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Letter: Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station - Issuance of Amendment Application for Order Approving Direct and Indirect Transfer of Renewed Facility Operating License and Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation General License.
ML18347B360
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Site: Vermont Yankee  File:NorthStar Vermont Yankee icon.png
Issue date: 01/11/2019
From: Jack Parrott
Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery and Waste Programs
To: Silko T, State S
Entergy Nuclear Operations, NorthStar Group Services
J PARROTT DUWP
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January 11, 2019 Thomas B. Silko Licensing Manager Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station 320 Governor Hunt Road Vernon, VT 05354

SUBJECT:

VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER STATION - ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT RE: APPLICATION FOR ORDER APPROVING DIRECT AND INDIRECT TRANSFER OF RENEWED FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE AND INDEPENDENT SPENT FUEL STORAGE INSTALLATION GENERAL LICENSE AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT (EPID L-2017-LLM-0002)

Dear Mr. State:

By order dated October 11, 2018 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Package Accession No. ML18242A638), the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, (NRC) approved the direct transfer of the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station (VY)

Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-28, and the general license for the VY Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation, from Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (ENOI) to NorthStar Nuclear Decommissioning Company, LLC (NorthStar NDC). The NRC also approved the indirect transfer of control of Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee, LLCs (ENVY), ownership interests in the 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).

In the application dated February 9, 2017 (ADAMS Accession No. ML17045A140), ENOI, on behalf of itself, ENVY, and NorthStar NDC, requested that the NRC approve a conforming administrative amendment to the facility license to reflect the proposed direct transfer of the license from ENOI to NorthStar NDC as well as a planned name change for ENVY from ENVY to NorthStar Vermont Yankee, LLC. The enclosed amendment modifies VYs Renewed Facility Operating License to reflect this transfer and name change. The amendment also reflects certain conditions included in the license transfer order dated October 11, 2018, and described in the associated Safety Evalution Report. These conditions provide for additional financial assurances for future spent fuel management expenses at VY from a $140 million Support Agreement and from performance bonds if a future settlement agreement is not timely entered into with the U.S. Department of Energy regarding reimbursements for spent fuel management expenses.

T. Silko Accordingly, the Commission has issued the enclosed Amendment No. 271 to Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-28 for VY. A copy of the related Safety Evaluation was enclosed with the letter dated October 11, 2018. Notice of Issuance will be included in the Commissions biweekly Federal Register notice.

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:

Amendment No. 271 to DPR-28 cc: Vermont Yankee Listserv Vermont Yankee Service List (e-mail)

ML18347B358 *by e-mail OFFICE DUWP/RDB/PM DUWP/LA OGC-NLO DUWP/RDB/BC DUWP/RDB/PM NAME JParrott SAchten AGhosh* BWatson JParrott DATE 12/17/2018 12/18/2018 12/19/2018 1/2/2019 1/11/19 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC.

DOCKET NO. 50-271 VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER STATION AMENDMENT TO RENEWED FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE Amendment No. 271 License No. DPR-28

1. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission or the NRC) has found that:

A. The application for a license amendment filed by Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., dated February 9, 2017, as supplemented by letters dated April 6, 2017, August 22, 2017, August 28, 2017, December 4, 2017, December 22, 2017, May 21, 2018, and June 28, 2018, complies with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and applicable portions of the Commissions regulations set forth in 10 CFR Chapter I, and all required notifications to other agencies or bodies have been duly made; B. The facility will operate in conformity with the application, as supplemented, the provisions of the Act, and the rules and regulations of the Commission; C. There is reasonable assurance: (i) that the activities authorized by this amendment can be conducted without endangering the health and safety of the public, and; (ii) that such activities will be conducted in compliance with the Commissions regulations; D. The issuance of this amendment will not be inimical to the common defense and security or to the health and safety of the public; and E. The issuance of this amendment is in accordance with 10 CFR Part 51, Environmental Protection Regulations for Domestic Licensing and Related Regulatory Functions, of the Commissions regulations and all applicable requirements have been satisfied.

2. Accordingly, Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-28 is amended as indicated in the attachment to this license amendment.

Enclosure

3. This license amendment is effective at the time the proposed direct and indirect license transfer is completed and shall be implemented within 30 days from that date.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

/RA/

Bruce Watson, Chief Reactor Decommissioning Branch Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery and Waste Programs Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards

Attachment:

Changes to Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-28 Date of Issuance: January 11, 2019

ATTACHMENT TO LICENSE AMENDMENT NO. 271 TO RENEWED FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. DPR-28 DOCKET NO. 50-271 Replace the following pages of Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-28 and Appendix A, Technical Specifications, with the attached revised pages. The revised pages are identified by amendment number and contain marginal lines indicating the areas of change.

Renewed Facility Operating License No DPR-28 REMOVE INSERT first page revised first page Technical Specifications REMOVE INSERT title page revised title page 1 1