ML13347B309

E. Halpin Ltr. Request for Additional Information for the Decommissioning Funding Status for Humboldt Bay

ML13347B309
Person / Time
Site:	Humboldt Bay
Issue date:	12/16/2013
From:	John Hickman NRC/FSME/DWMEP/DURLD/RDB
To:	Halpin E Pacific Gas & Electric Co
Hickman J
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December 16, 2013 Mr. Edward D. Halpin Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Pacific Gas and Electric Company P. O. Box 56 Mail Code 104/6 Avila Beach, CA 93424

SUBJECT:

HUMBOLDT BAY POWER PLANT UNIT 3 - REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Dear Mr. Halpin:

On April 1, 2013, Pacific Gas and Electric submitted to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission the 2013 Decommissioning Funding Status (DFS) report for Humboldt Bay Power Plant Unit 3, as required under Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Section 50.75(f)(1) and 10 CFR 50.82 (a)(8)(v)-(vii). In order to complete our review of your DFS report we require additional information as detailed in the enclosure. Please provide a response to our request for additional information within 30 days from the date of this letter.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRCs Agency Rules of Practice and Procedure, a copy of this letter will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records component of ADAMS. ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.

Sincerely,

/RA/

John B. Hickman, Project Manager Reactor Decommissioning Branch Decommissioning and Uranium Recovery Licensing Directorate Division of Waste Management and Environmental Protection Office of Federal and State Materials and Environmental Management Programs Docket No. 50-133

Enclosure:

Request for Additional Information cc w/enclosure: Humboldt Bay Service List

Mr. Edward D. Halpin Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Pacific Gas and Electric Company P. O. Box 56 Mail Code 104/6 Avila Beach, CA 93424

SUBJECT:

HUMBOLDT BAY POWER PLANT UNIT 3 - REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Dear Mr. Halpin:

On April 1, 2013, Pacific Gas and Electric submitted to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission the 2013 Decommissioning Funding Status (DFS) report for Humboldt Bay Power Plant Unit 3, as required under Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Section 50.75(f)(1) and 10 CFR 50.82 (a)(8)(v)-(vii). In order to complete our review of your DFS report we require additional information as detailed in the enclosure. Please provide a response to our request for additional information within 30 days from the date of this letter.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRCs Agency Rules of Practice and Procedure, a copy of this letter will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records component of ADAMS. ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.

Sincerely,

/RA/

John B. Hickman, Project Manager Reactor Decommissioning Branch Decommissioning and Uranium Recovery Licensing Directorate Division of Waste Management and Environmental Protection Office of Federal and State Materials and Environmental Management Programs Docket No. 50-133

Enclosure:

Request for Additional Information cc w/enclosure: Humboldt Bay Service List DISTRIBUTION: BSpitzberg, RIV AKock, NRR KLois, NRR ML13347B309 OFC DWMEP DWMEP DWMEP DWMEP NAME JHickman CHolston BWatson JHickman DATE 12 / 16 / 2013 12 / 16 / 2013 12 / 16 / 2013 12 / 16 / 2013 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY

Humboldt Bay Power Plant, Unit 3 Service List cc:

Mr. Edward D. Halpin Senior Vice President and Redwood Alliance Chief Nuclear Officer P.O. Box 293 Pacific Gas and Electric Company Arcata, CA 95521 P.O. Box 56 Mail Code 104/6 Dr. Rich Ferguson, Energy Chair Avila Beach, CA 93424 Sierra Club California 1100 11th Street, Suite 311 Loren Sharp Sacramento, CA 94814 Director and Plant Manager Humboldt Bay Nuclear Mr. Gonzalo Perez, Radiation Program Pacific Gas & Electric Company Director 1000 King Salmon Avenue Radiologic Health Branch Eureka, CA 95503 Dept. of Health Services, MS-7610 P.O. Box 997414 Jennifer K. Post Sacramento, CA 95899-7414 Law Department Pacific Gas and Electric Company Stephen Hsu, M.S., Senior Health Physicist 77 Beale Street, B30A Radiological Assessment Unit San Francisco, CA Radioactive Material Licensing Section Radiologic Health Branch Chairman, Humboldt County Board Dept. of Health Services, MS-7610 of Supervisors P.O. Box 997414 County Courthouse Sacramento, CA 95899-7414 825 Fifth Street Eureka, CA 95501 Commissioner California Energy Commission Regional Administrator, Region IV 1516 Ninth Street U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Sacramento, CA 95814 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400 Arlington, TX 76011-8064 Deputy Attorney General State of California California Public Utilities Commission 110 West A Street, Suite 700 505 Van Ness, Room 4102 San Diego, CA 92101 San Francisco, CA 94102

REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BY THE OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION 2013 DECOMMISSIONING FUNDING STATUS REPORT FOR HUMBOLDT BAY POWER PLANT UNIT 3 The request for additional information (RAI) is in response to the 2013 Decommissioning Funding Status (DFS) report for Humboldt Bay Power Plant Unit 3. On April 1, 2013, Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) submitted to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission the 2013 Decommissioning Funding Status (DFS) report for Humboldt Bay Power Plant Unit 3, as required under Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Section 50.75(f)(1) and 10 CFR 50.82 (a)(8)(v)-(vii).

On April 1, 2013, PG&E did not provide the difference between actual and estimated costs for decommissioning work performed during the previous year.

Per 10 CFR 50.82(a)(8)(v),

The report must include the following information, current through the end of the previous calendar year: an estimate of the costs to complete decommissioning, reflecting any difference between actual and estimated costs for work performed during the year, and the decommissioning criteria upon which the estimate is based.

RAI #1: Decommissioning Costs Provide the difference between actual and estimated costs for decommissioning work performed during the previous year.

Enclosure