Jeremy L. Dillon
RW Monitor
10/3/2014
As Southern California Edison determines the best way to manage the decommissioning of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, at least seven teams have responded to the utility’s Request for Information about managing the estimated $4.4 billion cleanup project, RW Monitor has learned. According to an industry executive, pre-qualifications were due this week, and at least seven teams responded. They include: AREVA/URS; Bechtel/Westinghouse/WCS; CB&I/EnergySolutions; Fluor/WTS; Holtec/Saulsbury; Jacobs/HII; and Kiewitt/Worley Parsons. It is assumed SCE will move forward in the bidding process with four or five teams following the prequalification stage.
According to SCE spokesperson Maureen Brown, though, the utility still has not yet determined how the project will be managed, although it is likely that SCE will go with the operator contractor model. The company sent the RFI out to experienced companies “as a precursor to determine qualifications,” Brown said. SCE anticipates issuing a Request for Proposal in early 2015.
Last week, SCE officially submitted its decommissioning documents for SONGS to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for review. SCE had completed a draft Post-Shutdown Decommissioning Activities Report (PSDAR), cost estimate and used fuel management plan at the end of July, but it wanted community feedback before officially submitting the documents to the NRC. The decommissioning documents outline the estimated costs and planned timeline for the cleanup, with a price tag of approximately $4.4 billion and a start date for major decommissioning activities to begin in 2016.
