With decommissioning complete, PG& E files request to terminate Humboldt Bay Power Plant license

Current filing asking for use for "residential farming" with a quote from Rex Bohn on how this is significant boost for the Humboldt economy. 

Good for who? Rex? The County?  PG & E? Use for Humboldt's definition of "residential farming" and preferred crop? Those details are absent in the press release.

More taxes and fees for government agencies and local officials who can't think of a local economy that is not based on gambling, drugs, alcohol and government subsidies. Government spends taxpayer money like it is their personal Monopoly bank. 

PG and E Press Release:

With decommissioning activities now complete, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) filed a request today with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to terminate the power plant license, known as the 10 CFR Part 50 license, for Humboldt Bay Power Plant (HBPP), Unit 3. This represents a major milestone for PG&E and community members in the Humboldt area.

PG&E began actively decommissioning the former nuclear plant in June 2009. In 2018, the NRC approved PG&E’s request for a partial release of approximately 30 acres, known as the Fisherman's Channel, from the license. The current filing requests the NRC to release – for other uses - the remaining area covered by the HBPP license. 

As part of the intensive decommissioning project, the HBPP site has been remediated to levels meeting an extensive set of standards and release criteria for a post-industrial, “residential farming” use. The “resident farmer” scenario is the most restrictive level for remediation in NRC guidance for decommissioning former nuclear reactor sites.

PG&E does not have plans beyond industrial use for the site, as the Humboldt Bay (HB) Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI) and the Humboldt Bay Generating Station (HBGS) are located within the former HBPP site boundary. 

“The PG&E team dedicated countless hours to this safe and successful decommissioning. We appreciate the decades-long partnership with the Humboldt community, and especially the contribution of the HBPP Community Advisory Board. We are all enormously proud to reach this milestone,” said Jim Welsch, Senior Vice President, Generation and Chief Nuclear Officer.

“From quarterly information meetings, to always being available for questions, plus the significant boost to our economy, this decommissioning has been a really positive experience from my perspective,” said County Supervisor Rex Bohn, whose district encompasses the project site.