ML15029A202

Biennial Update of the Maine Yankee Defueled Safety Analysis Report

ML15029A202
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Site:	Maine Yankee
Issue date:	01/12/2015
From:	Norton W Maine Yankee Atomic Power Co
To:	Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards
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MAINE YANKEE321 Old Ferry Road, Wiseasset, Maine 04578January 12, 2015OMY-1 5-00110 CFR 50.71(e)(4) 10 CFR 50.4(b)(6)

ATTN: Document Control DeskU.S Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Maine Yankee Atomic Power CompanyMaine Yankee Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation NRC License Nos. DPR-36 and SFGL-14 (NRC Docket Nos. 50-309 and 72-30)

Subject:

Biennial Update of the Maine Yankee Defueled Safety Analysis ReportPursuant to the requirements of 10 CFR 50.71 (e)(4) and 10 CFR 50.4(b)(6),

Maine YankeeAtomic Power Company (Maine Yankee) is submitting a periodic update of the Maine YankeeDefueled Safety Analysis Report to the NRC. Enclosures 1 and 2 contain Revisions 26 and 27,respectively, of the Maine Yankee Defueled Safety Analysis Report in their entirety.

Theserevisions were issued after Maine Yankee submitted its previous biennial update on January 24,2013 (Reference 1).The following table provides a summary of and the rationale for the changes implemented inRevisions 26 and 27 to the Maine Yankee Defueled Safety Analysis Report.Revision Summary of and Rationale for Changes Implemented 26 A new Storage/Maintenance Building was added at the site of the former StaffBuilding parking lot. This new building is outside of the areas that remainwithin the purview of the 10 CFR 50 License as established in Amendment No. 172 to Facility Operating License No. DPR-36 (Reference 2). The changespermit Maintenance activities to be performed in a building other than theSecurity/Operations Building.

27 Section 4.1.1 of the Maine Yankee Defueled Safety Analysis Report wasmodified to state: "Personnel monitoring equipment is worn by personnel withinradiologically controlled areas as directed by radiation work permits andapplicable procedures."

The previous revision stated: "Personnel monitoring equipment, consisting of TLD badges and secondary dosimeters, is worn bypersonnel within radiologically controlled areas as directed by radiation workpermits."

The change was made to permit the method for monitoring personnel to be defined in the applicable procedure.

This letter contains no commitments.

If you have any questions regarding this submittal, pleasecontact Mr. J. Stanley Brown at (207) 882-1303.

S1~qssol Maine Yankee Atomic Power CompanyOMY- 15-001/January 12, 2015/Page 2I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.

Executed on January 12,2015.Sincerely, Wayne NortonChief Nuclear Officer

References:

1.Maine Yankee letter to the US NRC, "Submittal of the Maine Yankee DefueledSafety Analysis Report, Revisions 24 and 25," dated January 24, 2013.2. US NRC letter to Maine Yankee, "Issuance of Amendment No. 172, to FacilityOperating License No. DPR-36 -Maine Yankee Atomic Power Station (TACNo. M8000," dated September 30, 2005.

Enclosures:

1.2.Revision 26 to Maine Yankee Defueled Safety Analysis ReportRevision 27 to Maine Yankee Defueled Safety Analysis Reportcc: Mr. Daniel Dorman, Administrator, USNRC Region 1Mr. John Goshen P.E., Project Manager, USNRC NMSSMr. Marc Ferdas, Decommissioning Branch Chief, USNRC Region 1Mr. P.J. Dostie, State of MaineMr. J. Hyland, State of MaineMr. Gerald C. Poulin, Chairman and President, Maine YankeeMr. Joe Fay Esquire, General Counsel, Maine Yankee