80 FR 59832 - Florida Power & Light Company Turkey Point Nuclear Generating, Units 3 and 4

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 191 (October 2, 2015)

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued a director's decision with regard to a petition dated July 18, 2014, as supplemented on September 3, 2014, filed by Mr. Thomas Saporito (the petitioner), requesting that the NRC take action with regard to Turkey Point Nuclear Generating, Units 3 and 4. The petitioner's requests and the director's decision are included in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 191 (Friday, October 2, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59832-59833]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-25126]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50-250, and 50-251; NRC-2015-0011]


Florida Power & Light Company Turkey Point Nuclear Generating, 
Units 3 and 4

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Director's decision; issuance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued a 
director's decision with regard to a petition dated July 18, 2014, as 
supplemented on September 3, 2014, filed by Mr. Thomas Saporito (the 
petitioner), requesting that the NRC take action with regard to Turkey 
Point Nuclear Generating, Units 3 and 4. The petitioner's requests and 
the director's decision are included in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION 
section of this document.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2015-0011 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-2015-0011. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; email: [email protected].
     NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System 
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then select ``Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, 
please contact the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 
1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by email to [email protected]. The 
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is available in ADAMS) is provided the first time that a document is 
referenced.
     NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public 
documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555 
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that the Director, 
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, NRC has issued Director's 
Decision DD-15-10 (ADAMS Accession No. ML15237A181) for a petition 
filed by Mr. Thomas Saporito (the petitioner) on July 18, 2014, as 
supplemented on September 3, 2014 (ADAMS Package Accession No. 
ML14202A521).
    The petitioner requested that the NRC take enforcement action 
against Florida Power & Light Company (the licensee) regarding the 
Turkey Point Nuclear Generating, Units 3 and 4. Specifically, the 
petitioner requested that the NRC suspend or revoke the licenses for 
Turkey Point, issue a violation with a civil penalty of $1 million, and 
issue a confirmatory order that the plant stays in a cold shutdown mode 
until the licensee completes (1) an independent assessment (through a 
contractor) to assess, fully understand, and correct the root cause of 
the rise in ultimate heat sink (UHS) temperature; (2) a comprehensive 
evaluation of all nuclear safety-related equipment and components that 
may have been affected; and (3) an independent evaluation of all 
nuclear safety-related equipment and components that may have been 
affected.
    On September 3, 2015, the petitioner addressed the NRC's Petition 
Review Board by teleconference. 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. ML14266A123.
    The NRC reviewed the petition, its supplements, and the transcripts 
from the meeting on September 3, 2014, and referred the request to the 
Director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. By letter dated 
January 30, 2015 (ADAMS Accession No. ML14349A597), the Deputy Director 
determined that the petitioner's request that the NRC take enforcement 
action until the licensee completes an independent root cause 
assessment for the rise in UHS temperature met the criteria for review 
under the petition process. The Deputy Director determined that the 
other requests in the petition did not meet the criteria for review 
under the petition process.
    By letters to the petitioner and licensee dated July 27, 2015 
(ADAMS Accession Nos. ML15162B048 and ML15162B050, respectively), the 
NRC issued the proposed director's decision (ADAMS Accession No. 
ML15162B053) for comment. The petitioner and the licensee were asked to 
provide comments within 15 days on any part of the proposed director's 
decision that was considered to be erroneous or any issues in the 
petition that were not addressed. Comments were received from the 
petitioner by electronic mail dated August 5, 2015, and August 12,

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2015 (ADAMS Accession Nos. ML15237A170 and ML15229B009, respectively) 
and are addressed in an attachment to the final director's decision.
    The Director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation has denied 
the petitioner's request that the NRC take enforcement action until the 
licensee completes an independent root
    cause assessment for the rise in UHS temperature. The reasons for 
this decision are explained in Director's Decision DD-15-10 pursuant to 
Section 2.206 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 
of the Commission's regulations.
    The NRC will file a copy of the director's decision with the 
Secretary of the Commission for the Commission's review in accordance 
with 10 CFR 2.206. As provided by this regulation, the director's 
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 director's decision in that time.

    Rockville, Maryland, this 23rd day of September 2015.
    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
William M. Dean,
Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2015-25126 Filed 10-1-15; 8:45 am]
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