ML17153A033

Availability of Funds for Decommissioning

ML17153A033
Person / Time
Site:	NS Savannah
Issue date:	05/30/2017
From:	Koehler E US Dept of Transportation, Maritime Admin
To:	Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards
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Download: ML17153A033 (2)

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U.S. Department Office of Ship Disposal 1200 New Jersey Ave., SE Washington, DC 20590 of Transportation Maritime Administration Ref: 50.82(a)(7)

May 30, 2017 ATTN: Document Control Desk U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555

SUBJECT:

Docket No. 50-238; License No. NS-1; N.S. SAVANNAH Availability of Funds for Decommissioning Reference (a) Letter from Mr. Erhard W. Koehler (MARAD) to U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), dated March 31, 2011, Submittal of Decommissioning Funds Status Report for CY 2010 and updated Governmental Statement of Intent for Decommissioning Financial Assurance.

(b) Letter from Mr. Erhard W. Koehler (MARAD) to U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), dated December 11, 2008, Submittal of Post Shutdown Decommissioning Activities Report, Revision 1).

In accordance with 10 CFR 50.82(a)(7), the Maritime Administration (MARAD) hereby provides notice of a significant schedule change from those actions and schedules described in References (a) and (b).

The Consolidated Appropriations Act for FY 2017 provides $24 million to MARAD for N.S. SAVANNAH decommissioning. The schedule in the PSDAR (Reference b) was revised by Reference (a) stating:

The revised decommissioning activities schedule is on the next page. Note that the timescale of the schedule for SAFSTOR is annotated Year I (Yl ), Year 2 (Y2), etc., for the SAFSTOR Preparations and initial SAFSTOR Operations activities. This schedule presumes that SAFSTOR activities can not start until sufficient funds have been appropriated by Congress; this event driven date is Yl in the schedule.

The SAVANNAH Technical Staffis currently developing a work plan and license amendment requests (LARs) to allow limited dismantlement activities and other safety enhancements to the facility. When the plan is sufficiently developed, MARAD will request a public meeting to describe it. In addition, the me~ting will serve as a pre-submittal forum for the LARs.

This letter contains no commitments.

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me at (202) 366-2631, or by email erhard.koehler@dot.gov.

Senior Technical Advisor, N.S. SAVANNAH Office of Ship Disposal

Docket No. 50-238; License NS-1; N.S. SAVANNAH Availability of Funds for Decommissioning May 30,2017 cc:

Electronic copy NSSESC NSS SRC MAR 610, 612, 615

• Hardcopy, cover letter only MAR-600, 640, 640.2 Hardcopy w/ all enclosures MAR-100, 640.2 (rt)

USNRC (Theodore Smith, Kimberley Conway, Mark C. Roberts)

USNRC Regional Administrator - NRC Region I MD Department of the Environment (Eva S. Nair; George S. Abum, Jr.)

NC Department of Environment & Natural Resources (Beverly 0. Hall)

SC Department of Health & Environmental Control (Susan E. Jenkins; Aaron Gantt)

VA Department of Emergency Management (Michael M. Cline)

VA Department of Health (Leslie P. Foldesi)

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