ML24275A189
| ML24275A189 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Oconee  |
| Issue date: | 10/01/2024 |
| From: | Bollwerk G Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel |
| To: | Duke Energy Carolinas, NRC/OGC |
| SECY RAS | |
| References | |
| RAS 57128, 50-269-SLR-2, 50-270-SLR-2, 50-287-SLR-2, ASLBP 24-985-03-SLR-BD01 | |
| Download: ML24275A189 (0) | |
Text
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD
Before AdministrativeJudges:
G. Paul Bollwerk, III, Chair Dr. Sue H. Abreu Dr. Arielle J. Miller
In the Matter of Docket Nos. 50-269-SLR-2, 50-270-SLR-2, and 50-287-SLR-2 DUKE ENERGY CAROLINAS, LLC ASLBP No. 24-985-03-SLR-BD01 (Oconee Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2, and 3)
October 1, 2024
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER (Regarding Replies to Petitioners Response to NRC Staff Motion Concerning Redacted Documents)
The Licensing Board is in receipt of a September 30, 2024 response by petitioners
Beyond Nuclear, Inc., and the Sierra Club, Inc., (collectively Petitioners) to the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission (NRC) Staffs September 25, 2024 motion requesting that the Board
accept and place on the public docket of this proceeding redacted versions of documents
previously identified as potentially containing nonpublic information. 1 The response, which
do[es] not currently contest the merits of the redactions, instead poses a series of questions
about the NRC Staffs process for reviewing the documents to determine whether they
1 See Response by [Petitioners] to NRC Staff Motion Requesting That the Licensing Board Accept Redacted Documents Identified in Appendix 1, Etc. (Sept. 30, 2024) [hereinafter Petitioners Response to Staff Motion]; see also NRC Staff Motion Requesting That the Licensing Board Accept Redacted Documents Identified in Appendix 1 to Licensing Board August 19, 2024, Protective Order for Inclusion on the Public Docket (Sept. 25. 2024).
- 2 -
contained any nonpublic information, including the role the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (FERC) in that process. Petitioners Response to Staff Motion at 1-3.
While replies to an answer to a motion are not permitted absent leave from the presiding
officer, see 10 C.F.R. § 2.323(c), given the seemingly unforeseen nature of the assertions
raised in Petitioners response, we will prov ide the NRC Staff (and applicant Duke Energy
Carolinas, LLC, if it wishes to do so) with the opportunity to file a reply to Petitioners
September 30, 2024 response, which must be submitted on or before Monday, October 7,
2024.2
It is so ORDERED.
FOR THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD
/RA/
G. Paul Bollwerk, III, Chair ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE
Rockville, Maryland
October 1, 2024
2 The Board also notes that the attachment to Petitioners response includes an e-mail string that encompasses two e-mails that were copied to the Boards chair along with a number of other individuals from the NRC, FERC, and nongovernmental entities. See Petitioners Response to Staff Motion, attach. 1 (E-mail from Lawrence Criscione to Stephanie Blaney, NRC, Margo Stevens, NRC, & Nina Argent, NRC (Sept. 23, 2024, 20:40 EDT)). As it has done previously, at the appropriate time the Board intended to place these e-mails into the public record of this proceeding as possible ex par te/separation of functions communications. See Licensing Board Memorandum and Order (Notice Concerning Ex Parte/Separation of Functions Communications) (Aug. 19, 2024) at 1, 3 (unpublished); see also 10 C.F.R.
§§ 2.347(c), 2.348(c). That is now unnecessary.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
In the Matter of )
)
DUKE ENERGY CAROLINAS, LLC, ) Docket Nos. 50-269 SLR-2
) 50- 270 SLR-2
) 50- 287 SLR-2
)
(Oconee Nuclear Station Units 1, 2, and 3) )
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ( Regarding Replies to Petitioners Response to NRC Staff Motion Concerning Redacted Documents) 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 General Counsel Mail Stop: O-16B33 Mail Stop - O-14A44 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: ocaamail.resource@nrc.gov David Roth Susan H. Vrahoretis Mary Frances Woods U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Megan Wright Office of the Secretary of the Commission Kevin Bernstein Mail Stop: O-16B33 Caitlin R. Byrd, Paralegal Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: david.roth@nrc.gov E-mail: hearingdocket@nrc.gov susan.vrahoretis@nrc.gov mary.woods@nrc.gov megan.wright@nrc.gov U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission kevin.bernstein@nrc.gov Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel caitlin.byrd@nrc.gov Mail Stop: T-3F23 Washington, DC 20555-0001 G. Paul Bollwerk, III, Chairman, Counsel for Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC Administrative Judge Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLC Dr. Sue H. Abreu, Administrative Judge 1111 Pennsylvania Ave NW Dr. Arielle J. Miller, Administrative Judge Washington, DC 20004 E-mail: Paul.bollwerk@nrc.gov Paul Bessette Sue.abreu@nrc.gov Ryan K. Lighty Arielle.miller@nrc.gov Scott Clausen Molly Mattison E-mail: paul.bessette@morganlewis.com ryan.lighty@morganlewis.com scott.clausen@morganlewis.com molly.mattison@morganlewis.com
Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC (Oconee Nuclear Station Units 1, 2, and 3, Docket Nos. 50-269, 50-270, and 50 -287 SLR-2)
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER (Regarding Replies to Petitioners Response to NRC Staff Motion Concerning Redacted Documents)
Beyond Nuclear Reactor Oversight Project 7304 Carroll Avenue #182 Duke Energy Corporation Takoma Park, MD 20912 525 South Tryon Street Paul Gunter Charlotte, North Carolina 28202 E-mail: paul@beyondnuclear.org Tracey M. Leroy E-mail: tracey.leroy@duke-energy.com
Counsel for Beyond Nuclear and Sierra Club Harmon, Curran, Spielberg, &
Eisenberg, LLP 1725 DeSales Street, N.W.
Suite 500 Washington, DC 20036 Diane Curran E-mail: dcurran@harmoncurran.com
Office of the Secretary of the Commission
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 1st day of October 2024.
2