ML24291A105
| ML24291A105 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Palisades  |
| Issue date: | 10/17/2024 |
| From: | Emily Krause Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel |
| To: | Beyond Nuclear, Don't Waste Michigan, Holtec Decommissioning International, Holtec Palisades, Michigan Safe Energy Future, NRC/OGC, Nuclear Energy Information Service, Three Mile Island Alert |
| SECY RAS | |
| References | |
| RAS 57155, 50-255-LA-3, ASLBP 24-986-01-LA-BD01 | |
| Download: ML24291A105 (0) | |
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD Before Administrative Judges:
Emily I. Krause, Chair Dr. Gary S. Arnold Dr. Arielle J. Miller In the Matter of HOLTEC DECOMMISSIONING INTERNATIONAL, LLC, AND HOLTEC PALISADES, LLC (Palisades Nuclear Plant)
Docket No. 50-255-LA-3 ASLBP No. 24-986-01-LA-BD01 October 17, 2024 MEMORANDUM AND ORDER (Amending Initial Prehearing Order)
On October 10, Beyond Nuclear, Dont Waste Michigan, Michigan Safe Energy Future, Three Mile Island Alert, and Nuclear Energy Information Service (collectively, Petitioning Organizations) filed a hearing request in the captioned proceeding,1 which was referred to the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel on October 16.2 Petitioning Organizations seek to challenge an exemption request and four license amendment requests filed by Holtec Decommissioning International, LLC, and Holtec Palisades, LLC (collectively, Holtec) to support a potential return of the Palisades Nuclear Plant to power operations.
1 See Petition to Intervene and Request for Adjudicatory Hearing by Beyond Nuclear, Dont Waste Michigan, Michigan Safe Energy Future, Three Mile Island Alert and Nuclear Energy Information Service (dated Oct. 7, 2024; filed Oct. 10, 2024). Petitioning Organizations initially filed their hearing request on October 7, 2024the deadline for hearing requests in this proceedingbut submitted the request on the docket for the Palisades license transfer proceeding, docket number 50-255-LT-3. See 89 Fed. Reg. 64,486, 64,487 (Aug. 7, 2024)
(license amendment); 89 Fed. Reg. 64,493, 64,493 (Aug. 7, 2024) (license transfer).
2 See Memorandum from Carrie M. Safford, Secretary of the Commission, to E. Roy Hawkens, Chief Administrative Judge, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel (Oct. 16, 2024) at 1.
This Licensing Board was established on September 17, 2024, upon the referral of a hearing request filed by Alan Blind on behalf of eight petitioners (collectively, Joint Petitioners).3 We issued an initial prehearing order on September 19, 2024, which set forth a briefing schedule for answers and replies.4 This order amends that briefing schedule.
Holtecs and the NRC Staffs answers to Joint Petitioners and Petitioning Organizations hearing requests are due November 4, 2024. Joint Petitioners and Petitioning Organizations replies are due November 12, 2024. All other directives in our initial prehearing order continue to apply.
It is so ORDERED.
FOR THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD Emily I. Krause, Chair ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE Rockville, Maryland October 17, 2024 3 See Establishment of Atomic Safety and Licensing Board; Holtec Decommissioning International, LLC, and Holtec Palisades, LLC, 89 Fed. Reg. 77,546, 77,546 (Sept. 23, 2024).
4 See Licensing Board Order (Initial Prehearing Order) (Sept. 19, 2024) at 2.
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION In the Matter of
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HOLTEC DECOMMISSIONING
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Docket No. 50-255-LA-3 INTERNATIONAL, LLC, AND HOLTEC
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PALISADES, LLC
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(Palisades Nuclear Plant)
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing MEMORANDUM AND ORDER (Amending Initial Prehearing Order) 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 Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Emily I. Krause, Chair, Administrative Judge Dr. Gary S. Arnold, Administrative Judge Dr. Arielle J. Miller, Administrative Judge Whitlee Dean, Law Clerk Georgia Rock, Law Clerk Email: Emily.Krause@nrc.gov Gary.Arnold@nrc.gov Arielle.Miller@nrc.gov Whitlee.Dean@nrc.gov Georgia.Rock@nrc.gov U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of the General Counsel Mail Stop - O-14A44 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Julie G. Ezell Peter L. Lom, Esq.
Anita G. Naber, Esq.
David E. Roth, Esq.
Michael A. Spencer, Esq.
Susan H. Vrahoretis, Esq.
, Paralegal Caitlin R. Byrd, Paralegal Email: Julie.Ezell@nrc.gov Peter.Lon@nrc.gov Anita.ghoshnaber@nrc.gov David.Roth@nrc.gov Michael.Spencer@nrc.gov Susan.Vrahoretis@nrc.gov Caitlin.Byrd@nrc.gov Counsel for Holtec Decommissioning International, LLC and Holtec Palisades, LLC Balch and Bingham LLP 1710 Sixth Avenue North Birmingham, AL 35203 M. Stanford Blanton, Esq.
Grant Eskelsen, Esq.
Alan D. Lovett, Esq.
Email: sblanton@balch.com geskelsen@balch.com alovett@balch.com
Palisades Nuclear Plant, Docket No. 50-255-LA-3 MEMORANDUM AND ORDER (Amending Initial Prehearing Order) 2 Representative for the Petitioners (who reside within the Palisades Emergency Planning Zone)
Arthur Blind 1000 West Shawnee Road Baroda, MI 49101 Email: a.alan.blind@gmail.com Counsel for Beyond Nuclear, Dont Waste Michigan, Michigan Safe Energy Future, Three Mile Island Alert, and Nuclear Energy Information services Wallace L. Taylor 4403 1st Ave. S.E., Suite 402 Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52402 Email: wtaylorlaw@aol.com Office of the Secretary of the Commission Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 17th day of October 2024.
CLARA SOLA Digitally signed by CLARA SOLA Date: 2024.10.17 10:39:18 -04'00'