ML081540469

Statement of Decommissioning Trust Funds

ML081540469
Person / Time
Site:	Catawba
Issue date:	05/29/2008
From:	Rosalyn Jones Duke Energy Carolinas
To:	Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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Download: ML081540469 (7)

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RONALD A. JONES P6Energy Duke SVP, Nuclear Operations Nuclear Generation Duke Energy Corporation May 29, 2008 526 South Church St.

Charlotte, NC 28202 Mailing Address:

U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission EC07H / PO Box 1006 Attn: Document Control Desk Charlotte, NC 28201-1006 Washington, DC 20555-0001 704 382 8149 704 382 6056 fax

Subject:

Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC (Duke) rajones@duke-energy.corn Catawba Nuclear Station, Unit 1, Docket No. 50-413 Statement of Decommissioning Trust Funds

Reference:

Letter, James R. Morris (Duke) to U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Application for Order Approving Transfer of Control of License and for Conforming License Amendment Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.80 and 10 CFR 50.90, December 20, 2007 In the reference above, Duke provided the NRC staff with information concerning existing decommissioning funding assurance for Duke's share of Catawba Nuclear Station. The contractual agreements for joint ownership of Catawba include a capacity exchange between the two units which entitles each of the co-owners to a specific portion of the electric power and energy produced by the station as a whole. In recognition of this exchange arrangement, each co-owner has agreed, in the Catawba Restated Operating and Fuel Agreement, to bear a corresponding portion of the cost of decommissioning Catawba Nuclear Station. Therefore, all owners, regardless of which unit of Catawba they have an ownership interest in, have a responsibility to provide decommissioning funding for both Catawba units proportional to their ownership interest.

The NRC staff has requested Duke provide a statement of the decommissioning funds for Catawba Unit 1 solely. In order to correctly identify funds that will be redistributed in the transfer of control of license, Unit 2 information must also be provided. Therefore, 2007 decommissioning fund totals for Catawba Unit 1 and Unit 2 are found in the attachments. Validation of this information is also provided.

This correspondence contains no regulatory commitments. If you have any questions about this matter, please contact Kathryn B. Nolan at (704) 382-8869.

Attachments 41001 www. duke-energy. corn

U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission May 29, 2008 Page 2 xc:

L. A. Reyes, Region II Administrator U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center, 23 T85 61 Forsyth St., SW Atlanta, GA 30303-8931 M. A. Dusaniwskyj U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Financial, Policy and Rulemaking 11555 Rockville Pike Mail Stop 0-12 D3 Rockville, MD 20852-2738 J. F. Stang, Jr., Senior Project Manager U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 11555 Rockville Pike Mail Stop,0-8 G9A Rockville, MD 20852-2738, A. T. Sabisch NRC Senior Resident Inspector Catawba Nuclear Station S. E. Jenkins, Section Manager Division of Waste Management South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control 2600 Bull St.

Columbia, SC 29201 B. 0. Hall, Section Chief Division of Environmental Health, Radiation Protection Section North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources 1645 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699

DECOMMISSIONING FUNDS - END OF YEAR 12/31/07 Total Funds Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC Catawba Unit 1 $32,892,647.73 Catawba Unit 2 $36,332,544.24 Ronald A. Jones affirms that he is the person who subscribed his name to the foregoing statement, and-ht all the matters and facts set forth herein are true and correct to the best of his l*owl 'dcie.

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DECOMMISSIONING FUNDS - END OF YEAR 12/31/07 Total Funds Piedmont Municipal Power Agency Catawba Unit 1 23,686,353.06 Catawba Unit 2 24,755,606.76 Steven Ruark affirms that he is the person who subscribed his name to the foregoing statement, and that all the matters and facts set forth herein are true and correct to the best of his knowledge.

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DECOMMISSIONING FUNDS - END OF YEAR 12/31/07 Total Funds North Carolina Electric Membership Corporation Catawba Unit 1 $104,160,027 Catawba Unit 2 For Combined Units 1 & 2 Robert B. Schwentker affirms that he is the person who subscribed his name to the foregoing statement, and that all the matters and facts set forth herein are true and correct to the best of his knowledge.

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Robert B. Schwentker Senior Vice President & General Counsel Subscribed and sworn to me:

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DECOMMISSIONING FUNDS - END OF YEAR 12/31/07 Total Funds North Carolina Municipal Power Agency 1

$101,940,723 Catawba Unit 1 Catawba Unit 2 $97,784,108 F. Timothy Tunis affirms that he/she is the person who subscribed his/her name to the foregoing statement, and that all the matters and facts set forth herein are true and correct to the best of his knowledge.

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DECOMMISSIONING FUNDS - END OF YEAR 12/31/07 Total Funds Saluda River Electric Cooperative, Inc.

Book Value Market Value Catawba Unit 1 $30,224,781.05 $30,207.51 1.68

$29,775,561.87 $29,758,292.64 Catawba Unit 2 Charles L Compton affirms that he/she is the person who subscribed his/her name to the foregoing statement, and that all the matters and facts set forth herein are true and correct to the best of his knowledge.

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