RA-11-028, Withdrawal of Request for Withholding of Information in RAI Response Application for NRC Consent to Indirect License Transfer for the Proposed Merger of Duke Energy Corporation and Progress Energy Inc

Withdrawal of Request for Withholding of Information in RAI Response Application for NRC Consent to Indirect License Transfer for the Proposed Merger of Duke Energy Corporation and Progress Energy Inc

ML11298A084
Person / Time
Site:	Harris, Brunswick, Crystal River, Robinson, 07200006, 07200003, 07200060
Issue date:	10/18/2011
From:	Alexander D Progress Energy Carolinas, Progress Energy Florida
To:	Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards
References
RA-11-028, TAC ME5970
Download: ML11298A084 (3)

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Progress Ewm 1010 CFR 50.4 CFR 2.390 PO Box 1551 411 Fayetteville Street Mall Raleigh NC 27602 Serial: RA- 11-028 October 18, 2011 United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTENTION: Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555-0001 BRUNSWICK STEAM ELECTRIC PLANT, UNIT NOS. I AND 2 DOCKET NOS. 50-325 AND 50-324 / RENEWED LICENSE NOS. DPR-71 AND DPR-62 BRUNSWICK STEAM ELECTRIC PLANT INDEPENDENT SPENT FUEL STORAGE INSTALLATION DOCKET NO. 72-6 CRYSTAL RIVER UNIT 3 NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT DOCKET NO. 50-302 / LICENSE NO. DPR-72 SHEARON HARRIS NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, UNIT NO. 1 DOCKET NO. 50-400 / RENEWED LICENSE NO. NPF-63 H. B. ROBINSON STEAM ELECTRIC PLANT, UNIT NO. 2 DOCKET NO. 50-261 / RENEWED LICENSE NO. DPR-23 H.B. ROBINSON STEAM ELECTRIC PLANT, UNIT NO. 2 INDEPENDENT SPENT FUEL STORAGE INSTALLATION DOCKET NO. 72-3 / RENEWED LICENSE NO. SNM-2502 H.B. ROBINSON STEAM ELECTRIC PLANT, UNIT NO. 2 INDEPENDENT SPENT FUEL STORAGE INSTALLATION DOCKET NO. 72-60

SUBJECT:

WITHDRAWAL OF REQUEST FOR WITHHOLDING OF INFORMATION IN RAI RESPONSE REGARDING APPLICATION FOR NRC CONSENT TO INDIRECT LICENSE TRANSFER FOR THE PROPOSED MERGER OF DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION AND PROGRESS ENERGY INC.

References:

1. Progress Energy letter from James Scarola to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)

Document Control Desk titled, Applicationfor Approval of Indirect Transfers of Control of Licenses Pursuantto 10 CFR § 50.80 and 10 CFR § 72.50, dated March 30, 2011.

(ML11110A031))

2. NRC e-mail from Brenda L. Mozafari titled, CPL and FPL Indirect License Transfer (TAC No.

ME5970), dated July 22, 2011

3. Progress Energy letter from James Scarola to the NRC Document Control Desk titled, Response To Request For Additional Information RegardingApplication ForNRC Consent To Indirect License Transfer For The ProposedMerger Qf Duke Energy CorporationAnd ProgressEnergy Inc., dated September 2, 2011 (ML11255A129)

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United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission RA-1 1-028 Page 2 Ladies and Gentlemen:

Carolina Power & Light Company (CP&L) and Florida Power Corporation (FPC) submitted the Applicationfor Approval of Indirect Transfers of Control of Licenses Pursuantto 10 CFR § 50.80 and 10 CFR § 72.50, dated March 30, 2011, for the licensees listed above via Reference 1. A Request for Additional Information (RAI), Reference 2, was received via e-mail on July 22, 2011. CP&L and FPC responded to the RAI via Reference 3 on September 2, 2011.

Reference 3, Enclosure 1, Attachment 2, contained post-merger Tier 3 and 4 Nuclear Generation organizational design charts for which CP&L and FPC requested withholding in accordance with 10 CFR 2.390(a)(4). The Tier 3 and 4 Nuclear Generation organizational charts have since been released to employees. Therefore, CP&L and FPC withdraw their request to withhold the information contained in Reference 3.

This document contains no new regulatory commitments.

Please contact me at (919) 546-5357 if you have any additional questions.

Sincerely, Donna Alexander Interim Manager - Nuclear Regulatory Affairs DBA

United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission RA-1 1-028 Page 3 cc: USNRC - Region II USNRC Resident Inspector - BSEP, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 USNRC Resident Inspector - CR3 USNRC Resident Inspector - SHNPP, Unit No. 1 USNRC Resident Inspector - HBRSEP, Unit No. 2 USNRC - Director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation USNRC - Director, Division of Spent Fuel Storage and Transportation, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Susan Uttal, Esq., NRC OGC Thomas Fredrichs, Senior Level Advisor for Financial Matters, NRR John Stang, NRR Project Manager - ONS, Unit Nos. 1, 2 and 3 Jon Thompson, NRR Project Manager - CNS, Unit Nos. 1 and 2; MNS Unit Nos. 1 and 2 Farideh Saba, NRR Project Manager - BSEP, Unit Nos. 1 and 2; CR3 Brenda Mozafari, NRR Project Manager - SHNPP, Unit No. 1; HBRSEP, Unit No. 2 Lara S. Nichols, Esq., Duke Energy Corporation, Vice President - Legal David T. Conley, Esq., Progress Energy Service Company, LLC, Senior Counsel John H. O'Neill, Jr., Esq., Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP