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August 21, 2013 SEE ATTACHED LIST OF ADDRESSEES
SUBJECT:
CLARIFICATION REGARDING THE TIMING OF SUBMITTAL OF A DECOMMISSIONING FUNDING PLAN PER TITLE 10 OF THE CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS SECTION 72.30(b) FOR FUTURE INDEPENDENT SPENT FUEL STORAGE INSTALLATIONS The purpose of this letter is to provide clarification regarding the timing of submittal of a decommissioning funding plan, per the requirements in Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Section 72.30(b), to licensees who do not yet have an operating Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI). As you are either planning for an ISFSI at your site, or may plan for an ISFSI in the future but have not announced plans to do so, you are being sent this letter for your information and ISFSI planning. This letter does not require any specific action or written response on the part of the addressees.
The Decommissioning Planning Final Rule (76 FR 35512; June 17, 2011) revised decommissioning financial assurance requirements in 10 CFR 72.30. The rule became effective on December 17, 2012. The revised 10 CFR 72.30(b) requires holders of, or applicants for, 10 CFR Part 72 licenses to submit a decommissioning funding plan for U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) review and approval. The revised requirements in 10 CFR 72.30(b) are applicable to both specific-licensed and general-licensed ISFSIs under 10 CFR Part 72. By December 17, 2012, the effective date of the Decommissioning Planning Final Rule, existing ISFSI licensees were required to submit a decommissioning funding plan for NRC review and approval.
For 10 CFR Part 72 specific license applicants, a decommissioning funding plan must be provided to the NRC at the time of license application, consistent with 10 CFR 72.30(b) and the guidance in NUREG-1567, Standard Review Plan for Spent Fuel Dry Storage Facilities (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML003686776).
For 10 CFR Part 72 general licensees, there is no associated license application. Rather, under 10 CFR 72.210, a general license is issued for the storage of spent fuel in an ISFSI at power reactor sites to persons authorized to possess or operate a reactor under 10 CFR Part 50 or Part 52. Also, 10 CFR 72.30(b) does not include a submission date by which future Part 72 general licensees (i.e., licensees whose Part 72 general license commences after December 17, 2012, the effective date of the Decommissioning Planning Final Rule) must submit a decommissioning funding plan. Therefore, consistent with the general license commencement date in 10 CFR 72.212(a)(3), general licensees should submit a decommissioning funding plan to the NRC no later than the date that the general licensee first uses a spent fuel storage cask to store spent fuel.
The Decommissioning Planning Final Rule may be accessed at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-06-17/pdf/2011-14267.pdf. Guidance on financial assurance and compliance with 10 CFR 72.30(b) is provided in NUREG-1757, Vol. 3, Rev. 1,
List of Addressees Consolidated Decommissioning Guidance: Financial Assurance, Recordkeeping, and Timeliness, located at ADAMS Accession No. ML12048A683. Note that NUREG-1757, Vol. 3, Rev. 1, includes guidance on funding methods, but it may not include all of the funding methods approved for use by certain ISFSI licensees, such as ISFSI licensees who are issued a power reactor license under 10 CFR Part 50, or ISFSI licensees who are an electric utility, as defined in 10 CFR Part 50, with a specific license under 10 CFR Part 72. Guidance on additional funding methods that may be applicable to these licensees is provided in Regulatory Guide 1.159, Assuring the Availability of Funds for Decommissioning Nuclear Reactors, available at ADAMS Accession No. ML112160012.
If you have any questions regarding this letter, you may contact me at (301) 287-0673, or Kristina Banovac of my staff at (301) 287-0686 or Kristina.Banovac@nrc.gov.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Mark Lombard, Director Division of Spent Fuel Storage and Transportation Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards cc:
Listserv Zion Service List Mr. Rod McCullum Nuclear Energy Institute 1201 F Street NW, Suite 1100 Washington, DC 20004 Mr. Kristopher Cummings Nuclear Energy Institute 1201 F Street NW, Suite 1100 Washington, DC 20004
ML12048A683. Note that NUREG-1757, Vol. 3, Rev. 1, includes guidance on funding methods, but it may not include all of the funding methods approved for use by certain ISFSI licensees, such as ISFSI licensees who are issued a power reactor license under 10 CFR Part 50, or ISFSI licensees who are an electric utility, as defined in 10 CFR Part 50, with a specific license under 10 CFR Part 72. Guidance on additional funding methods that may be applicable to these licensees is provided in Regulatory Guide 1.159, Assuring the Availability of Funds for Decommissioning Nuclear Reactors, available at ADAMS Accession No. ML112160012.
If you have any questions regarding this letter, you may contact me at (301) 287-0673, or Kristina Banovac of my staff at (301) 287-0686 or Kristina.Banovac@nrc.gov.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Mark Lombard, Director Division of Spent Fuel Storage and Transportation Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards cc:
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Individual letter sent to each of the following addressees:
Beaver Valley Power Station Mr. Eric A. Larson Beaver Valley Power Station P. O. Box 4, Route 168 Shippingport, PA 15077 Callaway Plant Mr. Adam C. Heflin Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Union Electric Company Ameren Missouri P.O. Box 620 Fulton, MO 65251 Clinton Power Station Mr. Michael J. Pacilio Senior Vice President Exelon Generation Company, LLC President and Chief Nuclear Officer Exelon Nuclear 4300 Winfield Rd.
Warrenville, IL 60555 Crystal River Nuclear Generating Plant Mr. Terry D. Hobbs Crystal River Nuclear Plant (NA2C) 15760 West Power Line Street Crystal River, FL 34428-6708 Fermi Mr. Joseph H. Plona Senior VP and Chief Nuclear Officer Detroit Edison Company Fermi 2 - 210 NOC 6400 North Dixie Highway Newport, MI 48166 Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station Unit No. 1 Mr. John Dent, Jr.
Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station 600 Rocky Hill Road Plymouth, MA 02360-5508 Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant Mr. George T. Hamrick Vice President Carolina Power and Light Company Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant P.O. Box 165, Mail Zone 1 New Hill, NC 27562-0165 South Texas Project Mr. Dennis L. Koehl President and CEO/CNO STP Nuclear Operating Company South Texas Project Electric Generating Station P.O. Box 289 Wadsworth, TX 77483 Three Mile Island, Unit 1 Mr. Michael J. Pacilio Exelon Nuclear 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station Mr. Thomas D. Gatlin Vice President, Nuclear Operations South Carolina Electric & Gas Company Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station Post Office Box 88, Mail Code 800 Jenkinsville, SC 29065 Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Mr. C.R. Pierce Regulatory Affairs Director Southern Nuclear Operating Co., Inc.
P.O. Box 1295/Bin 038 Birmingham, AL 35201 Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 Mr. Joseph W. Shea Vice President, Nuclear Licensing Tennessee Valley Authority 3R Lookout Place 1101 Market Street, LP 3D-C Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801
Wolf Creek Generating Station Mr. Matthew W. Sunseri President and Chief Executive Officer Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation P.O. Box 411 Burlington, KS 66839 Zion Mr. Patrick T. Daly Senior Vice President and General Manager ZionSolutions, LLC 101 Shiloh Blvd.
Zion, IL 60099-2797 Ms. Pamela B. Cowan Director, Spent Fuel & Decommissioning Exelon Generation 200 Exelon Way Kennett Square, PA 19348 Mr. Jeffrey Dunlap Manager, Spent Fuel & Decommissioning Exelon Nuclear 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60189
Zion Nuclear Power Station, Units 1 and 2 Service List cc:
Patrick T. Daly Senior Vice President and General Manager ZionSolutions, LLC 101 Shiloh Blvd.
Zion, IL 60099-2797 Patrick Thurman, Esq.
VP Regulatory Affairs, Licensing and Document Control ZionSolutions, LLC 101 Shiloh Blvd.
Zion, IL 60099-2797 Gary Bouchard VP Engineering, Ops & Nuclear Security and Decommissioning Plant Manager ZionSolutions, LLC 101 Shiloh Blvd.
Zion, IL 60099 Alan Parker President Projects Group EnergySolutions 800 Oak Ridge Turnpike, Ste. A-402 Oak Ridge, TN 37830 John Christian President of the Logistics, Processing and Disposal Group EnergySolutions 1750 Tysons Boulevard, Suite 1500 McLean, VA 22102 Thomas Magette Senior VP Nuclear Regulatory Strategy EnergySolutions 6350 Stevens Forest Road, Ste. 2000 Columbia, MD 21046 Russ Workman General Counsel EnergySolutions 423 West 300 South, Suite 200 Salt Lake City, UT 84101 Mayor of Zion Zion, IL 60099 Mr. Kent McKenzie, Emergency Management Coordinator Lake County Emergency Management Agency 1303 N. Milwaukee Avenue Libertyville, IL 60048-1308 Regional Administrator U.S. NRC, Region III 2443 Warrenville Road Lisle, IL 60532-4352 John E. Matthews Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004 Matias F. Travieso-Diaz Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP 2300 N St., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20037 Tom Rielly, Executive Principal Vista 360 649 Innsbruck Libertyville IL 60048 Director Spent Fuel & Decommissioning Strategy Exelon Generation Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 J. Bradley Fewell Associate General Counsel Exelon Corporation, LLC 4300 Winfield Rd.
Warrenville, IL 60555 Document Control Desk - Licensing Exelon Generation Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555