ML18082A600
| ML18082A600 | |
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| Issue date: | 03/23/2018 |
| From: | Harris B Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research |
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| Ramsey K | |
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FY 2018 Fuel Facilities Business Line Budget and Proposed Fees Brian Harris License Fee Policy Team Lead 1
NRC Budget Authority
- FY 2018 Congressional Budget Justification: $952.0 million.
- An adjustment of $15 million included for the Integrated University Program because it has historically been included by Congress in the final appropriations bill.
- Total Budget Authority used in the Proposed FY 2018 Fee Rule:
$967.0 million, an increase of $49.9 million from FY 2017.
2
Professional Hourly Rate and Full Cost FTE Methodology 3
Mission-Direct Program Salaries & Benefits Mission-Indirect Program Support Agency Support (Corporate Support and the IG)
Subtotal:
Less Offsetting Receipts Total Budget Mission-Direct FTE Annual Mission-Direct FTE Productive Hours:
Professional Hourly Rate (Total Budget Included in Professional Hourly Rate divided by Mission-Direct FTE Converted to Hours )
Fully Costed FTE Rate = Subtotal divided by Mission-Direct FTE
$407,810
$341.2M 136.1M 313.1M
$790.3M 0.0M
$790.3M 1,938 FTEs 1,510 Hours
$270
- Methodology based on OMB Circular A-25 User Charges
- Budget included in Professional Hourly Rate calculation excludes mission-direct contract resources
Budget Allocation For Fees 4
CROSSWALK OF BUSINESS LINES ALLOCATION TO FEE CLASSES*
Business Line License Fee Class Operating Reactors Power Reactors, Test and Research Reactors, Import/Export New Reactors Power Reactors Fuel Facilities Fuel Facilities Nuclear Materials Users Materials Users, Import/Export Spent Fuel Storage and Transportation Spent Fuel Storage/Reactor Decommissioning, Transportation Decommissioning and Low-level Waste Spent Fuel Storage/Reactor Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery Reconciling Items Budget resources excluded from fee calculations (fee-recovery exclusions)
Mission-Indirect Program Support resources Business Line resources allocated to other fee classes or fee relief categories Budgeted resources allocated from other Business Lines Utilization of a full costed FTE rate
- Delineates where the Majority portion of a Business Lines direct budgeted resources are allocated for a fee class.
Reconciliation: Fuel Facilities Business Line vs. Fee Class FY 2018 Budget 5
Congressional Budget Justification (Dollars in thousands)
Fuel Facilities Business Line Contract ($,K)
FTE Product Lines Event Response 30.0 2.0 Generic Homeland Security 1911.0 3.0 International Activities 0.0 7.0 Licensing 845.0 32.0 Oversight 729.0 41.0 Rulemaking 23.0 7.0 Mission Support/Supervisors 350.0 22.0 State/Tribal/Federal Programs 0.0 0.0 Training 304.0 0.0 Travel 1101.0 0.0
$ 5,293.0 114.0 FTE rate $175,020 times 114 FTEs (includes Salaries & Benefits only)
$19,952.0 Total Business Line Budget (BL)
$ 5,293.0
$19,952.0 = $ 25,245.0
Reconciliation: Fuel Facilities Business Line vs. Fee Class FY 2018 Budget 6
FY18 Proposed Fee Rule (Dollars in thousands)
Fuel Facilities Fee Class 1 Fee-recovery exclusions 2 Mission-indirect resources 3 Resources allocated to other fee classes or fee relief categories 4 Resources allocated from other Business Lines Contract ($,K)
FTE Deductions from BL resources Generic Homeland Security 1 (1911.0)
(3.0)
International Activities 2, 3 0.0 (6.0)
Licensing 2 0.0 (1.0)
Oversight 2 (407.0) 0.0 Mission Support/Supervisors 2 (350.0)
(22.0)
Training 3 (179.0) 0.0 Travel 2 (1101.0) 0.0 (3,948.0)
(32.0)
Increases from BL resources Oversight 4 5.7 0.0 State/Tribal/Federal Programs 4 0.0 0.5 Training 4 66.0 0.2 71.7 0.7 BL resources w/ fee rule allocations 1,416.7 82.7 FTE fully costed rate $407,810 times 82.7 FTEs (includes Salaries, Benefits, indirect resources& agency support )
$ 33,726.0 Total Fee Class Budget 1,416.7
$ 33,726.0
= $ 35,142.7
Reconciliation: Fuel Facilities Business Line vs. Fee Class FY 2018 Budget 7
Reconciliation Summary (Dollars in thousands)
Contract ($,K)
FTE FTE ($)
Total Total Business Line Budget (CBJ)
$ 5,293.0 114.0
$ 19,952.0
= $ 25,245.0 Includes S&B only Total Fee Class Budget
$ 1,416.7 82.7
$ 33,726.0
= $ 35,142.7 Includes S&B, Indirect &
Agency support (Full cost)
Allocation Adjustments
$ (3,876.3)
(31.3)
$ 13,774.0
$ 9,897.7
Part 171 Calculation Example:
Fuel Facilities Fee Class 8
FY 2014 FY 2015 FY 2016 FY 2017*
FY 2018P Step 1 Budget Resources:
$47.2
$42.8
$40.5
$33.9
$35.1 Step 2 Deduct Part 170 Est. Billings:
(16.7)
(11.5)
(11.7)
(9.6)
(9.3)
Step 3 Adjustments/
Recovery Amount:
29.5 33.9 31.6 28.4 29.2 No. of Licensees 10 9
9 9
7 Average Change 2.6%
18.1%
-6.1%
-6.9%
6.5%
[Dollars in Millions]
- Centrus Energy Lead Cascade was a licensee during FY17Q1
Allocation of LLW Surcharge Use Data Available from DOEs Manifest Information Management System Contains Information on Four Generator Classes Academic Industrial Medical Utility The ratio of utility waste volumes to total LLW volumes over a period of time is used to estimate the allocation of the surcharge Account for material users licensed by agreement states 9
Percent
$(millions)
Operating Power Reactors 41 1.4 Spent Fuel Storage/Reactor Decommissioning 0
0 Research and Test Reactors 0
0 Fuel Facilities 46 1.6 Material Users 13 0.4 Transportation 0
0 Rare Earth Facilities 0
0 Uranium Recovery 0
0 Total 100 3.4 Allocation of LLW Surcharge in FY 2018
Team Contacts Brian Harris, Team Lead, License Fee Policy Team, Brian.Harris@nrc.gov, 301-415-6382 Billy Blaney, Program Analyst, License Fee Policy Team, William. Blaney@nrc.gov, 301-415-5092 Christie Galster, Senior Accountant, License Fee Policy Team, Christine.Galster@nrc.gov, 301-415-0662 Renu Suri, Fees Transformation Project Manager, License Fee Policy Team, Renu.Suri@nrc.gov, 301-415-0161 10