ML24299A096
| ML24299A096 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Oconee  |
| Issue date: | 10/25/2024 |
| From: | Mary Woods NRC/OGC |
| To: | Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel |
| SECY RAS | |
| References | |
| RAS 57168, 50-269-SLR-2, 50-270-SLR-2, 50-287-SLR-2 | |
| Download: ML24299A096 (0) | |
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October 25, 2024 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of DUKE ENERGY CAROLINAS, LLC (Oconee Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2, and 3)
Docket No. 50-269-SLR-2, 50-270-SLR-2, 50-287-SLR-2 NRC STAFF OCTOBER 25, 2024, WEEKLY STATUS REPORT As required by the Licensing Boards October 18, 2024, Memorandum and Order,1 the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Staff is filing this status report. On October 15, 2024, the NRC Staff submitted a notification to the Licensing Board regarding identification of a potential inconsistency in the redactions in documents previously submitted to the nonpublic docket as attachments to the NRC Staffs September 25, 2024, Motion.2 The NRC Staff is taking actions consistent with the 2018 Memorandum of Understanding3 with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) regarding NRC Staff Non-Public Attachments A-D4; 1 See Licensing Board Memorandum and Order (Requesting Weekly NRC Staff Status Report on Redaction Review Efforts) (Oct. 18, 2024) (ML24292A130) (October 18, 2024, Memorandum and Order) at 2 (stating, Accordingly, so that the Board has current information on the status of the Staffs redaction review process, we request that beginning on Friday, October 25, 2024, the Staff provide for the public docket of this proceeding a weekly status report on its document redaction efforts that includes a good faith estimate of the specific date by which that redaction process will be completed for the four Appendix 1 documents and for the Board-referred ex parte/separation of functions communications. (footnote omitted)).
2 See NRC Staff October 15, 2024, Notification (Oct. 15, 2024) (ML24289A192). 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)
(ML24269A178) (NRC Staff Motion Regarding Redacted Appendix 1 Documents).
3 See NRC-FERC CEII Memorandum of Understanding Extension Third Addendum (Apr. 23, 2024)
(ML24116A184 (package)). See e.g., Yellow Announcement YA-18-0051, Critical Energy/Electric Infrastructure Information Policy (May 25, 2018) (ML18145A145).
4 See NRC Staff Motion Regarding Redacted Appendix 1 Documents
2 Attachment B to the Licensing Boards October 9, 2024, ex parte/separation of functions Memorandum (nonpublic)5; as well as the ex parte/separation of functions communications associated with the August 19, 2024, ex parte/separation of functions Memorandum and Order6.
The NRC Staff continues to reasonably estimate that this process may be completed by November 8, 2024, as communicated in its October 16, 2024, status update.7 The NRC Staff will provide another status report regarding this matter on Friday, November 1 as directed by the Licensing Boards October 18, 2024, Memorandum and Order.8 Respectfully submitted,
/Signed (electronically) by/
Mary Frances Woods Counsel for NRC Staff Mail Stop: O-14-A44 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Telephone: (301) 287-3514 E-mail: Mary.Woods@nrc.gov Dated in Rockville, MD this 25th day of October 2024 5 See also, Licensing Board Memorandum and Order (Concerning Additional Ex Parte/Separation of Functions Communications) (Oct. 9, 2024) (ML24283A154).
6 See Licensing Board Memorandum and Order (Notice Concerning Ex Parte/Separation of Functions Communications) (Aug. 19, 2024) (ML24232A221).
7 See NRC Staff October 16, 2024, Status Update Regarding Ex Parte/Separation of Functions Communications (Oct. 16, 2024) (ML24290A113).
8 See October 18, 2024, Memorandum and Order at 2-3.
3 October 25, 2024 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of DUKE ENERGY CAROLINAS, LLC (Oconee Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2, and 3)
Docket Nos. 50-269-SLR-2, 50-270-SLR-2, 50-287-SLR-2 Certificate of Service Pursuant to 10 C.F.R §2.305, I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing, NRC STAFF OCTOBER 25, 2024, WEEKLY STATUS REPORT, dated October 25, 2024, have been served upon the Electronic Information Exchange (the NRCs E-Filing System), in the captioned proceeding, this 25th day of October 2024.
/Signed (electronically) by/
Mary Frances Woods Counsel for NRC Staff Mail Stop: O-14-A44 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Telephone: 301-287-3514 E-mail: Mary.Woods@nrc.gov Dated in Rockville, MD this 25th day of October 2024