ML16287A526
| ML16287A526 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | La Crosse File:Dairyland Power Cooperative icon.png |
| Issue date: | 12/16/2016 |
| From: | Watson B A Reactor Decommissioning Branch |
| To: | Sauger J EnergySolutions |
| VAALER M, 415-3178, TF805 | |
| References | |
| CAC L53134 | |
| Download: ML16287A526 (2) | |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 December 16, 2016 Mr. John Sauger Executive Vice President Chief Nuclear Officer Reactor D & D EnergySolutions 2701 Deborah Avenue Zion, IL 60099
SUBJECT:
LA CROSSE BOILING WATER REACTOR - ACCEPTANCE REVIEW OF THE LACROSSE SOLUTIONS LICENSE TERMINATION PLAN AND ASSOCIATED CONFORMING LICENSE AMENDMENT (CAC NO. L53134)
Dear Mr. Sauger:
By letter dated June 27, 2016 (Agencywide Do cuments Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML16200A095), as sup plemented by letter dated December 1, 2016 (ADAMS Accession No. ML16347A026), LaCrosse Solutions, LLC (LS, the licensee) requested U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) approval of the License Termination Plan (LTP) for the La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor (LACBWR), as well as an associated conforming license amendment. The LACBWR LTP provides the details of the plan for characterizing, identifying, and remediating the remaining residual radioactivity at the LACBWR site to a level that will allow the site to be released for unrestricted use in the future. The LACBWR LTP also describes how the licensee will confirm the extent and success of remediation through radiological surveys, provide financial assurance to complete decommissioning, and ensure the environmental impacts of the decommissioning activities are within the scope originally envisioned in the associated environmental documents.
The proposed conforming amendment would amend Possession Only License No. DPR-45 for LACBWR to reflect the approval of the LACBWR LTP when the review and approval process is completed by the NRC staff. Specifically, License Condition 2.C.(5), which approves the LACBWR LTP and establishes the criteria for determining when changes to the LTP require prior NRC approval, would be added to the license. The LTP will become a supplement to LACBWR's other decommissioning documents and will be implemented by the licensee to complete decommissioning activities at the LACBWR site. Once decommissioning is complete, a separate request will be made to the NRC by the licensee to terminate the LACBWR license.
The purpose of this letter is to provide the results of the NRC staff's initial administrative and acceptance review of the submittal. The accept ance review was performed to determine if there is sufficient technical information in scope and depth to allow the NRC staff to complete its detailed technical review. The acceptance review is also intended to identify whether the application has any readily apparent information insufficiencies in its characterization of the regulatory requirements or the licensing basis of the plant.
The NRC has reviewed your application and concluded that it does provide technical information in sufficient detail to enable the NRC to complete its detailed technical review and
make an independent assessment regarding the acceptability of this request in terms of regulatory requirements and the protection of public health and safety and the environment. Given the lesser scope and depth of the acceptance review as compared to the detailed
technical review, there may be instances in which issues that impact the NRC's ability to complete the detailed technical review are identified despite completion of an adequate acceptance review. If additional information is needed to address these areas, you will be advised by separate correspondence.
If you have any questions, please contact Marlayna Vaaler, the LACBWR Project Manager, at (301) 415-3178 or via e-mail at marlayna.vaaler@nrc.gov. Sincerely, /RA/
Bruce A. Watson, CHP, Chief Reactor Decommissioning Branch Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery, and Waste Programs Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards
Docket Nos.: 50-409 and 72-046 License No.: DPR-45
cc: La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor Service List
ML16287A526 OFFICE NMSS/RDB/PM NMSS/DUWP/LA NMSS/RDB/BC NAME MVaaler CHolston BWatson DATE 10/13/2016 10/18/2016 12/16/2016 La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor Service List:
Ken Robuck Group President Disposal and
Decommissioning
EnergySolutions 299 South Main Street, Suite 1700 Salt Lake City, UT 84111 John Sauger
Executive VP and Chief Nuclear Officer Reactor D pµD EnergySolutions 2701 Deborah Avenue Zion, IL 60099
Gerard van Noordennen VP Regulatory Affairs EnergySolutions 2701 Deborah Avenue Zion, IL 60099
Joseph Nowak General Manager
LaCrosse Solutions S4601 State Highway 35
Genoa, WI 54632-8846 Dan Shrum
Senior VP Regulatory Affairs
EnergySolutions 299 South Main Street, Suite 1700 Salt Lake City, UT 84111 Russ Workman
General Counsel
EnergySolutions 299 South Main Street, Suite 1700 Salt Lake City, UT 84111
George Kruck, Chairman Town of Genoa S5277 Mound Ridge Road
Genoa, WI 54632 Regional Administrator U.S. NRC, Region III
2443 Warrenville Road Lisle, IL 60532-4352 Jeffery Kitsembel Electric Division
Wisconsin Public Service Commission P.O. Box 7854
Madison, WI 53707-7854
Paul Schmidt, Manager Radiation Protection Section Bureau of Environmental and Occupational Health Division of Public Health
Wisconsin Department of Health Services P.O. Box 2659 Madison, WI 53701-2659
Barbara Nick President and CEO Dairyland Power Cooperative 3200 East Avenue South, La Crosse, WI 54602-0817
Cheryl Olson, ISFSI Manager La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor Dairyland Power Cooperative S4601 State Highway 35 P.O. Box 817
Genoa, WI 54632-8846
Lane Peters, Site Manager La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor Dairyland Power Cooperative S4601 State Highway 35
Genoa, WI 54632-8846
Thomas Zaremba Wheeler, Van Sickle and Anderson, S.C.
44 East Mifflin Street, Suite 1000
Madison, WI 53703
John E. Matthews Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004