ML13154A505

Rai'S Following Ifib Analysis of NextEra Energy'S 2013 Decommissioning Funding Status Reports for Seabrook

ML13154A505
Person / Time
Site:	Seabrook
Issue date:	06/04/2013
From:	Regan C M Division of Inspection and Regional Support
To:	Khanna M K Plant Licensing Branch 1
Richard Turtil
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Download: ML13154A505 (3)

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June 4, 2013 MEMORANDUM TO: Meena K. Khanna, Chief Plant Licensing Branch I-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

FROM: Christopher M. Regan, Chief /RA/ Financial Analysis and International Projects Branch Division of Inspection and Regional Support Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

SUBJECT:

NEXTERA ENERGY - 2013 DECOMMISSIONING FUNDING STATUS REPORTS - REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Enclosed is the subject Request for Additional Information (RAI) for NextEra Energy, (NextEra), for Seabrook Station (Seabrook), 2013 Decommissioning Funding Status (DFS) report, from the Financial Analysis and International Projects Branch (IFIB). IFIB staff requests that the RAI be issued to the licensee with a response to be provided 30 days from issuance.

Enclosure:

As stated

CONTACT: Richard H. Turtil, NRR/DIRS 301-415-2308

ML13154A505 OFFICE: NRR/DIRS/IFIB NRR/DIRS/IFIB: BC NAME: RTurtil CRegan DATE: 6/3/2013 6/4/2013 REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BY THE OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION 2013 DECOMMISSIONING FUNDING STATUS REPORT FOR NEXTERA ENERGY (NEXTERA) SEABROOK STATION (SEABROOK)

The requests for additional information (RAIs) provided are in response to NextEra's 2013 Decommissioning Funding Status (DFS) report. On March 25, 2013, NextEra submitted to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) the 2013 Decommissioning Funding Status (DFS) report for Seabrook (see ML13093A156) as required under 10 CFR 50.75(f)(1). The NRC staff has reviewed the information provided in the submittal and determined that the following additional information is required in order to complete its review. NextEra should provide a response within 30 days from the date of this letter.

RAI #1 for Seabrook: Reporting Requirements and Amounts Accumulated Indicate what portion of the accumulated fund balances are for radiological decommissioning activities only. Specify if any of the $460,911,928 for Seabrook is for non-radiological decommissioning costs such as spent fuel management or other non-radiological decommissioning activities.

On March 25, 2013, NextEra provided the amount accumulated in the decommissioning trust fund at the end of the calendar year preceding the date of the report for items included in 10 CFR 50.75 (b) and (c). Confirm that the dollar amounts identified above are exclusively for radiological decommissioning.

Per 10 CFR 50.75(f)(1), licensees must identify "the amount accumulated to the end of the calendar year preceding the date of the report." This actual amount is dedicated for NRC decommissioning activities as defined in 10 CFR 50.2. Per phone conversation on May 30, 2013, between NRC and NextEra staff (meeting summary may be found at NRC Agencywide Documents Access and Management System ML13158A197), NRC indicated that it would generate an RAI in response to NextEra's 2013 DFS report submission for Seabrook.

Specifically, it remained unclear to NRC staff what portion of the trust fund balance for Seabrook was dedicated to NRC decommissioning activities as defined in 10 CFR 50.2.