ML23107A121
| ML23107A121 | |
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|---|---|
| Site: | Palisades  |
| Issue date: | 04/20/2023 |
| From: | Justin Poole Plant Licensing Branch III |
| To: | Entergy Nuclear Operations |
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| Download: ML23107A121 (1) | |
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April 20, 2023
LICENSEE: HOLTEC DECOMMISSIONING INTERNATIONAL, LLC
FACILITIES: PALISADES NUCLEAR PLANT
SUBJECT:
SUMMARY
OF MARCH 20, 2023, MEETING WITH HOLTEC DECOMMISSIONING INTERNATIONAL, LLC REGARDING REGULATORY PATH FOR POTENTIALLY REQUESTING REAUTHORIZATION OF POWER OPERATIONS AT PALISADES NUCLEAR PLANT
On March 20, 2023, a partially closed Observation meeting was held between the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and representatives of Holtec Decommissioning International, LLC (the licensee) at 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the licensees regulatory path to potentially request reauthorization of power operations at Palisades Nuclear Plant, based on its February 1, 2023, letter, which was mostly proprietary.
On March 13, 2023, the licensee submitted a revised letter where most of the information previously marked as proprietary, was no longer redacted. The meeting notice and agenda, dated March 6, 2023, is available in the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) at Accession No. ML23079A0 53. A list of attendees is provided as an Enclosure.
The licensees slide presentation for the public portion of the meeting is available in ADAMS at Accession No. ML23075A112. The licensees revised March 13, 2023, letter is available in ADAMS at Accession No. ML23072A404. The licensee began the presentation with some background information such as a brief timeline on recent plant milestones and moved on to describing the current status of the plant. Based on a question from the NRC staff, the licensee clarified that while some work has occurred since the plant shut down, no major decommissioning activities have occurred. The licensee then provided an overview of their plan to potentially request reauthorization of power operations at Palisades. The licensee stated that the plan would be to submit a request for an exemption to the requirements of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 50.82(a)(2) which states that the license no longer authorizes operation of the reactor or retention of fuel in the reactor vessel. Following the exemption request, the licensee stated that a se ries of license amendment requests would be submitted to restore the Palisades operating licensing basis to that which existed just prior to the plant shutting down. The NRC staff asked what the licensees envi ronmental considerations would be for these licensing actions. The licensee stated that they believed these licensing actions would meeting the categorical exclusion requirements of 10 CFR 51.22. The licensee then talked about ensuring systems, struct ures, and components would be able to support technical specification operability and operating license basis through a return-to-service plan.
The NRC staff asked if the licensee planned on submitting this plan to the NRC for review and approval. The licensee said they had not planned on submitting it but was open to more discussion on the topic in the future. The remainder of the licensees plan included rescinding of
decommissioning orders, re-evaluating orders and industry initiatives that were no longer applicable once the plant shut down and having the Defueled Safety Analysis Report restored to the Updated Final Safety Analysis Report. The lic ensee stated that securing funding from the Department of Energy and the State of Michigan, as well as securing a power purchase agreement, were all key drivers on whether the licensee will decide to move forward with requesting reauthorization of power operations at Palisades. The licensee said they hope to make the decision later this year.
The remainder of the meeting was closed to the public.
Members of the public were in attendance and a some of them had comments for the NRC staff.
There were some comments in favor the licensee moving forward with the project for reasons related to providing local jobs, tax revenue, and a clean energy source. Others were against the licensee moving forward with the project for reasons as it being too risky and too old, concerns about possibly improper use of decommission funding, questioning the use of the previous licensing basis, tritium contamination, loss of experienced staff, overall cost, and vessel integrity.
No Public Meeting Feedback Forms were received.
Please direct any inquiries to me at 301-415-2048, or via email at Justin.Poole@nrc.gov.
/RA/
Justin C. Poole, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch I Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Docket No. 50-255
Enclosure:
List of Attendees
cc: Listserv
LIST OF ATTENDEES MARCH 20, 2023, MEETING WITH HOLTEC DECOMMISSIONING INTERNATIONAL LLC REGULATORY PATH TO POTENTIALLY REQUESTING REAUTHORIZATION OF POWER OPERATIONS AT PALISADES
NRC
Participants:
Mike King, Deputy Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR)
Jamie Heisserer, Deputy Director, NRR/Division of Operating Reactor Licensing (DORL)
Gregory Suber, Deputy Director, NRR/DORL Jackie Harvey, Technical Assistant, NRR/DORL Hipo González, Branch Chief, NRR/DORL/Plant Licensing Branch 1 (LPL1)
Justin Poole, Project Manager, NRR/DORL/LPL1 Ngola Otto, Project Manager, NRR/DORL/Licensing Projects Branch Bruce Watson, Special Assistant, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards (NMSS)
Jeremy Groom, Deputy Director, NMSS/Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery, and Waste Programs (DUWP)
Shaun Anderson, Branch Chief, NMSS/DUWP/Reactor Decommissioning Branch (RDB)
Tanya Hood, Project Manager, NMSS/DUWP/RDB Marlayna Doell, Project Manager, NMSS/DUWP/RDB Russell Felts, Director, NRR/Division of Reactor Oversight (DRO)
Tania Martinez Navedo, Deputy Director, NRR/DRO Thomas Hipschman, Branch Chief, NRR/DRO/Reactor Inspection Branch (IRIB)
Stephen Campbell, Senior Reactor Systems Engineer, NRR/DRO/IRIB Madeleine Arel, Inspection Manual Coordinator, NRR/DRO/IRIB Alex Garmoe, Senior Reactor Analyst, NRR/DRO/Reactor Assessment Branch Julio Lara, Director, Region 3/Division of Operating Reactor Safety Tammy Bloomer, Director, Region 3/Division of Radiological Safety and Security Jennifer Dalzell, Technical Assistant, Region 3/Division of Radiological Safety and Security Gehan Flanders, Health Physicist, Region 3 Eric Magnuson, Reactor Inspector, Region 3 Joseph Mancuso, Senior Resident Inspector, Region 3 Ashley Demeter, Resident Inspector, Region 3 John Moses, Deputy Director, NMSS/Division of Rulemaking, Environmental, and Financial Support Michael Spencer, Office of General Counsel Julie Ezell, Office of General Counsel Rob Krsek, Reactor Technical Assistant fo r Reactors, Office of Commissioner Baran C.J. Fong, Chief of Staff, Office of Commissioner Wright Joe Gillespie, Legal Assistant, Office of Commissioner Wright Shakur Walker, Technical Assistant for Reactors, Office of Commissioner Wright Marilyn Diaz Maldonado, Technical Assistant for Materials, Office of Commissioner Caputo David Brown, Technical Assistant for Materials, Office of Commissioner Crowell Scott Burnell, Public Affairs Officer Dave McIntyre, Public Affairs Officer Viktoria Mitlyng, Public Affairs Officer Prema Chandrathil, Public Affairs Officer Carolyn Wolf, Congressional Affairs Officer Surinder Arora, Project Manager, NRR/DORL/LPL3
Enclosure
Dustin Reinert, Senior Reactor Inspector, Region 4 Zachary Stone, Project Manager, NRR/Division of Advanced Reactors and Non-power Production and Utilization/Advanced Licensing Branch 2 Adam Lee, General Engineer Veronica Fisher, General Engineer Lauren Bryson, General Engineer Kelly Sullivan, General Engineer Nathan Denney, General Engineer Miranda Ross, General Engineer Brian Bettes, General Engineer Rebecca Romero-Devore, General Engineer Stephanie Garza, General Engineer Anthony Valiaveedu, General Engineer Zackery Helgert, General Engineer
Holtec Decommissioning International, LLC:
Kelly Trice, President James Litzinger Jean Fleming, Vice President of Aaron McVay Licensing, Regulatory Affairs and PSA Jason Day William Noval, Director, Regulatory Evrim Kalfazade Affairs Daniel Geerlings Michael Schultheis, Manager, Patrick O'Brien Regulatory Affairs Palisades Allen Goulette Kimberley Mahurin Thomas Swiecicki James Miksa Michael Mlynarek Brenda Gailes Timothy Horan Shawn Kelly Samuel Lowery Nicholas Culp Brad Williams Jeffrey Dostal Troy Geauthreaux John Moylan Joy Russell Shelley Miller Rodney Whitley Brian McWilliams Travis McGowan Michael Bailey Kraig Palmer Kaylyn Rocher
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Public: Tom Palmisano Tom Pollog, Department of Energy Lisa Kindschy, LARA Chin Cheung, Department of Energy Mary Judnich, Office of Senator Alvin Leong, Department of Energy Stabenow Todd Stribley, Department of Energy Philip Hult Lichao Du, Department of Energy Ed Davis Terrence Hulihan, Department of Kraig Schultz Energy Unanimous Alicia Williamson, Department of Energy Ashley Matthew Gee, Department of Energy Sarah Clark Jon Okafor, Department of Energy Gary Kahanak Alexandra King, Department of Joe Homeland Security Russell Lee Courtney Eckstein, Department of Jennifer Wood, TSSD Services, Inc.
Homeland Security Ryan Pickering Thomas McCullough Danielle M Burgoyne Daisuke Nio Mike Chappell Andrea Jennetta Patrick, Insulators 47 Joe Emerson B Baker Morris Applebey, IBEW Lucas Johnson Dan McKernan Tim Judson Adam Jones Robert Kirk Kurt Doroh Rachel Metzger, EGLE Craig W Smith, Constellation Nuclear Kathy Wagaman, South Haven Travis Russell Chamber Coley Chappell Sarah Snoeyink Wally Taylor Jack Ferry Chris Vera-Burgos Stephanie B.Fishman Brad Jones Andrew Zach, EPW Senate Staff Mike Zachary Anderson Craig Wright Dillon Reed Jay Paquette, EGLE T.R. Wentworth II Marie Weidmayer William Collins Ryan Kim Jeffrey D. Quinn Alan Blind Leigh Lloveras, Breakthrough Institute Andy R Zachary Morris Lee J. DuBois Jodie Seaver GoGreen Scott Huff, Millwrights Local 1102 Tom Jeffers Mitchell Boatman Erica L Shunk Mitchell Ben Dodson Kevin Kamps, Beyond Nuclear & Don't Michael K Brandon Waste Michigan Yves Jessica Duell, LARA Tom Seewald Glenn French Patrick Whalen, DNR Gary Stock Jana Bergman Mike Callahan Otto Gustafson Kevin Krause, LARA Chad Denbrock, EGLE Rick N 4
Chris Williams Carlyn Greene Brian Dissette Will Dixon, (EPW)
Albert Jongewaard Michael McLean Carol Thompson Philip Payton Tavernier Erica Bays, EGLE Karen Bonime joe Larry Steckelberg Kh Cody Carlson Nicholas Evans, LARA Kara Cook Scott Kevin Hasse Bette Pierman Stephen Cruise Ron Gaston Jordan R. Stomps Jody John Cordell Jim Peterson Tushar Dwivedi Mark Nelson, Radiant Energy Group Terry Timothy P. Matthews David Asselin, EGLE Mrs. Nix Shawn Charyl Kirkland, LARA Bill Stafford M James Hopf Michael P. Gallagher Julia DeWahl Adam B Donna Jackson Shawn Connors Scott Kese Adam Stein, Breakthrough Institute Grant Poole Leona Morgan Carmen Wells Quigg Christine Csizmadia Justin Palthe Peter Tran Paul Triska Jeff Richardson Brett Apelgren Dennis Jones Lynne Goodman Jennifer Kanine, PhD, CWB John Wilson Jim Storey Asa Wallace Ray Hochsprung Kelly House 170XXXXXX89 James Juchau 126XXXXXX10 Kevin Neal 126XXXXXX18 Sarah Looney, EGLE 160XXXXXX65 Eric Meyer, Generation Atomic 126XXXXXX25 Arnie Gundersen 126XXXXXX66 Dennis Gottuso 124XXXXXX16 Rob S 121XXXXXX01 David Kraft, NEIS 163XXXXXX70 Allan Overhiser 130XXXXXX86 Patrick Welch, Insulators LU 47 177XXXXXX48 Mark Dulmes 131XXXXXX34 Emilly Hickmott 178XXXXXX08 Vinnie Dawe Carpenter Rep 160XXXXXX16 Vernon Schultheis 160XXXXXX00 Michael Hamby 124XXXXXX53 Koda 151XXXXXX12 Paul F. Guill 150XXXXXX47
Package: ML23107A125 Meeting Slides: ML23075A112 Meeting Notice: ML23079A053 Meeting Summary: ML23107A121 OFFICE NRR/DORL/LPL1/PM NRR/DORL/LPL1/LA NRR/DORL/LPL1/BC NRR/DORL/LPL1/PM NAME JPoole KZeleznock HGonzález JPoole DATE 04/14/2023 04/18/2023 04/19/2023 04/20/2023