Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Issues Order Regarding Pacific Gas & Electric

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Atomic Safety and Licensing Board issued the following order (Case No. LBP-23-08):

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In the Matter of PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY (Diablo Canyon Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation)

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

(Dismissing Contention and Terminating Proceeding) Pending before this Licensing Board in this license renewal proceeding for the Diablo Canyon Power Plant (DCPP) Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI) is (1) Pacific Gas and Electric Company's (PG&E's) motion to dismiss or for summary disposition of Contention A,/1 and (2) San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace's (SLOMFP's) notice of withdrawal of Contention A./2

Contention A, which is the sole contention admitted in this proceeding, challenges PG&E's financial qualifications analysis in its license renewal application (LRA) for the Diablo Canyon ISFSI./3 As discussed below, we dismiss Contention A pursuant to SLOMFP's withdrawal notice (which renders PG&E's motion moot), and we terminate this proceeding.

THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD

E. Roy Hawkens, Chair ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE

Nicholas G. Trikouros ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE

Dr. Gary S. Arnold ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE

Rockville, Maryland September 15, 2023

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Footnotes:

1/ See [PG&E's] Motion to Dismiss or for Summary Disposition of Contention A as Moot (Aug. 24, 2023) [hereinafter PG&E Motion].

2/ See [SLOMFP's] Notice of Withdrawal of Contention A (Sept. 11, 2023) [hereinafter SLOMFP Withdrawal Notice].

3/ See Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (Diablo Canyon Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation), LBP-23-07, 98 NRC __, __ (July 19, 2023) (slip op. at 15).

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Original text here: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2325/ML23258A211.pdf