ML23113A030

Second Status Letter on Exemption Requirements for Onsite Property Damage Insurance and Offsite Primary and Secondary Liability Insurance (L-2022-LLE-0012)

ML23113A030
Person / Time
Site:	Indian Point
Issue date:	05/18/2023
From:	Sturzebecher K Reactor Decommissioning Branch
To:	Fleming J Holtec
Sturzebecher K
References
eConcurrence 20230423-70007, EPID L-2022-LLE-0012
Download: ML23113A030 (3)

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May 18, 2023 Jean A. 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 ON-SITE 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 A. Fleming:

This letter responds to your request for an additional update on the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staffs review of Holtec Decommissioning International, LLCs (HDI) submittals Request for Exemption from 10 CFR 50.54(w)(1) Concerning Indian Point Energy Center On-site Property Damage Insurance, dated March 18, 2022 (ML22077A132), and Request for Exemption from 10 CFR 140.11(a)(4) Concerning Primary and Secondary Liability Insurance dated March 25, 2022 (ML22084A103). In these submittals, HDI requests changes to the on-site and offsite insurance coverage levels for the Indian Point Energy Center (IPEC) to reflect the permanent shutdown and removal of fuel from the IPEC reactors. The NRC staff advised when accepting these requests for review that the initial forecasted review completion date may change if emergent complexities or challenges arose and that schedule changes would be communicated during routine interactions with the project manager (See ML22112A010 and ML22112A012).

The NRC staff continues to evaluate HDIs two exemptions and will grant the on-site and offsite insurance exemption requests, if justified by a favorable conclusion from the ongoing technical and financial review and upon Commission approval of an associated emergency planning exemption request. 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 make a determination on the requested 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).

J. Fleming Presently, the NRC staff is waiting for the Commission to vote and issue an SRM for SECY-22-0102, 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). If the Commission approves the IPEC emergency planning exemption, the NRC staff anticipates needing approximately four additional weeks to issue approval of the IPEC emergency planning exemption and the on-site and offsite insurance coverage level exemptions.

In accordance with Title 10 Code of Federal Regulations 2.390 of the NRCs Public inspections, exemptions, requests for withholding, 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, Signed by Sturzebecher, Karl on 05/18/23 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

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