80 FR 73230 - ZionSolutions, LLC, Zion Nuclear Power Station, Units 1 and 2; Partial Site Release
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 226 (November 24, 2015)
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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 226 (Tuesday, November 24, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 73230-73232] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-29881] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket Nos. 50-295 and 50-304; NRC-2015-0265] ZionSolutions, LLC, Zion Nuclear Power Station, Units 1 and 2; Partial Site Release AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Request for comment and public meeting. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: On August 27, 2015, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) received from ZionSolutions, LLC, (ZS), a request for approval to remove a portion of the site from the operating licenses for Zion Nuclear Power Station (ZNPS), Units 1 and 2. Specifically, ZS intends to remove and release the radiologically non-impacted portions of the site from its license. The NRC is requesting public comments on ZS's partial site release and will hold a public meeting to discuss the request. DATES: Submit comments by December 24, 2015. Comments received after this date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the NRC is able to ensure consideration only for comments received on or before this date. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods (unless this document describes a different method for submitting comments on a specific subject):Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2015-0265. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415- 3463; email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document. [[Page 73231]] Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, Office of Administration, Mail Stop: OWFN-12-H08, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. For additional direction on obtaining information and submitting comments, see ``Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments'' in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Hickman, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington DC 20555-0001, telephone: 301-415-3017, email: [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments A. Obtaining Information Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2015-0265 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information for this action. You may obtain publicly-available information related to this action by any of the following methods: Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2015-0265. NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-available documents online in the ADAMS Public Documents collection at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ``ADAMS Public Documents'' and then 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, 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 the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section. NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. B. Submitting Comments Please include Docket ID NRC-2015-0265 in the subject line of your comment submission, in order to ensure that the NRC is able to make your comment submission available to the public in this docket. The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact information that you do not want to be publicly disclosed in your comment submission. The NRC posts all comment submissions at http://www.regulations.gov as well as entering the comment submissions into ADAMS. The NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to remove identifying or contact information. If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons for submission to the NRC, then you should inform those persons not to include identifying or contact information that they do not want to be publicly disclosed in their comment submission. Your request should state that the NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to remove such information before making the comment submissions available to the public or entering the comment submissions into ADAMS. II. Discussion ZionSolutions, LLC, (ZS) is the holder of Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-39 and DPR-48. The license provides, among other things, that the facility is subject to all rules, regulations, and orders of the NRC now or hereafter in effect. The facility consists of two pressurized-water reactors located in Lake County, Illinois. In September 1996, ZNPS Unit 2 was permanently shut-down after approximately 23 years of operation. In February 1997, ZNPS Unit 1 was permanently shut-down after approximately 24 years of operation. In early 1998, in accordance with section 50.82(a)(1)(i) and (ii) of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), Exelon Generating Company LLC (Exelon) notified the NRC of the permanent cessation of operations at the ZNPS and the permanent removal of all spent fuel assemblies from the reactor vessels to the spent fuel pool (ADAMS Legacy Accession Nos. 9902200407 and 9803110251). On February 14, 2000, Exelon submitted a Post-Shutdown Decommissioning Activities Report (PSDAR) for the Zion units, pursuant to 10 CFR 50.82(a)(4)(i) (ADAMS Accession No. ML003685889). The PSDAR was updated on March 18, 2008 (ADAMS Accession No. ML080840398). On September 1, 2010, the NRC transferred Facility Operating License Numbers DPR-39 and DPR-48 from Exelon to ZS (ADAMS Accession No. ML102290437). ZionSolutions, LLC, acquired ZNPS to conduct the decommissioning of the facility and then return the decommissioned site back to Exelon. The spent fuel has been moved from the spent fuel pool to the Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation. Decommissioning of ZNPS is scheduled to be completed in 2018. By letter dated December 19, 2014 (ADAMS Accession No. ML15005A336), and supplemented on February 26, 2015 (ADAMS Accession No. ML15061A281), ZS submitted the License Termination Plan (LTP) for ZNPS in accordance with 10 CFR 50.82(a)(9). The LTP includes a site characterization to ensure that final radiation surveys (FRS) cover all areas where contamination existed, remains, or has the potential to exist or remain; identification of remaining dismantlement activities; plans for site remediation; a description of the FRS plan to confirm that ZNPS will meet the release criteria in 10 CFR part 20, subpart E; dose-modeling scenarios that ensure compliance with the radiological criteria for license termination; an estimate of the remaining site- specific decommissioning costs; and a supplement to the Defueled Safety Analysis Report and the Environmental Report describing any new information or significant environmental change associated with proposed license termination activities. The Zion LTP is currently being reviewed by the NRC. By letter dated August 27, 2015 (ADAMS Accession No. ML15243A029), ZS submitted a request for approval to remove a portion of the site from the part 50 License Nos. DPR-39 and DPR-48. Specifically, ZS intends to remove and release the radiologically non-impacted portions of the site from its part 50 licenses in accordance with 10 CFR 50.83(b), ``Release of part of a power reactor facility or site for unrestricted use.'' This request is the subject of this notice. III. Request for Comment and Public Meeting The NRC is requesting public comments on the ZNPS partial site release. The NRC will conduct a public meeting to discuss the partial site release and receive comments on Tuesday, December 1, 2015, from 7:00 p.m. until 8:30 p.m., Central Time, at the Courtyard Chicago Waukegan/Gurnee, located at 3800 Northpoint Boulevard, Waukegan, IL 60085. For additional information regarding the meeting, see the NRC's Public Meeting Schedule Web site at http://meetings.nrc.gov/pmns/mtg. The agenda will be posted no later than 10 days prior to the meeting. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 17th day of November, 2015. [[Page 73232]] For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. John Clements, Acting Chief, Reactor Decommissioning Branch, Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery, and Waste Programs, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards. [FR Doc. 2015-29881 Filed 11-23-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590-01-P
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1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.: LEE Combined accordance with those procedures, oral establish the video teleconferencing
License Application (COLA) Review or written views may be presented by link. The availability of video
(Open)—The Committee will hear members of the public, including teleconferencing services is not
presentations by and hold discussions representatives of the nuclear industry. guaranteed.
with representatives of the staff and Persons desiring to make oral statements
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 18th day
Duke Energy regarding the draft safety should notify Quynh Nguyen, Cognizant of November, 2015.
evaluation report associated with the ACRS Staff (Telephone: 301–415–5844,
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
COLA for William States Lee III Nuclear Email: Quynh.Nguyen@nrc.gov), five
days before the meeting, if possible, so Andrew L. Bates,
Station, Units 1 and 2. Advisory Committee Management Officer.
3:15 p.m.–6:00 p.m.: Preparation of that appropriate arrangements can be
made to allow necessary time during the [FR Doc. 2015–29880 Filed 11–23–15; 8:45 am]
ACRS Reports (Open)—The Committee
will discuss proposed ACRS reports on meeting for such statements. In view of BILLING CODE 7590–01–P
matters discussed during this meeting. the possibility that the schedule for
ACRS meetings may be adjusted by the
Friday, December 4, 2015, Conference Chairman as necessary to facilitate the NUCLEAR REGULATORY
Room T2–B1, 11545 Rockville Pike, conduct of the meeting, persons COMMISSION
Rockville, Maryland planning to attend should check with
the Cognizant ACRS staff if such [Docket Nos. 50–295 and 50–304; NRC–
8:30 a.m.–10:00 a.m.: Future ACRS 2015–0265]
Activities/Report of the Planning and rescheduling would result in major
Procedures Subcommittee (Open/ inconvenience.
Thirty-five hard copies of each ZionSolutions, LLC, Zion Nuclear
Closed)—The Committee will discuss Power Station, Units 1 and 2; Partial
presentation or handout should be
the recommendations of the Planning Site Release
provided 30 minutes before the meeting.
and Procedures Subcommittee regarding
In addition, one electronic copy of each AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory
items proposed for consideration by the
presentation should be emailed to the Commission.
Full Committee during future ACRS
Cognizant ACRS Staff one day before
Meetings, and matters related to the ACTION: Request for comment and public
meeting. If an electronic copy cannot be
conduct of ACRS business, including meeting.
provided within this timeframe,
anticipated workload and member presenters should provide the Cognizant
assignments. [Note: A portion of this SUMMARY: On August 27, 2015, the U.S.
ACRS Staff with a CD containing each Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
meeting may be closed pursuant to 5 presentation at least 30 minutes before
U.S.C. 552b(c)(2) and (6) to discuss received from ZionSolutions, LLC, (ZS),
the meeting. a request for approval to remove a
organizational and personnel matters In accordance with Subsection 10(d)
that relate solely to internal personnel portion of the site from the operating
of Public Law 92–463 and 5 U.S.C. licenses for Zion Nuclear Power Station
rules and practices of ACRS, and 552b(c), certain portions of the
information the release of which would (ZNPS), Units 1 and 2. Specifically, ZS
December 4th meeting may be closed, as intends to remove and release the
constitute a clearly unwarranted specifically noted above. Use of still,
invasion of personal privacy.] radiologically non-impacted portions of
motion picture, and television cameras the site from its license. The NRC is
10:00 a.m.–10:15 a.m.: Reconciliation during the meeting may be limited to
of ACRS Comments and requesting public comments on ZS’s
selected portions of the meeting as partial site release and will hold a
Recommendations (Open)—The determined by the Chairman. Electronic
Committee will discuss the responses public meeting to discuss the request.
recordings will be permitted only
from the NRC Executive Director for during the open portions of the meeting. DATES: Submit comments by December
Operations to comments and ACRS meeting agendas, meeting 24, 2015. Comments received after this
recommendations included in recent transcripts, and letter reports are date will be considered if it is practical
ACRS reports and letters. available through the NRC Public to do so, but the NRC is able to ensure
10:30 a.m.–6:00 p.m.: Preparation of Document Room at pdr.resource@ consideration only for comments
ACRS Reports (Open)—The Committee nrc.gov, or by calling the PDR at 1–800– received on or before this date.
will continue its discussion of proposed 397–4209, or from the Publicly ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
ACRS reports on matters discussed Available Records System (PARS) by any of the following methods (unless
during this meeting. component of NRC’s document system this document describes a different
(ADAMS) which is accessible from the method for submitting comments on a
Saturday, December 5, 2015,
NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/ specific subject):
Conference Room T2–B1, 11545
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Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland
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will continue its discussion of proposed available for observing open sessions of Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463;
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For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The schedule for Commission grants the Commission the authority to
John Clements, meetings is subject to change on short issue and make immediately effective
Acting Chief, Reactor Decommissioning notice. For more information or to verify any amendment to an operating license
Branch, Division of Decommissioning, the status of meetings, contact Denise or combined license, as applicable,
Uranium Recovery, and Waste Programs, McGovern at 301–415–0681 or via email upon a determination by the
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and at Denise.McGovern@nrc.gov. Commission that such amendment
Safeguards. involves no significant hazards
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| Action | Request for comment and public meeting. | |
| Dates | Submit comments by December 24, 2015. Comments received after this date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the NRC is able to ensure consideration only for comments received on or before this date. | |
| Contact | John Hickman, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington DC 20555-0001, telephone: 301-415-3017, email: [email protected] | |
| FR Citation | 80 FR 73230 |
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