ML15128A143

G20110506/LTR-11-0402/EDATS: SECY-2011-0402, G20110492/LTR-11-0382/EDATS: OEDO-2011-0387 - FRN, 2.206 Final Director'S Decision, Petitioner Thomas Saporito Related to Cooper Nuclear Station and Fort Calhoun Station

ML15128A143
Person / Time
Site:	Fort Calhoun, 05000001
Issue date:	06/03/2015
From:	Marilyn Evans Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:
Lyon C
References
DD-15-05, G20110492, G20110506, LTR-11-0382, LTR-11-0402, NRC-2012-0014, OEDO-2011-0387, SECY-2011-0402, TAC MF6622, TAC MF6681
Download: ML15128A143 (4)

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50-285 and 50-298; NRC-2012-0014]

Omaha Public Power District, Nebraska Public Power District AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Directors decision under 10 CFR 2.206; issuance.

SUMMARY

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued a directors decision with regard to petitions dated June 26 and July 3, 2011, filed by Mr. Thomas Saporito (the petitioner), requesting that the NRC take action with regard to Fort Calhoun Station (FCS),

Unit 1 and Cooper Nuclear Station (CNS), respectively. The petitioners requests and the directors decision are included in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.

DATES: [INSERT DATE OF PUBLICATION IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER].

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2012-0014 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You may obtain publicly-available information related to this document using any of the following methods:

• Federal Rulemaking Web Site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2012-0014. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-3463; e-mail: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document.

• NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS):

You may obtain publicly available documents online in the ADAMS Public Documents collection at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ADAMS Public Documents and then select Begin Web-based ADAMS Search. For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRCs Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by e-mail to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The ADAMS accession number for each document referenced (if it available in ADAMS) is provided the first time that a document is referenced.

• NRCs PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public documents at the NRCs PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred Lyon, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-2296, e-mail: Fred.Lyon@nrc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Notice is hereby given that the Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, has issued a directors decision (ADAMS Accession No. ML14128A141) on petitions filed by the petitioner on June 26 and July 3, 2011 (ADAMS Accession Nos. ML11182B029 and ML11192A285, respectively). The petitioner supplemented the petitions by teleconference on August 29, 2011 (ADAMS Accession No. ML11256A036).

The petitioner requested that the NRC issue a confirmatory order against Omaha Public Power District (OPPD), the licensee for FCS, prohibiting the licensee from restarting FCS, and issue a confirmatory order to Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD), the licensee for CNS, requiring the licensee to bring CNS to a cold shutdown mode of operation, until: (1) the floodwaters subside to an appreciably lower level or to sea level, (2) the licensee upgrades its flood protection plan, (3) the licensee repairs and enhances its current flood protection berms, and (4) the licensee upgrades its station blackout procedures to meet a challenging extended loss of offsite power because of floodwaters and other natural disasters or terrorist attacks.

On August 29, 2011, the petitioner participated in a teleconference with the NRCs Petition Review Board. The meeting provided the petitioner an opportunity to provide additional information and to clarify issues cited in the petition. The transcript for that meeting is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML11256A036.

The NRC sent a copy of the proposed directors decision to the petitioner, NPPD, and OPPD for comment on April 15, 2015 (ADAMS Accession Nos. ML15062A354, ML15062A362, and ML15062A366, respectively). The petitioner and the licensees were asked to provide comments within 14 days on any part of the proposed directors decision that was considered to be erroneous or any issues in the petition that were not addressed. The staff did not receive any comments on the proposed directors decision.

The Director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation has determined that the requests, to prevent the restart of FCS or to bring CNS to cold shutdown, be denied. The reasons for this decision are explained in the directors decision DD-15-05 pursuant to 10 CFR 2.206 of the Commissions regulations.

The NRC will file a copy of the directors decision with the Secretary of the Commission for the Commissions review in accordance with 10 CFR 2.206. As provided by this regulation, the directors decision will constitute the final action of the Commission 25 days after the date of the decision unless the Commission, on its own motion, institutes a review of the directors decision in that time.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 3rd day of June 2015.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

/RA/

Michele G. Evans, Acting Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.