ML060060515

Company, Ltr. to James Connell Dated December 27, 2005

ML060060515
Person / Time
Site:	Maine Yankee
Issue date:	12/27/2005
From:	Bellamy R, Collins S, Mark Miller, Pangburn G Division of Nuclear Materials Safety I, Decommissioning Branch I, Region 1 Administrator
To:	Connell J Maine Yankee Atomic Power Co
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION I 475 ALLENDALE ROAD KING OF PRUSSIA, PENNSYLVANIA 19406-1415 December 27, 2005 Docket No. 05000309 License No. DPR-36 James Connell, Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company 321 Old Ferry Road Wiscasset, ME 04578-4922

SUBJECT:

MAINE YANKEE ATOMIC POWER COMPANY

Dear Mr. Connell:

We are writing to congratulate you and your staff on the significant accomplishment of safely and successfully completing the initial phase of decommissioning at the former Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company site in Wiscasset, Maine. This campaign allowed spent fuel to be safely transferred for onsite storage at the Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation and the former Protected Area for the Nuclear Power facility to be released for unrestricted use. These actions were accomplished while maintaining high standards for radiological and industrial safety. In particular, we acknowledge your efforts to obtain input from the State of Maine, the Maine Yankee Community Advisory Panel and other stakeholders to enhance the project outcome.

We appreciated the professional manner of the interactions among our staffs as we sought to ensure that NRC regulatory requirements were met.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Samuel Collins Regional Administrator

/RA/

George Pangburn, Director Division of Nuclear Materials Safety

/RA/

Ronald Bellamy, Former Chief Decommissioning Branch Division of Nuclear Materials Safety

/RA/

Marie Miller, Chief Decommissioning Branch Division of Nuclear Materials Safety

J. Connell 2 cc:

G. Poulin, Chairman of the Board J. Niles, ISFSI Manager M. Thomas, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer E. Howes, Director, Public and Government Affairs J. M. Block, Attorney at Law J. Fay, Esquire, Corporate Counsel P. Dostie, State Nuclear Safety Inspector P. Brann, Assistant Attorney General First Selectman of Wiscasset M. Kilkelly, Chair - Community Advisory Panel Maine State Planning Officer - Nuclear Safety Advisor State of Maine, SLO Designee State Planning Officer - Executive Department Friends of the Coast

J. Connell 2 cc:

G. Poulin, Chairman of the Board J. Niles, ISFSI Manager M. Thomas, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer E. Howes, Director, Public and Government Affairs J. M. Block, Attorney at Law J. Fay, Esquire, Corporate Counsel P. Dostie, State Nuclear Safety Inspector P. Brann, Assistant Attorney General First Selectman of Wiscasset M. Kilkelly, Chair - Community Advisory Panel Maine State Planning Officer - Nuclear Safety Advisor State of Maine, SLO Designee State Planning Officer - Executive Department Friends of the Coast Distribution:

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