ML23286A326
| ML23286A326 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Maine Yankee |
| Issue date: | 02/29/2024 |
| From: | Yoira Diaz-Sanabria Storage and Transportation Licensing Branch |
| To: | Laing D Maine Yankee Atomic Power Co |
| Shared Package | |
| ML23286A325 | List: |
| References | |
| EPID L-2023-LLE-0010 | |
| Download: ML23286A326 (3) | |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 February 29, 2024 D. Laing, ISFSI Manager Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company 321 Old Ferry Road Wiscasset, ME 04578
SUBJECT:
ISSUANCE OF EXEMPTION FOR MAINE YANKEE ATOMIC POWER COMPANY REGARDING MAINE YANKEE INDEPENDENT SPENT FUEL STORAGE INSTALLATION
Dear D. Laing:
By letter dated March 31, 2023 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
[ADAMS] Accession No. ML23113A005), Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company (MYAPC or Maine Yankee) submitted a request to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for an exemption from Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Section 50.82(a)(8)(i)(A) and 10 CFR 50.75(h)(2) for the Maine Yankee Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI). The NRC staff is considering this exemption request from the Maine Yankee Atomic Power Station.
If granted, MYAPC would be allowed to be exempted from 10 CFR 50.82(a)(8)(i)(A) and 50.75(h)(2) and make withdrawals from the segregated account), on an annual basis, for spent nuclear fuel (SNF) and Greater than Class C (GTCC) waste management and non-radiological site restoration without prior notification to the NRC. More specifically, with this exemption, MYAPC would be able to annually transfer funds exceeding 110 percent of the inflation-adjusted Decommissioning Cost Estimate, described in 10 CFR 50.75, from the segregated account to its overarching NDT and use those funds for spent fuel and GTCC waste management and non-radiological site restoration.
The NRC staff reviewed Maine Yankees exemption request for the Maine Yankee ISFSI. A summary of the NRC staffs review is included in the enclosed safety evaluation report.
Based on the review, the NRC has determined that, pursuant to 10 CFR 50.12(a), the exemption is authorized by law, will not present an undue risk to the public health and safety, and is consistent with the common defense and security. Also, special circumstances are present. Therefore, the NRC hereby grants Maine Yankee exemption from the requirements of 10 CFR 50.82(a)(8)(i)(A) and 10 CFR 50.75(h)(2) to permit MYAPC to make withdrawals from the segregated account, on an annual basis, for SNF and GTCC waste management and non-radiological site restoration without prior notification to the NRC. All other relevant requirements shall be met.
In accordance with 10 CFR 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 (PDR) or from the Publicly Available Records component of the NRCs
D. Laing 2
ADAMS. ADAMS is accessible from the NRC website at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. The PDR is open by appointment. To make an appointment to visit the PDR, please send an email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern time (ET), Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
If you have any questions, please contact me at 301-415-5722, or Tilda Liu of my staff at 404-997-4730.
Sincerely, Yoira K. Diaz-Sanabria, Chief Storage and Transportation Licensing Branch Division of Fuel Management Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Docket Nos.: 50-309 and 72-30 License No. DPR-36 EPID No.: L-2023-LLE-0010
Enclosure:
Safety Evaluation Report Signed by Diaz-Sanabria, Yoira on 02/29/24
ML23286A325 (pkg), ML23286A326 (ltr), ML23286A327 (SER)