ML112590380

A. Levin Ltr. Zion Nuclear Power Station, Units 1 and 2 - 2011 Decommissioning Funding Status Report - Request for Additional Information (TAC Nos. J00408 and J00409)

ML112590380
Person / Time
Site:	Zion  File:ZionSolutions icon.png
Issue date:	09/20/2011
From:	John Hickman NRC/FSME/DWMEP/DURLD/RDB
To:	Levin A Exelon Nuclear
Hickman J, FSME/DWMEP,301-415-3017
References
TAC J00408, TAC J00409
Download: ML112590380 (4)

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September 20, 2011 Adam H. Levin Exelon Nuclear 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555

SUBJECT:

ZION NUCLEAR POWER STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 -2011 DECOMMISSIONING FUNDING STATUS REPORT - REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (TAC NOS. J00408 AND J00409)

Dear Mr. Levin:

On March 30, 2011, ZionSolutions, LLC (ZS) submitted to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) the 2011 Decommissioning Funding Status report for Zion Nuclear Power Station (ZNPS), Units 1 and 2, as required under 10 CFR 50.75(f)(1). In order to complete our review of the ZS Decommissioning Funding Status report we require additional information as detailed in the enclosure of decommissioning expenses while Exelon held the license for Zion Unit 1 and 2. Please provide a response to our request for additional information within 30 days from the date of this letter.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRCs Rules of Practice for Domestic Licensing Proceedings and Issuance of Orders, a copy of this letter will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records component of NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS).

ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.

If you have any questions concerning the above, please contact me at (301) 415-3017 or via email at john.hickman@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

John B. Hickman, Project Manager Reactor Decommissioning Branch Decommissioning and Uranium Recovery Licensing Directorate Division of Waste Management and Environmental Protection Office of Federal and State Materials and Environmental Management Programs Docket Nos.: 50-295 and 50-304 License Nos.: DPR-39 and DPR-49

Enclosure:

Request for Additional Information cc w/enclosures:

Zion Service List Mr. Keith R. Jury, Exelon Nuclear

Adam H. Levin Exelon Nuclear 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555

SUBJECT:

ZION NUCLEAR POWER STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 -2011 DECOMMISSIONING FUNDING STATUS REPORT - REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (TAC NOS. J00408 AND J00409)

Dear Mr. Levin:

On March 30, 2011, ZionSolutions, LLC (ZS) submitted to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) the 2011 Decommissioning Funding Status report for Zion Nuclear Power Station (ZNPS), Units 1 and 2, as required under 10 CFR 50.75(f)(1). In order to complete our review of the ZS Decommissioning Funding Status report we require additional information as detailed in the enclosure of decommissioning expenses while Exelon held the license for Zion Unit 1 and 2. Please provide a response to our request for additional information within 30 days from the date of this letter.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRCs Rules of Practice for Domestic Licensing Proceedings and Issuance of Orders, a copy of this letter will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records component of NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS).

ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.

If you have any questions concerning the above, please contact me at (301) 415-3017 or via email at john.hickman@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

John B. Hickman, Project Manager Reactor Decommissioning Branch Decommissioning and Uranium Recovery Licensing Directorate Division of Waste Management and Environmental Protection Office of Federal and State Materials and Environmental Management Programs Docket Nos.: 50-295 and 50-304 License Nos.: DPR-39 and DPR-49

Enclosure:

Request for Additional Information cc: w/enclosures:

Zion Service List Mr. Keith R. Jury, Exelon Nuclear Distribution:

CLipa, RIII SHarwell, NRR CRegan, NRR ML112590380 OFFICE RDB DWMEP RDB RDB NAME JHickman CHolston BWatson JHickman DATE 9/16/2011 9/20/11 9/20/11 9/20/11 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY

Zion Nuclear Power Station, Units 1 and 2 Service List cc:

Senior Vice President and General Manager ZionSolutions, LLC 101 Shiloh Blvd. Russ Workman Zion, IL 60099-2797 Deputy General Counsel EnergySolutions Decommissioning Plant Manager 423 West 300 South, Suite 200 ZionSolutions, LLC Salt Lake City, UT 84101 101 Shiloh Blvd.

Zion, IL 60099-2797 Matias F. Travieso-Diaz Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Director Regulatory Affairs& QA 2300 N St., N.W.

ZionSolutions, LLC Washington, D.C. 20037 101 Shiloh Blvd.

Zion, IL 60099-2797 Tom Rielly, Executive Principal Vista 360 Illinois Emergency Management Agency 649 Innsbruck 1035 Outer Park Drive Libertyville IL 60048 Springfield, IL 62704 Director Spent Fuel & Decommissioning Mayor of Zion Strategy Zion, IL 60099 Exelon Generation Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Mr. Kent McKenzie, Emergency Warrenville, IL 60555 Management Coordinator Lake County Emergency Management Associate General Counsel Agency Exelon Generation Company, LLC 1303 N. Milwaukee Avenue 4300 Winfield Road Libertyville, IL 60048-1308 Warrenville, IL 60555 Regional Administrator Document Control Desk - Licensing U.S. NRC, Region III Exelon Generation Company, LLC 2443 Warrenville Road 4300 Winfield Road Lisle, IL 60532-4352 Warrenville, IL 60555 J. Bradley Fewell Associate General Counsel Exelon Corporation, LLC 4300 Winfield Rd.

Warrenville, IL 60555 John E. Matthews Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004

REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 2011 DECOMMISSIONING FUNDING STATUS REPORT FOR ZIONSOLUTIONS, LLC On March 30, 2011, ZionSolutions, LLC (ZS) submitted to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) the 2011 Decommissioning Funding Status (DFS) report for Zion Nuclear Power Station (ZNPS), Units 1 and 2, as required under 10 CFR 50.75(f)(1) (ML111100603).

These requests for additional information (RAI) are in response to the ZS 2011 DFS report.

RAI #1: Decommissioning Expenses Per 10 CFR 50.75(e)(2),

the NRC reserves the right to take the following steps in order to ensure a licensees adequate accumulation of decommissioning funds: review, as needed, the rate of accumulation of decommissioning funds.

Per 10 CFR 50.75(g),

each licensee shall keep records of information important to the safe and effective decommissioning of the facility in an identified location until the license is terminated by the Commission. If records of relevant information are kept for other purposes, reference to these records and their locations may be used.

Information the Commission considers important to decommissioning consists of-

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(3) Records of the cost estimate performed for the decommissioning funding plant or of the amount certified for decommissioning, and records of the funding method used for assuring funds if either a funding plan or certification is used.

Please provide the amount spent on decommissioning prior to September 1, 2010, in a schedule showing the expenses for each year since the permanent cessation of operations.

Provide the amount withdrawn from the decommissioning trust fund for expenses related to decommissioning planning prior to the permanent cessation of operation.

Enclosure