ML20013E521

Buchanan, New York-License Transfer Application for Provisional Facility Operating: License No. DPR-5 and Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-26 and -64...

ML20013E521
Person / Time
Site:	Indian Point
Issue date:	12/16/2019
From:	Burianek L, Tallent J State of NY, Dept of Environmental Conservation
To:	Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards
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STATE OF NEW YORK OFFICE OF TIIE ATTORNEY GENERAL' DIVISION OF SoclAL JUSTICE ENvm.ommNrAL P:it.omcnoN BUKEAU P~cember 16, 2019 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Com.inission Attn: Docum.~nt Control Desk .

Washington, DC 20555-0001° Re:. Indian Point Energy Cen~r, Buchanan, New York'-License Transfer

.: * .. *- '-'Application for Provisional *Fa'cility Operating ::License* No. DPR-5 and Renewed Facility*Operating.License Nos. DPR-26 and -64; Docket Nos.:

50-3, 50-247,.50-286,72-051

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......This office represents the New York State Energy Research ~d Development

~n;cy and tl;te ,New 'r~~k $41~ Dep_arµnent 9~ Env#Qnm~ntal Conseryation .(f9-gether, the .State. 'p~~s) ~~. ~'gard: to ~e P!OPO~d * ~ ~ r 'of *the Indian' Point Energy Center (In~ Point 'or *~e. ~.icility);'__We ~rite to :ie<:tuest tha~ the above-

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~.fere.nced* license trarisfe~. applicatiqn be .d~:i:n~d complete__ only aft.er the proposed tra.nsfyre'ts. fil~ t};te~. ~os~-slfti.tdowri d~coillllµBsioning a~vi~es report* (PSDAR) .and

. site-*specifi<;:'deco~siqajri.g'~st fBµtjl~te (]?CE).. . . . * . ., .*, * , *.. * . .

On November 22, 2019, subsidiaries of Entergy Co.rporation (Entergy), Holtec Internationa). (H;qiwc),. ~d &ol~*c subEµp.iary Holtec Decommissioning International,

• 40 '(HDI an~ ~gether with Entergy Eµid Holtec, the Applicants) filed an application with.th~*qo~ssion seek:u{g apprilval.to tran~r.$.e'ln~ Point li~~s-a:nd con-

~l ofthe* Facµity's de~m~siozpng trust_~cls* fron'.i Ente~ to ~ubsi~es of.Hol~

tee. Followi,ng the l>'roposed traii$r,'H~ltec subsi~es ~owd:o~n aµd. ~ I would

~~~rate th~ Facility for 'p~os,~-~}?f r~diolo~ *~~coIPf~si~nµig, spent ~~l 1:11ana.ge~

ment, and-site restoration. ** * * * * , *, . * *

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• ..B~d on what Holtec represents is a site-EUJecific ~stin;t~te of likely costs, the Appli~ts ~ntend the propo.sed transferees will be financially qualified.becatise the

.monies in the Facility's deco:niJ;nissioning trust funds are adequate to defr~y all de- .

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commissioning, spent fuel management, and site restoration costs. The license trans-I fer application fails, however~ to explain key assumptions supporting Holtec's cost estimate. For instance, the application provides little technical detail regarding Hol-tec's planned decommissioning approach, fails to explain the contingency amount (if any) included in Holtec's cost estimates, does not describe the extent of known site contamination, and fails to set forth the standards Holtec assumes will govern site restoration.

Presumably, much of the above-referenced information will be included in Hol-tec's PSDAR and DCE. Holtec has not, however, submitted these documents to the Commission. Without the benefit of the* info~ation contained in the PSDAR and DCE, neither the Commission nor the State parties can assess the Holtec subsidiar-ies' financial qualifications, determine whether the subsidiaries can provide adequate financial assurance, or conclude that the proposed decommissioning approach is bounded by the Final Generic Environmental Impact Statement on Decommissioning Nuclear :Facilities.

. Given these omissions, the NRC should neither deem the licerise transfer ap- '

plication complete nor publish notice of a completed application in the Federal Reg-ister until such time as Holtec provides a detailed explanation of its proposed decom-missioning approach and attendant cost calculations.

Thank you for your consideratiod of this matter.

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Josh Lisa M. Burianek Channing Wistar-Jones Assistant Attorney Generals Environmental Protection Bureau (518) 776-2456 Joshua.Tallent@ag.ny.gov cc: Susan H. Raimo ' /

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