ML20195H204
| ML20195H204 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 09/25/1998 |
| From: | Trottier C NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REGULATORY RESEARCH (RES) |
| To: | Hendricks L NUCLEAR ENERGY INSTITUTE (FORMERLY NUCLEAR MGMT & |
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| NUDOCS 9811230282 | |
| Download: ML20195H204 (3) | |
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September 25, 1998 Ms. Lynnette Hendricks, Director Plant Support Nuclear Energy Institute 1776 l Street, N.W., Suite 400 Washington, DC 20006-3708
Dear Ms. Hendricks:
Enclosed is a summary of the August 27,1998 meeting that we had on the decommissioning cost requirements in 50.75. As discussed at the meeting, we are preparing a description of the information that would be useful to support re-evaluating the generic decommissioning cost estimetes specified in 50.75. In a recent conversation with Paul Genoa of your staff, we stated that a Technical Committee was formed, comprised of U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff, to help identify the information needed. We expect to complete this process soon. Once we identify our information needs, we will set up a future meeting to more fully discuss what information is needed.
Sincerely, Original Signed By:
Cheryl A. Trottier, Chief Radiation Protection and Health Effects Branch Division of Regulatory Applications Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research s
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Dear Ms. Hendricks:
Enclosed is a summary of the August 27,1998 meeting that we had on the decommissioning i cost requirements in 50.75. As discussed at the meeting, we are preparing a description of the r, information that would be useful to support re-evaluating the generic decommissioning post estimates specified in 50.75. In a recent conversation with Paul Genoa of your staff, we stated I I
that a Technical Committee was formed, comprised of U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff, to help identify the information needed. We expect to complete this process soon. Once t,
'O we identify our information needs, we will set up a future meeting to more fully discuss what '
information is needed.
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L l $ YLsYbdQ Cheryl A. Trottier, Chief Radiation Protection and Health Effects Branch Division of Regulatory Applications Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research
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OF NEl MEETING AT USNRC HEADQUARTERS - August 27,1998 A meeting was held at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) headquarters on August 27,1998 between NRC staff and representatives of NEl (Nuclear Energy Institute). The purpose of the meeting was to hear the NEl views on the requirements specified in 10 CFR 50.75 on the amount of power reactor decommissioning funds that licensees must provide.
The NEl representatives stated that the formula in 10 CFR 50.75 makes no allowance for reduction of waste disposal costs resulting either from waste volume reduction efforts or partial shipment of waste that qualifies to the Envirocare waste disposal facility in Utah where disposal costs can be low. They stated that aside from rule amendment efforts, which likely would take a long time to implement, the most direct and fastest method to provide relief to licensees from the current 50.75 requirements would be to consider making changes to the latest version of the NUREG-1307 report. The NEl recommended that the NUREG be updated to include information on estimating decommissioning costs that considers reduction of LLW, and on disposal of certain LLW at the Envirocare facility.
The NRC staffindicated that waste volume reduction would be considered in developing the next version of NUREG-1307. Additionally, the NRC staff indicated that it will evaluate whether the NUREG could also contain provisions for including wastes that go to Envirocare. A brief discussion was given by the NRC staff on considerations that were made by PNNL for waste volume reduction when estimating decommissioning cost, and the reasons why the PNNL methodology used to estimate the amount of LLW reduction was believed to be acceptable.
However, the NRC staffindicated that recent attempts to fully validate the PNNL methods by using actual field data have been unsuccessful.
During the NEl meeting, the NRC staff indicated that data on actual costs associated with waste volume reduction during decommissioning and operations would be useful. NEl stated that they would try and provide the NRC with information on industry efforts to reduce waste volume. It was decided that in a future meeting the NRC would provide a description of the data that would be useful.