ML091550583

Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee, Llc'S Status of Decommissioning Funding Assurance for Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station

ML091550583
Person / Time
Site:	Vermont Yankee
Issue date:	06/18/2009
From:	James Kim Plant Licensing Branch 1
To:	Entergy Nuclear Operations, Vermont Yankee
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References
FOIA/PA-2010-0090, TAC ME0583
Download: ML091550583 (3)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 June 18, 2000 Vice President, Operations Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station P.O. Box 250 Governor Hunt Road Vernon, VT 05354 SUB~IECT: ENTERGY NUCLEAR VERMONT YANKEE LLC'S STATUS OF DECOMMISSIONING FUNDING ASSURANCE FOR VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER STATION (TAC NO. ME0583)

Dear Sir or Madam:

On March 30, 2009, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) received Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee LLC's biennial decommissioning funding report (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Accession No. ML090920576) for Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station.

Based on our internal review, the NRC staff believes that there is a decommissioning funding assurance shortfall for Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station. Although a shortfall in decommissioning funding assurance does not affect safe operations, adequate decommissioning funding assurance is important to ensure a plant will eventually be decommissioned safely.

The NRC staff will conduct a telephone conference with Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee, LLC within ten working days of the date of this letter to discuss the staff's calculations and methodology. The intent of the call will be to establish a mutual understanding and framework such that you will be able to develop a plan to resolve any decommissioning funding assurance shortfall.

If Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee, LLC is determined to have a shortfall, it will need to submit a plan by a date to be established at the close of the telephone conference. The plan would describe how and when the licensee intends to make adjustments to its trust fund balances and/or make other adjustments or changes with respect to financial assurance mechanisms, such that it will meet the minimum amount of financial assurance consistent with NRC's regulations.

Paperwork Reduction Act Statement This Letter does not contain any new or amended information collection requirements subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). Existing collection requirements under 10 CFR Part 50 were approved by the Office of Management and Budget, control number 3150-0011, which expires (06/30/2010).

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Sincerely, James Kim, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch 1-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-271 cc: Distribution via ListServ

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