ML24150A187

Federal Register Notice: Haddam Neck Plant Exemption Issuance

ML24150A187
Person / Time
Site:	Haddam Neck  File:Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Co icon.png
Issue date:	06/11/2024
From:	Yoira Diaz-Sanabria Storage and Transportation Licensing Branch
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NRC-2024-0093
Download: ML24150A187 (4)

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50-213 and 72-39; NRC-2024-0093]

Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company;

Haddam Neck Plant;

Exemption

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice; issuance.

SUMMARY

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued an exemption

in response to the April 24, 2023, request from Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power

Company (CYAPCO), for the Haddam Neck Plant (HNP or Haddam Neck) located in East

Hampton, Connecticut. The exemption permits CYAPCO to make withdrawals from a

separate account within CYAPCOs overall nuclear decommissioning trust (NDT), on an

annual basis, for spent nuclear fuel (SNF) and Greater than Class C (GTCC) waste

management and non-radiological site restoration without prior notification to the NRC.

DATE: The exemption was issued on May 30, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2024-0093 when contacting the NRC

about the availability of information regarding this document. You may obtain publicly

available information related to this document using any of the following methods:

• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and

search for Docket ID NRC-2024-0093. Address questions about Docket IDs in

Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann; telephone: 301-415-0624; email:

Stacy.Schumann@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact the individual listed in the

For Further Information Contact section of this document.

• NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System

(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the ADAMS Public

Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the

search, select Begin Web-based ADAMS Search. For problems with ADAMS, please

contact the NRCs Public Document Room (P DR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, at

301-415-4737, or by email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov. The ADAMS accession number

for each document referenced (if it is available in ADAMS) is provided the first time that it

is mentioned in this document.

• NRCs PDR: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies of publicly

available documents, is open by appointment. To make an appointment to visit the PDR,

please send an email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-

4737, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern time (ET), Monday through Friday, except

Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tilda Liu, Office of Nuclear Material Safety

and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001;

telephone: 404-997-4730; email: Tilda.Liu@nrc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

By letter dated April 24, 2023 (ADAMS Accession No. ML23130A118), CYAPCO

submitted a request to the NRC for an exemption from paragraphs 50.82(a)(8)(i)(A) and

50.75(h)(2) of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) for the HNP

Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation 1 (ISFSI).

1 As discussed in this document, the Haddam Neck ISFSI sits on the former site of HNP, which CYAPCO finished decommissioning in 2007. Although only the Haddam Neck ISFSI remains on the site, CYAPCOs 10 CFR part 50 license, Facility Operating License No. DPR-61 remains in effect. Because CYAPCO requested an exemption from the requirements of 10 CFR part 50, this would be an exemption for CYAPCOs 10 CFR part 50 license rather than for CYAPCOs 10 CFR part 72 general license. Therefore, although CYAPCOs submission requested an exemption for the Haddam Neck ISFSI, the NRC staff considers it a request for an exemption for HNP.

2 CYAPCO has established a separate (segregated) account within its over-

arching NDT, entitled ISFSI Radiological Decom, that identifies the funds for

radiological decommissioning of the ISFSI apart from the larger balance of funds in the

NDT allocated for ongoing management of SNF and GTCC waste and for non-

radiological site restoration activities. Although 10 CFR 50.82 applies to the segregated

account, it does not apply to the overall NDT.

The exemption from 10 CFR 50.82(a)(8)(i)(A) and 50.75(h)(2) allows CYAPCO to

make withdrawals from the segregated account, on an annual basis, for SNF and GTCC

waste management and non-radiological site restoration without prior notification to the

NRC. More specifically, with this exemption, CYAPCO can annually transfer funds

exceeding 110 percent of the inflation-adjusted Decommissioning Cost Estimate,

described in 10 CFR 50.75, from the segregated account to its overarching NDT and use

those funds for SNF and GTCC waste management and non-radiological site

restoration.

Based on the review, the NRC determined that, pursuant to 10 CFR 50.12(a), the

exemption is authorized by law, will not present an undue risk to the public health and

safety, and is consistent with the common defense and security. Also, the NRC

determined that special circumstances, consistent with 10 CFR 50.12(a)(ii) and (iii), are

present. Therefore, the NRC granted CYAPCO an exemption from the requirements of

10 CFR 50.82(a)(8)(i)(A) and 10 CFR 50.75(h)(2) to permit CYAPCO to make

withdrawals from the segregated account, on an annual basis, for SNF and GTCC waste

management and non-radiological site restoration without prior notification to the NRC.

All other relevant requirements shall be met. On May 30, 2024, the NRC issued an

exemption for CYAPCO (ADAMS Package Accession No. ML24099A196). The NRC

staff also prepared an environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact

3 regarding the proposed exemption request, published in the Federal Register on

May 28, 2024 (89 FR 46170), and concluded that the proposed exemption would not

have a significant impact on the quality of the human environment.

Dated: June 11, 2024.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

/RA/

Yoira Diaz-Sanabria, Chief, Storage and Transportation Licensing Branch, Division of Fuel Management, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.

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