* Yankee Atomic has a stunningly well-done web site about Conn Yankee.

June 30, 2007

New this week from NRC Public Document Room

* [2007-06-30] Yankee Nuclear Power Station, Technical Basis Document for Background Sr-90 in Soil, Rev. 1 ML071720282 1998-06-22 5 05000029 RP 98-72 1998-06-22 2007-06-29 MEMORANDUM To: File From: Edward Cumnming ' Subject: Technical Basis Document for Background Sr-90 in Soil, Rev. I Date: June 22, 1998 File:. RP 98-72 1. Memorandum RPG 98-01, Rev. 1, C.B. Martel to E.M. Heath, "Bac

* [2007-06-28] Yankee Nuclear Power Station, Site Closure Project, Phase IV Final Inspection Report ML071700753 2007-03-16 159 05000029 BYR 2007-028 RTN 1-13411 2007-03-16 2007-06-27 YANKEE ATOMIC ELECTRIC COMPANY --. " l' E . 49 Yankee Road, Rowe, Massachusetts 01367 March 16, 2007 BYR 2007-028 Mr. David Howland Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection DEP Western Reg

* [2007-06-27] Site Characterization Status Report, Yankee Nuclear Power Station Site Closure Project, Rowe, Massachusetts, Appendix C ML071670005 2004-03-15 319 05000029 2004-03-15 2007-06-26 ML071670002+ Appendix C Table C-1 Fall 2003 Groundwater Sampling Program Table C-1 Summary of Fall 2003 Groundwater Sampling Program Yankee Nuclear Power Station Rowe, MA Nonradiological Well Designation VOC SVOC PCB Herbicid

* [2007-06-27] Site Characterization Status Report, Yankee Nuclear Power Station Site Closure Project, Rowe, Massachusetts ML071670004 2004-06-04 407 05000029 2004-06-04 2007-06-26 ML071670002+ II . Site Characterization Oy KEE) -ftftmà"e Status Report Yankee Nuclear Power Station Site Closure Project Rowe, Massachusetts 4 June 2004 ERM 399 Boylston St. Boston, MA 02116 (617) 646-7800 www.erm.com Delive

* [2007-06-27] Transmittal of Site Characterization Status Report, Yankee Nuclear Power Station Site Closure Project, Rowe, Massachusetts ML071670003 2004-06-04 2 05000029 BYR 2004-064 2004-06-04 2007-06-26 ML071670002+ YANKEE ATOMIC ELECTRIC COMPANY Telephone (413) 424-5261 (YNJKEE 49 Yankee Road, Rowe, Massachusetts 01367 June 4, 2004 BYR 2004-064 Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection DEP Western Re

* [2007-06-27] Yankee Nuclear Power Station - Figure 16 - Soil Sample Locations (Industrial and Non-Industrial Area) and OHM Results Exceeding MCP Reportable Concentrations ML071670013 2005-01-28 1 05000029 BYR 2004-007 2005-01-28 2007-06-26 ML071670011+

* [2007-06-27] Yankee Nuclear Power Station Phase II Comprehensive Site Assessment Report ML071670012 2005-01-26 169 05000029 BYR 2005-007 2005-01-26 2007-06-26 ML071670011+ YANKEE ATOMIC ELECTRIC COMPANY Telephone (413) 49 Yankee Road, Rowe, Massachusetts 01367 .',A, N K EE January 26,.2005 3BYR 2005-007 Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection DEP Western R

* [2007-06-26] Yankee Nuclear Power Station Decommissioning Plan Revision 0.0, dated December 20, 1993 ML071670010 1993-12-20 458 05000029 1993-12-20 2007-06-25 YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER STATION DECOMMISSIONING PLAN REVISION: 0.0 Prepared by: Yankee Atomic Electric Company YNPS DECOMMISSIONING PLAN REVISION: 0.0 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. SUMMARY OF PLAN 1.1 Description of Decommissioning Plan

* [2007-06-26] Yankee Nuclear Power Station Site Closure Project Amended Phase III - Remedial Action Plan/Phase IV - Remedy Implementation Plan ML071660105 2005-06-17 209 05000029 DPR-003 BYR 2005-055 RTN 1-13411 2005-06-17 2007-06-25 YANKEE ATOMIC ELECTRIC COMPANY 49 Yankee Road, Rowe, Massachusetts 01367 June 17,2005 BYR 2005-055 Mr. David Howland Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection DEP Western Region 436

* [2007-06-26] Yankee Nuclear Power Station, Groundwater Monitoring Plan to Support Closure under the Massachusetts Contingency Plan ML071670009 2006-09-01 35 05000029 BYR 2006-075 2006-09-01 2007-06-25 YANKEE ATOMIC ELECTRIC COMPANY Telephone (413) 49 Yankee Road, Rowe, Massachusetts 01367 Y KJEE September 1,2006 BYR 2006-075 Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection DEP Western Region 436 Dwight Str

June 23, 2007

New this week from NRC Public Document Room

* [2007-06-22] Study of Radiation Exposure from the Connecticut Yankee Nuclear Power Plant. Bulletin of the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering. Volume 16.2! Spring 2001 ML071640126 2007-06-13 8 05000029 2007-06-13 2007-06-21 eti n 0) $ "ECTICUT ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING I Voum 16, / Spin S00 A New Name ... A New Look! CASE Reports is now the Bulletin of the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering You may register to receive the Bu

* [2007-06-22] Yankee Nuclear Power Station E-Mail Response to Question Concerning Resident Farmer Well, ML071640142 2007-03-27 4 05000029 2007-03-27 2007-06-21 John Hickman - Response to Question Concerning -Resident Farmer Well Page 1 1 From: "Alice Carson" To: 'John Hickman' , Date: 03/27/2007 8:14:38 AM Subject: Response to Q

* [2007-06-22] Yankee Nuclear Power Station Massachusetts Review of Historic and Archaeological Impacts of Decommissioning ML071640147 2003-08-18 1 05000029 2003-08-18 2007-06-21 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Massachusetts Historical Commission August 18, 2003 Mr. Gregg A. Demers Environmental Resources Management 399 Boylston Street, 6h Floor

* [2007-06-22] Yankee Nuclear Power Station, PAL Report No. 1547, "Archaeological Reconnaissance Survey Archaeological Resources Management Plan." ML071640278 2003-11-30 72 05000029 1547 2003-11-30 2007-06-21 ARCHAEOLOGICAL RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT PLAN YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER STATION Rowe and Monroe, Massachusetts Kristen Heitert Submitted to: CLF Ventures, Inc. 62 Summer Street Boston, Massachu

* [2007-06-22] Yankee Responses to MADEP Draft Review Comments on Hydrogeologic Report of 2003 Supplemental Investigation ML071640281 2004-06-02 13 05000029 BYR 2004-062 2004-06-02 2007-06-21 YANKEE ATOMIC ELECTRIC COMPANY Telephone (413) 424-5261 CANKEE 49 Yankee Road, Rowe, Massachusetts 01367 June 2, 2004 BYR 2004-062 Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection DEP Western Region 436 Dwigh

* [2007-06-21] Wayne Norton Ltr re: Acceptability of the Haddam Neck Plant Groundwater Monitoring Plan ML071490058 2007-06-13 4 05000213 DPR-061 2007-06-13 2007-06-20 June 13, 2007 Mr. Wayne Norton, President Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company 362 Injun Hollow Road East Hampton, CT 06424-3099 SUBJECT: ACCEPTABILITY OF THE HADDAM NECK PLANT GROUNDWATER MONITORING PLAN Dear Mr.

* [2007-06-19] ORISE Comments on the Technical Adequacy of Yankee Rowe use of In Situ Gamma Spectroscopy ML071590168 2007-06-07 6 05000029 RFTA #06-008 2007-06-07 2007-06-18 P, 0. Bo17 Oa Rig, N373 c~R.~I S g OAK RIDGE INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE AND EDUCATION June 7, 2006 Mr. Tom Youngblood U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission NMSS/DWMEP/DCD Mail Stop T-7E18 Washington, DC 20555 SUBJECT: NR

June 16, 2007

New this week from NRC Public Document Room

* [2007-06-13] 2004/08/18-Commission Order Denying Extension Request ML042320070 2004-08-18 4 05000029 DPR-003 50-29 RAS 8359 2004-08-18 2007-06-12 2004-08-18 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ) In the Matter of 1 1 ) 1 (Yankee Nuclear Power Station) ) YANKEE ATOMIC ELECTRIC CO. ) DOCKETED USNRC August 18,2004 (4:59PM) OFFICE O

June 9, 2007

New this week from NRC Public Document Room

* [2007-06-09] Yankee Atomic Electric Company, Figures from Final Groundwater Condition Report for the Yankee Nuclear Power Station ML071510141 2007-01-13 43 05000029 DPR-003 2007-01-13 2007-06-08 ML071510133+ 270,800 271,000 271,200 271,400 271,600 271,800 272,000 272,200 272,400 272,600 272,800 273,000 273,200 273,400 273,600 273,800 274,000 274,200 274,400 ,-p p O3I L R Ct m ~M, CDo L12 Zone =" 00 o'g 4 C,

* [2007-06-09] Yankee Atomic Electric Company, Figures from Final Groundwater Condition Report for the Yankee Nuclear Power Station ML071510139 2007-02-08 39 05000029 DPR-003 2007-02-08 2007-06-08 ML071510133+ Figure 5-1 Tritium in Downgradient Monitoring Wells 2004-2006 CL E. 16,000 14,000 12,000 10,000 8,000 6,000 4,000 2,000 0 A-0 Aug-04 Nov-04 Feb-05 May-05 Sep-05 Dec-05 Mar-06 Jul-06 Oct-06 Sample date Jan

* [2007-06-09] Yankee Atomic Electric Company, Final Groundwater Condition Report for the Yankee Nuclear Power Station ML071510137 2007-02-15 131 05000029 DPR-003 2007-02-15 2007-06-08 ML071510133+ Final Groundwater Condition Report Yankee Nuclear Power Station Rowe, Massachusetts February 15, 2007 Table of Contents Final Groundwater Condition Report List of Tables...................................

* [2007-06-09] Yankee Atomic Electric Company, Submittal of Final Groundwater Condition Report for the Yankee Nuclear Power Station ML071510136 2007-02-15 3 05000029 DPR-003 BYR 2007-016 2007-02-15 2007-06-08 ML071510133+ YANKEE ATOMIC ELECTRIC COMPANY YC-V.ANKEE) 49 Yankee Road, Rowe, Massachusetts 01367 February 15, 2007 BYR 2007-016 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Attention: Document Control Desk Washing

* [2007-06-08] Yankee Nuclear Power Station, Site Ground Water Collection for YNPS Decommissioning Document No. DESD-TD-YR-02-001 ML071500500 2003-02-04 170 05000029 DESD-TD-YR-02-001, Rev 1 2003-02-04 2007-06-07 A TECHNICAL DOCUMENT COVER SHEET Form DPR-3.4A FRAMATOME ANP Page 1 of 1 FRAMATOMEANPD &S QA Record Type: N/A Revision 3 DOCUMENT NO.: DESD-TD-YR-02-001 REV.: 1 Page: 1 of 26 DOCUMENT TITLE: Site Grou

* [2007-06-06] ORISE Report for Analyses of Ten Water Samples From Yankee Rowe ML071450240 2007-02-14 7 05000029 RFTA-06-001 TAC L52675 2007-02-14 2007-06-05 - * :J IP 0'.Bo-11 GI-I S HE OAK RIDGE INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE AND EDUCATION February 14, 2007 Mr. John H-lickman U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 11545 Rockville Pike Mailstop: T-7E18 Rockville, MD 208

May 19, 2007

New this week from NRC Public Document Room

* [2007-05-15] Wayne Norton Ltr re: Acceptance of Connecticut Yankee Phase III FSSRS. ML070430141 2007-02-13 5 2007-02-13 2007-05-14

April 28, 2007

New this week from NRC Public Document Room

* [2007-04-28] Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company, Termination Request dtd 4/9/2007. ML071030367 2007-04-09 6 03003828 05000213 06-11682-02 140375 CY-07-061 2007-04-09 2007-04-27 ML071030364+ CONNECTICUT YANKEE ATOMIC POWER COMPANY RECEIVED !yC:rQ/q 1 HADDAM NECK PLANT I U r: tj&LOW ROAD EAST HAMPTON, CT 06424-3099 lyj fCj2 i I , ,4mG April 9, 2007 Docket No. 030-

* [2007-04-28] 06-11682-02 140375 Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company (Term). ML071030364 2007-04-27 ML071030367+ML071170248+ML071170282+ FNWEBNAVIGATE=1.0 SYSTEMTYPE=MEZZANINE DOCUMENTID=071030364 STARTPAGE=1 LIBRARYNAME=ml_adams^hqntad01

* [2007-04-28] Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company, License Termination Amendment 17, Control No. 140375. ML071170282 2007-04-20 3 03003828 06-11685-02 140375 2007-04-20 2007-04-27 ML071030364+ UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION I 475 ALLENDALE ROAD KING OF PRUSSIA, PENNSYLVANIA 19406-1415 April 20, 2007 Docket No. 03003828 License No. 06-11682-02 Control No. 140375 Ge

April 21, 2007

New this week from NRC Public Document Room

* [2007-04-20] IR 05000213-06-003, on 10/01/2006 - 03/30/2007, Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company, East Hampton, Connecticut Site. ML071010460 2007-04-11 12 05000213 DPR-061 IR-06-003 2007-04-11 2007-04-19 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION I 475 ALLENDALE ROAD KING OF PRUSSIA, PENNSYLVANIA 19406-1415 April 11, 2007 Docket No. 05000213 License No. DPR-61 Mr. Wayne A. Norton President and Chief

* [2007-04-19] Haddam Neck Plant Update of License Termination Plan, Rev. 4. ML063310075 2006-11-16 341 05000213 DPR-061 CY-06-144 2006-11-16 2007-04-18 CONNECTICUT YANKEE ATOMIC POWER COMPANY HADDAM NECK PLANT 362 INJUN HOLLOW ROAD * EAST HAMPTON, CT 06424-3099 NOV 16 2006 Docket No. 50-213 CY-06-144 Re: 10CFR50.71(e) U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Att

* [2007-04-19] Haddam Neck, Update of License Termination Plan. ML070650478 2007-02-22 106 05000213 CY-07-031 2007-02-22 2007-04-18 CONNECTICT Y;',,IKEE ATOMIC POWER COMPANY HADDAM NECK PLANT 362 INJUN HOLLOW ROAD * EAST HAMPTON, CT 06424-3099 FEB 2 2 2007 Docket No. 50-213 CY-07-031 Re: 10CFR50.71(e) U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Attentio

Recent NRC inspections

* (released May 11) Connecticut Yankee report 50-213-2004-1

* Conn Yankee decommissioning report 50-213-2003-3

* Conn Yankee decommissioning report 50-213-2003-1

* Connecticut Yankee report 50-213-2002-4

January 20, 2006

* Conn Yankee - 3 cups-worth of oil spilled by excavator

August 6, 2005

* NRC cites Connecticut Yankee nuclear plant for 3 violations
AP/New York Newsday

NRC cited Connecticut Yankee on Friday for three violations, including a breach of a high-radiation barrier, discovered during an inspection from Jan. 1 to March 15. But the agency did not fine Connecticut Yankee, which is being decommissioned.

* NRC cites Connecticut Yankee nuclear plant for 3 violations
Stamford Advocate (CT)

Kelley Smith, a spokeswoman for the power plant, said actions have been taken to make sure the problems are not repeated.

The NRC said a contractor foreman with "careless disregard" told workers last summer to remove a stop valve from the containment building foyer and place it into a container for shipment off-site without health physics personnel present. Investigators said a miscommunication led the foreman to believe he had the authority to remove the valve. The incident, which occurred on July 8, 2004, was classified as a lower-level violation because the safety significance was low. The NRC said workers were not exposed to increased radiation. The agency added that Connecticut Yankee identified the violation itself and took corrective actions.

The NRC also said the plant failed to install and secure closure devices on a transfer cask for radioactive materials in February, violating U.S. Department of Transportation rules. Connecticut Yankee shipped the cask to a Tennessee burial site "without properly installing and securing the primary and secondary lids and ensuring the gaskets were free of defects on the cask," the NRC concluded.

The third violation was cited for the plant's failure to stop work and make required notifications when an abnormal condition occurred during movement of plant waste, the NRC said.

October 22, 2004

Released today - Conn Yankee documents of interest

* ML042820498 - Oct 14, 2004 NRC Federal Register notice granting Conn Yankee's request for exemption from requirement to investigate and report to NRC in the event that radwaste shipment isn't acknowledged by receiver within 20 days. Conn Yankee requested and will be allowed a 35-day period instead. The change is expected to eliminate need for some 400 reports over the next three years, as the rail trip for decommissioning dirt and debris to Envirocare typically takes 21-25 days to even arrive. [contact: Daniel M. Gillen, NRC/NMSS, Deputy Director - Division of Waste Management and Environmental Protection]. 4 pp.

* ML042730167 - Oct 14, 2004 letter from NRC to Conn Yankee re: the Federal Register notice described above [contact: Theodore B. Smith, NRC/NMSS, Project Manager - Reactor Decommissioning Section, Decommissioning Directorate, Division of Waste Management and Environmental Protection]. 4 pp.

Note: a PDF copy of any of the above documents is available from NRC at: http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams/web-based.html, by entering the appropriate accession number (begins with ML) in the search box

September 3, 2004

* CY - diesel fuel oil spill contained during decommissioning

March 30, 2004

* Conn Yankee - ruptured hydraulic hose spilled ~2 gal oil onto soil

January 2, 2004

Barge to Barnwell - low river level causes problems for Conn Yankee reactor vessel shipment

Conn Yankee's reactor vessel shipment to Barnwell has had some, uh, challenges. The barge was, well, stranded on the Savannah River. Low river level made the planned method of transfer from barge to highway problemmatic. Earlier this week, an attempt to move the 820-ton reactor vessel failed. The company has a rush order for new wheels and axles for the heavy duty tractor trailer, to replace the ones broken in the attempt. The Army Corps of Engineers was called on to pump water from Thurmond Lake Dam to lift the barge-bound steel vessel high enough to be lifted by crane onto land. This will be the fifth decommissioned vessel to be buried at the state-owned site managed by Chem Nuclear. The burial site fee: about $5 million.

[Ref: Jim Nesbitt (Chronicle's SC bureau chief), "Stranded barge: Corps to stage reactor rescue", The Augusta Chronicle (Georgia), January 2, 2004, p. B2]

January 1, 2004

CY reactor vessel shipment problems: axles broke; Corps lowered river level

The reactor was raised by hydraulic lifts Tuesday and placed on a trailer but couldn't be taken off the barge because two of the double-wide trailer's 16 axles broke, said Kelley Smith, a spokeswoman for Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Co. Even if the trailer's axles had remained intact, the reactor couldn't have been moved. The Army Corps of Engineers lowered the Savannah River on Wednesday, making it unsafe to unload the reactor, Ms. Smith said. She said the back end of the barge might have touched the river's bottom. "They do things very conservatively," Ms. Smith said of the engineering crew moving the reactor. "It really just has to do with making sure that equipment is in the right working condition, and not rushing," said Henry Porter, the assistant director of waste management for the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control. "Delays in moving (reactors) are not unusual."

[Ref: Josh Gelinas (Chronicle SC bureau), "Vessel awaits its last route", The Augusta Chronicle (Georgia),ÊJanuary 1, 2004, p. B2]

December 30, 2003

Reactor vessel transport over roads - 1 mph, reinforced bridges, wide turn intersection

The trailer carrying the ... 820-ton ... reactor [about 22 miles at a speed of about 1 mph] has 16 axles and 256 tires, according to the South Carolina Department of Transportation. As the load snakes across the [Savannah River] site, officials will erect reinforced bridges next to existing ones at two locations to allow passage, said Kelley Smith, a spokeswoman for Connecticut Yankee. Once outside SRS's gates, the reactor will travel another 3/4-mile to Chem Nuclear along South Carolina Highway 64, accompanied by an SCDOT engineer and a safety official from the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control. The reactor will travel half of the home stretch atop the state highway before turning onto Chem Nuclear property and a dirt road. To make the turn, officials have to fill in a culvert with rocks and cover it with a steel plate, an SCDOT official said.

[Ref: Josh Gelinas (Chronicle SC bureau), "Reactor faces slow trip to Chem Nuclear", The Augusta Chronicle (Georgia),ÊDecember 30, 2003, p. B2 (registration required)]

December 11, 2003

Conn Yankee decommissioning cost estimate raised again

In 2000, Conn Yankee projected that decommissioning the plant would cost $410-million. In November 2002, the estimate was increased by $140-million, due to increased security and insurance costs related to the 9-11 attack. Now, the company is preparing to raise the estimate to $820-million. A delay in removing the reactor vessel back in 2000 also delayed other work. The contractor, Bechtel, lost its contract over the problems. Legal claims as to whether CY or Bechtel are liable for the delays and extra costs are being heard in Middlesex County Superior Court.

[Ref: Maureen Conley (Platts-Washington), "Decommissioning costs expected to increase at Connecticut Yankee", Nucleonics Week,ÊDecember 11, 2003,Êp. 3]

July 3, 2003

Conn Yankee ISFSI wins big in Federal Court of Appeals

In a ruling released yesterday by federal appeals court, Connecticut Yankee's dry cask storage plan was upheld, and a lower court's $170,000-plus contempt fine assessed to the intervenor's lawyer was also upheld. The plant says "We're pleased..." The fined attorney stressed that the ruling, if upheld by Supreme Court, means that folks in small towns must give up such rights as enforcing their zoning laws and free speech too when a nuclear facility is involved. Nuclear.com would gladly tell you dear readers how it views the balancing performed by the courts, but how can one not be chilled from speaking freely when fines such as this are imposed. Nuclear.com will note that the notion reportedly upheld by the court, that an intervenor must live adjacent to the site to have standing, seems to be quite counterintuitive when there's radiation involved. That using these casks is, in nuclear.com's best judgement, safer than just about any activity a business might perform, doesn't make us any less sympathetic to letting folks have full and fair hearing, including in court.

[Source: Matthew Higbee (Middletown Press staff), "CY Wins Storage Appeal", The Middletown Press, July 3, 2003]

April 24, 2003