ML20126G234

Summary of 921208 Meeting W/Licensee in Rockville,Md to Discuss Proposed Site Work Under 10CFR50.59 Prior to NRC Approval of Decommissioning Plan

ML20126G234
Person / Time
Site:	Yankee Rowe
Issue date:	12/23/1992
From:	Fairtile M Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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NUDOCS 9301040130
Download: ML20126G234 (19)

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LICENSEE: YANKEE ATOMIC ELECTRIC COMPANY FACILITY: YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER STATION

SUBJECT:

MEETING

SUMMARY

- DISCUSSION OF PROPOSED SITE WORK UNDER i 10 CFR 50.59 PRIOR TO NRC APPROVAL OF DECOMMISSIONING PLAN On Tuesday, December 8, 1992, the licensee, at their request, came in for a meeting at the NRC headquarters in Rockville, Maryland to discuss the subject topic.

The meeting, primarily, was a presentation by the licensee covering the:

following agenda:

Activities in Progress Implementation of Changes Interaction with NRC Access to Funds-The licensee used the enclosed set of-slides (Enclosure 1) in the presentation.-

! James Partlow, NRR Associate Director for Projects, opened the meeting by

! stating that the' work the licensee may perform prior to staff- approval of the L Decommissioning Plan (D-Plan) is still under_ policy review and development by the Commission.

The licensee is planning to remove, prior to approval'of the D-Plan,L the following components under the provisions of 10 CFR~ 50,59:' the' reactor pressure vessel internals, the four steam generators, and'the pressurizer.-

The staff requested that the following additional information be submitted to the NRC:

t (1) An analysis-of pre-decommissioning activities demonstrating that the environmental impacts of such activities, when integrated with planned' decommissioning activities, are within the bounds of the

" Final Generic Environmental Impact Statement," published by the NRC in August 1988 as NUREG-0586.

(2) An evaluation of how the proposed component. removal process _under -

10'CFR 50.59 would not preclude decommissioning alternatives, including the objective of future unrestricted access- to the site.

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racemtter 23, 1992 (3) A letter providing data on future facility staff size and staff qualifications, in particular Health Physics staff and Management staff.

(4) A detailed description of the design change (EDCR) method, and the ALARA (radiation protection) program.

(5) Plans and schedules for site work proposed prior to approval of the D-Plan and the funding plan to cover this interim site work (including cost estimates).

An attendance list is provided as Enclosure 2.

Original signed by:

Morton B Fairtile, Senior Project Manager Non-Power Reactors and Decommissioning Project Directorate Division of Operating Reactor Support Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Enclosures:

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(4) A detailed description of the design change (ED0R) method, and the ALARA (radiation protection) program.

(5) Plans and schedules for site work proposed prior to approval of the D-Plan and the funding plan to cover this interim site work (including cost estimates).

An attendance list is provided as Enclosure 2.

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Ms. Jane M. Grant Yankee Rowe Docket No. 50-29 CC:

Dr. Andrew C. Kadak, President Mr. David Rodham, Director and Chief Executive Office ATTN: Mr. James B.- Muckerheide Yankee Atomic Electric Company Massachusetts Civil Defense Agency 580 Main Street 400 Worcester Road Bolton, Massachusetts 01740-1398 P. O. Box 1496 Framingham, Massachusetts 01701-0317 Thomas Dignan, Esq.

Ropes and Gray Chairman, Franklin County One International Place Comission Boston, Massachusetts 0 2110-2624 425 Main Street Greenfield, Massachusetts 03101-Mr. N. N. St. Laurent Plant Superintendent- Executive Director Yankee Atomic Electric Company New England Conference of Public Star Route Utility Comissioners Rowe, Massachusetts 01367 45 Memorial-Circle Resident inspector Yankee Nuclear Power Station Citizens Awareness Network U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission P. O. Box 83 P. O. Box 28 Shelburne FaU s, Massachusetts 01370 Monroe Bridge, Massachusetts 01350 Regional Administrator, Region I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406 Robert M. Hallisey, Director Radiation Control Program Massachusetts Department of Public Health 305 South Street Boston, Massachusetts 02130 Comissioner Richard P. Cedano Vermont Department of Public Service 120 State Street, 3rd Floor Montpelier, Vermont 05602 Mr. Jay K. Thayer Vice President and Manager of Operations-Yankee Atomic Electric Company 580 Main Street Bolton, Massachusetts 01740-1398

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List of Attendees

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Ham 3 Oraanization Jim Partlow NRC/NRR Associate Director

" set Fairtile NRR/00RS/0NDD L. Cunningham NRR/PRPB Bob Wood NRR/lLPB Stewart Brown, NRR/0NDD Dan O'Neal NRR/0NDD Pete Erickson NRR/0NDD 4 Richard Dudley NRC/NRR 1

Larry Bell NRR/NMSS 1 John Austin NRR/NMSS Ed Reis NRC/0GC Joseph Nick NRC/ Reg 1/DRSS/FRPS

, Neil Perry NRC Region 1 SRI Yankee Rowe

! H. T. Tracy Jr. Yankee Atomic

,' J. K. Thayer Yankee Atomic Russell A. Mellor Yankee Atomic

, K. J. Heider Yankee Atomic Jane M. Grant Yankee Atomic Patrick Sheldon Yankee Atomic Theresa Meisenheimer Bechtel/SERCH Judith Sikorski Bechtel/SERCH Gene Gena Winston & Strawn I

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