ML21203A048

License Amendment No. 256

ML21203A048
Person / Time
Site:	Pilgrim
Issue date:	08/24/2021
From:	Amy Snyder Reactor Decommissioning Branch
To:	Sterdis A Holtec Decommissioning International
Snyder A
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ML21203A042	List: ML21203A047 ML21203A048 ML21203A049
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EPID L-2021-LLA-0049
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 HOLTEC PILGRIM, LLC AND HOLTEC DECOMMISSIONING INTERNATIONAL, LLC DOCKET NO. 50-293 AMENDMENT TO RENEWED FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE Amendment No. 256 License No. DPR-35

1. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has found that:

A. The application for license amendment filed by Holtec Decommissioning International, LLC, dated March 17, 2021, as supplemented on May 28, 2021, complies with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the Commissions regulations set forth in Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Chapter I, and all required notifications to other agencies or bodies have been duly made; B. The facility will operate in conformity with the application, as supplemented, the provisions of the Act, and the rules and regulations of the Commission; C. There is reasonable assurance (i) that the activities authorized by this amendment can be conducted without endangering the health and safety of the public, and (ii) that such activities will be conducted in compliance with the Commissions regulations set forth in 10 CFR Chapter I; D. The issuance of this amendment will not be inimical to the common defense and security or to the health and safety of the public; and E. The issuance of this amendment is in accordance with 10 CFR Part 51, Environmental Protection Regulations for Domestic Licensing and Related Regulatory Functions, of the Commissions regulations, and all applicable requirements have been satisfied.

2. Accordingly, Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-35 is amended as indicated in the attachment to this license amendment, and is hereby amended to read as follows:

License Condition 3.B of Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-35 is hereby amended to read:

The Technical Specifications contained in Appendix A, as revised through Amendment No. 256 are hereby incorporated into the license. The licensee shall maintain the facility in accordance with the ISFSI Only Technical Specifications.

License Conditions 3.C, 3 K., 3.L, and 7 of Renewed Facility Operating License No.

DPR-35 are hereby deleted.

3. This license amendment is effective August 24, 2021, and shall be implemented within 30 days following notification from the licensee that all spent nuclear fuel assemblies have been transferred out of the spent fuel pool and have been placed in dry storage within the independent spent fuel storage installation.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Signed by Watson, Bruce on 08/24/21 Bruce A. Watson, CHP, Chief Reactor Decommissioning Branch Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery, and Waste Programs Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards

Attachment:

Change to Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-35 Date of Issuance:

August 24, 2021

ATTACHMENT TO LICENSE AMENDMENT NO. 256 TO RENEWED FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. DPR-35 DOCKET NO. 50-293 Replace the following pages of Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-35 and Appendix A, Technical Specifications, with the attached revised pages. The revised pages are identified by amendment number and contain marginal lines indicating the areas of change.

Renewed Facility Operating License No DPR-35 REMOVE INSERT All pages Revised pages (1-4)

Appendix A - Technical Specifications REMOVE INSERT All pages Revised title page (including title page) Revised Table of Contents Revised Section 4.0 Revised Section 5.0

HOLTEC PILGRIM, LLC AND HOLTEC DECOMMISSIONING INTERNATIONAL, LLC (PILGRIM NUCLEAR POWER STATION)

DOCKET NO. 50-293 RENEWED FACILITY LICENSE Renewed License No. DPR-35 The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has found that:

a. DELETED

b. The facility will be maintained in conformity with the application, as amended, the provisions of the Act, and the rules and regulations of the Commission; and

c. There is reasonable assurance (i) that the activities authorized by the renewed 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 rules and regulations of the Commission; and

d. Holtec Pilgrim, LLC (Holtec Pilgrim) is financially qualified and Holtec Decommissioning International, LLC (HDI) is technically and financially qualified to engage in the activities authorized by this renewed license, in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Commission; and

e. Holtec Pilgrim and HDI have satisfied the applicable provisions of 10 CFR Part 140, "Financial Protection Requirements and Indemnity Agreements" of the Commission's regulations; and

f. The issuance of this renewed license will not be inimical to the common defense and security or to the health and safety of the public; and

g. After weighing the environmental, economic, technical, and other benefits of the facility against environmental costs and considering available alternatives, the issuance of this renewed license (subject to the condition for protection of the environment set forth herein) is in accordance with 10 CFR Part 51 of the Commissions regulations and all applicable requirements of said regulations have been satisfied.

h. DELETED Amendment No. 256 Renewed License No. DPR-35

Facility Operating License No. DPR-35, dated June 8, 1972, issued to the Boston Edison Company (Boston Edison) is hereby amended in its entirety, pursuant to an Initial Decision dated September 13, 1972, by the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, to read as follows:

1. This renewed license applies to the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station, a single cycle, forced circulation, boiling water nuclear reactor and associated electric generating equipment (the facility), owned by Holtec Pilgrim and maintained and operated for decommissioning by HDI. The facility is located on the western shore of Cape Cod Bay in the town of Plymouth on the Holtec Pilgrim site in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, and is described in the "Final Safety Analysis Report," as supplemented and amended.

2. Subject to the conditions and requirements incorporated herein, the Commission hereby licenses:

A. Pursuant to the Section 104b of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act) and 10 CFR Part 50, Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities, a)

Holtec Pilgrim to possess and b) HDI to possess, maintain, and decommission the facility at the designated location on the Pilgrim site; B. HDI, pursuant to the Act and 10 CFR 70, to possess at any time special nuclear material that was used as reactor fuel, in accordance with the limitations for storage, as described in the Final Safety Analysis Report, as supplemented and amended; C. HDI, pursuant to the Act and 10 CFR Parts 30, 40 and 70 to receive, possess and use at any time any byproduct, source or special nuclear material as sealed neutron sources that were used for reactor startup, sealed sources that were used for calibration of reactor instrumentation and are used in radiation monitoring equipment, and as fission detectors in amounts as required; D. HDI, pursuant to the Act and 10 CFR Parts 30, 40 and 70, to receive, possess and use in amounts as required any byproduct, source or special nuclear material without restriction to chemical or physical form, for sample analysis or instrument calibration or associated with radioactive apparatus or components; and E. HDI, pursuant to the Act and 10 CFR Parts 30 and 70, to possess, but not separate, such byproduct and special nuclear materials as may be produced by the operation of the facility.

3. This renewed license shall be deemed to contain and is subject to the conditions specified in the following Commission regulations; 10 CFR Part 20, Section 30.34 of 10 CFR Part 30, Section 40.41 of 10 CFR Part 40, Sections 50.54 and 50.59 of 10 CFR Part 50 and Section 70.32 of 10 CFR Part 70; and is subject to all applicable Amendment No. 256 Renewed License No. DPR-35

provisions of the Act and to the rules, regulations, and orders of the Commission now or hereafter in effect; and is subject to the additional conditions specified below:

A. DELETED B. Technical Specifications The Technical Specifications contained in Appendix A, as revised through Amendment No. 256 are hereby incorporated into the license. The licensee shall maintain the facility in accordance with the ISFSI Only Technical Specifications.

C. DELETED D. DELETED E. DELETED F. DELETED G. Physical Protection The licensee shall fully implement and maintain in effect all provisions of the Commission-approved physical security, training and qualification, and safeguards contingency plans including amendments made pursuant to provisions of the Miscellaneous Amendments and Search Requirements revisions to 10 CFR 73.55 (51 FR27817 and 27822) and to the authority of10 CFR 50.90 and 10 CFR 50.54(p). The combined set of plans, which contain Safeguards Information protected under 10 CFR 73.21, is titled:

"Pilgrim Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation-Only Security, Training and Qualification, and Safeguards Contingency Plan, Revision 0 (ADAMS Accession No. ML21085A596 and No. ML21173A328), approved by letter dated, August 5, 2021 (Amendment No. 255). This ISFSI Only Plan license amendment is effective as of the date the licensee notifies the NRC in writing that all spent nuclear fuel assemblies have been transferred out of the spent fuel pool and have been placed in dry storage within the newly build independent spent fuel storage installation (ISFSI II) and shall be implemented within 90 days of the effective date.

Amendment No. 256 Renewed License No. DPR-35

H. DELETED I. DELETED J. Conditions Related to the Sale and Transfer (1) Deleted (2) Deleted (3) Deleted (4) Deleted (5) The Decommissioning Trust agreement(s) shall be in a form which is acceptable to the NRC and shall provide, in addition to any other clauses, that:

a) Investments in the securities or other obligations of Holtec Pilgrim, Holtec International, their affiliates, subsidiaries or associates, or their successors or assigns shall be prohibited. In addition, except for investments tied to market indexes or other non-nuclear sector mutual funds, investments in any entity owning one or more nuclear power plants is prohibited.

b) The Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, shall be given 30 days prior written notice of any material amendment to the trust agreement(s).

K. DELETED L. DELETED M. DELETED

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8. DELETED Amendment No. 256 Renewed License No. DPR-35

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10. This license is effective as of the date of issuance and until the Commission notifies the licensee in writing that the license is terminated.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Original Signature on File Eric J. Leeds, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Attachment:

Appendix A - ISFSI Only Technical Specifications (Radiological)

Date of Issuance: May 29, 2012 Amendment No. 256 Renewed License No. DPR-35

APPENDIX A TO RENEWED FACILITY LICENSE DPR-35 ISFSI ONLY TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR PILGRIM NUCLEAR POWER STATION PLYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS Holtec Pilgrim, LLC and Holtec Decommissioning International, LLC Amendment 256 Renewed License No. DPR-35

Table of Contents 1.0 DELETED 2.0 DELETED 3.0 DELETED 3.0/4.0 DELETED 3.0/4.10 DELETED 4.0 DESIGN FEATURES 4.0-1 4.1 Site Location 4.0-1 4.2 Not Used 4.0-1 4.3 Spent Fuel Storage 4.0-1 4.3.1- DELETED 4.3.4 5.0 ADMINISTRATIVE 5.0-1 CONTROLS 5.1-5.6 DELETED 5.7 High Radiation Area 5.0-1 Amendment 256 i Renewed License No. DPR-35

4.0 DESIGN FEATURES 4.1 Site Location Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station is located on the western shore of Cape Cod Bay in the Town of Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts and contains approximately 517 acres owned by Holtec Pilgrim as shown on FSAR Figures 2.2-1 and 2.2-2. The site boundary is posted and a perimeter security fence provides a distinct security boundary for the protected area of the station.

4.2 Not Used 4.3 Spent Fuel Storage Spent Fuel shall not be stored in the Spent Fuel Pool.

Amendment 256 4.0-1 Renewed License No. DPR-35

5.0 ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROLS 5.1-5.6 DELETED 5.7 High Radiation Area 5.7.1 Pursuant to 10 CFR 20, paragraph 20.1601(c), in lieu of the requirements of 10 CFR 20.1601, each high radiation area, as defined in 10 CFR 20, in which the intensity of radiation is > 100 mrem/hr but < 1000 mrem/hr, shall be barricaded and conspicuously posted as a high radiation area and entrance thereto shall be controlled by requiring issuance of a Radiation Work Permit (RWP). Individuals qualified in radiation protection procedures (e.g., radiation protection personnel) or personnel continuously escorted by such individuals may be exempt from the RWP issuance requirement during the performance of their assigned duties in high radiation areas with exposure rates 1000 mrem/hr, provided they are otherwise following facility radiation protection procedures for entry into such high radiation areas.

Any individual or group of individuals permitted to enter such areas shall be provided with or accompanied by one or more of the following:

a. A radiation monitoring device that continuously indicates the radiationdose rate in the area.

b. A radiation monitoring device that continuously integrates the radiationdose rate in the area and alarms when a preset integrated dose is received. Entry into such areas with this monitoring device may be made after the dose rate levels in the area have been established andpersonnel are aware of them.

c. An individual qualified in radiation protection procedures with a radiation dose rate monitoring device, who is responsible for providingpositive control over the activities within the area and shall perform periodic radiation surveillance at the frequency specified by the radiation protection manager in the RWP.

5.7.2 In addition to the requirements of Specification 5.7.1, areas with radiation levels 1000 mrem/hr shall be provided with locked or continuously guarded doors to prevent unauthorized entry and the keys shall be maintained under the administrative control of the control room supervisor on duty or radiation protection supervision. Doors shall remain locked except during periods of access by personnel under an approved RWP that shall specify the dose rate levels in the immediate work areas and the maximum allowable stay times for individuals in those areas. In lieu of the stay time specification of the RWP, direct or remote (such as closed circuit TV cameras) continuous surveillance may be made by personnel qualified in radiation protection procedures to provide positive exposure control over the activities being performed within the area.

(continued)

Amendment No. 256 5.0-1 Renewed License No. DPR-35

5.0 ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROLS 5.7 High Radiation Area (continued) 5.7.3 For individual high radiation areas with radiation levels of > 1000 mrem/hr, accessible to personnel, that are located within large areas such as reactor containment, where no enclosure exists for purposes of locking, or that cannot be continuously guarded, and where no enclosure can be reasonably constructed around the individual area, that individual area shall be barricaded and conspicuously posted, and a flashing light shall be activated as a warning device.

Amendment No. 256 5.0-2 Renewed License No. DPR-35