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 

March 9, 2015 

The Commission met in open session, pursuant to notice, at 3:45 PM., 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 March 9, 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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[3:45 p.m.] 

 P R O C E E D I N G S 

 CHAIRMAN BURNS: Alright, Madam Secretary, this is an Affirmation session, would 

you lead us through the items before us. 

 ANNETTE VIETTI-COOK: Yeah, I have two items for affirmation. The first item is on 

Omaha Public Power District (Fort Calhoun Station, Unit 1), The Commission is being asked to 

act on a Memorandum and Order responding to a hearing request by the Sierra Club on license 

amendments it claims are, or will be, required in the Fort Calhoun Station. 

 The Commission has voted to approve a Memorandum and Order, which denies the 

hearing request and refers the matters raised in it to the Executive Director for Operations for 

consideration under 10 C.F.R. § 2.206. Would you please affirm your votes? 

 CHAIRMAN BURNS: Aye 

 COMMISSIONER SVINICKI: Aye. 

 COMMISSIONER OSTENDORFF: Aye. 

 COMMISSIONER BARAN: Aye. 

 

 ANNETTE VIETTI-COOK: The second item is on Entergy Nuclear Operations, (Indian 

Point Nuclear Generating Units 2 and 3), 

 The Commission is being asked to act on a Memorandum and Order addressing 

petitions for review of two contentions resolved in Licensing Board Panel-13-13, New York State 

Contention NYS-8, aging management review of transformers and Hudson River Sloop 

Clearwater’s Contention CW-EC-3A, Environmental Justice. The Commission has voted to 

approve a memorandum and order which reverses the Board’s decision with respect to 

Contention NYS-8, and affirms in part, and reverses in part, its decision with respect to 
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Contention CW-EC-3A. Chairman Burns did not participate in this matter. Would 

Commissioners Svinicki, Ostendorff, and Baran please affirm your votes? 

 COMMISSIONER SVINICKI: Aye. 

 COMMISSIONER OSTENDORFF: Aye. 

 COMMISSIONER BARAN: Aye. 

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

 CHAIRMAN BURNS: We are adjourned, Thank you. 
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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: March 9, 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: Patty Jimenez /RA/

Reporter: (TAPE RECORDING)