ML17083A021

Letter to J. Semancik Review of the Draft Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for the Milestone Power Station Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation Decommissioning Funding Plan [ML16271A004-RLSO]

ML17083A021
Person / Time
Site:	Millstone
Issue date:	09/26/2016
From:	McKirgan J B Spent Fuel Licensing Branch
To:	Semancik J State of CT, Dept of Energy and Environmental Protection
Longmire P
References
CAC L24728
Download: ML17083A021 (3)

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PRE-DECISIONAL INFORMATION. THIS INFORMATION IS LIMITED TO USE BY THE CONNECTICUT DEPT. OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. THIS INFORMATION SHALL NOT BE DISCLOSED WITHOUT PRIOR NRC PERMISSION.

PRE-DECISIONAL INFORMATION. THIS INFORMATION IS LIMITED TO USE BY THE CONNECTICUT DEPT. OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. THIS INFORMATION SHALL NOT BE DISCLOSED WITHOUT PRIOR NRC PERMISSION.

UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 September 26, 2016

Jeffrey Semancik, Director

Radiation Division Connecticut Dept. of Energy and Environmental Protection 79 Elm Street

Hartford, CT 06106

SUBJECT:

REVIEW OF THE DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT FOR THE MILESTONE POWER STATION INDEPENDENT SPENT FUEL STORAGE INSTALLATION DECOMMISSIONING FUNDING PLAN

Dear Mr. Semancik:

By letters dated December 17, 2012, and December 2, 2015, Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc. (DNCI) submitted decommissioning funding plans (DFP) for the Milestone Power Station Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI), located in Connecticut, for U.S. Nuclear

Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff review and approval.

The NRC regulations at Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 72, "Licensing Requirements for the Independent Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel, High-Level Radioactive Waste, and Reactor-Related Greater than Class C Waste," govern the storage of spent nuclear fuel (spent fuel) generated at commercial nuclear power reactors licensed by the NRC. Spent fuel that has been removed from the reactor's spent fuel pool is typically stored at a nuclear power plant's ISFSI.

The NRC requires its licensees to plan for t he eventual decommissioning of their licensed facilities prior to license termination.

On June 17, 2011, the NRC published a final rule amending its decommissioning planning regulations (76 Federal Register (FR) 35512). The final rule amended the NRC regulation, 10 CFR 72.30, which concerns financial assurance and decommissioning for ISFSIs. This regulation now requires each holder of, or applicant for, a license under 10 CFR Part 72 to submit, for NRC review and approval, a DFP. The purpose of the DFP is to demonstrate the licensee's financial assurance, i.e., that funds will be available to decommission the ISFSI. The NRC staff is reviewing the information submitted by DNCI.

Specifically, the NRC must determine whether DNCI DFP contains the information required by 10 CFR 72.30(b) and 10 CFR 72.30(c) Tri-Annual Update and whether DNCI has provided reasonable assurance that funds will be available to decommission the ISFSI.

The DNCI ISFSI DFP is publicly available in the NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) accessible at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.

PRE-DECISIONAL INFORMATION. THIS INFORMATION IS LIMITED TO USE BY THE CONNECTICUT DEPT. OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. THIS INFORMATION SHALL NOT BE DISCLOSED WITHOUT PRIOR NRC PERMISSION.

PRE-DECISIONAL INFORMATION. THIS INFORMATION IS LIMITED TO USE BY THE CONNECTICUT DEPT. OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. THIS INFORMATION SHALL NOT BE DISCLOSED WITHOUT PRIOR NRC PERMISSION. The ADAMS accession number for the application package is ML13002A036 for the 2012 submittal and ML15342A064 for the 2015 submittal.

In accordance with 10 CFR Part 51, the NRC regulations that implement the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended, the agency has prepared a draft environmental assessment (EA) for the proposed action (enclosed). We are providing your office with the opportunity to review the draft EA and comment on environmental issues prior to the public issuance and publication of the EA. We request that distribution and use of the enclosed draft EA be limited only to those staff involved in the review and comment process.

Please submit any comments within 30 days of the receipt of this letter to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Document Control Desk, ATTN: John McKirgan, Mail Stop: TWFN 4B-34, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555. If you have any questions, please contact Mr. Richard Baum of my staff by telephone at 301-415-0018, or by

e-mail at richard.baum@nrc.gov. The NRC staff will consider your timely comments and will revise the EA, as appropriate, before its final issuance and publication. Thank you for your assistance.

Sincerely, /RA/ John McKirgan, Chief Spent Fuel Licensing Branch Division of Spent Fuel Management Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards

Docket No.: 72-47 CAC No.: L24728

Enclosure:

Draft Environmental Assessment

PRE-DECISIONAL INFORMATION. THIS INFORMATION IS LIMITED TO USE BY THE CONNECTICUT DEPT. OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. THIS INFORMATION SHALL NOT BE DISCLOSED WITHOUT PRIOR NRC PERMISSION.

PRE-DECISIONAL INFORMATION. THIS INFORMATION IS LIMITED TO USE BY THE CONNECTICUT DEPT. OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. THIS INFORMATION SHALL NOT BE DISCLOSED WITHOUT PRIOR NRC PERMISSION. The ADAMS accession number for the application package is ML13002A036for the 2012 submittal and ML15342A064 for the 2015 submittal.

In accordance with 10 CFR Part 51, the NRC regulations that implement the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended, the agency has prepared a draft environmental assessment (EA) for the proposed action (enclosed). We are providing your office with the opportunity to review the draft EA and comment on environmental issues prior to the public issuance and publication of the EA. We request that distribution and use of the enclosed draft EA be limited only to those staff involved in the review and comment process.

Please submit any comments within 30 days of the receipt of this letter to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Document Control Desk, ATTN: John McKirgan, Mail Stop: TWFN 4B-34, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555. If you have any questions, please contact Mr. Richard Baum of my staff by telephone at 301-415-0018, or by

e-mail at richard.baum@nrc.gov. The NRC staff will consider your timely comments and will revise the EA, as appropriate, before its final issuance and publication. Thank you for your assistance.

Sincerely, /RA/ John McKirgan, Chief Spent Fuel Licensing Branch Division of Spent Fuel Management Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards

Docket No.: 72-47 CAC No.: L24728

Enclosure:

Draft Environmental Assessment

G:SFST\72.30 Decommissioning Funding Plans\2015 Submission Part 70.30 (c)\Milestone Power Station DFP Consultation Letter to State.docx G:SFST\72.30 Decommissioning Funding Plans\2015 Submission Part 70.30 (c)\Milestone Power Station Draft EA for Consultation.docx ADAMS P8 Accession No.: ML16271A003 Letter: ML16271A004

Enclosure:

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