83 FR 45687 - In the Matter of Dominion Energy, Inc., and SCANA Corporation Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station (VCSNS), Units 1, 2, and 3, and the ISFSI
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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 175 (Monday, September 10, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 45687-45688] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-19578] [[Page 45687]] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket Nos. 50-395, 52-027, 52-028, and 72-1038; Renewed Operating License No. NPF-12; Combined License Nos. NPF-93 and NPF-94; and the General License for the Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI); NRC-2018-0043] In the Matter of Dominion Energy, Inc., and SCANA Corporation Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station (VCSNS), Units 1, 2, and 3, and the ISFSI AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Indirect transfer of license; Orders. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing Orders approving an application filed by South Carolina Electric & Gas Company and Dominion Energy, Inc. (Dominion Energy) on January 25, 2018. The application sought NRC approval of the indirect transfer of Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF-12 and Combined License Nos. NPF-93 and NPF-94 for Summer, Units 1, 2, and 3, respectively, and the general license for the Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation, from the ultimate parent, SCANA Corporation, to Dominion Energy. The NRC's approval of the indirect license transfer is subject to certain conditions, which are described in the Orders. No physical changes to the facility or operational changes were proposed in the application. The Orders were effective upon issuance. DATES: The Orders were issued on August 30, 2018, and are effective for 1 year. ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2018-0043 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 Website: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2018-0035. Address questions about NRC dockets to Jennifer Borges; telephone: 301-287- 9127; email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document. NRC's 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 ``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 ADAMS accession number for each document referenced (if it is available in ADAMS) is provided the first time that it is mentioned in this document. 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. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shawn Williams, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-1009; email: [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The text of the Orders are attached. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 5th of September 2018. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Shawn A. Williams, Senior Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch II-1, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. Attachment--Orders Approving Indirect Transfer of License United States of America Nuclear Regulatory Commission In the Matter of: SCANA Corporation, South Carolina Electric & Gas Company, Dominion Energy, Inc.,Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station, Unit No. 1, and Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation Docket Nos. 50-395, 72-1038 Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF-12; and, General License for the Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation ORDER APPROVING INDIRECT TRANSFER OF LICENSES I. South Carolina Electric & Gas Company (SCE&G) and the South Carolina Public Service Authority (Santee Cooper) are the holders of Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF-12 and the general license for the Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI) for the Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station, Unit No. 1, and the ISFSI (together, VCSNS). SCE&G is the licensed operator of VCSNS. SCE&G is a wholly owned subsidiary of SCANA Corporation (SCANA). VCSNS is located in Fairfield County, South Carolina. II. By application dated January 25, 2018, SCE&G, acting for itself and its parent company, SCANA, and Dominion Energy, Inc. (Dominion Energy) (together, the Applicants) requested, pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), Section 50.80 (10 CFR 50.80), that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) consent to the indirect transfer of SCE&G's two-thirds ownership interest in the Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF-12, Combined License Nos. NPF-93 and NPF-94, and the general license for the associated ISFSI. The proposed indirect transfer does not involve Santee Cooper's one-third ownership interest in VCSNS. The Combined License Nos. NPF-93 and NPF-94 indirect license transfer is addressed in a separate Order. The proposed indirect license transfer would facilitate a merger between Dominion Energy and SCANA, the parent company of SCE&G. The transaction would be effected through the merger of SCANA and Sedona Corp. (Sedona), which is a South Carolina corporation and subsidiary of Dominion Energy formed for the sole purpose of merging with SCANA. Sedona would be merged with and into SCANA, with SCANA remaining as the surviving corporation, which will be a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Dominion Energy. Approval of the indirect transfer of the Renewed Facility Operating License and ISFSI was requested by SCE&G and Dominion Energy. A notice entitled, ``Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station, Unit 1, 2, and 3, and Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation; Consideration of Approval of Transfer of License,'' was published in the Federal Register on March 8, 2018 (83 FR 9876). No comments or hearing requests were received. Under 10 CFR 50.80, no license, or any right thereunder, shall be transferred, directly or indirectly, through transfer of control of the license, unless the NRC gives its consent in writing. After the indirect transfer, SCE&G would remain a wholly owned subsidiary of SCANA, which in turn would become a wholly owned subsidiary of Dominion Energy. SCE&G would remain the licensed owner and operator of VCSNS. Upon review of the information in the application, and other information before the Commission, the NRC staff has determined that the Applicants are qualified to hold the licenses to the extent proposed to permit the indirect transfer. The NRC staff has also determined that indirect transfer of the licenses, as described in the application, is otherwise consistent with the applicable provisions of law, regulations, and orders issued by the NRC, pursuant thereto, subject to the conditions set forth below. The findings set forth above are supported by a safety evaluation dated August 30, 2018. III. Accordingly, pursuant to Sections 161b, 161i, 161o, and 184 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), 42 U.S.C. Sec. 2201(b), 2201(i), 2201(o), and 2234; and 10 CFR 50.80, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the application regarding the proposed indirect license transfer is approved for Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station, Unit No. 1, and the ISFSI. IT IS ORDERED that after receipt of all required regulatory approvals of the proposed indirect transfer action, SCE&G shall inform the Director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation in writing of such [[Page 45688]] receipt no later than 2 business days prior to the date of the closing of the indirect transfer. Should the proposed indirect transfer not be completed within 1 year of this Order's date of issue, this Order shall become null and void, provided, however, upon written application and good cause shown, such date may be extended by order. This Order is effective upon issuance. For further details with respect to this Order, see the initial application dated January 25, 2018 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML18025C035), and the Safety Evaluation dated August 30, 2018 (ADAMS Accession No. ML18129A076), which are available for public inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room (PDR), located at One White Flint North, Public File Area 01 F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland. Publicly available documents created or received at the NRC are accessible electronically through ADAMS in the NRC Library at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. Persons who do not have access to ADAMS or who encounter problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, should contact the NRC PDR reference staff by telephone at 1-800-397-4209, or 301-415-4737, or by email to [email protected]. Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 30th day of August 2018. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Joseph G. Giitter, Director, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation United States of America Nuclear Regulatory Commission In the Matter of: SCANA Corporation, South Carolina Electric and Gas Company, Dominion Energy, Inc., Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station, Unit Nos. 2 and 3 Docket Nos. 52-027, 52-028 Combined License Nos. NPF-93 and NPF-94 ORDER APPROVING INDIRECT TRANSFER OF LICENSES I. South Carolina Electric & Gas Company (SCE&G) and the South Carolina Public Service Authority (Santee Cooper) are the holders of Combined License (COL) Nos. NPF-93 and NPF-94 for the Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station (VCSNS), Unit Nos. 2 and 3. SCE&G is a wholly owned subsidiary of SCANA Corporation (SCANA). VCSNS is located in Fairfield County, South Carolina. II. By application dated January 25, 2018, SCE&G, acting for itself and its parent company, SCANA, and Dominion Energy, Inc. (Dominion Energy) (together, the Applicants) requested, pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), Section 50.80 (10 CFR 50.80), that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) consent to the indirect transfer of SCE&G's two-thirds ownership interest in Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF-12, Combined License Nos. NPF-93 and NPF-94, and the general license for the associated ISFSI. The proposed indirect transfer does not involve Santee Cooper's one- third ownership interest in VCSNS, Units 2 and 3. The Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF-12 and the general license for the ISFSI indirect license transfer is addressed in a separate Order. The proposed indirect license transfer would facilitate a merger between Dominion Energy and SCANA, the parent company of SCE&G. The merger would be effected through the merger of SCANA and Sedona Corp. (Sedona), which is a South Carolina corporation and subsidiary of Dominion Energy formed for the sole purpose of merging with SCANA. Sedona would be merged with and into SCANA, with SCANA remaining as the surviving corporation which will be a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Dominion Energy. Approval of the indirect transfer of the Combined License Nos. NPF-93 and NPF-94 was requested by SCE&G and Dominion Energy. A notice entitled, ``Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station, Unit 1, 2, and 3, and Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation; Consideration of Approval of Transfer of License,'' was published in the Federal Register on March 8, 2018 (83 FR 9876). No comments or hearing requests were received. Under 10 CFR 50.80, no license, or any right thereunder, shall be transferred, directly or indirectly, through transfer of control of the license, unless the NRC gives its consent in writing. After the indirect transfer, SCE&G would remain a wholly owned subsidiary of SCANA, which in turn would become a wholly owned subsidiary of Dominion Energy. SCE&G would remain the licensed two-thirds owner and operator of VCSNS, Units 2 and 3. Upon review of the information in the licensee's application, and other information before the Commission, the NRC staff has determined that the Applicants are qualified to hold the license to the extent proposed to permit the indirect transfer. The NRC staff has also determined that indirect transfer of the licenses, as described in the application, is otherwise consistent with the applicable provisions of law, regulations, and orders issued by the NRC, pursuant thereto, subject to the conditions set forth below. The findings set forth above are supported by a safety evaluation dated August 30, 2018. III. Accordingly, pursuant to Sections 161b, 161i, 161o, and 184 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), 42 U.S.C. Sec. 2201(b), 2201(i), 2201(o), and 2234; and 10 CFR 50.80 and 52.105, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the application regarding the proposed indirect license transfer is approved for Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station, Unit Nos. 2 and 3. IT IS ORDERED that after receipt of all required regulatory approvals of the proposed indirect transfer action, SCG&E shall inform the Director of the Office of New Reactors in writing of such receipt no later than 2 business days prior to the date of the closing of the indirect transfer. Should the proposed indirect transfer not be completed within 1 year of this Order's date of issue, this Order shall become null and void, provided, however, upon written application and good cause shown, such date may be extended by order. This Order is effective upon issuance. For further details with respect to this Order, see the initial application dated January 25, 2018, (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML18025C035), and the Safety Evaluation dated August 30, 2018 (ADAMS Accession No. ML18129A076), which are available for public inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room (PDR), located at One White Flint North, Public File Area 01 F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland. Publicly available documents created or received at the NRC are accessible electronically through ADAMS in the NRC Library at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. Persons who do not have access to ADAMS or who encounter problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, should contact the NRC PDR reference staff by telephone at 1-800-397-4209, or 301-415-4737, or by email to [email protected]. Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 30th day of August, 2018. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Robert M. Taylor, Director Division of Licensing, Siting, and Environmental Analysis Office of New Reactors. [FR Doc. 2018-19578 Filed 9-7-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590-01-P
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY problems with ADAMS, please contact Section 50.80 (10 CFR 50.80), that the U.S.
COMMISSION the NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR) Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, 301– consent to the indirect transfer of SCE&G’s
[Docket Nos. 50–395, 52–027, 52–028, and two-thirds ownership interest in the
72–1038; Renewed Operating License No.
415–4737, or by email to pdr.resource@
Renewed Facility Operating License No.
NPF–12; Combined License Nos. NPF–93 nrc.gov. The ADAMS accession number NPF–12, Combined License Nos. NPF–93 and
and NPF–94; and the General License for for each document referenced (if it is NPF–94, and the general license for the
the Independent Spent Fuel Storage available in ADAMS) is provided the associated ISFSI. The proposed indirect
Installation (ISFSI); NRC–2018–0043] first time that it is mentioned in this transfer does not involve Santee Cooper’s
document. one-third ownership interest in VCSNS. The
In the Matter of Dominion Energy, Inc., • NRC’s PDR: You may examine and Combined License Nos. NPF–93 and NPF–94
and SCANA Corporation Virgil C. purchase copies of public documents at indirect license transfer is addressed in a
Summer Nuclear Station (VCSNS), separate Order.
the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One
Units 1, 2, and 3, and the ISFSI The proposed indirect license transfer
White Flint North, 11555 Rockville would facilitate a merger between Dominion
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. Energy and SCANA, the parent company of
Commission. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: SCE&G. The transaction would be effected
ACTION: Indirect transfer of license; Shawn Williams, Office of Nuclear through the merger of SCANA and Sedona
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Corp. (Sedona), which is a South Carolina
Orders. corporation and subsidiary of Dominion
Regulatory Commission, Washington,
SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Energy formed for the sole purpose of
DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415–
merging with SCANA. Sedona would be
Commission (NRC) is issuing Orders 1009; email: Shawn.Williams@nrc.gov. merged with and into SCANA, with SCANA
approving an application filed by South SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The text of remaining as the surviving corporation,
Carolina Electric & Gas Company and the Orders are attached. which will be a direct wholly-owned
Dominion Energy, Inc. (Dominion subsidiary of Dominion Energy.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 5th of
Energy) on January 25, 2018. The Approval of the indirect transfer of the
September 2018.
application sought NRC approval of the Renewed Facility Operating License and
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ISFSI was requested by SCE&G and
indirect transfer of Renewed Facility
Operating License No. NPF–12 and Shawn A. Williams, Dominion Energy. A notice entitled, ‘‘Virgil
Combined License Nos. NPF–93 and Senior Project Manager, Plant Licensing C. Summer Nuclear Station, Unit 1, 2, and 3,
Branch II–1, Division of Operating Reactor and Independent Spent Fuel Storage
NPF–94 for Summer, Units 1, 2, and 3,
Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Installation; Consideration of Approval of
respectively, and the general license for Transfer of License,’’ was published in the
Regulation.
the Independent Spent Fuel Storage Federal Register on March 8, 2018 (83 FR
Installation, from the ultimate parent, Attachment—Orders Approving Indirect 9876). No comments or hearing requests were
SCANA Corporation, to Dominion Transfer of License received.
Energy. The NRC’s approval of the United States of America Under 10 CFR 50.80, no license, or any
indirect license transfer is subject to right thereunder, shall be transferred, directly
Nuclear Regulatory Commission or indirectly, through transfer of control of
certain conditions, which are described
in the Orders. No physical changes to In the Matter of: SCANA Corporation, the license, unless the NRC gives its consent
South Carolina Electric & Gas Company, in writing. After the indirect transfer, SCE&G
the facility or operational changes were
Dominion Energy, Inc.,Virgil C. Summer would remain a wholly owned subsidiary of
proposed in the application. The Orders SCANA, which in turn would become a
Nuclear Station, Unit No. 1, and Independent
were effective upon issuance. Spent Fuel Storage Installation wholly owned subsidiary of Dominion
DATES: The Orders were issued on Docket Nos. 50–395, 72–1038 Energy. SCE&G would remain the licensed
August 30, 2018, and are effective for 1 owner and operator of VCSNS. Upon review
Renewed Facility Operating License No. of the information in the application, and
year. NPF–12; and, General License for the
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID other information before the Commission, the
Independent Spent Fuel Storage NRC staff has determined that the Applicants
NRC–2018–0043 when contacting the Installation are qualified to hold the licenses to the extent
NRC about the availability of ORDER APPROVING INDIRECT TRANSFER proposed to permit the indirect transfer. The
information regarding this document. OF LICENSES NRC staff has also determined that indirect
You may obtain publicly available transfer of the licenses, as described in the
information related to this document I. application, is otherwise consistent with the
using any of the following methods: South Carolina Electric & Gas Company applicable provisions of law, regulations, and
• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to (SCE&G) and the South Carolina Public orders issued by the NRC, pursuant thereto,
http://www.regulations.gov and search Service Authority (Santee Cooper) are the subject to the conditions set forth below. The
for Docket ID NRC–2018–0035. Address holders of Renewed Facility Operating findings set forth above are supported by a
questions about NRC dockets to Jennifer License No. NPF–12 and the general license safety evaluation dated August 30, 2018.
for the Independent Spent Fuel Storage
Borges; telephone: 301–287–9127; Installation (ISFSI) for the Virgil C. Summer
III.
email: Jennifer.Borges@nrc.gov. For Nuclear Station, Unit No. 1, and the ISFSI Accordingly, pursuant to Sections 161b,
technical questions, contact the (together, VCSNS). SCE&G is the licensed 161i, 161o, and 184 of the Atomic Energy Act
individual listed in the FOR FURTHER operator of VCSNS. SCE&G is a wholly of 1954, as amended (the Act), 42 U.S.C.
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this owned subsidiary of SCANA Corporation § 2201(b), 2201(i), 2201(o), and 2234; and 10
document. (SCANA). VCSNS is located in Fairfield CFR 50.80, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the
• NRC’s Agencywide Documents County, South Carolina. application regarding the proposed indirect
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Access and Management System license transfer is approved for Virgil C.
II. Summer Nuclear Station, Unit No. 1, and the
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-
By application dated January 25, 2018, ISFSI.
available documents online in the SCE&G, acting for itself and its parent IT IS ORDERED that after receipt of all
ADAMS Public Documents collection at company, SCANA, and Dominion Energy, required regulatory approvals of the
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ Inc. (Dominion Energy) (together, the proposed indirect transfer action, SCE&G
adams.html. To begin the search, select Applicants) requested, pursuant to Title 10 of shall inform the Director of the Office of
‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.’’ For the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), Nuclear Reactor Regulation in writing of such
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receipt no later than 2 business days prior to and the general license for the associated provided, however, upon written application
the date of the closing of the indirect transfer. ISFSI. The proposed indirect transfer does and good cause shown, such date may be
Should the proposed indirect transfer not be not involve Santee Cooper’s one-third extended by order.
completed within 1 year of this Order’s date ownership interest in VCSNS, Units 2 and 3. This Order is effective upon issuance.
of issue, this Order shall become null and The Renewed Facility Operating License No. For further details with respect to this
void, provided, however, upon written NPF–12 and the general license for the ISFSI Order, see the initial application dated
application and good cause shown, such date indirect license transfer is addressed in a January 25, 2018, (Agencywide Documents
may be extended by order. separate Order. Access and Management System (ADAMS)
This Order is effective upon issuance. The proposed indirect license transfer Accession No. ML18025C035), and the Safety
For further details with respect to this would facilitate a merger between Dominion Evaluation dated August 30, 2018 (ADAMS
Order, see the initial application dated Energy and SCANA, the parent company of Accession No. ML18129A076), which are
January 25, 2018 (Agencywide Documents SCE&G. The merger would be effected available for public inspection at the
Access and Management System (ADAMS) through the merger of SCANA and Sedona Commission’s Public Document Room (PDR),
Accession No. ML18025C035), and the Safety Corp. (Sedona), which is a South Carolina located at One White Flint North, Public File
Evaluation dated August 30, 2018 (ADAMS corporation and subsidiary of Dominion Area 01 F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first
Accession No. ML18129A076), which are Energy formed for the sole purpose of floor), Rockville, Maryland. Publicly
available for public inspection at the merging with SCANA. Sedona would be available documents created or received at
Commission’s Public Document Room (PDR), merged with and into SCANA, with SCANA the NRC are accessible electronically through
located at One White Flint North, Public File remaining as the surviving corporation which ADAMS in the NRC Library at http://
Area 01 F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first will be a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.
floor), Rockville, Maryland. Publicly Dominion Energy. Persons who do not have access to ADAMS
available documents created or received at Approval of the indirect transfer of the or who encounter problems in accessing the
the NRC are accessible electronically through Combined License Nos. NPF–93 and NPF–94 documents located in ADAMS, should
ADAMS in the NRC Library at http:// was requested by SCE&G and Dominion contact the NRC PDR reference staff by
www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. Energy. A notice entitled, ‘‘Virgil C. Summer telephone at 1–800–397–4209, or 301–415–
Persons who do not have access to ADAMS Nuclear Station, Unit 1, 2, and 3, and 4737, or by email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov.
or who encounter problems in accessing the Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation; Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 30th day
documents located in ADAMS, should Consideration of Approval of Transfer of of August, 2018.
contact the NRC PDR reference staff by License,’’ was published in the FEDERAL
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
telephone at 1–800–397–4209, or 301–415– REGISTER on March 8, 2018 (83 FR 9876). No
4737, or by email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. comments or hearing requests were received. Robert M. Taylor,
Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 30th day Under 10 CFR 50.80, no license, or any Director Division of Licensing, Siting, and
of August 2018. right thereunder, shall be transferred, directly Environmental Analysis Office of New
or indirectly, through transfer of control of Reactors.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. the license, unless the NRC gives its consent [FR Doc. 2018–19578 Filed 9–7–18; 8:45 am]
Joseph G. Giitter, in writing. After the indirect transfer, SCE&G
Director, Division of Operating Reactor BILLING CODE 7590–01–P
would remain a wholly owned subsidiary of
Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor SCANA, which in turn would become a
Regulation wholly owned subsidiary of Dominion
Energy. SCE&G would remain the licensed NUCLEAR REGULATORY
United States of America COMMISSION
two-thirds owner and operator of VCSNS,
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Units 2 and 3. Upon review of the [Docket No. 50–395; NRC–2018–0198]
information in the licensee’s application, and
In the Matter of: SCANA Corporation, other information before the Commission, the
South Carolina Electric and Gas Company, Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station, Unit
NRC staff has determined that the Applicants No. 1
Dominion Energy, Inc., Virgil C. Summer are qualified to hold the license to the extent
Nuclear Station, Unit Nos. 2 and 3 proposed to permit the indirect transfer. The
Docket Nos. 52–027, 52–028 AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory
NRC staff has also determined that indirect Commission.
Combined License Nos. NPF–93 and NPF–94 transfer of the licenses, as described in the
ACTION: License amendment request;
ORDER APPROVING INDIRECT TRANSFER application, is otherwise consistent with the
applicable provisions of law, regulations, and opportunity to comment, request a
OF LICENSES
orders issued by the NRC, pursuant thereto, hearing, and petition for leave to
I. subject to the conditions set forth below. The intervene.
South Carolina Electric & Gas Company findings set forth above are supported by a
(SCE&G) and the South Carolina Public safety evaluation dated August 30, 2018. SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Service Authority (Santee Cooper) are the Commission (NRC) is proposing to
III. determine that no significant hazards
holders of Combined License (COL) Nos.
NPF–93 and NPF–94 for the Virgil C. Accordingly, pursuant to Sections 161b, consideration is involved with the
Summer Nuclear Station (VCSNS), Unit Nos. 161i, 161o, and 184 of the Atomic Energy Act issuance of an amendment to Facility
2 and 3. SCE&G is a wholly owned subsidiary of 1954, as amended (the Act), 42 U.S.C. Operating License No. NPF–12 for the
of SCANA Corporation (SCANA). VCSNS is § 2201(b), 2201(i), 2201(o), and 2234; and 10 Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station
located in Fairfield County, South Carolina. CFR 50.80 and 52.105, IT IS HEREBY
ORDERED that the application regarding the
(Summer), Unit No. 1. By letter dated
II. proposed indirect license transfer is August 24, 2018, as supplemented by
By application dated January 25, 2018, approved for Virgil C. Summer Nuclear letter dated August 31, 2018, South
SCE&G, acting for itself and its parent Station, Unit Nos. 2 and 3. Caroline Electric and Gas Company
company, SCANA, and Dominion Energy, IT IS ORDERED that after receipt of all (SCE&G) requested a one-time extension
Inc. (Dominion Energy) (together, the required regulatory approvals of the to surveillance requirement (SR) 4.3.3.6
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Applicants) requested, pursuant to Title 10 of proposed indirect transfer action, SCG&E to allow a one-time extension of the
the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), shall inform the Director of the Office of New frequency of the Core Exit Temperature
Section 50.80 (10 CFR 50.80), that the U.S. Reactors in writing of such receipt no later Instrumentation channel calibrations
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) than 2 business days prior to the date of the
consent to the indirect transfer of SCE&G’s closing of the indirect transfer. Should the
from ‘‘every refueling outage’’ to ‘‘every
two-thirds ownership interest in Renewed proposed indirect transfer not be completed 19 months.’’
Facility Operating License No. NPF–12, within 1 year of this Order’s date of issue, DATES: Submit comments by September
Combined License Nos. NPF–93 and NPF–94, this Order shall become null and void, 24, 2018. Requests for a hearing or
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| Action | Indirect transfer of license; Orders. | |
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| Contact | Shawn Williams, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-1009; email: [email protected] | |
| FR Citation | 83 FR 45687 |
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