[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 14 (Friday, January 21, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-1470]
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[Federal Register: January 21, 1994]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Long Island Power Authority, (Shoreham Nuclear Power Station Unit
1); Exemption
[Docket No. 50-322]
I
The Long Island Power Authority (LIPA or the licensee), is the
holder of Possession-Only License No. NFP-82, which authorizes
possession and maintenance of the Shoreham Nuclear Power Station, Unit
1 (SNPS). The license provides, among other things, that SNPS is
subject to all rules, regulations, and Orders of the U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission now or hereafter in effect. SNPS is a boiling
water reactor located in the town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New
York, about 50 miles east of New York City on the north shore of Long
Island. SNPS is permanently shutdown, defueled, and currently being
dismantled in accordance with the approved SNPS Decommissioning Plan
(DP). Decommissioning of SNPS is approximately 75 percent complete.
LIPA has entered into a contract with Philadelphia Electric Company
(PECO) to sell the slightly irradiated fuel to PECO. Initial fuel
transfer began in September 1993 and LIPA estimates that fuel transfer
will be completed in May 1994.
II
By letter dated August 2, 1993, LIPA requested an exemption, in
accordance with 10 CFR 50.12, from the requirements of 10 CFR 50.54(w)
of the Code of Federal Regulations. This rule states the following:
Each electric utility licensee under this part for a production
or utilization facility of the type described in 10 CFR 50.21.(b)
and 10 CFR 50.22 shall take reasonable steps to obtain insurance
available at reasonable costs and on reasonable terms from private
sources or to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Commission that
it possesses an equivalent amount of protection covering the
licensee's obligation in the event of an accident at the licensee's
reactor, to stabilize and decontaminate the reactor and the reactor
station site at which the reactor experiencing the accident is
located, provided that: * * *
III
The NRC may grant exemptions from the requirements of the
regulations which, pursuant to 10 CFR 50.12(a), are: (1) Authorized by
law, will not present an undue risk to the public health and safety,
and are consistent with the common defense and security; and (2) when
special circumstances are present.
The special circumstances identified by the licensee in their
August 2, 1993, letter for SNPS are: (1) SNPS is shutdown, defueled,
and being dismantled; (2) the risk of an accident as defined in 10 CFR
50.54(w) that would require reactor stabilization or extensive
decontamination does not exist at Shoreham; (3) LIPA will continue to
maintain 5 million dollars in property damage insurance in the event of
an accident to prevent against economic loss; and (4) there are no
credible accident scenarios that could result in offsite doses greater
than a small fraction of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's
``Protective Action Guidelines.''
IV
The staff finds that the special circumstances at SNPS, presented
in Section III above, satisfy the requirements of 10 CFR
50.12(a)(2)(ii).
Based on the special circumstances at SNPS, the NRC staff has
determined that, pursuant to 10 CFR 50.12(a)(1), an exemption is
authorized by law, and that this exemption will not present an undue
risk to the public health and safety and is consistent with the common
defense and security.
Accordingly, the NRC hereby grants an exemption from 10 CFR
50.54(w) pursuant to 10 CFR 50.12. The exemption deletes the
requirements to continue to maintain on-site property damage insurance.
Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.32, the NRC has determined that the granting
of this exemption will not have a significant effect on the quality of
the human environment (58 FR 68675, December 28, 1993).
A copy of the licensee's request for exemption and supporting
documentation dated August 2, 1993, and the NRC staff's Safety
Evaluation, included in the exemption, are available for the public
inspection at the NRC's Public Document Room, 2120 L Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20037, and at the Shoreham Wading River Public Library,
Shoreham Wading River High School, Route 25A, Shoreham, NY 11792.
This exemption is effective upon issuance.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 11th day of January 1994.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
John T. Greeves,
Director, Division of Low-Level Waste Management and Decommissioning,
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 94-1470 Filed 1-19-94; 4:15 pm]
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