ML22173A176
| ML22173A176 | |
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| Site: | Palisades, Big Rock Point File:Consumers Energy icon.png |
| Issue date: | 06/28/2022 |
| From: | Andrea Veil Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Holtec Decommissioning International, Holtec |
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| EA-21-158, EPID L-2020-LLM-0003, EPID L-2022-LLM-0002 | |
| Download: ML22173A176 (8) | |
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Enclosure 2 HOLTEC PALISADES, LLC HOLTEC DECOMMISSIONING INTERNATIONAL, LLC DOCKET NO. 50-255 PALISADES NUCLEAR PLANT AMENDMENT TO RENEWED FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE Amendment No. 273 License No. DPR-20
- 1.
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has found that:
A.
The application for amendment filed by Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., on behalf of itself; Entergy Nuclear Palisades, LLC; Holtec International; and Holtec Decommissioning International, LLC, dated December 23, 2020, as supplemented by letters dated December 23, 2020, December 23, 2020, October 29, 2021, and January 21, 2022, complies with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the Commissions rules and regulations set forth in 10 CFR Chapter I; B.
The facility will operate in conformity with the application, the provisions of the Act, and the rules and regulations of the Commission; C.
There is reasonable assurance (i) that the activities authorized by this amendment can be conducted without endangering the health and safety of the public, and (ii) that such activities will be conducted in compliance with the Commissions regulations; D.
The issuance of this amendment will not be inimical to the common defense and security or to the health and safety of the public; and E.
The issuance of this amendment is in accordance with 10 CFR Part 51 of the Commissions regulations and all applicable requirements have been satisfied.
- 2.
Accordingly, Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-20 is amended as indicated in the attachment to this license amendment.
- 3.
This license amendment is effective as of its date of issuance and shall be implemented within 30 days from that date.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Andrea D. Veil, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Attachment:
Changes to Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-20 and Technical Specifications Date of Issuance: June 28, 2022 Michael F King Digitally signed by Michael F King Date: 2022.06.28 17:33:07 -04'00'
ATTACHMENT TO LICENSE AMENDMENT NO. 273 PALISADES NUCLEAR PLANT RENEWED FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. DPR-20 DOCKET NO. 50-255 Replace the following pages of Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-20 and Appendix A, Permanently Defueled Technical Specifications, with the attached revised pages.
The revised pages are identified by amendment number and contain marginal lines indicating the areas of change.
Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-20 REMOVE INSERT through through Appendix A, Permanently Defueled Technical Specifications REMOVE INSERT 4.0-1 4.0-1
Amendment No. 272, 273 HOLTEC PALISADES, LLC HOLTEC DECOMMISSIONING INTERNATIONAL, LLC DOCKET NO. 50-255 PALISADES NUCLEAR PLANT RENEWED FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE Renewed License No. DPR-20
- 1. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) having previously made the findings set forth in Operating License No. DPR-20, dated February 21, 1991, has now found that:
A. The application for Renewed Operating License No. DPR-20 complies with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act),
and the Commissions rules and regulations set forth in 10 CFR Chapter I, and all required notifications to other agencies or bodies have been duly made; B. [deleted];
C. Actions have been identified and have been or will be taken with respect to:
(1) managing the effects of aging on the functionality of structures and components that have been identified to require review under 10 CFR 54.21(a)(1) during the period of extended operation, and (2) time-limited aging analyses that have been identified to require review under 10 CFR 54.21(c), such that there is reasonable assurance that the activities authorized by this renewed operating license will continue to be conducted in accordance with the current licensing basis, as defined in 10 CFR 54.3 for the facility, and that any changes made to the facilitys current licensing basis in order to comply with 10 CFR 54.29(a) are in accordance with the Act and the Commissions regulations; Renewed License No. DPR-20 Amendment No. 272, 273 D. The facility will operate in conformity with the application, the provisions of the Act, and the regulations of the Commission; E. There is reasonable assurance: (i) that the activities authorized by this renewed operating license can be conducted without endangering the health and safety of the public, and (ii) that such activities will be conducted in compliance with the Commissions regulations set forth in 10 CFR Chapter I; F. Holtec Palisades, LLC (Holtec Palisades) is financially qualified and Holtec Decommissioning International, LLC (HDI) is financially and technically qualified to engage in the activities authorized by this renewed operating license in accordance with the Commissions regulations set forth in 10 CFR Chapter I; G. Holtec Palisades and HDI have satisfied the applicable provisions of 10 CFR Part 140, Financial Protection Requirements and Indemnity Agreements of the Commissions regulations; H. The issuance of this renewed operating license will not be inimical to the common defense and security or to the health and safety of the public; I.
After weighing the environmental, economic, technical, and other benefits of the facility against environmental and other costs and considering available alternatives, the issuance of this renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-20, subject to the conditions for protection of the environment set forth herein, is in accordance with 10 CFR Part 51 (formerly Appendix D to Part 50), of the Commissions regulations and all applicable requirements have been satisfied; and J. The receipt, possession, and use of source, byproduct, and special nuclear material as authorized by this renewed operating license will be in accordance with 10 CFR Parts 30, 40, and 70.
- 2. Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-20, is hereby issued to Holtec Palisades and HDI as follows:
A. This renewed license applies to the Palisades Plant, a pressurized light water moderated and cooled reactor and electrical generating equipment (the facility). The facility is located in Van Buren County, Michigan, and is described in the Palisades Plant Updated Final Safety Analysis Report, as supplemented and amended, and in the Palisades Plant Environmental Report, as supplemented and amended.
B. Subject to the conditions and requirements incorporated herein, the Commission hereby licenses:
(1) Pursuant to Section 104b of the Act, as amended, and 10 CFR Part 50, Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities, (a) Holtec Palisades to possess and use, and (b) HDI to possess and use, the facility at the designated location in Van Buren County, Michigan, in accordance with the procedures and limitation set forth in this license; Renewed License No. DPR-20 Amendment No. 272, 273 (2) HDI, pursuant to the Act and 10 CFR Parts 40 and 70, to possess source, and special nuclear material that was used as reactor fuel, in accordance with the limitations for storage, as described in the Updated Final Safety Analysis Report, as supplemented and amended; (3) HDI, pursuant to the Act and 10 CFR Parts 30, 40, and 70, to receive, possess, and use byproduct, source, and special nuclear material as sealed sources that were used for reactor startup, sealed sources that were used for reactor instrumentation and are used in the calibration of radiation monitoring equipment, and that were used as fission detectors in amounts as required; (4) HDI, pursuant to the Act and 10 CFR Parts 30, 40, and 70, to receive, possess, and use in amounts as required any byproduct, source, or special nuclear material for sample analysis or instrument calibration, or associated with radioactive apparatus or components; and (5) HDI, pursuant to the Act and 10 CFR Parts 30, 40, and 70, to possess, but not separate, such byproduct and special nuclear materials that were produced by the operations of the facility.
C. This renewed operating license shall be deemed to contain and is subject to the conditions specified in the Commissions regulations in 10 CFR Chapter I and is subject to all applicable provisions of the Act; to the rules, regulations, and orders of the Commission now or hereafter in effect; and is subject to the additional conditions specified or incorporated below:
(1) [deleted]
(2) The Technical Specifications contained in Appendix A, as revised through Amendment No. 273, and the Environmental Protection Plan contained in Appendix B are hereby incorporated in the license. HDI shall maintain the facility in accordance with the Technical Specifications and the Environmental Protection Plan.
(3) [deleted]
(4) [deleted]
(5) Movement of a fuel cask in or over the spent fuel pool is prohibited when irradiated fuel assemblies decayed less than 90 days are in the spent fuel pool.
Renewed License No. DPR-20 Amendment No. 272, 273 D. [deleted]
E. HDI shall fully implement and maintain in effect all provisions of the Commission-approved physical security, training and qualification, and safeguards contingency plans including amendments made pursuant to provisions of the Miscellaneous Amendments and Search Requirements revisions to 10 CFR 73.55 (51 FR 27817 and 27822) and to the authority of 10 CFR 50.90 and 10 CFR 50.54(p). The combined set of plans, which contains Safeguards Information protected under 10 CFR 73.21, is entitled: Palisades Nuclear Plant Physical Security Plan.
HDI shall fully implement and maintain in effect all provisions of the Commission-approved cyber security plan (CSP), including changes made pursuant to the authority of 10 CFR 50.90 and 10 CFR 50.54(p). The Palisades CSP was approved by License Amendment No. 243 as supplemented by changes approved by License Amendment Nos. 248, 253, 259, and 264.
F. [deleted]
G. Holtec Palisades and HDI shall have and maintain financial protection of such type and in such amounts as the Commission shall require in accordance with Section 170 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, to cover public liability claims.
Design Features 4.0 Palisades Nuclear Plant 4.0-1 Amendment No. 272, 273 4.0 DESIGN FEATURES 4.1 Site Location The Palisades Nuclear Plant is located on property owned by Holtec Palisades, LLC on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan approximately four and one-half miles south of the southern city limits of South Haven, Michigan. The minimum distance to the boundary of the exclusion area as defined in 10 CFR 100.3 shall be 677 meters.
4.2 (Deleted) 4.3 Fuel Storage 4.3.1 Criticality 4.3.1.1 The Region I (See Figure B 3.7.16-1) Carborundum equipped fuel storage racks incorporating Regions 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, and 1E are designed and shall be maintained with:
- a.
Irradiated fuel assemblies having a maximum nominal planar average U-235 enrichment of 4.54 weight percent;
- b.
Keff < 1.0 if fully flooded with unborated water, which includes allowances for uncertainties as described in Section 9.11 of the FSAR;
- c.
Keff 0.95 if fully flooded with water borated to 850 ppm, which includes allowances for uncertainties as described in Section 9.11 of the FSAR;
- d.
Regions 1A, 1B, and 1C have a nominal 10.25 inch center to center distance between fuel assemblies;
- e.
Regions 1D and 1E have a nominal 11.25 inch by 10.69 inch center to center distance between fuel assemblies;
- f.
Region 1A is defined as a subregion of the Region I storage racks located in the main spent fuel pool and is subject to the following restrictions. Fuel assemblies (or fissile bearing components) located in Region 1A shall be in a maximum of two-of-four checkerboard loading pattern of two fuel assemblies (or fissile bearing components) and two empty cells.
Designated empty cells may contain non-fuel bearing components in accordance with Section 4.3.1.1m.2. below;