UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 

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 AFFIRMATION SESSION 

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 PUBLIC MEETING

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Nuclear Regulatory Commission 

Commission Hearing Room 

11555 Rockville Pike 

Rockville, Maryland 

April 14, 2015 

The Commission met in open session, pursuant to notice, at 9:25 AM., Stephen G. 

Burns, Chairman, presiding. 

COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: 

STEPHEN G. BURNS, Chairman of the Commission 

KRISTINE L. SVINICKI, Member of the Commission 

WILLIAM C. OSTENDORFF, Member of the Commission 

JEFF BARAN, Member of the Commission 

STAFF AND PRESENTERS SEATED AT THE COMMISSION TABLE: 

MARGARET DOANE, General Counsel 

ANNETTE VIETTI-COOK, Secretary of the Commission 
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 DISCLAIMER 

This is an unofficial transcript of a meeting of the United States Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission on April 14, 2015, in the Commission=s office at One White Flint North, Rockville, 

Maryland. The meeting was open to public attendance and observation. This transcript has not 

been reviewed, corrected or edited, and it may contain inaccuracies. 

The transcript is intended solely for general information purposes. As provided by 

10 CFR 9.103, it is not part of the formal or informal record of decision of the matters discussed. 

Expressions of opinion in this transcript do not necessarily reflect final determination or beliefs. 

No pleading or other paper may be filed with the Commission in any proceeding as the result of, 

or addressed to, any statement or argument contained herein, except as the Commission may 

authorize. 
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[9:25 a.m.] 

 P R O C E E D I N G S 

 CHAIRMAN BURNS: Good Morning. Good Morning. Before we begin our main 

meeting we have an affirmation session and I believe Commissioner Svinicki is on the line. 

 ANNETTE VIETTI-COOK: We have three items for affirmation today. The first item is a 

final rule, Revisions to the Transportation Security Requirements. The Commission is being 

asked to act on a final rule amending Part 71 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, 

“Packaging and Transportation of Radioactive Material.” This is a final rule, in consultation with 

the U.S. Department of Transportation, makes conforming changes to the NRC’s regulations 

based on the International Atomic Energy Agency’s regulations for the international 

transportation of radioactive material and maintains consistency with the Department of 

Transportation’s regulations. Additionally, the final rule will: 1) revise quality assurance 

program requirements, 2) re-establish restrictions on material that qualifies for the fissile 

material exemption, 3) clarify the requirements that are applicable to the general license, 4) 

clarify the responsibilities of certificate holders and licensees in determining, before first use, the 

adequacy of transportation packaging, and 5) make other non-substantive changes such as 

correcting citation errors. 

The Commission has voted to approve the publication and implementation of this final rule, 

subject to the changes noted in the attachment. Additionally, the Commission has certified that 

this final rule will not have a significant impact on a substantial number of small entities. 

Would the Commissioners in the room please affirm your votes? 

 CHAIRMAN BURNS: Aye. 

 COMMISSIONER OSTENDORFF: Aye. 

 COMMISSIONER BARAN: Aye. 
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 ANNETTE VIETTI-COOK: Commissioner Svinicki, would you please affirm your vote? 

 COMMISSIONER SVINICKI: Aye. 

 ANNETTE VIETTI-COOK: The second item is on Nuclear Innovation North America, 

LLC (South Texas Project Units 3 and 4). The Commission is being asked to act on a 

Memorandum and Order responding to a petition for review of the Atomic Safety and Licensing 

Board’s third partial initial decision in this combined license proceeding finding that the 

applicant, Nuclear Innovation North America, LLC, is not subject to foreign control. 

The Commission has voted to approve a Memorandum and Order that denies the petition for 

review. 

Would you please affirm your votes? 

 CHAIRMAN BURNS: Aye. 

 COMMISSIONER OSTENDORFF: Aye. 

 COMMISSIONER BARAN: Aye. 

 ANNETTE VIETTI-COOK: Commissioner Svinicki, would you please affirm your vote? 

 COMMISSIONER SVINICKI: Aye. 

 ANNETTE VIETTI-COOK: The third item is on Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, 

Units 1 and 2. The Commission is being asked to act on a Memorandum and Order responding 

to a petition to intervene in PPL Susquehanna’s request for NRC approval of an indirect transfer 

of control of the operating licenses for Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2, and 

of the general license for the plant’s Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation. 

The Commission has voted to approve a Memorandum and Order that denies the petition. 

Would the Commissioners in the room please affirm your votes? 

 CHAIRMAN BURNS: Aye. 

 COMMISSIONER OSTENDORFF: Aye. 

 COMMISSIONER BARAN: Aye. 
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 ANNETTE VIETTI-COOK: Commissioner Svinicki, would you please affirm your vote? 

 COMMISSIONER SVINICKI: Aye. 

 ANNETTE VIETTI-COOK: That’s all I have. 

 CHAIRMAN BURNS: Ok. That concludes our affirmation session, and then I’ll invite our 

members of the Advisory Committee on Medical Uses of Isotopes to the table for our main 

meeting. 
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 CERTIFICATE 

This is to certify that the attached description of a meeting of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission entitled: 

TITLE OF MEETING: Affirmation Session 

 (PUBLIC MEETING) 

PLACE OF MEETING: Rockville, Maryland 

DATE OF MEETING: April 15, 2015 

was held as herein appears, is a true and accurate record of the meeting, and that this is the 

original transcript thereof taken stenographically by me, thereafter reduced to typewriting by 

me or under the direction of the court reporting company. 

Transcriber: Brenda Akstulewicz

Reporter: (TAPE RECORDING)