ML24262A035
| ML24262A035 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Callaway  |
| Issue date: | 01/31/2025 |
| From: | Boyce T Storage and Transportation Licensing Branch |
| To: | Lehman L State of MO, Dept of Natural Resources |
| Shared Package | |
| ML24262A034 | List: |
| References | |
| EPID L-2017-FPR-0012 | |
| Download: ML24262A035 (1) | |
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PRE-DECISIONAL INFORMATION. THIS INFORMATION IS LIMITED TO USE BY THE MISSOURI DEPARMENT OF NATURUAL RESOURCES. THIS INFORMATION SHALL NOT BE DISCLOSED WITHOUT PRIOR NRC PERMISSION PRE-DECISIONAL INFORMATION. THIS INFORMATION IS LIMITED TO USE BY THE MISSOURI DEPARMENT OF NATURUAL RESOURCES. THIS INFORMATION SHALL NOT BE DISCLOSED WITHOUT PRIOR NRC PERMISSION UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 Larry Lehman, Deputy Director Division of Environmental Quality Missouri Department of Natural Resources P.O. Box 176 Jefferson, MO 65102
SUBJECT:
REVIEW OF THE DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT FOR CALLAWAY PLANT INDEPENDENT SPENT FUEL STORAGE INSTALLATION UPDATED DECOMMISSIONING FUNDING PLANS
Dear Larry Lehman:
By letters dated August 6, 2018 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
[ADAMS] Accession No. ML18218A205), March 30, 2021 (ML21089A370), and March 30, 2023 (ML23089A145), as supplemented by letter dated December 18, 2024 (ML24353A223), Union Electric Company (Ameren Missouri) submitted updated decommissioning funding plans (DFPs) for calendar years 2018, 2021, and 2023, respectively, for the independent spent fuel storage installation (ISFSI) at Callaway Energy Center in Fulton, Missouri, for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff review and approval. The NRC staff is currently reviewing these updated DFPs submitted by Ameren Missouri.
Previously, by letter dated June 30, 2017 (ML17180A020), the NRC consulted with the Missouri Radiation Control Program, Bureau of Ambulatory Care, Division of Regulation and Licensure (State) regarding the Ameren Missouris initial 2015 DFP submittal for the Callaway Plant ISFSI (ML15229A127). The NRC staff noted that the State did not provide any comments.
The NRC regulations at Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 72, Licensing Requirements for the Independent Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel, High-Level Radioactive Waste, and Reactor-Related Greater than Class C Waste, govern the storage of spent nuclear fuel (spent fuel) generated at commercial nuclear power reactors licensed by the NRC. Spent fuel that has been removed from the reactors spent fuel pool is typically stored at a nuclear power plants ISFSI.
Upon removal of the enclosure, this document is decontrolled.
January 31, 2025
PRE-DECISIONAL INFORMATION. THIS INFORMATION IS LIMITED TO USE BY THE MISSOURI DEPARMENT OF NATURUAL RESOURCES. THIS INFORMATION SHALL NOT BE DISCLOSED WITHOUT PRIOR NRC PERMISSION L. Lehman 2
PRE-DECISIONAL INFORMATION. THIS INFORMATION IS LIMITED TO USE BY THE MISSOURI DEPARMENT OF NATURUAL RESOURCES. THIS INFORMATION SHALL NOT BE DISCLOSED WITHOUT PRIOR NRC PERMISSION The NRC requires its licensees to plan for the eventual decommissioning of their licensed facilities prior to license termination. On June 17, 2011 (76 FR 35512), the NRC published a final rule amending its decommissioning planning regulations. The final rule amended 10 CFR 72.30, which concerns financial assurance and decommissioning for ISFSIs. This regulation now requires each holder of, or applicant for, a license under 10 CFR Part 72 to submit, for NRC review and approval, a DFP. The purpose of the DFP is to demonstrate the licensees financial assurance (i.e., that funds will be available to decommission the ISFSI). The NRC staff is reviewing the information submitted by Ameren Missouri.
Specifically, the NRC must determine whether the updated DFPs contain the information required by 10 CFR 72.30(c), and whether Ameren Missouri has provided reasonable assurance that funds will be available to decommission the Callaway Plant ISFSI.
In accordance with 10 CFR Part 51, which contains the NRC regulations that implement the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended, the agency has prepared a separate draft environmental assessment (EA) for the Callaway Plant ISFSI for the proposed action (enclosed). We are providing your office with the opportunity to review the draft EA and comment on environmental issues prior to the public issuance and publication of the EA. We request that distribution and use of the enclosed draft EA be limited only to those staff involved in the review and comment process.
Please submit any comments within 30 days from the date of this letter to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Document Control Desk, ATTN: Tom Boyce, Mail Stop: TWFN 4B34, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555. If you have any questions, please contact Tilda Liu of my staff by telephone at 404-997-4730, or by email at tilda.liu@nrc.gov. The NRC staff will consider your timely comments and will revise the EA, as appropriate, before its final issuance and publication. Thank you for your assistance.
Sincerely, Tom Boyce, Acting Chief Storage and Transportation Licensing Branch Division of Fuel Management Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Docket Nos.: 50-483 and 72-1045 License No.: SFGL-60 EPID No. L-2017-FPR-0012
Enclosure:
Draft EA for Callaway Plant ISFSI Signed by Boyce, Thomas on 01/31/25
ML24262A034(pkg, non-public), ML24262A035(ltr),
ML24262A036(encl, non-public)
OFFICE NMSS/DFM/STLB NMSS/DFM/STLB OGC (NLO)
NMSS/DFM/STLB NAME TLiu WWheatley AWood TBoyce DATE 1/15/2025 9/24/2024 1/24/2025 1/31/2025