ML112630482

Letter to John T. Conway Humboldt Bay Decommissioning Funding Request for Additional Information

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
References
Download: ML112630482 (4)

Text

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 JHickman BWatson 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 California Public Utilities Commission Chief Nuclear Officer 505 Van Ness, Room 4102 Pacific Gas and Electric Company San Francisco, CA 94102 P. O. Box 3 Mail Code 104/6/601 Redwood Alliance Avila Beach, CA 93424 P.O. Box 293 Arcata, CA 95521 James Becker Vice President - Diablo Canyon Operations Dr. Rich Ferguson, Energy Chair and Station Director Sierra Club California Diablo Canyon Power Plant 1100 11th Street, Suite 311 P O Box 56 Sacramento, CA 94814 Avila Beach, CA 93424 Mr. Gary Butner, Acting Radiation Program Paul J. Roller Director Director and Plant Manager Radiologic Health Branch Humboldt Bay Nuclear Dept. of Health Services, MS-7610 Pacific Gas & Electric Company P. O Box 997414 1000 King Salmon Avenue Sacramento, CA 95899-7414 Eureka, CA 95503 Stephen Hsu, M.S., Senior Health Physicist Jennifer K. Post Radiological Assessment Unit Law Department Radioactive Material Licensing Section Pacific Gas and Electric Company Radiologic Health Branch 77 Beale Street, B30A Dept. of Health Services, MS-7610 San Francisco, CA P O Box 997414 Sacramento, CA 95899-7414 Chairman, Humboldt County Board of Supervisors Commissioner County Courthouse California Energy Commission 825 Fifth Street 1516 Ninth Street Eureka, CA 95501 Sacramento, CA 95814 Regional Administrator, Region IV Deputy Attorney General U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission State of California 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400 110 West A Street, Suite 700 Arlington, TX 76011-8064 San Diego, CA 92101

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.

Enclosure