[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 117 (Monday, June 17, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 51377]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-13205]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50-213 and 72-39; NRC-2024-0093]
Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company; Haddam Neck Plant;
Exemption
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice; issuance.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued an
exemption in response to the April 24, 2023, request from Connecticut
Yankee Atomic Power Company (CYAPCO), for the Haddam Neck Plant (HNP or
Haddam Neck) located in East Hampton, Connecticut. The exemption
permits CYAPCO to make withdrawals from a separate account within
CYAPCO's overall nuclear decommissioning trust (NDT), on an annual
basis, for spent nuclear fuel (SNF) and Greater than Class C (GTCC)
waste management and non-radiological site restoration without prior
notification to the NRC.
DATES: The exemption was issued on May 30, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2024-0093 when contacting the
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You
may obtain publicly available information related to this document
using any of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2024-0093. Address
questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann;
telephone: 301-415-0624; email: [email protected]. For technical
questions, contact the individual listed in the ``For Further
Information Contact'' section of this document.
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the
ADAMS Public Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ``Begin Web-based ADAMS
Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC's Public
Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, at 301-415-4737,
or by email to [email protected]. The ADAMS accession number for
each document referenced (if it is available in ADAMS) is provided the
first time that it is mentioned in this document.
NRC's PDR: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies
of publicly available documents, is open by appointment. To make an
appointment to visit the PDR, please send an email to
[email protected] or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, between 8
a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern time (ET), Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tilda Liu, Office of Nuclear Material
Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555-0001; telephone: 404-997-4730; email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: By letter dated April 24, 2023 (ADAMS
Accession No. ML23130A118), CYAPCO submitted a request to the NRC for
an exemption from paragraphs 50.82(a)(8)(i)(A) and 50.75(h)(2) of title
10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) for the HNP Independent
Spent Fuel Storage Installation \1\ (ISFSI).
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\1\ As discussed in this document, the Haddam Neck ISFSI sits on
the former site of HNP, which CYAPCO finished decommissioning in
2007. Although only the Haddam Neck ISFSI remains on the site,
CYAPCO's 10 CFR part 50 license, Facility Operating License No. DPR-
61 remains in effect. Because CYAPCO requested an exemption from the
requirements of 10 CFR part 50, this would be an exemption for
CYAPCO's 10 CFR part 50 license rather than for CYAPCO's 10 CFR part
72 general license. Therefore, although CYAPCO's submission
requested an exemption for the Haddam Neck ISFSI, the NRC staff
considers it a request for an exemption for HNP.
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CYAPCO has established a separate (segregated) account within its
over-arching NDT, entitled ``ISFSI Radiological Decom,'' that
identifies the funds for radiological decommissioning of the ISFSI
apart from the larger balance of funds in the NDT allocated for ongoing
management of SNF and GTCC waste and for non-radiological site
restoration activities. Although 10 CFR 50.82 applies to the segregated
account, it does not apply to the overall NDT.
The exemption from 10 CFR 50.82(a)(8)(i)(A) and 50.75(h)(2) allows
CYAPCO to make withdrawals from the segregated account, on an annual
basis, for SNF and GTCC waste management and non-radiological site
restoration without prior notification to the NRC. More specifically,
with this exemption, CYAPCO can annually transfer funds exceeding 110
percent of the inflation-adjusted Decommissioning Cost Estimate,
described in 10 CFR 50.75, from the segregated account to its
overarching NDT and use those funds for SNF and GTCC waste management
and non-radiological site restoration.
Based on the review, the NRC determined that, pursuant to 10 CFR
50.12(a), the exemption is authorized by law, will not present an undue
risk to the public health and safety, and is consistent with the common
defense and security. Also, the NRC determined that special
circumstances, consistent with 10 CFR 50.12(a)(ii) and (iii), are
present. Therefore, the NRC granted CYAPCO an exemption from the
requirements of 10 CFR 50.82(a)(8)(i)(A) and 10 CFR 50.75(h)(2) to
permit CYAPCO to make withdrawals from the segregated account, on an
annual basis, for SNF and GTCC waste management and non-radiological
site restoration without prior notification to the NRC. All other
relevant requirements shall be met. On May 30, 2024, the NRC issued an
exemption for CYAPCO (ADAMS Package Accession No. ML24099A196). The NRC
staff also prepared an environmental assessment and finding of no
significant impact regarding the proposed exemption request, published
in the Federal Register on May 28, 2024 (89 FR 46170), and concluded
that the proposed exemption would not have a significant impact on the
quality of the human environment.
Dated: June 11, 2024.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Yoira Diaz-Sanabria,
Chief, Storage and Transportation Licensing Branch, Division of Fuel
Management, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 2024-13205 Filed 6-14-24; 8:45 am]
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