ML25055A057
| ML25055A057 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Dresden  |
| Issue date: | 02/20/2025 |
| From: | Shilpa Arora Plant Licensing Branch III |
| To: | Dunlap J Constellation Energy Generation |
| Arora, S | |
| References | |
| EPID L-2025-LLE-0006 | |
| Download: ML25055A057 (2) | |
Text
From:
Surinder Arora To:
Dunlap, Jeffrey A: (Constellation Nuclear)
Cc:
Whitsell, Erin K:(Constellation Nuclear)
Subject:
Dresden 2 and 3 - Acceptance Review: Request for Exemption from 10 CFR 50.82(a)(8) - EPID: L-2025-LLE-0006 Date:
Thursday, February 20, 2025 1:02:00 PM Jeff Dunlap:
By letter dated January 31, 2025 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML25031A350), Constellation Energy Generation, LLC (CEG, the licensee) submitted a request for exemption from 10 CFR 50.82(a)(8)(i) and (ii), in accordance with 10 CFR 50.12, for Dresden Nuclear Power Station, Units 2 and 3 (Dresden) to allow use of decommissioning trust (NDT) funds.
The NDT funds will be used for prompt disposal of Major Radioactive Components (MRCs) at Dresden and will not exceed $20 million per unit. CEG requests this exemption to provide for disposal of the Steam Dryers that were removed from Dresden in 2006 and 2007, and for the demolition and disposal of the concrete mausoleum currently used to store these components. The cost of disposal of MRCs and mausoleum is included in the site-specific decommissioning cost estimates for Dresden.
The purpose of this e-mail is to provide the results of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staffs acceptance review of this application. The acceptance review was performed to determine if there is sufficient technical information in scope and depth to allow the NRC staff to complete its detailed technical review. The acceptance review is also intended to identify whether the application has any readily apparent information insufficiencies in its characterization of the regulatory requirements or the licensing basis of the plant.
The NRC staff has reviewed your application and concluded that it does provide technical information in sufficient detail to enable the NRC staff to complete its detailed technical review and make an independent assessment regarding the acceptability of the proposed submittal in terms of regulatory requirements and the protection of public health and safety and the environment. Given the lesser scope and depth of the acceptance review as compared to the detailed technical review, there may be instances in which issues that impact the NRC staffs ability to complete the detailed technical review are identified despite completion of an adequate acceptance review. If additional information is needed, you will be advised by separate correspondence.
Based on the information provided in your submittal, the NRC staff has estimated that this licensing request will take approximately 165 hours0.00191 days <br />0.0458 hours <br />2.728175e-4 weeks <br />6.27825e-5 months <br /> to complete its review. The NRC staff expects to complete this review by January 2026. If there are emergent complexities or challenges in our review that would cause changes to the initial forecasted completion date or significant changes in the forecasted hours, the reasons for the changes, along with the new estimates, will be communicated during the routine interactions with the assigned project manager. These estimates are based on the NRC staffs initial review of the application, and they could change, due to several factors including requests for additional information, unanticipated addition of scope to the review, and review by NRC advisory committees or hearing-related activities.
If you have any questions, please contact me at (301) 415-1421 or e-mail at Surinder.Arora@nrc.gov.
Surinder Arora, PE Project Manager, Fermi 2 and Dresden 2 & 3 NRR/DORL/LPL3
+ surinder.arora@nrc.gov
' 301-415-1421