ML12137A275

J. Lenois Letter Response to Request for Exemption from Specific Requirements of 10 CFR Part 73.55 (TAC L24501)

ML12137A275
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Site:	Haddam Neck  File:Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Co icon.png
Issue date:	05/23/2012
From:	Weaver D NRC/NMSS/SFST
To:	Lenois J Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Co
Allen W, NMSS/SFST 492-3148
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OFFICIAL USE ONLY - SECURITY-RELATED INFORMATION May 23, 2012 Mr. James Lenois Manager, Haddam Neck Plant ISFSI Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company 362 Injun Hollow Road East Hampton, CT 06424-3099

SUBJECT:

RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR EXEMPTION FROM SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS OF 10 CFR PART 73.55 (TAC NO. L24501)

Dear Mr. Lenois:

This is in response to your letter dated November 30, 2010 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML103570296), requesting an exemption from specific requirements of 10 CFR 73.55 for the Connecticut Yankee Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI), pursuant to 10 CFR 73.5. Section 73.55 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 73 identifies the physical protection requirements to prevent radiological sabotage at nuclear power plants. In your letter, Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company (CYAPCO) requested exemption from specific requirements of 10 CFR 73.55.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff reviewed the exemption requests for the Haddam Neck Plant ISFSI. Based upon their review, the NRC staff determined that some of the exemptions you requested can be granted. 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 NRC staff Safety Evaluation Report is enclosed, and it 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. The enclosed Exemption, Staff Evaluation, attached as a courtesy, 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 enclosure 1, and in accordance with 10 CFR 2.390, a copy of this 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 J. Lenois If you have any questions, please contact me at (301) 492-3297, 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.: 50-213, 72-39 TAC No.: L24501

Enclosures:

1. Safety Evaluation Report

2. Exemption, Staff Evaluation cc: Haddam Neck Plant Service List w/o Enclosure Marc Nichol, Nuclear Energy Institute w/o Enclosure OFFICIAL USE ONLY - SECURITY-RELATED INFORMATION

OFFICIAL USE ONLY - SECURITY-RELATED INFORMATION J. Lenois I f you have any questions, please contact me at (301) 492-3297, 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.: 50-213, 72-39 TAC No.: L24501

Enclosures:

1. Safety Evaluation Report

2. Exemption, Staff Evaluation cc: Haddam Neck Plant Service List w/o Enclosure Marc Nichol, Nuclear Energy Institute w/o Enclosure DISTRIBUTION:

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OFFICIAL USE ONLY - SECURITY-RELATED INFORMATION Haddam Neck Plant Service List cc:

Mr. Wayne Norton President and Chief Executive Officer Ms. Deborah B. Katz Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power President Company Citizens Awareness Network 362 Injun Hollow Road P.O. Box 83 East Hampton, CT 06424-3099 Shelburne Falls, MA 01370-0083 Assistant Director Mr. Randall L. Speck Office of Policy and Management Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hayes & Handler, Policy Development and Planning Division LLP 450 Capitol Avenue- MS# 52 ERN The McPherson Building P.O. Box Bo 341441 901 Fifteenth Street, NW Suite 1100 Hartford, CT 06134-1441 Washington, DC 20005-2327 Regional Administrator, Region I Mr. James Lenois U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Manager, Haddam Neck Plant ISFSI 2100 Renaissance Boulevard Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Renaissance Park Company King of Prussia, PA 19406 362 Injun Hollow Road East Hampton, CT 06424-3099 Director Monitoring and Radiation Division Mr. Robert Capstick Connecticut Department of Environmental Communications Manager Protection Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power 79 Elm Street Company Hartford, CT 06106-5127 77 Lakewood Road Newton, MA 02461 Board of Selectmen Town Office Building Mr. Joseph Fay Haddam, CT 06438 General Counsel Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Ms. Rosemary Bassilakis Company Citizens Awareness Network 362 Injun Hollow Road 54 Old Turnpike Road East Hampton, CT 06424-3099 Haddam, CT 06438 OFFICIAL USE ONLY - SECURITY-RELATED INFORMATION