ML20141D069

Discusses Exam of Saxton Nuclear Experimental Facility Post Shutdown Decommissioning Activites Rept.Meeting Was Held on 970128 to Discuss Licensee Plans for Decommissioning & to Hear Public Comment

ML20141D069
Person / Time
Site:	Saxton File:GPU Nuclear icon.png
Issue date:	06/19/1997
From:	Alexander Adams NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
To:	Mendonca M NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
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NUDOCS 9706260264
Download: ML20141D069 (3)

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WASHINGTON, D.C. 2006& 4001 June 19, 1997 MEMORANDUM T0: Marvin M. Mendonca, Acting Director Non-Power Reactors and Decommissioning Project Directorate Division of Reactor Program Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation l l

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Alexander Adams, Jr., Senior Project Manager g g Non-Power Reactors and Decommissioning Project Directorate Division of Reactor Program Management i Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation SUBJECl:

EXAMINATION OF THE SAXTON NUCLEAR EXPERIMENTAL FACILITY (SNEF)

POST-SHUTDOWN DECOMMISSIONING ACTIVITIES REPORT (PSDAR)

By letter dated February 16, 1996, Saxton Nuclear Experimental Corporation (SNEC) submitted the SNEF Decommissioning Plan (DP). The SNEF Decommissioning Environmental Report (ER) was submitted by the licensee on April 17, 1996. On July 18 and November 8, 1996, the licensees (GPU Nuclear Corporation became a joint licensee along with SNEC on May 10,1996) submitted additional information on the DP and ER in response to a request for additional i information from the staff. l Prior to NRC staff approval of the DP and ER. the decommissioning regulations were amended (61 FR 39278, dated July 29,1996). The amended regulations, in part, removed the requirement for Commission approval of a licensee's decommissioning plan; maintained Commission opproval of the license termination plan and opportunity for hearing; required licensee certification of permanent cessation of power operations and permanent removal of fuel from the reactor vessel; and, required submittal of a PSDAR which is to include: a description of planned decommissioning activities, a schedule for their 3 accomplishment, an estimate of expected costs, and the reasons for concluding that the environmental impacts associated with site-specific decommissioning activities will be bounded by appropriate previously issued environmental impact statements. The amended rule further provided that decommissioning plans submitted before the effective date of the rule would be considered the

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PSDAR. When proposed amendments to the NRC's decommissioning regulations were published in the FEDERAL REGISTER on July 29, 1996, the licensee requested that the review of the DP and related documents be suspended. When the amended regulations became effective on August 28, 1996, the submitted DP, as supplemented, became the SNEF PSDAR pursuant to 10 CFR 50.82 as amended. By letter dated September 30, 1996, the licensee acknowledged the change of the SNEF DP into the SNEF PSDAR and concluded that the SNEF PSDAR in combination l

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( M. Mendonca June 19,1997 with the SNEF ER meets the requirements of 10 CFR 50.82(a)(4). Notice of  !

l receipt and availability for coment of the SNEF PSDAR appeared in the FEDERAL REGISTER on December 19, 1996 (61 FR 67078). On January 28, 1997, a i

! public meeting was held in Saxton, Pennsylvania to discuss the licensees' l plans for decomissioning and to hear public comment.

The NRC staff has determined that the SNEF PSDAR in combination with the SNEF ER meets the requirements of 10 CFR 50.82(a)(4)(i) regarding the licensees' planned decommissioning of the SNEF, in that, it contains a description of the planned decommissioning activities, a schedule for their accomplishment, an ,

estimate of expected costs, and a discussion that provides the reasons for I concluding that the environmental impacts associated with site-specific l decommissioning will be bounded by appropriate previously issued environmental impact statements. The licensees have chosen the DECON decomissioning option  !

to immediately dismantle and decontaminate the SNEF. The use of the DECON decomissioning option is reflected in the information contained in the PSDAR.

l As of June 2,1997, the NRC staff has received no public coments and questions concerning the SNEF PSDAR which require a response from the NRC ,

staff.

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v M. Mendon:a l with the SNEF ER meets the requirements of 10 CFR 50.82(a)(4). Notice of receipt and availability for comment of the SNEF PSDAR appeared in the FEDERAL REGISTER on December 19, 1996 (61 FR 67078). On January 28, 1997, a public meeting was held in Saxton, Pennsylvania to discuss the licensees' plans for decomissioning and to hear public comment.

J The NRC staff has determined that the SNEF PSDAR in combination with the SNEF I ER meets the requirements of 10 CFR 50.82(a)(4)(i) regarding the licensees' l planned decommissioning of the SNEF, in that, it contains a description of the ;

planned decommissioning activities, a schedule for their accomplishment, an l estimate of expected costs, and a discussion that provides the reasons for ,

concluding that the environmental impacts associated with site-specific decomissioning will be bounded by appropriate previously issued environmental i impact statements. The licensees have chosen the DECON decomissioning option  !

to immediately dismantle and decontaminate the SNEF. The use of the DECON decomissioning option is reflected in the information contained in the PSDAR. )

As of June 2,1997, the NRC staff has received no public coments and )

questions concerning the SNEF PSDAR which require a response from the NRC l staff.

Docket File 50-146

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