ML17052A306

Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station - Acceptance Review Letter - License Amendment Request to Delete Decommissioning Trust Provisions from the Renewed Facility Operating License (CAC No. MF9293)

ML17052A306
Person / Time
Site:	Oyster Creek
Issue date:	02/27/2017
From:	Lamb J G Special Projects and Process Branch
To:	Bryan Hanson Exelon Generation Co
Lamb J, DORL/LSPB, 415-3100
References
CAC MF9293
Download: ML17052A306 (3)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 February 27, 2017 Mr. Bryan C. Hanson President and Chief Nuclear Officer Exelon Generation Company, LLC Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555

SUBJECT:

OYSTER CREEK NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION-ACCEPTANCE OF REQUESTED LICENSING ACTION RE: LICENSE AMENDMENT REQUEST TO DELETE DECOMMISSIONING TRUST PROVISIONS FROM THE RENEWED FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE (CAC NO. MF9293)

Dear Mr. Hanson:

By letter dated January 7, 2011 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML 110070507), Exelon Generation Company, LLC (Exelon or the licensee) submitted its Notification of Permanent Cessation of Power Operations for Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station (OCNGS). In this letter, Exelon provided notification to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) of its intent to permanently cease power operation no later than December 31, 2019. By letter dated February 20, 2017 (ADAMS Accession No. ML 17051A003), Exelon requested an amendment to the Renewed Facility Operating License (FOL) No. DPR-16, for OCNGS. The proposed amendment would delete the decommissioning trust provisions from the OCNGS FOL. The purpose of this letter is to provide the results of the NRC staff's acceptance review of this amendment request. The acceptance review was performed to determine if there is sufficient technical information in scope and depth to allow the NRC staff to complete its detailed technical review. The acceptance review is also intended to identify whether the application has any readily apparent information insufficiencies in its characterization of the regulatory requirements or the licensing basis of the plant. Consistent with Section 50.90 of Title 1 O of the Code of Federal Regulations (1 O CFR), an amendment to the FOL must fully describe the changes requested, and following as far as applicable, the form prescribed for original applications.

Section 50.34 of 10 CFR addresses the content of technical information required.

This section stipulates that the submittal address the design and operating characteristics, unusual or novel design features, and principal safety considerations.

The NRC staff has reviewed your application and concluded that it does provide technical information in sufficient detail to enable the NRC staff to complete its detailed technical review and make an independent assessment regarding the acceptability of the proposed amendment in terms of regulatory requirements and the protection of public health and safety and the environment.

Given the lesser scope and depth of the acceptance review as compared to the B. Hanson detailed technical review, there may be instances in which issues that impact the NRC staff's ability to complete the detailed technical review are identified despite completion of an adequate acceptance review. You will be advised of any further information needed to support the NRC staff's detailed technical review by separate correspondence.

Based on the information provided in your submittal, the NRC staff has estimated that this licensing request will take approximately 195 hours0.00226 days <br />0.0542 hours <br />3.224206e-4 weeks <br />7.41975e-5 months <br /> to complete.

The NRC staff expects to complete this review in approximately 12 months, which is February 2018. If there are emergent complexities or challenges in our review that would cause changes to the initial forecasted completion date or significant changes in the forecasted hours, the reasons for the changes, along with the new estimates, will be communicated during the routine interactions with the assigned project manager. These estimates are based on the NRC staff's initial review of the application and they could change, due to several factors including requests for additional information, unanticipated addition of scope to the review, and review by NRC advisory committees or hearing-related activities.

Additional delay may occur if the submittal is provided to the NRC in advance or in parallel with industry program initiatives or pilot applications.

If you have any questions, please contact me at (301) 415-3100 or via e-mail at John.Lamb@nrc.gov.

Docket No. 50-219 cc: Listserv G. Lamb, Senior Project Manager cial Projects and Process Branch ision of Operating Reactor Licensing ffice of Nuclear Reactor Regulation B. Hanson

SUBJECT:

OYSTER CREEK NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION -ACCEPTANCE OF REQUESTED LICENSING ACTION RE: LICENSE AMENDMENT REQUEST TO DELETE DECOMMISSIONING TRUST PROVISIONS FROM THE RENEWED FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE (CAC NO. MF9293) DATED DISTRIBUTION:

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