ML052380234

Cover Letter for License Amendment 172 Regarding Unrestricted Release of the Remaining Land Under License DPR-36 with the Exception of the Land Where the Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation Is Located

ML052380234
Person / Time
Site:	Maine Yankee
Issue date:	09/30/2005
From:	Gillen D NRC/NMSS/DWMEP/DD
To:	Niles J Maine Yankee Atomic Power Co
Watson, Bruce NMSS/DWMEP/DCD301-415-6221
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September 30, 2005 Mr. John Niles, ISFSI Manager Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company 321 Old Ferry Road Wiscasset, Maine 04578-4922

SUBJECT:

ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT NO. 172, TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. DPR MAINE YANKEE ATOMIC POWER STATION (TAC NO. M8000)

Dear Mr. Niles:

The Commission has issued the enclosed Amendment No. 172 to Facility Operating License No. DPR-36 for the Maine Yankee Atomic Power Station (Maine Yankee). In accordance with your application dated March 15, 2004, as supplemented on September 2, 2004, and May 16, 2005, the amendment consists of the unrestricted release of the remaining land under License No. DPR-36 with the exception of the land where the Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI) is located and a 3.17 acre parcel of land adjacent to the ISFSI.

Maine Yankee is required to maintain $100 million in nuclear liability insurance coverage, as described in Indemnity Agreement B-51, "until all the radioactive material has been removed from the location and transportation of the radioactive material from the location has ended as defined in subparagraph 5(b), Article 1, or until the Commission authorizes the termination or modification of such financial protection." Approval of this license amendment request has no impact on the terms of the indemnity agreement. In particular, it should be noted that the site location described in Item 4 of Amendment No. 3 to the indemnity agreement means the "original" 10 CFR Part 50 license site boundaries. The liability insurance coverage level shall not be reduced below the minimum $100 million amount without prior NRC approval.

A copy of the related Safety Evaluation Report is also enclosed. The Notice of Issuance will be included in the Commissions next Federal Register notice.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Daniel M. Gillen, Deputy Director Decommissioning Directorate Division of Waste Management and Environmental Protection Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Docket No. 50-309

Enclosures:

1. Amendment No. 172 to DPR-36

2. Safety Evaluation Report cc w/encls: Maine Yankee distribution list

A copy of the related Safety Evaluation Report is also enclosed. The Notice of Issuance will be included in the Commissions next Federal Register notice.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Daniel M. Gillen, Deputy Director Decommissioning Directorate Division of Waste Management and Environmental Protection Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Docket No. 50-309

Enclosures:

1. Amendment No. 172 to DPR-36

2. Safety Evaluation Report cc w/encls: Maine Yankee distribution list DISTRIBUTION:

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Maine Yankee Atomic Power Plant Service List cc:

Ms. Paula Craighead, Esquire Mr. Patrick J. Dostie State Nuclear Safety Advisor State of Maine Nuclear Safety Inspector State Planning Office Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company State House Station #38 321 Old Ferry Road Augusta, ME 04333 Wiscasset, ME 04578-4922 First Selectman of Wiscasset Mr. Mark Roberts Municipal Building U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Route 1 475 Allendale Road Wiscasset, ME 04578 King of Prussia, PA 19406 Friends of the Coast David Lewis, Esquire P.O. Box 98 Shaw Pittman Edgecomb, ME 04556 2300 North Street, NW Washington, DC 20037 Mr. Jonathan M. Block Attorney at Law John Niles P.O. Box 566 ISFI Manager Putney, VT 05346-0566 Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company 321 Old Ferry Road Joseph Fay, Esquire Wiscasset, ME 04578-4922 Maine Yankee Atomic power Company 321 Old Ferry Road W. Clough Toppan, P.E., Director Wiscasset, ME 04578-4922 Division of Health Engineering Department of of Human Services

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