ML21025A380
| ML21025A380 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Vallecitos File:GEH Hitachi icon.png |
| Issue date: | 02/08/2021 |
| From: | Jack Parrott Reactor Decommissioning Branch |
| To: | Murray S GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy |
| Parrott J | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML21025A372 | List: |
| References | |
| EPID L-2020-DFA-0009 | |
| Download: ML21025A380 (3) | |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 February 8, 2021 Mr. Scott P. Murray, Manager Facility Licensing GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy 3901 Castle Hayne Road P.O. Box 780 Wilmington, NC 28402
SUBJECT:
APPROVAL OF LOWERING THE SURETY BOND AMOUNT FOR THE GENERAL ELECTRIC TEST REACTOR (ENTERPRISE PROJECT IDENTIFIER L-2020-DFA-0009)
Dear Mr. Murray:
By letter dated March 6, 2020 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Package Accession No. ML20066J980), as supplemented by letter dated June 16, 2020 (ADAMS Package Accession No. ML20168A850), GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas, LLC (GEH) provided a revised site-specific decommissioning cost estimate and decommissioning funding plan, in accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Section 50.75, Reporting and recordkeeping for decommissioning planning, for the Vallecitos Nuclear Center GE Test Reactor (GETR) License No. TR-1. The decommissioning cost estimate was updated in 2019 and lowered from approximately $23.01 million to approximately $20.7 million based on revised estimates primarily for waste inventory and disposal costs. In its March 6, 2020 submittal, GEH requested U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) approval to lower the financial assurance surety bond amount for the GETR consistent with this lowered estimate.
The NRC staff has approved GEHs request to lower the GETR surety bond amount because it determined that GEHs method of providing decommissioning financial assurance continues to be acceptable and that GEHs updated estimate of decommissioning costs is reasonable. The enclosed safety evaluation provides the basis for these determinations. Enterprise Project Identifier L-2020-DFA-0009 is considered closed.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390, Public inspections, exemptions, requests for withholding, a copy of this letter and its enclosure will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR)1 or from the Publicly Available Records component of the NRCs ADAMS. ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.
1 The PDR, where you may examine and order copies of public documents, is currently closed. You may submit your request to the PDR via e-mail at pdr.resource@nrc.gov or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737 between 8:00 a.m.
and 4:00 p.m. EST, Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
S. Murray 2
If you have any questions, feel free to contact Jack Parrott at (301) 415-6634 or via e-mail to Jack.Parrott@nrc.gov.
Sincerely, Jack D. Parrott, Senior Project Manager Reactor Decommissioning Branch Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery, and Waste Programs Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Docket No.: 50-70 License No.: TR-1
Enclosure:
Safety Evaluation cc:
GE Hitachi Service List GE Vallecitos Listserv
- via email OFFICE DUWP/RDB FAB DUWP/RDB OGC-NLO DUWP/RDB NAME JParrott RTurtil*
BWatson*
JWachutka*
JParrott DATE 01/25/2021 01/25/2021 01/25/2021 02/08/2021 02/08/2021