ML20044B218

Submits Info Re Availability of Funds for Future Decommissioning of Oregon State Univ Triga Reactor,Per 10CFR50.33 & 50.75.Cost Estimate for Decommissioning Will Be Adjusted Annually Using Formula Given in 10CFR50.75

ML20044B218
Person / Time
Site:	Oregon State University
Issue date:	07/11/1990
From:	Coate L Oregon State University, CORVALLIS, OR
To:	NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
References
RTR-NUREG-1756 NUDOCS 9007180137
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Reference:

Oregon State University TRIGA Reactor (OSTR):

Docket No. 50 243, License No. R 106 l

Subject:

Availability of funds for future decommissioning of the Oregon

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j in accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR 50.33(k)(2),10 CFR 50.75(d) and 10 CFR 50.75(e)(2)(iv), the following decommissioning

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! 1) The estimated cost for the complete decommissioning of the OSTR facility is approximately $3 million. The OSTR is the reference research reactor in the study performed by Pacific Northwest Laboratories for the U.S.

NRC and reported in NUREG/CR 1756 .This 1981 report estimated complete decommissioning costs to be $1.2 million. The multiplier for inflation is 1.54 based on the formula given in 10 CFR 50.75(c)(2), and data published by the Bureau of Labor and Statistics and information in NUREG-1307. Use of this factor results in a,1990 decommissioning cost estimate of $1.8 million based on adjusting the original cost figure incorporated in NUREG/CR 1756.

However, a recent commercial quotation for decommissioning a university reactor facility similar to the OSTR, and actual decommissioning experiences at other similar facilities have resulted in charges around the $3 million mark.

Consequently, we believe that the adjusted NUREG/CR 1756 figure is much

! too low and it is our opinion that $3 million is a much more realistic and

! appropr,i ate value considering actual 1990 decommissioning costs.

l l 2) Oregon State University is a state institution. Therefore, in

[* accordance with the provisions of 10 CFR 50.75(e)(2)(iv) the funds needed for

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- decommissioning will be requested through appropriate state channels and will be obtained sufficiently in advance of decommissioning to prevent delay of j required activities.

3) The cost estimate for decommissioning the OSTR facility will be adjusted annually using the formula given in 10 CFR 50.75(c)(2).

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4) All records requirvdi y 10 CFR 50.75(g) will be kept and maintained by the OSTR staff.

17 5) In accordance with 10 CFR 50.82(a), should the university decide to permanently d3' cease operation of the OSTR, an application to decommission the f acility will be made within two years following permanent cessation of operations or no later than one year prior to expiration of the operating license.

Information submitted in this report has been reviewed and approved by the OSTR Reactor Operations Committee. We trust that the information will meet the Commissions regulatory requirements pertaining to this matter.

Yours sincerely, f ,A L. Edwin Coate Vice President for Finance & Administration dd cc: Regional Administrator, USNRC, Region V Oregon Department of Energy, Attn: Mr. David Stewart Smith T. V. Anderson S. E. Binney, Chairman ROC B. Dodd, Reactor Administrator J. F. Higginbotham, Senior Health Physicist A. G. Johnson, Director D. S. Pratt, Health Physicist

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L. Edwin Coate, being first duly sworn on oath, deposes and says that he has affixed his signature to the letter above in his official capacity as Vice President for Finance &

Administration, Oregon State University; that in accordance with the provisions of Part 50, Chapter 1, Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, he is attaching this affidavit; that the facts set forth in th within letter are true to his best information and belief.

s L. Edwin Coate Vice President for Finance & Administration Subscribed and sworn to before me, a Notary Public,in and for the County of Benton, State of Oregon, this //d day of DdL4 , A.D.,1990, i

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Reference:

Oregon State University TRIGA Reactor (OSTR);

Docket No. 50 243, License No. R 106 i

Subject:

Availability of funds for future decommissioning of the Oregon OREGON i

State University TRIGA Reactor (OSTR) as per 10 CFR 50.33 and c,w g 10 CFR 50.75

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I i in accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR 50.33(k)(2),10 CFR w .i.u.ons.nia. 50.75(d) and 10 CFR 50,75(e)(2)(iv), the following decommissioning

^ information for the Oregon State University TRIGA Reactor (OSTR)is being con.ii.t". one. - submitted:

97111+2128

1) The estimated cost for the complete decommissioning of the OSTR facility is approximately $3 million. The OSTR is the reference research reactor in the study performed by Pacific Northwest Laboratories for the U.S.

NRC and reported'in NUREGICRe1756. This 1981 report estimated complete-i  ; decommissioning costs to be $1.2 million. The multiplier for inflation is ?.54 based on the formula given in'10 CFR 50.75(c)(2), and data published by t;'e Pureau of Labor and Ststistics and information in NUREG-1307. Use of this factor results in a 1990 decommissioning cost estimate of $1.8 million based on adjusting the original cost figure incorporated in NUREG/CR 1756.

However, a recent commercial quotation for decommissioning a university ;

reactor facility similar to the OSTR, and actual decommissioning experiences l at other similar f acilities have resulted in charges around the $3 million mark.

Consequently, we believe that the adjusted NUREG/CR-1756 figure is much too low, and it is our opinion that $3 million is a much more realistic and

, appropriate value considering actual 1990 e acommissioning costs.

2) Oregon State University is a state institution. Therefore,in "7[,' accordance with the provisions of 10 CFR 50.75(e)(2)(iv) the funds needed for

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decommissioning will be requested through appropriate state channels and.will be obtained sufficiently in advance of decommissioning to prevent delay of required activities.

3)-The cost estimate for decommissioning the OSTR facility will be adjusted annually using the formula given in 10 CFR 50.75(c)(2).

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.1 4)- All records required by 10 CFR 50.75(g) will be kept and maintained by the OSTR staff.

5) In accordance with 10 CFR 50.82(a),= should the university decide to permanently I cease operation of the OSTR, an application to decommission the facility will be made within two years following permanent cessation of operations or no later than one year

prior to i.xpiration of the operating license. .;

information submitted in this report has been reviewed and approved by the OSTR

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'L. Edwin Coate, being first duly sworn on oath, deposes and says that he has affixed his:

signature to the letter above in his official capacity as Vice President for Finance &

Administration, Oregon State University; that in accordance with the provisions of Part 50, Chapter 1, Title 10 of the Code of' Federal Regulations, he is attaching this affidavit; that -

the facts set forth in the within letter are true to his best information and belief.,

L. Edwin Coate Vice President for Finance & Administration Subscribed and sworn to before me, a Notary Public,in and for the County of Benton, State of Oregon,- this //d day of M '

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