ML20195J357

Forwards Exemption from Certain Requirements of 10CFR50.54(w) & 10CFR140.Exemption Submitted in Response to 971007 Application & Suppls & 1218,requesting Reduction in Amount of Insurance Required for Facility

ML20195J357
Person / Time
Site:	Haddam Neck File:Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Co icon.png
Issue date:	11/19/1998
From:	Fredrichs T NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
To:	Mellor R CONNECTICUT YANKEE ATOMIC POWER CO.
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ML20195J363	List: ML20195J357 ML20195J479 ML20195J488
References
TAC-M99885, NUDOCS 9811240249
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Mr. Russ ll A. Millor N vember 19, 1998 K MicrcPr:sident - Op:r;tions cnd D: commissioning Conn:cticut Ycnk:2 Atomic Power Company 362 injun Hollow Road East Hampton, CT 06424-3099

SUBJECT:

EXEMPTION FROM FINANCIAL PROTECTION REQUIREMENT LIMITS OF 10 CFR 50.54(w) AND 10 CFR 140.11 (TAC NO. M99775)

Dear Mr. Mellor:

The Commission has issued the enclosed exemption from certain requirements of 10 CFR 50.54(w) and 10 CFR 140.11 for the Haddam Neck Plant (HNP). The exemption is in response to your application dated October 7,1997, as supplemented by letters dated September 26 and December 18,1997, in which you requested a reduction in the amount of insurance required for your facility to $50 million for onsite property damage coverage and $100 million for offsite liability coverage on the basis that the potential risk to public health and safety is substantially reduced because of the permanently shutdown and defueled status of HNP.

The staff has completed its review of your request to reduce your insurance coverage, and i

approves the reduction to $50 million for onsite property damage coverage and

$100 million for offsite liability coverage, and withdrawal from participation in the secondary liability insurance pool for offsite liability insurance. The staff notes that on October 23,1997, ynu completed the rearrangement of spent fuel assemblies in your spent fuel pool (SFP). That action assured that no significant offsite dose consequences would occur in the unlikely event that the SFP lost allits water inventory.

We are also enclosing two (2) copies of Amendment No.16, to indemnity Agreement No.

B-32. Please sign both copies and return one signed copy to me.

A copy of our Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact is also enclosed.

Sincerely, I ORIGINAL SIGNED BY 9811240249 981119 Thomas L. Fredrichs PDR ADOCK 050002 3 Non-Power Reactors and Decommissioning Project Directorate Division of Reactor Program Management l

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Docket f90: 50;213 l

Enclosures:

1. Exemption

2. Amendment No.16 to indemnity Agreement No. B-32 g

3. Environmental Assessment ,L__ . , , _ _ - w, Tt cc w/ enclosures: See next Page /

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SUBJECT:

• EXEMPTION FROM FINANCIAL PROTECTION REQUIREMENT LIMITS OF 10 CFR 50.54(w) AND 10 CFR 140.11 (TAC NO. M99775)

Dear Mr. Mellor:

The Commission has issued the enclosed exemption from certain requirements of 10 CFR 50.54(w) and 10 CFR 140.11 for the Haddam Neck Plant (HNP). The exemption is in response to your application dated October 7,1997, as supplemented by letters dated September 26 and December 18,1997, in which you requested a reduction in the amount of insurance required for your facility to $50 million for onsite property damage coverage and $100 million for offsite liability coverage on the basis that the potential risk to public health and safety is substantially reduced because of the permanently shutdown and defueled status of HNP.

The staff has completed its review of your request to reduce your insurance coverage, and approves the reduction to $50 million for onsite property damage coverage and

$100 million for offsite liability coverage, and withdrawal from participation in the secondary liability insurance pool for offsite liability insurance. The staff notes that on October 23,1997, you completed the rearrangement of spent fuel assemblies in your spent fuel pool (SFP). That action assured that no significant offsite dose consequences would occur in the unlikely event that the SFP lost allits water inventory.

We are also enclosing two (2)' copies of Amendment No.16, to indemnity Agreement No.

B-32. Please sign both copies and return one signed copy to me.

A copy of our Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact is also enclosed.

Sincerely, ORIGINAL SIGNED BY Thomas L. Fredrichs Non-Power Reactors and Decommissioning Project Directorate Division of Reactor Program Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-213

Enclosures:

1. Exemption l

2. Amendment No.16 to l Indemnity Agreement No. B-32

3. Environmental Assessment cc w/ enclosures: See next Page DISTRIBUTION:

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Mr. Russell A. Mellor Vice President - Operations and Decommissioning Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company 362 Injun Hollow Road East Hampton, CT 06424-3099  :

SUBJECT:

EXEMPTION FROM FINANCIAL PROTECTION REQUIREMENT LIMITS OF 10 CFR 50.54(w) AND 10 CFR 140.11 (TAC NO. M99775)

Dear Mr. Mellor:

The Commission has issued the enclosed exemption from certain requirements of 10 CFR 50.54(w) and 10 CFR 140.11 for the Haddam Neck Plant (HNP). The exemption is in response to your application dated October 7,1997, as supplemented by letters dated ,

Septemuer 26 and December 18,1997, in which you requested a reduction in the amount  !

of insurance required for your facility to $50 million for onsite property damage coverage  !

and $100 million for offsite liability coverage on the basis that the potential risk to public ;

health and safety is substantially reduced because of the permanently shutdown and l

defueled status of HNP. l The staff has completed its review of your request to reduce your insurance coverage, and approves the reduction to $50 million for onsite property damage coverage and

$100 million for offsite liability coverage, and withdrawal from participation in the secondary liability insurance pool for offsite liability insurance. The staff notes that on October 23,1997, you completed the rearrangement of spent fuel assemblies in your spent fuel pool (SFP). That action assured that no significant offsite dose consequences would occur in the unlikely event that the SFP lost allits water inventory.

We are also enclosing two (2) copies of Amendment No.16, to Indemnity Agreement No.

B-32. Please sign both copies and return one signed copy to me.

A copy of our Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant impact is also enclosed.

Sincerely, L $1m C U Th mas L. Fredrichs p

Non-Power Reactors and Decommissioning Project Directorate Division of Reactor Program Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation i Docket No. 50-213 i

Enclosures:

1. Exemption

2. Amendment No.16 to Indemnity Agreement No. B-32

3. Environmental Assessment cc w/ enclosures: See next Page

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.. Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Co. Haddam Neck Plant Docket No. 50-213 cc:

l Lillian M. Cuoco, Esq. Resident Inspector l

Senior Nuclear Counsel Haddam Neck Plant Northeast Utilities Service Company c/o U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P. O. Box 270 362 Injun Hollow Road Hartford, CT 06141-0270 East Hampton, CT 06424-3099 .

l Mr. Kevin T. A. McCarthy, Director Mr. James S. Robinson i Monitoring and Radiation Division Manager, Nuclear Investments and l Department of Environmental Administration Protection New England Power Company ,

79 Elm Street 25 Research Drive i Hartford, CT 06106-5127 Westborough, MA 01582 l

Mr. Atlan Johanson Mr. G. P. van Noordennen Assistant Director Manager - Nuclear Licensing Office of Policy and Management Northeast Utilities Service Company Policy Development and Planning 362 injun Hollow Road Division East Hampton, CT 06424-3099 450 Capitol Avenue MS#52ENR P. O. Box 341441 Regional Administrator Hartford, CT 06134-1441 Region.1 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mr. F. C. Rothen 475 Allendale Road Vice President - Work Services King of Prussia, PA 19406 Northeast Utilities Service Company P. O. Box 128 Board of Selectmen Waterford, CT 06385 Town Office Building Haddam, CT 06438 Mr. D. M. Goebel Vice President - Nuclear Oversight Betsy Higgins-Congram Northeast Utilities Service Company Environmental Review Coordinator P. O. Box 128 EPA Region 1 Waterford, CT 06385 J.F. Kennedy Federal bldg.

One Congress Street Mr. J. K. Thayer Boston, MA 02203 Recovery Officer, Nuclear Engineering and Support Northeast Utilities Service Company P. O. Box 128 Waterford, CT 06385