UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 

COMMISSIONERS: 

Stephen G. Burns, Chairman 

Kristine L. Svinicki 

William C. Ostendorff 

Jeff Baran 

 

In the Matter of 

 

DTE ELECTRIC COMPANY Docket No. 50-341-LR 

(Fermi Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 2) 

 

CLI-15-27 

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER 

Beyond Nuclear moves to reopen the record of this proceeding to admit a new 

contention challenging the adequacy of the draft supplemental environmental impact statement 

(SEIS) prepared in connection with the subject license renewal application. Beyond Nuclear 

seeks to lodge a “placeholder” contention that challenges the NRC’s reliance, in the draft SEIS, 

on the 2014 Continued Storage Rule and associated Generic Environmental Impact Statement 

for Continued Storage.1 As Beyond Nuclear acknowledges, its request is substantively identical 

 

1 See Beyond Nuclear’s Hearing Request and Petition to Intervene in License Renewal 

Proceeding for Fermi Unit 2 Nuclear Power Plant (Dec. 4, 2015); Beyond Nuclear’s Motion to 

Reopen the Record of License Renewal Proceeding for Fermi Unit 2 Nuclear Power Plant (Dec. 

4, 2015) (Motion). The Staff and DTE oppose Beyond Nuclear’s request. See NRC Staff 

Answer to Beyond Nuclear’s Hearing Request and Petition to Intervene and Motion to Reopen 

the Record in the License Renewal Proceeding for Fermi Unit 2 Nuclear Power Plant (Dec. 11, 
- 2 - 

to several motions that we have rejected in other reactor licensing proceedings.2 For the 

reasons articulated in those decisions, we likewise deny Beyond Nuclear’s motion. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

 For the Commission 

 

NRC SEAL /RA/ 

 ___________________________ 

 Annette L. Vietti-Cook 

 Secretary of the Commission 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, 

this 23rd day of December 2015. 

 

2015); DTE Electric Company Answer Opposing Petition to Intervene and Motion to Reopen

(Dec. 21, 2015). 

2 Motion at 2; see Union Electric Co. (Callaway Plant, Unit 1), CLI-15-11, 81 NRC 546 (2015); 

DTE Electric Co. (Fermi Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 3), CLI-15-12, 81 NRC 551 (2015); see also 

Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC (William States Lee III Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2), CLI-15-15, 

81 NRC 803 (2015). 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 

In the Matter of ) 

 ) 

DTE ELECTRIC COMPANY ) Docket No. 50-341-LR 

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(Fermi 2) ) 

 ) 

(License Renewal) 

 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing COMMISSION MEMORANDUM AND ORDER 

(CLI-15-27) have been served upon the following persons by Electronic Information Exchange. 

Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel 

Mail Stop - T-3 F23 

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 

Washington, DC 20555-0001 

Ronald M. Spritzer, Chair 

Administrative Judge 

E-mail: ronald.spritzer@nrc.gov

Gary S. Arnold 

Administrative Judge 

E-mail: gary.arnold@nrc.gov

Nicholas G. Trikouros 

Administrative Judge 

E-mail: nicholas.trikouros@nrc.gov

Nicole Pepperl, Law Clerk 

E-mail: nicole.pepperl@nrc.gov

Office of Commission Appellate 

 Adjudication 

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 

Washington, DC 20555-0001 

E-mail: ocaamail@nrc.gov

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 

Office of the General Counsel 

Mail Stop O-15D21 

Washington, DC 20555-0001 

Catherine Kanatas, Esq. 

Brian Harris, Esq. 

Edward Williamson, Esq. 

Jeremy Wachutka, Esq. 

Joseph Lindell, Esq. 

John Tibbetts, Paralegal 

Email: catherine.kanatas@nrc.gov

 brian.harris@nrc.gov

 edward.williamson@nrc.gov

 jeremy.wachutka@nrc.gov

 joseph.lindell@nrc.gov

 john.tibbetts@nrc.gov

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 

Office of the Secretary of the Commission 

Mail Stop O-16C1 

Washington, DC 20555-0001 

Hearing Docket 

E-mail: hearingdocket@nrc.gov

 
FERMI 2 (Docket No. 50-341-LR) 

COMMISSION MEMORANDUM AND ORDER (CLI-15-27) 

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DTE Energy Company 

One Energy Plaza, 688 WCB 

Detroit, MI 48226 

Bruce R. Maters, Assistant General Counsel 

Jon P. Christinidis, Esq. 

E-mail: matersb@dteenergy.com

 christinidisj@dteenergy.com

Counsel for the Applicant: 

Winston & Strawn, LLP 

1700 K Street, NW 

Washington, DC 20006-3817 

Tyson R. Smith, Esq. 

Carlos L. Sisco, Paralegal 

E-mail: trsmith@winston.com 

 csisco@winston.com

Intervenor: Citizens’ Resistance At Fermi 2 

(CRAFT) 

Jessie Pauline Collins 

17397 Five Points Street 

Redford, MI 48240 

E-mail: jessiepauline@gmail.com

Intervenors: Don’t Waste Michigan, Citizens 

Environment Alliance of Southwestern Ontario and 

Beyond Nuclear 

Terry J. Lodge, Esq. 

316 N. Michigan St., Ste. 520 

Toledo, OH 43604-5627 

Email: tjlodge50@yahoo.com

Michael Keegan 

Don’t Waste Michigan 

811 Harrison Street 

Monroe, Michigan 48161 

E-mail: mkeeganj@comcast.net

Kevin Kamps 

Beyond Nuclear 

6930 Carroll Avenue, Ste. 400 

Takoma Park, MD 20912 

E-mail: kevin@beyondnuclear.org

 

 [Original signed by Herald M. Speiser ] 

 Office of the Secretary of the Commission 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, 

this 23rd day of December, 2015