ML13347B309

E. Halpin Ltr. Request for Additional Information for the Decommissioning Funding Status for Humboldt Bay

ML13347B309
Person / Time
Site:	Humboldt Bay
Issue date:	12/16/2013
From:	Hickman J B NRC/FSME/DWMEP/DURLD/RDB
To:	Halpin E D Pacific Gas & Electric Co
Hickman J
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December 16, 2013

Mr. Edward D. Halpin Senior Vice President and

Chief Nuclear Officer Pacific Gas and Electric Company P. O. Box 56

Mail Code 104/6

Avila Beach, CA 93424

SUBJECT:

HUMBOLDT BAY POWER PLANT UNIT 3 - REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Dear Mr. Halpin:

On April 1, 2013, Pacific Gas and Electric submitted to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission the 2013 Decommissioning Funding Status (DFS) report for Humboldt Bay Power Plant Unit 3, as required under Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Section 50.75(f)(1) and 10 CFR 50.82 (a)(8)(v)-(vii). In order to complete our review of your DFS report we require additional information as detailed in the enclosure. Please provide a response to our request for additional information within 30 days from the date of this letter.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "Agency Rules of Practice and Procedure," a copy of this letter will be available electroni cally for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Avail able Records component of ADAMS. ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. Sincerely,

/RA/ John B. Hickman, Project Manager Reactor Decommissioning Branch Decommissioning and Uranium Recovery Licensing Directorate Division of Waste Management and Environmental Protection Office of Federal and State Materials and Environmental Management Programs

Docket No. 50-133

Enclosure:

Request for Additional Information

cc w/enclosure: Humboldt Bay Service List Mr. Edward D. Halpin Senior Vice President and

Chief Nuclear Officer Pacific Gas and Electric Company P. O. Box 56

Mail Code 104/6

Avila Beach, CA 93424

SUBJECT:

HUMBOLDT BAY POWER PLANT UNIT 3 - REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Dear Mr. Halpin:

On April 1, 2013, Pacific Gas and Electric submitted to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission the 2013 Decommissioning Funding Status (DFS) report for Humboldt Bay Power Plant Unit 3, as required under Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Section 50.75(f)(1) and 10 CFR 50.82 (a)(8)(v)-(vii). In order to complete our review of your DFS report we require additional information as detailed in the enclosure. Please provide a response to our request for additional information within 30 days from the date of this letter.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "Agency Rules of Practice and Procedure," a copy of this letter will be available electroni cally for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Avail able Records component of ADAMS. ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. Sincerely,

/RA/ John B. Hickman, Project Manager Reactor Decommissioning Branch Decommissioning and Uranium Recovery Licensing Directorate Division of Waste Management and Environmental Protection Office of Federal and State Materials and Environmental Management Programs

Docket No. 50-133

Enclosure:

Request for Additional Information

cc w/enclosure: Humboldt Bay Service List

DISTRIBUTION: BSpitzberg, RIV AKock, NRR KLois, NRR ML13347B309 OFC DWMEP DWMEP DWMEP DWMEP NAME JHickman CHolston BWatson JHickman DATE 12 / 16 / 2013 12 / 16 / 2013 12 / 16 / 2013 12 / 16 / 2013 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY Humboldt Bay Power Plant, Unit 3 Service List

cc: Mr. Edward D. Halpin Senior Vice President and

Chief Nuclear Officer Pacific Gas and Electric Company P.O. Box 56 Mail Code 104/6 Avila Beach, CA 93424

Loren Sharp

Director and Plant Manager Humboldt Bay Nuclear Pacific Gas & Electric Company 1000 King Salmon Avenue

Eureka, CA 95503

Jennifer K. Post Law Department Pacific Gas and Electric Company

77 Beale Street, B30A

San Francisco, CA

Chairman, Humboldt County Board of Supervisors County Courthouse

825 Fifth Street

Eureka, CA 95501 Regional Administrator, Region IV U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400 Arlington, TX 76011-8064

California Public Utilities Commission 505 Van Ness, Room 4102

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Dr. Rich Ferguson, Energy Chair Sierra Club California

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Mr. Gonzalo Perez, Radiation Program Director Radiologic Health Branch

Dept. of Health Services, MS-7610 P.O. Box 997414 Sacramento, CA 95899-7414

Stephen Hsu, M.S., Senior Health Physicist Radiological Assessment Unit

Radioactive Material Licensing Section Radiologic Health Branch Dept. of Health Services, MS-7610 P.O. Box 997414

Sacramento, CA 95899-7414

Commissioner California Energy Commission 1516 Ninth Street

Sacramento, CA 95814

Deputy Attorney General

State of California 110 West A Street, Suite 700 San Diego, CA 92101 Enclosure REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BY THE OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION 2013 DECOMMISSIONING FUNDING STATUS REPORT FOR HUMBOLDT BAY POWER PLANT UNIT 3

The request for additional information (RAI) is in response to the 2013 Decommissioning Funding Status (DFS) report for Humboldt Bay Power Plant Unit 3. On April 1, 2013, Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) submitted to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission the 2013 Decommissioning Funding Status (DFS) report for Humboldt Bay Power Plant Unit 3, as required under Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Section 50.75(f)(1) and 10 CFR 50.82 (a)(8)(v)-(vii).

On April 1, 2013, PG&E did not provide the difference between actual and estimated costs for decommissioning work performed during the previous year.

Per 10 CFR 50.82(a)(8)(v),

The report must include the following information, current through the end of the previous calendar year: an estimate of the costs to complete decommissioning, reflecting any difference between actual and estimated costs for work performed during the year, and the decommissioning criteria upon which the estimate is based.

RAI #1: Decommissioning Costs Provide the difference between actual and estimated costs for decommissioning work performed during the previous year.