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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
 

Draft NUREG; Issuance, Availability

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued a draft report 
entitled ``Revised Analyses of Decommissioning for the Reference 
Boiling Water Reactor Power Station'' (NUREG/CR-6174). This draft 
report, prepared for the NRC by Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories 
(PNL), is available for review and comment.
    The draft report presents the results of a review and reevaluation 
of the original boiling water reactor (BWR) decommissioning study 
(NUREG/CR-0672), and subsequent addenda which addressed technology, 
safety and cost issues associated with decommissioning a large nuclear 
power plant. This reevaluation was performed to update the current cost 
estimates to decommission the reference BWR from NUREG/CR-0672, which 
was Washington Public Power Supply System's Washington Nuclear Plant 
Two (WNP-2).
    This report and the recently released draft NUREG/CR-5884, entitled 
``Revised Analyses of Decommissioning for the Reference Pressurized 
Water Reactor Power Station'' should be viewed as a first step in 
developing a more parametric approach to estimating decommissioning 
costs. The results of these studies, including input from the public, 
will be utilized by the NRC staff as part of its effort to determine if 
revisions of the decommissioning regulations are warranted.
    A separate draft report, NUREG/CR-6270, entitled ``Estimating 
Boiling Water Reactor Decommissioning Costs'' will be issued shortly 
for public comment and it will be noticed in the Federal Register when 
it becomes available. It is a user's manual for a computer program 
developed by PNL that was used to calculate the decommissioning cost 
estimates presented in NUREG/CR-6174.
    Comments and suggestions on the Draft NUREG/CR-6174 should be sent 
to the Rules Review and Directives Branch, Division of Freedom of 
Information and Publications Services, Office of Administration, U.S. 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555. Copies of the 
comments received may be examined at the NRC Public Document Room at 
2120 L Street NW., Washington, DC. Comments and suggestions will be 
most helpful if they are received by December 23, 1994.
    Copies of NUREG/CR-6174 may be purchased from the Government 
Printing Office, P.O. Box 37082, Washington, DC 20013-7082, telephone 
(202) 512-2249 or (202) 512-2171. Copies are also available from the 
National Technical Information Service, 5285 Port Royal Road, 
Springfield, Virginia 22161. A copy is also available for inspection 
and/or copying for a fee in the NRC Public Document Room, 2120 L Street 
NW. (Lower Level), Washington, DC.
    Single copies of draft NUREG/CR-6174 may also be obtained by 
written request or telefax (301-504-2260) from: Distribution Services, 
Printing and Mail Services Branch, Office of Administration, U.S. 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555.
    For further information contact George J. Mencinsky, Division of 
Regulatory Applications, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, Mail 
Stop T-9 C24, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555, 
telephone (301) 415-6206.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 15th day of September 1994.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Bill M. Morris,
Director, Division of Regulatory Applications, Office of Nuclear 
Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 94-27376 Filed 11-3-94; 8:45 am]
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