ML20217B051

Requests Addl Info to Complete Review of Licensee License Termination Plan

ML20217B051
Person / Time
Site:	Yankee Rowe
Issue date:	09/09/1997
From:	Fairtile M NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
To:	Kay J YANKEE ATOMIC ELECTRIC CO.
References
TAC-M98878, NUDOCS 9709230209
Download: ML20217B051 (5)

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s v, September 9, 1997 Mr. James A. Kay Principal Licensing Engineer Yankee Atomic Electric Company 580 Main Street Bolton, Massachusetts _01740-1398

SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION - LICENSE TERMINATION PLAN (TAC NO. M98878)

Dear Mr. Kay:

By letter dated May 15, 1997, Yankee Atomic Electric Company submitted its License Termination Plan for the Yankee Nuclear Power Station in Rowe, Massachusetts, as required by 10 CFR 50.82(a)(9). In order to complete our review of this Plan, we request that you supply the additional information provided in the enclosure to this letter. A timely response will enable the NRC staff to meet your schedule for completion of this review.

Please call me at (301) 415-1442, if you have any questions concerning this request. The reporting requirements contained in this letter affect only the Yankee Atomic Electric Company; therefore, Office of Management and Budget clearance is not required in accordance with Public Law 96-511.

Sincerely, Original signed by:

Morton B. Fairtile, Senior Project Manager Non-Power Reactors and Decommissioning Project Directorate Division of Reactor Program Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. S0-29

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SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION - LICENSE TERMINATION PLAN (TAC N0, M98878)

Dear Mr. Kay:

By letter dated May 15, 1997, Yankee Atomic Electric Company submitted its License Termination Plan for the Yankee Nuclear Power Station in Rowe, Massachusetts, as required by 10 CFR 50.82(a)(9). In order to complete our review of this Plan, we request that you supply the additional information provided in the enclosure to this letter. A timely response will enable the NRC staff to mee four schedule for completion of this review.

Please call me at (301) 415-1442, if you have any questions concerning this request. The reporting requirements contained in this letter affect only the Yankee Atomic Electric Company; therefore, Office of Management and Budget clearance is not required in accordance with Public Law 96-511.

Sincerely, UA 1 . l'CLC Morton B. Fairtile, Senior Project Manager Non-Power Reactors and Decommissioning Project Directorate Division of Reactor Program Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-29

Enclosure:

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Mr. James A. Kay Yankee Rowe Docket No.50-029 cc:

Mr. Don K. Davis, Acting President Chairman, Franklin County and Chief Executive Officer Commission l Yankee Atomic Electric Company 425 Main Street 580 Main Street Greenfield, Massachusetts 03101 Bolton, Massachusetts 01740-1398 Diane Screnci, Region I Thomas Dignan, Esq. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Ropes and Gray 475 Allendale Road One International Place King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406 Boston, Massachusetts 02110-2624 Ms. Leslie Greer Mr. Kenneth Heider Assistant Attorney General Site Manager and Manager of Operations Commonwealth of Massachusetts Yankee Atomic Electric Company 200 Portland Street .

580 Main Street Boston, Massachusetts 02114 Bolton, Massachusetts 01740-1398 Regional Administrator, Region I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406 Robert M. Hallisey, Director Radiation Control Program Massachusetts Department of Public Health 305 South Street Boston, Massachusetts 02130 Commissioner Richard P. Sedano Vermont Department of Public Service 120 State Street, 3rd Floor Montpelier, Vermont 05602 Ms. Jane M. Grant Decommissioning Manager Yankee Atomic Electric Company 580 Main Street Bolton, Massachusetts 01740-1398 Mr. David Rodham, Director ATTN: Mr. James B. Muckerheide Massachusetts Civil Defense Agency 400 Worcester Road P. O. Box 1496 Framingham, Massachusetts- 01701-03173

ENCIDSURE THE OFFICE OF NLCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY AND SAFEGUARDS RE0 VEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER STATION LICENSE TERMINATION PLAN (LTP) 1 1.0 Section'3.2. 3.3. and 4.2.4

. The licensee is proposing to release buildings, demolish the buildings, release the building rubble, then remediate soils previously under the floors that may be contaminated. In this case, there may be contaminated soils that adhere to and are removed with the demolished floor rubble. The licensee needs to discuss how it will verify that demolition rubble is clean if contaminated soils are identified under buildings.

2.0 Section 4.2 In Section 4.2.2, the licensee has indicated that the asphalt surfaces will be treated the same way as soil. Asphalt surfaces should be treated under surface criteria.

3.0 Section 2.4.6. and Anoendix A. Section 3.2 Section 2.4.6 states that sediment samples will be taken. Also, Section 4.4.5 states that in the pond sediment areas, 30 samples per unit will be taken.

However, Appendix A, Section 3.2 states that sediment samples will not be included in areas affected by monitored and licensed liquid effluent discharges. Section 3.2 should be revised to reflect that sediment samples will be taken.

4.0 Accendix A. Section 3 1 The licensee committed, in the Decommissioning Environmental Report, December 1993, to use NRC IE Circular 81-07, " Control of Radioactive Contaminated Material" for all materials leaving the Radiation Control Area to ensure that radioactive materials are not inadvertently released from the facility. This commitment is to limit release of materials from the site to no detectable activity. The licensee needs to discuss how this commitment is

- consistent or inconsistent with the release criteria proposed in this section.

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5.0 Anoendix A. Section 4.1.2 This section should be revised to include surveys and samples as an unaffected area as recommended in NUREG/CR-5849, 6.0 Accendix A. Section 4.3.1 Section.4.3.2 should be revised to include gridding or a method for referencing measurements back to a specific location.

7.0 Anoendix A. Section 4.4.3 This section states that for activated structures and components only exposure rate measurements will be taken. In addition to the exposure rate measurements, direct measurements and smears shcald also be taken in accordance with Regulatory Guide 1.86.

8.0 Appendix A. Section 4.4.4 Section 4.3.2 should include a description of the frequency of groundwater samples collected from the observation wells, and a description of what potential contaminants the water is being analyzed for.

9.0 Anoendix A. Section 4.5.4 and 5.1.3 Section 4.5.4 and Section 5.1.3 should be revised to identify the dominant beta-gamma emitters.

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