ML13105A447

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas, LLC, Request for Exemption from 10CFR50 Emergency Planning Requirements

ML13105A447
Person / Time
Site:	Vallecitos Nuclear Center, 07000754, Vallecitos
Issue date:	04/11/2013
From:	Krouse D GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas
To:	Persinko D Document Control Desk, NRC/FSME/DWMEP/DURLD
References
DRK-2013-10
Download: ML13105A447 (2)

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HITACHI 11 April 2013 Drew Persinko, Deputy'Director Decommissioning and Uranium Recovery Licensing -Directorate, FSM.EDWMEP/,iURLD Mail Stop 8.F5" Two White Flint NNorth 11,545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852 Attn: Document Control Desk L...

t. No. DRK-2013-1.0

.GE.Hitachi-Nuclear Energy Donald R. Krause Regulatory Compliance Program Manager.

Radiation Safety Officer Vallecitos Niuclear Center:"

6705 Vallecitos Rd '

Sunol CA 94586 USA T 925.862 4360 F925304-7435 bonald.Krause@ge.com

Subject:

Request for Exemption from loCFRsO Emergency-Planning (EP) Requirements

Reference:

1.-

USNRC License'No. DPR-1l Docket 50-018 (VBWR)

2.

uSNRC License No. TR:ý1'- D6ckeet.50-070`(GETR)."

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.USNRC License No.-DR-10 Docket 50-183 (EVESR)

4.

10 CFR 50.47.

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10 CFR 50.54-

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1O.CFR 50 Appendix E

-7. _Regulatory Guide 2.6..,,

8.

ANSI/ANS Standard:15.16.

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NRCLetfier-from B. Watson to M., Varno concernin'g '"Applicabilit*, of the Emergency Preparedness Final Rule to GE Vdllecitos :Decommissioning or Decommissioned. Site", Dated March 19, 2013.

10. U.SNRCLicense No..R-33, Docket 5Q-73 (NTR)

11. USNRC License No. SNM 960, Docket 70-754, Deadr'Mr. Persinko:

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas,.LLC., (GEH)ihas tihree shutdown reactors'at the Vallecitos Nuclear Center (VNC) in Sunol, California under the provisions of licenses.

mentioned as referencess 1-3 above, issued by the U.s. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

These reactors alre all in d. -de-fueled, SAFESTOR condition, with no active on-going opera~tions. VNC;ma'intdains a common, site-wide emergency preparedness program that is routinely-inspected'rin'ce60jhnction with the other NRC licenses; references 10 and*11.

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Request far S/D Rx EP Exemnption-lpri.i2O3 Page 2 a f, In order to compily' W~ith 1OCIFR50 sections refer.eýnc'ed abo've as referenc'es 47-6. ahd refere'n-Ce 9, he RClet~rdatd 9 MchGEH is requestingi, Within.The. presc'ribed 30 ddys'from

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the"r daeof tke letter, for License No:-DPR-1, Docket. 501-018 (VBWRL Liýense No-. TRZ'1:ock~et 50 070 (GETR anDrom piower reactor emergency preparedness requirements.

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m odrtmin'tain emergency. preaens fS teselicenses, VN rpsed continue-d use bd.f the requireme"n'ts forre'search reactors as',detailedl in Reguldtdry Guide2.an

.ANSI/AN'S Stdndard 15.16, whihaeteko dto fr the current yIKC ernergency, pr.parednes*

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,,.With no'active or onrgi-nig. bprtio No fuel assemble fromf tese'reactoirs remain on--

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and license 0R-ib, Docket 50-,183 (EVESR hqve unde'rgone extensiviescduide: reducton wor and~ony a fw cornoh~bt:.r~m in itin th~cion'td-hdinents. Tjhe-facility undrla es TRI1 Docket 50Q-070. (GETR), is also. defueled. nd dry. A source,,reidton prora intye,.

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