ML12199A395

Letter to James Lash of Gpu Nuclear Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit 2 - 2012 Decommissioning Funding Status Report

ML12199A395
Person / Time
Site:	Three Mile Island
Issue date:	07/23/2012
From:	Buckley J NRC/FSME/DWMEP/DURLD/RDB
To:	Lash J GPU Nuclear
Buckley J
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Download: ML12199A395 (5)

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July 23, 2012 Mr. James H. Lash Chief Nuclear Officer GPU Nuclear Inc.

Three Mile Island Nuclear Station Route 441 South Post Office Box 480 Middletown, PA 17057-0480

SUBJECT:

THREE MILE ISLAND NUCLEAR STATION UNIT 2 - 2012 DECOMMISSIONING FUNDING STATUS REPORT - REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, LICENSE: DPR-73, DOCKET: 50-320

Dear Mr. Lash:

On March 30, 2012, GPU Nuclear, Inc. (GPU) submitted to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) the 2012 Decommissioning Funding Status (DFS) report for Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit 2, (ADAMS Accession No. ML12101A105) pursuant to 10 CFR 50.75(f)(1). The NRC has completed its initial review of the DFS report and requests the following information to complete its analysis:

RAI: Decommissioning Costs Provide the amount of decommissioning funds estimated to be required under 10 CFR 50.75(c).

Basis: Per 10 CFR 50.75(f)(1), GPUs DFS report must include, at a minimum, the amount of decommissioning funds estimated to be required under 10 CFR 50.75(b) and (c). The DFS report did not include the amount of funds estimated to be required based on the formula in 10 CFR 50.75(c).

GPUs submittal states that the decommissioning fund estimate, pursuant to 10 CFR 50.75(b) and (c) is based upon a site specific decommissioning cost study, Decommissioning Cost Analysis for Three Mile Island Unit 2, dated January 2009 and escalated to 2011 dollars:

Radiological $884,551,275 Non-Radiological $33,576,579 FirstEnergy Corp. Consolidated $918,127,854

J. Lash 2 GPU should provide a response within 30 days from the date of this letter. If you have any questions regarding this letter, please contact John Buckley, at (301) 415-6607, or by e-mail at John.Buckley@nrc.gov Sincerely,

/RA/

John T. Buckley, Senior Project Manager 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.: 50-320 License No.: DPR-73 cc: TMI-2 Distribution List

J. Lash 2 GPU should provide a response within 30 days from the date of this letter. If you have any questions regarding this letter, please contact John Buckley, at (301) 415-6607, or by e-mail at John.Buckley@nrc.gov.

Sincerely, John T. Buckley, Senior Project Manager 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.: 50-320 License No.: DPR-73 cc: TMI-2 Distribution List DISTRIBUTION: DWMEP r/f CRegan SHarwell LKauffman ML12199A135 OFFICE: DWMEP DWMEP NRR DWMEP DWMEP NAME: JBuckley CHolston SHarwell BWatson JBuckley DATE: 07/18/2011 07/19/2011 07/23/2011 07/23/2011 0723/2011 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY

Three Mile Island - Unit 2 Service List cc:

Mr. James H. Lash Chairperson Chief Nuclear Officer, GPU Nuclear Inc. Dauphin County Board of Commissioners FirstEnergy Corporation Dauphin County Courthouse 76 South Main Street Front and Market Streets Akron, OH 44308 Harrisburg, PA 17120 Mr. Danny L. Pace Director President, GPU Nuclear Inc. Bureau of Radiation Protection FirstEnergy Corporation Department of Environmental Protection Mail Stop: A-WAC-A3 13th Floor, Rachel Carson State Office Bldg. P.

341 White Pond Drive O. Box 8469 Akron, OH 44320 Harrisburg, PA 17105-8469 Mr. Greg Halnon Mr. Rick W. Libra Director, Regulatory Affairs Site Vice President, TMI-1 FirstEnergy Corporation Exelon Generation Company LLC Mail Stop: A-WAC-A3 P.O. Box 480 341 White Pond Drive Middletown, PA 17057 Akron, OH 44320 Mr. Eric Epstein Mr. Ad Crable EFMR Monitoring Group Lancaster New Era 4100 Hillsdale Road 8 West King Street Harrisburg, PA 17112 Lancaster, PA 17601 Mr. Kevin L. Ostrowski Mr. Jerome Boyd Vice President GPU Nuclear Fleet Oversight PDMS Supervisor Mail Stop: A-WAC-A3 Exelon Generation Company LLC 341 White Pond Drive P.O. Box 480 Akron, OH Middletown, PA 17057 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Mr. Michael J. Casey Region III Office GPU Nuclear Responsible Engineer TMI-2 ATTN: Mr. B. Hoffman FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company EIS Coordinator Mail Stop: A-WAC-A3 3ES30 341 White Pond Drive 1650 Arch Street Akron, OH 44320 Philadelphia, PA 17103 Mr. Walter W. Cohen, Consumer Advocate Dr. Judith H. Johnsrud Department of Justice Environmental Coalition on Nuclear Power Strawberry Square, 14th Floor 433 Orlando Avenue Harrisburg, PA 17127 State College, PA 16803-3477

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