ML24269A046

Cover Letter for Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station, License Amendment Request, License Termination Plan, Acceptance Review Request for Additional Information

ML24269A046
Person / Time
Site:	Oyster Creek
Issue date:	10/04/2024
From:	Amy Snyder Reactor Decommissioning Branch
To:	Trice K Holtec Decommissioning International
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ML24269A043	List: ML24269A046 ML24269A047 ML24269A049
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EPID L-2024-LLA-0107
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Kelly Trice, President Holtec Decommissioning International, LLC Krishna P. Singh Technology Campus 1 Holtec Boulevard Camden, NJ 08104

SUBJECT:

OYSTER CREEK NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION - LICENSE TERMINATION PLAN ACCEPTANCE REVIEW REQUEST FOR SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION (EPID L-2024-LLA-0107)

Dear Mr. Trice:

On August 1, 2024, Holtec Decommissioning International, LLC (HDI) submitted a license amendment request (LAR) (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML24214A037) proposing approval of the License Termination Plan (LTP) for Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-16 for the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station (OCNGS). This request also proposes to add a license condition that would establish the criteria for determining when changes to the LTP require prior U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) approval. In addition, HDI identified two technical support documents for the OCNGS LTP LAR that are currently under development and will be submitted for review on or before October 31, 2024.

During the acceptance review of the OCNGS LTP, the NRC staff determined that supplemental information is essential for the staff to complete its detailed safety and environmental review in a timely manner. The staff found that characterization information, as well as other key information was incomplete. Site characterization is critical in multiple aspects of the staffs LTP application evaluation. One of the objectives of site characterization, as an example, is to provide input for the final status survey design to demonstrate compliance with cleanup regulations. As another example, site characterization is used to determine whether the input to pathway analysis/dose or risk assessment models for determining site-specific clean up criteria is acceptable. If the licensee does not provide adequate characterization information in the LTP application, it may likely lead to significant delays and unnecessary use of time and resources.

Please provide the requested supplemental information no later than March 31, 2025. The staff will evaluate them upon receipt. Consistent with division policy and procedure, the staff is providing approximately 6 months for HDI to provide request for supplemental information (RSI) responses due to the time it may take to obtain the needed information and provide a complete submittal of high quality. Some of the response may require collection of additional data, laboratory evaluation, or obtaining qualified resources to perform assessments, such as a cultural and historical survey.October 4, 2024 K. Trice 2 In addition, Enclosure 2, Issues Pending Requests for Additional Information (RAIs), discusses issues that will most likely result in formal RAIs, should the NRC accept your LTP amendment request. This information is being provided to you to assist in the assemblage of efficient responses should formal RAIs in these areas become necessary. No responses to the pending RAIs in Enclosure 2 are necessary at this time; however, you may elect to submit supplemental information to address them before March 31, 2025. We will evaluate them, upon receipt. Also, we will evaluate upon receipt, as part of the acceptance review, the two technical basis documents that HDI committed to submit by October 31, 2024.

Also, please feel free to request clarification calls with the staff to ensure you understand the requests.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's Agency Rules of Practice and Procedure, a copy of this letter is available for inspection at the Public Document Room (PDR) Monday-Friday by appointment or electronically from the Publicly Available Records component of ADAMS. ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To schedule an appointment to visit the PDR, please email PDR.Resource@nrc.gov or call 1-800-397-4209.

If you have any questions, please contact me at 301 415-6822 or Amy.Snyder@nrc.gov.

Sincerely, Amy M. Snyder, Senior Project Manager Reactor Decommissioning Branch Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery and Waste Programs Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Renewed License No.: DPR-16 Docket Nos.: 50-219 and 72-15

Enclosures:

As stated cc: Oyster Creek ListServ Jeffrey Dostal, HDI j.dostal@holtec.com Jean Fleming, HDI J.Fleming@holtec.com Bill Noval, HDI W.Noval@holtec.com Steve Johnston, HDI s.johnston@holtec.com Kevin Wolf, HDI kg.wolf@holtec.com Lawrence Berlinski l.berlinski@holtec.com Warnek, Nicole signing on behalf of Snyder, Amy on 10/04/24

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