ML19353C361
| ML19353C361 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Fort Calhoun  |
| Issue date: | 12/11/2019 |
| From: | Jack Parrott Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery and Waste Programs |
| To: | Jeffrey Schmidt Omaha Public Power District |
| J PARROTT DUWP | |
| References | |
| Download: ML19353C361 (1) | |
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From:
Parrott, Jack To:
"Julia.Schmitt@nebraska.gov" Cc:
Maier, Bill
Subject:
Fort Calhoun Station ISFSI-only tech specs Date:
Wednesday, December 11, 2019 1:31:00 PM
Dear Ms. Schmitt,
By letter dated February 28, 2019 (NRC Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML19064A758), as supplemented by letter dated November 20, 2019 (ADAMS Accession No. ML19325E256), the Omaha Public Power District submitted a request to amend their U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission license for the Fort Calhoun Station (FCS).
This amendment was requested to replace the FCS Permanently Defueled Emergency Plan and associated Permanently Defueled Emergency Action Level (EAL) Technical Bases Document (hereafter referred to as the EAL scheme) with an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI) Only Emergency Plan and associated EAL scheme. The changes will reflect the new status of the facility, as well as the reduced scope of potential radiological accidents, once all spent fuel has been moved to dry cask storage within the onsite ISFSI, an activity which is scheduled for completion by mid-2020. The ISFSI Emergency Plan will be used at FCS during the period when all spent fuel will be stored in the FCS ISFSI. This change will reflect the complete removal of all fuel from the spent fuel pool and permits specific reductions in the size and makeup of the Emergency Response Organization due to the elimination of the design basis accident related to the spent fuel (fuel handling accident).
The NRC has completed its review of the proposed license amendment and intends to approve the request by the end of January 2020. If you have any questions, comments, or concerns please contact me by December 31, 2019, or if you have no comments let me know that too.
Sincerely,
Jack D. Parrott Senior Project Manager US Nuclear Regulatory Commission 301-415-6634