ML20205K457

Informs That Decommissioning Branch Staff Performed Review of Acceptance of Licensing Termination Plan (LTP) of SNEC Facility.Staff Concludes Licensee Did Not Provide Sufficient Info to Perform Detailed Review of LTP

ML20205K457
Person / Time
Site:	Saxton File:GPU Nuclear icon.png
Issue date:	04/07/1999
From:	Jim Hickey NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS)
To:	Marsh L NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
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NUDOCS 9904130216
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1. APRIL 7, 1999

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MEMORANDUM TO: Ledyard B. Marsh, Chi:f Ev:nts Ass:ssm:nt, G:n ric Communication i and Non-Power Reactors Branch Division of Regulatory improvement Programs Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation FRbM: John W. N. Hickey, Chief [0RIGINAL SIGNED BY:]

Decommissioning Branch i Division of Waste Management, NMcS

SUBJECT:

ACCEPTANCE REVIEW OF THE LICENSE TERMINATION PLAN OF j SAXTON NUCLEAR EXPERIMENTAL FACILITY Pursuant to your request on March 3,1999, the Decommissioning Branch (DCB) staff has  !

performed an acceptance review of the License Termination Plan (LTP) of the Saxton Nuclear Experimental Corporation Facility. The acceptance review is to judge completeness on the basis of the minimum information required to begin a detailed review. DCD staff has concluded that the licensee did not provide sufficient information to perform a detailed review of the LTP, and recommends returning the LTP to the licensee so that it can resubmit a complete application.

DCB staff compared the submitted application with draft NUPEG-1700,"The Standard Review Plan for Evaluatirg Nuclear Power Reactor License Termint.Sn Plans," and Regulatory Guide 1.179," Standard Format and Content of License Termination Plans for Nuclear Power Reactors."

DCB staff recommends that the licensee include pertinent information in several areas so that the LYP can be complete. Tne site characterization described in the LTP is not sufficiently detailed to determine the extent and range of radiological contamination on the site, and to i provide data for planning further decommissioning acuvities. Also, the information in the Final j Status Survey Plan is not sufficient. As a result, the LTP does not adequately detail the methods and assumptions used to demonstrate compliance with the radiological criteria for license termination. At a minimum, the following items are necessary to complete an LTP:

survey protocols, identification and characterization of each survey unit, data on scans performed, investigation levels, and reference coordinate system established for the site areas.

In addition, the site-specific decommissioning cost described in the LTP is not sufficiently detailed to allow DCB staff to independently estimate the licensee's decommissioning costs and financial assurance.

if you have any questions, please contact Sherry Wu at (301) 415-6619 or Timothy Johnson at (301) 415-7299.

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APRIL 7, 1999 MEMORANDUM TO: Ledyard B. Marsh, Chief Events Assessment, Generic Communication and Non-Power Reactors Branch Division of Regulatory improvement Programs Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation ,

FROM: John W. N. Hickey, Chief Decommissioning Branch .

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Division of Waste Managdtfient, NMSS {

SUBJECT:

ACCEPTANCE REVIEW OF THE LICENSE TERMINATION PLAN OF SAXTON NUCLEAR EXPERIMENTAL FACILITY i Pursuant to your request on March 3,1999, the Decommissioning Branch (DCB) staff has j

performed an acceptance review of the License Termination Plan (LTP) of the Saxton Nuclear i

Experimental Corporation Facility. The acceptance review is to judge completeness on the basis of the minimum information required to begin a detailed review. DCB staff has concluded f that the licensee did not provide s.oficier.t information to perform a detailed review of the LTP,  !

arsd recommends returning the LTP to the licensee so that it can resubmit a complete application.

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DCB staff compared the submitted application with draft NUREG-1700,"The Standard Review Plan for Evaluating Nuclear Pow.,r Reactor License Te;mination Plans," and Regulate y Guide 1.179, " Standard Format and Content of License Termination Plans for Nuclear Power Reactors."

DCB staff recommends that the licensee include pertinent information in several areas so that l j

the LTP can be complete. The site characterization described in the LTP 's not sufficiently detailed to determine the extent and range of radiological contamination on the site, and to j provide data for planning further decommissioning activities. Also, the information in the Final Status Sumey Plan is not sufficient. As a result, the LTP does not adequately detail the methods and assumptions used to demonstrate compliance with the radiological criteria for license termination. At e minimum, the following items are necessary to complete an LTP:

survey protocols, identification and characterization of each survey unit, data on scans performed investigation levels, and reference coordinate system establishend for the site areas, in addition, the site-specific decommissioning cost described in the LTP is not sufficiently j detailed to allow DCB staff to independently estimate the licensee's decommissioning costs and i financial assurance. l If you have any questions, please contact Sherry Wu at (301) 415-6019 or Timothy Johnson at (301) 415-7299.

License No: DPR-4 1

Docket No: 50-146

Contact:

Sherry Wu, NMSS/DWM/DCB (301) 41Cr6619

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