its licensing documents, including its licenses and the updated final safety analysis report. As a result, of ground motion experienced at, and damage sustained to, North Anna 1 and 2, due to the earthquake of August 23, 2011, which is greater than the licensees design and safety bases, North Anna 1 and 2, are in an unanalyzed condition and current licensing documents are erroneous and incomplete. As a result, the licensee cannot rely on them to provide reasonable assurance to the NRC that these nuclear reactors can be operated in a safe and reliable manner to protect public health and safety.
(5) The licensee needs to conduct new seismic and geological evaluations of the North Anna 1 and 2, site that are independent. These evaluations should ascertain the degree and magnitude of future earthquake events and address a worst case earthquake.
(6) There are numerous issues with the seismic instrumentation at North Anna 1 and 2, including lack of free field instrumentation, issues associated with conversion of analog data to digital data, issues with lack of on-site personnel with sufficient training in seismic
measurements, and potential skewing of ground motion data due to the location of the scratch plates.
(7) Retrofitting of North Anna 1 and 2, is required due to damage to North Anna 1 and 2, from the earthquake of August 23, 2011.
(8) There are concerns with the impact of the August 23, 2011, earthquake on the North Anna 1 and 2, Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI) including the fact that 25 casks weighing over 115 tons were not supposed to shift as much as 4.5 inches during an earthquake, validation of the integrity of the seals inside the spent fuel casks, assessing whether spent nuclear fuel storage facilities could topple or otherwise sustain significant damage resulting in a release, and assessing whether the licensees emergency plans adequately addressed damage to the ISFSI as a result of a severe earthquake.
(9) The petitioner is concerned that the licensee cannot be trusted to communicate reliable information to the public or the regulator based on the fact that the licensee in the 1970s failed to promptly disclose the discovery of geological information and was subjected to a monetary fine for the violation.
On September 29, 2011, and November 7, 2011, the petitioner and the licensee met with the NRC staff=s petition review board via telephone conference (meeting transcripts at ADAMS Accession Nos. ML11332A046 and ML113530035) regarding the petition. These meetings gave the petitioner and the licensee an opportunity to provide additional information and to clarify issues raised in the petition.
The NRC sent a copy of the proposed Director=s Decision to the petitioner and the licensee for comment by letter dated February 22, 2012 (ADAMS Accession No. ML11356A164), and February 28, 2012 (ADAMS Accession No. ML11357A117),
respectively. The licensee provided comments by letter dated March 12, 2012 (ADAMS Accession No. ML120720519). The comments and the NRC staff=s response to them are
included in the Director's Decision, the complete text of which is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML12094A250.
The NRC staff has evaluated the petitioners requests to: (1) take escalated enforcement action against the licensee and suspend, or revoke, the operating licenses for North Anna 1 and 2, and (2) issue a notice of violation against the licensee with a proposed civil penalty in the amount of 1 million dollars. With respect to these two requests, the evaluations of two NRC inspection teams as documented in inspection reports dated October 31, 2011 (ADAMS Accession No. ML113040031), and November 30, 2011 (ADAMS Accession No. ML113340345), did not find any violation of NRC regulations that would merit such enforcement actions. Further detail regarding this decision on these two requests is provided in the Director's Decision. With respect to the petitions third request for enforcement action: to issue an order to the licensee requiring the licensee to keep North Anna 1 and 2, in a cold shutdown mode of operation until such time as a series of actions described in the petition are completed, the NRC staff concluded that it had partially granted that request in Confirmatory Action Letter (CAL) No. 2-2011-001 dated September 30, 2011 (ADAMS Accession No. ML11273A078), which stated the following:
This Confirmatory Action Letter (CAL) confirms that NAPS [North Anna Power Station]
Units 1 and 2 will not enter Modes 1-4 (as defined in the technical specifications), until the Commission has completed its review of your information, performed confirmatory inspections, and completed its safety evaluation review. The permission to resume operations will be formally communicated to Virginia Electric and Power Company (VEPCO) in a written correspondence.
VEPCO shall submit to the NRC all documentation requested by the NRC as being necessary to demonstrate that NAPS Units 1 and 2 can be operated safely following the seismic event that exceeded the safe shutdown event analyzed in the current revision of the Updated Final Safety Analysis Report.
This CAL will remain in effect until the NRC has (1) reviewed your information, including responses to staffs questions and the results of your evaluations, and (2) the staff communicates to you in written correspondence that it has concluded that NAPS can be operated without undue risk to the health and safety of the public or the environment.
This CAL, therefore, confirmed the licensees understanding that North Anna 1 and 2, could not be restarted unless and until the licensee had demonstrated to the NRC staffs satisfaction that no functional damage has occurred to those features necessary for continued operation without undue risk to the health and safety of the public, consistent with the requirements of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), Part 100, Appendix A,Section V(a)(2). Restart was contingent upon addressing a number of issues before startup, many of which had been identified, in whole or in part, in the petition as concerns.
Issues in the petition, previously identified and discussed as concerns 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, and 8, were discussed and substantially addressed, either in the inspection reports issued October 31, 2011, and November 30, 2011, or in the NRC technical evaluation dated November 11, 2011. The activities by the NRC staff were completed before restart to ensure that, before resuming operations, the licensee had demonstrated no functional damage had occurred to those features at North Anna 1 and 2, necessary for continued operation without undue risk to the health and safety of the public. In that respect, these concerns described in the petition as requiring completion before the restart of North Anna 1 and 2, were addressed before restart, consistent with the third request for enforcement action described in the petition.
Issues in the petition, previously identified and discussed as concerns 4 and 9, were evaluated by the NRC staff before restart of North Anna 1 and 2, but disposition of these concerns by the NRC staff differed from the course of action requested in the petition. In that respect, these aspects of the petition were denied.
A copy of the Director's Decision will be filed with the Secretary of the Commission for the Commission's review in accordance with 10 CFR 2.206 of the Commission's regulations. As provided for by this regulation, the Director's 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 Director's Decision in that time.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 27th day of April 2012.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
/RA/
Bruce A. Boger Deputy Director, Reactor Safety Programs, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.