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

Radiation Safety Officer Vallecitos Niuclear Center:"

6705 Vallecitos Rd '

11 April 2013 Sunol CA 94586 USA Drew Persinko, Deputy'Director T 925.862 4360 F925304-7435 Decommissioning and Uranium bonald.Krause@ge.com 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

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)."

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

4. 10 CFR 50.47.
5. 10 CFR 50.54-
6. 1O.CFR 50 Appendix E

-7. _Regulatory Guide 2.6..,,

8. ANSI/ANS Standard:15.16.

9." 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 af, 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 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. -

In ~ modrtmin'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* -program. . . . . -

The bsi~

~r ths reuest is as followsý. "All reactors are in de-J0616j;'SAFTO odtoi

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

site.' There are*:'r" personne v ... 1o ass " 'nespeciiicay: , -threactors.

. 'Alsystems.aredry

-Only residuai~coht amion exss..eactor~s uhe sipe. DPR -1 Dockbt:50-0i8(VBWR),

and license 0R-ib, Docket 50-,183 (EVESR hqve unde'rgone extensiviescduide: reducton wor i s f touhevand~ony fw cornoh~bt:.r~m a i aeuri fo ee]rtiocr'detati~r hav*etliidi: Real{qryud initin th~cion'td-hdinents. Tjhe-facility undrla 2ntacl~i es e:-at TRI1 ::'.:)i*'::

Docket 50Q-070. (GETR), is also. defueled . nd dry. A source,,reidton prora intye,.

. comp etedand component removalohs Segenerd r .,

su-dbtni'town.

Sicrl "3~ngi ov in all~rea'ctors are significantly fo rucd fromW w:4 tkn m and.well below,aen copehratinsg reserthgreac T hestlrecordedgenral.

shuf-downrateare arun 60Thr/hridnd i'd'gneal area d-n re.. red.n.de.s....ureme..h ehigh gnera area con aminatibn ,le.e:s are.,. .0 ts..5,00 do, Atthese coritdmindtion/actvt lvls-h.Wthodut,;diy vehýiclettdistribut mateirial, continuing tob use'Regulatory 'Guide 2.6:dnd:ANSI/ANS. tandar 16'"rminth most6pprdori tonemergency preparednesspoc.essfrVNC.

I- yohease any require any.*sdditlonal da-ils avei"ny questions, 'pea on'e at

..925-862-4360.t Di~it'adly'signed by.,

Donald R.:Krause-

~~ Date: 2013.04J11.

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