ML13241A438
| ML13241A438 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Vermont Yankee File:NorthStar Vermont Yankee icon.png |
| Issue date: | 08/29/2013 |
| From: | Annette Vietti-Cook NRC/SECY |
| To: | Aeschback R Mohawk Trail Regional School District |
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| Download: ML13241A438 (1) | |
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August 29, 2013 Mr. Robert Aeschback Chair, The Mohawk Trail School System 24 Ashfield Road Shelburne Falls, MA 01370
Dear Mr. Aeschback:
This is to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated July 10, 2013 to Chairman Allison Macfarlane to request that the Vermont Yankee evacuation planning zone be expanded from 10 to 50 miles and a request to conduct public hearings for the community members involved regarding Vermont Yankee.
As you may now be aware Vermont Yankee plans to permanently cease operations. Going forward, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will continue its rigorous oversight of the Vernon, Vt., plant through the remainder of its operation and then into and through the decommissioning process. Once the final operational cycle concludes for the single-unit boiling water reactor, the facilitys owner, Entergy, would have to formally notify the NRC of the permanent cessation of power production within 30 days. Subsequently, Entergy would have to formally let us know once the fuel had been removed from the reactor.
There are numerous steps that would then follow in the decommissioning review process, including holding a public meeting near the plant to discuss the companys plans. The company will outline its plans in a Post-Shutdown Decommissioning Activities Report (PSDAR), which is to be submitted within two years after the certification of permanent closure. The PSDAR would provide a description of the planned decommissioning activities, a schedule for accomplishing them, and an estimate of the expected costs.
After receiving a PSDAR, the NRC publishes a notice of receipt in the Federal Register, and makes the report available for public review and comment.
More information about the decommissioning process is available on the agency web site.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Annette L. Vietti-Cook