ML23031A248

Status Letter on Exemption Requirements for 10 CFR 50.54w Concerning Onsite Property Damage Insurance

ML23031A248
Person / Time
Site:	Indian Point
Issue date:	02/08/2023
From:	Sturzebecher K Reactor Decommissioning Branch
To:	Flemming J Holtec Decommissioning International
References
EPID L-2022-LLE-0012, EPID L-2022-LLE-0010
Download: ML23031A248 (3)

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Jean Fleming Vice President, Licensing, Regulatory Affairs, and PSA Holtec International, LLC Krishna P. Singh Technology Campus 1 Holtec Boulevard Camden, NJ 08104

SUBJECT:

INDIAN POINT ENERGY CENTER - STATUS OF EXEMPTIONS FROM THE REQUIREMENTS OF 10 CFR 50.54(w)(1) CONCERNING ONSITE PROPERTY DAMAGE INSURANCE (L-2022-LLE-0010) AND THE REQUIREMENTS OF 10 CFR 140.11(a)(4) OFFSITE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY LIABILITY INSURANCE (L-2022-LLE-0012)

Dear Jean Fleming:

By your request, the purpose of this letter is to provide the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staffs review status for the submittal Request for Exemption from 10 CFR 50.54(w)(1)

Concerning Indian Point Energy Center Onsite Property Damage Insurance, dated March 18, 2022 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS)

Accession No. ML22077A132), and Request for Exemption from 10 CFR 140.11(a)(4)

Concerning Primary and Secondary Liability Insurance dated March 25, 2022 ( ML22084A103).

These requests were submitted by Holtec Decommissioning International, LLC (HDI) to make changes to the onsite and offsite insurance coverage level exemptions for the Indian Point Energy Center (IPEC) to reflect the permanent shutdown and removal of fuel from the IPEC reactors. With respect to the acceptance emails for the onsite and offsite insurance coverage levels dated April 21, 2022 ( ML22112A010 and ML22112A012), the NRC staff advised that emergent complexities or challenges with review could cause changes to the initial forecasted completion date and would be communicate during routine interactions with the assigned project manager.

The NRC staff continues to evaluate HDIs two exemptions and will grant the onsite and offsite insurance exemption requests, as justified by a favorable conclusion from the ongoing technical and financial review once Commission approval of an associated emergency planning exemption request is secured. The NRC staffs analysis of the IPEC emergency planning exemptions provides part of the basis for approval of the IPEC insurance exemptions, and therefore the emergency planning exemptions must be approved before the staff can move forward with the insurance exemptions. Commission approval of the IPEC emergency planning exemptions is being pursued in accordance with the Staff Requirements Memorandum (SRM) for SECY-08-0024, Delegation of Commission Authority to Staff to Approve or Deny Emergency Plan Changes that Represent a Decrease in Effectiveness, dated May 19, 2008 (ML081400510). February 8, 2023 Presently, the NRC staff is waiting for the Commission to vote and issue an SRM for SECY 0102, Request by Holtec Decommissioning International, LLC for Exemptions from Certain Emergency Planning Requirements for Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 1, 2, and 3, dated November 18, 2022 ( ML22231A155). The NRC staff estimates that if the Commission grants within 90 days the IPEC emergency planning exemption, approximately four additional weeks will be needed to issue approval of the IPEC emergency planning exemption and the onsite and offsite insurance coverage level exemptions.

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 ADAMS. ADAMS is accessible from the NRC website at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.

If you have any questions concerning the above, please contact me at 301-415-8534 or via email at Karl.Sturzebecher@nrc.gov.

Sincerely, Karl J. Sturzebecher, Project Manager Reactor Decommissioning Branch Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery and Waste Programs Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Docket Nos.50-003, 50-247, 50-286 Cc w/enclosures: Indian Point ListServ Signed by Sturzebecher, Karl on 02/08/23

Ltr ML23031A248 OFFICE NMSS/DWUP/RDB NMSS/DUWP/RDB NMSS/DWUP/RDB NAME KSturzebecher KS SAnderson SA KSturzebecher KS DATE Feb 8, 2023 Feb 8, 2023 Feb 8, 2023