ML23298A053
| ML23298A053 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Yankee Rowe |
| Issue date: | 04/11/2024 |
| From: | Yoira Diaz-Sanabria Storage and Transportation Licensing Branch |
| To: | Clifford F Yankee Atomic Electric Co |
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| EPID L-2023-LLE-0074 | |
| Download: ML23298A053 (3) | |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 Francis Clifford ISFSI Manager Yankee Atomic Electric Company 49 Yankee Road Rowe, MA 01367
SUBJECT:
ISSUANCE OF EXEMPTION FOR YANKEE ATOMIC ELECTRIC COMPANY REGARDING YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER STATION INDEPENDENT SPENT FUEL STORAGE INSTALLATION
Dear Francis Clifford:
By letter dated May 4, 2023 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
[ADAMS] Accession No. ML23157A101), Yankee Atomic Electric Company (YAEC or the licensee) 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) 50.82(a)(8)(i)(A) and 10 CFR 50.75(h)(2) for the Yankee Nuclear Power Station (YNPS or Yankee Rowe)
Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI).
If granted, YAEC would be allowed to be exempted from 10 CFR 50.82(a)(8)(i)(A) and 50.75(h)(2) and make withdrawals from its separate (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, YAEC 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 Nuclear Decommissioning Trust and use those funds for SNF and GTCC waste management and non-radiological site restoration.
The NRC staff reviewed YEACs exemption request for the Yankee Rowe 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 YAEC exemption from the requirements of 10 CFR 50.82(a)(8)(i)(A) and 10 CFR 50.75(h)(2) to permit YAEC 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 ADAMS. ADAMS is accessible from the NRC website at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-April 11, 2024
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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, 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.: 50-29 and 72-31 License No. DPR-3 EPID No.: L-2023-LLE-0074
Enclosure:
Safety Evaluation Report Signed by Diaz-Sanabria, Yoira on 04/11/24
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SUBJECT:
ISSUANCE OF EXEMPTION FOR YANKEE ATOMIC ELECTRIC COMPANY REGARDING YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER STATION INDEPENDENT SPENT FUEL STORAGE INSTALLATION DOCUMENT DATE: April 11, 2024 DISTRIBUTION:
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