ML22292A257

Permanently Defueled Emergency Plan License Amendment RAI Letter

ML22292A257
Person / Time
Site:	Palisades
Issue date:	10/25/2022
From:	Marlayna Vaaler Doell Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards
To:	Fleming J Holtec
M. V Doell, NMSS/DUWP 415-3178
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ML22292A258	List: ML22292A257
References
EPID L-2022-LLA-0099
Download: ML22292A257 (3)

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October 25, 2022 Jean Fleming Vice President, Licensing, Regulatory Affairs, and PSA Corporate Engineering Division Holtec International, LLC RE: Palisades Nuclear Plant Krishna P. Singh Technology Campus 1 Holtec Boulevard Camden, NJ 08104

SUBJECT:

PALISADES NUCLEAR PLANT - LICENSE AMENDMENT REQUEST TO REVISE THE EMERGENCY PLAN AND EMERGENCY ACTION LEVEL SCHEME (EPID NO. L-2022-LLA-0099)

Dear Jean Fleming:

By letter dated July 12, 2022 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML22193A090), Holtec Decommissioning International, LLC (HDI) submitted a license amendment request for the Palisades Nuclear Plant (PNP) to revise the PNP Emergency Plan and Emergency Action Level (EAL) scheme to reflect the permanently shutdown and defueled condition. The proposed changes were submitted to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for approval prior to implementation, as required under Paragraph 50.54(q)(4) of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) and 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix E, Section IV.B.2.

The proposed PNP Permanently Defueled Emergency Plan (PDEP) and Permanently Defueled EAL scheme are commensurate with the significantly reduced risk associated with the spent fuel stored in the PNP spent fuel pool after it has sufficiently decayed such that the radiological impact of accidents is not expected to result in radioactive releases that exceed the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Protective Action Guidelines (PAGs) beyond the PNP site boundary. The proposed amendment would revise the PNP PDEP and the Permanently Defueled EAL scheme to be consistent with the proposed approval of associated emergency preparedness and planning exemptions, which are under review by the NRC staff.

The NRC staff has reviewed the subject submittal and determined that additional information is needed to complete its review, as described in the enclosed Request for Additional Information (RAI). In order to continue the review of the proposed changes to the PNP PDEP and the Permanently Defueled EAL scheme, please respond to this RAI within 30 days.

J. Fleming In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRCs 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 ADAMS. ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.

If you have any questions regarding this request or the ongoing amendment review, please contact me at (301) 415-3178 or via e-mail at Marlayna.Doell@nrc.gov.

Sincerely, Signed by Doell, Marlayna on 10/25/22 Marlayna V. Doell, Project Manager Reactor Decommissioning Branch Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery and Waste Programs Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Docket Nos.: 50-255 Renewed License No.: DPR-20

Enclosure:

Request for Additional Information cc w/enclosure: Palisades Listserv

ML22292A257 OFFICE NMSS/DUWP/RDB NMSS/DUWP/RDB NMSS/DUWP/RDB NAME MDoell MD SAnderson SA MDoell MD DATE Oct 19, 2022 Oct 25, 2022 Oct 25, 2022