ML17024A106

Decommissioning Reactor License Transfer Review Process

ML17024A106
Person / Time
Site:	Vermont Yankee
Issue date:	01/24/2017
From:	Reactor Decommissioning Branch
To:
J. Parrott NMSS/DUWP/RDB 415-6634 T-8E47
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Decommissioning Reactor License Transfer Review Process January 24, 2017

Reactor Decommissioning License Transfers

• License transfers are common

• The license for Vermont Yankee has been transferred previously (VYNPC to Entergy in 2002)

• Transfers of decommissioning reactors licenses are unique in that the plant is shutdown and the new licensee is not a power utility or company that typically operates power reactors

• Transfers of decommissioning reactors have occurred twice before (Zion and LaCrosse) 2

Review Process

• Acceptance Review

• Notice of Consideration will be published in the Federal Register, (opportunity for hearing and opportunity for public comment)

• Technical Review

• If found acceptable a Safety Evaluation Report (SER), order, and license amendment will be issued 3

Technical Review

• Technical Qualifications

- Plant is permanently shutdown so operations criteria are not applicable

- Qualifications focused on maintenance, ISFSI, and decommissioning

• Financial Qualifications

- Adequate funding

- Contingent funding 4

Reactor Decommissioning Financial Assurance

• Oversight of financial assurance continues until the license is terminated

• Licensee submits a financial assurance status report annually

• The report includes amounts spent on decommissioning, remaining trust fund balance, and estimated cost to complete decommissioning

• The report is reviewed for reasonable assurance of the adequacy of decommissioning funding 5

Reactor Decommissioning Inspection Program

• Continues until the license is terminated

• Inspection Manual Chapter 2561 - Decommissioning Power Reactor Inspection Program

• Core & discretionary inspection procedure implementation according to type and level of decommissioning activity

• Inspection of core procedures annually

• Inspection Reports are publically available 6

Questions?

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