ML18257A282

Letter - Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station-Issuance of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact Related to Request for Exemption from 10 CFR 50.82(a)(8)(i)(A) (L-2018-LLE-0007)

ML18257A282
Person / Time
Site:	Vermont Yankee
Issue date:	10/03/2018
From:	Jack Parrott Reactor Decommissioning Branch
To:	State S NorthStar Group Services
Parrott J NMSS/DUWP
Shared Package
ML18257A281	List: ML18257A282 ML18257A283 NRC-2018-0226, FRN Ea/Fonsi for Exemption for Northstar to Use the Nuclear Decommissioning Trust for Spent Fuel Management Re Request for Direct and Indirect License Transfers from Entergy to Northstar
References
EPID L-2018-LLE-0007
Download: ML18257A282 (3)

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October 3, 2018 Mr. Scott E. State CEO NorthStar Group Services, Inc.

370 7th Avenue, Suite 1803 New York, NY 10001

SUBJECT:

VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER STATION - ISSUANCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT RELATED TO REQUEST FOR EXEMPTION FROM 10 CFR 50.82(a)(8)(i)(A) (L-2018-LLE-0007)

Dear Mr. State:

Enclosed is a copy of the Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact regarding the request from NorthStar Group Services, Inc. (NorthStar) for an exemption from Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 50.82(a)(8)(i)(A), dated May 25, 2018.

The exemption is to allow the use of up to $20 million of funds from the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station (VYNPS) nuclear decommissioning trust fund (NDT) for purposes of managing irradiated fuel on a revolving basis.

The proposed action would exempt NorthStar from the requirements of 10 CFR 50.82(a)(8)(i)(A) which states that decommissioning trust funds may be used by licensees if the withdrawals are for expenses for legitimate decommissioning activities consistent with the definition of decommissioning in 10 CFR 50.2. Since the definition of "decommission" in 10 CFR 50.2 does not include activities associated with irradiated fuel management, an exemption from 10 CFR 50.82(a)(8)(i)(A) is needed to allow NorthStar to use NDT funds for irradiated fuel management.

This exemption was requested in relation to the application from Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., on behalf of itself and of Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee, LLC (ENVY, to be known as NorthStar Vermont Yankee, LLC or NorthStar VY), and NorthStar Nuclear Decommissioning Company, LLC, to transfer the license for the VYNPS. The exemption would only apply following approval of the license transfer application by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and closing of the underlying transaction.

The Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact is being forwarded to the Office of the Federal Register for publication.

S. State 2 If you have any questions, please contact me at 301-415-6634, or by 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

Enclosure:

FRN: Environmental Assessment/

Finding of No Significant Impact cc: Vermont Yankee service list Listserv

ML18257A281 FRN: ML18257A283 *via e-mail OFFICE NMSS/DUWP NMSS/DUWP OGC NMSS/DUWP NAME JParrott BWatson AGhosh JParrott DATE 9/20/18 10/03/18 10/03/18 10/3/18