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January 7, 2016 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 January 7, 2016 The Power Reactor Licensees on the Enclosed List SUBJECT: U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ANALYSIS OF LICENSEES' DECOMMISSIONING FUNDING STATUS REPORTS The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) received your decommissioning funding status (DFS) report letters for your licensed reactors listed in the enclosure. Based on the staff's review of this information, the NRC has determined that you have satisfied the decommissioning funding assurance reporting requirements and have provided decommissioning funding assurance, as required in the regulations at Title 1O of the Code of Federal Regulations Section 50.75 for your plants. The 2015 DFS report findings are publicly available and can be found at Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Accession No. ML 15237A369. If you have any questions on this matter, please contact your licensing project manager. Sincerely, Meena K. Khanna, Chief Plant Licensing Branch IV-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Enclosures: 1. Table of Decommission Funding Status Report 2. List of Licensees cc: Listserv Letter to the Power Reactor Licensees on the Enclosed List from Meena K. Khanna dated January 7, 2016. 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Fitzpatrick Nuclear Plant March 30, 2015 ML 15092A141 Palisades Nuclear Plant March 30, 2015 ML 15092A141 Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station March 30, 2015 ML 15092A141 River Bend Station March 27, 2015 ML 15092A 183 Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station March 30, 2015 ML 15092A141 Waterford 3 Steam Electric Station March 27, 2015 ML 15092A 183 Big Rock Point March 30, 2015 ML 15092A141 Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station Units 1, 2, March 31, 2015 ML 15093A052 and 3 Beaver Valley Power Station, Units 1 and 2 March 31, 2015 ML 15090A447 Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station March 31, 2015 ML 15090A447 Perry Nuclear Power Plant March 31, 2015 ML 15090A44 7 Enclosure 1 - 2 - Plant Submittal Date Accession No. Perry Nuclear Power Plant March 31, 2015 ML 15090A447 Callaway Plant, Unit 1 March 30, 2015 ML 15089A079 Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Station, Units 1 March 30, 2015 ML 15089A362 and 2 Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant March 30, 2015 ML 15089A362 San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, Units 2 and 3 March 31, 2015 ML 15092A 161 Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2 March 31, 2015 ML 15103A281 Edwin I. 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