B17876, Informs That Util Will Adopt Last Approved Northeast Util QA Program (Nuqap) Tr,Rev 21,dtd 990630,as Unit 1 Nuqap,Per Decision to Permanently Cease Operations at Subject Plant

Informs That Util Will Adopt Last Approved Northeast Util QA Program (Nuqap) Tr,Rev 21,dtd 990630,as Unit 1 Nuqap,Per Decision to Permanently Cease Operations at Subject Plant

ML20212H257
Person / Time
Site:	Millstone
Issue date:	09/16/1999
From:	Necci R NORTHEAST NUCLEAR ENERGY CO.
To:	NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
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B17876, NUDOCS 9910010011
Download: ML20212H257 (2)

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Rope Feny Rd. (Route 156), Wtterford, CT 06385 Northe:st Nuclear Energy . uinstone Nuclear Power Station Northeast Nuclear Energy Company f

P.O. Box 128 Waterford, CT 06385-0128 (860) 447 1791 Fax (860) 444-4277 The Northeast Utilities System SEP I 61999 Docket Nos. 50-245 50-336 50-423 B17876 Re: 10 CFR 50.54(a)

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Attention: . Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555-0001 Millstone Nuclear Power Station, Unit No.1 Quality Assurance Procram in.a letter dated July 21, 1998, the Northeast Nuclear Energy Company (NNECO) informed the NRC that the Board of Directors of NNECO had decided to permanently cease operations at the. Millstone Station Unit No.1, and that the fuel had been permanently removed from the reactor. As a result, NNECO is reviewing its programs with the intent of making revisions to reflect the current plant status. To assist in transitioning the Quality Assurance Program from a normally operating power facility to a defueled plant undergoing decontamination and decommissioning, NNECO will first adopt, in its entirety, the last approved Northeast Utilities Quality Assurance Program

.(NUQAP) Topical Report, Revision 21, dated June 30,1999, as the Millstone Unit No.1 Northeast Utilities Quality Assurance Program.

This action is purely administrative. All regulatory commitments in the NU Topical Report will remain unchanged. This administrative action will allow Millstone Unit No.1 to make necessary changes unencumbered by activities and revisions focused on the f operational needs of Millstone Unit Nos. 2 and 3. It will also allow Millstone Unit Nos. 2 O and 3 to make necessary changes unencumbered by activities and revisions focused on the decommissioning needs of Millstone Unit No.1.

The next required update of the Millstone Unit No.1. Northeast Utilities Quality Assurance Program will remove any references to other facilities, define the new organizational structure at Millstone Station Unit No.1, and address any other needed ch revisions, in accordance with 10 CFR 50.54(a). The next required update of the 9910010011 99o916 DR ADOcK 05o002 5

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U. S. Nucl:ar Regulatory Commission B17876\Page 2 Millstone Unit No.1 Northeast Utilities Quality Assurance Program will be submitted to the NRC in accordance with 10 CFR 50.54(a) and 50.71(e).

Similarly, Revision 22 to the Northeast Utilities Quality Assurance Program Topical Report will delete appropriate references to Millstone Station Unit No.1 and address any other needed revisions. Revision 22 will be submitted to the NRC in accordance with 10 CFR 50.54(a) and 50.71(e).

There are no regulatory commitments contained within this letter.

If you have any questions, please contact Mr. Bryan Ford at (860) 437-5895.

Very truly yours, NORTHEAST NUCLEAR ENERGY COMPANY

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R. P. Necci Vice President Nuclear Oversight and Regulatory Affairs cc: H. J. Miller, NRC Region i Administrator L. L. Wheeler, NRC Project Manager, Millstone Station Unit 1 R. B. Eaton, NRC Senior Project Manager, Millstone Station Unit 2 D. P. Beaulieu, NRC Senior Resident inspector, Millstone Station Unit 2 J. A. Nakoski, NRC Project Manager, Millstone Station Unit 3 A. C. Cerne, NRC Senior Resident inspector, Millstone Station Unit 3 P. C. Cataldo, NRC Resident inspector i

Director, Bureau of Air Management i

Monitoring and Radiation Division Department of Environmental Protection 79 Elm Street Hartford, CT 06106-5127 I