ML042510091

Release of East Site Grounds from Part 50 License

ML042510091
Person / Time
Site:	Haddam Neck File:Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Co icon.png
Issue date:	09/01/2004
From:	Tanya Smith NRC/NMSS/DWMEP/DD
To:	Norton W Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Co
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1 CY-04-069, ADAMS Accession No. ML041320556 2 CY-04-171 3 69 Fed. Reg. 19711(April 22, 2003).

4 Safety Evaluation related to Amendment 197 to License DPR-61, dated 11/25/2002, ADAMS Accession No. ML022670388 September 1, 2004 Mr. Wayne Norton President Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company

362 Injun Hollow Road

East Hampton, Connecticut 06424-3099

SUBJECT:

HADDAM NECK PLANT - RELEASE OF EAST SITE GROUNDS FROM PART 50 LICENSE

Dear Mr. Norton:

This letter is in response to your letter of April 29, 2004 1 , as supplemented on August 18, 2004 2 , in which you requested approval from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to

release the East Site Grounds (survey area 9532 in the Haddam Neck License Termination

Plan (LTP, approved in November 2002)) from the Haddam Neck 10 CFR Part 50 license (DPR-061)). Your letter indicated that Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company (CYAPCO) has

reviewed and assessed the subject land area in accordance with NRC requirements and

Section 1.4.2 of the LTP.

The requirements of 10 CFR 50.83, "Release of part of a power reactor facility or site forunrestricted use", are not applicable in cases where there is an approved LTP. In the Statements of Consideration for section 50.83, the Commission stated that "[p]artial releases

following LTP approval would be governed by the LTP or changes thereto" provided that the "LTP contained a sufficient change process or describes staged releases of the property prior to

license termination."

3 Chapter 1 of the LTP describes the process for phased site releases. For unimpacted areas, section 1.4.2 of the LTP and NRC's Safety Evaluation Report 4 both require CYAPCO to provide the basis for the unimpacted classification and review and assess the impacts on the following

documents in preparation for releasing a portion of the site from the license:

!Updated Final Safety Analysis Report (UFSAR) and Technical Specifications

!Environmental Monitoring Program W. Norton 5 ORISE Revised Final Report, Confirmatory Survey of the Open Land Area Survey Units at the Connecticut Yankee Haddam Neck Plan, July 2004, ADAMS Accession No.

ML042170277.

!Offsite Dose Calculations Manual

!Defueled Emergency Plan

!Security Plan

!Post-Shutdown Decommissioning Activities Report

!License Termination Plan

!Ground Water Monitoring Program

!10 CFR 100 Siting Criteria, and

!Environmental Report For the unimpacted area of the site designated survey unit 9532 in the LTP, the results were provided for NRC staff approval. Your letter provides the basis for the unimpacted

determination and provides an assessment of the impacts to each of the documents listed

above, and identifies the following changes to implement the phased release:1.Section 2.1.1, 2.1.2 and Figure 2.1.5 of the UFSAR will be modified to describe the reduced site area and boundary lines resulting from release of survey area 9532 from

license DPR-61.2.The Off-Site Dose Calculation Model will be revised consistent with the site boundary change.3.The LTP will be revised to describe the reduced site area.

4.The exclusion area for Haddam Neck Plant (HNP) extends into survey area 9532.

However, CYAPCO commits to maintain authority, in accordance with 10 CFR 100.3, over all activities conducted within 1740 feet of the Reactor Containment.

NRC Findings:

NRC inspectors and survey contractors perfo rmed an independent survey of survey area 9532, which included six soil samples and surface scans of over 1% of the survey unit. Samples were

tested for cobalt-60, cesium-137, and other gamma-emitting and hard-to-detect radionuclides

associated with the Haddam Neck Plant. A Final Report 5 , issued in July 2004, found nothing to indicate the unimpacted area was improperly classified.

By this letter, NRC approves releasing survey area 9532 from the license, as specified in your April request and subject to the following comments:1.The CYAPCO exclusion area assurance procedure will be subject to inspection during site decommissioning by NRC Region 1.2.Following removal from the license, in the unlikely event survey area 9532 were to become radiologically contaminated as a result of later decommissioning activities at the

Haddam Neck Plant, the contamination would be considered an off-site release, and

subject to 10 CFR Part 20.

W. Norton 6 NUREG-1757, Vol. 2, Consolidated NMSS Decommissioning Guidance:

Characterization, Survey and Determination of Radiological Criteria, http://www.nrc.gov/materials/decommissioning/ml003682132.pdf

.3.NRC staff suggests that for future phased release submittals, the licensee consider the use of Appendix L Worksheet in NUREG-1757, Volume 2 6 , to assist in the evaluation process.If you have any questions, you may contact me at (301) 415-6721.

Sincerely,/RA/Theodore Smith, Project Manager Decommissioning Directorate

Division of Waste Management

and Environmental Protection

Office of Nuclear Material Safety

and Safeguards Docket No.: 50-213 License No.: DPR-61 DISTRIBUTION:

See next page PUBLIC Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company Mr. Allan Johanson, Assistant Director Office of Policy and Management

Policy Development and Planning Division

450 Capitol Avenue- MS# 52 ERN

P.O. Box Bo 341441

Hartford, CT 06134-1441 Regional Administrator, Region I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

475 Allendale Road

King of Prussia, PA 19406 Board of Selectmen Town Office Building

Haddam, CT 06438 Mr. Wayne Norton President and Chief Executive Officer

Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company

362 Injun Hollow Road

East Hampton, Ct 06424-3099 Mr. R. Gad, III CYAPCO Counsel

Ropes & Gray

One International Place

Boston, MA 02110-2624 Mr. K. J. Heider Vice President - Operations and Decommissioning

Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company

362 Injun Hollow Road

East Hampton, CT 06424-3099 Ms. Deborah B. Katz, President Citizens Awareness Network

P.O. Box 83

Shelburne Falls, MA 01370-0083Mr. R. M. Mitchell Unit Manager

Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company

362 Injun Hollow Road

East Hampton, CT 06424-3099 Mr. T. W. Bennet, Jr.

Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company

19 Midstate Drive

Auburn, MA 01501 Dr. E. L. Wilds, Jr. Director Monitoring and Radiation Division

Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection 79 Elm Street

Hartford, CT 06106-5127Ms. Rosemary Bassilakis Citizens Awareness Network

54 Old Turnpike Road

Haddam, CT 06438 Mr. Terry Schwennesen Vice President and Director of

Generation Investments

New England Power Company

c/o National Grid

25 Research Drive

Westborough, MA 01582 Mr. Gerry P. van Noordennen Regulatory Affairs Manager

Northeast Utilities service Company

362 Injun Hollow Road

East Hampton, CT 06424-3099 Mr. Randall L. Speck Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hayes & Handler, LLP

The McPherson Building

901 Fifteenth Street, NW Suite 1100

Washington, DC 20005-2327 Mr. Bruce D. Kenyon Chief Executive Officer

Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company

362 Injun Hollow Road

East Hampton, CT 06424-3099 W. Norton 7 NUREG-1757, Vol. 2, Consolidated NMSS Decommissioning Guidance:

Characterization, Survey and Determination of Radiological Criteria, http://www.nrc.gov/materials/decommissioning/ml003682132.pdf

.3.NRC staff suggests that for future phased release submittals, the licensee consider the use of Appendix L Worksheet in NUREG-1757, Volume 2 7 , to assist in the evaluation process.If you have any questions, you may contact me at (301) 415-6721.

Sincerely,/RA/Theodore Smith, Project Manager Decommissioning Directorate

Division of Waste Management

and Environmental Protection

Office of Nuclear Material Safety

and Safeguards Docket No.: 50-213 License No.: DPR-61 DISTRIBUTION

See next page PUBLIC ADAMS Accession Numbers: ML042510091 Incoming: ML041320556

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