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Decommissioning Communications – Letters and Memoranda
On this page:
- NRC/EPA MOU on Consultation and Finality for Decommissioning Sites
- Notification Letters from U.S. NRC to U.S. EPA under the MOU
- U.S. EPA Responses on Notification Letters to U.S. NRC
- U.S. NRC Letters to U.S. EPA on EPA Notification Responses
- U.S. NRC Letters to U.S. EPA on License Termination of MOU Sites
- Consultation Letters from U.S. NRC to U.S. EPA under the MOU
- U.S. EPA Responses on Consultation Letters to U.S. NRC
- U.S. NRC Letters to U.S. EPA on EPA Consultation Responses
- Other Memoranda
NRC/EPA MOU on Consultation and Finality for Decommissioning Sites
- Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) and the NRC on Consultation and Finality on Decommissioning and Decontamination of Contaminated Sites (NRC/EPA MOU)
- Letter from P. Holahan, NRC to B. Lowery EPA re: Request for confirmation that uranium recovery facilities and uranium mill tailings sites decommissioned under 10 CFR 40 Appx A are outside the scope of the 2002 NRC/EPA MOU
- "Letter from B. Lowery, EPA to P. Holahan re: Confirmation that uranium recovery facilities decommissioned under 10 CFR 40 Appx A are outside of the scope of the 2002 NRC/EPA MOU)” dated August 11, 2020
- "2020 Memorandum of Understanding with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) in the regulation of in-situ recovery (ISR) and process of uranium extraction" dated 7/13/2020.
Notification Letters from U.S. NRC to U.S. EPA under the MOU
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| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 03/05/2004 | Letter concerning Saxton Nuclear Experiment Station, PA |
| 03/05/2004 | Letter concerning Kirtland Air Force Base, NM |
| 03/05/2004 | Letter concerning Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company's Haddam Neck Site, CT |
| 10/27/2004 | Letter concerning Kerr-McGee – Cimarron Site, OK |
| 10/27/2004 | Letter concerning Kaiser Aluminum Site, OK |
| 10/27/2004 | Letter concerning Union Carbide Corporation Site, TN |
| 01/17/2008 | Letter concerning Nuclear Fuel Services Site, TN |
| 06/22/2012 | Notification of the Decommissioning of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Plum Brook Reactor Facility |
U.S. EPA Responses on Notification Letters to U.S. NRC
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 06/07/2004 | Letter concerning Saxton Nuclear Experiment Station, PA |
| 06/07/2004 | Letter concerning Kirtland Air Force Base, NM |
| 06/07/2004 | Letter concerning Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company's Haddam Neck Site, CT |
| 12/21/2004 | Letter concerning Kerr-McGee – Cimarron Site, OK |
| 12/21/2004 | Letter concerning Kaiser Aluminum Site, OK |
| 12/21/2004 | Letter concerning Union Carbide Corporation Site, TN |
| 04/15/2008 | Letter concerning Nuclear Fuel Services Site, TN |
U.S. NRC Letters to U.S. EPA on EPA Notification Responses
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 08/03/2004 | Letter concerning the Saxton Nuclear Experiment Station, PA, the Kirtland Air Force Base, NM, and the Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company's Haddam Neck Site, CT |
| 02/23/2005 | Letter concerning the Kerr-McGee – Cimarron Site, OK, the Kaiser Aluminum Site, TN, and the Union Carbide Corporation Site, TN |
| 05/19/2008 | Letter concerning the Nuclear Fuel Services Site, TN |
U.S. NRC Letters to U.S. EPA on License Termination of MOU Sites
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 11/29/2005 | Letter concerning Saxton Nuclear Experiment Station, PA |
| 05/24/2006 | Letter concerning the Kerr McGee – Cushing Site, OK |
Consultation Letters from U.S. NRC to U.S. EPA under the MOU
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 10/18/2005 | Letter concerning Kerr-McGee Cushing, OK |
| 03/10/2006 | Letter concerning Cabot Site, Reading, PA |
| 12/21/2006 | Letter concerning Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corporation Site in Tulsa, OK |
| 03/23/2007 | Letter concerning Batelle Memorial Institute's West Jefferson Ohio Site |
| 08/24/2007 | Letter concerning Rancho Seco Nuclear Generating Station, CA |
| 06/16/2008 | Letter concerning ABB Incorporated Site in Windsor, CT |
| 03/23/2009 | Letter concerning the NWI Breckenridge site in Breckenridge, MI |
| 06/22/2009 | Letter concerning the Mallinckrodt Inc. Site in St. Louis, MO |
| 02/22/2011 | Letter concerning the Hematite Former Fuel Cycle Facility in Festus, Missouri |
| 03/22/2012 | Memorandum of Understanding Consultation on the Decommissioning of the U. S. Department of Agriculture Low Level Radioactive Burial Site, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, Maryland |
| 12/19/2012 | MOU Consultation on the Decommissioning of the Former UNC Naval Product Site in New Haven, CT |
| 05/10/2013 | Letter concerning the Completion of Decommissioning Activities at the ABB, Inc. Site – Windsor, CT |
| 07/07/2014 | Consultation on the Decommissioning of the Humboldt Bay Power Plant, Unit 3, in Eureka, California. |
| 08/24/2016 | Consultation on the Decommissioning of the Zion Nuclear Power Station Units 1 and 2, in Zion, Illinois. |
| 12/17/2017 | Consultation on the Decommissioning of the La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor in Genoa, Wisconsin. |
| 11/17/2021 | Completion of Scheduled Decommissioning Activities at the Humboldt Bay Power Plant, Unit 3 Near Eureka, California (License No. DPR-7) |
| 06/26/2023 | Consultation on the Decommissioning of the Fort Calhoun Station, Unit 1 in Washington County, Nebraska |
| 11/14/2023 | Completion of Decommissioning Activities at the Zion Nuclear Power Station site outside the boundary of the on-site independent spent fuel storage installation (Nuclear Regulatory Commission License NOS. DPR-39 and DPR-48) |
U.S. EPA Responses on Consultation Letters to U.S. NRC
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 12/13/2005 | Letter concerning Kerr-McGee Cushing, OK |
| 05/10/2006 | Letter concerning Cabot Site, Reading, PA |
| 03/21/2007 | Letter concerning Kaiser Aluminum Specialty Products |
| 06/21/2007 | Letter concerning Battelle Memorial Institute |
| 10/18/2007 | Letter concerning Rancho Seco Nuclear Generating Station, CA |
| 09/16/2008 | Letter concerning ABB Incorporated in Windsor, CT |
| 06/12/2009 | Letter concerning NWI in Breckenridge, MI |
| 09/09/2009 | Letter concerning Mallinckrodt Chemical Inc. in St. Louis, MO |
| 05/21/2012 | Response regarding the U. S. Department of Agriculture's Low Level Radioactive Burial Site, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, Maryland |
| 03/27/2013 | Letter concerning the United Nuclear Corporation Naval Products (UNC Naval) Site – New Haven, CT |
| 12/22/2016 | Letter concerning Zion Nuclear Power Station – Zion, IL |
| 03/18/2018 | Letter concerning La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor – Genoa, WI |
| 09/28/2023 | Letter responding to the NRC’s request for a Level 1 consultation for Fort Calhoun Station, Unit 1 in Washington County, Nebraska |
U.S. NRC Letters to U.S. EPA on EPA Consultation Responses
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 05/14/2007 | Letter concerning Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corporation Site in Tulsa, OK |
| 01/23/2008 | Letter concerning Rancho Seco Nuclear Generating Station in Herald, CA |
| 01/23/2008 | Letter concerning Cabot Performance Materials Site in Reading, PA |
| 10/08/2008 | Letter concerning ABB Incorporated in Windsor, CT |
| 07/14/2009 | Response to Recommendations Regarding the Decommissioning of the NWI Breckenridge Site in Breckenridge, Michigan |
| 10/21/2009 | Letter concerning Mallinckrodt Incorporated in St. Louis, MO |
| 06/22/2012 | Response to Recommendations Regarding the Decommissioning of the U. S. Department of Agriculture Low-Level Radioactive Burial Site in Beltsville, Maryland |
| 05/06/2013 | Response to Recommendations Regarding the Decommissioning of the Former UNC Naval Products Site in New Haven, CT |
Other Memoranda
- MOU between the NRC and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for Coordination on Cleanup and Decommissioning of the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP) Sites with NRC-Licensed Facilities (ACE/NRC MOU)
- MOU between NRC and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
- Best Practices for Effective Public Involvement in Restricted-Use Decommissioning of NRC-Licensed Facilities. Under an interagency agreement with the U.S. Institute for Environment Conflict Resolution this report was produced on effective public involvement in facility decommissioning.
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