[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 87 (Wednesday, May 6, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25099-25100]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-11979]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-409]


Dairyland Power Cooperative La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor; 
Notice of Receipt of the La Crosse Post-Shutdown Decommissioning 
Activities Report and Public Meeting

    The NRC is in receipt of the La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor 
(LACBWR) Post-Shutdown Decommissioning Activities Report (PSDAR), as 
previously submitted by Dairyland Power Cooperative (the licensee) as 
the ``LACBWR Decommissioning Plan.'' Therefore, in order to inform the 
public of the NRC's regulations regarding decommissioning and 
licensee's plans to decommission the LACBWR facility, the NRC staff 
will conduct a public meeting at the Viroqua High School, Middle School 
Complex--Large Lecture Hall, 100 Blackhawk, Viroqua, WI 64665, on May 
13, 1998. The doors will open at 6:30 p.m. with the public meeting 
starting at 7:00 p.m. Mr. Geoffrey Banta, Sheriff, Vernon County, will 
chair the meeting. The meeting agenda includes a presentation by the 
NRC staff on the decommissioning regulatory process and the conduct of 
NRC inspections and a presentation by a Dairyland Power representative 
on the licensee's plans for the decommissioning of the LACBWR facility. 
Following the presentations, there will be an opportunity for members 
of the public to make comments or ask questions to the NRC staff and/or 
Dairyland Power representatives. This public meeting will be 
transcribed.
    On April 30, 1987, LACBWR permanently ceased reactor power 
operations and on June 11, 1987, all nuclear fuel was removed from the 
reactor vessel and placed in the Fuel Element Storage Well (FESW or 
spent fuel pool). Then, on December 21, 1987, the licensee submitted 
their Decommissioning Plan, Preliminary DECON Plan, and Supplement to 
the Environmental Report for the Post-Operating License Stage--SAFSTOR 
(Accession No. 8801150072, Microfiche No. 44034-1643). Within this 
submittal, the licensee described their plans to maintain the LACBWR 
facility in long-term storage until March 29, 2031, when license 
termination activities would commence. Dairyland Power then submitted 
an application for amendment of their Provisional License DPR-45 
(Accession No. 8803020068, Microfiche No. 44547-332) on February 22, 
1988, to reflect the permanently shutdown and defueled status of the 
LACBWR facility. The NRC staff published a ``Notice of Consideration of 
Issuance of Amendment and Opportunity for Hearing'' in the Federal 
Register on April 8, 1988 (53 FR 11718) and on August 7, 1991, the 
``Order to Authorize Decommissioning and Amendment No. 66 to Possession 
Only License No. 45 for La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor,'' was issued 
approving the LACBWR Decommissioning Plan. No request for hearing or 
petition to intervene was filed following notice of the proposed 
action.
    Notwithstanding NRC approval of the LACBWR Decommissioning Plan, 
Parts 2, 50, and 51 of Title 10 to the Code of Federal Regulations (10 
CFR parts 2, 50, and 51) were amended (61 FR 39278, dated July 29, 
1996) changing some of the regulations governing the decommissioning of 
nuclear power facilities. The revised regulations (10 CFR 50.82) 
stated, in part, that for power reactor licensees who, before the 
effective date of the amended rule (August 28, 1996) possess an 
approved decommissioning plan (such as LACBWR), the plan is considered 
to be a Post-Shutdown Decommissioning Activities Report (PSDAR) in 
accordance with 10 CFR 50.82(a)(4)(i). Additionally, the NRC staff 
shall notice receipt of the PSDAR, make this report available for 
public comment, and shall conduct a public meeting in the vicinity of 
the licensee's facility (10 CFR 50.82(a)(4)(ii)). The NRC staff notes 
that Dairyland Power continues to maintain the LACBWR facility in long-
term storage and that the licensee has not made significant changes to 
their decommissioning plans.
    Copies of the PSDAR, as revised by the licensee, are available to 
the public from the NRC Public Document Room, Gelman Building, 2120 L 
Street NW,

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Washington, DC 20037, telephone number at (202) 634-3273 or (800) 397-
4209. For more information, contact Mr. Paul W. Harris, Project 
Manager, Non-Power Reactors and Decommissioning Project Directorate, 
Division of Reactor Program Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor 
Regulation, Washington, DC 20555-0001, telephone number at (301) 415-
1169.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 29th day of April 1998.
    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Marvin M. Mendonca,
(A) Director, Non-Power Reactors and Decommissioning Project 
Directorate, Division of Reactor Program Management, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 98-11979 Filed 5-5-98; 8:45 am]
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