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MONTHYEARML22280A0972023-01-0505 January 2023 Exemption Request Regarding 10 CFR 72.106 (B) ML22356A0782023-01-0505 January 2023 100 Meter ISFSI Controlled Area Boundary Exemption ML22353A5482022-12-21021 December 2022 Federal Register Notice for SONGS Environmental Assessment for the Controlled Area Boundary Exemption ML21123A0842021-05-19019 May 2021 FRN - Notice of Issuance of Multiple COVID-19 Exemptions Regarding Various Parts of 10 CFR Issued in April 2021 ML20287A4172020-11-13013 November 2020 Federal Register Notice - Southern California Edison San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, Units 1, 2, and 3 ML18127B7232018-05-14014 May 2018 Biweekly Federal Register Notice - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations - Publication Date: May 22, 2018 NRC-2018-0096, Biweekly Federal Register Notice - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations - Publication Date: May 22, 20182018-05-14014 May 2018 Biweekly Federal Register Notice - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations - Publication Date: May 22, 2018 ML17355A0232018-01-0505 January 2018 FRN SONGS Onsite Insurance Exemption FRN ML17339A1252018-01-0505 January 2018 FRN SONGS Offsite Insurance Exempt NRC-2018-0003, FRN SONGS Offsite Insurance Exempt2018-01-0505 January 2018 FRN SONGS Offsite Insurance Exempt ML15355A0552016-07-18018 July 2016 San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, Units 1, 2, and 3 - Exemption From Record Keeping Requirements ML15355A2682016-07-18018 July 2016 San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station Records Exemption Federal Register Notice ML16004A1182016-01-0707 January 2016 FRN, Issuance of Confirmatory Orders, Authorize Use of Preemption Authority Granted Under Provisions of Section 161A of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as Amended ML15174A1022016-01-0505 January 2016 ISFSI - Enclosure 4, Confirmatory Order, Authorize Use of Preemption Authority Granted Under Provisions of Section 161A of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as Amended ML15176A4072015-11-0303 November 2015 Draft Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact Related to Preemption Authority Requests ML15176A4202015-11-0303 November 2015 Cover Letter Regarding Draft Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact Related to Preemption Authority Requests NRC-2013-0083, G20120891; LTR-15-0172-1 - FRN, Revised Director'S Decision 2.206 -10 CFR Part 50.59 Review for the Replacement Steam Generators at San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, Units 2 and 32015-10-0202 October 2015 G20120891; LTR-15-0172-1 - FRN, Revised Director'S Decision 2.206 -10 CFR Part 50.59 Review for the Replacement Steam Generators at San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, Units 2 and 3 ML15267A1582015-10-0202 October 2015 G20120891; LTR-15-0172-1 - Revised Director'S Decision Regarding Richard Ayres Ltr. 2.206 - 10 CFR Part 50.59 Review for the Replacement Steam Generators at San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, Units 2 and 3 ML15267A1712015-10-0202 October 2015 G20120891; LTR-15-0172-1 - FRN, Revised Director'S Decision 2.206 -10 CFR Part 50.59 Review for the Replacement Steam Generators at San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, Units 2 and 3 ML15183A4812015-07-28028 July 2015 G20120892; LTR-15-0172-1- FRN, Final Director'S Decision 2.206 - 10 CFR Part 50.59 Review for the Replacement Steam Generators at San Onofre Nuclear Generation Station, Units 1 and 2 ML15204A2792015-07-27027 July 2015 Biweekly FRN - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations - Publication Date: August 4, 2015 NRC-2015-0093, Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation - Exemptions from Certain Emergency Planning Requirements (TAC Nos. MF3835, MF3836, and MF3837)2015-06-0404 June 2015 Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation - Exemptions from Certain Emergency Planning Requirements (TAC Nos. MF3835, MF3836, and MF3837) ML15082A1432015-06-0404 June 2015 Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation - Exemptions from Certain Emergency Planning Requirements ML15082A2042015-06-0404 June 2015 Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation - Letter, Exemptions from Certain Emergency Planning Requirements and Related Safety Evaluation ML15056A2772015-04-0909 April 2015 and ISfSI- FRN Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact Related to Request for Exemptions from Certain Emergency Planning Requirements ML15056A2742015-04-0909 April 2015 ISFSI- Letter Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact Related to Request for Exemptions from Certain Emergency Planning Requirements ML15022A4962015-02-0909 February 2015 ISFSI - FRN, Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment, Order Imposing Procedures for Document Access to SUNSI, Authorize Use of Peremption Authority Granted Under Provisions of Section 161A of AEA of 1954, as Amended ML15022A4872015-01-30030 January 2015 ISFSI - Ltr, Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment, Order Imposing Procedures for Document Access to SUNSI, Authorize Use of Preemption Authority Granted Under Provisions of Section 161A of AEA of 1954, as Amended NRC-2014-0917, Biweekly Sholly FRN - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations - Publication Date: September 16, 20142014-09-0505 September 2014 Biweekly Sholly FRN - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations - Publication Date: September 16, 2014 NRC-2014-0170, Exemption from 10 CFR 50.82(a)(8)(i)(A) and 50.75(h)(2) to Allow Use of Decommissioning Trust Funds for Irradiated Fuel Management and Site Restoration Activities (TAC Nos. MF3544 and MF3545)2014-09-0505 September 2014 Exemption from 10 CFR 50.82(a)(8)(i)(A) and 50.75(h)(2) to Allow Use of Decommissioning Trust Funds for Irradiated Fuel Management and Site Restoration Activities (TAC Nos. MF3544 and MF3545) ML14247A1542014-09-0505 September 2014 Biweekly Sholly FRN - Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations - Publication Date: September 16, 2014 ML14101A1412014-09-0505 September 2014 Exemption from 10 CFR 50.82(a)(8)(i)(A) and 50.75(h)(2) to Allow Use of Decommissioning Trust Funds for Irradiated Fuel Management and Site Restoration Activities ML14101A1212014-07-15015 July 2014 Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact, Exemption from 10 CFR 50.82(a)(8)(i)(A) and 50.75(h)(2) to Allow Use of Decommissioning Trust Funds for Irradiated Fuel Management and Site Restoration ML14101A1142014-07-15015 July 2014 Letter, Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact, Request for Exemption from 10 CFR 50.82(a)(8)(i)(A) and 50.75(h)(2) ML13228A3992013-08-12012 August 2013 Letter to Holders of Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI) Licenses Re Rescission of Certain Security Orders Concerning Spent Nuclear Fuel in Transit - Rin 3150-AI64 (NRC-2009-0163) EA-02-109 ML13225A5572013-08-12012 August 2013 Rescission of Certain Security Orders Concerning Spent Nuclear Fuel in Transit ML13177A2872013-07-0808 July 2013 Letter, Notice of Withdrawal of Application for Amendment to Revise Technical Specification (TS) 2.1.1, TS 4.2.1, and TS 5.7.1.5; Exemption Request for Permanent Unrestricted Use of Areva Fuel (TAC ME6820-ME6823) NRC-2013-0155, FRN, Notice of Withdrawal of Application for Amendment to Revise Technical Specification (TS) 2.1.1, TS 4.2.1, and TS 5.7.1.5; Exemption Request for Permanent Unrestricted Use of Areva Fuel (TAC Nos. 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7590-01-P UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY SAN ONOFRE NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION, UNIT 3 DOCKET NO. 50-362 EXEMPTION
[NRC-2009-0023]
1.0 BACKGROUND
Southern California Edison Company (SCE, the licensee) is the holder of Facility Operating License No. NPF-15, which authorizes operation of San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, Unit 3 (SONGS 3). The license provides, among other things, that the facility is subject to all rules, regulations, and orders of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC, the Commission) now or hereafter in effect.
The facility consists of a pressurized-water reactor located in San Diego County, California.
2.0 REQUEST/ACTION Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), Part 74, Section 74.19(c), requires that each licensee who is authorized to possess special nuclear material (SNM), at any one time and site location, in a quantity greater than 350 grams of contained uranium-235, uranium-233, or plutonium, or any combination thereof, shall conduct a physical inventory of all SNM in its possession under license at intervals not to exceed 12 months.
By application dated January 14, 2008, the licensee requested an exemption from certain requirements in Section 74.19(c) for SONGS 3. The exemption would allow SCE
not to perform the physical inventory for 12 irradiated fission chambers removed from SONGS 3 that are stored in the plant.
3.0 DISCUSSION Pursuant to 10 CFR 74.7, the Commission may, upon application of any interested person or upon its own initiative, grant such exemptions from the requirements of the regulations in this part, when (1) the exemptions are authorized by law, will not present undue risk to public health and safety, and, will not endanger life or property or the common defense and security, and (2) when special circumstances are present. These special circumstances include actions to maintain exposures to radiation as low as is reasonably achievable (ALARA).
Authorized by law This exemption would exempt the licensee from the requirements of 10 CFR 74.19(c) for the physical inventory requirements of 12 irradiated fission chambers removed from SONGS 3 in 1995 and in storage. As stated above, 10 CFR 74.7 allows the NRC to grant exemptions from the requirements of 10 CFR Part 74. The NRC staff has determined that granting of the licensees proposed exemption will not result in a violation of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, or the Commissions regulations. Therefore, the exemption is authorized by law.
No Undue Risk to Public Health and Safety The underlying purposes of 10 CFR 74.19 is for licensees to conduct a physical inventory of special nuclear material in its possession at periodic intervals and to retain records associated with each physical inventory. No changes in the physical or administrative controls are associated with the special nuclear materials related to this request. The licensee will continue to conduct an annual inventory of the 12 fission chambers by visual verification to confirm that the high integrity container (HIC), where the 12 fission chambers are stored, remains in its storage location and the container is structurally intact. In addition, the visual inventory will be augmented to include verification that the tamper-indicating device installed in
November 2007 on the HIC has not been disturbed. Based on the above, no new accident precursors are created with the exemption from this requirement. Thus, the probability of postulated accidents is not increased. Also, based on the above, the consequences of postulated accidents are not increased. Therefore, there is no undue risk to public health and safety.
Will not endanger life or property or common defense and security Physical location and administrative controls associated with the storage of the 12 irradiated fission chambers are adequately controlled and accounted for by the licensee.
Therefore, the exemption will not endanger life or property or common defense and security.
Otherwise in the public interest The licensee pointed out that the ALARA requirement in 10 CFR Part 20, "Standards for protection against radiation," requires making every reasonable effort to maintain exposures to radiation as far below the dose limits in this part as is practical consistent with the purpose for which the licensed activity is undertaken, This request for an exemption from the physical inventory requirements of 10 CFR 74.19(c) would relieve SCE of potentially significant occupational radiation exposures with no decrease in quality and safety. Therefore, the exemption is in the public interest and consistent with the special circumstances of maintaining exposures ALARA.
4.0 CONCLUSION
Accordingly, the Commission has determined that, pursuant to 10 CFR 74.7, the exemption is authorized by law and will not endanger life or property or the common defense and security, and is otherwise in the public interest. Therefore, the Commission hereby grants SCE an exemption to SONGS 3 from the requirements of 10 CFR 74.19(c) for physical inventory for 12 irradiated fission chambers removed from SONGS 3 in 1995 and in storage. In accordance with the licensees letter dated January 14, 2008, SCE will continue to conduct an
annual inventory of the 12 fission chambers by visual verification to confirm that the HIC, where the 12 fission chambers are stored, remains in its storage location and the container is structurally intact. In addition, the visual inventory will be augmented to include verification that the tamper-indicating device installed in November 2007 on the HIC has not been disturbed.
The annual physical inventory of all other SNM will continue to be performed per the requirements of 10 CFR 74.19(c).
Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.32, the Commission has determined that the granting of this exemption will not have a significant effect on the quality of the human environment (73 FR 79936, dated December 30, 2008).
This exemption is effective upon issuance.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 15th day of January, 2009.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
/RA/
Joseph G. Giitter, Director Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation