ML20045B909
| ML20045B909 | |
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| Site: | Rancho Seco |
| Issue date: | 06/16/1993 |
| From: | Weiss S Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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7590-01 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION SACRAMENTO MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT RANCHO SEC0 NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION DOCKET NO. 50-312
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WITHDRAWAL OF CONSIDERATION OF ISSUANCE OF EXEMPTION On May 14,1992 (57 FR 20718), the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) published a Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Exemption from the requirements of 10 CFR 50.75(e)(1)(ii) to the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD).
The proposed action requested on July 24, 1990, as supplemented on March 26 and July 19, 1991, would have exempted SMUD from the requirement to have full decommissioning funding at the time of termination of operations and would have allowed SMUD to accumulate necessary decommissioning funds up to the end of its operating license in 2008.
On July 9,1992, the final rule on decommissioning funding for prematurely shut down power reactors (57 FR 30383) was issued. This rule, which became effective on August 10, 1992, amended the NRC regulation regarding the timing of collection of funds for decommissioning for prematurely shut down power reactors. The amendment to 10 CFR 50.82 permits the NRC to evaluate, on a case-by-case basis, decommissioning funding plans for power reactors that shut down prematurely. The rule further requires that the NRC evaluation take into account unique safety and financial situations at each power plant.
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, 4 The NRC has evaluated the SMUD decommissioning funding plan in accordance with 10 CFR 50.82, and found that the licensee financial assurance plan offers adequate assurance that funds will be available to decommission the Rancho seco i uclear Generating Station in a manner that protects the public health and safety. This finding pursuant to the amended regulation makes the licensee request for an exemption moot.
Therefore, the NRC is withdrawing its consideration of issuance of an exemption to SMUD from 10 CFR 50.75(e)(1)(ii). The staff evaluation of the SMUD decommissioning funding plan, dated June 16, 1993, considered relevant public comments received on the May 14, 1992, Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Exemption.
I Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 16th day of June 1993.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Seymour H. Weiss, Director Non-Power Reactors and Decommissioning Project Directorate 1
Division of Operating Reactor Support Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation i