[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 111 (Wednesday, June 10, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32980-32981]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-14207]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-285; NRC-2013-0111]


Omaha Public Power District; Fort Calhoun Station, Unit 1

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Director's decision under 10 CFR 2.206; issuance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued a 
director's decision with regard to the petition dated June 21, 2012, 
filed by Mr. Wallace Taylor on behalf of the Iowa Chapter of the Sierra 
Club (the petitioner), requesting that the NRC take action with regard 
to Fort Calhoun Station (FCS), Unit 1. The petitioner's request and the 
director's decision are included in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION 
section of this document.

DATES: June 10, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2013-0111 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-2013-0111. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; 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

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``ADAMS Public Documents'' and 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 ADAMS accession number for each 
document referenced (if it 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred Lyon, Office of Nuclear Reactor 
Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington DC 20555-
0001; telephone: 301-415-2296, email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Notice is hereby given that the Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor 
Regulation, has issued a director's decision (ADAMS Accession No. 
ML15128A349) on the petition filed by the petitioner on June 21, 2012 
(ADAMS Accession No. ML12180A124).
    The petitioner requested that the NRC revoke the license of Omaha 
Public Power District (OPPD, the licensee) to operate FCS. As the basis 
of the request, the petitioner raised the following issues: (1) 
Licensee event report submitted September 10, 2012, showed a support 
beam was not within allowable limits for stress and loading (ADAMS 
Accession No. ML12255A038); (2) flood protection measures at FCS are 
inadequate and create an ongoing, high risk danger to public safety; 
(3) the flood risks of the six dams upstream of FCS are either 
unevaluated or unresolved, and (4) the 614 primary reactor containment 
electrical penetration seals containing Teflon identified at FCS, a 
material that could degrade during design-basis accident conditions.
    On August 29, 2011, the petitioner participated in a teleconference 
with the NRC's 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 petitioner 
provided supplemental material in support of the petition on August 22 
and 27, November 19, and December 16, 17, and 20, 2012 (ADAMS Accession 
Nos. ML12240A099, ML12240A162, ML12250A714, ML12352A279, ML12352A221, 
and ML13109A240, respectively).
    The NRC sent a copy of the proposed director's decision to the 
petitioner and the licensee for comment on April 15, 2015 (ADAMS 
Accession Nos. ML15063A047 and ML15063A050, respectively). The 
petitioner and the licensee were asked to provide comments within 14 
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. The staff did not receive any comments on the proposed 
director's decision.
    The Director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation has 
determined that the request, to revoke the operating license for FCS, 
be denied. The reasons for this decision are explained in the 
director's decision DD-15-04 pursuant to 10 CFR 2.206 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.

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

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Michele G. Evans,
Acting Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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