ML15169A248

Notification of Issuance of Exemptions

ML15169A248
Person / Time
Site:	Vermont Yankee
Issue date:	06/18/2015
From:	Mizuno B NRC/OGC
To:	William Froehlich, Kennedy M, Richard Wardwell Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
SECY RAS
References
50-271-LA-3, ASLBP 15-940-03-LA-BD01, RAS 27959
Download: ML15169A248 (2)

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U N IT E D S T A TE S N U C L E AR R E G U L AT O R Y C O M M I S S I O N W A SHIN GT ON , DC 20555 - 0001 June 18, 2015 Administrative Judge Administrative Judge William J. Froehlich, Chairman Dr. Michael F. Kennedy U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop: T-3 F23 Mail Stop: T-3 F23 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Administrative Judge U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Dr. Richard E. Wardwell Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop: T-3 F23 Washington, DC 20555-0001

Subject:

In the Matter of ENTERGY NUCLEAR VERMONT YANKEE, LLC AND ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC. (Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station), Docket No. 50-271-LA-3, Board Notification of Issuance of Exemptions

Dear Administrative Judges:

Consistent with the Commissions policy on notification of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (Board) and all parties of new, relevant, and material information, counsel for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff (Staff) hereby informs the Board and the parties that on June 17, 2015, the Staff approved exemptions from requirements of 10 C.F.R. §§ 50.75(h)(1)(iv) and 50.82(a)(8)(i)(A) for Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (the licensee). These exemptions allow the licensee to withdraw funds from the Vermont Yankee decommissioning trust fund for irradiated fuel management activities without prior notice to the NRC. The Staff determined that the exemptions met the requirements for a categorical exclusion under 10 C.F.R. § 51.22(c)(25) and, accordingly, no environmental impact statement or environmental assessment was prepared in connection with the exemptions. The exemptions are available through the Nuclear Regulatory Commissions Agencywide Documents Access and Management System via Accession No. ML15128A219.

Respectfully submitted,

/Signed (electronically) by/

Beth Mizuno Counsel for the NRC Staff cc: Service List

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of )

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ENTERGY NUCLEAR VERMONT )

YANKEE, LLC, AND )

ENTERGY NUCLEAR ) Docket No. 50-271-LA-3 OPERATIONS, INC. )

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(Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station) )

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.305 (as revised), I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing Board Notification of Issuance of Exemptions, dated June 18, 2015, have been served upon the Electronic Information Exchange (the NRCs E-Filing System), in the above-captioned proceeding, this 18th day of June, 2015.

/Signed (electronically) by/

Beth Mizuno Counsel for the NRC Staff U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of the General Counsel Mail Stop O-15D2 Washington, DC 20555 Telephone: (301) 415-3122 Email: Beth.Mizuno@nrc.gov Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 18th day of June, 2015