ML18249A323

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Letter Approving License Transfer Request (License DPR-28, Docket Nos. 50-271 and 72-59)
ML18249A323
Person / Time
Site: Vermont Yankee  Entergy icon.png
Issue date: 10/11/2018
From: Jack Parrott
Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery and Waste Programs
To: Bakken A
Entergy Nuclear Operations, Vermont Yankee
J PARROTT NMSS DUWP
References
EPID L-2017-LLM-0002
Download: ML18249A323 (10)


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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 October 11, 2018 A. Christopher Bakken III President, CEO Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

1340 Echelon Parkway Jackson, MS 39213

SUBJECT:

ORDER APPROVING TRANSFER OF THE LICENSE FOR THE VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER STATION AND CONFORMING LICENSE AMENDMENT (EPID# L-2017-LLM-0002)

Dear Mr. Bakken:

By letter dated February 9, 2017 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML17045A140), and as supplemented by letters dated April 6, 2017 (ADAMS Accession No. ML17096A394), August 22, 2017 (ADAMS Accession No. ML17234A141), August 28, 2017 (ADAMS Accession No. ML17248A468), December 4, 2017 (ADAMS Accession No. ML17339A896), December 22, 2017 (ADAMS Accession No. ML18009A459), May 21, 2018 (ADAMS Accession No. ML18143B484), and June 28, 2018 (ADAMS Accession No. ML18183A220), Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (ENOI), on behalf of itself and Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee (ENVY), and NorthStar Nuclear Decommissioning Company, LLC (NorthStar NDC) (together, Applicants), requested that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) consent to the proposed direct and indirect transfer of the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station (VY) Facility License No. DPR-28 and the Vermont Yankee Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI) general license (collectively referred to as the facility). Specifically, the Applicants requested the NRC consent to the direct transfer of ENOIs currently licensed authority (licensed operator for decommissioning) to NorthStar NDC. In addition, the Applicants requested the indirect transfer of control (ownership) of ENVYs facility licenses to NorthStar Decommissioning Holdings, LLC, and its parents NorthStar Group Services, Inc. (NorthStar), LVI Parent Corp. (LVI) and NorthStar Group Holdings, LLC (Holdings).

The Applicants requested that the NRC consent to the transfer of the licensed possession, maintenance, and decommissioning authorities to NorthStar NDC in order to implement expedited decommissioning at VY. The Applicants also requested approval of a conforming amendment to the license pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR),

Part 50.80, Transfer of licenses, and 10 CFR 50.90, Application for amendment of license, construction permit, or early site permit. Notice of the application was published in the Federal Register on May 24, 2017 (82 FR 23845). The supplemental information letters, listed above, contained clarifying information, did not expand the application beyond the scope of the original notice, and did not affect the applicability of the NRCs no significant hazards consideration determination.

C.Bakken The NRC staff has completed its review of the VY license transfer application. Enclosure 1 is the Order, which provides consent to the direct and indirect license transfer, subject to the conditions described therein, and approves the conforming license amendment. Enclosure 2 provides the conforming amendment for VY, which will be signed and become effective at the time the transfer is enacted. Enclosure 3 provides the NRC staffs safety evaluation related to the preceding actions. The safety evaluation will be placed in the NRC public document room and added to the ADAMS Publicly Available Records System Library.

A copy of the Order has been forwarded to the Office of the Federal Register for publication.

Should you have any questions concerning this action, please contact me at (301) 415-6634 or via e-mail at jack.parrott@nrc.gov Sincerely,

/RA/

Jack D. Parrott, Senior Project Manager Reactor Decommissioning Branch Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery, and Waste Programs Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Docket Nos.: 50-271 and 72-59 License No.: DPR-28

Enclosures:

1. Order
2. Conforming Amendment to DPR-28
3. Safety Evaluation cc: Vermont Yankee Service List Vermont Yankee ListServ

ML18242A638 PKG *via email OFFICE NMSS/DUWP NRR NMSS/DUWP OGC - NLO NAME JParrott ABowers BWatson AGhosh*

DATE 10/05/2018 10/10/2018 10/11/2018 10/11/2018 OFFICE NMSS/DUWP NMSS NAME JTappert MDapas DATE 10/11/18 10/11/18 Vermont Yankee Service List:

Susan H. Raimo Gregory G. DiCarlo Entergy Services, Inc. NorthStar Group Services, Inc.

101 Constitution Avenue, NW Vice President & General Counsel Suite 200 East 35 Corporate Drive, Suite 1155 Washington, DC 20001 Trumbull, CT 06611 E-mail: sraimo@entergy.com E-mail: GDiCarlo@NorthStar.com David R. Lewis John E. Matthews Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Morgan, Lewis & Beckius LLP 2300 N Street, NW 1111 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Washington DC 20037-1122 Washington, D.C. 20005 E-mail: david.lewis@pillsburylaw.com E-mail: jmatthews@morganlewis.com