BVY 17-013, Notification of Schedule Change for Dry Fuel Loading Campaign

Notification of Schedule Change for Dry Fuel Loading Campaign

ML17104A050
Person / Time
Site:	Vermont Yankee
Issue date:	04/12/2017
From:	Boyle J Entergy Nuclear Operations, Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee
To:	Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
BVY 17-013
Download: ML17104A050 (3)

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Vernon; VT 05354 (802) 257-7711 John W. Boyle Director, Nuclear Decommissioning 10 CFR 50.82(a)(7) 10 CFR 50.54(bb)

BVY 17-013 April 12, 2017 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk Washington, DC -20555-0001

SUBJECT:

Notification of Schedule Change for Dry Fuel Loading Campaign Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station Docket No. 50-271 License No. DPR-28

REFERENCES:

1. Letter, Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. to USNRC, "Post Shutdown Decommissioning Activities Report," BVY 14-078, dated December 19, 2014(ML14357A110)

2. Letter, Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. to USNRC, "Update to Irradiated Fuel Management Program Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.54(bb ), BVY 14-085, dated December 19, 2014(ML14358A251)

Dear Sir or Madam:

Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (ENO) is submitting notification pursuant to 10 CFR 50.82(a)(7) that certain activities are planned at Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station (VY) that constitute a change to the schedule described in the VY Post-Shutdown Decommissioning Activities Report (PSDAR) (Reference 1). This submittal also provides updated information related to the VY irradiated fuel management program submitted pursuant to 10 CFR 50.54(bb) (Reference 2).

The planned activities will result in changes to the decommissioning schedule for the SAFSTOR Dormancy with Wet Fuel Storage period 2016-2020 (PSDAR Table 2.1 ). Information provide<;i in the PSDAR and site-specific decommissioning cost estimate indicated a dry fuel storage campaign starting in 2019. Key milestones in the schedule for this period include the availability of the second Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI) pad by 2017, and off-loading of the spent fuel pool to the ISFSI by mid-2020 (PSDAR Section 2.1.2).

Consistent with PSDAR Section 2.0, spent fuel will remain in the spent fuel pool until it meets the criteria for transfer and the spent fuel can be transferred in an efficient manner to the ISFSI.

The ISFSI expansion (second pad) is under construction and scheduled for completion in 2017, _ / .

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BVY 17-013 /Page 2 of 3 as stated in PSDAR Section 2.1.2. VY now plans to commence loading spent fuel into dry fuel storage casks and transferring the casks to the existing ISFSI pad in April 2017. Provided that the criteria for transfer are met, including certain regulatory approvals 1, the transfer of all spent fuel from the spent fuel pool to the ISFSI is expected to be completed in late 2018.

Although the schedule change results in certain expenditures shifting from years 2019-2020 to 2017-2018, it does not increase the overall estimated costs for spent fuel management or license termination. This is primarily due to reductions in expenditures as a result of completing the transfer to dry fuel storage nearly two years earlier than previously described. Likewise, the change does not adversely affect the projected excess amount in the decommissioning trust fund over these estimated costs, based on the funding approach described in Reference 2 for the management of irradiated fuel, which remains unchanged. In Reference 2, ENO also stated that VY expects to begin the dry fuel campaign in 2019 and complete the transfer by mid-2020, therefore this updated information is provided pursuant to 10 CFR 50.54(bb ).

ENO has submitted an application to the NRC for transfer of the VY licenses; however, any proposed changes associated with that application are not considered for the purposes of this notification. 2 This submittal contains no new regulatory commitments.

Should you have any questions concerning this submittal, or require additional information, please contact Mr. Coley Chappell at 802-451-3374.

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VY spent fuel will be stored in Holtec International HI-STORM 100 Cask Systems, utilizing MPC-68 and MPC-68M canisters, licensed under HI-STORM 100 Certificate of Compliance {CoC) No. 72-1014.

Accelerated completion of the transfer to dry fuel storage is dependent upon obtaining certain approvals from the NRC. Holtec has submitted proposed Amendments 11 and 12 to the HI-STORM 100 CoC, and, in parallel, ENO is submitting requests for site-specific licensing actions which, if approved, would also support completion of the dry fuel loading campaign by late 2018.

2 Application for Order Consenting to Direct and Indirect Transfers of Control of Licenses and Approving Conforming License Amendment and Notification of Amendment to Decommissioning Trust Agreement, BVY 17-005, February 9, 2017 {ML17045A140). Notification of Revised Post-Shutdown Decommissioning Activities Report (Revised PSDAR), NorthStar Group Services, Inc., April 6, 2017.

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cc: Mr. Daniel H. Dorman Regional Administrator, Region 1 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 2100 Renaissance Blvd, Suite 100 King of Prussia, PA 19406-2713 Mr. Jack D. Parrott, Senior Project Manager Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop - 08D15 Washington, DC 20555 Ms. June Tierney, Commissioner Vermont Department of Public Service 112 State Street - Drawer 20 Montpelier, Vermont 05602-2601