ML15336A712

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Commission Notification of Significant Licensing Action
ML15336A712
Person / Time
Site: Vermont Yankee File:NorthStar Vermont Yankee icon.png
Issue date: 12/02/2015
From: Mizuno B
NRC/OGC
To:
NRC/OCM
SECY RAS
References
50-271-LA-2, ASLBP 15-937-02-LA-BD01, RAS 28603
Download: ML15336A712 (3)


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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE COMMISSION In the Matter of )

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ENTERGY NUCLEAR VERMONT YANKEE, LLC )

AND ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC. ) Docket No. 50-271-LA-2

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(Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station) )

COMMISSION NOTIFICATION OF SIGNIFICANT LICENSING ACTION Consistent with the Commissions policy on notification of NRC adjudicatory bodies and all parties of information on issues in cases before the Commission, counsel for the U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff (Staff) hereby informs the Commission and the parties that, within the next few weeks, the Staff proposes to make a final no significant hazards consideration determination and issue a related license amendment to Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee, LLC and Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (the licensee). This action is being taken in response to the licensees amendment application dated June 12, 2014, 1 as supplemented by additional letters, 2 and will modify Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-28 for the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station. The license amendment will revise the site emergency plan and emergency action level scheme and reduce the scope of offsite and onsite emergency planning at the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station.

1 Letter from Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Vermont Yankee Permanently Defueled Emergency Plan and Emergency Action Level Scheme, dated June 12, 2014 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML14168A302).

2 Supplemental letters dated August 29, 2014 (ADAMS Accession No. ML14246A176); February 5, 2015 (ADAMS Accession No. ML15062A122); June 18, 2015 (ADAMS Accession No. ML15173A100); and July 16, 2015 (ADAMS Accession No. ML15201A157).

Final versions of the final no significant hazards consideration determination and license amendment will be available through the Nuclear Regulatory Commissions Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). When final versions of the documents are available, counsel for the NRC Staff will notify the parties and provide them with the ADAMS Accession Numbers for the documents.

Respectfully submitted,

/Signed (electronically) by/

Beth Mizuno Counsel for the NRC Staff U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of the General Counsel Mail Stop O15-D21 Washington, DC 20555 Telephone: (301) 415-3122 E-mail: Beth.Mizuno@nrc.gov Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 2nd day of December, 2015

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE COMMISSION In the Matter of )

)

ENTERGY NUCLEAR VERMONT YANKEE, LLC )

AND ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC. ) Docket No. 50-271-LA-2

)

(Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station) )

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.305, I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing COMMISSION NOTIFICATION OF SIGNIFICANT LICENSING ACTION dated December 4, 2015, have been filed through the Electronic Information Exchange, the NRCs E-Filing System, in the above-captioned proceeding, this 2nd day of December, 2015.

/Signed (electronically) by/

Beth Mizuno Counsel for the NRC Staff U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of the General Counsel Mail Stop O15-D21 Washington, DC 20555 Telephone: (301) 415-3122 E-mail: Beth.Mizuno@nrc.gov Dated at Rockville, Maryland This 2nd day of December, 2015

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE COMMISSION In the Matter of )

)

ENTERGY NUCLEAR VERMONT YANKEE, LLC )

AND ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC. ) Docket No. 50-271-LA-2

)

(Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station) )

COMMISSION NOTIFICATION OF SIGNIFICANT LICENSING ACTION Consistent with the Commissions policy on notification of NRC adjudicatory bodies and all parties of information on issues in cases before the Commission, counsel for the U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff (Staff) hereby informs the Commission and the parties that, within the next few weeks, the Staff proposes to make a final no significant hazards consideration determination and issue a related license amendment to Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee, LLC and Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (the licensee). This action is being taken in response to the licensees amendment application dated June 12, 2014, 1 as supplemented by additional letters, 2 and will modify Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-28 for the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station. The license amendment will revise the site emergency plan and emergency action level scheme and reduce the scope of offsite and onsite emergency planning at the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station.

1 Letter from Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Vermont Yankee Permanently Defueled Emergency Plan and Emergency Action Level Scheme, dated June 12, 2014 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML14168A302).

2 Supplemental letters dated August 29, 2014 (ADAMS Accession No. ML14246A176); February 5, 2015 (ADAMS Accession No. ML15062A122); June 18, 2015 (ADAMS Accession No. ML15173A100); and July 16, 2015 (ADAMS Accession No. ML15201A157).

Final versions of the final no significant hazards consideration determination and license amendment will be available through the Nuclear Regulatory Commissions Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). When final versions of the documents are available, counsel for the NRC Staff will notify the parties and provide them with the ADAMS Accession Numbers for the documents.

Respectfully submitted,

/Signed (electronically) by/

Beth Mizuno Counsel for the NRC Staff U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of the General Counsel Mail Stop O15-D21 Washington, DC 20555 Telephone: (301) 415-3122 E-mail: Beth.Mizuno@nrc.gov Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 2nd day of December, 2015

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE COMMISSION In the Matter of )

)

ENTERGY NUCLEAR VERMONT YANKEE, LLC )

AND ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC. ) Docket No. 50-271-LA-2

)

(Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station) )

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.305, I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing COMMISSION NOTIFICATION OF SIGNIFICANT LICENSING ACTION dated December 4, 2015, have been filed through the Electronic Information Exchange, the NRCs E-Filing System, in the above-captioned proceeding, this 2nd day of December, 2015.

/Signed (electronically) by/

Beth Mizuno Counsel for the NRC Staff U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of the General Counsel Mail Stop O15-D21 Washington, DC 20555 Telephone: (301) 415-3122 E-mail: Beth.Mizuno@nrc.gov Dated at Rockville, Maryland This 2nd day of December, 2015