ML21188A211

Acceptance of Submittal Post-Shutdown Decommissioning Activities Report

ML21188A211
Person / Time
Site:	Indian Point
Issue date:	07/07/2021
From:	Richard Guzman NRC/NRR/DORL/LPL1
To:	Sterdis A Holtec Decommissioning International
Guzman R
References
EPID L-2021-LRO-0031
Download: ML21188A211 (2)

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From: Guzman, Richard To: Andrea Sterdis Cc: RidsNRRLIC109 Resource; Danna, James; Sturzebecher, Karl; Matthew Johnson; Watson, Bruce

Subject:

Indian Point Nuclear Generating, Unit Nos. 1, 2, and 3 - Acceptance of Submittal Re: Post-Shutdown Decommissioning Activities Report (EPID L-2021-LRO-0031)

Date: Wednesday, July 07, 2021 1:00:58 PM Attachments: image003.png

SUBJECT:

ACCEPTANCE OF SUBMITTAL RE: POST-SHUTDOWN DECOMMISSIONING ACTIVITIES REPORT (EPID L-2021-LRO-0031)

On December 19, 2019, Holtec Decommissioning International, LLC (HDI) submitted to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) the Post-Shutdown Decommissioning Activities Report (PSDAR) for the Indian Point Nuclear Generating, Unit Nos. 1, 2, and 3 (IPEC), contingent upon the transfer of the IPEC licenses to HDI (ADAMS Accession No. ML19354A698). Paragraph 50.82(a)(4)(i) of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) states that a PSDAR must contain a description of the planned decommissioning activities along with a schedule for their accomplishment, a discussion that provides the reasons for concluding that the environmental impacts associated with site-specific decommissioning activities will be bounded by appropriate previously issued environmental impact statements, and a site-specific decommissioning cost estimate (DCE), including the projected cost of managing irradiated fuel. The IPEC license transfer transaction closed on May 28, 2021. Accordingly, pursuant to 10 CFR 50.82(a)(4)(ii), the NRC noticed receipt of the PSDAR, including the DCE, for IPEC and made it available for public comment on June 24, 2021 (86 FR 33383).

The purpose of this e-mail is to provide the results of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staffs acceptance review of this submittal. The acceptance review was performed to determine if there is sufficient technical information in scope and depth to allow the NRC staff to complete its detailed technical review. The acceptance review is also intended to identify whether the application has any readily apparent information insufficiencies in its characterization of the regulatory requirements or the licensing basis of the plant.

The NRC staff has reviewed your application and concluded that it does provide technical information in sufficient detail to enable the NRC staff to complete its detailed technical review and make an independent assessment regarding the acceptability of the submittal in terms of regulatory requirements and the protection of public health and safety and the environment. Given the lesser scope and depth of the acceptance review as compared to the detailed technical review, there may be instances in which issues that impact the NRC staffs ability to complete the detailed technical review are identified despite completion of an adequate acceptance review. If additional information is needed, you will be advised by separate correspondence.

Based on the information provided in your submittal, the NRC staff has estimated that this licensing request will take approximately 500 hours0.00579 days <br />0.139 hours <br />8.267196e-4 weeks <br />1.9025e-4 months <br /> to complete. The NRC staff expects to complete this review by June 30, 2022. If there are emergent complexities or challenges in our review that would cause changes to the initial forecasted completion date (greater than a month) or significant changes in the forecasted hours (greater than 25%), the reasons for the changes, along with the new estimates, will be communicated during the routine

interactions with the assigned project manager.

These estimates are based on the NRC staffs initial review of the application and they could change, due to several factors including requests for additional information and unanticipated addition of scope to the review. Additional delay may occur if the submittal is provided to the NRC in advance or in parallel with industry program initiatives or pilot applications.

If you have any questions, please contact me.

Richard V. Guzman Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch I Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Office: O-9C7 l Phone: (301) 415-1030 Richard.Guzman@nrc.gov