ML20210L947

Confirms That W,As Transferee of Licenses,Approvals & Certificates,Agrees to Assume Commitments,Responsibilities & Liabilities Attendant to Facilities Being Transferred

ML20210L947
Person / Time
Site:	Westinghouse
Issue date:	08/15/1997
From:	Drew E WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY, DIV OF CBS CORP.
To:	Collins S, Hauber R, Paperiello C NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned), NRC OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS (OIP), NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS)
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NUDOCS 9708210375
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WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY 11 Stanwix Street Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222 1384 August 15, 1997 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001

!Dr. Carl J. Paperiello, Director Attention:

Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Mr. Samuel J. Collins, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation l

Mr. Ronald D. Ilauber, Director Office of International Programs Division of Nonproliferation, Exports and Multilateral Relations Mr. Charles J. llaughney, Acting Director Spent Fuel Project Office l

Mr. Ilubert J. Miller, Regional Administrator, Region i U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 1415 Mr. Luis A. Reyes, Regional Administrator, Region 11

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U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission fD b{p Atlanta Federal Center,23 T85 61 Forsyth Street, S.W.

Atlanta, GA 30303 3415 Re:

Applications by Westinghouse Electric Corporation for Transfer of NRC Licenses - Commitment to Assume Responsibilities and Liabilities Gentlemen:

This letter is in reference to the applications of Westinghouse Electric Corporation, a corporation founded in 1886 under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

(" Westinghouse" or " Westinghouse (1886)"), requesting the transfer and amendment of the

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i U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission August 15, 1997 Page licenses, quality assurance program approvals, and the certificates of compliance (licenses, approvals and certificates) held by Westinghouse and issued by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ("NRC") or certain Agreement States to a separate corporation currently called Westinghouse Electric Company ("WELCO"). The transfers and amendments are in connection with a series of transactions in which the Westinghouse (1886) industrial businesses, with the exception of its mobile transport refrigeration equipment business and certain other designated businesses, will be transferred to WELCO. WELCO was incorporated on July 17,1997 as Westinghouse Power Company, was renamed Westinghouse Electric Company on August 13,1997 and will be renamed Westinghouse Electric Corporation (" Westinghouse (1997)") on the closing date of the transactions. (Also on the closing date, the name of Westinghouse (1886) will be changed to CBS Corporation).

The purpose of this letter is to confirm that WELCO, as transferee of the licenses, approvals and certificates, agrees to assume the commitments, responsibilities and liabilities attendant to the facilities being transferred, and more specifically agrees to:

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Abide by all commitments and representations previously made to the NRC or the applicable Agreement State by Westinghouse (1886), including but not limited to:

maintaining decommissioning records required by 10 CFR 30.35(g),40.36(f),

50.75(g), and 70.25(g), implementing decontamination activities and decommissioning of the facilities and sites being transferred; and maintaining financial assurance mechanisms for decommissioning; 2.

Accept full liability for decommissioning and decontamination of the facilities and sites being transferred, including maintaining adequate resources to fund decommissioning as required by the NRC or the applicable Agreement State. As of the closing date, adequate resources to fund decommissioning will be provided by a Standby Trust Agreement with Associated Standby letters of Credit in amounts necessary to comply with NRC regulatory requirements. (Sp.g Westinghouse Applications and Exhibits C and D thereto);

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Accept full responsibility for all open NRC or applicable Agreement State inspection items, including completion of related corrective actions, and/or any resulting enforcement actions; and

U.S., Nuclear Regulatory Commission August 15, 1997 Page 3-4.

Abide by all constraints, conditions, requirements, representations, and commitments identified in the existing licenses, quality assurance program approvals, end cenificates of compliance hsued by the NRC or the applicable Agreement State.

Should there be any questions regarding our commitments as transferee of the licenses, j.

approvals and certificates, please contact:

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Mr. A. Joseph Nardi, License Administrator RerAatory Affairs Energy Systems Business Unit Telephone:

(412) 374 4 652 Pax:

(412) 374 3357 E-Mail:

nardlaj@ westinghouse.com Very truly yours, I

WESI'INGilOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY

-By:-

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Ernest II. Drew President and Chief Executive Officer

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