ML21119A062

Letter to A. Sterdis Re Oyster Creek Issuance of Amendment to Revise Permanently Defueled Tech Specs

ML21119A062
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Site:	Oyster Creek
Issue date:	06/25/2021
From:	Amy Snyder Reactor Decommissioning Branch
To:	Sterdis A Holtec Decommissioning International
Cruz-Perez Z
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June 25, 2021 Andrea L. Sterdis Vice President, Regulatory and Environmental Affairs Holtec Decommissioning International, LLC Krishna P. Singh Technology Campus 1 Holtec Blvd.

Camden, NJ 08104

SUBJECT:

OYSTER CREEK NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION - ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT TO REVISE THE PERMANENTLY DEFUELED TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS TO ALIGN TO THE REQUIREMENTS FOR PERMANENT REMOVAL OF SPENT FUEL FROM THE SPENT FUEL POOL (EPID NO. L-2021-LLA-0044)

Dear Ms. Sterdis:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC, the Commission) has issued the enclosed Amendment No. 299 to Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-16 for the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station (Oyster Creek). The amendment consists of revisions to the Renewed Facility Operating License and the Permanently Defueled Technical Specifications in response to your application dated March 16, 2021 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System [ADAMS] Accession No. ML21075A337) and supplemental letter dated June 10, 2021 (ADAMS Accession No. ML21168A016). These changes reflect the removal of all spent nuclear fuel from the spent fuel pool (SFP) and its transfer to dry cask storage within an on-site Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI). These changes will more fully reflect the permanently shutdown status of the decommissioning facility, as well as the reduced scope of structures, systems, and components necessary to ensure plant safety now that all spent fuel has been permanently moved to the Oyster Creek ISFSI, an activity which was completed as of May 21, 2021 (ADAMS Accession No. ML21160A065). The licensee states these changes shall be implemented within sixty (60) days following submittal of written notification to the NRC that all spent nuclear fuel assemblies have been transferred out of the Oyster Creek SFP and placed in dry storage within the ISFSI.

Previously approved Amendment No. 298 removed reference to the Cyber Security Plan and modified the associated License Condition 2.C.(4) in the renewed facility license (ADAMS Accession No. ML19179A202). As part of this licensing action, the licensee requested removal of the License Condition 2.C.(4) text that was inadvertently left in the renewed facility license.

Because the staff previously approved this change as part of its review of Amendment No. 298, the NRC staff agrees that its deletion is appropriate as part of the current amendment.

A. Sterdis 2 The NRC staff has determined that its documented Safety Evaluation does not contain Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Section 2.390, Public inspections, exemptions, requests for withholding.

A copy of the related Safety Evaluation is provided in Enclosure 2. The Notice of Issuance will be forwarded to the Federal Register for publication.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRCs Agency Rules of Practice and Procedure, a copy of this letter will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records component of NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.

If you have any questions, please contact me at 301-415-6822 or via e-mail at amy.snyder@nrc.gov .

Sincerely, Signed by Snyder, Amy on 06/25/21 Amy M. Snyder, Project Manager Reactor Decommissioning Branch Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery, and Waste Programs Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Docket Nos. 50-219, 72-15

Enclosures:

1. Amendment No. 299 to DPR-16

2. Safety Evaluation cc w/encls: Distribution via Listserv Pierre Paul Oneid - P.oneid@holtec.com Pamela B. Cowan - P.Cowan@holtec.com

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NAME ZCruz ZC ANaber AN BWatson BW ASnyder AS DATE Apr 29, 2021 Jun 17, 2021 Jun 25, 2021 Jun 25, 2021