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Ltr. to W. Norton Order Approving the Indirect Transfers of Facility Operating License No. DPR-3 for the Yankee Nuclear Power Station (Yankee-Rowe)
ML113270209
Person / Time
Site: Yankee Rowe
Issue date: 12/20/2011
From: Kristina Banovac
NRC/NMSS/SFST
To: Norton W
Yankee Atomic Electric Co
Banovac K, NMSS/SFST 492-3571
Shared Package
ML113270187 List:
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TAC L24496
Download: ML113270209 (5)


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December 20, 2011 Mr. Wayne Norton President and Chief Executive Officer Yankee Atomic Electric Company 49 Yankee Road Rowe, MA 01367

SUBJECT:

ORDER APPROVING THE INDIRECT TRANSFER OF FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. DPR-3 FOR THE YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER STATION (YANKEE-ROWE) (TAC NO. L24496)

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-3 for Yankee Nuclear Power Station (Yankee-Rowe), held by Yankee Atomic Electric Company (Yankee Atomic), to the extent effected by the proposed merger between Northeast Utilities and NSTAR (current indirect co-owners of Yankee Atomic), whereby Northeast Utilities, the surviving company, will have an indirect ownership of 52.5 percent of Yankee Atomic. 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 is a preexisting issue regarding foreign ownership, control, or domination (FOCD) for Yankee Atomic. As the proposed merger will not change this preexisting issue, the FOCD 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.: 50-029, 72-31 TAC No.:

L24496

Enclosures:

1. Order for DPR-3 (Yankee-Rowe)
2. Safety Evaluation cc: 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.: 50-029, 72-31 TAC No.:

L24496

Enclosures:

1. Order for DPR-3 (Yankee-Rowe)
2. Safety Evaluation cc: Yankee (Rowe) Nuclear Power Station Service List Northeast Utilities Service List DISTRIBUTION:

SFST R/F BBenney BDoolittle ASimmons TFredrichs JSimpson BMizuno SHammann/RI NSheehan/RI ML113270209; Package No. ML113270187 OFC NMSS/SFST NMSS/SFST NMSS/SFST NRR/DRA/IHPB NRR/DIRS/IFIB NAME KBanovac WWheatley JGoshen UShoop CRegan DATE 11/16/11 11/17/11 11/17/11 11/28/11 11/28/11 OFC NMSS/SFST NMSS/SFST OGC NMSS NAME MWaters DWeaver SUttal DDorman DATE 11/29/11 12/5/11 12/13/11 12/ 20/11 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY

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 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