ML12136A540

Ltr R Mitchell, Yankee Atomic Electric Co, (Yankee Rowe ISFSI) Response to Request for Exemption from Specific Requirements of 10 CFR 73.55 (TAC L24500, Docket Nos.50-029, 72-31)

ML12136A540
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Site:	Yankee Rowe
Issue date:	09/21/2012
From:	Weaver D NRC/NMSS/SFST
To:	Recasha Mitchell Yankee Atomic Electric Co
Allen W
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OFFICIAL USE ONLY - SECURITY-RELATED INFORMATION September 21, 2012 Mr. Robert Mitchell ISFSI Manager Yankee Atomic Electric Company 49 Yankee Road Rowe, MA 01367

SUBJECT:

RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR EXEMPTION FROM SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS OF 10 CFR 73.55 (TAC NO. L24500)

Dear Mr. Mitchell:

This is in response to your letter dated November 30, 2010 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML103550172), requesting an exemption from specific requirements of 10 CFR 73.55 and 10 CFR 73.56 for the Yankee Rowe Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI), pursuant to 10 CFR 73.5. Section 73.55 of 10 CFR Part 73 identifies the physical protection requirements to prevent radiological sabotage at nuclear power plants. Section 73.56 of 10 CFR Part 73 identifies the requirements for personnel access authorization requirements at nuclear facilities.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff reviewed the exemption request for the Yankee Rowe ISFSI. Some of the exemptions have been found to be acceptable. Other requirements from which you requested exemptions were determined either not to be applicable to your facility or are being met by your current program; therefore, these exemptions were denied. The enclosed NRC staff Safety Evaluation Report articulates the basis for granting and denying your specific exemption requests.

The NRC has determined that this action meets the eligibility criteria for categorical exclusion set forth in 10 CFR 51.22(c)(25)(vi)(F). Therefore, pursuant to 10 CFR 51.22(b), no environmental impact statement or environmental assessment need be prepared in connection with this action. The exemptions are effective upon issuance, and the enclosed Exemption is being forwarded to the Office of the Federal Register for publication.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRCs Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the publicly available records component of the NRCs document system, ADAMS. ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Website at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room). However, because of the security-related material in the enclosure, and in accordance with 10 CFR 2.390, a copy of this letters enclosure will not be available for public inspection.

NOTICE Upon removal of the enclosure from this letter, this document is DECONTROLLED.

OFFICIAL USE ONLY - SECURITY-RELATED INFORMATION

OFFICIAL USE ONLY - SECURITY-RELATED INFORMATION R. Mitchell If you have any questions, please contact me at (301) 492-3305, or William Allen of my staff, at (301) 492-3148.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Douglas W. Weaver, Deputy Director Division of Spent Fuel Storage and Transportation Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Docket Nos.: 50-029, 72-31 TAC No.: L24500

Enclosures:

1. Safety Evaluation Report

2. Exemption cc w/o

Enclosure:

Yankee Rowe Nuclear Power Station Service List Marc Nichol, Nuclear Energy Institute OFFICIAL USE ONLY - SECURITY-RELATED INFORMATION

OFFICIAL USE ONLY - SECURITY-RELATED INFORMATION R. Mitchell If you have any questions, please contact me at (301) 492-3305, or William Allen of my staff, at (301) 492-3148.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Douglas W. Weaver, Deputy Director Division of Spent Fuel Storage and Transportation Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Docket Nos.: 50-029, 72-31 TAC No.: L24500

Enclosures:

3. Safety Evaluation Report

4. Exemption cc w/o

Enclosure:

Yankee Rowe Nuclear Power Station Service List Marc Nichol, Nuclear Energy Institute DISTRIBUTION:

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OFFICIAL USE ONLY - SECURITY-RELATED INFORMATION R. Mitchell cc:

Mr. Wayne Norton President and Chief Executive Officer Diane Screnci, Region I Yankee Atomic Electric Company U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 49 Yankee Road 2100 Renaissance Boulevard Rowe, MA 01367 Renaissance Park King of Prussia, PA 19406 Mr. Joseph Fay General Counsel Mr. Robert Mitchell Yankee Atomic Electric Company ISFSI Manager 49 Yankee Road Yankee Atomic Electric Company Rowe, MA 01367 49 Yankee Road Rowe, MA 01367 Mr. Robert Capstick Regulatory Affairs Director John Giarrusso Yankee Atomic Electric Company State Liaison Officer 77 Lakewood Rd. Division Chief, Planning and Preparedness Newton, MA 02461 Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency Assistant Attorney General 400 Worcester Road Commonwealth of Massachusetts Framingham, MA 01702-5399 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 2100 Renaissance Boulevard Renaissance Park King of Prussia, PA 19406 OFFICIAL USE ONLY - SECURITY-RELATED INFORMATION