ML13204A253

Draft RAIs - Decommissioning Funding Status Report for Hope Creek and Peach Bottom

ML13204A253
Person / Time
Site:	Peach Bottom, Hope Creek
Issue date:	07/19/2013
From:	John Hughey Plant Licensing Branch 1
To:	Bauer E Public Service Enterprise Group
Hughey J
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DRAFT REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION 2013 DECOMMISSIONING FUNDING STATUS REPORT PSEG NUCLEAR, LLC HOPE CREEK GENERATING STATION PEACH BOTTOM ATOMIC POWER STATION, UNITS 2 AND 3 DOCKET NUMBERS 50-277, 50-278 AND 50-354 By letter dated March 26, 2013, (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Accession No. ML13085A284) PSEG Nuclear, LLC, (PSEG) submitted to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) the 2013 Decommissioning Funding Status (DFS) report for Hope Creek Generating Station (Hope Creek), and Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station (PBAPS), Units 2 and 3, as required under 10 CFR 50.75(f)(1). 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.

Reporting Requirements RAI 1 Indicate what portion of the accumulated fund balances are for radiological decommissioning activities only. Specify if any of the $448,673,976 for Hope Creek, the

$246,506,792 for PBAPS Unit2, and the $249,543,711 for PBAPS Unit 3, is for non-radiological decommissioning costs such as spent fuel management or other non-radiological decommissioning activities.

On March 26, 2013, PSEG 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). Confirm that the dollar amounts identified above are exclusively for radiological decommissioning.

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.

Amounts accumulated RAI 2 Indicate if the amount of decommissioning funds identified in the March 26, 2013, submittal 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, for Hope Creek, PBAPS Unit 2 and PBAPS Unit 3.

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On March 26, 2013, APS reported the amount of decommissioning funds accumulated as of December 31, 2012, for Hope Creek, PBAPS Unit 2 and PBAPS Unit 3, 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.

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