L-02-008, Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation Supplemental General & Financial Information
| ML021680332 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Diablo Canyon  |
| Issue date: | 06/07/2002 |
| From: | Womack L Pacific Gas & Electric Co |
| To: | Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards |
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| +sispmjr200505, -RFPFR, DIL-02-008 | |
| Download: ML021680332 (6) | |
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WEPacific Gas and Electric Company Lawrence F. Womack Diablo Canyon Power Plant Vice President PO. Box 56 Nuclear Services Avila Beach, CA 93424 805.545.4600 June 7, 2002 Fax: B05.545.4234 PG&E Letter DIL-02-008 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555-0001 Docket No. 72-26 Diablo Canyon Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation Supplemental General and Financial Information - 10 CFR 72.22
Dear Commissioners and Staff:
By letter dated December 21, 2001, Pacific Gas and Electric Company submitted an application to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission requesting a site-specific license for an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI) at the Diablo Canyon Power Plant. The application included a Safety Analysis Report, Environmental Report, and other required documents in accordance with 10 CFR 72.
Enclosure I to this letter provides supplemental general and financial information regarding 10 CFR 72.22, as requested by Messrs. R. Hall and M. Dusaniwskyj of the NRC staff, during a May 21, 2002, telephone conference call in support of the December 21, 2001, Diablo Canyon ISFSI license application.
If you have any questions about this matter, please contact Terry Grebel at (806) 595-6382.
Sincerely, Lawrence F. Womack gwh Enclosure cc:
Diablo Distribution Ellis W. Merschoff David L. Proulx Girija S. Shukla cclenc:
James R. Hall David A. Repka A member of the STARS (Strategic Teaming and Resource Sharing) Attiance Catlaway a Comanche Peak
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- Wotf Creek PG&E Letter DIL-02-008 Sheet 1 of 5 72.22 Contents of Application: General and Financial Information 10 CFR 72.22 Section PG&E Response References Each application must state:
(a) Full name of applicant; Pacific Gas and Electric Company1 Application Section 1.2 (b) Address of applicant; Diablo Canyon Application Sections 1.2 PO Box 56 andl.3 Avila Beach, CA 93424 Executive Offices 77 Beale Street PO Box 770000 San Francisco, CA 94177 (c) Description of business or Pacific Gas and Electric Company, including its Application Section 1.3 occupation of applicant; subsidiaries, is a wholly owned subsidiary of PG&E Corporation. PG&E Corporation is a holding company based in San Francisco, California, which provides energy services throughout North America.
(d) If applicant is:
(1) An individual: Citizenship and age; Not applicable (2) A partnership: Name, citizenship, Not applicable and address of each partner and the principal location at which the partnership does business; (3) A corporation or an unincorporated association:
On November 30, 2001, PG&E filed an application in accordance with 10 CFR 50.80 requesting NRC approval of the transfer of the 10 CFR 50 operating licenses for the Diablo Canyon Power Plant.
The license transfer application relates to the implementation of a Plan of Reorganization for PG&E currently pending before the United States Bankruptcy Court. If the Plan is confirmed, and if the license transfer is approved by the NRC, and if the Plan is implemented, the name of the applicant in the 10 CFR 72 license application will need to be amended. It is expected that this would occur prior to issuance of the 10 CFR 72 license.
PG&E Letter DIL-02-008 Sheet 2 of 5 72.22 Contents of Application: General and Financial Information 10 CFR 72.22 Section PG&E Response References (i) The State in which it is incorporated PG&E is a corporation organized and existing under the Application Section 1.4 or organized and the principal laws of the State of California and its principal office is location at which it does business; located in San Francisco, California.
and (ii) The names, addresses, and A list of officers is provided in the PG&E Corporation 2000 Application Section 1.4 citizenship of its directors and Annual Report, which is included as Attachment A to the and Attachment A pages principal officers; Application. All directors and principal officers are United 93-96.
States citizens.
(4) Acting as an agent or Gregory M. Rueger representative of another person in Senior Vice President, Generation and filing the application. The Chief Nuclear Officer identification of the principal and the 77 Beale Street, MC B32 information required under this San Francisco, CA 94105 paragraph with respect to such principal.
(5) The Department of Energy:
Not applicable (i) The identification of the DOE Not applicable organization responsible for the construction and operation of the ISFSI or MRS, including a description of any delegations of authority and assignments of responsibilities.
Enclosure I PG&E Letter DIL-02-008 Sheet 3 of 5 72.22 Contents of Application: General and Financial Information 2 As noted above, a Plan of Reorganization for PG&E is pending. As discussed in the 10 CFR 72 license application (Section 1.5, pages 4-6), the basis for financial qualifications will change if the Plan is implemented and the 10 CFR 72 applicant is amended.
Note, however, financial qualifications issues germane to the Plan are being addressed in the DCPP license transfer review.
10 CFR 72.22 Section PG&E Response References (ii) For each application for a license Not applicable for an MRS, the provisions of the public law authorizing the construction and operation of the MRS.
(e) Except for DOE, information sufficient PG&E will have the financial qualifications to construct and Application Sections 1.3 to demonstrate to the Commission the operate the Diablo Canyon ISFSI. PG&E is an electric and 1.5.
financial qualifications of the applicant utility presently subject to rates established by the to carry out, in accordance with the California Public Utilities Commission. The funds regulations in this chapter, the activities necessary to cover the construction and operating costs for which the license is sought. The will be derived from electric rates and from electric information must state the place at operating revenues. The costs for decommissioning will which the activity is to be performed, be derived from the DCPP Decommissioning Fund.2 the general plan for carrying out the activity, and the period of time for which the license is requested. The information must show that the applicant either possesses the necessary funds, or that the applicant has reasonable assurance of obtaining the necessary; funds or that by a combination of the two, the applicant will have the necessary funds available to cover the following:
PG&E Letter DIL-02-008 Sheet 4 of 5 72.22 Contents of Application: General and Financial Information 10 CFR 72.22 Section PG&E Response References (1) Estimated construction costs; Costs for the Diablo Canyon ISFSI were provided for Application Section 1.5 discrete time periods. The first period covers the present through the end of the DCPP Units 1 and 2 operating licenses. The second period is the DCPP decommissioning period. The third period is post-DCPP decommissioning until the fuel is shipped offsite to a federal repository. The estimated total costs for the first period, from now through 2025, is estimated to be a total of $132 million, of which $63 million are for construction and support equipment and $69 million are operating costs, including the procurement of storage casks and canisters. The costs assume 50 storage casks are loaded to maintain capacity in the spent fuel pool for full offload capability until the end of the DCPP license terms. The costs to completely offload the spent fuel pools, an additional 88 storage casks, and to operate the ISFSI in the second period from 2026 to 2040, are estimated to be an additional $107 million. Additional operating costs, beyond 2040, are estimated to be $1.5 million per year.
All costs are in year 2001 dollars.
(2) Estimated operating costs over the See above.
planned life of the ISFSI; and PG&E Letter DIL-02-008 Sheet 5 of 5 72.22 Contents of Application: General and Financial Information 10 CFR 72.22 Section PG&E Response References (3) Estimated decommissioning costs, and The detailed decommissioning cost estimate was Application Section 1.5; the necessary financial arrangements submitted to the NRC in the March 1999 Decommissioning Application Section 10.0; to provide reasonable assurance Funding Report (PG&E Letter DCL-99-038) and Application Attachment F, before licensing, that decommissioning referenced in the March 2001 Funding Report (PG&E Chapter 4.
will be carried out after the removal of Letter DCL-01-026) required by 10 CFR 50.75(f)(1). As PG&E Letter DCL-99-038 spent fuel, high-level radioactive waste, shown therein and as discussed in the Application, dated March 31, 1999; and/or reactor-related GTCC waste Attachment F, "Preliminary Decommissioning Plan" PG&E Letter DCL-01-026 from storage.
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Chapter 4, it is estimated that decommissioning for the dated March 30, 2001 Diablo Canyon ISFSI will cost about $12.5 million. It should be noted that the decommissioning cost of $13.9 million referenced in Application Section 1.5 includes additional financial contingencies as discussed in the referenced PG&E letters. All estimates are escalated to 2001 dollars for the DECON alternative. The cost of decommissioning the Diablo Canyon ISFSI is expected to be a small fraction of the total decommissioning costs of the Diablo Canyon Power Plant. PG&E has established an external sinking trust fund for decommissioning DCPP Units 1 and 2. PG&E is a public utility that recovers anticipated decommissioning costs through rates established by the California Public Utilities Commission.
As discussed in the Preliminary Decommissioning Funding Report to the NRC, the DCPP decommissioning trust contains monies for decommissioning the Diablo Canyon ISFSI based on the detailed decommissioning cost estimate for the site.