Nuclear Regulatory Commission November 27, 2020 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing an exemption in response to a February 12, 2020, request from Holtec Decommissioning International, LLC (HDI). The exemption permits HDI to make withdrawals from the Indian Point Nuclear Generating Station, Unit Nos. 1, 2, and 3 (referred to individually as IP1, IP2, and IP3, respectively, and collectively as the Indian Point Energy Center or IPEC) Decommissioning Trust Funds (DTFs) for spent fuel management and site restoration activities for IP1, IP2, and IP3 without prior notification to the NRC. This exemption is effective upon issuance, but only applies to HDI upon the consummation of the transfers of the licenses for IP1, IP2, and IP3 to Holtec International (Holtec) subsidiaries Holtec Indian Point 2, LLC and Holtec Indian Point 3, LLC and the transfer of the operating authority under the licenses to HDI.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will consider in its rulemaking process issues raised in a petition for rulemaking submitted by Matthew McKinley on behalf of the Organization of Agreement States (OAS, the petitioner. The petitioner requests that the NRC amend its decommissioning financial assurance regulations for sealed and unsealed byproduct material not listed in a table that sets out radionuclide possession values for calculating these financial assurance requirements. The NRC will also examine ways to make the table's values and other NRC decommissioning funding requirements more risk-informed.