ML112210017

W. Norton Letter Third Request for Additional Information for Application for NRC Consent to Indirect License Transfer/Threshold Determination (TAC L24496, L24497, and L24498)

ML112210017
Person / Time
Site:	Haddam Neck, Yankee Rowe, Maine Yankee
Issue date:	08/05/2011
From:	Banovac K L NRC/NMSS/SFST/LID/LB
To:	Norton W Yankee Atomic Electric Co
Banovac K NMSS/SFST 492-3571
Shared Package
ML112170432	List: ML112210017 ML112210023
References
TAC L24496, TAC L24497, TAC L24498
Download: ML112210017 (3)

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August 5, 2011

Mr. Wayne Norton, Chief Executive Officer and President of Yankee Atomic and Connecticut Yankee Chief Nuclear Officer of Maine Yankee 49 Yankee Road Rowe, MA 01367

SUBJECT:

THIRD REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR APPLICATION FOR NRC CONSENT TO INDIRECT LICENSE TRANSFER/THRESHOLD DETERMINATION (TAC NOS. L24496, L24497, AND L24498)

Dear Mr. Norton:

By letter dated December 6, 2010 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML103490133), as supplemented on March 16, 2011 (ADAMS Accession No. ML110770022), May 16, 2011 (ADAMS Accession No. ML11139A088), and June 8, 2011 (ADAMS Accession No. ML11166A124), Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company, Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company, and Yankee Atomic Electric Company notified the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) of the pending merger of Northeast Utilities and NSTAR and applied for the NRC's consent for indirect license transfer. The NRC staff has reviewed your application and has determined that additional information is required to complete its detailed review. The request for additional information (RAI) is identified in the enclosure to this letter. We request that you provide the information by September 1, 2011. This information was discussed with your staff in an August 1, 2011, conference call.

If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact me at (301) 492-3571.

Sincerely, /RA/ Kristina L. Banovac, Project Manager Licensing Branch Division of Spent Fuel Storage and Transportation Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Docket Nos.: 50-309, 50-213,50-029 72-30, 72-39, 72-31 TAC Nos.: L24496, L24497, L24498

Enclosure:

Third RAI

cc: Northeast Utilities Service List

ML110770022), May 16, 2011 (ADAMS Accession No. ML11139A088), and June 8, 2011 (ADAMS Accession No. ML11166A124), Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company, Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company, and Yankee Atomic Electric Company notified the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) of the pending merger of Northeast Utilities and NSTAR and applied for the NRC's consent for indirect license transfer. The NRC staff has reviewed your application and has determined that additional information is required to complete its detailed review. The request for additional information (RAI) is identified in the enclosure to this letter. We request that you provide the information by September 1, 2011. This information was discussed with your staff in an August 1, 2011, conference call.

If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact me at (301) 492-3571.

Sincerely,

/RA/ Kristina L. Banovac, Project Manager Licensing Branch Division of Spent Fuel Storage and Transportation Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Docket Nos.: 50-309, 50-213,50-029 72-30, 72-39, 72-31 TAC Nos.: L24496, L24497, L24498

Enclosure:

Third RAI cc: Northeast Utilities Service List

DISTRIBUTION:

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G:/SFST/Banovac/Yankees RAI 3 cover letter.docx ADAMS Package No.: ML112170432 ADAMS Memo No.: ML112210017 OFC NMSS/SFST NMSS/SFST NRR/DPR NMSS/SFST NMSS/SFST NAME KBanovac WWheatley CRegan MWaters KBanovac DATE 7/ 29 /11 7/ 29 /11 7/ 29 /11 7/ 29 /11 8/05/11 cc: Northeast Utilities Service List Duncan MacKay, Esquire Deputy General Counsel Northeast Utilities Service Company 107 Seldea Street Berlin, CT 06037 Joseph Fay, Esquire Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company 321 Old Ferry Road Wiscasset, ME 04578-4922 Gerald Garfield Day Pitney, LLP 242 Trumbull Street Hartford, CT 06103

Tim Mathews Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP 1111 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Washington, D.C. 20004-2541

Neven Rabadjija Associate General Counsel NSTAR 800 Boylston Street, 17 th Floor Boston, MA 02199

David A. Repka, Esq. Winston & Strawn LLP 1700 K Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20006-3817