[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.
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