ML20120A551
| ML20120A551 | |
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| Issue date: | 05/01/2020 |
| From: | Patricia Holahan Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery and Waste Programs |
| To: | John Lubinski Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards |
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| Download: ML20120A551 (3) | |
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May 1, 2020 MEMORANDUM TO: John W. Lubinski, Director Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Patricia K. Digitally signed by Patricia K. Holahan FROM: Patricia K. Holahan, Chair Holahan Date: 2020.05.01 11:06:29 -04'00' Reactor Decommissioning Financial Assurance Steering Committee Director, Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery and Waste Programs Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards
SUBJECT:
REACTOR DECOMMISSIONING FINANCIAL ASSURANCE INTER-OFFICE WORKING GROUP FINAL REPORT This memorandum transmits the Final Report of the Reactor Decommissioning Financial Assurance Inter-Office Working Group (Working Group) (Enclosure 1). The Working Group was established to ensure effective regulation and oversight of financial assurance of reactors in decommissioning. The Working Group participants include branch chiefs and senior staff with expertise and responsibility for key aspects of the reactor decommissioning financial assurance process from affected Office of the Executive Director for Operations Staff Offices, as well as the Office of the General Counsel. This includes Working Group members from the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR), the Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards (NMSS) (both the Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery and Waste Programs and the Division of Rulemaking, Environmental and Financial Support), as well as Region I, III and IVs Divisions of Nuclear Materials Safety.
The Steering Committee, comprised of Division level management from each of the organizations listed above, has reviewed and approved the recommendations of the attached Final Report. As Chairman of the Steering Committee, I will oversee tasking to cognizant NRC organizations to complete guidance revisions to Office Instruction (OI) LIC-205, 1 Regulatory CONTACT: Ted Smith, NMSS/DUWP/RDB 301-415-6721 1 Prior to the formation of the Center of Expertise - Financial (COE-F), in NMSS most Financial Assessment Branch (FAB) functions resided in NRR in the Financial Projects Branch (PFPB). As such, the procedures for reviewing decommissioning funding status reports for power reactors are described in NRR Office Instruction, LIC-205. With this relocation, the functions of FAB also moved to NMSS.
Accordingly, guidance such as LIC-205 will be consolidated into the NMSS guidance format.
J. Lubinski 2 Guide (RG)1.159 and Inspection Procedure (IP) 71801 and establish a training program to implement the working group recommendation report items identified on the two tables below.
Guidance or Recommendation Lead Supporting Offices Planned Action (see below) Branch Completion OI LIC 205 1, 2, 3, and 5 NMSS/ NMSS/DUWP/RDB, End of CY 2020 (see footnote 1) REFS/ RGN I, III & IV FAB RG 1.159 1, 3, 7, and 8 NMSS/ NMSS/DUWP/RDB, End of CY 2021 REFS/ RGN I, III & IV FAB IP 71801 4, and 5 NMSS/ NMSS/REFS/FAB, RGN End of CY 2020 DUWP/ I, III & IV RDB Training Activity 6 NMSS/ NMSS/REFS/FAB, RGN Start at 2020 CP DUWP/ I, III & IV Meeting RDB Referral to DFM 9 NMSS/ June 1, 2020 DUWP/
RDB Recommendation Recommendation Description Number Clarify Oversight of Decommissioning Trust Fund Expenditures as Part of 1
Reviews of Annual Decommissioning Funding Status Reports 2 Periodic Cost-Baselining 3 Develop 30-day Notification Guidance 4 Revise Financial Assurance Inspection Procedures Develop Reactor Decommissioning Financial Assurance Spot Check 5
Program for Power Reactors in Decommissioning Establish Reactor Decommissioning Financial Assurance Training 6
Program 7 Post-Shutdown Decommissioning Activities Report Update Triggers 8 Clarify Applicability of the Formula Amount Provide Irradiated Nuclear Fuel Funding Guidance for use of Provisional 9
Trust Funds
Enclosure:
Final Report
J. Lubinski 3
SUBJECT:
REACTOR DECOMMISSIONING FINANCIAL ASSURANCE INTER-OFFICE WORKING GROUP FINAL REPORT DATE: May 1, 2020 DISTRIBUTION: DUWP201900020-3 Public, Regional Administrators, MJRoss-Lee, NRR FMiller - NMSS, BWatson - NMSS, Working Group and Alternates ADAMS Accession Number: Package ML20120A550 Memo ML20120A551 *via email OFFICE NMSS/PM NMSS/BC OGC NMSS/REFS NRR/DORL NAME TSmith* BWatson* TCampbell* JTappert* CErlanger*
DATE 04/24/2020 04/27/2020 04/28/2020 04/28/2020 04/28/2020 RGN RGN NMSS/DUWP OFFICE RGN I/DNMS III/DNMS IV/DNMS NAME JTrapp*
CLipa* for LHowell* for THolahan DPelton MMuessle DATE 04/27/2020 05/01/2020 04/28/2020 05/01/2020 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY