ML24337A160
| ML24337A160 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Oconee  |
| Issue date: | 12/02/2024 |
| From: | Bollwerk G Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel |
| To: | Beyond Nuclear, Duke Energy Carolinas, NRC/OGC, Sierra Club |
| SECY RAS | |
| References | |
| RAS 57208, 50-287-SLR-2, 50-269-SLR-2, 50-270-SLR-2, ASLBP 24-985-03-SLR-BD01 | |
| Download: ML24337A160 (0) | |
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD Before Administrative Judges:
G. Paul Bollwerk, III, Chair Dr. Sue H. Abreu Dr. Arielle J. Miller 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, and 50-287-SLR-2 ASLBP No. 24-985-03-SLR-BD01 December 2, 2024 MEMORANDUM (Fourth Notice Regarding Issuance of Decision)
The Licensing Board today issued a memorandum and order that, among other things, places redacted versions of previously nonpublic materials into the public docket of this proceeding.1 This constitutes substantial progress in resolving the issue of the proper treatment of potential nonpublic information in this proceeding that has postponed the Boards issuance of its decision on the pending hearing request of petitioners Beyond Nuclear, Inc., and the Sierra Club, Inc. (collectively Petitioners).2 1 See Licensing Board Memorandum and Order ((Rulings Regarding Protective Order Reconsideration/Clarification Motions and Submissions Concerning Public Release of Redacted Versions of June 24, 2024 Initial Prehearing Conference Transcript, Four Filings by Petitioners, and Ex Parte/Separation of Functions Communications; Establishing Briefing Schedule for Challenging Withholding of Redacted Information) (Dec. 2. 2024) at 20 (unpublished)
[hereinafter Board Decision Regarding Public Release of Redacted Documents].
2 See id. at 15 n.12; see also Licensing Board Memorandum (Regarding the Need in Weekly Status Reports to Provide a Good Faith Date-Specific Estimate for Completing the Redaction Process) (Nov. 18, 2024) at 2 (indicating that finalizing any redaction process regarding Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information (SUNSI) associated with this Also under the terms of that December 2, 2024 order, the participants have been afforded an opportunity to address the issue whether the doctrine of official acknowledgment provides a basis for finding that information in this proceeding derived from previously publicly available agency records that now has been identified and redacted as SUNSI is ineligible for subsequent withholding from the public record of this proceeding. See Board Decision Regarding Public Release of Redacted Documents at 16-19. Accordingly, pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.309(j)(1), the Licensing Board hereby advises the Commission and the participants to this proceeding that, consistent with the briefing schedule established by that ruling, the Board anticipates issuing decisions on that matter and on Petitioners pending hearing request on or before Friday, January 17, 2025.
FOR THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD G. Paul Bollwerk, III, Chair ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE Rockville, Maryland December 2, 2024 proceeding has been a central component in the Boards ongoing effort to ensure the proper treatment of any nonpublic information contained in any docketed materials in this proceeding)
(unpublished).
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION In the Matter of
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DUKE ENERGY CAROLINAS, LLC,
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Docket Nos. 50-269 SLR-2
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50-270 SLR-2
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50-287 SLR-2
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(Oconee Nuclear Station Units 1, 2, and 3)
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing MEMORANDUM (Fourth Notice Regarding Issuance of Decision) 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 G. Paul Bollwerk, III, Chairman, Administrative Judge Dr. Sue H. Abreu, Administrative Judge Dr. Arielle J. Miller, Administrative Judge E-mail: Paul.bollwerk@nrc.gov Sue.abreu@nrc.gov Arielle.miller@nrc.gov U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of the General Counsel Mail Stop - O-14A44 Washington, DC 20555-0001 David Roth Susan H. Vrahoretis Mary Frances Woods Megan Wright Kevin Bernstein E-mail: david.roth@nrc.gov susan.vrahoretis@nrc.gov mary.woods@nrc.gov megan.wright@nrc.gov kevin.bernstein@nrc.gov Counsel for Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLC 1111 Pennsylvania Ave NW Washington, DC 20004 Paul Bessette Ryan K. Lighty 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 (Fourth Notice Regarding Issuance of Decision) 2 Duke Energy Corporation 525 South Tryon Street Charlotte, North Carolina 28202 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 Beyond Nuclear Reactor Oversight Project 7304 Carroll Avenue #182 Takoma Park, MD 20912 Paul Gunter E-mail: paul@beyondnuclear.org Office of the Secretary of the Commission Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 2nd day of December 2024.
KRISTEN HALOJ Digitally signed by KRISTEN HALOJ Date: 2024.12.02 12:45:55 -05'00'