ML17024A242

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LACBWR Part 20 Exemption Acceptance Letter
ML17024A242
Person / Time
Site: La Crosse  File:Dairyland Power Cooperative icon.png
Issue date: 02/09/2017
From: Bruce Watson
Reactor Decommissioning Branch
To: Sauger J
EnergySolutions
M. Vaaler NMSS/DUWP/RDB 415-3178 T-8I06
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 February 9, 2017 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 REQUEST FOR EXEMPTION FROM THE INVESTIGATION REQUIREMENTS OF 10 CFR PART 20, APPENDIX G, SECTION III.E (CAC NO. L53168)

Dear Mr. Sauger:

By letter dated January 16, 2017, (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML17018A136), LaCrosseSolutions, LLC (LS, the licensee) requested U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) approval of an exemption from certain requirements of Appendix G, Requirements for Transfers of Low-Level Radioactive Waste Intended for Disposal at Licensed Land Disposal Facilities and Manifests, to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 20, Standards for Protection Against Radiation, for the La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor (LACBWR).

Specifically, LS requested exemption from the portion of Section III.E of 10 CFR Part 20, Appendix G, that requires the licensee to investigate and report to the NRC when LS does not receive notification of receipt of a shipment, or part of a shipment, of low-level radioactive waste within 20 days after transfer off the site. The licensee requested that the time period for LS to receive acknowledgement that the shipment has been received by the intended recipient be extended from 20 days to 45 days for shipments from the LACBWR facility. The requested exemption would be applicable to LACBWR truck and rail shipments.

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 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

J. Sauger 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

ML17024A242 OFFICE NMSS/RDB/PM NMSS/DUWP/LA NMSS/RDB/BC NAME MVaaler CHolston BWatson DATE 1/26/2017 1/26/2017 2/9/2017 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