81 FR 71769 - LaCrosseSolutions, LLC; La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor Partial Site Release

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 201 (October 18, 2016)

Page Range		71769-71770
FR Document		2016-25124

On June 27, 2016, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) received from LaCrosseSolutions, LLC (LS) a request for approval to remove portions of the site from the operating license for the La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor. Specifically, LS intends to remove and release five radiologically non-impacted portions of the site from its license. The partial site release request was submitted concurrently with the La Crosse License Termination Plan and supports ongoing decommissioning activities at the site. The NRC is requesting public comments on LS's partial site release request and the La Crosse License Termination Plan.

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-409; NRC-2015-0279]


LaCrosseSolutions, LLC; La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor Partial 
Site Release

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Request for comment.

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SUMMARY: On June 27, 2016, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) 
received from LaCrosseSolutions, LLC (LS) a request for approval to 
remove portions of the site from the operating license for the La 
Crosse Boiling Water Reactor. Specifically, LS intends to remove and 
release five radiologically non-impacted portions of the site from its 
license. The partial site release request was submitted concurrently 
with the La Crosse License Termination Plan and supports ongoing 
decommissioning activities at the site. The NRC is requesting public 
comments on LS's partial site release request and the La Crosse License 
Termination Plan.

DATES: Submit comments by November 17, 2016. Comments received after 
this date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the 
Commission 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-2015-0279. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact 
the individual in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 
document.
     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: Marlayna Vaaler, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-3178; email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments

A. Obtaining Information

    Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2015-0279 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-2015-0279.
     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-2015-0279 in 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

    The La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor (LACBWR) was an Atomic Energy 
Commission (AEC) Demonstration Project Reactor that first went critical 
in 1967, commenced commercial operation in November 1969, and was 
capable of producing 50 megawatts electric. The reactor is located on 
the east bank of the Mississippi River in Vernon County, Wisconsin. The 
Allis-Chalmers Company was the original licensee; the AEC later sold 
the plant to the Dairyland Power Cooperative (DPC) and granted it 
Provisional Operating License No. DPR-45 on August 28, 1973.
    The reactor permanently ceased operations on April 30, 1987, and 
reactor defueling was completed on June 11, 1987. In a letter dated 
August 4, 1987, the NRC terminated DPC's authority to operate LACBWR 
under Provisional Operating License No. DPR-

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45, and granted the licensee a possess-but-not-operate status. By 
letter dated August 18, 1988, the NRC amended DPC's Provisional 
Operating License No. DPR-45 to Possession Only License No. DPR-45 to 
reflect the permanently defueled configuration at LACBWR. Therefore, 
pursuant to the provisions of Sec. Sec.  50.82(a)(1)(iii) and 
50.82(a)(2) of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), 
DPC's part 50 license does not authorize operation of LACBWR or 
emplacement or retention of fuel into the reactor vessel.
    The NRC issued an order to authorize decommissioning of LACBWR and 
approve the licensee's proposed Decommissioning Plan (DP) on August 7, 
1991. Because the NRC approved DPC's DP before August 28, 1996, 
pursuant to 10 CFR 50.82, the DP is considered the Post-Shutdown 
Decommissioning Activities Report (PSDAR) for LACBWR. The PSDAR public 
meeting was held on May 13, 1998, and subsequent updates to the LACBWR 
decommissioning report have combined the DP and PSDAR into the ``LACBWR 
Decommissioning Plan and Post-Shutdown Decommissioning Activities 
Report'' (D-Plan/PSDAR).
    The DPC developed an on-site independent spent fuel storage 
installation (ISFSI) and completed the movement of all 333 spent 
nuclear fuel elements from the Fuel Element Storage Well to dry cask 
storage at the ISFSI by September 19, 2012 (ADAMS Accession No. 
ML12290A027). The remaining associated buildings and structures are 
ready for dismantlement and decommissioning activities.
    By Order dated May 20, 2016 (ADAMS Accession No. ML16123A073), the 
NRC approved the direct transfer of Possession Only License No. DPR-45 
for LACBWR from DPC to LaCrosseSolutions, LLC (LS), a wholly-owned 
subsidiary of EnergySolutions, LLC, and approved a conforming license 
amendment, pursuant to 10 CFR 50.80 and 50.90, to reflect the change. 
The Order was published in the Federal Register on June 2, 2016 (81 FR 
35383). The transfer assigns DPC's licensed possession, maintenance, 
and decommissioning authorities for LACBWR to LS in order to implement 
expedited decommissioning at the LACBWR site. Decommissioning of LACBWR 
is scheduled to be completed in 2018.
    By letter dated June 27, 2016 (ADAMS Accession No. ML16200A095), LS 
submitted the License Termination Plan (LTP) for LACBWR 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 LACBWR 
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 Environmental 
Report describing any new information or significant environmental 
changes associated with proposed license termination activities. The 
LACBWR LTP is currently being reviewed by the NRC.
    By letter dated June 27, 2016 (ADAMS Accession No. ML16181A068), LS 
submitted a request for approval to remove portions of the site from 
the part 50 License, No. DPR-45. Specifically, LS intends to remove and 
release five radiologically non-impacted portions of the site from its 
part 50 license 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.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 12th day of October 2016.

    For The Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Ted Carter,
Acting Chief, Reactor Decommissioning Branch, Division of 
Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery, and Waste Programs, Office of 
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
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45, and granted the licensee a possess- where contamination existed, remains, interested persons regarding this matter.
but-not-operate status. By letter dated or has the potential to exist or remain; The Subcommittee will gather
August 18, 1988, the NRC amended identification of remaining information, analyze relevant issues and
DPC’s Provisional Operating License dismantlement activities; plans for site facts, and formulate proposed positions
No. DPR–45 to Possession Only License remediation; a description of the FRS and actions, as appropriate, for
No. DPR–45 to reflect the permanently plan to confirm that LACBWR will meet deliberation by the Full Committee.
defueled configuration at LACBWR. the release criteria in 10 CFR part 20,
Members of the public desiring to
Therefore, pursuant to the provisions of subpart E; dose-modeling scenarios that
§§ 50.82(a)(1)(iii) and 50.82(a)(2) of title ensure compliance with the radiological provide oral statements and/or written
10 of the Code of Federal Regulations criteria for license termination; an comments should notify the Designated
(10 CFR), DPC’s part 50 license does not estimate of the remaining site-specific Federal Official (DFO), Girija Shukla
authorize operation of LACBWR or decommissioning costs; and a (Telephone 301–415–6855 or Email:
emplacement or retention of fuel into supplement to the Environmental Girija.Shukla@nrc.gov) five days prior to
the reactor vessel. Report describing any new information the meeting, if possible, so that
The NRC issued an order to authorize or significant environmental changes appropriate arrangements can be made.
decommissioning of LACBWR and associated with proposed license Thirty-five hard copies of each
approve the licensee’s proposed termination activities. The LACBWR presentation or handout should be
Decommissioning Plan (DP) on August LTP is currently being reviewed by the provided to the DFO thirty minutes
7, 1991. Because the NRC approved NRC. before the meeting. In addition, one
DPC’s DP before August 28, 1996, By letter dated June 27, 2016 (ADAMS electronic copy of each presentation
pursuant to 10 CFR 50.82, the DP is Accession No. ML16181A068), LS should be emailed to the DFO one day
considered the Post-Shutdown submitted a request for approval to before the meeting. If an electronic copy
Decommissioning Activities Report remove portions of the site from the part cannot be provided within this
(PSDAR) for LACBWR. The PSDAR 50 License, No. DPR–45. Specifically, timeframe, presenters should provide
public meeting was held on May 13, LS intends to remove and release five the DFO with a CD containing each
1998, and subsequent updates to the radiologically non-impacted portions of presentation at least thirty minutes
LACBWR decommissioning report have the site from its part 50 license in before the meeting. Electronic
combined the DP and PSDAR into the accordance with 10 CFR 50.83(b), recordings will be permitted only
‘‘LACBWR Decommissioning Plan and ‘‘Release of part of a power reactor during those portions of the meeting
Post-Shutdown Decommissioning facility or site for unrestricted use.’’ that are open to the public. Detailed
Activities Report’’ (D-Plan/PSDAR). This request is the subject of this notice. procedures for the conduct of and
The DPC developed an on-site
Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 12th day participation in ACRS meetings were
independent spent fuel storage
of October 2016. published in the Federal Register on
installation (ISFSI) and completed the
movement of all 333 spent nuclear fuel For The Nuclear Regulatory Commission. October 21, 2015 (80 FR 63846).
elements from the Fuel Element Storage Ted Carter, Detailed meeting agendas and meeting
Well to dry cask storage at the ISFSI by Acting Chief, Reactor Decommissioning transcripts are available on the NRC
September 19, 2012 (ADAMS Accession Branch, Division of Decommissioning, Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-
Uranium Recovery, and Waste Programs,
No. ML12290A027). The remaining rm/doc-collections/acrs. Information
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and
associated buildings and structures are Safeguards. regarding topics to be discussed,
ready for dismantlement and changes to the agenda, whether the
[FR Doc. 2016–25124 Filed 10–17–16; 8:45 am]
decommissioning activities. meeting has been canceled or
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By Order dated May 20, 2016 rescheduled, and the time allotted to
(ADAMS Accession No. ML16123A073), present oral statements can be obtained
the NRC approved the direct transfer of from the Web site cited above or by
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Possession Only License No. DPR–45 for contacting the identified DFO.
COMMISSION
LACBWR from DPC to Moreover, in view of the possibility that
LaCrosseSolutions, LLC (LS), a wholly- Advisory Committee On Reactor the schedule for ACRS meetings may be
owned subsidiary of EnergySolutions, Safeguards (ACRS) Meeting of the adjusted by the Chairman as necessary
LLC, and approved a conforming license ACRS Subcommittee On Economic to facilitate the conduct of the meeting,
amendment, pursuant to 10 CFR 50.80 Simplified Boiling Water Reactors persons planning to attend should check
and 50.90, to reflect the change. The (ESBWR); Notice of Meeting with these references if such
Order was published in the Federal
The ACRS Subcommittee on ESBWR rescheduling would result in a major
Register on June 2, 2016 (81 FR 35383).
will hold a meeting on October 20, inconvenience.
The transfer assigns DPC’s licensed
possession, maintenance, and 2016, Room T–2B1, 11545 Rockville If attending this meeting, please enter
decommissioning authorities for Pike, Rockville, Maryland. through the One White Flint North
LACBWR to LS in order to implement The meeting will be open to public building, 11555 Rockville Pike,
expedited decommissioning at the attendance. Rockville, MD. After registering with
LACBWR site. Decommissioning of The agenda for the subject meeting security, please contact Mr. Theron
LACBWR is scheduled to be completed shall be as follows: Brown (240–888–9835) to be escorted to
in 2018. Thursday, October 20, 2016—8:30 a.m. the meeting room.
until 5:00 p.m.
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By letter dated June 27, 2016 (ADAMS Dated: October 12, 2016.
Accession No. ML16200A095), LS The Subcommittee will review the
submitted the License Termination Plan North Anna Unit 3 Combined License Michael Snodderly,
(LTP) for LACBWR in accordance with Application (COLA). The Subcommittee Chief, Technical Support Branch, Advisory
10 CFR 50.82(a)(9). The LTP includes a will hear presentations by and hold Committee on Reactor Safeguards.
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Category		Regulatory Information
Collection		Federal Register
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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Request for comment.
Dates		Submit comments by November 17, 2016. Comments received after this date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the Commission is able to ensure consideration only for comments received on or before this date.
Contact		Marlayna Vaaler, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-3178; email: [email protected]
FR Citation		81 FR 71769