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Discusses from P Rutherford to C Haughney Re Financial Guarantee for Decommissioning of NRC Licensed Facilities at Santa Susana Field Lab.Licensee Currently Procuring Ltr of Commitment from DOE
ML20055F376
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Site: 07000025
Issue date: 07/09/1990
From: Rutherford P
ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL CORP.
To: Haughney C
NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS)
References
NUDOCS 9007160357
Download: ML20055F376 (4)


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Financial Guarantee for the Decommissioning of the NRC Licensed Facilities at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL)

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Letter from P. D. Rutherford to.C. J. Haughney (NRC), " Financial Guarantee for the Decommissioning of NRC Licensed Facilities at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL); May 21, 1990-Ref. 2:

Letter from Anthony J. Adduci (Dor BAN) to Philip D. Rutherford (Rockwell), " Decontamination anf acommissioning of Building 20 Hot Cell, Area IV, of Santa Suso Field Laboratory (SSFL)"

Dear _Mr. Haughney:

'This letter revises a similar letter on the same subject. (Reference 1).

Pursuant to the financial guarantee requirements of 10CFR70.25, DOE has' acknowledged responsibility for the D&D of Bldg. 20, and-has stated that L,

funding has been requested (see attached letter from DOE, Reference 2).

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has been supplied with a detailed cost estimate of tho' D&D, which formed the basis for the annual cost figures contained in the decommissioning plan i.

submitted to NRC on April 12, 1990.

L Rockwell understands from conversations with Merri Horn of your staff that the

'NRC is willing to accept' the referenced DOE letter as a letter of credit as provided in 10CFR70.25. We further understand that transmittal of this letter-prior to July 27, 1990 meets the requirements for timely submittal of L

financial guarantee.

Rockwcil is also currently procuring a similar letter of commitment from DOE covering other NRC licensed land and facilities at the SSFL which require decontamination. These are limited to the sodium disposal facility (burn pit) h and Buildings 9 (ISI development) and 5 (Uranium Carbide Fuel Pilot Plant).

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- Decontamination and Decommissioning of Building-20' Hot

'n Cell Area IV of Santa Susana Field Laboratory -(SSFL)-

Dear Mr.' Rutherford:

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This - is in. reference to a letter from Mr.

R. _ Lancet of your org u 'zation concerning the Decontamination and Decommissioning

'(DLo if Building 20-at SSFL.

The letter asked-'if DOE:wouldtbe

,resps.ible 'for funding the D&D effort at -Building-2 0. -

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.' accepting L this. financial responsibility, this would. satisfy 3the

.NuclearLRegulatory Commission (NRC)-licensing D&D requirements.

Building'20-Hot Cells were contaminated:by Atomic International

-(part of LRockwell International) in the performance of a DOE contract.

DOE has, acknowledged its responsibility; to ' D&D of

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International to D&D Building 20 and has provided funding to-i b

perform the:D&D effort.

'Hbever, currently Rockwell has asked for a no-cost extension to their contract in order to prepare a cost estimate for the cost i

growth.of. the D&D ef fort. This indicates that the budget estimates which '. DOE - has' made for future years for this ' D&D effort will definitely be needed.

As to whether the funds will.be-available'on time - for an orderly D&D activity to take place, is' ' strictly : a function of (1) where the Department of Energy places this particular effort in the priority list with other D&D activities g

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-In summary, DOE - is responsible for. Building 20 D&D.

DOE has submitted budget requests ' for an orderly D&D; but the time and'

-' quantity of funds which will' actually flow to the project, and when

- all of the D&D will be. complete is at this point not known nor will-DOE. commit to a schedule date to complete.-

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