ML112590380

A. Levin Ltr. Zion Nuclear Power Station, Units 1 and 2 - 2011 Decommissioning Funding Status Report - Request for Additional Information (TAC Nos. J00408 and J00409)

ML112590380
Person / Time
Site:	Zion  File:ZionSolutions icon.png
Issue date:	09/20/2011
From:	John Hickman NRC/FSME/DWMEP/DURLD/RDB
To:	Levin A Exelon Nuclear
Hickman J, FSME/DWMEP,301-415-3017
References
TAC J00408, TAC J00409
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September 20, 2011 Adam H. Levin Exelon Nuclear 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555

SUBJECT:

ZION NUCLEAR POWER STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 -2011 DECOMMISSIONING FUNDING STATUS REPORT - REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (TAC NOS. J00408 AND J00409)

Dear Mr. Levin:

On March 30, 2011, ZionSolutions, LLC (ZS) submitted to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) the 2011 Decommissioning Funding Status report for Zion Nuclear Power Station (ZNPS), Units 1 and 2, as required under 10 CFR 50.75(f)(1). In order to complete our review of the ZS Decommissioning Funding Status report we require additional information as detailed in the enclosure of decommissioning expenses while Exelon held the license for Zion Unit 1 and 2. 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 "Rules of Practice for Domestic Licensing Proceedings and Issuance of Orders," a copy of this letter will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records component of NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.

If you have any questions concerning the above, please contact me at (301) 415-3017 or via email at john.hickman@nrc.gov. 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 Nos.: 50-295 and 50-304 License Nos.: DPR-39 and DPR-49

Enclosure:

Request for Additional Information cc w/enclosures: Zion Service List Mr. Keith R. Jury, Exelon Nuclear Adam H. Levin Exelon Nuclear 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555

SUBJECT:

ZION NUCLEAR POWER STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 -2011 DECOMMISSIONING FUNDING STATUS REPORT - REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (TAC NOS. J00408 AND J00409)

Dear Mr. Levin:

On March 30, 2011, ZionSolutions, LLC (ZS) submitted to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) the 2011 Decommissioning Funding Status report for Zion Nuclear Power Station (ZNPS), Units 1 and 2, as required under 10 CFR 50.75(f)(1). In order to complete our review of the ZS Decommissioning Funding Status report we require additional information as detailed in the enclosure of decommissioning expenses while Exelon held the license for Zion Unit 1 and 2. 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 "Rules of Practice for Domestic Licensing Proceedings and Issuance of Orders," a copy of this letter will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records component of NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. If you have any questions concerning the above, please contact me at (301) 415-3017 or via email at john.hickman@nrc.gov. 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 Nos.: 50-295 and 50-304 License Nos.: DPR-39 and DPR-49

Enclosure:

Request for Additional Information

cc: w/enclosures: Zion Service List Mr. Keith R. Jury, Exelon Nuclear Distribution

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Zion Nuclear Power Station, Units 1 and 2 Service List cc: Senior Vice President and General Manager

ZionSolutions, LLC 101 Shiloh Blvd. Zion, IL 60099-2797 Decommissioning Plant Manager

ZionSolutions, LLC 101 Shiloh Blvd. Zion, IL 60099-2797 Director Regulatory Affairs& QA ZionSolutions, LLC 101 Shiloh Blvd.

Zion, IL 60099-2797 Illinois Emergency Management Agency 1035 Outer Park Drive Springfield, IL 62704

Mayor of Zion Zion, IL 60099 Mr. Kent McKenzie, Emergency Management Coordinator Lake County Emergency Management Agency 1303 N. Milwaukee Avenue Libertyville, IL 60048-1308

Regional Administrator U.S. NRC, Region III 2443 Warrenville Road Lisle, IL 60532-4352

J. Bradley Fewell Associate General Counsel Exelon Corporation, LLC 4300 Winfield Rd. Warrenville, IL 60555

John E. Matthews Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004 Russ Workman Deputy General Counsel EnergySolutions 423 West 300 South, Suite 200 Salt Lake City, UT 84101 Matias F. Travieso-Diaz Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP 2300 N St., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20037

Tom Rielly, Executive Principal Vista 360 649 Innsbruck Libertyville IL 60048

Director Spent Fuel & Decommissioning Strategy Exelon Generation Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555

Associate General Counsel Exelon Generation Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555

Document Control Desk - Licensing Exelon Generation Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555

Enclosure REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 2011 DECOMMISSIONING FUNDING STATUS REPORT FOR ZIONSOLUTIONS, LLC On March 30, 2011, ZionSolutions, LLC (ZS) submitted to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) the 2011 Decommissioning Funding Status (DFS) report for Zion Nuclear Power Station (ZNPS), Units 1 and 2, as required under 10 CFR 50.75(f)(1) (ML111100603). These requests for additional information (RAI) are in response to the ZS 2011 DFS report.

RAI #1: Decommissioning Expenses

Per 10 CFR 50.75(e)(2),

the NRC reserves the right to take the following steps in order to ensure a licensee's adequate accumulation of decommissioning funds: review, as needed, the rate of accumulation of decommissioning funds.

Per 10 CFR 50.75(g),

each licensee shall keep records of information important to the safe and effective decommissioning of the facility in an identified location until the license is terminated by the Commission. If records of relevant information are kept for other purposes, reference to these records and their locations may be used. Information the Commission considers important to decommissioning consists of- [-] (3) Records of the cost estimate performed for the decommissioning funding plant or of the amount certified for decommissioning, and records of the funding method used for assuring funds if either a funding plan or certification is used.

Please provide the amount spent on decommissioning prior to September 1, 2010, in a schedule showing the expenses for each year since the permanent cessation of operations. Provide the amount withdrawn from the decommissioning trust fund for expenses related to decommissioning planning prior to the permanent cessation of operation.