ML25045A248

DFPs Consultation Letter to State of Louisiana

ML25045A248
Person / Time
Site:	River Bend, Waterford
Issue date:	03/17/2025
From:	Yoira Diaz-Sanabria Storage and Transportation Licensing Branch
To:	Borne K State of LA, Emergency & Radiological Services Div
Shared Package
ML25045A245	List: ML25045A248
References
EPID L-2017-FPR-0060, EPID L-2017-FPR-0073, CAC 001028
Download: ML25045A248 (1)

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PRE-DECISIONAL INFORMATION. THIS INFORMATION IS LIMITED TO USE BY THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY.

THIS INFORMATION SHALL NOT BE DISCLOSED WITHOUT PRIOR NRC PERMISSION.

PRE-DECISIONAL INFORMATION. THIS INFORMATION IS LIMITED TO USE BY THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY.

THIS INFORMATION SHALL NOT BE DISCLOSED WITHOUT PRIOR NRC PERMISSION.

UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 Kevin Borne, Administrator Emergency and Radiological Services Division Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality 602 North 5th Street Baton Rouge, LA 70802

SUBJECT:

REVIEW OF THE DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS AND FINDINGS OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT FOR THE INDEPENDENT SPENT FUEL STORAGE INSTALLATION DECOMMISSIONING FUNDING PLANS FOR RIVER BEND STATION UNIT 1 AND WATERFORD STEAM ELECTRIC STATION UNIT 3

Dear Mr. Borne:

By letters dated December 17, 2018, and December 15, 2021, Entergy Operations, Inc.

(Entergy) submitted decommissioning funding plans (DFPs) for both the River Bend Station Unit 1 and Waterford Steam Electric Station Unit 3 Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installations (ISFSIs), located in West Feliciana Parish and St. Charles Parish, Louisiana, respectively, for U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff review and approval. The NRC staff is currently reviewing these updated DFPs submitted by Entergy.

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 enclosures, this document is uncontrolled.

March 17, 2025

PRE-DECISIONAL INFORMATION. THIS INFORMATION IS LIMITED TO USE BY THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY.

THIS INFORMATION SHALL NOT BE DISCLOSED WITHOUT PRIOR NRC PERMISSION.

K. Borne PRE-DECISIONAL INFORMATION. THIS INFORMATION IS LIMITED TO USE BY THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY.

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

The Entergy ISFSI DFPs are 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 Entergys DFP are 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 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, Yoira Diaz-Sanabria, Chief Storage and Transportation Licensing Branch Division of Fuel Management Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Docket Nos.: 72-49, 72-75 CAC/EPID Nos.: 001028/L-2017-FPR-0060, 001028/L-2017-FPR-0073

Enclosures:

1. River Bend Draft EA

2. Waterford Draft EA Signed by Diaz-Sanabria, Yoira on 03/17/25

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