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Ltr. to Wayne Norton Order Approving the Indirect Transfer of Facility Operating License No. DPR-61 for the Haddam Neck Plant
ML113270114
Person / Time
Site: Haddam Neck  File:Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Co icon.png
Issue date: 12/20/2011
From: Kristina Banovac
NRC/NMSS/SFST/LID/LB
To: Norton W
Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Co
Banovac K, NMSS/SFST 492-3571
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ML113270113 List:
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TAC L24498
Download: ML113270114 (3)


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December 20, 2011 Mr. Wayne Norton President and Chief Executive Officer Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company 362 Injun Hollow Road East Hampton, CT 06424-3099

SUBJECT:

ORDER APPROVING THE INDIRECT TRANSFER OF FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. DPR-61 FOR THE HADDAM NECK PLANT (TAC NO. L24498)

Dear Mr. Norton:

The enclosed Order is in response to your application dated December 6, 2010 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML103490133), as supplemented by letters dated March 16, 2011 (ML110770022), May 16, 2011 (ML11139A088),

June 8, 2011 (ML11166A124), August 16, 2011 (ML11235A723), August 24, 2011 (ML11243A087), and August 25, 2011 (ML112490526). The application requested U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) consent, pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Section 50.80, to the indirect transfer of control of the Facility Operating License No. DPR-61 for the Haddam Neck Plant, held by Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company (Connecticut Yankee), to the extent effected by the proposed merger between Northeast Utilities and NSTAR (current indirect co-owners of Connecticut Yankee), whereby Northeast Utilities, the surviving company, will have an indirect ownership of 63 percent of Connecticut Yankee. The enclosed Order provides consent to the proposed license transfer, subject to the condition described therein.

A copy of the related Safety Evaluation is enclosed.

The Order has been forwarded to the Office of the Federal Register for publication.

Based on the information provided during the license transfer review, NRC staff determined that there are preexisting issues regarding foreign ownership, control, or domination (FOCD), and decommissioning funding for Connecticut Yankee. As the proposed merger will not change these preexisting issues, both the FOCD issue and the decommissioning funding issue will be addressed independently from this license transfer. The staff is currently reviewing your request for exemption from the FOCD requirements in 10 CFR 50.38. Nevertheless, the FOCD requirements in 10 CFR 50.38 continue to apply to you at this time.

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.: 50-213, 72-39 TAC No.:

L24498

Enclosures:

1. Order for DPR-61 (Haddam Neck Plant)
2. Safety Evaluation cc: Haddam Neck Plant 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.: 50-213, 72-39 TAC No.:

L24498

Enclosures:

1. Order for DPR-61 (Haddam Neck Plant)
2. Safety Evaluation cc: Haddam Neck Plant Service List Northeast Utilities Service List DISTRIBUTION:

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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

Northeast Utilities Service List cc:

Duncan MacKay, Esquire Deputy General Counsel Northeast Utilities Service Company 107 Selden 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