ML13157A325

Draft Request for Additional Information Email, Review of 2013 Decommissioning Funding Status Report

ML13157A325
Person / Time
Site:	Columbia
Issue date:	06/06/2013
From:	Lauren Gibson Plant Licensing Branch IV
To:	Linda Williams Energy Northwest
Gibson L
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TAC MF1222
Download: ML13157A325 (3)

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Burkhardt, Janet From: Gibson, Lauren Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2013 2:47 PM To: Williams, Lisa L.

Subject:

Draft Request for Additional Information- MF1222 Decommissioning Funding Status Report Attachments: Draft RAI MF1222.pdf

Lisa, By letter dated March 28, 2013 (Agencywide Document Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML13100A123), Energy Northwest (EN, the licensee) submitted the 2013 Decommissioning Funding Status (DFS) report. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff has reviewed the submitted information and determined that the additional information identified in the enclosure is needed to complete its review.

The NRC staff would like a response by July 5, 2013. Please contact me to let me know 1) if you would like to have a clarifying conference call and 2) if you foresee not being able to support that date.

Thank you, Lauren Lauren K. Gibson Project Manager Columbia Generating Station Division of Operating Reactor Licensing U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (301) 415-1056 1

DRAFT REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 2013 DECOMMISSIONING FUNDING STATUS REPORT FOR ENERGY NORTHWEST COLUMBIA GENERATING STATION DOCKET NUMBER 50-397 On March 28, 2013, Energy Northwest submitted to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) the 2013 Decommissioning Funding Status (DFS) report for Columbia Generating Station (Columbia) as required under Title 10 Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 50.75(f)(1)

[ML13100A123]. The NRC staff has reviewed the information provided in the submittal and determined that the following additional information is required in order to complete its review.

RAI #1: Reporting Requirements On March 28, 2013, Energy Northwest provided the amount accumulated in the decommissioning trust fund at the end of the calendar year preceding the date of the report for items included in 10 CFR 50.75 (b) and (c). As reported by Energy Northwest, the fund balance as of December 31, 2012, was $183.9 million. In the March 28th submittal, Energy Northwest states the value for the estimated decommissioning cost as of December 31, 2012, does not include state costs or ISFSI decommissioning costs. Decommissioning costs for the ISFSI were submitted separately in December 17, 2012. Please confirm that all of the $183.9 million are exclusively for radiological decommissioning. If not, please indicate what portion of the accumulated fund balances are for radiological decommissioning activities only. Please specify if any of the $183.9 million for Columbia Generating Station is for non-radiological decommissioning costs such as spent fuel management or other non-radiological decommissioning activities.

Per 10 CFR 50.75(f)(1), licensees must identify the amount accumulated to the end of the calendar year preceding the date of the report. This actual amount is dedicated for NRC decommissioning activities as defined in 10 CFR 50.2.

RAI #2: Amounts accumulated Please indicate if the amount of decommissioning funds identified in the March 28, 2013, submittal of the Energy Northwest DFS report are for the after-tax amounts of decommissioning funds accumulated through December 31, 2012. If not, please provide the after-tax amounts of decommissioning funds accumulated through December 31, 2012.

On March 28, 2013, Energy Northwest reported the amounts of decommissioning funds accumulated as of December 31, 2012, for the Columbia Generating Station but did not indicate if the amounts stated were the before or after-tax balances.

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.