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MONTHYEARIR 05000003/20240022024-08-0606 August 2024 NRC Inspection Report 05000003/2024002, 05000247/2024002, 05000286/2024002 ML24171A0122024-06-18018 June 2024 Reply to a Notice of Violation EA-24-037 ML24156A1162024-06-0404 June 2024 Correction - Report on Status of Decommissioning Funding for Reactors and Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installations ML24151A6482024-06-0303 June 2024 Changes in Reactor Decommissioning Branch Project Management Assignments for Some Decommissioning Facilities IR 05000003/20240052024-05-21021 May 2024 and 3 - NRC Inspection Report Nos. 05000003/2024005, 05000247/2024005, 05000286/2024005, 07200051/2024001, and Notice of Violation ML24128A0632024-05-0707 May 2024 Submittal of 2023 Annual Radiological Environmental Operating Report L-24-009, HDI Annual Occupational Radiation Exposure Data Reports - 20232024-04-29029 April 2024 HDI Annual Occupational Radiation Exposure Data Reports - 2023 ML24116A2412024-04-25025 April 2024 Annual Environmental Protection Plan Report ML24114A2282024-04-23023 April 2024 Annual Radioactive Effluent Release Report L-24-007, Report on Status of Decommissioning Funding for Reactors and Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installations – Holtec Decommissioning International, LLC (HDI)2024-03-29029 March 2024 Report on Status of Decommissioning Funding for Reactors and Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installations – Holtec Decommissioning International, LLC (HDI) ML24011A1982024-01-12012 January 2024 ISFSI, Notice of Organization Change for Site Vice President ML23342A1082024-01-0909 January 2024 Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation Security Inspection Plan ML23353A1742023-12-19019 December 2023 ISFSI, Emergency Plan, Revision 23-04 L-23-019, Proof of Financial Protection 10 CFR 140.152023-12-18018 December 2023 Proof of Financial Protection 10 CFR 140.15 ML23339A0442023-12-0505 December 2023 Issuance of Amendment No. 68, 301 and 277 Regarding Changes to Implement the Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation Physical Security Plan ML23326A1322023-12-0505 December 2023 Issuance of Amendment No. 67, 300 & 276 to Implement the Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation Only Emergency Plan ML23338A2262023-12-0404 December 2023 Signed Amendment No. 27 to Indemnity Agreement No. B-19 ML23356A0212023-12-0101 December 2023 American Nuclear Insurers, Secondary Financial Protection (SFP) Program ML23338A0482023-11-30030 November 2023 ISFSI, Report of Changes to Physical Security, Training and Qualification, Safeguards Contingency Plan, and ISFSI Security Program, Revision 28 ML23242A2772023-11-30030 November 2023 NRC Letter Issuance - IP LAR for Units 2 and 3 Renewed Facility Licenses and PDTS to Reflect Permanent Removal of Spent Fuel from SFPs ML22339A1572023-11-27027 November 2023 Letter - Indian Point - Ea/Fonsi Request for Exemptions from Certain Emergency Planning Requirements for 10 CFR 50.47 and 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix E IR 05000003/20230032023-11-21021 November 2023 NRC Inspection Report Nos. 05000003/2023003, 05000247/2023003, 05000286/2023003, and 07200051/2023003 ML23050A0032023-11-17017 November 2023 Letter - Issuance Indian Point Unit 2 License Amendment Request to Modify Tech Specs for Staffing Requirements Following Spent Fuel Transfer to Dry Storage ML23100A1252023-11-17017 November 2023 Letter and Enclosure 1 - Issuance Indian Point Energy Center Units 1, 2, and 3 Exemption for Offsite Primary and Secondary Liability Insurance Indemnity Agreement ML23100A1172023-11-17017 November 2023 NRC Response - Indian Point Energy Center Generating Units 1, 2, and 3 Letter with Enclosures Regarding Changes to Remove the Cyber Security Plan License Condition ML23100A1432023-11-16016 November 2023 Letter - Issuance Indian Point Energy Center Generating Units 1, 2, and 3 Exemption Concerning Onsite Property Damage Insurance (Docket Nos. 50-003, 50-247, 50-286) ML23064A0002023-11-13013 November 2023 NRC Issuance for Approval-Indian Point EC Units 1, 2 and 3 Emergency Plan and Emergency Action Level Scheme Amendments L-23-012, Master Decommissioning Trust Agreement Changes for Indian Point Nuclear Generating Units 1, 2 and 3, Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station, Palisades Nuclear Plant and the Non-Qualified Trust for Big Rock Point2023-11-13013 November 2023 Master Decommissioning Trust Agreement Changes for Indian Point Nuclear Generating Units 1, 2 and 3, Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station, Palisades Nuclear Plant and the Non-Qualified Trust for Big Rock Point ML23306A0992023-11-0202 November 2023 and Indian Point Energy Center, Notification of Changes in Schedule in Accordance with 10 CFR 50.82(a)(7) ML23063A1432023-11-0101 November 2023 Letter - Issuance Holtec Request for Indian Point Energy Center Generating Units 1, 2, and 3 Exemptions from Certain Emergency Planning Requirements of 10 CFR 50.47 and Part 50 ML23292A0262023-10-19019 October 2023 LTR-23-0211-RI Thomas Congdon, Executive Deputy, Department of Public Service, Chair, Indian Point Decommissioning Oversight Board, Letter Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation Inspection and Office of the Inspector General Report-RI ML23289A1582023-10-16016 October 2023 Decommissioning International - Registration of Spent Fuel Casks and Notification of Permanent Removal of All Indian Point Unit 3 Spent Fuel Assemblies from the Spent Fuel Pit ML23270A0082023-09-27027 September 2023 Registration of Spent Fuel Casks ML23237A5712023-09-22022 September 2023 09-22-2023 Letter to Dwaine Perry, Chief, Ramapo Munsee Nation, from Chair Hanson, Responds to Letter Regarding Opposition of the Release and Dumping of Radioactive Waste from Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant Into the Hudson River ML23242A2182023-09-12012 September 2023 IPEC NRC Response to the Town of New Windsor, Ny Board Certified Motion Letter Regarding Treated Water Release from IP Site (Dockets 50-003, 50-247, 50-286) ML23250A0812023-09-0707 September 2023 Registration of Spent Fuel Casks ML23255A0142023-08-31031 August 2023 LTR-23-0211 Thomas Congdon, Executive Deputy, Department of Public Service, Chair, Indian Point Decommissioning Oversight Board, Letter Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation Inspection and Office of the Inspector General Report IR 05000003/20230022023-08-22022 August 2023 NRC Inspection Report 05000003/2023002, 05000247/2023002, 05000286/2023002, and 07200051/2023002 ML23227A1852023-08-15015 August 2023 Request for a Revised Approval Date Regarding the Indian Point Energy Center Permanently Defueled Emergency Plan and Emergency Action Level Scheme ML23222A1442023-08-10010 August 2023 Registration of Spent Fuel Casks ML23208A1642023-07-26026 July 2023 Village of Croton-on-Hudson New York Letter Dated 7-26-23 Re Holtec Wastewater ML23200A0422023-07-19019 July 2023 Registration of Spent Fuel Casks ML23235A0602023-07-17017 July 2023 LTR-23-0194 Dwaine Perry, Chief, Ramapo Munsee Nation, Ltr Opposition of the Release and Dumping of Radioactive Waste from Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant Into the Hudson River ML23194A0442023-07-11011 July 2023 Clarification for Indian Point Energy Center License Amendment Request, Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation Physical Security Plan ML23192A1002023-07-11011 July 2023 Response to Request for Additional Information Regarding License Amendment Request to Revise the Emergency Plan and Emergency Action Level Scheme ML23171B0432023-06-23023 June 2023 Letter - Indian Point Energy Center - Request for Additional Information for Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation Facility-Only Emergency Plan License Amendment ML23118A0972023-06-0606 June 2023 06-06-23 Letter to the Honorable Michael V. Lawler, Et Al., from Chair Hanson Regarding Holtec'S Announcement to Expedite Plans to Release Over 500,000 Gallons of Radioactive Wastewater from Indian Point Energy Center Into the Hudson River ML23144A3412023-05-25025 May 2023 Dianne Schirripa of Rockland County, New York Email Against Treated Water Release from Indian Point Site 2024-08-06
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 July 5,2013 Ms. Dorice A. Madronero 4 Regis Court Suffern, NY 10901
Dear Ms. Madronero:
I am responding to your letter dated June 3, 2013, to Allison M. Macfarlane, Chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), expressing your concerns regarding the United Water New York's (UWNY) proposed desalination plant on the Hudson River. You stated that the proposed facility will be located approximately 3.5 miles downstream of the Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit (Indian Point) and you have asked why the NRC has not included this facility in the license renewal review for Indian Point and why the NRC is not actively reviewing this application to protect the drinking water supply for New York City.
Before I respond directly to your concerns, please allow me to provide some background information regarding NRC requirements with respect to monitoring and reporting radiological releases and the results of the Indian Point Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program for the 2012 calendar year which is the most recent information available regarding offsite releases.
All nuclear plants were licensed with the expectation that they would release some radioactive material to both the air and water during normal operation. NRC regulations require that radioactive gaseous and liquid releases from nuclear power plants meet radiation dose based limits specified in Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 20, the "as low as is reasonably achievable" (ALARA) dose criteria in Appendix I to 10 CFR Part 50, and the Environmental Protection Agency's regulations in 40 CFR Part 190.
Regulatory limits are placed on the radiation dose that members of the public might receive from radioactive material released by nuclear plants. NRC regulations are dose based, such that the dose resulting from the radioactive effluent is the value used by the NRC to determine compliance with regulatory limits. Nuclear power plants are required to report their radioactive gaseous, liquid, and solid effluent releases as well as the results of their radiological environmental monitoring program annually to the NRC. The annual effluent release and radiological environmental monitoring reports submitted to the NRC are available to the public through the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) electronic reading room on the NRC website (www.nrc.gov). The Indian Point 2012 Annual Radiological Environmental Operating Report can be located at ADAMS Accession No. ML13144A133. The Indian Point program, initiated in 1958, includes the collection, analysis, and evaluation of radiological data in order to assess the impact of plant operations on the environment and on the general public.
As stated in the Indian Point annual report referenced above, monitoring of the plant discharge identified trace amounts of tritium and Cs-137. The radiation levels and resulting doses from plant operation were a small fraction of doses that can be attributed to natural and man-made background radiation. In summary, plant operations at Indian Point during 2012 did not result in exposure to the public greater than environmental background levels.
D. Madronero - 2 With regard to your concern about the proposed desalination plant not being included in the NRC's license renewal review for Indian Point, this is outside the scope of our review. The license renewal rule focuses the review on plant aging issues for which eXisting activities and requirements may not be sufficient to manage the effects of aging in the period of extended operation. It is expected that licensees are able to detect age-related degradation through performance and condition monitoring programs, technical specification surveillances, and other licensee maintenance activities.
With regard to your concern about the overall safety review of the public drinking water supply, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) is the lead government agency. NYSDEC determined that the proposed project required an environmental impact statement (EIS) under the New York State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA).
A Draft EIS was prepared and NYSDEC determined the Draft EIS was adequate for public review. On January 18, 2012, the NYSDEC issued a Combined Notice of Complete Application and Notice of Acceptance of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement, Public Hearing and Public Comment Period, which can be found at http://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/permits ej operations pdf/uwnynotice.pdf. Under SEQRA, NYSDEC conducted public hearings and sought public comments. Legislative hearing sessions were conducted to receive unsworn public statements on the Draft EIS, applications, and draft permits. Additional information is available on the NYSDEC's website at http://www.dec.ny.gov/permits/58678.html.
In summary, the safety and environmental review of the proposed desalination plant is being handled by NYSDEC. While the NRC is not directly responsible for this review, our indirect involvement has been significant by ensuring that radiological releases to the environment by nuclear power plants are monitored, reported, and confirmed to be within regulatory limits. As previously stated, the total releases by Indian Point during 2012 did not exceed environmental background levels. Furthermore, as stated in the Haverstraw Water Supply Project Permit Application (ADAMS Accession No. ML12339A445) that was referenced in your letter, the UWNY's proposed treatment process will be designed to remove various contaminants from the incoming water supply including radionuclides.
I hope I have been responsive to your concerns.
Sincerely M-lI@~ Robert H. Beall, Acting Chief Plant Licensing Branch 1-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
ML12339A445) that was referenced in your letter, the UWNY's proposed treatment process will be designed to remove various contaminants from the incoming water supply including radionuclides.
I hope I have been responsive to your concerns.
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