ML23213A089
| ML23213A089 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Diablo Canyon  |
| Issue date: | 08/01/2023 |
| From: | Hawkens E Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel |
| To: | NRC/OGC, Pacific Gas & Electric Co, San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace (SLOMFP) |
| SECY RAS | |
| References | |
| RAS 56734, 72-26-ISFSI-MLR | |
| Download: ML23213A089 (0) | |
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD PANEL Before the Licensing Board:
E. Roy Hawkens, Chair Nicholas G. Trikouros Dr. Gary S. Arnold In the Matter of PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY (Diablo Canyon Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation)
Docket No. 72-26-ISFSI-MLR ASLBP No. 2397901-ISFSI-MLR-BD01 August 1, 2023 MEMORANDUM AND ORDER (Granting the Joint Unopposed Motion to Modify Timing)
On July 19, 2023, this Licensing Board granted the hearing request from San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace (SLOMFP) challenging the license renewal application filed by Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) that seeks to extend operation of the Diablo Canyon Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI) for an additional 40 years beyond the current license expiration date of March 22, 2024.1 Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) regulations require that thirty (30) days from the granting of a hearing request, the parties to a proceeding must comply with the general discovery and mandatory disclosure requirements of 10 C.F.R. §§ 2.336 and 2.1203.
On July 31, 2023, the parties to this proceeding i.e., SLOMFP, PG&E, and the NRC Staff jointly moved to modify the timing of the general discovery and mandatory disclosure requirements. See Joint Unopposed Motion to Modify Timing of Mandatory Disclosures and 1 Pac. Gas & Elec. Co. (Diablo Canyon Indep. Spent Fuel Storage Installation), LBP-23-07, 98 NRC __ (July 19, 2023) (slip op.) [hereinafter LBP-23-07].
Hearing File Obligations (July 31, 2023). The parties state that there is good cause to grant the motion due to the substantial effort required by the [p]arties to comply with their respective disclosure and hearing file obligations and because there is a possibility that Contention A may be overcome by superseding events. Id. at 2.
We conclude that the parties have shown good cause and we therefore grant the motion. The parties respective obligations to disclose or provide information pursuant to 10 C.F.R. §§ 2.336 and 2.1203 are as follows: (1) if PG&E submits an amendment to the Diablo Canyon ISFSI license renewal application within sixty (60) days of the issuance of LBP-23-07 and files a corresponding dispositive motion before the Board regarding Contention A within thirty (30) days after the submission of such amendment, then discovery and hearing file obligations will commence thirty (30) days after the issuance of an order denying such a motion;2 or (2) if PG&E does not submit an amendment to the Diablo Canyon ISFSI license renewal application within sixty (60) days of the issuance of LBP-23-07, then such obligations will commence one-hundred twenty (120) days from the issuance of LBP-23-07.
It is so ORDERED.
FOR THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD
/RA/
E. Roy Hawkens, Chair ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE Rockville, Maryland August 1, 2023 2 If the Board were to grant any such potential dispositive motion, Contention A would be rendered moot and the parties would no longer have any general discovery or mandatory disclosure obligations.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION In the Matter of
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PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
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Docket No. 72-26-ISFSI-MLR
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(Diablo Canyon Independent Spent Fuel
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Storage Installation)
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing MEMORANDUM AND ORDER (Granting the Joint Unopposed Motion to Modify Timing) have been served upon the following persons by Electronic Information Exchange.
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Commission Appellate Adjudication Mail Stop: O-16B33 Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: ocaamail.resource@nrc.gov U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of the Secretary of the Commission Mail Stop: O-16B33 Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: hearingdocket@nrc.gov U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop: T-3F23 Washington, DC 20555-0001 E. Roy Hawkens, Chairman Nicholas G. Trikouros, Administrative Judge Dr. Gary S. Arnold, Administrative Judge Noel M. Johnson, Law Clerk Emily G. Newman, Law Clerk Allison R. Wood, Law Clerk E-mail: roy.hawkens@nrc.gov nicholas.trikouros@nrc.gov gary.arnold@nrc.gov noel.johnson@nrc.gov emily.newman@nrc.gov allison.wood@nrc.gov U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of the General Counsel Mail Stop - O-14A44 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Adam S. Gendelman Catherine E. Kanatas Mauri T. Lemoncelli E-mail: adam.gendelman@nrc.gov catherine.kanatas@nrc.gov mauri.lemoncelli@nrc.gov Counsel for Pacific Gas and Electric Company Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLC 1111 Pennsylvania Ave NW Washington, DC 20004 Ryan K. Lighty Paul Bessette Timothy Matthews E-mail: ryan.lighty@morganlewis.com paul.bessette@morganlewis.com timothy.matthews@morganlewis.com
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (Diablo Canyon Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation)
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER (Granting the Joint Unopposed Motion to Modify Timing) 2 Counsel for San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace Hamon, Curran, Spielberg, & Eisenberg, LLP 1725 DeSales Street, N.W.
Suite 500 Washington, DC 20036 Diane Curran E-mail: dcurran@harmoncurran.com Jill ZamEk San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace 1123 Flora Rd.
Arroyo Grande, CA 93420 E-mail: jzamek@gmail.com Office of the Secretary of the Commission Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 1st day of August 2023 Clara I. Sola Digitally signed by Clara I. Sola Date: 2023.08.01 11:16:08 -04'00'