Decommissioning Updates: Peach Bottom-1 damaged fuel transports; TMI-1 Update

 

Highlights in bold,
 
March 4, 2026.
 
 
Hello again, Eric;
 
The staff has provided the following information regarding your Peach Bottom questions:
 
There is no question asked in 3a, so no response is available.
 
DOE began groundwork for a new onsite facility called the Environmental Management Disposal Facility (EMDF) in 2023. It is scheduled to begin accepting waste by 2035.
 
Amendment No. 18 to Facility Operating License No. DPR-12 for Peach Bottom Unit 1 was issued on June 11, 2024, (ML24082A241). This amendment revises Technical Specifications (TSs) requirements allowing the licensee to do characterizations that will support the development of a contingency plan. The Environmental Review and Modification of License Expiration Dates for Peach Bottom Units 2 and 3 was issued on September 30, 2025 (ML25209A020). The December 23, 2025, exemption authorizes the licensee to complete decommissioning at Peach Bottom Unit 1 no later than 20 years after permanent cessation of operations of either Peach Bottom Unit 2 or 3, whichever is earlier, and in no case to extend decommissioning of Peach Bottom Unit 1 beyond 2074. The NRC staff asked several clarifying questions regarding security, environment, funding, waste disposal, and shared systems during the audit conducted on April 11, 2024. The licensee provided the responses on May 13, 2024, in its supplemental information letter (ML24134A179). The shared systems are discussed in this letter. Follow-up responses from the licensee were provided in the RAI response letter dated August 1, 2024.
 
The fuel handling and transfer paperwork sent with the fuel from Peach Bottom has not been located. An extensive search was done to determine if the NRC possesses any more documentation regarding “bent storage vault,” “broken elements,” leaking canisters, and “salvage cans.” No documentation was found.
 
With regards to questions 11, 12 and 14, please contact DOE using this form:  Contact Us | Department of Energy
 
 
As always, please let me know if you have additional questions. Thanks.
 
 
TMI-2 Advisory Panel, March 4, 2026.
Reported by Maureen Mulligan.
 
  1.  NRC Project Manager Tanya Hood was on the call and said NRC would continue to do quarterly waste disposal on-site  inspections.  
  2. Destroying the cooling towers is in phase two unless Constellation moves ahead with reopening the site. 
  3. James Harris who heads up Waste management division reported that 55 shipments of Class A waste has been shipped.  In 2026, they will ship 31 of Class A waste and 48 low level shipments.  
  4. On March 31st, the decommissioning Trust  Fund status report is due to NRC.  I asked when it would be available to the public.  They answered that after the sign off from NRC it would be posted on www.nrc.gov under the “public section”.  They said right now the fund was in good shape.  Should be on line by mid-April. 
  5. The biggest take away I thought was the fact they expect to ask for a license extension to the 60 year clean up schedule if Constellation moves forward with the Microsoft plan.  
  6.  They claim to be working to reduce volumetric waste but I didn’t catch how.  I did see your discovery question about allowing other waste in with high level waste (HLRW) That seems to contradict the statement by Dwight Shearer ( I think it was) that they are reducing volumetric waste.  
  7. The other key point is Constellation plans to deliver fuel to the site this year.  DEP Rad Protection said they will re-start assessing  them for DEP’s monitoring  costs, probably in July .  DEP said once fuel is delivered, there are safety concerns.  DEP said the assessment would be under $10,000.
Submitted by admin on Fri, 03/06/2026 - 07:24