ML20134H943

Termination of Reactor Oversight Process for Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit 2 and Commencement of Decommissioning Inspection Program

ML20134H943
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Site:	Indian Point
Issue date:	05/13/2020
From:	Anthony Dimitriadis Decommissioning Branch I
To:	Vitale A Entergy Nuclear Operations
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION I 2100 RENAISSANCE BLVD., SUITE 100 KING OF PRUSSIA, PA 19406-2713 May 13, 2020 Mr. Anthony J. Vitale Site Vice President Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

Indian Point Energy Center 450 Broadway, General Services Building P.O. Box 249 Buchanan, NY 10511-0249

SUBJECT:

TERMINATION OF REACTOR OVERSIGHT PROCESS FOR INDIAN POINT NUCLEAR GENERATING UNIT 2 AND COMMENCEMENT OF DECOMMISSIONING INSPECTION PROGRAM

Dear Mr. Vitale:

This letter is to inform you that oversight activities by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) at the Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit 2 (IP-2) will no longer be performed in accordance with our operating power reactor inspection program. The NRCs oversight of your future activities at IP-2 will be conducted in accordance with our decommissioning power reactor inspection program and will be led by our Region I Division of Nuclear Materials Safety (DNMS).

On February 8, 2017, Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (Entergy) notified the NRC of its intent to permanently cease power operations at IP-2 by April 30, 2020 subject to operating extensions through, but not beyond 2024 (ADAMS Accession Number: ML17044A004). On May 12, 2020, Entergy certified cessation of power operations and the permanent removal of fuel from the IP-2 reactor vessel (ADAMS Accession Number: ML20133J902). The NRC will no longer use Inspection Manual Chapter (IMC) 0305, Operating Reactor Assessment Program, IMC 0608, Performance Indicator Program, and IMC 2515, Light-Water Reactor Inspection Program -

Operations Phase when conducting oversight activities and assessing site performance at IP-2.

Therefore, it is also no longer necessary to report Reactor Oversight Process performance indicator data for IP-2. The results of inspection activities completed under IMC 2515 will be provided in future correspondence. Although the inspection program for NRC oversight at IP-2 has changed, all license commitments remain in effect until altered by formal action by the NRC.

Oversight activities by the NRC at the Indian Point Generating Unit 3 (IP-3) will continue to be performed in accordance with our operating reactor inspection program.

The NRCs oversight of your licensed activities as you progress through decommissioning will be conducted under the provisions outlined in IMC 2561, Decommissioning Power Reactor Inspection Program. The objectives of the decommissioning inspection program are to verify that decommissioning activities are being conducted safely, that spent fuel is safely being stored, and that site operations and license termination activities are in conformance with applicable regulatory requirements, licensee commitments, and management controls.

A. Vitale 2 As defined in IMC 2561, IP-2 is currently in the Post-Operation Transition Phase of decommissioning and the inspections as detailed in IMC 2561, Appendix A, Core Inspection Procedures for that phase will be conducted at IP-2. In addition, the inspection procedures listed in IMC 2561, Appendix B, Discretionary Inspection Documents for Decommissioning Power Reactors could be performed based on site activities and conditions.

In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 2.390 of the NRCs Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter and its enclosure will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRCs Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records component of the NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS).

ADAMS is accessible from the NRC website at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Please contact me at (610) 337-6953 or Katherine Warner, Senior Health Physicist, at (610) 337-5389 with any questions you may have regarding this letter.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Anthony Dimitriadis, Chief Decommissioning, ISFSI, and Reactor HP Branch Division of Nuclear Materials Safety Docket No: 50-247 License No: DPR-26 cc w/encl: Distribution via ListServ

3 TERMINATION OF REACTOR OVERSIGHT PROCESS FOR INDIAN POINT NUCLEAR GENERATING UNIT 2 AND COMMENCEMENT OF DECOMMISSIONING INSPECTION PROGRAM DATED May 13, 2020.

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