ML18163A313

Issuance of Amendments 191 and 178 to Approve the License Termination Plan

ML18163A313
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Site:	Zion  File:ZionSolutions icon.png
Issue date:	09/28/2018
From:	John Hickman Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery and Waste Programs
To:	Sauger J Energy Solutions
JHickman NMSS DUWP
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 September 28, 2018 John Sauger Executive Vice President EnergySolutions 2701 Deborah Ave.

Zion, IL 60099

SUBJECT:

ZION NUCLEAR POWER STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 - ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENTS 191 AND 178 FOR THE LICENSES TO APPROVE THE LICENSE TERMINATION PLAN

Dear Mr. Sauger:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing the enclosed Amendment Nos. 191 and 178 to Facility License Nos. DPR-39 and DPR-48 for the ZionSolutions, Zion Nuclear Power Station (ZNPS), Units 1 and 2. This amendment is in response to your application dated December 19, 2014 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS)

Accession No. ML15005A336), as supplemented by letters dated February 26, 2015 (ML15061A281), March 8, 2016 (ML17129A311), July 20, 2016 (ML16211A200), July 20, 2017 (ML17215A095), February 7, 2018 (ML18052A529 and ML18052A851), April 10, 2018 (ML18103A016) and August 28, 2018 (ML18242A082). This amendment revises the Zion Nuclear Power Station licenses to approve the License Termination Plan. The NRC is also authorizing implementation of the License Termination Plan.

The amendment revises the ZNPS, Units 1 and 2 licenses to add License Condition 2.C.(17).

This new license condition incorporates the NRC approved License Termination Plan (LTP),

and associated addendum, into the ZNPS license and specifies limits on the changes the licensee is allowed to make to the approved LTP without prior NRC review and approval.

A copy of our related Safety Evaluation is also enclosed. The Notice of Issuance will be included in the Commission's next biweekly Federal Register notice.

J. Sauger 2

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "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 NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site 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, 50-304

Enclosures:

1. Amendments

2. Safety Evaluation cc: w/enclosures:

Zion Service List

ML18163A313

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JTappert JHickman DATE 6/ 14 /18 6/ 20 /18 7/ 16 /18 9/ 20 /18 9/28/18 9/ 28/18

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

Ken Robuck Group President Disposal and Decommissioning EnergySolutions 299 South Main Street, Suite 1700 Salt Lake City, UT 84111 John Sauger Executive VP & Chief Nuclear Officer Reactor D&D EnergySolutions 2701 Deborah Avenue Zion, IL 60099 Bruce Hinkley General Manager ZionSolutions, LLC 2701 Deborah Avenue Zion, IL 60099 Gerard van Noordennen VP Regulatory Affairs EnergySolutions 2701 Deborah Avenue Zion, IL 60099 Jerry Houff Decommissioning Plant Manager ZionSolutions, LLC 2701 Deborah Avenue Zion, IL 60099 Dan Shrum Senior VP Regulatory Affairs EnergySolutions 423 West 300 South, Ste. 200 Salt Lake City, UT 84101 Russ Workman General Counsel EnergySolutions 423 West 300 South, Suite 200 Salt Lake City, UT 84101 Alwyn C. Settles Section Head, Nuclear Facility Inspection Bureau of Nuclear Facility Safety Illinois Emergency Management Agency 1011 North St., PO Box 250 Mazon, IL 60444 Mayor of Zion Zion, IL 60099 Kelly F. Grahn Senior Health Physicist, Unit Supervisor Bureau of Radiation Safety, Environmental Management Illinois Emergency Management Agency 245 W Roosevelt Road, Building 8, Suite 55 West Chicago, IL 60185 William Mazzeno Manager Lake County Emergency Management Agency 1303 N. Milwaukee Avenue Libertyville, IL 60048-1308 Regional Administrator U.S. NRC, Region III 2443 Warrenville Road Lisle, IL 60532-4352 John E. Matthews Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004 Tom Rielly, Executive Principal Vista 360 649 Innsbruck Libertyville, IL 60048 Director Spent Fuel & Decommissioning Strategy Exelon Generation Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road

Warrenville, IL 60555 J. Bradley Fewell Associate General Counsel Exelon Corporation, LLC 4300 Winfield Rd.

Warrenville, IL 60555 Document Control Desk - Licensing Exelon Generation Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555

ZIONSOLUTIONS, LLC DOCKET NO. 50-295 ZION NUCLEAR POWER STATION, UNIT 1 AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE Amendment No. 191 License No. DPR-39

1.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission or NRC) has found that:

A.

The application for amendment by ZionSolutions, LLC (the licensee), dated December 19, 2014, as supplemented February 26, 2015, March 8, 2016, July 20, 2016, July 20, 2017, February 7, 2018, April 10, 2018, and August 28, 2018, complies with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the Commissions regulations set forth in 10 CFR Chapter I; B.

The facility will be maintained in conformity with the application, as amended, the provisions of the Act, and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission; C.

There is reasonable assurance: 1) that the activities authorized by this amendment can be conducted without endangering the health and safety of the public; and 2) that such activities will be conducted in compliance with applicable portions of the Commission's regulations; D.

The issuance of this amendment will not be inimical to the common defense and security or to the health and safety of the public; and E.

The issuance of this amendment is in accordance with 10 CFR Part 51 of the Commission's regulations and all applicable requirements have been satisfied.

2.

Accordingly, the license is amended as follows:

License Condition 2. C. (17) is added to read as follows:

(17)

License Termination Plan (LTP)

ZionSolutions shall implement and maintain in effect all provisions of the approved License Termination Plan as approved in License Amendment No. 191 subject to and as amended by the following stipulations:

ZionSolutions may make changes to the LTP without prior approval provided the proposed changes do not meet any of the following criteria:

(A)

Require Commission approval pursuant to 10 CFR 50.59.

(B)

Result in significant environmental impacts not previously reviewed.

(C)

Detract or negate the reasonable assurance that adequate funds will be available for decommissioning.

(D)

Decrease a survey unit area classification (i.e., impacted to not impacted; Class 1 to Class 2; Class 2 to Class 3; or Class 1 to Class 3) without providing the NRC a minimum 14 day notification prior to implementing the change in classification.

(E)

Increase the derived concentration guideline levels (DCGL) and related minimum detectable concentrations (for both scan and fixed measurement methods).

(F)

Increase the radioactivity level, relative to the applicable DCGL, at which an investigation occurs.

(G)

Change the statistical test applied other than the Sign test.

(H)

Increase the approved Type I decision error above the level stated in the LTP.

(I)

Change the approach used to demonstrate compliance with the dose criteria (e.g., change from demonstrating compliance using derived concentration levels to demonstrating compliance using a dose assessment that is based on final concentration data).

(J)

Change parameter values or pathway dose conversion used to calculate the dose such that the resultant dose is lower than in the approved LTP and if a dose assessment is being used to demonstrate compliance with the dose criteria.

(K)

Reuse concrete from demolished structures, other than from the list of areas specified in Section 2.1.1 of TSD 17-010, Final Report -

Unconditional Release Surveys at the Zion Station Restoration Project, Revision 1, as backfill.

(L)

Assign a dose for reuse concrete other than the dose values provided along with the LTP (as shown in Table 6-53 (Revision 2) of the LTP) and documented in Section 8 and Table 33 of TSD 14-010, RESRAD Dose Modeling for Basement Fill Model and Soil DCGL and Calculation of Basement Fill Model Dose Factors and DCGLs, Revision 6.

(M)

Use area-specific surrogate ratios that are less than the maximum surrogate ratios (H-3/Cs-137, Ni-63/Co-60, Sr-90/Cs-137) presented in Table 5-15 (Revision 2) of the LTP.

3.

This license amendment is effective as of the date of issuance and shall be implemented within 60 days.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

/RA/

John R. Tappert, Director Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery and Waste Programs Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Date of Issuance: September 28, 2018

ATTACHMENT TO LICENSE AMENDMENT NOS. 191 FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NOS. DPR-39 DOCKET NOS. 50-295 Replace the following pages of the License with the attached revised pages. The revised pages are identified by amendment number and contain marginal lines indicating the areas of change.

REMOVE INSERT 6

6 7

(e)

The appropriate section of the decommissioning trust agreement shall state that the trustee, investment advisor, or anyone else directing the investments made in the trust shall adhere to a prudent investor standard, as specified in 18 CFR 35.32(a)(3) of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commissions regulations.

(15)

ZS shall take all necessary steps to ensure that the decommissioning trust is maintained in accordance with the application for approval of the transfer of the Zion, Unit 1, license and the requirements of the Order approving the transfer, and consistent with the safety evaluation supporting the Order.

(16)

Deleted.

(17)

License Termination Plan (LTP)

ZionSolutions shall implement and maintain in effect all provisions of the approved License Termination Plan as approved in License Amendment No. 191 subject to and as amended by the following stipulations:

ZionSolutions may make changes to the LTP without prior approval provided the proposed changes do not meet any of the following criteria:

(A)

Require Commission approval pursuant to 10 CFR 50.59.

(B)

Result in significant environmental impacts not previously reviewed.

(C)

Detract or negate the reasonable assurance that adequate funds will be available for decommissioning.

(D)

Decrease a survey unit area classification (i.e., impacted to not impacted; Class 1 to Class 2; Class 2 to Class 3; or Class 1 to Class 3) without providing the NRC a minimum 14 day notification prior to implementing the change in classification.

(E)

Increase the derived concentration guideline levels (DCGL) and related minimum detectable concentrations (for both scan and fixed measurement methods).

(F)

Increase the radioactivity level, relative to the applicable DCGL, at which an investigation occurs.

(G)

Change the statistical test applied other than the Sign test.

(H)

Increase the approved Type I decision error above the level stated in the LTP.

Amendment No. 186, 188, 191

(I)

Change the approach used to demonstrate compliance with the dose criteria (e.g., change from demonstrating compliance using derived concentration levels to demonstrating compliance using a dose assessment that is based on final concentration data).

(J)

Change parameter values or pathway dose conversion used to calculate the dose such that the resultant dose is lower than in the approved LTP and if a dose assessment is being used to demonstrate compliance with the dose criteria.

(K)

Reuse concrete from demolished structures, other than from the list of areas specified in Section 2.1.1 of TSD 17-010, Final Report - Unconditional Release Surveys at the Zion Station Restoration Project, Revision 1, as backfill.

(L)

Assign a dose for reuse concrete other than the dose values provided along with the LTP (as shown in Table 6-53 (Revision 2) of the LTP) and documented in Section 8 and Table 33 of TSD 14-010, RESRAD Dose Modeling for Basement Fill Model and Soil DCGL and Calculation of Basement Fill Model Dose Factors and DCGLs, Revision 6.

(M)

Use area-specific surrogate ratios that are less than the maximum surrogate ratios (H-3/Cs-137, Ni-63/Co-60, Sr-90/Cs-137) presented in Table 5-15 (Revision 2) of the LTP.

3.

This amended license is issued without prejudice to subsequent licensing action which may be taken by the Commission.

4.

This license is effective as of the date of issuance and shall expire at midnight on April 6, 2013.

FOR THE ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION Original Signed by Roger S. Boyd A. Giambusso, Deputy Director For Reactor Projects Directorate of Licensing Date of Issuance: October 19, 1973 Amendment No. 186, 188, 191

ZIONSOLUTIONS, LLC DOCKET NO. 50-304 ZION NUCLEAR POWER STATION, UNIT 2 AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE Amendment No. 178 License No. DPR-48

1.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission or NRC) has found that:

A.

The application for amendment by ZionSolutions, LLC (the licensee), dated December 19, 2014, as supplemented February 26, 2015, March 8, 2016, July 20, 2016, July 20, 2017, February 7, 2018, April 10, 2018, and August 28, 2018, complies with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the Commissions regulations set forth in 10 CFR Chapter I; B.

The facility will be maintained in conformity with the application, as amended, the provisions of the Act, and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission; C.

There is reasonable assurance: 1) that the activities authorized by this amendment can be conducted without endangering the health and safety of the public; and 2) that such activities will be conducted in compliance with applicable portions of the Commission's regulations; D.

The issuance of this amendment will not be inimical to the common defense and security or to the health and safety of the public; and E.

The issuance of this amendment is in accordance with 10 CFR Part 51 of the Commission's regulations and all applicable requirements have been satisfied.

2.

Accordingly, the license is amended as follows:

License Conditions 2. C. (17) is added to read as follows:

(17)

License Termination Plan (LTP)

ZionSolutions shall implement and maintain in effect all provisions of the approved License Termination Plan as approved in License Amendment No. 178 subject to and as amended by the following stipulations:

ZionSolutions may make changes to the LTP without prior approval provided the proposed changes do not meet any of the following criteria:

(A)

Require Commission approval pursuant to 10 CFR 50.59.

(B)

Result in significant environmental impacts not previously reviewed.

(C)

Detract or negate the reasonable assurance that adequate funds will be available for decommissioning.

(D)

Decrease a survey unit area classification (i.e., impacted to not impacted; Class 1 to Class 2; Class 2 to Class 3; or Class 1 to Class 3) without providing the NRC a minimum 14 day notification prior to implementing the change in classification.

(E)

Increase the derived concentration guideline levels (DCGL) and related minimum detectable concentrations (for both scan and fixed measurement methods).

(F)

Increase the radioactivity level, relative to the applicable DCGL, at which an investigation occurs.

(G)

Change the statistical test applied other than the Sign test.

(H)

Increase the approved Type I decision error above the level stated in the LTP.

(I)

Change the approach used to demonstrate compliance with the dose criteria (e.g., change from demonstrating compliance using derived concentration levels to demonstrating compliance using a dose assessment that is based on final concentration data).

(J)

Change parameter values or pathway dose conversion used to calculate the dose such that the resultant dose is lower than in the approved LTP and if a dose assessment is being used to demonstrate compliance with the dose criteria.

(K)

Reuse concrete from demolished structures, other than from the list of areas specified in Section 2.1.1 of TSD 17-010, Final Report -

Unconditional Release Surveys at the Zion Station Restoration Project, Revision 1, as backfill.

(L)

Assign a dose for reuse concrete other than the dose values provided along with the LTP (as shown in Table 6-53 (Revision 2) of the LTP) and documented in Section 8 and Table 33 of TSD 14-010, RESRAD Dose Modeling for Basement Fill Model and Soil DCGL and Calculation of Basement Fill Model Dose Factors and DCGLs, Revision 6.

(M)

Use area-specific surrogate ratios that are less than the maximum surrogate ratios (H-3/Cs-137, Ni-63/Co-60, Sr-90/Cs-137) presented in Table 5-15 (Revision 2) of the LTP.

3.

This license amendment is effective as of the date of issuance and shall be implemented within 60 days.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

/RA/

John R. Tappert, Director Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery and Waste Programs Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Date of Issuance: September 28, 2018

ATTACHMENT TO LICENSE AMENDMENT NOS. 178 FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NOS. DPR-48 DOCKET NOS. 50-304 Replace the following pages of the License with the attached revised pages. The revised pages are identified by amendment number and contain marginal lines indicating the areas of change.

REMOVE INSERT 6

6 7

8

(c)

The decommissioning trust agreement for Zion, Unit 2, must provide that no disbursements or payments from the trust shall be made by the trustee unless the trustee has first given the Director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation 30 days prior written notice of payment. The decommissioning trust agreement shall further contain a provision that no disbursements or payments from the trust shall be made if the trustee receives prior written notice of objection from the NRC.

(d)

The decommissioning trust agreement must provide that the agreement cannot be amended in any material respect without 30 days prior written notification to the Director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.

(e)

The appropriate section of the decommissioning trust agreement shall state that the trustee, investment advisor, or anyone else directing the investments made in the trust shall adhere to a prudent investor standard, as specified in 18 CFR 35.32(a)(3) of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commissions regulations.

(15)

ZS shall take all necessary steps to ensure that the decommissioning trust is maintained in accordance with the application for approval of the transfer of the Zion, Unit 1, license and the requirements of the Order approving the transfer, and consistent with the safety evaluation supporting the Order.

(16)

Deleted.

(17)

License Termination Plan (LTP)

ZionSolutions shall implement and maintain in effect all provisions of the approved License Termination Plan as approved in License Amendment No. xxx subject to and as amended by the following stipulations:

ZionSolutions may make changes to the LTP without prior approval provided the proposed changes do not meet any of the following criteria:

(A)

Require Commission approval pursuant to 10 CFR 50.59.

(B)

Result in significant environmental impacts not previously reviewed.

(C)

Detract or negate the reasonable assurance that adequate funds will be available for decommissioning.

Amendment No. 173, 175, 178

(D)

Decrease a survey unit area classification (i.e., impacted to not impacted; Class 1 to Class 2; Class 2 to Class 3; or Class 1 to Class 3) without providing the NRC a minimum 14 day notification prior to implementing the change in classification.

(E)

Increase the derived concentration guideline levels (DCGL) and related minimum detectable concentrations (for both scan and fixed measurement methods).

(F)

Increase the radioactivity level, relative to the applicable DCGL, at which an investigation occurs.

(G)

Change the statistical test applied other than the Sign test.

(H)

Increase the approved Type I decision error above the level stated in the LTP.

(I)

Change the approach used to demonstrate compliance with the dose criteria (e.g., change from demonstrating compliance using derived concentration levels to demonstrating compliance using a dose assessment that is based on final concentration data).

(J)

Change parameter values or pathway dose conversion used to calculate the dose such that the resultant dose is lower than in the approved LTP and if a dose assessment is being used to demonstrate compliance with the dose criteria.

(K)

Reuse concrete from demolished structures, other than from the list of areas specified in Section 2.1.1 of TSD 17-010, Final Report - Unconditional Release Surveys at the Zion Station Restoration Project, Revision 1, as backfill.

(L)

Assign a dose for reuse concrete other than the dose values provided along with the LTP (as shown in Table 6-53 (Revision 2) of the LTP) and documented in Section 8 and Table 33 of TSD 14-010, RESRAD Dose Modeling for Basement Fill Model and Soil DCGL and Calculation of Basement Fill Model Dose Factors and DCGLs, Revision 6.

(M)

Use area-specific surrogate ratios that are less than the maximum surrogate ratios (H-3/Cs-137, Ni-63/Co-60, Sr-90/Cs-137) presented in Table 5-15 (Revision 2) of the LTP.

Amendment No. 173, 175, 178

3.

This amended license is issued without prejudice to subsequent licensing action which may be taken by the Commission.

4.

This license is effective as of the date of issuance and shall expire at midnight on November 14, 2013.

FOR THE ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION Original Signed by Roger S. Boyd A. Giambusso, Deputy Director for Reactor Projects Directorate of Licensing Date of Issuance: November 14, 1973 Amendment No. 173, 175, 178