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NRC Staff Notification Re Nsla
ML19225D006
Person / Time
Site: Pilgrim
Issue date: 08/13/2019
From: Jennifer Scro
NRC/OGC
To:
NRC/OCM
SECY RAS
References
50-293 LT, 72-1044 LT, License Transfer, RAS 55164
Download: ML19225D006 (5)


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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE COMMISSION In the Matter of Docket No. 50-293-LT ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC.,

72-1044 ENTERGY NUCLEAR GENERATION COMPANY, HOLTEC INTERNATIONAL, and HOLTEC DECOMMISSIONING INTERNATIONAL, LLC (Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station)

NOTIFICATION The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Staff is filing this notification to inform all participants that the Staff provided the Commission with a Notification of Significant Licensing Action stating that, on or about August 21, 2019, the Staff intends to issue an order approving the direct transfer of control of the Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-35 for the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station from Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., to Holtec Decommissioning International, LLC (HDI). The order would also provide for the indirect transfer of the ownership interest of Entergy Nuclear Generation Company, which will be renamed Holtec Pilgrim, LLC, to Holtec International. Simultaneously with the license transfer order, the Staff intends to grant an exemption to Holtec Pilgrim and HDI related to the use of funds from the decommissioning trust fund for spent fuel management and site restoration activities. The NSLA is attached.

Respectfully submitted,

/Signed (electronically) by/

Jennifer Scro Counsel for the NRC Staff U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop O14-A44 Washington, DC 20555 Telephone: (301) 287-9081 E-mail: Jennifer.Scro@nrc.gov

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE COMMISSION In the Matter of ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC., Docket No. 50-293-LT ENTERGY NUCLEAR GENERATION 72-1044 COMPANY, HOLTEC INTERNATIONAL, and HOLTEC DECOMMISSIONING INTERNATIONAL, LLC (Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station)

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.305, I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing notification, dated August 13, 2019, have been filed through the Electronic Information Exchange, the NRCs E-Filing System, in the above-captioned proceeding, this 13th day of August 2019.

/Signed (electronically) by/

Jennifer Scro Counsel for the NRC Staff U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop O14-A44 Washington, DC 20555 Telephone: (301) 287-9081 E-mail: Jennifer.Scro@nrc.gov

August 13, 2019 OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION NOTIFICATION OF SIGNIFICANT LICENSING ACTION LICENSEE: Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station Docket Nos. 50-293 and 72-1044

SUBJECT:

PROPOSED ISSUANCE OF AN ORDER APPROVING A LICENSE TRANSFER APPLICATION FOR WHICH A HEARING HAS BEEN REQUESTED (EPID L-2018-LLO-0003)

This is to inform the Commission that an order approving (1) the direct transfer of control of the Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-35 for the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station (Pilgrim), and its general license for the Pilgrim Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation, from Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., to Holtec Decommissioning International, LLC (HDI) as the operator for decommissioning, and (2) the indirect transfer of Entergy Nuclear Generation Companys (to be renamed Holtec Pilgrim, LLC) ownership interests in the facility to Holtec International (Holtec), will be issued on or about August 21, 2019. This action is being taken in response to the license transfer application dated November 16, 2018, as supplemented on November 16, 2018, April 17, 2019, and July 29, 2019. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will issue a regulatory exemption to Holtec Pilgrim, LLC and HDI related to the use of funds from the Pilgrim decommissioning trust fund for spent fuel management and site restoration activities simultaneously with the license transfer order. The NRC also plans to issue a conforming amendment for the facility operating license for administrative purposes to reflect the approved license transfer after consummation of the license transfer transaction.

The NRC received two hearing requests on the license transfer application from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and Pilgrim Watch on February 20, 2019. On April 24, 2019, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts filed a motion to supplement its hearing request. On April 26, 2019 and May 9, 2019, Pilgrim Watch filed motions to supplement its hearing request.

On July 16, 2019, Pilgrim Watch submitted a motion to file a new contention. On August 1, 2019, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts filed a motion to stay the license transfer proceeding for 90 days to permit the completion of settlement negotiations. These requests are pending before the Commission. The hearing, if granted, will not be completed prior to approval of the license transfer application. The order approving the transfer will include a condition that the NRC staffs approval of the license transfer is subject to the Commissions authority to CONTACT: Scott P. Wall, NRR (301) 415-2855

rescind, modify, or condition the approved transfer based on the outcome of any post-effectiveness hearing on the license transfer application. See Susquehanna Nuclear, LLC (Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2), CLI-17-4, 85 NRC 59, 61 n.5 (Mar. 24, 2017); Power Auth. of the State of N.Y. (James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant), CLI-01-14, 53 NRC 488, 502, 554-55 (2001) (citing Long Island Lighting Co. (Shoreham Nuclear Power Station, Unit 1), CLI-92-4, 35 NRC 69, 80 n.7 (1992)).

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts was notified on August 13, 2019, that the NRC intends to issue the Order approving the transfer and the conforming amendment and grant the exemption for the use of the decommissioning trust fund for spent fuel management and site restoration activities.

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