ML20345A080

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Nuclear Waste Fund Expenditures for December 2020 - Enclosure

ML20345A080
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Site:	06300001
Issue date:	02/08/2021
From:	Christopher Hanson NRC/Chairman
To:	Carper T, Delauro R, Feinstein D, Kaptur M, Pallone F, Rush B, Tonko P US Congress, US HR, Comm on Appropriations, US HR, Comm on Energy & Commerce, US HR, Subcomm on Energy, US HR, Subcomm on Energy & Water Development, US HR, Subcomm on Environment and Climate Change, US SEN (Senate), US SEN, Comm on Appropriations, US SEN, Comm on Environment & Public Works, US SEN, Subcomm on Energy & Water Development
Joel Dorfman, OCFO, 301-415-6022
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Enclosure U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Nuclear Waste Fund Expenditures December 2020 During the month of December 2020, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) expended $7,979 of Nuclear Waste Fund (NWF) funds on its actions in direct response to the courts decision. Cumulative expenditures since the August 13, 2013, U.S. Court of Appeals decision are $13,132,507. The August 13, 2013, balance of $13,549,315 of unexpended NWF funding, less the cumulative expenditures, results in a remaining unexpended balance of

$416,808. Table 1 provides further details on the NRCs expenditure of NWF funds since August 13, 2013.

Table 1 Status of NRC NWF Funds since the August 13, 2013, Court Decision Yucca Mountain Licensing Activities Cost Estimate December Expenditures Cumulative Expenditures Completion of the safety evaluation report (SER)

$8,310,000

$0

$8,364,877 Loading of Licensing Support Network documents into a nonpublic Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) library

$350,000

$0

$277,670 Loading of Licensing Support Network documents into a public ADAMS library

$1,100,000

$0

$1,142,745 Development of the Environmental Impact Statement supplement

$2,000,000

$0

$1,579,256 SER wrap-up activities

$100,000

$0

$53,548 Knowledge management reports (FY 2017)

$700,000

$0

$659,719 Knowledge management (FY 2021)

$164,000

$7,272

$7,588 Program planning and support

$825,000

$707

$512,836 Response to the August 30, 2013, Commission order

$0

$137,518 Federal court litigation*

$0

$268,974 Support and advice in NRC proceedings

$0

$37,089 Subtotal, other support costs chargeable to NWF funds

$707

$956,417 Virtual meeting of the Licensing Support Network Advisory Review Panel and information-gathering about potential adjudicatory hearing venues

$135,000

$0

$104,448 Adjustments to close out contracts funded by previous NWF appropriations

$0

($13,761)

Total

$13,684,000

$7,979

$13,132,507

• Includes a $59,000 expenditure in May 2014, for the agencys agreement to settle the Equal Access to Justice Act claim of one of the Aiken County petitioners. On October 23, 2014, the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit denied the motion from other parties requesting reimbursement for attorneys fees.

In October 2020, the Commission approved the staffs request to expend no more than

$164,000 from the Nuclear Waste Fund within the next year for the completion of knowledge management activities related to the proposed high-level waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. This report reflects continued expenditures related to this effort.