ML071350511

General Electric Co Vallecitos BWR, Issuance of of Amendment 20 to License, Modifies License Condition That Annual Report Be Submitted 60 Days After Each Annual Inspection Is Complete

ML071350511
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Site:	Vallecitos Nuclear Center
Issue date:	11/16/1992
From:	Joseph Austin Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards
To:	Stimmell G General Electric Co
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NUDOCS 9212020159
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Dbcket No. 50-18 Liobnse No. DPR-1"'I nOV 1 6 1992 Mr. Gary L. Stimmell Manager, Irradiation Processing Vallecitos Nuclear Center General Electric Company P. 0. Box 460 Pleasanton, CA 94566

SUBJECT:

ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT NO. 20 TO FACILITY LICENSE NO. DPR-1 FOR THE GENERAL ELECTRIC VALLECITOS BOILING WATER REACTOR LICENSE The Commission has issued the enclosed Amendment No. 20 to Facility License No. DRP-1 for the General Electric Vallecitos Boiling Water Reactor at the Vallecitos Nuclear Center site. The amendment consists of a change to the Facility License, which is in a possession-only status, in response to your submittal of November 29, 1989.The amendment modifies a 60 days after each annual that the average interval license condition that the annual report be submitted inspection is complete, and adds the requirement between annual reports shall be one year.The amendment request to transfer all other facilities under License No. DPR-1 other than the VBWR reactor building and its contents to the California broad site Byproduct Material License 0017-60 is denied. It is the intent of the decommissioning rule that the NRC oversees the decommissioning of the facilities it licensed, and that sufficient funds are available to complete the decommissioning and release the facilities for unrestricted use.A copy of the Safety Evaluation is also enclosed.

The Notice of Issuance will be included in the Commission's next bi-weekly Federal Register notice.Sincerely,[Original signed by]John H. Austin, Chief Division of Low-Level Waste Management and Decommissioning Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards

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1. Amendment No. 20 to DRP-1 2. Safety Evaluation DISTRIBUTION:

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SUBJECT:

ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT NO. 20 TO FACILITY LICENSE NO. DPR-1 FOR THE GENERAL ELECTRIC VALLECITOS BOILING.WATER REACTOR LICENSE The Commission has issued the enclosed Amendment No. 20 to Facility License No. DRP-1 for the General Electric Vallecitos Boiling Water Reactor at the Vallecitos Nuclear Center site. The amendment consists of a change to the Facility License, which is in a possession-only status, in response to your submittal of November 29, 1989.The amendment modifies a license condition that the annual report be submitted 60 days after each annual inspection is complete, and adds the requirement that the average interval between annual reports shall be one year.The amendment request to transfer all other facilities other than the VBWR reactor building and its contents to the California broad site Byproduct Material License 0017-60 is denied. It is the intent of the decommis'sioning rule that the NRC oversees the decommissioning of the facilities it licensed, and that sufficient funds are available to complete the decommissioning and release the facilities for unrestricted use.A copy of the Safety Evaluation is also enclosed.

The Notice of Issuance will be included in the Commission's next bi-weekly Federal Register notice."/Sincerely,[Original signed by]/ John H. Austin, Chief Division of Low-Level Waste Management and Decommissioning Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards

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Enclosures:

1. Amendment No. 20 to DRP-I 2. Safety Evaluation

3. Federal Register Notice DISTRIBUTION:

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('General Electric Company Letter Dated: NOV 16 190?Docket No. 50-18 cc: California Department of-Health ATTN: Chief, Environmental Radiation Control Unit Radiologic Health Section 714 P Street, Room 498 Sacramento, CA 95184 Harry C. Burgess, Esq.General Electric Company Nuclear Energy Business Operations 175 Curtner Avenue Mail Code 822 San Jose, CA 95125 Mr. G. E. Cunningham Irradiation Processing Product Section Vallecitos Nuclear Center General Electric Company P. 0. Box 460 Pleasanton, CA 94566 Mr. John L. Turk 2321 Alva Avenue El Cerrito, CA 94530 The Honorable Ronald V. Dellums ATTN: H. Lee Halterman, Esq.201 13th Street, Room 105 Oakland, CA 94617 George Edgar, Esq.Thomas A. Schmutz, Esq._Newman and Holtzinger 1615 L Street, N.W.Suite 1000 Washington, D.C. 20036 Charles R. Imbrecht, Chairman California Energy Commission 1516 Ninth Street Sacramento, CA 95814 ATTN: Ms. Gwen Quigg Alameda County Water District 43885 S. Grimmer Boulevard Fremont, CA 94537 Docket No. 50-18 Ft REG&, U(.S)-0 STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D. C. 20555 THE GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY VALLECITOS BOILING WATER REACTOR DOCKET NO. 50-18 AMENDMENT TO FACILITY LICENSE Amendment No. 20 License No. DPR-1 1. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has found that: A. The application for amendment of Facility License No. DPR-1 filed by the General Electric Company, dated November 29, 1989, complies with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the Commission's regulations as set forth in 10 CFR Chapter I;B. The facility will be maintained in conformity with the application, the provisions of the Act, and the regulations of the Commission; C. There is reasonable assurance; (i) that the activities authorized by this license can be conducted without endangering the health and safety of the public, and (ii) that such activities will be conducted in compliance with the Commission's regulations; D. The issuance of this license will not be inimical to. the common defense and security or to the health and safety of the public.....

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

2. Accordingly, Facility License No. DPR-1, license condition 5.d.(2) is amended to read as follows: 5.d.(2) A report of the status of the deactivated facility, including the results of the surveys of radioactivity levels shall be submitted annually.

The report shall be submitted no later than 180 days after each annual inspection is completed.

9212020166 921116 PDR ADOCK 05000018 P PDR (9>2 3. This license amendment is effective as of its date of issuance and shall expire at midnight, May 14, 1996.FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION iS/John H. Austin, Chief Decommissioning and Regulatory Issues Branch Division of Low-Level Waste Management and Decommissioning Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Date of issuance: NOQV 1 6 1992 DISTRIBUTION:

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..)SAFETY EVALUATION BY THE OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY AND SAFEGUARDS RELATED TO AMENDMENT NO. 20 TO FACILITY LICENSE NO. DPR-1 GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY VALLECITOS BOILING WATER REACTOR (VBWR)DOCKET NO. 50-18

1.0 INTRODUCTION

By letter dated November 29, 1989, the licensee, General Electric Company (GE)requested an amendment to facility license No. DRP-1 for its Vallecitos Boiling Water Reactor (VBWR). The amendment would modify a license condition to delete the requirement that the annual report be submitted 60 days after each annual inspection is complete and adds the requirement that the average interval between reports be one year and that the annual report be submitted no later than 180 days after the annual inspection is complete.

The VBWR license was amended on September 9, 1965, to authorize possession only but not operation of the reactor located at the Vallecitos Nuclear Center, Alameda, California.

The VBWR has been shutdown since December 9, 1963. All fuel has been removed from the facility.2.0 EVALUATION The licensee has requested that the annual report be decoupled from the requirement that it be submitted 60 days after the annual inspection is completed.

The reason given is that it may at times prove difficult to submit a report within that time frame because of end-of-year holidays.

The staff finds that submittal of an annual report is sufficient to assure the health and safety of the public and that tying the submittal to 60 days after an inspection is not relevant to this finding. However, the average interval between reports should be one year and the report should be submitted within 180 days after the annual inspection.

3.0 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS The amendment involves a change to administrative requirements.

Accordingly, this amendment meets the eligibility criteria for categorical exclusion set forth in 10 CFR 51.22(c)(10).

Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.22(b), no environmental impact statement or environmental assessment need be prepared in connection with the issuance of this amendment.

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4.0 CONCLUSION

The Commission has concluded, based on the considerations above, (1) there is reasonable assurance that the health and safety of the public will not be endangered by operation in the proposed manner, (2) such activities will be conducted in compliance with the Commission's regulations, and (3) the issuance of the amendment will not be inimical to the common defense and security or to the health and safety of the public.Principal Contributor:

Clayton L. Pittiglio Jr.Date: NOV 1 6 1992 DISTRIBUTION:

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