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ABB Prospects, Inc. (Formerly C.E. Windsor)

1.0 Site Identification

2.0 Site Status Summary

The ABB , Inc. (ABB), formerly Combustion Engineering-Windsor, site consists of soils and building and equipment surfaces contaminated with uranium and by-product material from operations that occurred from the late 1950s until 2001. A site-wide decommissioning plan (DP), which included all site areas except for those being remediated under the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP) by the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), was received by NRC on April 7, 2003. A revised DP, which included dose modeling information for eventual release of the entire site, was received on October 15, 2003. The NRC amended License No. 06-00217-06 on June 1, 2004, to allow decommissioning activities to proceed as stipulated in the revised DP. ABB submitted a site-wide final status survey plan (FSSP) on June 30, 2004, that will be used to demonstrate that the activities meet the decommissioning objectives. ABB completed remediation of the site areas known as Building Complexes 2, 5/6A, and 17 in July 2005. These activities included removal of building equipment, demolition of buildings, removal of building slabs, removal of underground piping, and removal of soil and debris. Equipment and material were released from the site using Regulatory Guide 1.86 criteria as permitted by the NRC license. Surface contaminated waste materials and volumetrically contaminated soil and debris were packaged and shipped off site to a licensed disposal facility. The final status survey reports (FSSRs) for the land area footprints of the former Building 2, 5/6A, and 17 Complexes were submitted to the NRC on October 31, 2005, February 7, 2006, and May 2, 2006, respectively. These surveys were found acceptable by the NRC on April 13, 2007. ABB submitted the remaining Windsor Site FSSRs, excluding the FUSRAP areas to be remediated by the USACE, to the NRC on September 13, 2007. On August 2, 2007, USACE submitted a proposal to the NRC which supported allowing the ABB to provide cleanup and decommissioning under the oversight of the NRC for the FUSRAP areas. The bases for this recommendation was that the site areas in question were areas where FUSRAP and NRC licensed materials were comingled, ABB agreed to remediate the FUSRAP areas, and use of a single point of oversight would best facilitate an efficient and effective decommissioning of the site. The NRC concurred with this recommendation on August 15, 2007. Under this agreement, the NRC will oversee FUSRAP area decommissioning activities conducted by ABB to meet the requirements of 10 CFR 20 Subpart E and the site NRC license will be terminated after the USACE is satisfied that the CERCLA requirements have met. NRC License No. 06-00217-06 was amended on December 11, 2007, to include possession of the FUSRAP materials to be remediated. On September 14, 2007, a public meeting to discuss ABB's plans regarding upcoming decommissioning activities for the Windsor site considering the changing NRC and USACE roles was conducted at the NRC Region I King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, office. A second public meeting to inform the public regarding this change was held on December 12, 2007 in Windsor, Connecticut. No concerns from external stakeholders were identified. On December 27, 2007, ABB submitted a request for unrestricted release of approximately 300 acres of the 600 acre Windsor site. Currently the NRC is reviewing the FSSRs associated with potentially impacted areas of this request and arrangements have been made to have confirmatory surveys conducted at the Windsor site by ORISE in March 2008. Pending the successful completion of these activities and completion of an environmental assessment for this requested action, this non-impacted/remediated area will be removed from NRC License No. 06-00217-06. On January 29, 2008, ABB submitted a revised DP which details the proposed decommissioning activities for the Windsor site FUSRAP areas. The DP is currently under review by the NRC staff. Following approval of the DP, ABB will be authorized to complete the remaining decommissioning activities for the site. The decommissioning cost estimate for these activities has not yet been submitted to the NRC.

The ABB,Inc., Windsor, Connecticut site was used to manufacture commercial and Navy nuclear fuels, and at various times, was used to conduct and support research and development. The site's activities started in 1955 with an Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) contract to begin research, development, and manufacturing of nuclear fuel for the United States Navy. These activities included the construction, testing, and operation of the SIC facility, a U.S. Naval test reactor.

3.0 Major Technical or Regulatory Issues

Effective August 15, 2007, USACE suspended its FUSRAP activities for the ABB site until ABB has completed its FUSRAP area decommissioning under NRC jurisdiction. The site participates in the EPA Voluntary corrective Action Program and last met with U.S. EPA on March 11, 2005.

4.0 Estimated Date For Closure

12/01/2010

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