ML23242A218

IPEC – NRC Response to the Town of New Windsor, Ny Board Certified Motion Letter Regarding Treated Water Release from IP Site (Dockets50-003, 50-247, 50-286)

ML23242A218
Person / Time
Site:	Indian Point
Issue date:	09/12/2023
From:	Sturzebecher K Reactor Decommissioning Branch
To:	Allegra K Town of New Windsor, NY
Sturzebecher, Karl 415-8534
References
LTR-23-0193-1-NMSS
Download: ML23242A218 (4)

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Kelly Allegra Town Clerk of the Town of New Windsor 555 Union Avenue New Windsor, NY 12553

Dear Kelly Allegra:

On behalf of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), I am responding to your email dated August 4, 2023 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS)

Accession No. ML23234A289), in which you provided the NRC with a Motion and Resolution opposing the planned discharge of liquid effluent from Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant (Indian Point) by Holtec Decommissioning International (Holtec) into the Hudson River. I appreciate your efforts to keep the NRC informed of the activities of the New Windsor Town Board.

The controlled release of liquid effluents at nuclear power plants, within specified regulatory limits, is an activity that occurs throughout the operation and decommissioning of a facility. The NRCs regulations and licensing reviews for the facility consider such releases as part of the agencys safety and environmental determinations, ensuring that it is safe for people and the environment. The NRCs regulations and conditions in the license issued to Holtec for Indian Point require Holtec to ensure that the releases of gaseous and liquid effluents meet the applicable NRC and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requirements.

The NRC inspects the actions and the records of its licensees to ensure that compliance with environmental radiation standards is maintained. Further, licensees are required to have an environmental monitoring program that includes environmental sampling and to submit an annual report to the NRC. The annual reports are publicly available at the webpage:

https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/ops-experience/tritium/plant-info.html.

Additionally, in response to similar public concerns regarding decommissioning activities at Indian Point, the NRC has developed responses to Frequently Asked Questions about liquid discharges and other topics, which can be found at this link: https://www.nrc.gov/info-finder/reactors/ip3/faq.html.

In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations 2.390, 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 https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.September 11, 2023 I appreciate the interest of the Town Board of the Town of New Windsor in the decommissioning of Indian Point. If you have any questions, please call me at (301) 415-8534, or via email to Karl.Sturzebecher@nrc.gov.

Sincerely, Karl J. Sturzebecher, Project Manager, Reactor Decommission Branch Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery, and Waste Programs, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards cc: Indian Point ListServ Signed by Sturzebecher, Karl on 09/11/23

K. Allegra

INDIAN POINT ENERGY CENTER - NRC RESPONSE TO THE TOWN OF NEW WINDSOR, NEW YORK CERTIFIED MOTION REGARDING TREATED WATER RELEASE FROM INDIAN POINT SITE (DOCKETS50-003, 50-247, 50-286) DATED SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

DISTRIBUTION: LTR-23-0193-1-NMSS Public

ADAMS Accession Number: ML23242A218; Ltr ML23234A289*via email OFFICE NMSS/DUWP/RDB NRC/OGC* NMSS/DUWP NMSS/DUWP NAME KSturzebecher ACoggins SAnderson KSturzebecher DATE 8/30/2023 9/06/23 8/31/2023 9/11/23 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY

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• via email OFFICE NMSS/DWUP/RDB NMSS/DUWP/RDB NMSS/DWUP/RDB* NMSS/DWUP/RDB NAME KSturzebecher KSSAnderson SAKSturzebecher KSKSturzebecher KS DATE Aug 30, 2023 Aug 31, 2023 Sep 6, 2023 Sep 11, 2023