ML20059K223

Lists Factors Relevant to Cost Estimates for Decommissioning Nuclear Reactor Per 10CFR50.33(K) & 50.75.No Decommissioning Funding Vehicle Required

ML20059K223
Person / Time
Site:	05000199
Issue date:	09/14/1990
From:	Berlin R MANHATTAN COLLEGE, RIVERDALE, NY
To:	NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
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NUDOCS 9009210226
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U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 subject: Future Decommissioning of the Manhattan College Zero Power Reactor (MCZPR)

Dear Sir 10 CFR 50.33(K) and 50.75 establish reporting requirements f for licensees to demonstrate how reasonable assurance will be '

provided that funds will be available to decommission the facil-ity. As described in Regulatory Guide 1.159 " Assuring the Avail- <

ability of Funds for Decommissioning Nuclear Reactors",

non-electric-utility licensees'are to base the estimate of funds on a= cost estimate for decommissioning the facility (reactar).

We have reviewed the basis for developing the cost estimate l

' described in section 1.4 of~ Regulatory Guide 1.159 as it would '

apply to the MC"PR. The following factors are relevant to the  ;

cost of decommissioning:

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!. - Because of the negligible burnup and very low radiation j levels there are no radioactive structures in the MCZPR, i

and none will exist when the facility is decommissioned.

In the course of the recent removal of HEU. fuel from the reactor and follow up maintenance a-survey was made of  ;

fuel elements and reactor structure which showed resid-ual radioactivity and occupational exposure levels to be .

well within Regulatory Guide 1.86 standards 'and Spr/hr at 1 meter. In addition routine radiation and contam-ination surveys of the facility performed by our outside health physicist show the levels.to be negligible and well within these= limits.

- Thus the decommissioning of the reactor facility will not require any decentamination, nor will radioactive <

waste be generated requiring disposal. ,

- It would. be anticipated that the final radiation survey would be routinely conducted by the outside health phys-icist (or equivalent).

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i As defined in section 1.4, the decommissioning costs at the MCZPR would be essentially negligible and it is not felt that any decommissioning funding vehicle is required.  ;

sincerely,  !

/. t Robert E. Berlin Reactor Administrator .;

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