ML20062C323

February Nuclear Waste Fund Report to Congress (Enclosure)

ML20062C323
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Site:	06300001
Issue date:	03/27/2020
From:	Kristine Svinicki NRC/Chairman
To:	Alexander L, Barrasso J, Braun M, Kaptur M, Lowey N, Pallone F, Rush B, Tonko P US Congress, US HR, Comm on Appropriations, US HR, Comm on Energy & Commerce, US HR, Subcomm on Energy, US HR, Subcomm on Energy & Water Development, US HR, Subcomm on Environment, US SEN, Comm on Appropriations, US SEN, Comm on Environment & Public Works, US SEN, Subcomm on Clean Air & Nuclear Safety, US SEN, Subcomm on Energy & Water Development
Joel Dorfman, OCFO, 301-415-6022
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201300142, NMSS2020000DFM-3, SRM-M140124
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U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Nuclear Waste Fund Expenditures February 2020 During the month of February 2020, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) expended

$97 of Nuclear Waste Fund (NWF) funds on its actions in direct response to the courts decision. Cumulative expenditures since the August 13, 2013, U.S. Court of Appeals decision are $13,118,434. The August 13, 2013, balance of $13,549,315 of unexpended NWF funding, less the cumulative expenditures of $13,118,434, results in a remaining unexpended balance of

$430,881. Total unobligated NWF funds remaining as of February 29, 2020, are $422,784.

Table 1 provides further details on the NRCs expenditure of NWF funds since August 13, 2013.

Table 1 Status of NRC NWF Funds since the August 13, 2013, Court Decision Cost February Cumulative Yucca Mountain Licensing Activities Estimate Expenditures Expenditures Completion of the safety evaluation report (SER) $8,310,000 $0 $8,364,877 Loading of Licensing Support Network documents into a nonpublic Agencywide $350,000 $0 $277,670 Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) library Loading of Licensing Support Network $1,100,000 $0 $1,142,745 documents into a public ADAMS library Development of the Environmental Impact $2,000,000 $0 $1,579,256 Statement supplement SER wrap-up activities $100,000 $0 $53,548 Knowledge management reports $700,000 $0 $657,142 Program planning and support $97 $508,928 Response to the August 30, 2013, $0 $137,518 Commission order Federal court litigation* $0 $268,974 Support and advice in NRC proceedings $0 $37,089 Subtotal, other support costs chargeable to $825,000 $97 $952,509 NWF funds Virtual meeting of the Licensing Support Network Advisory Review Panel (LSNARP) and $135,000 $0 $104,448 information-gathering about potential adjudicatory hearing venues Adjustments to close out contracts funded by $0 ($13,761) previous NWF appropriations Total $13,520,000 $97 $13,118,434

• Includes a $59,000 expenditure in May 2014 for the agencys agreement to settle the Equal Access to Justice Act claim of one of the Aiken County petitioners. On October 23, 2014, the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit denied the motion from other parties requesting reimbursement for attorneys fees.

The unexpended NWF balance of $430,881 includes $8,097 of unexpended obligations.

These unexpended obligations are on contracts with the Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses.

Enclosure