ML19273A089

Request to Reclassify Fees Under 1 O CFR 171.15, Annual Fees: Reactor Licenses and Independent Spent Fuel Storage Licenses

ML19273A089
Person / Time
Site:	Three Mile Island
Issue date:	09/30/2019
From:	Gallagher M Exelon Generation Co
To:	Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
TMl-19-096
Download: ML19273A089 (2)

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Michael P. Gallagher Exelon Generation ~

Exelon Nuclea r Vice President License Renewal and Decomm1ss1onmg 200 Exelon Way Kennett Square, PA 19348 610 765 5958 Office 610 765 5658 Fax www.exeloncorp.com m1chaelp.gallagher@exeloncorp.com 10 CFR 171.15 TMl-19-096 September 30, 2019 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATIN: Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555-0001 Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit 1 Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-50 NRC Docket No. 50-289

Subject:

Request to Reclassify Fees Under 10 CFR 171.15, "Annual Fees: Reactor licenses and independent spent fuel storage licenses"

Reference:

1) Letter from Michael P. Gallagher, Exelon Generation Company, LLC to U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, "Certification of Permanent Cessation of Operations for Three Mile Island Nuclear Station," dated June 20, 2017 (ADAMS Accession No. ML17171A151)

2) Letter from Michael P. Gallagher, Exelon Generation Company, LLC to U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission - "Certification of Permanent Removal of Fuel from the Reactor Vessel for Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit 1, "dated September 26, 2019 (ML19269E480}

By letter dated January 20, 2017 (Reference 1), Exelon Generation Company, LLC (Exelon) provided formal notification to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) of its determination to permanently cease operations at Three Mille Island Nuclear Station, Unit 1 (TMl-1) on or about September 30, 2019. By letter dated September 26, 2019 (Reference 2),

Exelon certified that all fuel has been permanently removed from the reactor vessel.

Upon docketing of these certifications for permanent cessation of operations and permanent removal of fuel from the reactor vessel, 10 CFR 50.82(a)(2) states that the 10 CFR Part 50 license no longer authorizes operation of the reactor or emplacement or retention of fuel into the reactor vessel.

Therefore, Exelon requests that the NRC reclassify TMl-1 with respect to 10 CFR 171.15, "Annual fees: Reactor licenses and independent spent fuel storage licenses." Specifically, Exelon requests that the NRC reclassify TMl-1 as a "power reactor holding a 10 CFR Part 50 license that is in decommissioning or possession only status and has spent fuel stored on site" and assess annual fees under 10 CFR 171.15(c)(1) until such time that NRC is notified that all fuel has been removed from the site.

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Docket Nos. 50-289 September 30, 2019 Page 2 Exelon also requests that the NRG billing of fees for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2019 (July

- September, 2019) reflect the new classification of TMl-1 under 10 CFR 171.15(c)(1 }, prorated based on all fuel being permanently removed from the TMl-1 reactor vessel on September 26, 2019, as certified by Reference 2, in accordance with 10 CFR 171.17(a)(2), "Terminations."

No commitments to the NRG are made in this letter.

If you have any questions concerning this submittal, please contact Leslie Holden at (630} 657-2524.

Respectfully, Michael P. Gallagher Vice President, License Renewal & Decommissioning Exelon Generation Company, LLC cc: Regional Administrator - NRG Region I NRG Senior Resident lnspector-TMl-1 NRG Project Manager, NRR-TMl-1 Director, Bureau of Radiation Protection - PA Department of Environmental Resources