ML20056A171
| ML20056A171 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Fort Saint Vrain  |
| Issue date: | 07/20/1990 |
| From: | Crawford A PUBLIC SERVICE CO. OF COLORADO |
| To: | Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| References | |
| P-90235, NUDOCS 9008060031 | |
| Download: ML20056A171 (2) | |
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%*AL P.O. Box 840 July 20, 1990 Fort St. Vrain A. Clegg Crawford Unit No. 1 vic. presidon:
P-90235 Nuclear Operations -
i U. S. Nuclear-Regulatory Commission l
ATTN:
Document Control Oesk 1
Washington, D.C.
20555 Attention: Mr. Seymour H. Weiss, Director 1
Non-Power Reactor, Decommissioning-and Environmental Project Directorate Docket No. 50-267
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SUBJECT:
Decommissioning Funding for Fort St. Vrain
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REFERENCES:
1)
PSC Lettcr. Crawfed to NRC Document Control Desk, i
dated June 30,1989(P-89228) 2)
NRC Letter, Erickson to Crawford, dated October 4, i
1989(G-89338) 3)
PSC Letter, Crawford to Weiss, dated February 15, 1990(P-90039) 4)
PSC Letter, Crawford to Weiss, dated March 19, 1990-(P-90071) 1
Dear Mr. Weiss:
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~ Public Service Company of Colorado-(PSC) originally submitted the FSV f
Decommissioning Financial Plan to the NRC in Reference 1,
in compliance with 10CFR50.33(k)(2). This Financial Plan was based on y
dismantlement and decontamination following a period of SAFSTOR.
In i
. Reference-2, the NRC notified PSC that'the Reference l' Financial Plan-accumulate decommissioning funds by-2043. would not provide
^l to suitable assurance that the funds necessary Lto accomplish.
decontamination and dismantlement activities would be available. PSC i
submittcf its revised Decommissioning Financial Plan in Attachment 2 to Reference 3, which incorparcted the NRC's suggestion that the d
funds be accumulated over the remaining term of the original' operating license by the year LOO 8.
.100FR50.82(c)(1) requires that funds needed to'~
complete decommissioning of a facility be set aside prior to the end of operations of that facility.
Due to the premature shutdown of FSV,
'PSC has not saccumulated the -full amount of funds required to accomplish' -FSV-decommissionin activities.
PSC submitted an exemption requtst (Reference 4,
which would require PSC to I
accumulate fundt over the remaining term of the original operating g' /
l icense (expiration date:
September 17,2008), which the NRC noted 9008060011 9C X2O lj@
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was the original intehded period of funds accumulation. PSC's Revised Decommissiening_ Financial Plan, which is based on SAFSTOR - is currently in effect, and funds will be accumulated in accordance with the provisions of this plan.
On June 26, 1990, PSC's Board of Directors _ decided to pursue, with other parties, the formation of a -new Independent Power Producer entity that would fund both the early dismantlement of FSV and the i
conversion of FSV to a natural gas powered electric generating i
faci ;ty.
.lf PSC is successful in forming the new Independent Power Producer entity, the entire amount required to fund.
early dismantlement could be available by 1992.
However, if and until -such time as negotiations for the. formation of the new Independent Power ProduceP entity are successfully completed, PSC will continue to fund SAFSTOR in accordance with" its Revised Decommissioning. Financial Plan.
PSC recognizes its' obligation to continue funding SAFSTOR, since this funding plan was selected by the Company as-the means to comply with 10CFR50.33(k)(2).
If
'PSC's new entity formation and early 4
' dismantlement funding efforts are unsuccessful, then PSC : plans to continue the SAFSTOR decommissioning option, if' you have any questions, please' contact Mr. M.H. Holmes at (303)
- l 480-6960.
Very truly yours, (2d h f 1
A.C. Crawford 1
.Vice President Nuclear Operations ACC/JRJ:faw cc: Regional Administrator, Region IV ATTN: Mr. J. B. Baird,
. Technical Assistant Division of Reactor Projects Mr. Robert Farrell Senior Resident inspector r' ort St. Vrain 3
f1r. Robert M. Quillin, Director i
Radiation Control Division Colorado Department of Health 4210 East 11th' Avenue Denver,' C0' 80220 3
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