ML112770015

Request for Exemption from 10 CFR 50.38 for Maine Yankee Atomic Power Co., Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Co., and Yankee Atomic Electric Co. - Accepted for Review; Relationship of Exemption Request to Indirect License Transfer and Status

ML112770015
Person / Time
Site:	Haddam Neck, Yankee Rowe, Maine Yankee
Issue date:	10/03/2011
From:	Kristina Banovac NRC/NMSS/SFST/LID/LB
To:	Norton W Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Co, Maine Yankee Atomic Power Co
Banovac K (492-3571)
References
TAC L24496, TAC L24497, TAC L24498, TAC L24538, TAC L24565, TAC L24566
Download: ML112770015 (7)

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October 3, 2011 Mr. Wayne Norton, Chief Executive Officer and President of Yankee Atomic and Connecticut Yankee Chief Nuclear Officer of Maine Yankee 49 Yankee Road Rowe, MA 01367

SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR EXEMPTION FROM 10 CFR 50.38 FOR MAINE YANKEE ATOMIC POWER COMPANY, CONNECTICUT YANKEE ATOMIC POWER COMPANY, AND YANKEE ATOMIC ELECTRIC COMPANY - ACCEPTED FOR REVIEW (TAC NOS. L24538, L24565, AND L24566); RELATIONSHIP OF EXEMPTION REQUEST TO INDIRECT LICENSE TRANSFER AND STATUS OF REVIEW (TAC NOS. L24496, L24497, AND L24498)

Dear Mr. Norton:

By letter dated May 16, 2011 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Accession No. ML11139A088), as supplemented August 16, 2011 (ML11235A723), you submitted a request for exemption from 10 CFR 50.38 for the Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company, Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company, and the Yankee Atomic Electric Company (together referred to as the Yankee Companies). U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff performed an acceptance review of your request to determine if it contains sufficient information to allow the staff to complete the detailed review.

This letter acknowledges acceptance of your request. The request appears to contain the information needed for our review. We have established a schedule for issuance of a request for additional information, if needed, in December 2011. We have not yet developed a schedule for completing the review, as this exemption request may involve policy issues that would need to be resolved before a decision can be made on the exemption request.

Note that the foreign ownership, control, or domination (FOCD) requirements in 10 CFR 50.38 continue to apply to the Yankee Companies, unless an exemption is granted. Also, note that submission of a negation action plan for the Yankee Companies, which negates any FOCD of the Yankee Companies, or to take action to remove the FOCD, was requested in our April 20, 2011, letter (ML111101402). This option remains available to you, in lieu of your request for exemption from the requirements of 10 CFR 50.38.

We consider your August 16, 2011, letter to be applicable to both the exemption request and the request for NRC consent to the indirect license transfer, related to the pending Northeast Utilities and NSTAR merger, that you submitted on December 6, 2010 (ML103490133). The information in your August 16, 2011, letter was responsive to our questions on FOCD, and based on the information submitted to date, we now plan to review the exemption request separate from the review of the indirect license transfer request. We plan to complete our review of the indirect license transfer request by the end of November 2011.

If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact me at (301) 492-3571.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Kristina L. Banovac, Project Manager Licensing Branch Division of Spent Fuel Storage and Transportation Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Docket Nos.: 50-309, 50-213,50-029 72-30, 72-39, 72-31 TAC Nos.:

L24538, L24565, L24566 L24496, L24497, L24498 cc: Maine Yankee Atomic Power Station Service List Haddam Neck Plant Service List Yankee (Rowe) Nuclear Power Station Service List Northeast Utilities Service List

If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact me at (301) 492-3571.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Kristina L. Banovac, Project Manager Licensing Branch Division of Spent Fuel Storage and Transportation Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Docket Nos.: 50-309, 50-213,50-029 72-30, 72-39, 72-31 TAC Nos.:

L24538, L24565, L24566 L24496, L24497, L24498 cc: Maine Yankee Atomic Power Station Service List Haddam Neck Plant Service List Yankee (Rowe) Nuclear Power Station Service List Northeast Utilities Service List DISTRIBUTION:

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Maine Yankee Atomic Power Station Service List cc:

Mr. Wayne Norton Chief Nuclear Officer Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company 321 Old Ferry Road Wiscasset, ME 04578-4922 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. Gerald Poulin Chairman and President Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company 321 Old Ferry Road Wiscasset, ME 04578-4922 Director Division of Health Engineering Department of Human Services

1. 10 State House Station Augusta, ME 04333 Mr. Patrick J. Dostie State of Maine Nuclear Safety Inspector Department of Health and Human Services Maine Public Health Division of Environmental Health 286 Water St., Key Plaza - 8th Floor State House Station 11 Augusta, ME 04333 Mr. Jay Hyland State of Maine 286 Water St., Key Plaza - 8th Floor State House Station 11 Augusta, ME 04333 Regional Administrator, Region I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 Decommissioning Branch Chief, Region I 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. James Connell ISFSI Manager Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company 321 Old Ferry Road Wiscasset, ME 04578-4922

Haddam Neck Plant Service List cc:

Mr. Wayne Norton President and Chief Executive Officer Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company 362 Injun Hollow Road East Hampton, CT 06424-3099 Assistant Director Office of Policy and Management Policy Development and Planning Division 450 Capitol Avenue-MS# 52 ERN P.O. Box Bo 341441 Hartford, CT 06134-1441 Regional Administrator, Region I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 Director Monitoring and Radiation Division Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection 79 Elm Street Hartford, CT 06106-5127 Board of Selectmen Town Office Building Haddam, CT 06438 Ms. Rosemary Bassilakis Citizens Awareness Network 54 Old Turnpike Road Haddam, CT 06438 Ms. Deborah B. Katz President Citizens Awareness Network P.O. Box 83 Shelburne Falls, MA 01370-0083 Mr. Randall L. Speck Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hayes & Handler, LLP The McPherson Building 901 Fifteenth Street, NW Suite 1100 Washington, DC 20005-2327 Mr. James Lenois ISFSI Manager Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company 362 Injun Hollow Road East Hampton, CT 06424-3099 Mr. Robert Capstick Communications Manager Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company 77 Lakewood Road Newton, MA 02461 Mr. Joseph Fay General Counsel Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company 362 Injun Hollow Road East Hampton, CT 06424-3099

Yankee (Rowe) Nuclear Power Station Service List cc:

Mr. Wayne Norton President and Chief Executive Officer Yankee Atomic Electric Company 49 Yankee Road Rowe, MA 01367 Mr. Joseph Fay General Counsel Yankee Atomic Electric Company 49 Yankee Road Rowe, MA 01367 Mr. Robert Capstick Regulatory Affairs Director Yankee Atomic Electric Company 77 Lakewood Rd.

Newton, MA 02461 Assistant Attorney General Commonwealth of Massachusetts 200 Portland Street Boston, MA 02114 Director MA Radiation Control Program Schrafft Center, Suite 1M2A 529 Main Street Charlestown, MA 02129 Secretary Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety One Ashburton Place Room 2133 Boston, MA 02108 Peggy Sloan, AICP Franklin Regional Council of Governments 425 Main Street, Suite 20 Greenfield, MA 01301-3313 Regional Administrator, Region I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 Diane Screnci, Region I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406

Northeast Utilities Service List cc:

Duncan MacKay, Esquire Deputy General Counsel Northeast Utilities Service Company 107 Seldea Street Berlin, CT 06037 Joseph Fay, Esquire Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company 321 Old Ferry Road Wiscasset, ME 04578-4922 Gerald Garfield Day Pitney, LLP 242 Trumbull Street Hartford, CT 06103 Tim Mathews Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP 1111 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Washington, D.C. 20004-2541 Neven Rabadjija Associate General Counsel NSTAR 800 Boylston Street, 17th Floor Boston, MA 02199 David A. Repka, Esq.

Winston & Strawn LLP 1700 K Street, N.W.

Washington, DC 20006-3817