[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 175 (Monday, September 10, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45687-45688]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-19578]



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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.

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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

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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]
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