BVY 17-019, Updated Responses to Orders Applicable to the Proposed Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation Physical Security Plan

Updated Responses to Orders Applicable to the Proposed Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation Physical Security Plan

ML17181A186
Person / Time
Site:	Vermont Yankee File:NorthStar Vermont Yankee icon.png
Issue date:	06/28/2017
From:	Boyle J Entergy Nuclear Operations
To:	Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
BVY 17-019
Download: ML17181A186 (3)

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SAFEGUARDS INfFORMAT~ON Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

Vermont Yankee

~Entergy 320 Governor Hunt Road Vernon, Vermont 05354 Tel: (802) 257-7711 John W. Boyle Director, Nuclear Decommissioning 10 CFR2.202 10CFR 50A BVY 17-019 June 28, 2017 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Attn: Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555

SUBJECT:

Updated Responses to Orders Applicable to the Proposed Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation Physical Security Plan Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station -

Docket No. 50-271 License No. [)PR-28

REFERENCES:

1. Letter, Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. to USNRC, "Certifiqations of Permanent Cessation of Power Operations and Permanent Removal of Fuel from the Reactor Vessel," BVY 15-001, dated January 12, 2015 (ML15013A426)

2. Letter, Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. to USNRC, "lndep_endent Spent Fuel Storage Installation Physical Security Plan, Revision O, Proposed Change No. 315," BVY 17-003, dated March 29, 2017 (ML17117A421)

Dear Sir or Madam:

In accordance with 10 CFR 50.4, Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (ENO) hereby submits information in response to the following Orders previously issued by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) under the provisions of 10 CFR 2.202:

EA-02-026- Interim Safeguards .and Security Compensatory Measures EA-03-086 Design Basis Threat EA-06-037- Updated Adversary Characteristic EA-06-116 ISFSI - Interim Safeguards and Security Compensatory Measures EA-06-117 ISFSI - Implementation of Additional Security Measures Associated with Access Authorization Sool SAFEGUARDS INFORMATION ENCLOSURE 1 TO THIS LETTER CONTAINS "SAFEGUARDS INFORMATION" WHICH MUST BE Nf-f(*

PROTECTED ACCORDINGLY. UPON SEPARATION FROM ENCLOSURE 1, THIS LETTER IS "DECONTROLLED."

SAFEGUARDS ~NFORMAT~ON BVY 17-019 /Page 2 of 3 By letter dated January 12, 2015 (Reference~1 ), ENO submitted the certifications for Vermont Yankee_ Nuclear Power Station (VY) for permanent cessation of reactor operations and permanent removal of fuel from the reactor vessel pursuant to 10 CFR.50.82(a)(1 ). Upon docketing of these certifications, under 10 CFR 50.82(a)(2) the VY 10 CFR Part 50 license no longer authorizes operation of the reactor or emplacement or retention of fuel into the reactor vessel.

By letter dated March 29, 2017 (Reference 2), ENO submitted a proposed VY Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI) Physical Security Plan (PSP) for NRC review, to be implemented following the transfer of all spent nuclear fuel to the ISFSI. The proposed ISFSI PSP was requested to be approved by June 30, 2018.

Enclosure 1 provides revised responses to the Orders listed above, which remain applicable to VY after all spent fuel is transferred from the spent fuel pool to dry storage within the ISFSI.

The revised responses are appropriate for a facility in this condition, and applicable to information submitted for the proposed VY ISFSI PSP. In addition, the ISFSI PSP reflects an iSFSl-only site configuration using dry' stOrage that is not collocated with an operating power reactor facility; therefore, this configuration is governed specifically by Attachment 1, Item B of Order EA-06-116. Hence, the revised responses to the Orders will be implemented as described in, and concurrently with, the ISFSI PSP. The revised responses are being provided in support of NRC review of the proposed ISFSI PSP. contains Safeguards Information (SGI) andAts disclosure to unauthorized individuals is prohibited by Section 147 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended.

Therefore, the information must be protected accordingly, and ENO requests that it be withheld from public disclosure in accordance with 10 CFR 73.22. Upon separation from Enclosure 1, this letter is decontrolled.

This letter contains no new regulatory commitments.

Should you have any questions concerning this transmittal, please contact Mr. Coley Chappell at 802-451-3374.

I declare under penalty of perjury that the for~going is true and correct. Executed on June 28, 2017.

JWB/kwk

Enclosure:

1. Applicable Orders Response Update for VY ISFSI Physical Security Plan (SGI)

SAFEGUARDS INFORMATION ENCLOSURE 1 TO THIS LETTER CONTAINS "SAFEGUARDS. INFORMATION" WHICH MUST BE PROTECTED ACCORDINGLY. UPON SEPARATION FR©M ENCLOSURE 1, THIS LETTER IS "DECONTROLLED."

SAFEGUARDS INFORMAT~ON BVY 17-019 /Page 3 of3 cc: Mr. Daniel H. Dorman (w/o Enclosure)

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 Profect Manager (w/o Enclosure)

Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards

• U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop T-8F5 Washington, DC.20555 Ms. June Tierney, Commissioner (w/o Enclosure)

Vermont Department of Public Service 112 State Street - Drawer 20 Montpelier, Vermont 05602-2601 SAFEGUARDS INFORMATION ENCLOSURE 1 TO THIS LETTER CONTAINS "SAFEGUARDS INFORMATION" WHICH MUST BE PROTECTED AC.CORDINGLY. UPON SEPARATION FROM ENCLOSURE 1, THIS LETTER IS "DECONTROLLED." .

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