ML091540286

Status of Decommissioning Funding Assurance for Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Unit No. 1

ML091540286
Person / Time
Site:	Calvert Cliffs
Issue date:	06/18/2009
From:	Pickett D Plant Licensing Branch 1
To:	Spina J Calvert Cliffs
pickett , NRR/DORL, 415-1364
References
TAC ME0499
Download: ML091540286 (3)

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• • • • i' Mr. James A. Spina, Vice President Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Inc.

Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant 1650 Calvert Cliffs Parkway Lusby, MD 20657-4702

SUBJECT:

CALVERT CLIFFS NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, INC.'S STATUS OF DECOMMISSIONING FUNDING ASSURANCE FOR CALVERT CLIFFS NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, UNIT NO.1 (TAC NO. ME0499)

Dear Mr. Spina:

On March 26, 2009, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) received Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant Inc.'s (CCNPP) biennial decommissioning funding report (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Accession Nos. ML090850399 and ML090850400) for Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Unit NO.1 (CCNPP Unit 1).

Based on our internal review, the NRC staff believes that there is a decommissioning funding assurance shortfall for CCNPP Unit 1. Although a shortfall in decommissioning funding assurance does not affect safe operations, adequate decommissioning funding assurance is important to ensure a plant will eventually be decommissioned safely.

The NRC staff will conduct a telephone conference with CCNPP within ten working days of the date of this letter to discuss the staff's calculations and methodology. The intent of the call will be to establish a mutual understanding and framework such that you will be able to develop a plan to resolve any decommissioning funding assurance shortfall.

If CCNPP is determined to have a shortfall, it will need to submit a plan by a date to be established at the close of the telephone conference. The plan would describe how and when the licensee intends to make adjustments to its trust fund balances andlor make other adjustments or changes with respect to financial assurance mechanisms, such that it will meet the minimum amount of financial assurance consistent with NRC's regulations.

Paperwork Reduction Act Statement This Letter does not contain any new or amended information collection requirements subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). Existing collection requirements under 10 CFR Part 50 were approved by the Office of Management and Budget, control number 3150-0011, which expires (06/30/2010).

J. Spina - 2 Public Protection Notification The NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, an information collection unless the requesting document displays a currently valid OMB control number.

Sincerely, Douglas V. Pickett, Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch 1-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-317 Distribution via Listserv

J. Spina - 2 Public Protection Notification The NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, an information collection unless the requesting document displays a currently valid OMB control number.

Sincerely, IRA!

Douglas V. Pickett, Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch 1-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-317 Distribution via Listserv Distribution:

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