RW Monitor
5/30/2014
IN NRC
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has granted an exemption to Dominion’s Kewaunee Station to enable access to the site’s decommissioning trust fund, according to a notice in the Federal Register this week. The funds from the trust will go towards paying for activities related to irradiated fuel management. Kewaunee plans to begin spent fuel transfer to dry cask storage in 2015 and 2016. The NRC said that these costs would not affect the plant’s ability to undergo decommissioning within 60 years. “Based on the site-specific cost estimate and the cash flow analysis, use of a portion of the Trust for irradiated fuel management will not adversely impact the Kewaunee’s ability to terminate the KPS license (i.e., complete radiological decontamination) within 60 years, consistent with the schedule and costs contained in the KPS updated Irradiated Fuel Management Plan and PSDAR,” the notice said.
