ML13347B309

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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
References
Download: ML13347B309 (4)


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

Enclosure 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.