ML112630482
| ML112630482 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Humboldt Bay |
| Issue date: | 09/22/2011 |
| From: | John Hickman NRC/FSME/DWMEP/DURLD/RDB |
| To: | Conway J Pacific Gas & Electric Co |
| John Hickman, FSME/DWMEP,(301) 415-3017 | |
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| Download: ML112630482 (4) | |
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September 22, 2011 Mr. John T. Conway Senior Vice President-Energy Supply
& Chief Nuclear Officer Pacific Gas and Electric Company P.O. Box 3 Mail Code 104/6/601 Avila Beach, California 93424
SUBJECT:
HUMBOLDT BAY POWER PLANT UNIT 3 - REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION On March 31, 2011, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) submitted to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) the 2011 Decommissioning Funding Status (DFS) report for Humboldt Bay Power Plant, Unit 3 (HBPP 3), as required under Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Section 50.75(f)(1). In order to complete our review of your Decommissioning Funding Status report we require additional information as detailed in the enclosure. Please provide a response to our request for additional information within 30 days from the date of this letter.
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 No. 50-133
Enclosure:
Request for Additional Information cc w/enclosure: Humboldt Bay Service List
Mr. John T. Conway Senior Vice President-Energy Supply
& Chief Nuclear Officer Pacific Gas and Electric Company P.O. Box 3 Mail Code 104/6/601 Avila Beach, California 93424
SUBJECT:
HUMBOLDT BAY POWER PLANT UNIT 3 - REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION On March 31, 2011, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) submitted to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) the 2011 Decommissioning Funding Status (DFS) report for Humboldt Bay Power Plant, Unit 3 (HBPP 3), as required under Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Section 50.75(f)(1). In order to complete our review of your Decommissioning Funding Status report we require additional information as detailed in the enclosure. Please provide a response to our request for additional information within 30 days from the date of this letter.
Sincerely, 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 No. 50-133
Enclosure:
Request for Additional Information cc w/enclosure: Humboldt Bay Service List DISTRIBUTION: BSpitzberg, RIV SHarwell, NRR CRegan, NRR ML112630482 OFC DWMEP DWMEP DWMEP DWMEP NAME JHickman CHolston TSmith for BWatson JHickman DATE 9/21/11 9/21/11 9/22/11 9/22/11 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY
Humboldt Bay Power Plant, Unit 3 Service List cc:
Mr. John T. Conway Senior Vice President Energy Supply and Chief Nuclear Officer Pacific Gas and Electric Company P. O. Box 3 Mail Code 104/6/601 Avila Beach, CA 93424 James Becker Vice President - Diablo Canyon Operations and Station Director Diablo Canyon Power Plant P O Box 56 Avila Beach, CA 93424 Paul J. Roller Director and Plant Manager Humboldt Bay Nuclear Pacific Gas & Electric Company 1000 King Salmon Avenue Eureka, CA 95503 Jennifer K. Post Law Department Pacific Gas and Electric Company 77 Beale Street, B30A San Francisco, CA Chairman, Humboldt County Board of Supervisors County Courthouse 825 Fifth Street Eureka, CA 95501 Regional Administrator, Region IV U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400 Arlington, TX 76011-8064 California Public Utilities Commission 505 Van Ness, Room 4102 San Francisco, CA 94102 Redwood Alliance P.O. Box 293 Arcata, CA 95521 Dr. Rich Ferguson, Energy Chair Sierra Club California 1100 11th Street, Suite 311 Sacramento, CA 94814 Mr. Gary Butner, Acting Radiation Program Director Radiologic Health Branch Dept. of Health Services, MS-7610 P. O Box 997414 Sacramento, CA 95899-7414 Stephen Hsu, M.S., Senior Health Physicist Radiological Assessment Unit Radioactive Material Licensing Section Radiologic Health Branch Dept. of Health Services, MS-7610 P O Box 997414 Sacramento, CA 95899-7414 Commissioner California Energy Commission 1516 Ninth Street Sacramento, CA 95814 Deputy Attorney General State of California 110 West A Street, Suite 700 San Diego, CA 92101
Enclosure REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BY THE OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION 2011 DECOMMISSIONING FUNDING STATUS REPORT FOR HUMBOLDT BAY POWER PLANT UNIT 3 The request for additional information (RAIs) provided is in response to the 2011 Decommissioning Funding Status (DFS) report for Humboldt Bay Power Plant, Unit 3. On March 31, 2011, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) submitted to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) the 2011 Decommissioning Funding Status (DFS) report for Humboldt Bay Power Plant, Unit 3 (HBPP 3), as required under Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Section 50.75(f)(1).
RAI #1:
Citation for Site-Specific Study On March 31, 2011, PG&E referenced a March 2009 site-specific cost estimate for the amount of decommissioning funds estimated to be required.
Per 10 CFR 50.75(e)(1)(i) and (ii),
the licensee must specifically describe the safe storage period in order to take credit for projected future earnings when it uses a site-specific estimate as the basis for using the prepayment or external sinking fund methods of financial assurance.
Provide the most recent site specific cost estimate (SSCE) for HBPP 3, unless it was previously submitted to NRC. If the cost estimate was previously submitted to NRC, then provide a reference to its submittal. The site specific cost estimate should include a summary schedule of annual expenses, projected earnings, and end-of-year fund balances. Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.75(b), the cost estimate shall be in an amount that may be more, but not less, than the amount estimated to be required under 10 CFR 50.75(b) and (c).
If the amount required for decommissioning referenced in the SSCE is less than the amount estimated to be required under 10 CFR 50.75(b) and (c), provide a statement of justification for NRC review.