ML15140A534

Request for Exemption from Emergency Preparedness Requirements (TAC Nos. J52992 and J52993)

ML15140A534
Person / Time
Site:	Point Beach, Zion  File:ZionSolutions icon.png
Issue date:	07/20/2015
From:	John Hickman Reactor Decommissioning Branch
To:	Sauger J ZionSolutions
Shared Package
ML15140A528	List: ML15140A534
References
TAC J52992, TAC J52993
Download: ML15140A534 (4)

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July 20, 2015 Mr. John Sauger Senior Vice President and General Manager ZionSolutions LLC 101 Shiloh Blvd.

Zion, IL 60099-2797

SUBJECT:

ZION NUCLEAR POWER STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 - REQUEST FOR EXEMPTION FROM EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS (TAC NOS. J52992 AND J52993)

Dear Mr. Sauger:

By application dated May 27, 2014, ZionSolutions, LLC, submitted a request for exemption from certain requirements of 10 CFR 50.47 and 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix E, for the Zion Nuclear Power Station (ZNPS) (ADAMS Accession No. ML14148A295).

Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.12, the Commission may, upon application by any interested person or upon its own initiative, grant exemptions from the requirements of 10 CFR Part 50 when: (1) the exemptions are authorized by law, will not present an undue risk to public health or safety, and are consistent with the common defense and security; and (2) when special circumstances are present.

The enclosed exemption Federal Register notice concludes that certain of ZionSolutionss requested exemptions are authorized by law, will not present an undue risk to public health and safety, and are consistent with the common defense and security, and that special circumstances are present based on the reduced radiological risk to the public now that all spent fuel has been transferred to an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation at the permanently shut down, defueled reactor. Accordingly, pursuant to 10 CFR 50.12, as specified in the enclosed notice, certain exemption requests are granted and effective immediately. The exemption will be published in the Federal Register.

Other requirements from which you requested exemptions were determined to either be not applicable to your facility or are being met by your current program or an exemption was not appropriate, therefore, an exemption was not necessary or was denied for those requirements.

The enclosed U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff Safety Evaluation Report articulates the basis for granting your specific exemption requests or determining that the requests were not necessary.

J. Sauger 2 Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.21, 51.32, and 51.35, an environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact was published in the Federal Register. Based upon the environmental assessment, the Commission has determined that issuance of this exemption will not have a significant effect on the quality of the human environment.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRCs Agency Rules of Practice and Procedure, a copy of this letter will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records component of the NRCs Agency-wide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site in the NRC Library at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.

Should you have any questions regarding this action please contact me at 301-415-3017 or John.Hickman@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA B. Watson for/

John B. Hickman, Project Manager Reactor Decommissioning Branch Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery, and Waste Programs Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Docket Nos.: 50-295 and 50-304 License Nos.: DPR-39 and DPR-48

Enclosures:

1. Exemption

2. Safety Evaluation cc w/enclosure:

Zion Service List

J. Sauger 2 Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.21, 51.32, and 51.35, an environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact was published in the Federal Register. Based upon the environmental assessment, the Commission has determined that issuance of this exemption will not have a significant effect on the quality of the human environment.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRCs Agency Rules of Practice and Procedure, a copy of this letter will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records component of the NRCs Agency-wide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site in the NRC Library at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.

Should you have any questions regarding this action please contact me at 301-415-3017 or John.Hickman@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA B. Watson for/

John B. Hickman, Project Manager Reactor Decommissioning Branch Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery, and Waste Programs Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Docket Nos.: 50-295 and 50-304 License Nos.: DPR-39 and DPR-48

Enclosures:

1. Exemption

2. Safety Evaluation cc w/enclosure:

Zion Service List ML15140A528 OFFICE RDB/PM RDB/LA RDB/BC OGC DUWP/DD DUWP/PM NAME JHickman CHolston BWatson HBenowitz LCamper JHickman (B. Watson for)

DATE 5/ 28 / 2015 5 / 28 / 2015 5 / 29 / 2015 6 / 26 / 2015 7/20/ 2015 7 /20/ 2015 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY

Zion Nuclear Power Station, Units 1 and 2 Service List cc:

Ken Robuck Kelly F. Grahn President of Logistics, Processing and Senior Health Physicist, Unit Supervisor Disposal Group Bureau of Radiation Safety, Environmental EnergySolutions Management 423 West 300 South, Suite 200 Illinois Emergency Management Agency Salt Lake City, UT 84101 245 W Roosevelt Road, Building 8, Suite 55 West Chicago, IL 60185 John Sauger Senior VP & General Manager Mr. Kent McKenzie ZionSolutions LLC Emergency Management Coordinator 101 Shiloh Blvd. Lake County Emergency Management Zion, IL 60099-2797 Agency 1303 N. Milwaukee Avenue Gerard van Noordennen Libertyville, IL 60048-1308 VP Regulatory Affairs ZionSolutions, LLC Regional Administrator 101 Shiloh Blvd. U.S. NRC, Region III Zion, IL 60099-2797 2443 Warrenville Road Lisle, IL 60532-4352 Anthony Orawiec Decommissioning Plant Manager John E. Matthews ZionSolutions, LLC Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 101 Shiloh Blvd. 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Zion, IL 60099-2797 Washington, DC 20004 Dan Shrum Tom Rielly, Executive Principal Senior VP Regulatory Affairs Vista 360 EnergySolutions 649 Innsbruck 423 West 300 South, Ste. 200 Libertyville, IL 60048 Salt Lake City, UT 84101 Director Spent Fuel & Decommissioning Russ Workman Strategy General Counsel Exelon Generation Company, LLC EnergySolutions 4300 Winfield Road 423 West 300 South, Suite 200 Warrenville, IL 60555 Salt Lake City, UT 84101 J. Bradley Fewell Alwyn C. Settles Associate General Counsel Section Head, Nuclear Facility Inspection Exelon Corporation, LLC Bureau of Nuclear Facility Safety 4300 Winfield Rd.

Illinois Emergency Management Agency Warrenville, IL 60555 1011 North St., PO Box 250 Mazon, IL 60444 Document Control Desk - Licensing Exelon Generation Company, LLC Mayor of Zion 4300 Winfield Road Zion, IL 60099 Warrenville, IL 60555