IN RESPONSE, PLEASE 

REFER TO: M151109 

November 9, 2015 

MEMORANDUM FOR: Brooke P. Clark, Director 

Office of Commission Appellate Adjudication 

FROM: Annette L. Vietti-Cook, Secretary /RA/ 

SUBJECT: STAFF REQUIREMENTS - AFFIRMATION SESSION, 2:45 P.M., 

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2015, COMMISSIONERS' 

CONFERENCE ROOM, ONE WHITE FLINT NORTH, 

ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND (OPEN TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE) 

I. SECY-15-0099 – Pacific Gas and Electric Company (Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power 

Plant), Friends of the Earth’s Appeal of LBP-15-6

The Commission approved a Memorandum and Order responding to Friends of the Earth’s 

appeal of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board’s decision in LBP-15-6 to deny its intervention 

petition and related waiver request in the Diablo Canyon license renewal proceeding. The 

Memorandum and Order affirms the Board’s decision. 

(Subsequently, on November 9, 2015, the Secretary signed the Memorandum and Order.) 

II. SECY-15-0102 - Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (Palisades Nuclear Plant) – Appeal of 

LBP-15-17

The Commission approved a Memorandum and Order responding to the appeal of Beyond 

Nuclear, Don’t Waste Michigan, Michigan Safe Energy Future—Shoreline Chapter, and the 

Nuclear Energy Information Service of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board’s decision in 

LBP-15-17 to deny their petition to intervene and request for hearing. The Memorandum and 

Order affirms the Board=s decision. 

(Subsequently, on November 9, 2015, the Secretary signed the Memorandum and Order.) 

III. SECY-15-0115 - Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (Palisades Nuclear Plant) – Appeal of 

LBP-15-20

The Commission approved a Memorandum and Order responding to Entergy’s appeal of the 

Atomic Safety and Licensing Board’s decision in LBP-15-20. The Board’s decision granted the 

hearing request of Beyond Nuclear, Don’t Waste Michigan, Michigan Safe Energy Future—

Shoreline Chapter, and the Nuclear Energy Information Service with respect to Entergy’s 

application for agency approval of its “equivalent margins analysis” for the Palisades reactor 

pressure vessel. The Memorandum and Order reverses the Board’s decision and directs the 

Licensing Board to terminate this proceeding. 
(Subsequently, on November 9, 2015, the Secretary signed the Memorandum and Order.) 

IV. SECY-15-0131 - Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (Indian Point Nuclear Generating 

Units 2 and 3) – Petition for Interlocutory Review of Atomic Safety and Licensing Board’s 

July 20, 2015 Order (Denying New York Motion to Withdraw Proprietary Designation)

The Commission1

 approved a Memorandum and Order responding to the State of New York’s 

petition for interlocutory review of the Licensing Board’s decision denying its motion to withdraw 

the proprietary designation of five documents that have been offered as evidence in this 

proceeding. The Memorandum and Order denies the State’s petition, without prejudice to its 

ability to renew its appeal following a partial or final initial decision in this proceeding. 

(Subsequently, on November 9, 2015, the Secretary signed the Memorandum and Order.) 

cc: Chairman Burns 

 Commissioner Svinicki 

 Commissioner Ostendorff 

 Commissioner Baran 

 EDO 

 OGC 

 CFO 

 OCA 

 OIG 

 OPA 

 Office Directors, Regions, ACRS, ASLBP (via E-Mail) 

 PDR 

 

1 Chairman Burns did not participate in this matter.