ML18218A123

Transmittal Financial Assurance Update

ML18218A123
Person / Time
Site:	Vallecitos Nuclear Center, 07001113, 07002872, 07200001, Vallecitos
Issue date:	08/09/2018
From:	Ty Naquin Fuel Manufacturing Branch
To:	Murray S Global Nuclear Fuel - Americas
Naquin T
Shared Package
ML18218A097	List: ML18218A123 ML18218A152 ML18218A217
References
EPID: L-2018-DFA-003
Download: ML18218A123 (3)

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S. Murray UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 August 9, 2018 Mr. Scott P. Murray, Manager Licensing & Liabilities Global Nuclear Fuel-Americas 3901 Castle Hayne Road P.O. Box 780 - M/C K-84 Wilmington, NC 28401

SUBJECT:

FINANCIAL ASSURANCE UPDATE OF DECOMMISSIONING FUNDS - SURETY BONDS FOR GENERAL ELECTRIC HITACHI NUCLEAR ENERGY AND GLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL-AMERICAS (ENTERPRISE PROJECT IDENTIFICATION:

L-2018-DFA-003)

Dear Mr. Murray:

By letter dated March 27, 2018 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System

[ADAMS] Accession Number ML18087A172), General Electric Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) and Global Nuclear Fuels-Americas (GNF-A) provided original signed documents that establish surety bonds for decommissioning financial assurance to replace the GE Parent Company Guarantee. Specific licensees are the GNF-A Fuel Manufacturing facility; the Vallecitos Nuclear Center, including the Vallecitos Boiling Water Reactor; the Nuclear Test Reactor; the General Electric Test Reactor; the Empire States Atomic Development Associates Vallecitos Experimental Superheat Reactor (reactor facilities); and the Morris Operations facility.

Additionally, on April 5, 2018 you submitted original signed documents to amend the current standby trust agreements to receive payment of decommissioning funds for GEH and GNF-A (ADAMS Accession Number ML18096A036).

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff reviewed the documents for conformance to NRCs regulations and NUREG-1757, Volume 3, Consolidated NMSS Decommissioning Guidance: Financial Assurance, Recordkeeping, and Timeliness. The documents submitted were found acceptable in accordance with NUREG-1757, Volume 3, Appendix A.5., Surety Bonds. Under the surety bond, an entity with adequate financial strength (e.g., bank, insurer, or other financial institution) guarantees that the required amount of funds will be available whenever needed. The enclosed Safety Evaluation Reports document the staffs finding.

Separate analysis of reactor and material licensees are enclosed.

In accordance with Tile 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Section 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 NRCs document system, ADAMS. ADAMS is accessible from the NRC web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room). The Enterprise Project Identification: L-2018-DFA-003 is considered closed.

S. Murray If you have any questions regarding this matter, I can be reached by phone at (301) 415-7352 or via e-mail at Tyrone.Naquin@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

\RA\

Tyrone D. Naquin, Project Manager Fuel Manufacturing Branch Division of Fuel Cycle Safety, Safeguards, and Environmental Review Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Docket Nos.

70-1113, 50-73, 72-1, 70-2872, 50-70, 50-18, 50-183 License Nos.

SNM-1097, TR-1, SNM-2500, DR-10, DPR-1, R-33, SNM-960

Enclosures:

1. Safety Evaluation Report (Materials)

2. Safety Evaluation Report (Reactors)

S. Murray

SUBJECT:

FINANCIAL ASSURANCE UPDATE OF DECOMMISSIONING FUNDS - SURETY BONDS FOR GENERAL ELECTRIC HITACHI NUCLEAR ENERGY AND GLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL-AMERICAS (ENTERPRISE PROJECT IDENTIFICATION:

L-2018-DFA-003)

DATED: August 9, 2018 DISTRIBUTION:

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