ML25199A087
| ML25199A087 | |
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| Site: | Vallecitos File:GEH Hitachi icon.png |
| Issue date: | 08/19/2025 |
| From: | John Marshall Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery and Waste Programs |
| To: | NorthStar Vallecitos |
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| EPID L-2024-LLA-0071 | |
| Download: ML25199A087 (1) | |
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Enclosure 1: Amendment No. 8 to Facility License No. DR-10
UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 NORTHSTAR VALLECITOS, LLC DOCKET NO. 50-183 THE ESADA EXPERIMENTAL VALLECITOS SUPERHEAT REACTOR AMENDMENT TO FACILITY LICENSE Amendment No. 8 License No. DR-10 1.
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has found that:
A. The application for amendment by NorthStar Vallecitos, LLC dated April 11, 2025, complies with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the Commissions rules and regulations set forth in 10 CFR Chapter I; B. The facility will operate in conformity with the application, 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; 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, the license is amended as indicated in the attachment to this license amendment.
3.
This license amendment is effective as of the date of issuance and shall be implemented within 30 days of the date of issuance.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Jane E. Marshall, Director Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery, and Waste Programs Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards
Attachment:
License Amendment No. 8, Facility License No. DR-10, Docket No. 50-183 Date of issuance: August 19, 2025 Signed by Marshall, Jane on 08/19/25
LICENSE AMENDMENT NO. 8 FACILITY LICENSE NO. DR-10 DOCKET NO. 50-183 Replace the following pages of Facility License No. DR-10 with the attached revised pages. The changed areas are identified by a marginal line.
Remove Insert License Page 1 License Page 1 License Page 2 License Page 2 License Page 3 Technical Specification Page 1 Technical Specification Page 1 Technical Specification Page 2 Technical Specification Page 2 Technical Specification Page 3
UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 DOCKET NO. 50-183 NORTHSTAR VALLECITOS, LLC FACILITY LICENSE FOR ESADA VALLECITOS EXPERIMENTAL SUPERHEAT REACTOR License DR-10 Amendment No. 8 This License is amended as follows:
1.
This License applies to the heterogeneous, light water moderated, steam cooled, superheat reactor owned by NorthStar Vallecitos, LLC and designed as the ESADA Vallecitos Experimental Superheat Reactor (hereinafter "EVESR"). The facility is located at NorthStar Vallecitos, LLC's Vallecitos Nuclear Center, Alameda County, California, and is described in the application dated October 5, 1962, and amendments thereto including Amendment No.
14 dated October 12, 1967, Amendment No. 15 dated December 20, 1967, Modification No.
1 to Amendment No. 15 dated March 20, 1968, Amendment No. 16 dated October 16, 1969, and Modification No. 1 to Amendment No.16 dated March 9, 1970 (hereinafter the application).
2.
Subject to the conditions and requirements incorporated herein, The Commission hereby licenses NorthStar Vallecitos, LLC:
A. Pursuant to section 104b of the Act and 10 CFR Part 50, to possess, but not to operate, the reactor as a utilization facility, as described in the application.
B. Pursuant to the Act and 10 CFR Part 30, to possess, but not to separate, such byproduct material as may be contained in the component parts of the facility.
3.
This License shall be deemed to contain and be subject to the conditions specified in Part 20, Section 30.34 of Part 30, and Sections 50.54 and 50.59 of Part 50, Title 10, Chapter I, CFR, and to all applicable provisions of the Act and to the rules, regulations and orders of the Commission now or hereafter in effect, and to the additional conditions specified below:
A. NorthStar Vallecitos, LLC shall not reactivate the facility nor use the reactor pressure vessel or any system which is open to the reactor pressure vessel without prior approval of the Commission.
B. Technical Specifications The Technical Specifications contained in Appendix A are hereby incorporated in the License. The licensee shall operate the facility in accordance with the Technical Specifications. No changes shall be made in the Technical Specifications, except as otherwise permitted by this License, the Act, and the Commissions rules and regulations.
C. NorthStar Vallecitos, LLC shall not dispose of the facility or the property occupied by the facility without prior approval of the Commission, except that NorthStar Vallecitos, LLC may dispose of component parts or devices from the EVESR facility in accordance with the provisions of 10 CFR Part 20.
License DR-10 Amendment 8 D. Records In addition to the records heretofore required under this License and by applicable NRC regulations, including section 20.2106 of 10 CFR Part 20, NorthStar Vallecitos, LLC shall keep the following:
1.
Records of inspections of the deactivated facility, including the results of surveys of radioactivity levels.
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Records showing radioactivity released or discharged into the air or water beyond the effective control of NorthStar Vallecitos, LLC as measured at the point of such release or discharge.
E. Reports NorthStar Vallecitos, LLC shall submit those reports required by applicable NRC regulations.
F. NorthStar Vallecitos, LLC, as stated in the application dated September 1, 2023, as supplemented on September 5, 2023, October 19, 2023, November 1, 2023, January 22, 2024, and March 15, 2024, will abide by all commitments and representations previously made by GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC with respect to the license. These include, but are not limited to, maintaining decommissioning records, implementing decontamination activities, and eventually decommissioning the facility.
G. The Manager of the Vallecitos Nuclear Center, the Vice-President, Reactor Facility Safety and Security of NorthStar Vallecitos, LLC, and the Manager of NorthStar Vallecitos, LLC, shall be US citizens. These individuals shall have the responsibility and exclusive authority to ensure and shall ensure, that the business and activities of NorthStar Vallecitos, LLC, with respect to this License, are at all times conducted in a manner consistent with the protection of the public health and safety and the common defense and security.
H. The commitments/representations made in the NorthStar Vallecitos, LLC application dated September 1, 2023, as supplemented on September 5, 2023, October 19, 2023, November 1, 2023, January 22, 2024, and March 15, 2024, regarding reporting relationships and authority over safety and security issues and compliance with NRC requirements shall be adhered to and not be modified without the prior written consent from the Director, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, or designee.
This License, as amended, is effective as of the date of issuance and shall expire at midnight, January 26, 2016.
FOR THE ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION
/RA/
Peter A. Morris, Director Division of Reactor Licensing Date of Issuance: June 17, 1968
Facility License No. DR-10 Appendix A Technical Specifications EVESR Page 1 of 2 Amendment 8 A. SITE 1.
Facility The facility shall consist of the EVESR reactor building, the VBWR reactor building, and all other buildings and structures in the 300 area of the VNC site except for those under the authority of the sites SNM-960 or California 0017-01 byproduct material licenses.
2.
Principal Activities The principal activities shall be the possession of the facility, the dismantling of components authorized by licenses issued by appropriate regulatory authorities.
B. ADMINISTRATIVE AND PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS 1.
General Activities involving access to the facility and use of any area or in-place equipment shall be conducted under the direction of a designated facility supervisor with functional responsibility and commensurate authority to maintain the facility in a safe and secure condition at all times.
2.
Review and Audit (a)
Written procedures for control of and use of the facility shall be established and approved by the manager to whom the facility supervisor reports.
Facility License No. DR-10 Appendix A Technical Specifications EVESR Page 2 of 2 Amendment 8 (b)
Written procedures specified in 2.(a) above shall be reviewed by technically qualified personnel responsible to a management position other than the facility supervisor (e.g., Regulatory Compliance) in accordance with a written charter for that function.
(c)
Quality Assurance shall periodically audit facility activities to verify that effective radiological control practices are maintained.
C. HEALTH AND SAFETY 1.
Radiation Monitoring Radiation monitoring instruments shall be available as appropriate to prevent exposure of personnel to radiation in accordance with the standards of 10 CFR Part 20.
2.
Ventilation Particulate air monitoring shall be performed in the ventilation pathway whenever a facility containment building is ventilated.
D. RECORDS Sufficient records shall be kept to establish that the facility is being maintained within the limitations of the facility license.