ML24353A086

DFP Consultation Letter to State

ML24353A086
Person / Time
Site:	Arkansas Nuclear
Issue date:	01/16/2025
From:	Yoira Diaz-Sanabria, Janice Nguyen Storage and Transportation Licensing Branch
To:	Bevill B State of AK, Dept of Health
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ML24353A085	List: ML24353A086
References
CAC 001028, EPID L-2017-FPR-0005
Download: ML24353A086 (1)

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PRE-DECISIONAL INFORMATION. THIS INFORMATION IS LIMITED TO USE BY THE ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. THIS INFORMATION SHALL NOT BE DISCLOSED WITHOUT PRIOR NRC PERMISSION PRE-DECISIONAL INFORMATION. THIS INFORMATION IS LIMITED TO USE BY THE ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. THIS INFORMATION SHALL NOT BE DISCLOSED WITHOUT PRIOR NRC PERMISSION.

UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 Bernard Bevill, Section Chief Radioactive Control Section Arkansas Department of Health State of Arkansas 4815 West Markham Street Slot #30 Little Rock, AR 72204

SUBJECT:

REVIEW OF THE DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT FOR THE ARKANSAS NUCLEAR ONE UNITS 1 AND 2 INDEPENDENT SPENT FUEL STORAGE INSTALLATION DECOMMISSIONING FUNDING PLAN

Dear Mr. Bevill:

By letters dated December 17, 2018, and December 15, 2021, Entergy Operations, Inc. (EOI) submitted decommissioning funding plans (DFP) for the Arkansas Nuclear One, Units 1 and 2 Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI), located in Arkansas, for U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff review and approval.

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.

The NRC requires its licensees to plan for the eventual decommissioning of their licensed facilities prior to license termination. On June 17, 2011, the NRC published a final rule amending its decommissioning planning regulations (76 Federal Register (FR) 35512). The final rule amended the NRC regulation, 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 Upon removal of the enclosure, this document is uncontrolled.

January 16, 2025

PRE-DECISIONAL INFORMATION. THIS INFORMATION IS LIMITED TO USE BY THE ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. THIS INFORMATION SHALL NOT BE DISCLOSED WITHOUT PRIOR NRC PERMISSION.

B. Bevill PRE-DECISIONAL INFORMATION. THIS INFORMATION IS LIMITED TO USE BY THE ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. THIS INFORMATION SHALL NOT BE DISCLOSED WITHOUT PRIOR NRC PERMISSION.

the DFP is to demonstrate the licensees financial assurance, (i.e., that funds will be available) to decommission the ISFSI. The NRC staff is currently reviewing the information submitted by EOI. Specifically, the NRC must determine whether EOIs DFP contains the information required by 10 CFR 72.30(b) and 10 CFR 72.30(c) and whether EOI has provided reasonable assurance that funds will be available to decommission the ISFSI.

The EOI ISFSI DFP is publicly available in the NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) accessible at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. The ADAMS accession numbers for EOIs DFP is ML18351A491 for the 2018 submittal and ML21350A155 for the 2021 submittal.

In accordance with 10 CFR Part 51, the NRC regulations that implement the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended, the agency has prepared a draft environmental assessment (EA) 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 of the receipt of this letter to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Document Control Desk, ATTN: Yoira Diaz-Sanabria, Mail Stop:

TWFN 4-B08, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555. If you have any questions, please contact Donald Habib of my staff by telephone at 301-415-1035, or by email at Donald.Habib@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, Yoira Diaz-Sanabria, Chief Storage and Transportation Licensing Branch Division of Fuel Management Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Docket No.: 72-13 CAC/EPID Nos.: 001028/L-2017-FPR-0005

Enclosure:

Draft Environmental Assessment Nguyen, Chau signing on behalf of Diaz-Sanabria, Yoira on 01/16/25

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