NOC-AE-17003438, Notice Regarding Withdrawal of Funds from Nuclear Decommissioning Trust Subaccounts

Notice Regarding Withdrawal of Funds from Nuclear Decommissioning Trust Subaccounts

ML17047A200
Person / Time
Site:	South Texas
Issue date:	01/26/2017
From:	Harrison G South Texas
To:	Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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NOC-AE-17003438
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South Tcxas Project Electric Gcncral/ng Station P.Q Box 289 Wadsworth. Tcxas 77483 January 26, 2017 NOC-AE-17003438 File No.: D57, G25 10 CFR 50.75(h)

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguard Washington, D. C. 20555-0001 South Texas Project Units 1 and 2 Docket Nos. STN 50-498 and STN 50-499 Notice Regarding Withdrawal of Funds from Nuclear Decommissioning Trust Subaccounts Reference(s): (1) Letter from G.R. Harrison to NRC Document Control Desk, "Supplement 2 to Notice Regarding withdrawal of Funds from Nuclear Decommissioning Trust Subaccounts," dated February 11, 2010 (NOC-AE-10002519) (ML100501159)

(2) Letter from J.G. Giitter to E.D. Halpin, "Notice of Planned Withdrawal of Funds from NRG South Texas Nuclear Decommissioning Trust Fund Subaccounts (TAC NOS. ME3296 and ME3297)," dated July 6, 2010(ML101580250)

STP Nuclear Operating Company ("STPNOC"), acting on behalf of NRG South Texas LP ("NRG South Texas"), hereby provides Notice of planned withdrawals of up to

$20 million from the* NRG South Texas spent fuel management subaccounts in its nuclear decommissioning trust funds (NDTs) in order to pay for the NRG South Texas share of spent fuel management expenses incurred through December 31, 2017.

In accordance with conditions imposed by prior Order of the* U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ("NRC"), Section 2.04 of the trust agreements governing NRG South Texas NDTs requires that Notice be provided to the NRC at .least thirty days prior to any disbursement from the NDTs, other than disbursements to pay administrative costs.

NRG South Texas created the spent fuel management subaccounts pursuant to the terms of an Order issued by the Public Utility Commission of Texas on October 10, 2008. Further details regarding the spent fuel management subaccounts were provided in Reference 1, and these subaccounts were evaluated by the NRC staff in Reference 2, in connection with a prior notice of planned withdrawals from NRG South Texas large component disposal subaccounts.

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-c NOC-AE-17003438 Page 2 of 3 NRG South Texas now desires to withdraw funds to pay for spent fuel management expenses. Notice is hereby given that monthly or quarterly withdrawals are planned in order to fund the spent fuel management expenses incurred through the calendar year of 2017. NRG South Texas currently expects to make withdrawals on a quarterly basis, and therefore, its first withdrawal is expected to be made in April 2017, with subsequent withdrawals to follow in July 2017, October 2017 and January 2018.

STPNOC plans to make further annual Notices to the NRC regarding planned withdrawals for spent fuel management expenses incurred in 2018 and other future years. The proposed amounts of withdrawals will likely vary from year to year, due to a variety of factors such as annual fluctuations in expenses, the expected recoveries of certain costs from the U.S, Department of Energy (DOE), and the timing of payments made by DOE, which are expected to provide a furthe.r source of funding for ongoing spent fuel management activities.

, Provided that the NRC staff has no objection to the planned withdrawals, no further action by the NRC is required. Under the terms of the trust agreements, NRG Soutb ,

Texas will be authorized to make such withdrawals unless the NRG staff makes a ,,

written objection to the Trustee within 30 days after this Notice or prior to any actual.

disbursement.

There are no commitments in this letter. .

If NRC requires additional information concerning this request, please contact Kimberly Harshaw at (361) 972-4778 or me at (361) 972-8074.. _ . .'

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George R. Harrison Executive Vice President and *-*!

Chief Financial Officer

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Morgan, Lewis & Beckius LLP Regional Administrator, Region IV Steve Frantz, Esquire U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 1600 East Lamar Boulevard U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Arlington, TX 76011-4511 Lisa M. Regner Lisa M. Regner NRG South Texas LP Senior Project Manager Chris O'Hara U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Jim von Suskil One White Flint North (08H04) Skip Zahn 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852 CPS Energy Kevin Pollo NRC Resident Inspector Cris Eugster U.S. Nuclear Reg.ulatory Commission L. D. Blaylock P. 0. Box 289., Mail Code: MN116 Wadsworth, TX 77483 City of Austin Elaina Ball John Wester Attention: Document Control Desk U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Texas Dept. of State Health Services Helen Watkins Robert Free

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