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U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commissions Analysis of Dominion Energy Kewaunees Decommissioning Funding Status Report for Kewaunee Power Station, Docket No. 50-305
ML22292A230
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Site: Kewaunee Dominion icon.png
Issue date: 11/25/2022
From: Sturzebecher K
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards
To: Sly C
Dominion Energy Kewaunee
K J Sturzebecher, NMSS/DUWP
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November 22, 2022 Mr. Craig D. Sly Manager - Nuclear Fleet Licensing Nuclear Regulatory Affairs Dominion Energy Services, Inc.

5000 Dominion Blvd Glen Allen, VA 23060

SUBJECT:

U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSIONS ANALYSIS OF DOMINION ENERGY KEWAUNEES DECOMMISSIONING FUNDING STATUS REPORT FOR KEWAUNEE POWER STATION, DOCKET NO. 50-305

Dear Craig Sly:

By letter dated March 30, 2022, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) received your decommissioning funding status (DFS) report (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML22089A243) for the Kewaunee Power Station (KPS).

The NRC has reviewed and analyzed the site-specific decommissioning cost estimate, as required by Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 50.82(a)(4)(i), Termination of license - For power reactor licensees. The NRC also verified the amount(s) stated within the licensees decommissioning trust fund, as of December 31, 2021, for the above plant, as well as earnings assumptions.

Based on the reported decommissioning trust fund balance of $835.2 million for KPS as of December 31, 2021, together with earnings credits specified under NRC regulations, the NRC has determined that as of December 31, 2021, Dominion Energy Kewaunee, Inc. (DEK), is providing the funds necessary to meet decommissioning funding assurance requirements at the site. DEK has funding in place to meet the radiological decommissioning expenses to achieve license termination at the site and in addition, as the facility has an exemption for use of the decommissioning trust for managing spent fuel, NRC has also concluded that DEK is providing the funds necessary to meet the spent fuel management requirements of the site.

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 DEK has satisfied the decommissioning funding assurance requirements of 10 CFR 50.82 for KPS as of December 31, 2021.

With regards to the order approving the indirect transfer of KPS from Dominion Nuclear Projects, Inc. to EnergySolutions, LLC (ADAMS Accession No. ML22014A391), Kewaunee Solutions, Inc. will continue the responsibilities for all licensed activity at the KPS site and

C. Sly 2 addressing the DFS in pursuant to 10 CFR 50.75(f)(1), Reporting and recordkeeping for decommissioning planning, and 10 CFR 50.82(a)(8)(v)-(vii) Termination of license.

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. If you have any questions in this matter, please call me at (301) 415-8534 or e-mail me at Karl.Sturzebecher@nrc.gov.

Sincerely, Signed by Sturzebecher, Karl on 11/22/22 Karl Sturzebecher, Project Manager Reactor Decommissioning Branch Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery and Waste Programs Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Docket No. 50-305 License No. DPR-43 Cc: Kewaunee ListServ Douglas C. Lawrence Vice President - Nuclear Engineering and Fleet Support Dominion Nuclear Innsbrook Technical Center 5000 Dominion Blvd Glen Allen, VA 23060-6711 Joe Lynch Licensing Manager EnergySolutions 121 W. Trade Street Suite 2700 Charlotte, NC 28202

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