ML24094A074

Issuance of Exemption for Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company Regarding Haddam Neck Plant Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation

ML24094A074
Person / Time
Site:	Haddam Neck  File:Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Co icon.png
Issue date:	05/30/2024
From:	Yoira Diaz-Sanabria Storage and Transportation Licensing Branch
To:	Desmarais R Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Co
Shared Package
ML24099A196	List: ML24094A074 ML24099A197
References
EPID L-2023-LLE-0014
Download: ML24094A074 (3)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001

May 30, 2024

Rob Desmarais, ISFSI Manager Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company Haddam Neck Plant 362 Injun Hollow Road East Hampton, CT 06424-3099

SUBJECT:

ISSUANCE OF EXEMPTION FOR CONNECTICUT YANKEE ATOMIC POWER COMPANY REGARDING HADDAM NECK PLANT INDEPENDENT SPENT FUEL STORAGE INSTALLATION

Dear Rob Desmarais:

By letter dated April 24, 2023 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System

[ADAMS] Accession No. ML23130A118), Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company (CYAPCO 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) Section 50.82(a)(8)(i)(A) and 10 CFR 50.75(h)(2) for the Haddam Neck Plant (HNP or Haddam Neck)

Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI).

If granted, CYAPCO 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, CYAPCO 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 CYAPCOs exemption request for the Haddam Neck 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 CYAPCO exemption from the requirements of 10 CFR 50.82(a)(8)(i)(A) and 10 CFR 50.75(h)(2) to permit CYAPCO 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-R. Desmarais 2

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,

Signed by Diaz-Sanabria, Yoira on 05/30/24

Yoira K. Diaz-Sanabria, Chief Storage and Transportation Licensing Branch Division of Fuel Management Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards

Docket Nos.: 50-213 and 72-39 License No.: DPR-61 EPID: L-2023-LLE-0014

Enclosure:

Safety Evaluation Report R. Desmarais 2

SUBJECT:

ISSUANCE OF EXEMPTION FOR CONNECTICUT YANKEE ATOMIC POWER COMPANY REGARDING HADDAM NECK PLANT INDEPENDENT SPENT FUEL STORAGE INSTALLATION

DOCUMENT DATE: May 30, 2024

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ADAMS Accession Nos.: ML24099A196 (pkg); ML24094A074 (ltr); ML24099A197 (encl)

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