NRC-97-0110, Provides Notification of Changes to Fermi 1 Decommissioning Schedule,Activities & Expected Decommissioning Cost,Per 10CFR50.82(a)(7).Plant Will Remain in Safstor Status During Activities Planned for Near Future

Provides Notification of Changes to Fermi 1 Decommissioning Schedule,Activities & Expected Decommissioning Cost,Per 10CFR50.82(a)(7).Plant Will Remain in Safstor Status During Activities Planned for Near Future

ML20211J346
Person / Time
Site:	Fermi
Issue date:	10/02/1997
From:	Gipson D DETROIT EDISON CO.
To:	NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
References
CON-NRC-97-0110, CON-NRC-97-110 NUDOCS 9710080077
Download: ML20211J346 (2)

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,_ Dougia R. Glpson --

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-Tel:313196.5201 Fax: 318M6.4172 Detroit Edison October 2,1997 NRC-97-0110 i i

U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commistion Attn.: Document Control Desk Washington, D. C. 20555

Reference:

Fermii NRC Docket No. 50-16

NRC License No. DPR-9

Subject:

Notification of Changes in Fermi 1 Schedule and Activities .

This letter provides the notification required by 10 CFR 50.82 (a) (7) of chuges -

to the Fermi l decommissioning schedule, activities, and expected decommissioning cost.

Fermi 1 is a permanently shutdown experimental sodium cooled breeder reactor, w:hich last operated in 1972. - It is in the SAFSTOR status and its possession only license expires in 2025. Fermi 1 will remain in SAFSTOR status during the i activities planned for the near future. 0

- Detroit Edison completed a study during the second quarter of 1997 to detemline ,ja whether it would be advantageous to perform the f' mal decommissioning of Fermi 1 now, rather than wait until the year 2025. The conclusion was that the

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. plant will remain _in SAFSTOR for now, but an Industrial Safety improvement Project will be performed.

During this Project, which will last about twr, years, major activities will include removing asbestos, remaining sodium residuals, and NaK (a sodium-potass:um mixture) from the plant. some of which contain radioactive contamination. Many of the specific tasks are decommissioning activities since they are tasks to be

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is not to rem 5ve all the radioactive material from Fermi 1, so the DECON

--J- decommissioning stage will not be entered.

Removal of the sodium residucs, NaK, and any installed connected components ~ ,

will be performed using 10 CFR 50.59.L A Licensing Basis Document / Safety:

JA~nalysis Report for Fermi 1 is being prepared for submittal.1I n the interim,'

_ , 2 safety evaluations are being performed against the submittals referenced in-1 Section 2.A of Fermi l's license in accordance with the facility procedure.1

- During the Fermi 1 evaluation, the cost of decommissioning was assessSd. The cost study was not redone. Using engineering judgment, Detroit Edison now) estimates the nuclear decommissioning cost for Fermi'l in 1996 dollars will be

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b 1 $26~ $29 million vs. the $18 - $19 million that the plant' specific cost study

escalates to in 1996 dollars. The trust fund currently contains about $27 million.

Fund perfomance will continue to be monitored as per the requirements of 10 -

CFR 50.82 (a)(8)(iv). Only a portion of the fund will be spent for the:

decommissioning activities being performed during the Industrial Safety

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'At the end of the Project, Fermi 1 will be in an even safer condition foilong-term

' SAFSTOR. License changes and Technical Specifications will be requested to

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' support the Project and following its completion when systems to protect the; sodium will no longer be needed.

u- If there are any questions, please contact L. Goodman, Director Fermi 1, at 313-

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586-1205.E She would be happy lto meet with you as the Project proceeds.-

cc: S.W. Brown -

NRC Regional Administrator .

D. Nelson, NRC Region III

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