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)

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.

[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]


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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.

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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.

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     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.


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    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]
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