ML25205A193
| ML25205A193 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Palisades  |
| Issue date: | 07/24/2025 |
| From: | Naber A NRC/OGC |
| To: | NRC/OCM |
| SECY RAS | |
| References | |
| RAS 57419, ASLBP 24-986-01-LA-BD01, 50-255-LA-3 | |
| Download: ML25205A193 (0) | |
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE COMMISSION In the Matter of HOLTEC DECOMMISSIONING INTERNATIONAL, LLC, AND HOLTEC PALISADES, LLC (Palisades Nuclear Plant)
Docket Nos. 50-255-LA-3 NOTIFICATION The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Staff is filing this notification to inform the Commission and the participants in this matter that on July 24, 2025, the Staff issued several licensing and regulatory actions relevant to this proceeding. These actions include: 1) a license amendment approving revisions to the operating license and technical specifications to support the resumption of power operations at Palisades Nuclear Plant (Palisades) (ADAMS Accession No. ML25157A127); 2) a license amendment approving revisions to the administrative controls section of the technical specifications to support the resumption of power operations at Palisades (ML25157A107); 3) a license amendment approving revisions to the Palisades site emergency plan (ML25150A281); 4) a license amendment approving revisions to the Palisades main steam line break analysis (ML25156A045); and 5) an exemption from the 10 CFR 50.82(a)(2) restriction that prohibits reactor power operations and retention of fuel in the reactor vessel to allow for a one-time rescission of the docketed 10 CFR 50.82(a)(1) certifications (ML25163A182). The Staff made a final no significant hazards consideration determination for each license amendment. The staff concurrently issued its approval of a license transfer application to transfer operating authority of Palisades from Holtec Decommissioning International, LLC, to Palisades Energy, LLC, and a conforming amendment reflecting the transfer (Package No. ML25167A245).
Although the Staff issued these actions today, the license amendments and exemption are conditioned such that the plant cannot return to an operational status and would not be authorized to receive or load fuel, earlier than August 25, 2025. This is in line with the licensees July 1, 2025, Notification of Readiness for Transition to Power Operations Licensing Basis letter (ML25182A066).
The licensing and regulatory actions and related publicly available documents may be obtained online in the NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Public Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.
Respectfully submitted,
/Signed (electronically) by/
Anita Ghosh Naber Counsel for NRC Staff Mail Stop: O-15-B05 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Telephone: (301) 415-0764 E-mail: anita.ghoshnaber@nrc.gov Dated July 24, 2025
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE COMMISSION In the Matter of HOLTEC DECOMMISSIONING INTERNATIONAL, LLC, AND HOLTEC PALISADES, LLC (Palisades Nuclear Plant)
Docket Nos. 50-255-LA-3 Certificate of Service Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.305, I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing notification, dated July 24, 2025, have been served upon the Electronic Information Exchange (the NRCs E-Filing System), in the captioned proceeding, this 24th day of July 2025.
/Signed (electronically) by/
Anita Ghosh Naber Counsel for NRC Staff Mail Stop: O-15-B05 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Telephone: (301) 415-0764 E-mail: anita.ghoshnaber@nrc.gov Dated July 24, 2025