ML16300A413

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Establishment of Atomic Safety and Licensing Board
ML16300A413
Person / Time
Site: Susquehanna  Talen Energy icon.png
Issue date: 10/26/2016
From: Hawkens E
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
To:
SECY RAS
References
50-387-LT-2, 50-388-LT-2, 72-028-LT-2, ASLBP 16-949-01-LT-BD01, RAS 51400
Download: ML16300A413 (3)


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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION SUSQUEHANNA NUCLEAR, LLC Docket Nos. 50-387, 50-388, and 72-28 ASLBP No. 16-949-01-LT-BD01 ESTABLISHMENT OF ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD Pursuant to delegation by the Commission, see 37 Fed. Reg. 28,710 (Dec. 29, 1972),

and the Commission=s regulations, see 10 C.F.R. 2.104, 2.105, 2.309, 2.313, 2.318, and 2.321, notice is hereby given that an Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (Board) is being established to preside over an appeal from the NRC Staffs denial of a request for access to sensitive unclassified non-safeguards information (SUNSI) in the following proceeding:

Susquehanna Nuclear, LLC (Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2)

This appeal arises from an Order Imposing Procedures for Access to [SUNSI] and Safeguards Information for Contention Preparation that was included as part of a Federal Register notice providing an opportunity to petition for leave to intervene in a hearing on the application for an indirect license transfer of the interests of Susquehanna Nuclear, LLC (SN),

in the operating licenses of Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2 (SSES) and the general license for the SSES independent spent fuel storage installation from current SN parent holder Talen Energy Corporation to Riverstone Holdings, LLC. See 81 Fed. Reg. 68,462, 68,465 (Oct. 4, 2016). By email dated October 11, 2016, Mr. Sabatini Monatesti requested access to SUNSI material, and he supplemented the request with another email dated October 17, 2016. By letter dated October 20, 2016, the NRC Staff denied the requests. On October 23, 2016, Mr. Sabatini appealed the Staffs determination by sending an email directly to the NRR Staff. He repeated his appeal and supplemented it by two additional emails sent to all parties on October 24, 2016.

The Board is comprised of the following Administrative Judges:

William J. Froehlich, Chairman Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 G. Paul Bollwerk, III Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 Dr. Gary S. Arnold Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 All correspondence, documents, and other materials shall be filed in accordance with the NRC E-Filing rule. See 10 C.F.R. § 2.302.

/RA/

E. Roy Hawkens Chief Administrative Judge Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Rockville, Maryland October 26, 2016

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION In the Matter of )

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Susquehanna Nuclear, LLC; ) Docket Nos. 50-387, 50-388 Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, ) and 72-28-LT-2

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Units 1 and 2 )

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing ESTABLISHMENT OF ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD have been served upon the following persons by Electronic Information Exchange.

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Commission Appellate Adjudication Office of the Secretary of the Commission Mail Stop: O-7H4 Mail Stop: O-4F00 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Washington, DC 20555-0001 OCAA Mail Center Hearing Docket E-mail: ocaamail@nrc.gov E-mail: hearingdocket@nrc.gov Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of the General Counsel Mail Stop T-3F23 Mail Stop - O-14A44 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Beth Mizuno, Esq.

William J. Froehlich, Chair Cathy Scott, Esq.

Administrative Judge Jeremy Wachutka, Esq.

E-mail: william.froehlich@nrc.gov Email: beth.mizuno@nrc.gov cathy.scott@nrc.gov G. Paul Bollwerk, III jeremy.wachutka@nrc.gov Administrative Judge E-mail: paul.bollwerk@nrc.gov Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP 2300 N Street NW Dr. Gary S. Arnold Washington, DC 20037-1122 Administrative Judge David Lewis, Esq.

E-mail: gary.arnold@nrc.gov E-mail: david.lewis@pillsburylaw.com Sabatini Monatesti 919 Belair Drive Berwick, PA 18603 E-mail: smonatesti@verizon.net

[Original signed by Herald M. Speiser ]

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, Office of the Secretary of the Commission this 26th day of October, 2016