Nuclear Regulatory Commission June 24, 2021 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

On December 19, 2019, Holtec Decommissioning International, LLC (HDI) submitted to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) a letter enclosing the post-shutdown decommissioning activities report (PSDAR) for the Indian Point Nuclear Generating, Unit Nos. 1, 2, and 3 (Indian Point Energy Center (IPEC)), contingent upon the transfer of the IPEC licenses to HDI. The PSDAR, which includes the site-specific decommissioning cost estimate (DCE), provides an overview of HDI's planned activities, schedule, projected costs, and environmental impacts for the decommissioning of the IPEC. The IPEC license transfer transaction closed on May 28, 2021. Accordingly, the NRC is noticing receipt of the PSDAR and making it available for public comment. The NRC will hold a public meeting in the vicinity of the IPEC to discuss the PSDAR's content and receive comments. The date, time, and location of the meeting will be provided in a future Federal Register notice.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for public comment a draft regulatory guide (DG), DG-4029, ``Use of Plant Parameter Envelope in Early Site Permit Applications.'' DG-4029 is a new regulatory guide that proposes guidance for nuclear power plant applicants that elect to use the plant parameter envelope (PPE) concept to assume certain design parameters for an early site permit (ESP) application when a specific reactor technology has not been selected for a proposed site. It incorporates the PPE portions of NRC Review Standard (RS)-002, ``Processing Applications for Early Site Permits.'' The issuance of this DG allows the NRC staff to withdraw the outdated guidance in RS-002 while retaining the PPE information in it for future use by prospective ESP applicants.