ML053200023
| ML053200023 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Maine Yankee |
| Issue date: | 12/08/2005 |
| From: | Gillen D NRC/NMSS/DWMEP/DD |
| To: | Niles J Maine Yankee Atomic Power Co |
| Buckley J, NMSS/DWM, 301-415-6607 | |
| References | |
| Download: ML053200023 (3) | |
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December 8, 2005 Mr. John Niles, ISFSI Manager Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company 321 Old Ferry Road Wiscasset, Maine 04578-4922
SUBJECT:
RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR EXEMPTION FROM 10 CFR Part 50.75(f)(1)
Dear Mr. Niles:
On May 31, 2005, Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company submitted a request for exemption from the requirements of 10 CFR Part 50.75(f)(1), which requires annual reporting of the status of the licensees decommissioning fund. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has considered your request for exemption, and based on the discussion below, the staff denies the request for exemption.
The staff is developing a rulemaking which will address financial assurance issues regarding licensees in decommissioning. As part of the rulemaking process, the staff will solicit comment on the proposed changes to the regulations. Therefore, the staff determined that granting this request is not appropriate pending completion of this rulemaking process.
The staff considered the burden of continuing the annual reporting of your decommissioning fund status. However, the fund is small in size, and the completion of reactor decommissioning activities suggests that the report will be simpler, and therefore less expensive, than in the past.
Balanced against that burden is the benefit of greater public participation in the rulemaking now in progress. The staff determined that the benefit of public participation outweighs the burden to the licensee in this case.
If you have any questions regarding this letter, please contact John Buckley at 301-415-6607.
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 License No.: DPR-36 cc: Maine Yankee distribution list
December 8, 2005 Mr. John Niles, ISFSI Manager Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company 321 Old Ferry Road Wiscasset, Maine 04578-4922
SUBJECT:
RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR EXEMPTION FROM 10 CFR 50.75(f)(1)
Dear Mr. Niles:
On May 31, 2005, Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company submitted a request for exemption from the requirements of 10 CFR Part 50.75(f)(1), which requires annual reporting of the status of the licensees decommissioning fund. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has considered your request for exemption, and based on the discussion below, the staff denies the request for exemption.
The staff is developing a rulemaking which will address financial assurance issues regarding licensees in decommissioning. As part of the rulemaking process, the staff will solicit comment on the proposed changes to the regulations. Therefore, the staff determined that granting this request is not appropriate pending completion of this rulemaking process.
The staff considered the burden of continuing the annual reporting of your decommissioning fund status. However, the fund is small in size, and the completion of reactor decommissioning activities suggests that the report will be simpler, and therefore less expensive, than in the past.
Balanced against that burden is the benefit of greater public participation in the rulemaking now in progress. The staff determined that the benefit of public participation outweighs the burden to the licensee in this case.
If you have any questions regarding this letter, please contact John Buckley at 301-415-6607.
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 License No.: DPR-36 cc: Maine Yankee distribution list DISTRIBUTION:
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Maine Yankee Atomic Power Plant Service List cc:
Senator Charles Pray State Nuclear Safety Advisor State Planning Office State House Station #38 Augusta, ME 04333 First Selectman of Wiscasset Municipal Building U.S. Route 1 Wiscasset, ME 04578 Friends of the Coast P.O. Box 98 Edgecomb, ME 04556 Mr. Jonathan M. Block Attorney at Law P.O. Box 566 Putney, VT 05346-0566 Joseph Fay, Esquire Maine Yankee Atomic power Company 321 Old Ferry Road Wiscasset, ME 04578-4922 Mr. Patrick J. Dostie State of Maine Nuclear Safety Inspector Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company 321 Old Ferry Road Wiscasset, ME 04578-4922 Mr. Mark Roberts U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 David Lewis, Esquire Shaw Pittman 2300 North Street, NW Washington, DC 20037 Mr. John Niles, ISFSI Manager Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company 321 Old Ferry Road Wiscasset, ME 04578-4922 W. Clough Toppan, P.E., Director Division of Health Engineering Department of Human Services
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