ML14272A310

Letter to J. Sauger, Zion Nuclear Power Station, Units 1 and 2 - Request for Exemption from Certain Requirements of the Final Rule for Enhancements to Emergency Preparedness Regulations (TAC Nos J00439 and J00440)

ML14272A310
Person / Time
Site:	Zion  File:ZionSolutions icon.png
Issue date:	03/30/2015
From:	John Hickman Reactor Decommissioning Branch
To:	Sauger J ZionSolutions
References
TAC J00439, TAC J00440
Download: ML14272A310 (4)

Text

March 30, 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 CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS OF THE FINAL RULE FOR ENHANCEMENTS TO EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS REGULATIONS (TAC NOS. J00439 AND J00440)

Dear Mr. Sauger:

By application dated June 20, 2012, ZionSolutions, LLC, submitted a request for exemption, Request for Exemption to Revised Emergency Planning Rule (ADAMS Accession No. ML12173A316), from specific emergency planning requirements of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 50 for the Zion Nuclear Power Station (ZNPS).

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 endanger life or property or the common defense and security, and are otherwise in the public interest, and that special circumstances are present based on the reduced radiological risk to the public from an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation at a 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 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 (PARS) 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/

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-49

Enclosures:

Exemption 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 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 (PARS) 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/

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-49

Enclosures:

Exemption Safety Evaluation cc w/enclosure:

Zion Service List Distribution:

ML14272A310 OFFICE RDB/PM RDB/LA RDB/BC OGC DUWP/DD DUWP/PM NAME JHickman CHolston BWatson HBenowitz LCamper JHickman DATE 10 / 1 / 2014 10 / 1 / 2014 10 / 2 / 2014 3 / 9 / 2015 3 /30/ 2015 3/30 / 2015 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY

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

Mr. Alan Parker Mr. Kent McKenzie President Projects Group Emergency Management Coordinator EnergySolutions Lake County Emergency Management 1009 Commerce Park Drive, Ste. 100 Agency Oak Ridge, TN 37830 1303 N. Milwaukee Avenue Libertyville, IL 60048-1308 Mr. John Sauger Senior VQ & General Manager Regional Administrator ZionSolutions LLC U.S. NRC, Region III 101 Shiloh Blvd. 2443 Warrenville Road Zion, IL 60099-2797 Lisle, IL 60532-4352 Gerard van Noordennen John E. Matthews VP Regulatory Affairs Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP ZionSolutions, LLC 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW 101 Shiloh Blvd. Washington, DC 20004 Zion, IL 60099-2797 Mayor of Zion Anthony Orawiec Zion, IL 60099 Decommissioning Plant Manager ZionSolutions, LLC Matias F. Travieso-Diaz 101 Shiloh Blvd. Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Zion, IL 60099 2300 N St., NW Washington, DC 20037 Dan Shrum Senior VP Regulatory Affairs Tom Rielly, Executive Principal EnergySolutions Vista 360 423 West 300 South, Ste. 200 649 Innsbruck Salt Lake City, UT 84101 Libertyville, IL 60048 Russ Workman Director Spent Fuel & Decommissioning General Counsel Strategy EnergySolutions Exelon Generation Company, LLC 423 West 300 South, Suite 200 4300 Winfield Road Salt Lake City, UT 84101 Warrenville, IL 60555 Alwyn C. Settles J. Bradley Fewell Section Head, Nuclear Facilities Inspection Associate General Counsel Bureau of Nuclear Facility Safety Exelon Corporation, LLC Illinois Emergency Management Agency 4300 Winfield Rd.

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