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I. Obtaining Information and 

Submitting Comments 

A. Obtaining Information 

Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2016– 

0203 when contacting the NRC about 

the availability of information for this 

action. You may obtain publiclyavailable information related to this 

action by any of the following methods: 

• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2016–0203. 

• 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 

‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then 

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 

email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. A copy 

of the collection of information and 

related instructions may be obtained 

without charge by accessing ADAMS 

Accession ML17179A612. 

• 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. 

• NRC’s Clearance Officer: A copy of 

the collection of information and related 

instructions may be obtained without 

charge by contacting the NRC’s 

Clearance Officer, David Cullison, 

Office of the Chief Information Officer, 

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone: 

301–415–2084; email: 

INFOCOLLECTS.Resource@NRC.GOV. 

B. Submitting Comments 

Please include Docket ID NRC–2016– 

0203 in the subject line of your 

comment submission, in order to ensure 

that the NRC is able to make your 

comment submission available to the 

public in this docket. 

The NRC cautions you not to include 

identifying or contact information in 

comment submissions that you do not 

want to be publicly disclosed in your 

comment submission. All comment 

submissions are posted at http://

www.regulations.gov and entered into 

ADAMS. Comment submissions are not 

routinely edited to remove identifying 

or contact information. 

If you are requesting or aggregating 

comments from other persons for 

submission to the OMB, then you 

should inform those persons not to 

include identifying or contact 

information that they do not want to be 

publicly disclosed in their comment 

submission. Your request should state 

that the NRC does not routinely edit 

comment submissions to remove such 

information before making the comment 

submissions available to the public or 

entering the comment submissions into 

ADAMS. 

II. Background 

Under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. Chapter 35), the NRC recently 

submitted a request for renewal of an 

existing collection of information to 

OMB for review entitled, NRC Form 64, 

‘‘Travel Voucher’’ (Part 1); NRC Form 

64A, ‘‘Travel Voucher’’ (Part 2); and 

NRC Form 64B, ‘‘Optional Travel 

Voucher’’ (Part 2). The NRC hereby 

informs potential respondents that an 

agency may not conduct or sponsor, and 

that a person is not required to respond 

to, a collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

The NRC published a Federal 

Register notice with a 60-day comment 

period on this information collection on 

March 31, 2017; 82 FR16074. 

1. The title of the information 

collection: NRC Form 64, ‘‘Travel 

Voucher’’ (Part 1); NRC Form 64A, 

‘‘Travel Voucher’’ (Part 2); and NRC 

Form 64B, ‘‘Optional Travel Voucher’’ 

(Part 2). 

2. OMB approval number: 3150–0192. 

3. Type of submission: Extension. 

4. The form number if applicable: 

NRC Forms 64, 64A and 64B. 

5. How often the collection is required 

or requested: On occasion. 

6. Who will be required or asked to 

respond: Contractors, consultants and 

invited 

NRC travelers who travel in the 

course of conducting business for the 

NRC. 

7. The estimated number of annual 

responses: 100. 

8. The estimated number of annual 

respondents: 100. 

9. An estimate of the total number of 

hours needed annually to comply with 

the information collection requirement 

or request: 100 (1 hour per form). 

10. Abstract: Consultants, contractors, 

and those invited by the NRC to travel 

(e.g., prospective employees) must file 

travel vouchers and trip reports in order 

to be reimbursed for their travel 

expenses. The information collected 

includes the name, address, social 

security number, and the amount to be 

reimbursed. Travel expenses that are 

reimbursed are confined to those 

expenses essential to the transaction of 

official business for an approved trip. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 9th day 

of August, 2017. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Dave Cullison, 

NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2017–17124 Filed 8–11–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket No. 70–1151; License No. SNM– 

1107; EA–16–173; NRC–2017–0176] 

Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Confirmatory order; issuance. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) issued a 

confirmatory order (Order) to 

Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC, 

(the licensee), confirming the agreement 

reached in an Alternative Dispute 

Resolution mediation session held on 

May 19, 2017, and follow-up 

discussions held between May 19, 2017, 

and August 3, 2017. This Order will 

ensure the licensee restores compliance 

with NRC’s regulations. 

DATES: The Order was issued on August 

9, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID 

NRC–2017–0176 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 Web site: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2017–0176. Address 

questions about NRC dockets to Carol 

Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463; 

email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For 

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 

‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then 

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 

email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The 

ADAMS accession number for each 

document referenced (if it is available in 


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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: 

Scott Sparks, Region II, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Atlanta, 

Georgia 30303–1257; telephone: 404– 

997–4422; email: Scott.Sparks@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The text of 

the Order is attached. 

Dated at Atlanta, Georgia, this 9th day of 

August, 2017. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Catherine Haney, 

Regional Administrator. 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket No. 70–1151; License No. SNM– 

1107; EA–16–173; NRC–2017–0176] 

In the Matter of Westinghouse Electric 

Company, LLC 

CONFIRMATORY ORDER (EFFECTIVE 

UPON ISSUANCE) 

I 

Westinghouse Electric Company 

(Westinghouse, or the licensee) is the 

holder of NRC License No. SNM–1107, 

issued by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC or Commission) 

pursuant to 10 CFR part 70 on 

September 30, 2007. The license 

authorizes the operation of the 

Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility 

(CFFF) in accordance with the 

conditions specified therein. The 

facility is located on the licensee’s site 

in Hopkins, South Carolina. 

This Confirmatory Order (CO) is the 

result of an agreement reached during 

an alternative dispute resolution (ADR) 

mediation session conducted on May 

19, 2017, and follow-up discussions 

held between May 19, 2017, and August 

3, 2017. 

II 

On May 28, 2016, as part of the 

licensee’s routine maintenance 

activities, the licensee started the S– 

1030 scrubber inspection and cleanout 

activities. The licensee completed the 

S–1030 scrubber cleanout activities on 

June 1, 2016, removing a total of 197 

kilograms (kg) of material. The scrubber 

was subsequently restarted following 

the maintenance outage on June 2, 2016. 

On July 13, 2016, the preliminary 

results of samples taken of the material 

removed from the S–1030 scrubber 

indicated a 40–50% concentration of 

uranium (U) enriched to less than 5%. 

This equates to approximately 100 kg of 

U in the scrubber, exceeding the mass 

limit in the Criticality Safety Evaluation 

(CSE) of 29 kg U. 

The scrubber was shut down on July 

14, 2016, when the determination was 

made by the licensee that the mass limit 

in the CSE had been exceeded. The 

licensee reported this event to the NRC 

as a 24-hour event due to a high 

consequence event being ‘‘unlikely’’ (EN 

52090). On July 31, 2016, the event 

report was updated to a one hour report 

per 10 CFR 70 Appendix A (a)(4) 

because no items relied upon for safety 

(IROFS) remained available and reliable 

to perform their function. 

On August 11, 2016, the NRC issued 

a Confirmatory Action Letter (CAL) to 

Westinghouse (ML16224B082). The 

purpose of the CAL was to confirm the 

commitments made by Westinghouse 

regarding additional actions 

Westinghouse will take in response to 

the U buildup reported to the NRC in 

July 2016. These actions were intended 

to ensure that the causes of the U 

buildup have been adequately identified 

and evaluated and that appropriate 

corrective actions have been 

implemented to improve the 

performance of the Nuclear Criticality 

Safety (NCS) program. 

On September 27, 2016, the NRC 

completed an Augmented Inspection at 

the Westinghouse facility, the details of 

which are documented in NRC 

Inspection Report 70–1151/2016–007 

(ML16301A001). 

A follow-up NRC inspection (70– 

1151/2017–007) was also conducted, the 

results of which were issued on 

February 27, 2017 (ML17058A448). This 

inspection report identified the 

following four Apparent Violations 

(AVs), all of which were considered for 

escalated enforcement in accordance 

with the NRC’s Enforcement Policy: 

1. An AV was identified for failure to 

ensure criticality accident sequences 

remain highly unlikely, as required by 

Title 10 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations (10 CFR) 10 CFR 70.61(b). 

2. An AV was identified for failure to 

assure that under normal and credible 

abnormal conditions, all nuclear 

processes were subcritical including use 

of an approved margin of subcriticality, 

as required by 10 CFR 70.61(d). 

3. An AV was identified for failure to 

establish adequate management 

measures to ensure that items relied on 

for safety (IROFS) perform their 

function when needed, as required by 

10 CFR 70.62(d). 

4. An AV was identified for failure to 

make a one hour report, as required by 

Appendix A (a)(4) of 10 CFR part 70. 

In response to the NRC’s inspection 

report of February 27, 2017, 

Westinghouse advised the NRC of its 

desire to participate in the Agency’s 

ADR program to resolve the 

enforcement aspects of this matter. 

III 

On May 19, 2017, the NRC and 

Westinghouse met in an ADR session 

mediated by a professional mediator, 

arranged through Cornell University’s 

Institute on Conflict Resolution. 

Additional discussions were held 

between the NRC and Westinghouse 

between May 19, 2017, and August 3, 

2017, to resolve the enforcement aspects 

of this matter. ADR is a process in 

which a neutral mediator with no 

decision-making authority assists the 

parties in reaching an agreement or 

resolving any differences regarding their 

dispute. This CO is issued pursuant to 

the agreement reached during the ADR 

process. The elements of the agreement 

consist of the following: 

1. Westinghouse acknowledges that 

four violations occurred, as stated in 

NRC Inspection Report 70–1151/2017– 

007. 

2. Based on ADR, the parties agreed 

that the safety significance of violations 

described in Section II above is 

characterized as escalated enforcement 

as described in the NRC Enforcement 

Policy. 

3. Approximately two years (+/¥ 6 

months) after issuance of the CO, 

Westinghouse shall conduct an 

additional Nuclear Safety Culture (NSC) 

survey by the Westinghouse corporate 

nuclear safety culture organization or an 

experienced independent third party, 

consistent with the depth and scope of 

the NSC survey completed under the 

CAL dated August 11, 2016. Identified 

deficiencies shall be entered into the 

corrective action program (CAP) for 

tracking corrective actions to 

completion. 

4. Westinghouse shall implement 

improvements to reduce uranium 

carryover from the Calciner scrubbers, 

and implement additional design 

changes to reduce U carryover from the 

Blue M oven filtration system. 

Specifically: 

(1) For the calciner scrubbers, within 

eighteen (18) months of issuance of the 

CO, an engineering evaluation of the 

calciner and calciner off-gas scrubber 

design and operation shall be completed 

to determine methods to reduce 

uranium carry-over into the S–1030 

scrubber. 

(2) For the Blue M oven, within 

eighteen (18) months of issuance of the 

CO, an engineering evaluation of the 

Conversion Scrap Cage Blue M oven 

shall be completed to determine 

methods to improve the functionality of 


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the Blue M oven in a wet environment 

and improve accessibility for inspection 

and maintenance activities. 

(3) Within three (3) years of issuance 

of the CO, improvements based on the 

engineering evaluations described above 

shall be implemented. 

5. In response to the May 2016 event, 

Westinghouse implemented several 

modifications to the S–1030 scrubber 

system, as part of its overall corrective 

actions to preclude recurrence and 

enhance performance. These 

modifications were considered by the 

NRC, under the CAL, in support of a 

safety basis to authorize restart of 

conversion process equipment and the 

S–1030 scrubber system, as documented 

in the NRC’s letter to Westinghouse 

dated October 20, 2016 (ML16294A296). 

The modifications included but were 

not limited to: 

(1) The plenums for the scrap cage 

Blue M oven hoods were equipped with 

a filter to capture at least 95% of the 

mass entrained in the air stream based 

on particle size distribution and the 

manufacturer’s published efficiency 

data. 

(2) Packing baskets were implemented 

to permit complete removal and 

inspection of the packed media and to 

maintain clearance between the packed 

media and the scrubber floor. 

(3) A feed and bleed system for the 

scrubber recirculating liquid was 

maintained at a minimum output flow 

of 0.5 gallons per minute. If feed and 

bleed is not available, a controlled 

shutdown of the scrubber would be 

initiated in accordance with plant 

procedures. 

(4) The scrubber was opened to 

remove the packed media baskets, to 

clean and inspect the inlet transition 

and scrubber body on a quarterly basis. 

(5) Weekly visual inspections of the 

scrubber inlet transition were to be 

conducted. 

6. Within two (2) years of issuance of 

the CO, Westinghouse shall develop and 

implement additional methods to 

monitor system parameters that are 

early indicators of an abnormal 

accumulation in the S–1030 scrubber 

from a process upset that could 

challenge the accumulation rate and/or 

criticality safety mass limits. The 

methods will provide timely indications 

to enable the operators to take 

appropriate actions in accordance with 

approved procedures. 

7. A member of senior Westinghouse 

leadership shall present training on 

lessons learned from the scrubber event 

at an industry forum, including NSC 

and criticality safety standards aspects. 

This item was completed on June 14, 

2017, when the site vice president of 

CFFF presented training on lessons 

learned from the scrubber event at Fuel 

Cycle Information Exchange (an 

industry-wide forum), including NSC 

and criticality safety standards aspects. 

8. Within eighteen (18) months of 

issuance of the CO, Westinghouse shall 

develop and implement a criticality 

safety basis/IROFS database to help 

maintain the proper flow down of the 

safety basis into implementing 

documents. 

9. Within six (6) months of issuance 

of the CO, Westinghouse shall develop 

a method to reinforce positive NSC 

leadership behavior and monitor for 

effectiveness in the NSC monitoring 

panel. Westinghouse shall implement 

such method for three years, after which 

it may evaluate the need to continue 

this item. 

10. Within three (3) months of 

issuance of the CO, Westinghouse shall 

develop and implement a new metric or 

periodic report that creates an aggregate 

picture of the health of the criticality 

safety program. This shall include items 

such as IROFS challenges, trends, audit 

and inspection finding status, 

violations, and health of management 

measures and be made available for 

inspection. Identified deficiencies shall 

be evaluated in accordance with the 

CAP. 

11. Within nine (9) months, 

Westinghouse shall implement riskinformed standards for the preparation 

of procedures and data sheets informed 

by appropriate guidance in INPO 11– 

003, ‘‘Guideline for Excellence in 

Procedure and Work Instruction Use 

and Adherence.’’ This will consist of 

issuance of a procedure writers’ guide, 

procedure format template, and a 

procedure use and adherence standard. 

12. The NRC agrees that issuance of 

this CO serves to close the CAL issued 

to Westinghouse on August 11, 2016. 

NRC acknowledges that Westinghouse 

has taken extensive actions to address 

items in the CAL including completing 

a root cause analysis (RCA), completing 

a review of criticality safety evaluations, 

performing inspections to validate 

system design and operating parameters, 

installing physical modifications to 

support the safety basis to improve 

safety performance, conducting an 

independent third party nuclear safety 

culture assessment, and completing 

several corrective actions designed to 

preclude recurrence. 

NRC also acknowledges that 

Westinghouse has taken some actions to 

close post-restart CAL items 1, 3, and 5, 

but are not yet complete. Therefore, 

post-restart CAL items 1, 3, and 5, as 

modified below, are transferred to this 

CO. Upon completion of these items, 

Westinghouse will notify the NRC 

Region II Administrator. 

a. CAL Item 1—Westinghouse shall 

implement the remaining corrective 

actions to prevent recurrence identified 

in their RCA. 

b. CAL Item 3—Westinghouse shall 

conduct effectiveness reviews of 

corrective actions to prevent recurrence 

specified in their RCA. 

c. CAL Item 5—Westinghouse shall 

evaluate the results of the independent 

third party nuclear safety culture 

assessment, and any identified 

deficiencies will be entered into the 

CAP to track to completion. 

The NRC concludes that CAL postrestart items 2 and 4 are closed because 

these items will be sampled as part of 

the NRC’s inspection program. 

The NRC concludes that CAL postrestart item 6 is closed because of the 

extensive corrective actions completed 

by Westinghouse to date. 

13. Within three (3) months of 

completion of the terms of the CO, 

Westinghouse will provide the NRC 

with a letter discussing its basis for 

concluding that the CO has been 

satisfied. 

14. In consideration of the 

commitments delineated herein, the 

NRC agrees to refrain from proposing a 

civil penalty or issuing a Notice of 

Violation for all four AVs identified in 

NRC Inspection Report 70–1151/2017– 

007 (EA–16–173). 

15. The NRC and Westinghouse agree 

that the above elements will be 

incorporated into a CO. 

16. This agreement is binding upon 

successors and assigns of Westinghouse. 

On August 8, 2017, Westinghouse 

consented to issuance of this CO with 

the commitments, as described in 

Section V below. Westinghouse further 

agreed that this CO is to be effective 

upon issuance and that it has waived its 

right to a hearing. 

IV 

Because Westinghouse has taken 

corrective actions to address NRC 

concerns, as set forth in Section III 

above, and has agreed to take additional 

corrective actions as set forth in Section 

V below, the NRC has concluded that its 

concerns can be resolved through 

issuance of this CO. 

I find that Westinghouse’s 

commitments as set forth in Section V 

are acceptable and necessary and 

conclude that with these commitments, 

the public health and safety are 

reasonably assured. In view of the 

foregoing, I have determined that public 

health and safety require that 

Westinghouse’s commitments be 

confirmed by this CO. Based on the 


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above and Westinghouse’s consent, this 

CO is effective upon issuance. 

V 

Accordingly, pursuant to Sections 

104b., 161b., 161i., 161o., 182, and 186 

of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as 

amended, and the Commission’s 

regulations in 10 CFR 2.202 and 10 CFR 

part 70, it is hereby ordered, that 

License No. SNM–1107 is modified as 

follows: 

1. In recognition of the corrective 

actions taken in response to the four 

violations, as discussed at the ADR, and 

in response to the Confirmatory Action 

Letter dated August 11, 2016 

(ML16224B082), Westinghouse agrees to 

submit a written statement or 

explanation to the Director, Office of 

Enforcement, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, with a copy to the 

Document Control Desk, Washington, 

DC 20555–0001, within 30 days of the 

date of the CO. This reply should 

include for each of the four violations: 

(1) The reason for the violation; (2) the 

corrective steps that have been taken to 

restore compliance; and (3) additional 

corrective actions and enhancements 

taken to preclude repetition. 

2. Approximately two years (+/¥ 6 

months) after issuance of the CO, 

Westinghouse shall conduct an 

additional NSC survey by the 

Westinghouse corporate nuclear safety 

culture organization or an experienced 

independent third party, consistent with 

the depth and scope of the NSC survey 

completed under the CAL dated August 

11, 2016. Identified deficiencies shall be 

entered into the CAP for tracking 

corrective actions to completion. 

3. Westinghouse shall implement 

improvements to reduce uranium 

carryover from the Calciner scrubbers, 

and implement additional design 

changes to reduce U carryover from the 

Blue M oven filtration system. 

Specifically: 

(1) For the calciner scrubbers, within 

eighteen (18) months of issuance of the 

CO, an engineering evaluation of the 

calciner and calciner off-gas scrubber 

design and operation shall be completed 

to determine methods to reduce 

uranium carry-over into the S–1030 

scrubber. 

(2) For the Blue M oven, within 

eighteen (18) months of issuance of the 

CO, an engineering evaluation of the 

Conversion Scrap Cage Blue M oven 

shall be completed to determine 

methods to improve the functionality of 

the Blue M oven in a wet environment 

and improve accessibility for inspection 

and maintenance activities. 

(3) Within three (3) years of issuance 

of the CO, improvements based on the 

engineering evaluations described above 

shall be implemented. 

4. Westinghouse shall notify the NRC 

within fifteen (15) working days prior to 

implementing changes to the 

modifications to the S–1030 scrubber 

system, as discussed below. This 

requirement ends once the Regional 

Administrator determines that the CO 

has been satisfied. These modifications 

were incorporated as corrective actions 

prior to the October 20, 2016, system 

restart authorization (ML16294A296) 

and support, in part, the safety basis for 

the S–1030 scrubber. Specifically, these 

modifications are: 

(1) The plenums for the scrap cage 

Blue M oven hoods shall be equipped 

with a filter to capture at least 95% of 

the mass entrained in the air stream 

based on particle size distribution and 

the manufacturer’s published efficiency 

data. 

(2) Packing baskets were implemented 

to permit complete removal and 

inspection of the packed media and to 

maintain clearance between the packed 

media and the scrubber floor. 

(3) A feed and bleed system for the 

scrubber recirculating liquid shall be 

maintained at a minimum output flow 

of 0.5 gallons per minute. If feed and 

bleed is not available, a controlled 

shutdown of the scrubber shall be 

initiated in accordance with plant 

procedures. 

(4) The scrubber shall be opened to 

remove the packed media baskets, to 

clean and inspect the inlet transition 

and scrubber body on a quarterly basis. 

(5) Weekly visual inspections of the 

scrubber inlet transition shall be 

conducted. 

5. Within two (2) years of issuance of 

the CO, Westinghouse shall develop and 

implement additional methods to 

monitor system parameters that are 

early indicators of an abnormal 

accumulation in the S–1030 scrubber 

from a process upset that could 

challenge the accumulation rate and/or 

criticality safety mass limits. The 

methods will provide timely indications 

to enable the operators to take 

appropriate actions in accordance with 

approved procedures. 

6. Within eighteen (18) months of 

issuance of the CO, Westinghouse shall 

develop and implement a criticality 

safety basis/IROFS database to maintain 

the proper flow down of the safety basis 

into implementing documents. 

7. Within six (6) months of issuance 

of the CO, Westinghouse shall develop 

a method to reinforce positive NSC 

leadership behavior and monitor for 

effectiveness in the NSC monitoring 

panel. Westinghouse shall implement 

such method for three (3) years, after 

which it may evaluate the need to 

continue this item. 

8. Within three (3) months of issuance 

of the CO, Westinghouse shall develop 

and implement a new metric or periodic 

report that creates an aggregate picture 

of the health of the criticality safety 

program. This shall include items such 

as IROFS challenges, trends, audit and 

inspection finding status, violations, 

and health of management measures 

and be made available for inspection. 

Identified deficiencies shall be 

evaluated in accordance with the CAP. 

9. Within nine (9) months of issuance 

of the CO, Westinghouse shall 

implement risk-informed standards for 

the preparation of procedures and data 

sheets informed by appropriate 

guidance in INPO 11–003, ‘‘Guideline 

for Excellence in Procedure and Work 

Instruction Use and Adherence.’’ This 

shall consist of issuance of a procedure 

writers’ guide, procedure format 

template, and a procedure use and 

adherence standard. 

10. The NRC agrees that issuance of 

this CO serves to close the CAL issued 

to Westinghouse on August 11, 2016. 

NRC acknowledges that Westinghouse 

has taken extensive actions to address 

items in the CAL including completing 

an RCA, completing a review of 

criticality safety evaluations, performing 

inspections to validate system design 

and operating parameters, installing 

physical modifications to support the 

safety basis to improve safety 

performance, conducting an 

independent third party nuclear safety 

culture assessment, and completing 

several corrective actions designed to 

preclude recurrence. 

The NRC also acknowledges that 

Westinghouse has taken some actions to 

close post-restart CAL items 1, 3, and 5, 

but are not yet complete. Therefore, 

post-restart CAL items 1, 3, and 5, as 

modified below, are transferred to this 

CO. Upon completion of these items, 

Westinghouse will notify the NRC 

Region II Administrator. 

a. CAL Item 1—Westinghouse shall 

implement the remaining corrective 

actions to prevent recurrence identified 

in their RCA. 

b. CAL Item 3—Westinghouse shall 

conduct effectiveness reviews of 

corrective actions to prevent recurrence 

specified in their RCA. 

c. CAL Item 5—Westinghouse shall 

evaluate the results of the independent 

third party nuclear safety culture 

assessment, and any identified 

deficiencies will be entered into the 

CAP to track to completion. 

This CO supersedes the CAL issued to 

Westinghouse on August 11, 2016. Post 

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sampled as part of the NRC’s inspection 

program. 

Post-restart CAL item 6 is closed 

because of the extensive corrective 

actions completed by Westinghouse to 

date. 

11. Within three (3) months of 

completing implementation of the terms 

of the CO, Westinghouse will provide 

the NRC with a letter discussing its 

basis for concluding that the CO has 

been satisfied. 

This agreement is binding upon 

successors and assigns of Westinghouse. 

Unless otherwise specified, all dates 

are from the date of issuance of the CO. 

The Regional Administrator, NRC 

Region II, may relax or rescind, in 

writing, any of the above conditions 

upon a showing by Westinghouse of 

good cause. 

VI 

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.202 and 

10 CFR 2.309, any person adversely 

affected by this CO, other than 

Westinghouse, may request a hearing 

within 30 calendar days of the date of 

issuance of this CO. Where good cause 

is shown, consideration will be given to 

extending the time to request a hearing. 

A request for extension of time must be 

made in writing to the Director, Office 

of Enforcement, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20555, 

and include a statement of good cause 

for the extension. 

All documents filed in the NRC 

adjudicatory proceedings, including a 

request for hearing, a petition for leave 

to intervene, any motion or other 

document filed in the proceeding prior 

to the submission of a request for 

hearing or petition to intervene, and 

documents filed by interested 

governmental entities participating 

under 10 CFR 2.315(c), must be filed in 

accordance with the NRC’s E-Filing rule 

(72 FR 49139, August 28, 2007, as 

amended at 77 FR 46562, August 3, 

2012). The E-Filing process requires 

participants to submit and serve all 

adjudicatory documents over the 

internet, or in some cases to mail copies 

on electronic storage media. Detailed 

guidance on making electronic 

submissions may be found in the 

Guidance for Electronic Submissions to 

the NRC and on the NRC’s Web site at 

http://www.nrc.gov/site-help/esubmittals.html. Participants may not 

submit paper copies of their filings 

unless they seek an exemption in 

accordance with the procedures 

described below. 

To comply with the procedural 

requirements of E-Filing, at least 10 

days prior to the filing deadline, the 

participant should contact the Office of 

the Secretary by email at 

hearing.docket@nrc.gov, or by telephone 

at 301–415–1677, to (1) request a digital 

identification (ID) certificate, which 

allows the participant (or its counsel or 

representative) to digitally sign 

submissions and access the E-Filing 

system for any proceeding in which it 

is participating; and (2) advise the 

Secretary that the participant will be 

submitting a petition or other 

adjudicatory document (even in 

instances in which the participant, or its 

counsel or representative, already holds 

an NRC-issued digital ID certificate). 

Based upon this information, the 

Secretary will establish an electronic 

docket for the hearing in this proceeding 

if the Secretary has not already 

established an electronic docket. 

Information about applying for a 

digital ID certificate is available on the 

NRC’s public Web site at http://

www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals/ 

getting-started.html. Once a participant 

has obtained a digital ID certificate and 

a docket has been created, the 

participant can then submit 

adjudicatory documents. Submissions 

must be in Portable Document Format 

(PDF). Additional guidance on PDF 

submissions is available on the NRC’s 

public Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/ 

site-help/electronic-sub-ref-mat.html. A 

filing is considered complete at the time 

the document is submitted through the 

NRC’s E-Filing system. To be timely, an 

electronic filing must be submitted to 

the E-Filing system no later than 11:59 

p.m. Eastern Time on the due date. 

Upon receipt of a transmission, the EFiling system time-stamps the document 

and sends the submitter an email notice 

confirming receipt of the document. The 

E-Filing system also distributes an email 

notice that provides access to the 

document to the NRC’s Office of the 

General Counsel and any others who 

have advised the Office of the Secretary 

that they wish to participate in the 

proceeding, so that the filer need not 

serve the document on those 

participants separately. Therefore, 

applicants and other participants (or 

their counsel or representative) must 

apply for and receive a digital ID 

certificate before adjudicatory 

documents are filed so that they can 

obtain access to the documents via the 

E-Filing system. 

A person filing electronically using 

the NRC’s adjudicatory E-Filing system 

may seek assistance by contacting the 

NRC’s Electronic Filing Help Desk 

through the ‘‘Contact Us’’ link located 

on the NRC’s public Web site at http:// 

www.nrc.gov/site-help/esubmittals.html, by email to 

MSHD.Resource@nrc.gov, or by a tollfree call at 1–866–672–7640. The NRC 

Electronic Filing Help Desk is available 

between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m., Eastern 

Time, Monday through Friday, 

excluding government holidays. 

Once a participant has obtained a 

digital ID certificate and a docket has 

been created, the participant can then 

submit a request for hearing or petition 

for leave to intervene through the EIE 

System. Submissions should be in 

Portable Document Format (PDF) in 

accordance with NRC guidance 

available on the NRC public Web site at 

https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/esubmittals.html. A filing is considered 

complete at the time the documents are 

submitted through the NRC’s E-Filing 

system. To be timely, an electronic 

filing must be submitted to the E-Filing 

system no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern 

Time on the due date. Upon receipt of 

a transmission, the E-Filing system 

time-stamps the document and sends 

the submitter an email notice 

confirming receipt of the document. The 

E-Filing system also distributes an email 

notice that provides access to the 

document to the NRC Office of the 

General Counsel and any others who 

have advised the Office of the Secretary 

that they wish to participate in the 

proceeding, so that the filer need not 

serve the documents on those 

participants separately. Therefore, 

applicants and other participants (or 

their counsel or representative) must 

apply for and receive a digital ID 

certificate before a hearing request/ 

petition to intervene is filed so that they 

can obtain access to the document via 

the E-Filing system. 

A person filing electronically using 

the NRC’s adjudicatory E-Filing system 

may seek assistance by contacting the 

NRC’s Electronic Filing Help Desk 

through the ‘‘Contact Us’’ link located 

on the NRC’s public Web site at http:// 

www.nrc.gov/site-help/esubmittals.html, by email to 

MSHD.Resource@nrc.gov, or by a tollfree call at 1–866–672–7640. The NRC 

Electronic Filing Help Desk is available 

between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m., Eastern 

Time, Monday through Friday, 

excluding government holidays. 

Participants who believe that they 

have a good cause for not submitting 

documents electronically must file an 

exemption request, in accordance with 

10 CFR 2.302(g), with their initial paper 

filing stating why there is good cause for 

not filing electronically and requesting 

authorization to continue to submit 

documents in paper format. Such filings 

must be submitted by: (1) First class 

mail addressed to the Office of the 

Secretary of the Commission, U.S. 

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Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff; or 

(2) courier, express mail, or expedited 

delivery service to the Office of the 

Secretary, 11555 Rockville Pike, 

Rockville, Maryland, 20852, Attention: 

Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff. 

Participants filing adjudicatory 

documents in this manner are 

responsible for serving the document on 

all other participants. Filing is 

considered complete by first-class mail 

as of the time of deposit in the mail, or 

by courier, express mail, or expedited 

delivery service upon depositing the 

document with the provider of the 

service. A presiding officer, having 

granted an exemption request from 

using E-Filing, may require a participant 

or party to use E-Filing if the presiding 

officer subsequently determines that the 

reason for granting the exemption from 

use of E-Filing no longer exists. 

Documents submitted in adjudicatory 

proceedings will appear in the NRC’s 

electronic hearing docket which is 

available to the public at https://

adams.nrc.gov/ehd, unless excluded 

pursuant to an order of the Commission 

or the presiding officer. If you do not 

have an NRC-issued digital ID certificate 

as described above, click cancel when 

the link requests certificates and you 

will be automatically directed to the 

NRC’s electronic hearing dockets where 

you will be able to access any publicly 

available documents in a particular 

hearing docket. Participants are 

requested not to include personal 

privacy information, such as social 

security numbers, home addresses, or 

personal phone numbers in their filings, 

unless an NRC regulation or other law 

requires submission of such 

information. For example, in some 

instances, individuals provide home 

addresses in order to demonstrate 

proximity to a facility or site. With 

respect to copyrighted works, except for 

limited excerpts that serve the purpose 

of the adjudicatory filings and would 

constitute a Fair Use application, 

participants are requested not to include 

copyrighted materials in their 

submission. 

If a person (other than Westinghouse) 

requests a hearing, that person shall set 

forth with particularity the manner in 

which his interest is adversely affected 

by this CO and shall address the criteria 

set forth in 10 CFR 2.309(d) and (f). 

If a hearing is requested by a person 

whose interest is adversely affected, the 

Commission will issue an order 

designating the time and place of any 

hearing. If a hearing is held, the issue to 

be considered at such hearing shall be 

whether this CO should be sustained. 

In the absence of any request for 

hearing, or written approval of an 

extension of time in which to request a 

hearing, the provisions specified in 

Section V above shall be final 30 days 

from the date of this CO without further 

order or proceedings. If an extension of 

time for requesting a hearing has been 

approved, the provisions specified in 

Section V shall be final when the 

extension expires if a hearing request 

has not been received. 

Dated at Atlanta, Georgia, this 9th day of 

August, 2017. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Catherine Haney, 

Regional Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2017–17101 Filed 8–11–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket No. 50–458; NRC–2017–0141] 

Entergy Operations, Inc.; River Bend 

Station, Unit 1 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: License renewal application; 

opportunity to request a hearing and to 

petition for leave to intervene. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is considering an 

application for the renewal of operating 

license NPF–47, which authorizes 

Entergy Operations, Inc., (the applicant), 

to operate River Bend Station, Unit 1 

(RBS). The renewed license would 

authorize the applicant to operate RBS 

for an additional 20 years beyond the 

period specified in the current license. 

The current operating license for RBS 

expires at midnight on August 29, 2025. 

DATES: A request for a hearing or 

petition for leave to intervene must be 

filed by October 13, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID 

NRC–2017–0141 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 Web site: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2017–0141. Address 

questions about NRC dockets to Carol 

Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463; 

email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For 

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 

‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then 

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 

email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The 

License Renewal Application is 

available in ADAMS under Accession 

No. ML17153A282. 

• 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: 

Emmanuel Sayoc, Office of Nuclear 

Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington DC 

20555–0001; telephone: 301–415–4084; 

email: Emmanuel.Sayoc@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction 

The NRC received a license renewal 

application (LRA) from Entergy 

Operations, Inc., dated May 25, 2017, 

requesting renewal of operating license 

No. NPF–47, which authorizes Entergy 

Operations, Inc., to operate RBS at 3091 

megawatts thermal. The RBS is a 

boiling-water reactor designed by 

General Electric and is located in St. 

Francisville, Louisiana. Entergy 

Operations, Inc., submitted the 

application, pursuant to part 54 of title 

10 of the Code of Federal Regulations 

(10 CFR). A notice of receipt of the LRA 

was published in the Federal Register 

on June 28, 2017 (82 FR 29344). 

The NRC’s staff has determined that 

Entergy Operations, Inc. has submitted 

sufficient information in accordance 

with 10 CFR 54.19, 54.21, 54.22, 54.23, 

51.45, and 51.53(c), to enable the staff 

to undertake a review of the application, 

and that the application is, therefore, 

acceptable for docketing. The current 

docket No., 50–458, for operating 

license No. NPF–47, will be retained. 

The determination to accept the LRA for 

docketing does not constitute a 

determination that a renewed license 

should be issued, and does not preclude 

the NRC staff from requesting additional 

information as the review proceeds. 

Before issuance of the requested 

renewed license, the NRC will have 

made the findings required by the 

Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended 

(the Act), and the Commission’s rules 

and regulations. In accordance with 10 

CFR 54.29, the NRC may issue a 


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