ML15069A197
| ML15069A197 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Davis Besse  |
| Issue date: | 03/10/2015 |
| From: | William Froehlich, Kastenberg W, Nicholas Trikouros Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel |
| To: | |
| SECY RAS | |
| References | |
| 50-346-LR, ASLBP 11-907-01-LR-BD01, LBP-15-9, RAS 27350 | |
| Download: ML15069A197 (5) | |
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LBP-15-9 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD Before Administrative Judges:
William J. Froehlich, Chairman Nicholas G. Trikouros Dr. William E. Kastenberg In the Matter of:
Docket No. 50-346-LR FirstEnergy NUCLEAR OPERATING COMPANY ASLBP No. 11-907-01-LR-BD01 (Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station, Unit 1) March 10, 2015 ORDER (Terminating Proceeding)
On August 27, 2010, FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC) filed to renew its operating license for the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station, Unit 1 (Davis-Besse) for twenty years.1 On December 27, 2010, Beyond Nuclear, Citizens Environment Alliance of Southwestern Ontario, Dont Waste Michigan, and the Green Party of Ohio (collectively, Intervenors) filed a hearing request,2 which we granted.3 1
See [FENOCs] License Renewal Application, Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station at 1.0-1, 1.1-1, 2.1-25 (Aug. 31, 2010) (ADAMS Accession Nos. ML102450567, ML102450563).
2 See generally Beyond Nuclear, Citizens Environment Alliance of Southwestern Ontario, Dont Waste Michigan, and the Green Party of Ohio Request for Public Hearing and Petition for Leave to Intervene (Dec. 27, 2010).
3 See LBP-11-13, 73 NRC 534, 588-89 (2011).
On September 29, 2014, Intervenors moved to admit a new contention arguing that because the recently promulgated Continued Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel Rule4 no longer makes generic safety findings concerning the feasibility and capacity of spent fuel disposal, the issue had to be litigated in front of this Board before the Davis-Besse license could be renewed.5 The Commission chose to review this and other substantively similar motions, along with associated petitions to suspend reactor licensing, based upon its inherent supervisory authority over agency adjudications.6 On January 15, 2015, the Board denied Intervenors motion to admit Contention 7, the last remaining contention still pending before the Board, concerning cracking of the shield building at Davis-Besse.7 At that time, however, the Board did not terminate this adjudicatory proceeding because the Commission had yet to address the continued storage safety findings contention.8 On February 26, 2015, in CLI-05-04, the Commission denied the suspension petitions and Intervenors motion to admit the new continued storage safety findings contention.9 With the issuance of CLI-05-04, there are now no proffered or admitted contentions remaining in this 4
Continued Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel, Final Rule, 79 Fed. Reg. 56,238 (Sept. 19, 2014);
see also Calvert Cliffs 3 Nuclear Project, LLC & Unistar Nuclear Operating Servs., LLC (Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 3), et al., CLI-14-08, 80 NRC 71 (2014).
5 See Intervenors Motion for Leave to File a New Contention Concerning the Absence of Required Waste Confidence Safety Findings in the Relicensing Proceeding for Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station at 1-2 (Sept. 29, 2014).
6 DTE Electric Co. (Fermi Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 3), et al., CLI-14-9, 80 NRC __, __ (slip op.
at 2-3) (Oct. 7, 2014).
7 See LBP-15-01, 81 NRC __, __ (slip op. at 2) (Jan. 15, 2015).
8 Id. at __ (slip op. at 36).
9 DTE Electric Co. (Fermi Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 3), et al., CLI-15-04, 81 NRC __, __ (slip op. at 3, 31) (Feb. 26, 2015).
adjudicatory proceeding, and the Boards jurisdiction terminates.10 Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.341(a), this order shall constitute the final decision of the Commission 120 days from the date of its issuance, unless within twenty-five (25) days a petition for review is filed in accordance with 10 C.F.R. § 2.341(b) or the Commission directs otherwise.11 It is so ORDERED.
THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD
/RA/
William J. Froehlich, Chairman ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE
/RA/
Nicholas G. Trikouros ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE
/RA/
Dr. William E. Kastenberg ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE Rockville, Maryland March 10, 2015 10 See Va. Electric & Power Co. (Combined License Application for North Anna Unit 3), CLI 14, 75 NRC 692, 699, 701 (2012) (stating that a licensing boards ruling resolving the last pending contention is equivalent to a final decision under 10 C.F.R. § 2.341, and a licensing boards jurisdiction ends after it has rendered a final decision); see also Exelon Generation Co.
(Byron Nuclear Power Station, Units 1 & 2 et al.), CLI-14-6, 79 NRC 445, 449 (2014) (Under our practice, once all contentions have been decided, the contested [adjudicatory] proceeding is terminated. (quoting North Anna, CLI-12-14, 76 NRC at 699) (modification in original)).
11 On March 6, 2015 FENOC filed a Motion for Clarification Regarding Termination of the Davis-Besse License Renewal Adjudicatory Proceeding. This Order (Terminating Proceeding) addresses FENOCs concern.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION In the Matter of )
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FIRST ENERGY NUCLEAR OPERATING )
COMPANY ) Docket No. 50-346-LR
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(Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station, Unit 1) )
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing ASLB ORDER LBP-15-9 (Terminating Proceeding) have been served upon the following persons by Electronic Information Exchange.
Office of Commission Appellate Office of the Secretary of the Commission Adjudication U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop O-7H4M Mail Stop O-16C1 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Hearing Docket E-mail: ocaamail@nrc.gov E-mail: hearingdocket@nrc.gov Office of the General Counsel Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Mail Stop O-15D21 Mail Stop T-3F23 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Edward L. Williamson, Esq.
E-mail: edward.williamson@nrc.gov William J. Froehlich, Chair Beth Mizuno, Esq.
Administrative Judge E-mail: beth.mizuno@nrc.gov E-mail: william.froehlich@nrc.gov Brian Harris, Esq.
E-mail: brian.harris@nrc.gov Nicholas G. Trikouros Catherine Kanatas, Esq.
Administrative Judge E-mail: catherine.kanatas@nrc.gov E-mail: nicholas.trikouros@nrc.gov Jeremy Wachutka, Esq.
E-mail: jeremy.wachutka@nrc.gov William E. Kastenberg John Tibbetts, Paralegal Administrative Judge E-mail: john.tibbetts@nrc.gov E-mail: wek1@nrc.gov OGC Mail Center : OGCMailCenter@nrc.gov Kathleen Schroeder, Law Clerk E-mail: kathleen.schroeder@nrc.gov FirstEnergy Service Company.
Mailstop: A-GO-15 Sachin Desai, Law Clerk 76 South Main Street E-mail: sachin.desai@nrc.gov Akron, OH 44308 David W. Jenkins, Esq.
E-mail : djenkins@firstenergycorp.com
Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station, Docket No. 50-346-LR ASLB ORDER LBP-15-9 (Terminating Proceeding)
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius Dont Waste Michigan 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW 811 Harrison Street Washington, D.C. 20004 Monroe, Michigan 48161 Stephen Burdick, Esq. Michael Keegan E-mail: sburdick@morganlewis.com E-mail: mkeeganj@comcast.net Kathryn M. Sutton, Esq.
E-mail: ksutton@morganlewis.com Terry J. Lodge, Counsel for CEA, Dont Martin ONeill, Esq. Waste Michigan, and Green Party of Ohio E-mail: martin.oneill@morganlewis.com 316 N. Michigan Street, Suite 520 Timothy Matthews, Esq. Toledo, OH 43604-5627 E-mail: tmatthews@morganlewis.com E-mail: tjlodge50@yahoo.com Jane Accomando, Esq.
E-mail: jaccomando@morganlewis.com Beyond Nuclear Grant Eskelsen, Esq. 6930 Carroll Avenue Suite 400 E-mail: geskelsen@morganlewis.com Takoma Park, MD 20912 Mary Freeze, Legal Secretary Kevin Kamps E-mail: mfreeze@morganlewis.com E-mail : kevin@beyondnuclear.org Paul Brown, Legal Secretary Paul Gunter E-mail: pbrown@morganlewis.com E-mail : paul@beyondnuclear.org Citizens Environmental Alliance (CEA) of Southwestern Ontario 1950 Ottawa Street Windsor, Ontario Canada N8Y 197 Green Party of Ohio 2626 Robinwood Avenue Toledo, OH 43610
[Original signed by Brian Newell ]
Office of the Secretary of the Commission Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 10th day of March, 2015