ML21285A191

Nrc'S Analysis of Holtec Decommissioning International'S Decommissioning Funding Status Report for Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station and Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station, Docket Nos 50-219 and 50-293

ML21285A191
Person / Time
Site:	Oyster Creek, Pilgrim
Issue date:	11/30/2021
From:	Amy Snyder Reactor Decommissioning Branch
To:	Fleming J Holtec Decommissioning International
Snyder A
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 November 30, 2021 Jean A. Fleming Vice President Regulatory and Environmental Affairs Holtec Decommissioning International, LLC Krishna P. Singh Technology Campus 1 Holtec Blvd.

Camden, NJ 08104

SUBJECT:

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSIONS ANALYSIS OF HOLTEC DECOMMISSIONING INTERNATIONALS DECOMMISSIONING FUNDING STATUS REPORT FOR OYSTER CREEK NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION AND PILGRIM NUCLEAR POWER STATION, DOCKET NOS 50-219 AND 50-293

Dear Ms. Fleming:

By letter dated March 31, 2021, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) received your decommissioning funding status (DFS) report (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML21090A336 for Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station (Oyster Creek) and Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station (Pilgrim).

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 plants, as well as earnings assumptions, and other identified decommissioning funding assurance mechanisms. 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, Holtec Decommissioning International, LLC, (HDI) is providing a total amount of decommissioning funding assurance in the amount of $713M in 2020 dollars for Oyster Creek and $881M for Pilgrim.

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 HDI has satisfied the decommissioning funding assurance requirements of 10 CFR 50.82, Termination of License, for Oyster Creek and Pilgrim on December 31, 2020. A summary report completed by NRC staff reflecting decommissioning power reactor DFSs is expected to the completed and made publicly available by the end of calendar year 2020.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRCs Agency Rules of Practice and Procedure, a copy of this letter will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records component of NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.

J. Fleming 2 If you have any questions in this matter, please contact Amy M. Snyder, at amy.snyder@nrc.gov.

Sincerely, Signed by Snyder, Amy on 11/30/21 Amy M. Snyder, Senior Project Manager (Pilgrim)

Reactor Decommissioning Branch Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery and Waste Programs Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Zahira Cruz, Project Manager (Oyster Creek)

Reactor Decommissioning Branch Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery and Waste Programs Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards cc: Oyster Creek ListServ Pilgrim ListServ

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