[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 21 (Wednesday, February 3, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 8049]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-02189]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2020-0233]


Report on Waste Burial Charges; Changes in Decommissioning Waste 
Disposal Costs at Low-Level Waste Burial Facilities

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: NUREG; issuance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing NUREG-
1307, Revision 18, ``Report on Waste Burial Charges: Changes in 
Decommissioning Waste Disposal Costs at Low-Level Waste Burial 
Facilities.'' This report, which is revised periodically, explains the 
formula acceptable to the NRC for determining the minimum 
decommissioning fund requirements for nuclear power reactor licensees, 
as required by NRC regulations. Specifically, this report provides the 
adjustment factor and updates the values for the labor, energy, and 
waste burial escalation factors of the minimum formula.

DATES: NUREG-1307, Revision 18, is available on February 3, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to NRC-2020-0233 when contacting the NRC about 
the availability of information regarding this document. You may obtain 
publicly available information related to this document using any of 
the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2020-0233. Address 
questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann; 
telephone: 301-415-0624; email: [email protected]. For technical 
questions, contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT section of this document.
     NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System 
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the 
ADAMS Public Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ``Begin Web-based ADAMS 
Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC's Public 
Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or 
by email to [email protected]. NUREG-1307, Revision 18, ``Report on 
Waste Burial Charges: Changes in Decommissioning Waste Disposal Costs 
at Low-Level Waste Burial Facilities,'' is available in ADAMS under 
Accession No. ML21027A302.
     Attention: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies 
of public documents, is currently closed. You may submit your request 
to the PDR via email at [email protected] or call 1-800-397-4209 or 
301-415-4737, between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (EST), Monday through 
Friday, except Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Emil Tabakov, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-6814, email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Discussion

    Pursuant to section 50.75 of title 10 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations (10 CFR), ``Reporting and Recordkeeping for Decommissioning 
Planning,'' the NRC requires nuclear power reactor licensees to adjust 
annually, in current year dollars, their estimate of the cost to 
decommission their plants. The annual updates are part of the process 
for providing reasonable assurance that adequate funds for 
decommissioning will be available when needed.
    Revision 18 of NUREG-1307, ``Report on Waste Burial Charges: 
Changes in Decommissioning Waste Disposal Costs at Low-Level Waste 
Burial Facilities,'' modifies the previous revision to this report 
issued in February 2019 (ADAMS Accession No. ML19037A405) and 
incorporates updates to the adjustment factor and to the labor, energy, 
and waste burial escalation factors of the NRC minimum decommissioning 
fund formula. Due to modest pricing changes in low-level waste burial 
charges at the nation's four low-level waste disposal facilities, the 
minimum decommissioning fund formula amounts calculated by licensees, 
based on revised low-level waste burial factors presented in this 
report, will likely reflect minimum decommissioning fund requirements 
(on average) that are similar to or slightly lower than those reported 
by licensees in 2019.

II. Additional Information

    The NRC published a notice in the Federal Register on November 17, 
2020 (85 FR 73299) requesting public comment on draft NUREG-1307, 
Revision 18. The public comment period closed on December 17, 2020. The 
NRC received four public comments. The public comments and the NRC 
staff's responses are presented in a comment resolution matrix 
available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML21008A253. The staff 
considered the public comments received on the draft document in 
preparing final NUREG-1307, Revision 18.

    Dated: January 28, 2021.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Richard H. Turtil,
Acting Chief, Financial Assessment Branch, Division of Rulemaking, 
Environmental, and Financial Support, Office of Nuclear Material Safety 
and Safeguards.
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