ML091550701
| ML091550701 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Point Beach  |
| Issue date: | 06/18/2009 |
| From: | Justin Poole Plant Licensing Branch III |
| To: | Meyer L Florida Power & Light Energy Point Beach |
| Poole Justin/DORL/LPL3-1/ 301-415-2048 | |
| References | |
| TAC ME0557 | |
| Download: ML091550701 (3) | |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 June 18, 2009 Mr. Larry Meyer Site Vice President FPL Energy Point Beach, LLC 6610 Nuclear Road Two Rivers, WI 54241
SUBJECT:
FPL ENERGY POINT BEACH, LLC'S STATUS OF DECOMMISSIONING FUNDING ASSURANCE FOR POINT BEACH NUCLEAR PLANT, UNIT 2 (TAC NO. ME0557)
Dear Mr. Meyer:
On March 27, 2009, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) received FPL Energy Point Beach, LLC's (FPLE Point Beach) biennial decommissioning funding report (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Accession No. ML090900306) for Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Unit 2.
Based on our internal review, the NRC staff believes that there is a decommissioning funding assurance shortfall for Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Unit 2. 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 FPLE Point Beach 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 FPLE Point Beach 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 and/or 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 (OMB), control number 3150-0011, which expires June 30, 2010.
L. Meyer
- 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.
Justin C. Poole, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch 111-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-301 cc: Distribution via ListServ
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