ML20210K100
| ML20210K100 | |
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| Issue date: | 08/14/1997 |
| From: | Slosson M NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
| To: | Hartline B PRESIDENT OF U.S. & EXECUTIVE OFFICES |
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| NUDOCS 9708190143 | |
| Download: ML20210K100 (4) | |
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August 14,-1997-Dr. Beverly Hartline, OSTP. Liaison
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-Science Division Executive Office of the President 436 Old Executive Office Building Washington, DC 20502-
Dear Dr. Hartline:
Enclosed in this letter are the remaining responses to the questions you provided to me in your fax dated July 15, 1997.
It supplements my letter of July 21, 1997, that provided general information and the responses to Ques-(,
tions 4 and 6.
Should you need additional details on these responses, please
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contact me.
Sincerely, Seymour H. Weiss for Marylee M. Slosson, Acting Director Division of Reactor Program Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Enclos' ire:
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1.
Please provide annual funding amounts from NRC for nuclear power R&D.
(best-estimate, rounded to integer million dollars) starting in the year (NRC formed _through_the present.
If possible,_ break out the amount spent-on reactor designs. provides the total NRC research budget for both reactors and
-other licensees'from 1975 through 1998 in actual dollars.
The historical information is not available to break down the expenditures by either reactors
=only.or by reactor designs, 2.
Please provide an estimate of the total amount of NRC funding (if any) spent on preparing for a fusion device-license application, integrated fr m the year NRC formed. During which years was any effort invested in this activity?
None.
3.
. Number of operating, licensed research reactors'in 1990 and 1997, separately totalling those operated-by industry and by academia.
Licensed Research Reactors 1990 1997 Academia 38 35
-Industry / Government 10
'8 Total-4G 43 5.
How many NRC technical staff: are dedicated to each of the following activities (please provide integer full-time-equivalents)?
reviewing new reactor designs reviewing operating reactors (license amendments, problems, etc.)
inspecting power reactors research T_he below table provides the approximate (FY98 current _ estimate) full-time-equivalent (FTE) staff for each of the requested categories.- These estimates
-do not include management and overhead.- In addition, there-are about 27 FTE i
involved in activities related to the agency's regulatory,. licensing, and inspection program for the storage of nuclear reactor spent fuel.
Activity FTE Reviewing New Reactor Designs.
12-Reviewing Operating = Reactors (license
- 416 amendments, problems, etc.)
Inspecting Power Reactors-(Headquar-438 ters--and Regions)-
Research 142'
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- 7.
What is the NRC's estimate of the number-of plants, by year from 1998 through 2030, that will run out of spent fuel storage space? Please specify_all assumptions used (e.g., that state utility commissions will or will not approve more dry cask storage).
The NRC does not have formal requirements for licensees to report the status of spent fuel storage capacity. The below information was compiled from reliable industry and licensee sources but has not been specifically verified by the NRC.
Assumptions Licensee with dry cask storage capability (16) will continue to use this capability (although one licensee requires state approval for additional casks beyond 2001.
Plants that have adequate capacity to make it to the end of license are not listed including those that are reasonably expected to shutdown or are in a long-term shutdown condition.
No license renewal assumed.
Cates represent the loss of full core offload capability, not full loss of storape space.
Year Number of Plants Comments 1998 6
1 expected to rerack, 4 announced plans for dry cask storage l
1999 1
1 expected to rerack l
2000 3
1 expected to rerack; 2 announced plans for dry cask stot 'e 2001 7
2 expected to rerack; 3 announced plans for dry cask storage 2002 4
2 announced plans for dry cask storage 2003 2
2 announced plans for dry cask storage 2004 2
1 announced plans for dry cask storage 2005
-5 1 announced plans for dry cask storage 2006 7
2 announced plans for dry cask storage 2007 3
2008 8
2009 2
2010 3
2011 6
2012 4
2013 5
2014 1
2018 1
2021 1
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