ML16287A526
| ML16287A526 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | La Crosse File:Dairyland Power Cooperative icon.png |
| Issue date: | 12/16/2016 |
| From: | Bruce Watson Reactor Decommissioning Branch |
| To: | Sauger J EnergySolutions |
| VAALER M, 415-3178, TF805 | |
| References | |
| CAC L53134 | |
| Download: ML16287A526 (2) | |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 December 16, 2016 Mr. John Sauger Executive Vice President Chief Nuclear Officer Reactor D & D EnergySolutions 2701 Deborah Avenue Zion, IL 60099
SUBJECT:
LA CROSSE BOILING WATER REACTOR - ACCEPTANCE REVIEW OF THE LACROSSE SOLUTIONS LICENSE TERMINATION PLAN AND ASSOCIATED CONFORMING LICENSE AMENDMENT (CAC NO. L53134)
Dear Mr. Sauger:
By letter dated June 27, 2016 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML16200A095), as supplemented by letter dated December 1, 2016 (ADAMS Accession No. ML16347A026), LaCrosseSolutions, LLC (LS, the licensee) requested U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) approval of the License Termination Plan (LTP) for the La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor (LACBWR), as well as an associated conforming license amendment. The LACBWR LTP provides the details of the plan for characterizing, identifying, and remediating the remaining residual radioactivity at the LACBWR site to a level that will allow the site to be released for unrestricted use in the future. The LACBWR LTP also describes how the licensee will confirm the extent and success of remediation through radiological surveys, provide financial assurance to complete decommissioning, and ensure the environmental impacts of the decommissioning activities are within the scope originally envisioned in the associated environmental documents.
The proposed conforming amendment would amend Possession Only License No. DPR-45 for LACBWR to reflect the approval of the LACBWR LTP when the review and approval process is completed by the NRC staff. Specifically, License Condition 2.C.(5), which approves the LACBWR LTP and establishes the criteria for determining when changes to the LTP require prior NRC approval, would be added to the license. The LTP will become a supplement to LACBWRs other decommissioning documents and will be implemented by the licensee to complete decommissioning activities at the LACBWR site. Once decommissioning is complete, a separate request will be made to the NRC by the licensee to terminate the LACBWR license.
The purpose of this letter is to provide the results of the NRC staffs initial administrative and acceptance review of the submittal. The acceptance review was performed to determine if there is sufficient technical information in scope and depth to allow the NRC staff to complete its detailed technical review. The acceptance review is also intended to identify whether the application has any readily apparent information insufficiencies in its characterization of the regulatory requirements or the licensing basis of the plant.
The NRC has reviewed your application and concluded that it does provide technical information in sufficient detail to enable the NRC to complete its detailed technical review and
J. Sauger make an independent assessment regarding the acceptability of this request in terms of regulatory requirements and the protection of public health and safety and the environment.
Given the lesser scope and depth of the acceptance review as compared to the detailed technical review, there may be instances in which issues that impact the NRCs ability to complete the detailed technical review are identified despite completion of an adequate acceptance review. If additional information is needed to address these areas, you will be advised by separate correspondence.
If you have any questions, please contact Marlayna Vaaler, the LACBWR Project Manager, at (301) 415-3178 or via e-mail at marlayna.vaaler@nrc.gov.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Bruce A. Watson, CHP, Chief Reactor Decommissioning Branch Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery, and Waste Programs Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Docket Nos.: 50-409 and 72-046 License No.: DPR-45 cc: La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor Service List
ML16287A526 OFFICE NMSS/RDB/PM NMSS/DUWP/LA NMSS/RDB/BC NAME MVaaler CHolston BWatson DATE 10/13/2016 10/18/2016 12/16/2016 La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor Service List:
Ken Robuck Jeffery Kitsembel Group President Disposal and Electric Division Decommissioning Wisconsin Public Service Commission EnergySolutions P.O. Box 7854 299 South Main Street, Suite 1700 Madison, WI 53707-7854 Salt Lake City, UT 84111 Paul Schmidt, Manager John Sauger Radiation Protection Section Executive VP and Chief Nuclear Officer Bureau of Environmental and Occupational Health Reactor DD Division of Public Health EnergySolutions Wisconsin Department of Health Services 2701 Deborah Avenue P.O. Box 2659 Zion, IL 60099 Madison, WI 53701-2659 Gerard van Noordennen Barbara Nick VP Regulatory Affairs President and CEO EnergySolutions Dairyland Power Cooperative 2701 Deborah Avenue 3200 East Avenue South, Zion, IL 60099 La Crosse, WI 54602-0817 Joseph Nowak Cheryl Olson, ISFSI Manager General Manager La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor LaCrosseSolutions Dairyland Power Cooperative S4601 State Highway 35 S4601 State Highway 35 Genoa, WI 54632-8846 P.O. Box 817 Genoa, WI 54632-8846 Dan Shrum Senior VP Regulatory Affairs Lane Peters, Site Manager EnergySolutions La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor 299 South Main Street, Suite 1700 Dairyland Power Cooperative Salt Lake City, UT 84111 S4601 State Highway 35 Genoa, WI 54632-8846 Russ Workman General Counsel Thomas Zaremba EnergySolutions Wheeler, Van Sickle and Anderson, S.C.
299 South Main Street, Suite 1700 44 East Mifflin Street, Suite 1000 Salt Lake City, UT 84111 Madison, WI 53703 George Kruck, Chairman John E. Matthews Town of Genoa Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP S5277 Mound Ridge Road 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Genoa, WI 54632 Washington, DC 20004 Regional Administrator U.S. NRC, Region III 2443 Warrenville Road Lisle, IL 60532-4352