ML22265A044

GE Hitachi Vallecitos Nuclear Center, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission'S Analysis of GE Hitachi'S Decommissioning Funding Status Reports for the Shutdown Power Reactors Vallecitos Boiling Water Reactor (License No. DPR-1, Docket No. 50-18

ML22265A044
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Site:	Vallecitos Nuclear Center, Vallecitos
Issue date:	09/26/2022
From:	Jack Parrott Reactor Decommissioning Branch
To:	Murray S GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy
Jack Parrott, 301-415-6634
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September 26, 2022 Scott P. Murray, Manager Facility Licensing GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy 3901 Castle Hayne Road P.O. Box 780 Wilmington, NC 28402

SUBJECT:

U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSIONS ANALYSIS OF GE HITACHI NUCLEAR ENERGYS DECOMMISSIONING FUNDING STATUS REPORT FOR THE SHUTDOWN POWER REACTORS AT THE VALLECITOS NUCLEAR CENTER, DOCKET NOS. 50-18 AND 50-183

Dear Scott Murray:

By letters dated March 23, 2022, and March 30, 2022, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) received your decommissioning funding status (DFS) reports (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession Nos. ML22084A578 and ML22089A084) respectively, for the shutdown power reactors Vallecitos Boiling Water Reactor (VBWR), Docket No. 50-18, and for the ESADA Vallecitos Experimental Superheat Reactor (EVESR), Docket No. 50-183, at the Vallecitos Nuclear Center.

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), Termination of license - For power reactor licensees, and the amount(s) stated within the licensees surety bond riders for the above plants. Based on the surety bond amounts, the NRC has determined that as of December 31, 2021, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) is providing a total amount of decommissioning funding assurance in the amount of $16,170,000 for the VBWR and in the amount of $16,443,113 for the EVESR.

This letter confirms the correspondence, described above, regarding DFS reports for permanently shut down 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 GEH has satisfied the decommissioning funding assurance requirements of 10 CFR 50.82 for VBWR and EVESR on December 31, 2021.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390, Public inspections, exemptions, requests for withholding, 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 ADAMS. ADAMS is accessible from the NRC website at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.

S. Murray If you have any questions in this matter, please call me at (301) 415-6634 or e-mail me at Jack.Parrott@nrc.gov.

Sincerely, Signed by Parrott, Jack on 09/26/22 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 Nos. 50-18 and 50-183 Cc: GE Vallecitos ListServ GE Test Reactor ListServ

Ltr ML22265A044 OFFICE NMSS/DUWP/RDB NMSS/DUWP/RDB NMSS/DUWP/RDB NAME JParrott JP SAnderson SA JParrott JP DATE Sep 23, 2022 Sep 26, 2022 Sep 26, 2022