ML111950720

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the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Staff Spot-Check Review of Tennessee Valley Authority'S One Hundred Percent Ownership Interest of Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 1, on July 7, 2011 - Finding of No Potential Issues
ML111950720
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Site: Watts Bar Tennessee Valley Authority icon.png
Issue date: 07/15/2011
From: Dusaniwskyj M
NRC/NRR/DPR/PFPB
To: Christopher Regan
NRC/NRR/DPR/PFPB
Dusaniwskji M,NRR/DPR, 415-1260
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July 15, 2011 MEMORANDUM TO: Christopher M. Regan, Chief Financial Analysis and International Projects Branch Division of Policy and Rulemaking Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation FROM: Michael A. Dusaniwskyj, Financial Analyst /RA/

Financial Analysis and International Projects Branch Division of Policy and Rulemaking Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

SUBJECT:

THE NUCLAR REGULATORY COMMISSION STAFF SPOT-CHECK REVIEW OF TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITYS ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OWNERSHIP INTEREST OF WATTS BAR NUCLEAR PLANT, UNIT 1, DOCKET NO. 050-00390 ON JULY 7, 2011 - FINDING OF NO POTENTIAL ISSUES Pursuant to SECY-07-0197 , the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff has been instructed to perform spot-check on licensees to ensure that the amount reported to the NRC in the Biennial Decommissioning Funding Status (BDFS) Report is equivalent to the amount the licensee has in their bank account, as of December 31st of the preceding year. After providing at least 10 days prior notice, the NRC staff, on July 7, 2011, performed the spot-check at 400 West Summit Hill Drive, Knoxville, Tennessee, where the Tennessee Valley Authority holds/receives the original bank statements for Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 1 from Bank of New York Mellon.

After the NRC staffs spot-check of Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 1 at the location of the original bank statements, the NRC staff found no issues related to the amount reported to the NRC in the 2011 BDFS Report of $105,790,000 and the stated amount in the bank statements dated December 31, 2010.

Because no issues were found in the NRC staffs spot-check of Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 1, this memo serves to close out TAC No. ME6536.

CONTACT: Michael A. Dusaniwksyj, NRR/DPR 301-415-1260

ML111950720 OFFICE NRR/DPR/PFIB NAME MDusaniwskyj DATE 7/15/2011

INITIAL ON-SITE FINDINGS OF THE INDEPENDENT REACTOR DECOMMISSIONING TRUST FUND OVERSIGHT ANALYSIS UNIT: ____________________________________________________

LICENSEE: ____________________________________________________

PERCENT OWNERSHIP: ____________________________________________________

LOCATION OF REVIEW: ____________________________________________________

LICENSEE CONTACT: ____________________________________________________

ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS VERIFIED TO SHOW TRUST BALANCE IS EQUAL TO ACTUAL TRUST BALANCE CLAIMED IN LAST DECOMMISSIONING FUNDING STATUS REPORT:

[ ] YES [ ] NO ATTACHMENTS PROVIDED: [ ] YES [ ] NO OVERSIGHT REVIEW AND AUDIT FINDINGS:

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:

PERFORMED BY: _____________________________

DATE OF REVIEW: _____________________________