ML20059C770
| ML20059C770 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Yankee Rowe |
| Issue date: | 12/29/1993 |
| From: | Weiss S Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Katz D CITIZENS AWARENESS NETWORK |
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| NUDOCS 9401060081 | |
| Download: ML20059C770 (3) | |
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e Ms. Deborah Katz, President December 29, 1993-N Citiz,ns Ararcn;ss Network
' P.O. Box 83 Shelburne Falls,~ Massachusetts 01370
Dear Ms. Katz:
Reference is made to your letter of November 19, 1993, to James Taylor, the Execut.ie Director of Operations, USNRC. Your letter has been referred to me for response.
-Your letter restates allegations against the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) in terms of the Early Component Removal Project -(CRP) being reviewed and approved by the NRC without the required hearing, and requests that the CRP at Yankee Rowe be halted until the NRC Inspector General completes a review / audit of these charges in' 4-6 months, under the provisions of 10 CFR 2.206.
In reviewing your letter, I find that these questions and concerns about the hearing process have been answered in depth in a letter sent to your organization on November 18, 1993. This November 18 letter provides much additional information on the CRP process at Yankee Rowe.
I am enclosing another copy of that letter for your use.
The Commission has issued staff guidance in regard to the activities you are concerned about for plants, such as Yankee Rowe, that have permanently ceased operation but not yet filed a decommissioning plan.
The staff has determined that Yankee Rowe has complied with all of the Commission guidance and has informed the licensee that we have no objection to the removal of the four steam generators, pressurizer and portions of the reactor vessel internals from the plant and site. Additionally, the staff completed a review of the transportation of these components and found that the shipments complied with all applicable NRC regulations. Your letter does not provide any new.
information regarding why public health and safety warrants suspension of the CRP and therefore does not meet the threshold for treatment under 10 CFR 2.206. Therefore, the NRC does not see a need to halt the CRP at Yankee Rowe.
The charges made to the NRC Office of the Inspector General are being handled separately by that office.
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December 29, 1993 Ms. Deborah Katz, President Citizens Awareness Network P.O. Box 83 Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts 01370
Dear Ms. Katz:
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Reference is made to your letter of November 19, 1993, to James Taylor,'the Executive Director of Operations, USNRC. Your letter has been referred to me for response.
Your letter restates allegations against the Nuclear Regulatory Comission (NRC) in terms of the Early Component Removal Project (CRP) being reviewed and approved by the NRC without the required hearing, and requests that the CRP at-Yankee Rowe be halted until the NRC Inspector General completes a review / audit of these charges in 4-6 months, under the provisions of 10 CFR 2.206.
-In reviewing your letter, I find that these questions and concerns about the hearing process have been answered in depth in a letter sent to your organization on November 18, 1993. This November 18 letter provides much additional information on the CRP process at Yankee Rowe.
I am enclosing another copy of that letter for your use.
The Comission has issued staff guidance in regard to the activities you are concerned about for plants, such as Yankee Rowe, that have permanently ceased operation but not yet filed a decomissioning plan. The staff has determined-that Yankee.Rowe has complied with all of the Comission guidance and has informed the licensee that we have no objection to the removal of the four-steam generators, pressurizer and portions of the reactor. vessel' internals from the plant and site. Additionally, the staff completed a review of the transportation of these components'and found that the shipments complied with all applicable NRC_ regulations.- Your letter does not provide any new information regarding why public health and safety warrants suspension of the CRP and therefore does not meet the threshold for treatment under 10 CFR 2.206. Therefore, the NRC does not see a need to halt the CRP at-Yankee Rowe.
The charges made to the NRC Office of the Inspector General are being handled separately by that office.
l Sincerely, b d Sey our H. Weiss, Director Non-Power Reactors and Decomissioning Project Directorate-i Division of Acting Reactor Support.
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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y, Ms. Jane M. Grant Yankee Rowe Docket No.50-029 cc:
Dr. Andrew C. Kadak, President Chairman, Franklin County and Chief Executive Officer Comission Yankee Atomic Electric Company 425 Main Street 580 Main Street Greenfield, Massachusetts 03101 Bolton, Massachusetts 01740-1398 Executive Director Thomas Dignan, Esq.
New England Conference of Public.
Ropes and Gray Utility Comissioners One International Place 45 Memorial Circle Boston, Massachusetts 02110-2624 Augusta, Maine 04330 Mr. N. N. St. Laurent Citizens Awareness Network Plant Superintendent P. O. Box 83
. Yankee Atomic Electric Company Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts 01370 Star Route Rowe, Massachusetts 01367 Resident inspector Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station Regional Administrator, Region I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission P. O. Box 176 475 Allendale Road Vernon, Vermont 05354 King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406 Karl Abraham, Region I Robert M. Hallisey, Director U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission Radiation Control Program 475 Allendale Road Massachusetts Department of Public King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406 Health 305 South Street Boston, Massachusetts 02130 1
Comissioner Richard P. Sedano Vermont Department of Public Service i
120 State Street, 3rd Floor Montpelier, Vermont 05602 j
Mr. Jay K. Thayer Vice_ President and Manager i
of Operations Yankee. Atomic Electric Company 580 Main Street Bolton, Massachusetts 01740-1398 Mr. David Rodham, Director ATTN: Mr. James B. Muckerheide Massachusetts Civil Defense Agency i
400 Worcester Road i
P. O. Box 1496 Framingham, Massachusetts 01701-03173 l
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