The Federal Register

Nuclear Management Company, Palisades Plant; Notice of Correction to Individual Notice for Environmental Assessment

Mon, Oct 17 2005 11:00:00 GMT

This document corrects a notice appearing in the Federal Register on October 4, 2005 (70 FR 57899), that incorrectly referred to Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc. This action is necessary to correct the erroneous information.

Entergy Operations, Inc., Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3; Notice of Consideration of Approval of Transfer of

Mon, Oct 17 2005 11:00:00 GMT

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) is considering issuance of an order under section 50.80 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), approving the transfer of control of Facility Operating License and Materials License No. NPF38 for Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3 (Waterford 3). The transfer is associated with the restructuring of Entergy Louisiana, Inc. (ELI), from a Louisiana corporation to a Texas limited liability company, Entergy Louisiana, LLC (ELL). Entergy Operations Inc. (EOI), the current operators of Waterford 3, will continue to operate the plant. The Commission is further considering amending the license for administrative purposes to reflect the proposed transfer, including removing references to ELI in the license.

ELI is the owner of Waterford 3, which is operated by EOI. Both ELI and EOI are direct subsidiaries of Entergy Corporation. ELI is currently a Louisiana corporation. Under the proposed restructuring, ELI will

Nuclear Management Company, LLC, Palisades Plant; Exemption

Mon, Oct 17 2005 11:00:00 GMT

1.0 Background

Nuclear Management Company, LLC (NMC) is the holder of Facility Operating License No. DPR20, which authorizes operation of the Palisades Nuclear Plant (PNP). The license provides, among other things, that the facility is subject to all rules, regulations, and orders of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or Commission) now or hereafter in effect.

The facility consists of a pressurizedwater reactor located in VanBuren County in Michigan.

2.0 Request/Action

Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations 10 CFR part 50, Section 50.68(b)(1) specifies requirements for handling and storing spent fuel assemblies during cask loading, unloading, and handling operations. Section 50.68(b)(1) sets forth the following requirement that must be met, in lieu of a monitoring system capable of detecting criticality events:

Plant procedures shall prohibit the handling and storage at any one time of more fuel assemblies than have been determined to be safely subcritical under the most