ML25028A139

DFP Consultation Letter to State for Wolf Creek Initial and Updated Consultation Letter to State

ML25028A139
Person / Time
Site:	Peach Bottom
Issue date:	02/07/2025
From:	Boyce T Storage and Transportation Licensing Branch
To:	Meinholdt J State of KS, Dept of Health & Environment
Shared Package
ML25028A132	List: ML25028A139
References
CAC 001028, EPID L-2024-FPR-0002
Download: ML25028A139 (1)

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

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

UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 Jason Meinholdt Kansas Department of Health & Environment 1000 SW Jackson, Suite 330 Topeka, KS 66612-1365

SUBJECT:

REVIEW OF THE DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT FOR THE WOLF CREEK GENERATING STATION INDEPENDENT SPENT FUEL STORAGE INSTALLATION DECOMMISSIONING FUNDING PLANS

Dear Jason Meinholdt:

By letters dated October 26, 2021 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System

[ADAMS] Accession No. ML21299A029), and October 28, 2024 (ML24302A307), Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation (WCNOC) submitted decommissioning funding plans (DFPs) for calendar years 2021 and 2024, respectively, for the Wolf Creek Generating Station (WCGS)

Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI), located in Kansas, 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 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 the DFP is to Upon removal of the enclosure, this document is uncontrolled.

February 7, 2025

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

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

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 WCNOC. Specifically, the NRC must determine whether WCNOCs DFP contains the information required by 10 CFR 72.30(b) and (c) and whether WCNOC has provided reasonable assurance that funds will be available to decommission the ISFSI.

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: Tom Boyce, Mail Stop: TWFN 4-B06, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555. If you have any questions, please contact John-Chau Nguyen of my staff by telephone at 301-415-0262, or by email at John-Chau.Nguyen@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, Thomas H. Boyce, Acting Chief Storage and Transportation Licensing Branch Division of Fuel Management Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Docket No.: 72-79 CAC/EPID Nos.: 001028/L-2024-FPR-0002

Enclosure:

Draft Environmental Assessment Signed by Boyce, Thomas on 02/07/25

ML24353A085 (pkg), ML24353A086 (ltr), ML24353A087 (encl)

OFFICE NMSS/DFM/PM NMSS/DFM/LA OGC NMSS/DFM/BC NMSS/DFM/PM NAME JNguyen WWheatley AWood TBoyce JNguyen DATE 01/28/2025 01/29/2025 02/06/2025 02/07/2025 02/11/2025