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37See ADAMS Accession No. ML17040A100. 38See ADAMS Accession No. ML17009A278. 

3 by then Framatome and now 

AREVA-Le Creusot Forge industrial 

facility in Charlon-St. Marcel, France 

and; 

b. With completion and confirmation [of 

the above Crystal River Unit 3 actions], 

the modification of Duke Energy’s 

current license for the permanently 

closed Crystal River Unit 3 nuclear 

power station in Crystal River, Florida, 

to inspect and conduct the appropriate 

material test(s) for carbon 

macrosegregation on sufficient samples 

harvested from the installed and now in 

service irradiated Le Creusot Forge 

reactor pressure vessel head [sic]. The 

Petitioners assert that the appropriate 

material testing include OES. 

NRC Response: 

AREVA did not identify Crystal River Unit 

3 as a plant that contained components from 

ACF,37 38 and the staff has not confirmed that 

this unit contained any forgings 

manufactured from ingots produced by ACF. 

In addition, Crystal River Unit 3 is currently 

shut down and in the process of 

decommissioning. Therefore, the Petitioners’ 

requests 1, 2, 3, and 4(a) do not apply to this 

plant. However, the acquisition and 

subsequent testing of irradiated and aged 

plant material from decommissioned plants 

could be a valuable research activity that 

might offer useful scientific information on 

the progress of aging mechanisms. The 

harvesting of reactor vessel material from 

plants that have been permanently shut 

down can be a complex and 

radiation-dose-intensive effort. The NRC’s 

Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research has 

previously obtained samples appropriate for 

testing from shutdown plants. In regard to 

this request, the NRC may, in the future, seek 

to purchase samples. However, the identified 

facility has ceased operations, and there is no 

safety concern at those facilities that justifies 

enforcement-related action (i.e., to modify, 

suspend, or revoke the license) to give the 

NRC reasonable assurance of the adequate 

protection of public health and safety. 

III. Conclusion 

Based on the evaluations provided above, 

and documented in the February 22, 2018, 

NRC memorandum, the NRR Director has 

determined that the actions requested by the 

Petitioners, will not be granted in whole or 

in part. 

As provided for in 10 CFR 2.206(c), a copy 

of this Director’s Decision will be filed with 

the Secretary of the Commission for the 

Commission to review. As provided for by 

this regulation, the decision will constitute 

the final action of the Commission 25 days 

after the date of the decision unless the 

Commission, on its own motion, institutes a 

review of the decision within that time. 

Dated at Rockville, MD, this 2nd day of 

August 2018. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Brian E. Holian, 

Acting Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation. 

Attachment: 

List of Affected Reactors 

LIST OF POWER REACTORS AFFECTED BY THE PETITION

Plant Docket No. 

Facility 

operating 

license No. 

Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Unit 1 ...................................................................................................... 05000282 DPR–42 

Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Unit 2 ...................................................................................................... 05000306 DPR–60 

Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 2 ................................................................................................................................ 05000368 NPF–6 

Beaver Valley Power Station, Unit 1 ....................................................................................................................... 05000334 DPR–66 

North Anna Power Station, Unit 1 ........................................................................................................................... 05000338 NPF–4 

North Anna Power Station, Unit 2 ........................................................................................................................... 05000339 NPF–7 

Surry Power Station, Unit 1 ..................................................................................................................................... 05000280 DPR–32 

Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 1 ........................................................................................................ 05000445 NPF–87 

V.C. Summer Nuclear Station, Unit 1 ..................................................................................................................... 05000395 NPF–12 

Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant, Unit 1 .................................................................................................................. 05000348 NPF–2 

Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant, Unit 2 .................................................................................................................. 05000364 NPF–8 

South Texas Project, Unit 1 .................................................................................................................................... 05000498 NPF–76 

South Texas Project, Unit 2 .................................................................................................................................... 05000499 NPF–80 

Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Unit 1 .............................................................................................................................. 05000327 DPR–77 

Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 1 .............................................................................................................................. 05000390 NPF–90 

Millstone Power Station, Unit 2 ............................................................................................................................... 05000336 NPF–65 

Saint Lucie Plant, Unit 1 .......................................................................................................................................... 05000335 DPR–67 

Crystal River Unit 3 Nuclear Generating Plant ....................................................................................................... 05000302 DPR–72 

[FR Doc. 2018–17131 Filed 8–9–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket Nos. 50–382 and 72–75; NRC–2017– 

0239] 

In the Matter of Entergy Louisiana, LLC 

and Entergy Operations, Inc. Waterford 

Steam Electric Station, Unit 3, and 

Independent Spent Fuel Storage 

Installation Facility 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Indirect transfer of license; 

order. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is issuing an order to 

permit the indirect transfer of 

membership interests in Entergy 

Louisiana, LLC (ELL; the owner of 

Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 

3, and the independent spent fuel 

storage installation facility) to the extent 

ELL is affected by the addition of 

Entergy Arkansas, LLC; Entergy 

Mississippi, LLC; and Entergy New 

Orleans, LLC to Entergy Utility Holding 

Company, LLC (EUHC). Upon execution 

of the transfer, these changes will result 

in additional members of EUHC that 

may dilute the resources and voting 

power of its members, including ELL. 

DATES: The order was issued on August 

1, 2018, and is effective for one year. 

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID 

NRC–2017–0239 when contacting the 

NRC about the availability of 

information regarding this document. 

You may obtain publicly-available 

information related to this document 

using any of the following methods: 

• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2017–0239. Address 

questions about NRC dockets to Jennifer 

Borges; telephone: 301–287–9127; 

email: Jennifer.Borges@nrc.gov. For 


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technical questions, contact the 

individual listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 

document. 

• NRC’s Agencywide Documents 

Access and Management System 

(ADAMS): You may obtain publiclyavailable documents online in the 

ADAMS Public Documents collection at 

http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ 

adams.html. To begin the search, select 

‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.’’ For 

problems with ADAMS, please contact 

the NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR) 

reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, 301– 

415–4737, or by e-mail to pdr.resource@

nrc.gov. The ADAMS accession number 

for each document referenced (if it is 

available in ADAMS) is provided the 

first time that it is mentioned in this 

document. 

• NRC’s PDR: You may examine and 

purchase copies of public documents at 

the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One 

White Flint North, 11555 Rockville 

Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Margaret W. O’Banion, Office of Nuclear 

Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington DC 

20555–0001; telephone: 301–415–1233; 

email: Margaret.O’Banion@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The text of 

the order is attached. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 7th day 

of August 2018. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Margaret W. O’Banion, 

Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch IV, 

Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, 

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. 

Attachment—Order Approving Indirect 

Transfer of Control of License 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 

[Docket Nos. 50–382 and 72–75; License No. 

NPF–38] 

In the Matter of Entergy Louisiana, LLC and 

Entergy Operations, Inc. 

Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3 

ORDER APPROVING INDIRECT TRANSFER 

OF CONTROL OF LICENSE 

I. 

Entergy Louisiana, LLC (ELL) and Entergy 

Operations, Inc. (EOI) (together, the 

licensees) are co-holders of Facility 

Operating License No. NPF-38 for Waterford 

Steam Electric Station, Unit 3 (Waterford), 

and the general license for the independent 

spent fuel storage installation (ISFSI). ELL is 

the owner and EOI is authorized to possess, 

use, and operate Waterford and the ISFSI, 

which are located in St. Charles Parish, 

Louisiana. 

II. 

By application dated September 21, 2017, 

EOI requested, on behalf of itself, ELL, and 

their parent companies (together, the 

applicants), pursuant to Title 10 of the Code 

of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Section 

50.80, ‘‘Transfer of licenses,’’ that the U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) 

consent to the indirect transfer of 

membership interests in ELL to the extent 

ELL is affected by the addition of Entergy 

Arkansas, LLC (EAL); Entergy Mississippi, 

LLC (EML); and Entergy New Orleans, LLC 

(ENOL) to Entergy Utility Holding Company, 

LLC (EUHC). These changes will result (upon 

execution of the transfers) in additional 

members of EUHC that may dilute the 

resources and voting power of its members. 

The application proposes no physical or 

operational changes to the facilities. The 

interconnections that provide offsite power 

to Waterford do not change as a result of the 

proposed indirect license transfer. 

The applicants requested NRC approval of 

the indirect transfer of membership interests 

in ELL. The NRC published a notice, 

‘‘Arkansas Nuclear One, Units 1 and 2; Grand 

Gulf Nuclear Station, Unit 1; River Bend 

Station, Unit 1; and Waterford Steam Electric 

Station, Unit 3 Consideration of Approval of 

Transfer of Licenses and Conforming 

Amendments,’’ in the Federal Register on 

December 29, 2017 (82 FR 61800). No 

comments or hearing requests were received. 

Under 10 CFR 50.80, no license, or any 

right thereunder, shall be transferred, directly 

or indirectly, through transfer of control of 

the license, unless the NRC gives its consent 

in writing. Upon review of the information in 

the application and other information before 

the Commission, the NRC staff has 

determined that the licensees are qualified to 

hold the license to the extent proposed to 

permit the indirect transfer of membership 

interests in ELL to the extent ELL is affected 

by the addition of EAL, EML, and ENOL to 

EUHC. The NRC staff has also determined 

that the proposed license transfer is 

otherwise consistent with the applicable 

provisions of law, regulations, and orders 

issued by the NRC pursuant thereto. The 

findings set forth above are supported by an 

NRC safety evaluation dated August 1, 2018. 

III. 

Accordingly, pursuant to Sections 161b, 

161i, and 184 of the Atomic Energy Act of 

1954, as amended; Title 42 of the United 

States Code Sections 2201(b), 2201(i), and 

2234; and 10 CFR 50.80, IT IS HEREBY 

ORDERED that the application regarding the 

proposed indirect license transfer is 

approved. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, after 

receipt of all required regulatory approvals of 

the proposed transfer action, EOI shall 

inform the Director of the Office of Nuclear 

Reactor Regulation in writing of such receipt, 

and of the date of closing of the transfer, no 

later than 5 business days before the date of 

the closing of the transfer. Should the 

proposed indirect transfer not be completed 

within 1 year of this order’s date of issuance, 

this order shall become null and void; 

however, upon written application and for 

good cause shown, such date may be 

extended by order. 

This order is effective upon issuance. 

For further details with respect to this 

order, see the application dated September 

21, 2017 (Agencywide Documents Access 

and Management System (ADAMS) 

Accession No. ML17268A213), and the 

NRC’s safety evaluation dated August 1, 2018 

(ADAMS Accession No. ML18177A236), 

which are available for public inspection at 

the NRC’s Public Document Room located at 

One White Flint North, Public File Area 01– 

F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), 

Rockville, Maryland. Publicly available 

documents created or received at the NRC are 

accessible electronically through ADAMS in 

the NRC Library at http://www.nrc.gov/ 

reading-rm/adams.html. Persons who do not 

have access to ADAMS, or who encounter 

problems accessing the documents located in 

ADAMS, should contact the NRC Public 

Document Room reference staff by telephone 

at 1–800–397–4209 or 301–415–4737, or by 

e-mail to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 1st day 

of August, 2018. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Joseph G. Giitter, 

Director, Division of Operating Reactor 

Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation. 

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BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket Nos. 50–458 and 72–49; NRC–2017– 

0239] 

In the Matter of Entergy Louisiana, LLC 

and Entergy Operations, Inc., River 

Bend Station, Unit 1, and Independent 

Spent Fuel Storage Installation Facility 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Indirect transfer of license; 

order. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is issuing an order to 

permit the indirect transfer of 

membership interests in Entergy 

Louisiana, LLC (ELL; the owner of River 

Bend Station, Unit 1, and the 

independent spent fuel storage 

installation facility) to the extent ELL is 

affected by the addition of Entergy 

Arkansas, LLC; Entergy Mississippi, 

LLC; and Entergy New Orleans, LLC to 

Entergy Utility Holding Company, LLC 

(EUHC). Upon execution of the transfer, 

these changes will result in additional 

members of EUHC that may dilute the 

resources and voting power of its 

members, including ELL. 

DATES: The Order was issued on August 

1, 2018, and is effective for one year. 

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID 

NRC–2017–0239 when contacting the 

NRC about the availability of 


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