ML23031A004

Enclosure - U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Nuclear Waste Fund Expenditures for January 2023

ML23031A004
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Site:	06300001
Issue date:	03/02/2023
From:	Christopher Hanson NRC/Chairman
To:	Carper T, Feinstein D US HR, Comm on Appropriations, US HR, Comm on Energy & Commerce, US HR, Subcomm on Energy, US HR, Subcomm on Energy & Water Development, US HR, Subcomm on Environment and Climate Change, US SEN, Comm on Appropriations, US SEN, Comm on Environment & Public Works, US SEN, Subcomm on Clean Air, Climate Change & Nuclear Safety, US SEN, Subcomm on Energy & Water Development
Joel Dorfman, OCFO, 301-415-6022
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201300142, SRM-M140124, CORR-23-0016
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U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Nuclear Waste Fund Expenditures January 2023

During the month of January 2023, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) expended

$15,983 of Nuclear Waste Fund (NWF) funds on its actions in direct response to the U.S. Court of Appeals decision. Cumulative expenditures since the August 13, 2013, decision are

$13,333,462. The August 13, 2013, balance of $13,549,315 of unexpended NWF funding, less the cumulative expenditures, results in a remaining unexpended balance of $215,853. Table 1 provides further details on the NRC's expenditure of NWF funds since August 13, 2013.

Table 1 Status of NRC NWF Funds since the August 13, 2013, Court Decision

Yucca Mountain Licensing Activities Cost January Cumulative Estimate Expenditures Expenditures Completion of the safety evaluation report (SER) $8,310,000 $0 $8,364,877 Loading of Licensing Support Network documents into a nonpublic Agencywide $350,000 $0 $277,670 Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) library Loading of Licensing Support Network $1,100,000 $0 $1,142,745 documents into a public ADAMS library Development of the Environmental Impact $2,000,000 $0 $1,579,256 Statement supplement SER wrap-up activities $100,000 $0 $53,548 Knowledge management reports (FY 2017) $700,000 $0 $659,719 Knowledge management (FY 2021) $164,000 $0 $123,809 Program planning and support $1,125 $523,355 Response to the August 30, 2013, $0 $137,518 Commission order Federal court litigation* $0 $268, 974 Support and advice in NRC proceedings $14,858 $111,304 Subtotal, other support costs chargeable to $825,000 $15,983 $1,041, 151 NWF funds Virtual meeting of the Licensing Support Network Advisory Review Panel and $135,000 $0 $104,448 information-gather ing about potential adjudicatory hearing venues Adjustments to close out contracts funded by $0 ($13,761) previous NWF appropriations Total $13,684,000 $15,983 $13,333,462

• Includes a $59,000 expenditure in May 2014, for the agency's agreement to settle the Equal Access to Justice Act claim of one of the Aiken County petitioners. On October 23, 2014, the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit denied the motion from other parties requesting reimbursement for attorneys ' fees.

At this time, all Commission directed activities have been completed.

Enclosure