ML13198A121

Request for Additional Information Concerning 2013 Decommissioning Funding Status Report

ML13198A121
Person / Time
Site:	Summer
Issue date:	07/22/2013
From:	Martin R Plant Licensing Branch II
To:	Crosby M South Carolina Public Service Authority
Martin R, NRR/DORL/LPLII-1, 415-1493
References
TAC MF2250
Download: ML13198A121 (3)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 July 22, 2013 Mr. Michael R. Crosby Vice President, Nuclear Operations and Construction South Carolina Public Service Authority One Riverwood Drive Moncks Corner, SC. 29461-2901

SUBJECT:

VIRGIL C. SUMMER NUCLEAR STATION, UNIT NO.1 (VCSNS-1) - REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONCERNING 2013 DECOMMISSIONING FUNDING STATUS REPORT (TAC NO. MF2250)

Dear Mr. Crosby:

By letter dated March 28, 2013 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Accession No. ML13091A074), South Carolina Public Service Authority (a licensee for VCSNS-1), submitted the 2013 Decommissioning Funding Status Report for VCSNS-1, as required under Section 50. 75{f){1) to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

A response to the enclosed Request for Additional Information is needed before the Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff can complete the review. This request was discussed with Mr. Bruce Thompson on July 16, 2013, and it was understood that a response will be submitted to these questions within thirty (30) days of the issuance of this letter.

Sincerely

~~~!nager Plant Licensing Branch 11-1 Division of Operating Reactor licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-395

Enclosure:

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REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 2013 DECOMMISSIONING FUNDING STATUS REPORT SOUTH CAROLINA ELECTRIC & GAS COMPANY VIRGIL C. SUMMER NUCLEAR STATION, UNIT 1 DOCKET NO. 50-395

1. As stated in Section 50.75(f)(1) to Title 10 to the Code of Federal Regulations:

the information in [the Decommissioning Funding Status (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...

On March 28, 2013, Santee Cooper reported the following:

• 3.1 percent rate of escalation in labor costs,

• 6.0 percent rate of escalation in equipment and materials costs,

• 2.9 percent rate of escalation in waste burial costs,

• 5.0 percent rate of escalation in "other" costs, and

• 4.9 percent rate of earnings on decommissioning funds.

Provide the citation (e.g., an Order by the rate-regulatory authority) by the regulatory entity that allows for the assumptions used regarding rates of escalation in decommissioning costs, rate of earnings on decommissioning funds and rates of other factors assumed as stated within the DFS report.

Enclosure

ML13198A121 OFFICE LPL2-1/PM LPL2-1/PM LPL2-1/BC Regan by memo 113 5/24/13 071