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###### Nuclear Regulatory Commission

          - [NRC-2024-0188]

# AGENCY:

Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

# ACTION:

Draft report; request for comment.

# SUMMARY:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for public comment a draft report entitled, NUREG-1307, Revision 20, “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:

Submit comments by December 19, 2024. Comments received after this date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the Commission is able to ensure consideration only for comments received before this date.

# ADDRESSES:

You may submit comments by any of the following methods; however, the NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the Federal rulemaking website:
      -  Federal rulemaking website:                          Go to                          https://www.regulations.gov                          and search for Docket ID NRC-2024-0188. Address questions about Docket IDs in                          Regulations.gov                          to Stacy Schumann; telephone: 301-415-0624; email:                          Stacy.Schumann@nrc.gov.                          For technical questions, contact the individual listed in the                          For Further Information Contact                          section of this document.                    
      -  Mail comments to:                          Office of Administration, Mail Stop: TWFN-7-A60M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, ATTN: Program Management, Announcements and Editing Staff.                    

                        For additional direction on obtaining information and submitting comments, see “Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments” in the                         **SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION**                         section of this document.                    

# 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:                         *Emil.Tabakov@nrc.gov.*

# SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

## I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments

### A. Obtaining Information

Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2024-0188 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information for this action. You may obtain publicly available information related to this action by any of the following methods:
    -  Federal Rulemaking website:                      Go to                      https://www.regulations.gov                      and search for Docket ID NRC-2024-0188.                
    -  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, at 301-415-4737, or by email to                      PDR.Resource@nrc.gov.                      Draft NUREG-1307, Revision 20, “Report on Waste Burial Charges: Changes in Decommissioning Waste Disposal Costs at Low-Level Waste Burial Facilities,” is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML24309A297.                
    -  NRC's PDR:                      The PDR, where you may examine and order copies of publicly available documents, is open by appointment. To make an appointment to visit the PDR, please send an email to                      PDR.Resource@nrc.gov                      or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern time (ET), Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.                

### B. Submitting Comments

                    The NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the Federal rulemaking website (                    *https://www.regulations.gov*). Please include Docket ID NRC-2024-0188 in your comment submission.                

                    The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact information that you do not want to be publicly disclosed in your comment submission. The NRC will post all comment submissions at                     *https://www.regulations.gov*                     as well as enter the comment submissions into ADAMS. The NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to remove identifying or contact information.                

                    If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons for                           ( print page 91437)                        submission to the NRC, then you should inform those persons not to include identifying or contact information that they do not want to be publicly disclosed in their comment submission. Your request should state that the NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to remove such information before making the comment submissions available to the public or entering the comment into ADAMS.                

## II. 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 20 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 2023 (ADAMS Accession No. ML23044A207) and incorporates updates to the labor, energy, and waste burial escalation factors of the NRC minimum decommissioning fund formula. Due to moderately lower low-level waste (LLW) burial charges at two of the nation's four LLW disposal facilities to which a majority of licensees are anticipated to dispose some portion of their LLW, and slightly to moderately higher charges at the remaining two facilities to which a small number of licensees are anticipated to dispose of their LLW, the minimum decommissioning fund formula amounts calculated by licensees, based on revised LLW burial factors presented in this report, will likely reflect minimum decommissioning fund requirements that are lower, on average, when compared to those previously reported by licensees in 2023.

Dated: November 13, 2024.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Frederick R. Miller,

Chief, Financial Assessment Branch, Division of Rulemaking, Environment, and, Financial Support, Office of Nuclear Material Safety, and Safeguards.

[FR Doc. 2024-26861 Filed 11-18-24; 8:45 am]

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