ML20198L282
| ML20198L282 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Seabrook  |
| Issue date: | 01/05/1998 |
| From: | Casey Smith NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
| To: | NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9801150214 | |
| Download: ML20198L282 (6) | |
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WASHINGTON, D.C. 30eeH001 k *..e January 5. 1998 LICENSEE:
Great Bay Power Corporation FACILITY:
Seabrook Station, Unit No.1
SUBJECT:
SUMMARY
OF MEETING WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF GREAT BAY POWER CORPORATION On December 16,1997, pursuant to notice, the NRC staff met with representatives of Great Bay Power Corporation (Great Bay) at NRC headquarters in Rockville, Maryand, to discuss -
decommissioning funding assurance. A list of meeting attendees is provided as the Attachment.
Great Bay owns 12.13240% of Seabrook Station. On July 23,1997, the NRC staff issued a temporary exemption to Great Bay from the requirements of 10 CFR 50.75 (e) (2) for assurance of decommissioning funding. The temporary exemption expires 1 year from its date of issuance or 90 days following the date of any revisions to 10 CFR 50.2 and 10 CFR 50.75, whichever
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date is sooner. The temporary exemption required, among other conditions, that Great Bay is j
to continue efforts with due diligence to obtain a suitable decommissioning funding assurance arrangement that will meet the requirements of 10 CFR 50.75 (e) (2) and is to provide a written l
. report to the NRC six months from the date of issuance of the temporary exemption of the l '~
efforts underway and the progress made to obtain a suitable decommissioning funding assurance arrangemert.
L At the December 16,1997, meeting Great Bay described the efforts it has taken to obtain L
decommissioning funding assurance. To date no acceptable means of providing a surety l
method or insurance to meet the requirements of 10 CFR 50.75 (e) (2) have been found. Great Bay is currently exploring other options of providing funding assurance, One of the options proposed by Great Bay at the meeting was accelerated decommissioning funding. The Seabrook Station operating license will expire in 2026. Great Bay proposed accelerating its payme.1ts into the decommissioning fund such that its decommissioning obligations would be l~
met by 2015. Great Bay believes this would provide reasonable assurance that their portion of the decommissioning funds would be available prior to any foreseeable premature shutdown of
. the facility. With respect to the proposed rulemaking on decommissioning funding, Great Bay indicated that it was proceeding with a resolution to its current situation under the assumption
' that new regulations would not be issued prior to the expiration date of the temporary foj exemption.
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In response to Great Bay, the NRC staff indicated that accelerated decommissioning funding does not appear to meet the intent of 10 CFR 50.75 (e) for 'other guarantee method" and that such a proposal would most likely be treated as an exemption to the current regulations.
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MEETING WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF GREAT BAY POWER COBEQRATION BQQKVili F. MARYLAND DECEMBER 16.1997 NRC Office of Nuclear Reactor Reaulation NHQ.OMice of the General Counsel Craig Smith Stephen Lewis Robert Wood Steven Hom Al DeAgazlo NRC Office of Nuclear Reaulatorv Research Great Bay Power Corooration Raj Auluck Frank Getman Brian Richter Gerald Charnoff (Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge)
North Atlan'ic Enemy Service Corootation Anthony Callendrello Terry Harpster McGraw - Hill -
Earticoants by Teleconference David Stellfox James Anderson - NH Office of Consumer Advocate Susan Chamberlin - Town Of Seabrook, NH Chester Kokoszka - NH Public Utility Commission NIRS Robert Backus - Campaign for Ratepayer Rights -
Paul Gunter Steve Camerino - Great Bay Power Corporation Attachment 4
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North Atlantic Energy Servico Corporation Seabrook Station, Unit No.1 cc:
Lillian M. Cuoco, Esq.
Mr. Dan McElhinney Senior Nuclear Counsel '
Federal Emergency Management Agency Northeast Utilities Service Company Region i P.O. Box 270 J.W. McCormack P.O. &
- Hartford, CT 06141 0270 Courthouse Building, Room 401 Boston, MA 02109 Mr. Peter Brann Assistant Attorney General Mr. Peter LaPorte, Director State House, Station #6 ATTN: -James Muckerheide Augusta, ME 04333 Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency Resident inspector 400 Worcester Road U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 1496
' Seabrook Nuclear Power Station Framingham, MA 01701-0317 P.O. Box 114g Seabrook, NH 03874 Jeffrey Howard, Attorney General G. Dana Bisbee, Deputy Attorney Ja,1e Spector General Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 33 Capitol Street 825 North Capital Street, N.E.
Concord, NH 03301 Room 8105 Washington, DC 20426 Mr, Woodbury Fogg, Director New Hampshire Office of Emergency Town of Exeter Management 10 Front Street State Office Park South Exeter, NH 03823 107 Pleasant Street Concord, NH 03301 Mr. George L. lverson, Director New Hampshire Office of Emergency Mr. Roy E. Hicock Management Nuclear Training Manager State Office Park South Seabrook Station 107 Pleasant Street North Atlantic Energy Service Corp.
Concord, NH 03301 P.O. Box 300 Seabrook, NH 03874 Regional Administrator, Region i U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mr. Terry L. Harpster 475 Allendale Road Director of Licensing Services King of Prussia, PA 19406 Seabrook Station North Atlantic Energy Service Corp.
Office of the Attomey General P.O. Box 300 One Ashburton Place Seabrook, NH 03874 20th Floor Boston, MA 02108 Mr. D. M. Goebel Vice President Nuclear Oversight Board of Selectmen Northeast U+ilities Service Company Town of Amesbury P.O. Box 270 Town Hall -
Hartford, CT 06141-0270
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Great Bay Power Corporation Cocheco Falls Millworks 100 Main Street, Suite 201 Dover, NH 03820 Mr. B. D. h.er)on President - Nuclear Group Northeast ty.ilitBo Service Group'.
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- Waterford, CT 06385 i-Mr. Ted C. Feigenbaum Executive Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Seabrook Station North Atlantic Energy Service Corporation clo Terry L. Harpster -
P.O. Box 300 Seabrook. NH 03874
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