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Termination of Reactor Oversight Process for Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station and Commencement of Decommissioning Inspection Program
ML18274A221
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Site: Oyster Creek
Issue date: 10/01/2018
From: Racquel Powell
Division of Nuclear Materials Safety I
To: Bryan Hanson
Exelon Generation Co, Exelon Nuclear
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION I 2100 RENAISSANCE BLVD., SUITE 100 KING OF PRUSSIA, PA 19406-2713 October 1, 2018 Mr. Bryan Hanson Senior Vice President, Exelon Generation Co., LLC President and Chief Nuclear Officer, Exelon Nuclear 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555

SUBJECT:

TERMINATION OF REACTOR OVERSIGHT PROCESS FOR OYSTER CREEK NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION AND COMMENCEMENT OF DECOMMISSIONING INSPECTION PROGRAM

Dear Mr. Hanson:

This letter is to inform you that oversight activities by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) at the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station (OCNGS) will no longer be performed in accordance with our operating power reactor inspection program. The NRCs oversight of your future activities at OCNGS will be conducted in accordance with our decommissioning power reactor inspection program and will be led by our Region I Division of Nuclear Materials Safety (DNMS).

On January 7, 2011, Exelon Generation Co., LLC (Exelon) notified the NRC of their intent to permanently cease power operations at OCNGS no later than December 31, 2019 (ADAMS Accession Number: ML110070507). On February 14, 2018, Exelon revised its certification to permanently cease power operations at OCNGS no later than October 31, 2018 (ADAMS Accession Number: ML18045A084). On September 25, 2018, Exelon certified cessation of power operations and the permanent removal of fuel from the OCNGS reactor vessel (ADAMS Accession Number: ML18268A258). The NRC will no longer use Inspection Manual Chapter (IMC) 0305, Operating Reactor Assessment Program, IMC 0608, Performance Indicator Program, and IMC 2515, Light-Water Reactor Inspection Program when conducting oversight activities and assessing site performance. Therefore, it is also no longer necessary to report Reactor Oversight Process performance indicator data for OCNGS. The results of inspection activities completed under IMC 2515 will be provided in future correspondence. Although the inspection program for NRC oversight at your facility has changed, all license commitments remain in effect until altered by formal action from the NRC.

Beginning October 1, 2018, the NRCs oversight of your licensed activities will be conducted under the provisions in IMC 2561, Decommissioning Power Reactor Inspection Program. The objectives of the decommissioning inspection program are to verify that decommissioning activities are being conducted safely, that spent fuel is safely being stored, and that site operations and license termination activities are in conformance with applicable regulatory requirements, licensee commitments, and management controls.

B. Hanson 2 As defined in IMC 2561, OCNGS is currently in the Post-Operation Transition Phase of decommissioning and the inspections as detailed in IMC 2561, Appendix A, Core Inspection Procedures for that phase will be conducted at OCNGS. In addition, the inspection procedures listed in IMC 2561, Appendix B, Discretionary Procedures for Decommissioning Power Reactors could be performed based on site activities and conditions.

In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 2.390 of the NRCs Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRCs Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records component of the NRCs Agency-wide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC website at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Please contact me at (610) 337-6967 or Briana DeBoer, Health Physicist, at (610) 337-5370, with any questions you may have regarding this letter.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Raymond J. Powell, Chief Decommissioning, ISFSI and Reactor HP Branch Division of Nuclear Materials Safety Docket No: 050000219 License No: DPR-16 cc w/encl: Distribution via ListServ

B. Hanson 3 TERMINATION OF REACTOR OVERSIGHT PROCESS FOR OYSTER CREEK NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION AND COMMENCEMENT OF DECOMMISSIONING INSPECTION PROGRAM DATED October 1, 2018 DOCUMENT NAME: G:\DIRHP\Decom Reactor Sites\Oyster Creek\OC transition letter.docx ML18274A221 SUNSI Review Complete: BDeBoer 9/26/18 After declaring this document An Official Agency Record it will be released to the Public.

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