ML20197H852

Responds to Ltr Sent to Chairman SA Jackson on 981028 Re Concern That NRC Will Not Perform Environ Assessment in Connection with Consideration of Approval of Transfer of License for Plants to Permit Sale

ML20197H852
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Site:	Pilgrim
Issue date:	12/09/1998
From:	Travers W NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO)
To:	Murray T MASSACHUSETTS, COMMONWEALTH OF
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4 December 9, 1998 The Honorable Therese Murray i Massachusetts Senate State House i Boston, MA 02133-1053

Dear Ms. Murray:

I am responding to the letter you sent Chairman Shirley Ann Jackson on October 28,1998, in which you expressed concern that the NRC will not perform an environmental assessment in 1 connection with its consideration of approval of the transfer of the license for the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station to permit its sale. The NRC has completed numerous environmental assessments related to license transfers. These assessments have uniformly demenstrated that there are no significant environmental effects from license transfers. Accordingly, the NRC t has amended its regulations to provide for a categorical exclusion that eliminates the need to perform individual environmental assessments in each transfer case.

The licensee at the time of decommissioning is fully responsible for decontamination and decommissioning of the site. Licensees determine how much sampling and analysis are needed to adequately characterize the site on the basis of available historical onsite radiation survey records and known liistory of site uses, regardless of who may have owned the plant.

This initial site charactenzation study is performed for the purpose of decommissioning planning and estimating decommissioning costs.

After decommissioning activities are completed, the licensee must furnish additional documentation of radiological evaluations to demonstrate compliance with the radiological criteria contained in "Subpart E- Radiological Criteria for License Termination" of 10 CFR Part

20. The licensee's radiological environmental monitoring program is maintained in effect // J throughout the decommissioning process so that the potential environmental impacts of //

decommissioning activities are monitored. The NRC periodically inspects the licensee's i decommissioning program during the decommissioning process and reviews the licensee's final l radiological survey data. The NRC can perform an independent radiological review of the i survey data if one is needed. The NRC can also, if needed, perform an independent radiological survey of the licensee's site to verity the licensee's compliance with regulatory f)fd/

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Director Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station Boston Edison Company 600 Rocky Hill Road Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station Plymouth, MA 02360-5599 600 Rocky Hill Road Plymouth, MA 02360-5599 Mr. David F. Tarantino Nuclear Information Manager Resident inspector Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 600 Rocky Hill Road Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station Plymouth, MA 02360-5599 Post Office Box 867 Plymouth, MA 02360-5599 Ms. Kathleen M. O'Toole Secretary of Public Safety Chairman, Board of Selectmen Executive Office of Public Safety 11 Lincoln Street One Ashburton Place Plymouth, MA 02360 Boston, MA 02108 Chairman, Duxbury Board of Selectmen Mr. Peter LaPorte, Director Town Hall Attn: James Muckerheide 878 Tremont Street Massachusetts Emergency Management Duxbury, MA 02332 Agency 400 Worcester Road Office of the Commissioner P.O. Box 1496 Massachusetts Department of Framingham, MA 01701-0317 Environmental Protection One Winter Street Chairman, Citizens Urging Boston, MA 02108 l Responsible Energy ,

P.O. Box 2621 j Office of the Attomey General Duxbury, MA 02331 l One Ashburton Place l 20th Floor Citizens at Risk Boston, MA 02108 P.O. Box 3803 Plymouth, MA 02361 Mr. Robert M. Hallisey, Director Radiation Control Program John M. Fulton Massachusetts Department of Assistant General Counsel Public Health 800 Boylston St., P-361 305 South Street Boston, MA 02199 Boston, MA 02130 Chairman Regional Administrator, Region l Nuclear Matters Committee U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Town Hall 475 Allendale Road 11 Lincoln Street King of Prussia, PA 19406 Plymouth, MA 02360 Ms. Jane Fleming Mr. William D. Meinert  ;

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CRC NO: 98-1031 Travers, EDO DESCs ROUTING:

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1. CORRESPONDENCE CONTROL TICKET PAPER NUMBER: CRC-98-1031 LOGGING DATE: Nov 9 98 l ACTION OFFICE: EDO  !

AUTHOR: THERESE MURRAY ,

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LETTER DATE: Oct 28 98 FILE CODE: IDR 5 PILGRIM

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