ML091870066

Summary of July 1, 2009, Conference Call with Exelon Generation Company, LLC, on Decommission Funding Assurance

ML091870066
Person / Time
Site:	Byron, Braidwood, Clinton, LaSalle
Issue date:	07/07/2009
From:	Gratton C Plant Licensing Branch III
To:	Pardee C Exelon Nuclear
Gratton C, NRR/DORL/LPL3-2, 415-1055
References
TAC ME0489, TAC ME0490, TAC ME0496, TAC ME0497, TAC ME0503, TAC ME0531, TAC ME0532
Download: ML091870066 (4)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555*0001 July 7, 2009 Mr. Charles G. Pardee President and Chief Nuclear Officer Exelon Nuclear 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555

SUBJECT:

BRAIDWOOD STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2; BYRON STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2; CLINTON POWER STATION, UNIT 1; LASALLE COUNTY STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 -

SUMMARY

OF JULY 1,2009, CONFERENCE CALL WITH EXELON GENERATION COMPANY, LLC, ON DECOMMISSION FUNDING ASSURANCE (TAC NOS. ME0489, ME0490, ME0496, ME0497, ME0503, ME0531, AND ME0532)

On July 1, 2009, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff held a conference call with representatives of Exelon Generation Company, LLC (the licensee). The purpose of the call was to clarify the amount of the decommissioning funding assurance shortfall calculated by the NRC staff for the subject units, to clarify the methodology used by the NRC staff to determine decommissioning funding assurance levels, and to establish a schedule for the submittal of a plan to address the shortfall. A list of attendees is provided as an Enclosure.

For each of the subject units, the NRC staff described its calculation of the minimum amount of financial assurance required by Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR),

Sections 50.75(c)(1) and (2). The NRC staff identified the amount credited to the licensee's decommissioning funding assurance total due to contributions, if any, and earnings on its decommissioning trust fund balance. The difference between the minimum required amount and the total amount of decommissioning funding assurance provided, including earnings and contributions, as of December 31, 2008, was identified as a potential shortfall if no adjustments are made by the licensee.

For each unit, the licensee agreed that the amounts described by the NRC staff reflect the licensee's decommissioning funding assurance status as of December 31,2008.

The licensee agreed to submit its plan on or before July 31, 2009, in accordance with the provisions of 10 CFR 50.4. The licensee agreed that its plan will contain sufficient detailed numerical information to permit the staff to evaluate its plan. The submittal will include the final agreed-upon values for the required minimum amount, projected total amount of decommissioning funding assurance, and the potential shortfall as of December 31,2008. The NRC staff agreed that (1) the plan could use the actual date of license expiration as the end date for the earnings credit allowed during operation, and (2) realized earnings to date on trust fund balances could be credited to the total amount of decommissioning funding assurance proposed in the plan.

C. Pardee -2 Please direct any inquiries to me at 301-415-1055, or Christopher.Gratton@nrc.gov.

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Christopher Gratton, Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch 111-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. STN 50-456, STN 50-457, STN 50-454, STN 50-455, 50-461,50-373, and 50-374

Enclosure:

List of Attendees cc w/encl: Distribution via Listserv

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS JULY 1,2009, CONFERENCE CALL WITH EXELON GENERATION COMPANY, LLC DECOMMISSION FUNDING ASSURANCE Christopher Gratton Michael Dusaniwskyj Anneliese Simmons Thomas Fredrichs Beth Mizuno Susan Uttal Theodore Quay Shawn Harwell Exelon Generation Company, LLC Darin Benyak Patrick Simpson J. Bradley Fewell Adam Levin Jeff Dunlap Enclosure

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