ML21285A049

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission'S Analysis of Pacific Gas and Electric'S Decommissioning Funding Status Report for Humboldt Bay Power Plant Facility, Unit 3, Docket No. 50-133

ML21285A049
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Site:	Humboldt Bay
Issue date:	11/29/2021
From:	Amy Snyder Reactor Decommissioning Branch
To:	Welsch J Pacific Gas & Electric Co
Amy Snyder, 301-415-6822
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November 29, 2021 Mr. James M. Welsch Senior Vice President Generation and Chief Nuclear Officer P.O. Box 56 Mail Code 104/6 Avila Beach, CA 93424

SUBJECT:

U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSIONS ANALYSIS OF PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRICS DECOMMISSIONING FUNDING STATUS REPORT FOR HUMBOLDT BAY POWER PLANT FACIILTY, UNIT 3, DOCKET NOS 50-133

Dear Mr. Welsch:

By letter dated March 29, 2021, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) received your decommissioning funding status (DFS) report (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System [ADAMS] Accession No. ML21088A435 for the Humboldt Bay Power Plant Facility, Unit 3. Although, the Humboldt Bay Power Plant Facility, Unit 3 license is terminated, we are providing this letter to close out our FY2020 DFS record for Docket No. 50-133.

The NRC has reviewed and analyzed the site-specific decommissioning cost estimate, as required in Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 50.82(a)(4)(i), and the amount(s) stated within the licensees decommissioning trust fund, as of December 31, 2020, for the above plant, as well as earnings assumptions. Based on the reported decommissioning trust balance, together with earnings credits specified under NRC regulations, the NRC has determined that as of December 31, 2020, Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) is providing a total amount of decommissioning funding assurance in the amount of $1,141.1M total in 2021 dollars and $4.1M in 2021 dollars for Humboldt Bay Power Facility, Unit 3.

This letter confirms the correspondence, described above, regarding DFS reports for permanently shutdown power reactors as required under 10 CFR 50.82(a)(v) - (vi). As of the date of this letter, considering the available information, the NRC has determined that PG&E has satisfied the decommissioning funding assurance requirements of 10 CFR 50.82, Termination of License, for Humboldt Bay Nuclear Power Facility on December 31, 2020. A summary report completed by NRC staff reflecting decommissioning power reactor DFSs is expected to be completed and made publicly available by the end of calendar year 2020.

If you have any questions in this matter, please contact Amy M. Snyder, at Amy.Snyder@nrc.gov.

Sincerely, Signed by Snyder, Amy on 11/29/21 Amy M. Snyder, Senior Project Manager Reactor Decommissioning Branch Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery and Waste Programs Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Cc:

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