ML13144A482

Request for Additional Information Email, Decommissioning Funding Status Report

ML13144A482
Person / Time
Site:	Fort Calhoun
Issue date:	05/23/2013
From:	Lynnea Wilkins Plant Licensing Branch IV
To:	Hansher B Omaha Public Power District
Wilkins L
References
TAC MF1239
Download: ML13144A482 (2)

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Lent, Susan From: Wilkins, Lynnea Sent: Thursday, May 23,20134:10 PM To: HANSHER, BILL R Cc: EDWARDS, MICHAEL L; LIPPY, DONNA L; Lent, Susan; Burkhardt, Janet; Sebrosky, Joseph

Subject:

DRAFT: RAls for Fort Calhoun Re: Decommissioning Funding Status Report (TAC No.

MF1239)

Attachments: MF1239 RAls Email.docx

Bill, By letter dated March 29,2013 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Accession No. ML13091A058), the Omaha Public Power District (OPPD), submitted to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) the 2013 DFS Report for Fort Calhoun Station, Unit 1 as required under Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 50, Section 50.75(f)(1).

The NRC staff has determined that additional information specified in the attached Request for Additional Information (RAI) is needed for the staff to complete its evaluation. Please contact me if a clarifying teleconference is needed for the attached RAI.

Thanks Lynnea Lynnea Wi(kins, Project Manager Fort Calhoun Station, Unit 1 Cooper N udear Station Plant Licensing Branch IV Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nudear Reactor Regulation US N udear Regulatory Commission Phone: 301-415-1377 1

REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 2013 DECOMMISSIONING FUNDING STATUS REPORT FOR FORT CALHOUN STATION, UNIT 1 By letter dated March 29, 2013 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Accession No. ML13091A058), the Omaha Public Power District (OPPD), submitted to the U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) the 2013 DFS Report for Fort Calhoun Station, Unit 1 (Fort Calhoun) as required under Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 50, Section 50.75(f)(1).

In order to complete its review of the licensee's submittal, the NRC staff requires additional information to complete its review.

RAI #1: Rates Used to Escalate Decommissioning Cost and Fund Balances Within the DFS report, OPPD states that its Board of Directors approved both the inflation rates and earnings rates in December 2012 as part of OPPD's Corporate Operating Plan. In Attachment C of the DFS report, OPPD provided the variable rates used for the escalation of the decommissioning cost estimate and earnings rates on the Decommissioning Fund through the license expiration in August 2033.

10 CFR 50.75(f)(1) states in part:

the information in [the DFS] report must include [...] the assumptions used regarding rates of escalation in decommissioning costs, rates of earnings on decommissioning funds, and rates of other factors used in funding projections ...

Please provide the OPPD Corporate Operating Plan that was updated in December 2012 to reflect the approved inflation rates and earnings rates as submitted in the DFS report. In addition, provide the Board Resolution Approving the updated Corporate Operating Plan.

RAI #2: Amounts accumulated By letter dated March 16, 2013, OPPD provided the amount of decommissioning funds accumulated at the end of the calendar year preceding the date of the report for items included in 10 CFR 50.75(b) and (c), but did not indicate if the amount stated was the before or after-tax balance.

The provisions of 10 CFR 50. 75(f) ( 1) and (2) require the licensee to report the amount of funds accumulated to the end of the calendar year preceding the report.

Please indicate if the amounts of decommissioning funds identified within the DFS report are the after tax amount of funds accumulated through December 31, 2012. If not, please provide the after-tax amounts of decommissioning funds accumulated through December 31, 2012, for Fort Calhoun.

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