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 20852 

June 23, 2016 

The Commission met in open session, pursuant to notice, at 8:55 AM., Stephen G. 

Burns, Chairman of the Commission, 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 June 23, 2016, 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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[8:55 a.m.] 

 P R O C E E D I N G S 

 CHAIRMAN BURNS: Good Morning. I apologize for the interruption. The Commission 

has an affirmation session. The Secretary lead us through the item before us. 

 ANNETTE VIETTI-COOK: SECY-16-0013 – Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee, LLC and 

Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station). The Commission is 

being asked to act on a Memorandum and Order addressing the State of Vermont’s appeal of 

the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board’s denial of its hearing request and Vermont’s petition for 

reconsideration of the Commission’s decision on a request for exemptions from the NRC’s 

emergency planning requirements. The Commission, with Commissioner Svinicki providing 

additional views and Commissioner Baran concurring in part and dissenting in part, has voted to 

approve a Memorandum and Order that affirms the Board’s decision in Licensing Board Panel 

15-18 and terminates the proceeding. The Commission also considered Vermont’s petition for 

reconsideration of the exemptions and sustained the Commission’s decision in the Staff 

Requirements Memorandum for SECY-14-0125. Would you please affirm your votes? 

 CHAIRMAN BURNS: Aye 

 COMMISSIONER SVINICKI: Aye. 

 COMMISSIONER OSTENDORFF: Aye. 

 COMMISSIONER BARAN: Aye. 

 ANNETTE VIETTI-COOK: Thank you, that’s all I have. 

 

 
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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: June 23, 2016 

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: Patty Jimenez /RA/

Reporter: (TAPE RECORDING)