ML033460186

Request for Additional Information (RAI) on the Spent Fuel Management and Funding Plan for La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor (TAC No. L52608)

ML033460186
Person / Time
Site:	La Crosse File:Dairyland Power Cooperative icon.png
Issue date:	12/11/2003
From:	Huffman W NRC/NMSS/DWM/DCB
To:	Berg W Dairyland Power Cooperative
References
-RFPFR, TAC L52608
Download: ML033460186 (4)

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December 11, 2003 Mr. W. L. Berg General Manager Dairyland Power Cooperative 3200 East Avenue South P. O. Box 817 La Crosse, WI 54602-0817

SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (RAI) ON THE SPENT FUEL MANAGEMENT AND FUNDING PLAN FOR LA CROSSE BOILING WATER REACTOR (L52608)

In accordance with the provisions of 10 CFR 50.54(bb), reactor licensees that have permanently shutdown are required to submit for U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) approval a program for the management and funding of spent fuel. Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.54(bb), you submitted a letter to the NRC dated September 26, 2003, addressing the spent fuel management and funding plans for the La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor.

The staff has reviewed your 50.54(bb) submittal and requests additional information in support of the La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor spent fuel management and funding plan. Specifically:

1) The September 26, 2003, submittal from Dairyland Power Cooperative (DPC) states that DPC continues to fund the expenses of its SAFSTOR activities for La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor (LACBWR) from it regular operating and maintenance (O&M) budget, and these costs are recovered from DPCs rate charges to its cooperative members under a long-term contract. The submittal states that DPC is using this mechanism to meet its 10 CFR 50.54(bb) obligation. In addition, DPC also states that the SAFSTOR costs are relatively small compared to DPCs annual O&M costs for all of their generation and transmission facilities. First, NRC staff is requesting that DPC provide a breakdown of the SAFSTOR costs associated with the wet storage of the spent fuel by major category (i.e., security costs, O&M costs associated with the maintenance of the spent fuel pool, and licensing costs) for LACBWR as well as the total O&M costs for maintaining all the generation and transmission facilities. Second, the staff is requesting DPC provide a discussion of the long-term wholesale power contract related to the period covered since the SAFSTOR period for the LACBWR may extend beyond the long-term contract.

2) The staff is requesting that DPC provide a detailed description of the contingency (backup) plan for funding the costs of the SAFSTOR of LACBWR if the existing wholesale power contract is discontinued, or if the projected revenues from the contract are reduced. DPC must recognize that 10 CFR 50.54(bb) requires the licensee to have a plan in place that addresses the necessary funding to support storage of the spent fuel until the title of the fuel is transferred to the Secretary of Energy.

Mr. W. L. Berg 3) The DPC September 26, 2003, submittal stated that DPCs 25 member cooperatives set their own rates through participation in the DPCs board of directors. First, are DPCs rates set annually or for the term of the long-term contract? Second, are all of the DPCs 25 member cooperatives aware that LACBWRs SAFSTOR costs are included in the overall O&M projected costs? Third, do the 25 member cooperatives have the authority to reduce or eliminate the LACBWRs projected SAFSTOR costs?

Your staff may contact me at (301) 415-1141 if you have any questions concerning the requested information.

Sincerely,

/RA/

William C. Huffman, Project Manager Section A Decommissioning Branch Division of Waste Management Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards License No. DPR-45 Docket No. 50-409 cc: See next page

December 11, 2003 Mr. W. L. Berg 3) The DPC September 26, 2003, submittal stated that DPCs 25 member cooperatives set their own rates through participation in the DPCs board of directors. First, are DPCs rates set annually or for the term of the long-term contract? Second, are all of the DPCs 25-member cooperatives aware that LACBWRs SAFSTOR costs are included in the overall O&M projected costs? Third, do the 25-member cooperatives have the authority to reduce or eliminate the LACBWRs projected SAFSTOR costs?

Your staff may contact me at (301) 415-1141 if you have any questions concerning the requested information.

Sincerely,

/RA/

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La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor cc:

Mr. Fritz Schubert, Esq.

Dairyland Power Cooperative 2615 East Avenue South La Crosse, WI 54601 Whieler, Van Sickle and Anderson Suite 801 25 W. Main Street Madison, WI 53703-3398 Mr. Roger Christians, Plant Manager La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor Dairyland Power Cooperative P.O. Box 275 Genoa, WI 54632 Town Chairman Town of Genoa Route 1 Genoa, WI 54632 Mr. Jeffery Kitsembel Electric Division Wisconsin Public Service Commission P.O. Box 7854 Madison, WI 53707-7854 Regional Administrator Region III U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 801 Warrenville Road Lisle, IL 60532-4351