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Topical Guidelines for the Licensing Support System
ML031920077
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Site: WM-00011
Issue date: 07/13/1990
From: Bernero R
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards
To: Hoyle J
NRC/SECY
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8900 112 HOYLE/TOPICAL GUIDELINES MEMORANDUM FOR: John C. Hoyle, Chairman Licensing Support System Advisory Review Panel FROM:

Robert M. Bernero, Director Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards

SUBJECT:

TOPICAL GUIDELINES FOR THE LICENSING SUPPORT SYSTEM The purpose of this memorandum is to transmit the proposed revision of the Interim topical guidelines for the Licensing Support System (LSS) to the LSS Advisory Review Panel (LSSARP) for consideration at the October 1990 LSSARP meeting. is the "Draft Regulatory Guide Topical Guidelines for the Licensing Support System" (Draft Regulatory Guide) which was prepared by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff and the Office of the General Counsel (OGC). is a copy of the interim topical guidelines. is a document which describes the disposition of the three lists which comprised the interim topical guidelines. The Commission has reviewed the Draft Regulatory Guide and has given the staff permission to forward it to the LSSARP.

Please address any questions on the enclosed material to Mark Delligatti, the project manager for the revision of the LSS topical guidelines, at extension 20430.

gn) Robtert M Berneo Robert M. Bernero, Director Offi-ce of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards

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HOYLE/TOPICAL GUIDELINES MEMORANDUM FOR:

John C.Hoyle, Chairman Licensing Support System Advisory Review Panel FROM:

Robert M. Bernero, Director Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards

SUBJECT:

TOPICAL GUIDELINES FOR THE LICENSING SUPPORT SYSTEM The purpose of this memorandum is to transmit the proposed revision of the interim topical guidelines for the Licensing Support System (LSS) to the LSS Advisory Review Panel (LSSARP) for consideration at the October 1990 LSSARP meeting. Enclosure 1 is the "Draft Regulatory Guide Topical Guidelines for the Licensing Support System" (Draft Regulatory Guide) which was prepared by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff and the Office of the General Counsel (OGC). is a copy of the interim topical guidelines. is a document which describes the disposition of the three lists which comprised the interim topical guidelines.

The Commission has reviewed the Draft Regulatory Guide and has given the staff permission to forward it to the LSSARP.

Please address any questions on the enclosed material to Mark Delligatti, the project manager for the revision of the LSS topical guidelines, at extension 20430.

Robert M. Bernero, Director Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards

Enclosures:

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.AJ Iin MEMORANDUM FOR:

John C. Hoyle, Chairman Licensing Support System Advisory Review Panel FROM:

Robert M. Bernero, Director Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards

SUBJECT:

TOPICAL GUIDELINES FOR THE LICENSING SUPPORT SYSTEM The purpose of this memorandum is to transmit the proposed revision of the interim topical guidelines for the Licensing Support System (LSS) to the LSS Advisory Review Panel (LSSARP) for consideration at the October 1990 LSSARP meeting. is the "Draft Regulatory Guide Topical Guidelines for the Licensing Support System" (Draft Regulatory Guide) which was prepared by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff and the Office of the General Counsel (OGC). is a copy of the interim topical guidelines. is a document which describes the disposition of the three lists which comprised the interim topical guidelines.

The Commission has reviewed the Draft Regulatory Guide and has given the staff permission to forward it to the LSSARP.

Please address any questions on the enclosed material to Mark Delligatti, the project manager for the revision of the LSS topical guidelines, at extension 20430.

Robert M. Bernero, Director Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards

Enclosures:

As stated cc:

RBrowning, HLWM LWonnelly, LSSA MSilberberg, RES STreby, OGC FCameron, LSSA JLinehan, HLPD

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ENCLOSURE 1

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DRAFT REGULATORY GUIDE TOPICAL GUIDELINES FOR THE LICENSING SUPPORT SYSTEM

ABSTRACT This Regulatory Guide sets forth the topical guidelines for the Licensing Support System established in the Rules of Practice in 10 CFR Part 2, Subpart J for the adjudicatory proceeding on the application for a license to receive and possess high-level radioactive waste at a geologic repository operations area pursuant to 10 CFR Part 60.

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INTRODUCTION Subpart J of 10 CFR Part 2 (10 CFR 2.1000 to 2.1023) sets orth procedures for an adjudicatory proceeding on the application for a license tu receive and possess high-level nuclear waste at a geologic repository under 10 CFR Part 60.

Pursuant to these regulations, the Licensing Support System (LSS), an electronic information management system, is being designed and implemented to provide for the entry of and access to potentially relevant licensing information.

The topical guidelines define the scope of documentary matorial which should be Included in the LSS.

Interim topical guidelines, drafted by the High-Level Waste Licensing Support System Advisory Review Panel were adopted by the U.S Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) with the statement that the topical guidelines would later be revised and set forth as a regulatory guide by NRC staff (see 54 Fed.

Reg. 14925 (1989)). The interim topical guidelines were partially modeled after the Environmental Assessments prepared in connection with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE's) site selection process.

Document is defined in 10 CFR 2.1001 as "...any written, printed, recorded, magnetic, graphic matter, or other documentary material, regardless of form or characteristic."

10 CFR 2.1001 also defines documentary material as 1'... any Vaterial or other information that is relevant to, or likely to lead to the discovery of information that is relevant to the licensing of the likely candidate for a geologic repository. The scope of documentary material shall be guided by the topical guidelines in the applicable NRC regulatory guide."

The form which this material might take is included in Appendix A, a non-exhaustive list of types of documents which may be Included in the LSS.

This regulatory guide has been prepared using the interim topical guidelines in addition to the "Draft Format and Content Guide for the License Application for the High-Level Waste Repository" (FCRG), which sets forth the Information that the NRC staff suggests should be submitted in the license application.

Pursuant to section 114(f)(4) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 as amended, (42 U.S.C.

10134(f)(4)), the Commission is required "to the extent practicable," to adopt the environmental impact statement (EIS) prepared by DOE. The Commission's regulations have been amended to be in accord with this statutory provisions.

See 10 CFR 51.26(c). Therefore, the environmental issues in the topical guidelines will be limited to those documents relevant to the Commission's adoption or modification of the DOE EIS.

1. Purpose of the Regulatory Guide The purpose of this regulatory guide is to provide a list of the topics for which LSS participants should submit documentary materials for entry into the LSS under 10 CFR § 2.1003. The topical guidelines are designed to be broad enough to encompass all potential licensing issues. This regulatory guide will also be used by the Pre-License Application Licensing Board for evaluating petitions for access to the LSS during the pre-license application period under 10 CFR 2.1008.

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This regulatory guide will not be used as the detailed topical index for documentary evidence contained in the LSS.

Neither will it serve to determine the scope of contentions that may be offered in The application proceeding under 10 CFR 2.1014.

2. Use of the Regulatory Guide To the extent practicable, the regulatory guide follows a repository systems-based format that conforms to the approach to be followed in other generic NRC licensing guidance documents for the high-level waste repository program.

Because the topical guidelines have been kept broad and at a fairly high level of detail, the user should consider each topic to be inclusive rather than exclusive.

For instance, 10 CFR Part 60 Subpart J requires a performance confirmation program for the various components of the repository system. However, performance confirmation is not a topic in this regulatory guide. Rather, information which is pertinent to performance confirmation for any particular component of the repository system would be considered to fall under the particular topic which designates that particular system (performance confirmation relevant to geologic processes would be considered topical information under the appropriate heading for the Natural System).

The topical guidelines are presented at between one ard three levels of detail.

Each guideline should be considered all inclusive with regard to all documents germane to that topic for the site.

For example, much of the information which shall support the licensing proceedings will be based upon the use of methodologies, computer codes and models.

It is appropriate for such information to be included in the LSS. As stated above, the FCRG sets forth the information that the NRC staff suggests should be submitted In the license application. The FCRG should be considered as another source of guidance regarding the types of information that could be included in the LSS.

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TOPICAL GUIDELINES FOR INCLUSION OF DOCUMENTS IN THE LICENSING SUPPORT SYSTEM I. General Information

1. General Facility Description
2. Basis for Licensing Authority
3. Schedules Relevant to the NRC/DOE Repository Programs
4. Any Publicly Available Information on Certification of Safeguards
5. Any Publicly Available Information on the Physical Security Plan
6. Site Characterization
7. License Specifications (those variables, conditions, or other items which DOE determines to be probable subjects of license specifications)
8. Information Relevant to NRC Findings Regarding Compliance with Statutes Other than: The Atomic Energy Act, as amended; the Energy Reorganization Act; and the Nuclear Waste Policy Act, as amended for example, e.g+/-.

The Endangered Species Act of 1973.

9. Information Relevant to NRC Adoption or Modification of the DOE Environmental Impact Statement II.

The Natural Systems of the Geologic Setting

1. Geologic System
a. Regional Geology
b. Regional Geology
c. Site Geology
d.

Future Variations in Geologic Processes

2. Hydrologic System
a. Surface Water Hydrology
b. Regional Hydrogeology
c. Site Hydrogeology
3. Geochemical System
a. Regional Geochemistry
b. Site Geochemistry 3
3. Geochemical System
a.

Regional Geochemistry

b. Site Geochemistry
4. Cilmatological and Meteorological Systems
a. Present Climate and Meteorology
b. Paleoclimatology
c. Future Climatic Variation
5. Integrated Natural System Response to the Maximum Design Thermal Loading
6. Processes and Events (anticipated and unanticipated, potentially disruptive)
7. Effectiveness of Natural Barriers Against the Release of Radioactive Material to the Environment (Information relevant to the performance objective of 10 CFR 60.113)

III. Geologic Repository Operations Area (GROA): Physical Facilities

1. Surface Facilities
a. Waste Handling System/Building(s)/Equipment (Including Hot Cell)
b. On-Site Radioactive Waste Management System
c. Fire and Explosion Protection System(s)
d. Emergency Systems
e. Communication Systems
f. Utility Systems
g. Instrumentation and Control Systems
h. On-Site Transportation-System
i. Ventilation System(s)

J. Operations Support System(s)

k. Plans for the Decommissioning System
1. Other Surface Systems
2. Shafts/Ramps
a. Waste Shaft/Ramp
b. Muck Shaft/Ramp
c. Ventilation Intake Shaft(s)
d. Ventilation Exhaust Shaft(s)
e. Men and Materials Shafts
f. Plans for the Decommissioning System
g. Other Shaft/Ramp Systems
3. Underground Facility
a. Excavation and Ground Support Systems
b. Muck Handling System
c. Ventilation System
d. Waste Emplacement System
e. Waste Retrieval System 4
f. Emergency System(s)
g. Communication System
h. Operations Support System
i. Plans for the Decommissioning System J. Other Underground Systems
4. Interface of Structures, Systems, and Components
5. Retrievability of Waste
6. Effectiveness of the GROA Against the Release of Radioactive Materials to the Environment (Information relevant to the performance objective of 10 CFR 60.111)

IV. Engineered Barrier Systems

1. Waste Package
2. Waste Form
3. Underground Facility
4. Engineered Barrier System Waste Package Emplacement Environment
5. Engineered Barrier System Alternate Design Features
6. Effectiveness of Engineered Barriers Against the Release of Radioactive Material to the Environment (Information relevant to the performance objective of 10 CFR 60.113).

V. Overall System Performance Assessment

1. Basic Approach

2. System Description

a. Conceptual Models
b. Processes and Events (Potentially Disruptive)
c. Processes and Events (Undisturbed Performance)
3. Cumulative Release of Radioactive Materials
a. Screening of Processes and Events
b. Scenario Development and Screening *
c. Consequence Analyses: Estimates of Cumulative Releases
d. Probability Estimates
e. Model and Code Validation
4. Undisturbed Performance
a. Individual Protection Requirements
b. Groundwater Protection Requirements
c. Model and Code Validation 5

VI. Conduct of Repository Operations

1. Maintenance
2. Organization
3. Personnel
4. Records/Reports
5. Training Programs
6. Schedules
7. Identification of Operating Controls and Limits
8. Preservation of Records
9. Site Markers UVJ. Land Ownership and Control
1. Plans for Restricting Controlled Area Access
a. Identification of Controlled Area
b. Identification of Existing Legal Interests
c. Identification of Legal Interests To Be Obtained
d. Water Rights
2. Plans for Regulating Land Use Outside the Controlled Area
a. Identification of Adjacent Areas of Concern
b. Identification of Existing Legal Interests
c. Identification of Legal Interests To Be Obtained
3. Plans for Regulating Land Use at the GROA
4. Other Types of Legal Interests VIII. Quality Assurance (QA) Records
1. QA Records for Site Characterization
2. QA Records for Design and Construction
3. QA Record. including records covering Operations, Permanent Closure; Decontamination and Decommissioning
4. QA Record. for all relevant research activities IX. Emergenc-P1I:.-ng 6

X. Radiation Protection

1. Ensuring that Radiation Exposures are As Low As Reasonably Achievable (ALARA)
2. Radiation Sources
3. Radiation Protection Design Features
4. Estimated Onsite Dose Assessment
5. Health Physics Program
6. Estimated Offsite Dose Assessment XI. Any Alternatives Considered (e.g., design interpretations, models) 7

APPENDIX A EXAMPLES OF CATEGORIES OF DOCUMENTS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE LICENSING SUPPORT SYSTEM

1. Technical Reports and Analyses by all participants (including those developed by contractors)
2. Quality Assurance Records
3. External Correspondence
4. Internal Memoranda
5. Meeting Minutes/Transcripts
6. Draft Documents on which a nonconcurrence has been registered 7, Congressional Questions and Answers (Q's and A's)
8. Other Documents (for a. through 1. include data bases and references):
a. Draft and Final Environmental Assessment for the Site Characterized
b. Site Characterization Plan
c. Site Characterization Study Plans
d.

Site Characterization Progress Reports

e. Issue Resolution Reports
f. License Application
g. Topical Reports, Data, and Data Analyses
h. The DOE Environmental Impact Statement
i. Recommendation Report to the President of the United States (Notice of Disapproval, if submitted)

J. Any Publicly Available Information on Rulemakings

k. Public and Agency Comments on Documents
1. Response to Comments
m. NRC Technical Positions
n. NRC Regulatory Guides
o. The DOE Project Decision Schedules
p. DOE Program Management Documents 8

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-Tedhilcal reports and analysts including those developed by contractors

-QA/QC records Including qualification and training records ternal correspondenc

.- nternal memoranda

-Meeting minutes. including DOENRC meetings,Commission meetings

-Drafts (ie.. those submitted for decision beyond the first level of masnagement ot simlar criterion)

.-. ongresslonal Q'e a A's

-Regulatory" docu entat related to W..W site selectionan l icensing.

such as:

-Draft and final environmental easeasnents

-Sitt characterization plans

-Site charscterization study plans

-Site characterization proress reports

-issue resolution reports

-Rulemnaldngs

-ublic and agency comments on documents

-Response to public comments

-Environmental Impact Statement, Comment Response Document. and related references

-Ucens Application (IA) L data base. and related references

-Topicl reports, data, and data analysis

-Recommendation Report to President

-Notice of DisapprovaL. t submitted L Gceneral topics

1. Any document pertaining to the location and potential of valuable natural rsoures. hydrology.

geophysics, tectonics (including volcsnim. geomorphology. seismic activity, atomic energy defense activities proximity to water supplies.

proximity to populations, the ellect upon the rights of users of water. proximity to components of the Natioral Park System. the National Wildlife Refuge System. the National Wildlife and Scenic River System. the National Wilderness Preservation System. cc National Forest Lands. proximity to sites where high-level radioactive waste and spent Nuclear fuel is genated or temporarily stored, spent fuel and nuclear waste tranportation. vafey facton involved in moving rpent fuel or nuclear waste to a repository, the cost and impact of trnsporting spent Ntel and nuclear waste to a repoaito7 ste, the advantaes of regional distti*tioa in iting of repostoras, cid e

pologic media in which sites flo repositories may be located.

2. Any document related to repository design. sltln& constrction Or Opfation.

or the transptation of spent uclear fuel and !WIlevel nuclear waste not categorized as aus"-xchded document",

generated by or in the possession of ny contractor of the Department of Energy, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, or any other party to the WLW licensing proceedir*

S. All documents related to the pbysical attributes of the Basin and Range Province of the continentsl United States.

4. Any document listing and/or considering any site or location other than Yucca Mountain as a possible location for a high level nuclear waste uepository. or any alternative technology to deep geologic disposal.

S. Any document analyzing the effect of the development of a repository at Yucca Mountain on the rights of users of water in the Armagosa ground-water basin in Nevada.

6 Any document analyzing the health and safety implications to the people and environment of.e transportation of spent fiel between locations where spent fel Is generated or stored and Yucca Mountain. Nevada. or any other site nominated for repository characterization on May za 1988 Including but not limited to:

a. Any analysis of possible human error In the manfactue of spent fuel caslks;
b. Any analysis of the actual population density along all of any specific projected routes of travek
c. Any analysis of releases from any actual radioactive material transportation incidents;
d. Any analysis of Wte emergency response time in any actual radioactive materials transportation incident
a. Any actual accident data on any specific projected routes of travek L Any calculations or projections on the probabilities of accidents on any specific projected routes of travel B. Any data on the physical properties or containment capabilities of spent fuel casks which have been used or which are projected to be used at any hypothetical or actual projected repository.

h Any analysis of modeling of the containment capabilities ot spent fuel casks under a stress scenario L Any analysis or comparison of spent fuel cas projected to be used against the spent el cak certification standards of the Nuclear Regulatory CotnLSBO Topical Guideline Tne following topical guidelines ae to be used for identifying the documentary material that should be submitted by LSS participants for entry into the ISS under section L2ID= lhe topical guidelines will also be used by the Pre-License Application lUcensing Board for evaluating petitions for access to the

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'. IAny analysis of the cauinment p~abiuties of qent (uet casks containing spen fuel whic has been burned ap ever an extended period.

7. Any document analyz or comparing Yucca Montatn. Nevada.

with any other site in the ame peohydrologic setting.

& Any document relafing to potential interference or Incompatibility between a Yucca Mountain. Nevada. bigh4eved muclear wute repository and atomc energy activities at the Nevada Tet Site and Nellie Airforce base.

0. Any document related tb the land status. use or ownership of Yucca

)Uontain. Nevada.

30. Any document considering or analyzing the attributes or detriments of any engineered barrier upon the radionuclide isolation capability of Yucca Mountain. Nevada. or any other site considered.
11. Amy document evaluating the effect of extended fuel burn-up on Yucca Mountain. Nevada's adequacy as a repository site for dirposal of spent fue or upon the design of any such theoretical repository.

t2 Any document analysing or investigating the potential for discharge or radionuclides into the Death VaUey National Momument.

23. Any docunent analyzing te recharge of the underlying saturated ssae or the lydioconductivity of the unsaturated zone at Yucca Mountain.

I4. Any document containing any data cr analysis of volcanism in the geologic setting of which Yucca Mountain is a part.

IS. Any document containi any data or analysis of tectonic events at Yncca Mountain. or pertaining to the tectonic framework of the Yucca Mountain area or any document containirg any data or analysis of faults with or without surface expression in the area of Yuta Mountain.

16. Any document containing instuctions or other limitations on the scope of work to be perforned by Department of Energy personnel or contractor's personnLel V7. Any document pertainig to pmventionr control of human intrusion at t&e Yucca Moctain site.

fil. Specific Trps

1. The Site A. Location. General Appearance end rer.

rain, and Present DUe S. Geeo;cConditiom

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hy and vokank hilor of the Yucca Mountain area a Caldera evolution and teness of ash ftm r

t h 71,ber Moun~tain Ttiff C. Paintbrusk Tntf L Tuvffaceom beds c(Clice &6U

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£ Older tuffs L 6edientary its

  • Structure
  • seismicity
4. Eney and =ineral e r
a. Energy resources
b. Metals C. Nonmetals S.-
6. Mineralology L Tectonics
a. Faulting
  • b. Stree
c. Uplift/subsidenas t Volcanism C Hydrologic Conditions I. Surface water 2* Ground water
a. Gnund water tavmn b, Ground water quality

. Present and pmjected water we in the area

4. Groundwater resources S. Climatology
6. Metearology DJ Geocheristry I. Rock chemistry of the overlying and un-derlying host units Water chemistry of vmeatcrated or saturst-ad sone
3. Alteration J Retardation and transport L Environmental setting
2. Ld use
a. Federal use Ir. Agricultural L Grazing land AL Gopland
c. Mining 4 Recreation

. Private and commercial dmopment

t. Terrestrial and aquatic cosyrtems S. Terrestrial vegetation L LArrea.Ambrosi iL arres-Ephedra or Lsara4qriw W1. Coeogye
i. Mixed transition
v. Grasslandbumn site
b. Terrestrial wildlife i uammala S. Birds Ili. Reptiles
c. Special-interert species at Aquatic cosyvwm

. ir quality and weather ontdieiaus Mr quality

4. Noise 5 Aesthetic sourves C ArchaeologicaL culturaL and historica re-sources
7. Radiological ba*rmd
a. Monitoring progtam
b. Dose assessment F. Trnisportatlon L %ighway tnfrastmehtre and current on L Raiiroad nfrastructe and acrrent wue C. Socioeconomic Conditions I. Economic conditions
a. Nye County
b. Clark County
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d. Methodology La Population denity and &Aribulian

. Populations of the State of Nevada

b. Population of Nye County L Populatisn ot C&la County di Population of incoln County S. Comnity "vic
a. H sing
b. Educaton C. Water oply
d. WasteWater trestment
a. Solid waste L Energy tiles
s. Public safety services Medical and social eences I. Ubrary bfcities l.?Azk and,ceaStion
4. Social conditions A. Existing social organizaon and stucture L Rural social organization and social atuc-Wre it. Social eyanimation and structure in rban Car County
b. Culture and lifestyle b Rural culture i Urba Culture C. Community attributes
d. Attitudes and perceptions toward the Is-pository

.Fiscal and governmental structure

  • Expected Effects of the Site laracterza-tion Activities A. site Characterization Activities
1. Field studies a Exploratory drilling
b. Geophysical smeys
c. Geologic mapping
d. Standard operating practices for fedma-bon of au diturbed by held atudies
a. benching S Exploratory shaft fciliy
a. Surface facilities
b. Exploratory shah and underground work-Ings Secon dary egr shaft L Exploratory sw testing pram
a. Final disposition I Standard operating practice that would uinimize poential environmental damage 2 Other studies
a. Geodetic surveys
b. Horizontal core drilling
c. Studies of put hydrologic conditions d; Studies of tectonic eismicity. and vol.

canism

e. Studies of seslmicity induced by weapons testing f Field experiments In G-Tunnel filities
8. Laboratory studies i Wase pedke design. testing, and ansly-mis 8 Expected Efects of Site Characterization L Expected e5ects on tie e=vironmiet
a. Geology. hydrology, land use and surface L Geology ii. Hydrology tII. Land ue Iv. Surface soiXl
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2. Socioeconomic and tnnsportation condi-tions
a. Economic conditions J, Employment ii. Mateials
b. Population density and distribution
c. Community services
d. Social conditions
e. Fiscal and governmental structure

. Transportation a Worker safety

4. Irreversible and Irretrievable commitent of reaoCcea C Alternative site Chateterution Activi-ties a Regional and Local Effects of Locatins a Repository at the Site A. 'Me Repository
1. Construction

,the surface facilities

b. Access to the subsurface
c. The subsurface fcilities
d. Other construction L Access route U. Railroad ill Mined rock handling and Storage facili-ties hv. Shafts and other facilities
e. Utilities

£ Operations

  • Emplacement phase L Waste receipt Ii Waste emplacement
t. Caretaker phase 3 Retrievability
4. D ssioning nd lure
8. Schedule ad abor fore 8 Material and resource requirements BI Expected Effects on the Physical Environ-ment
1. Geologic impacts
2. Hydrologic impacts S. Land use
4. Ecosystems S. Air quality
a. Ambient air-quality regulations
b. Construction C. Operthui 4 Decommissioning and closure C. Noise
a. Construction
b. Operations
t. Decommislioning and closure T. Aesthetic resources 5 Archaeological. cultural and historical se-Sources P. Radiological effects
a. Construction
b. Operation
1. Worker exposure during normal operation ii. Public exposure during normal operation Mli.

Accidental exposure duing operation C. Expected Effects of Transportation Activi-ties

1. Transportation of people and materials
a. Highway impacts L Construction
l. Operations Iii. Decommissioning
b. Railroad impacts
3. Transportation of nuclear wastes
a. Shipment and routing nuclear waste skip-Ments I. National hipment and routing IL Regional shipment and muting
b. Radiological Impacts I. National impacts U. Regional impacts ii. Maximally exposed Individual impacts
c. Nonradiological Impacts L National impacts Ii. Regional impacts 4 Risk summary L National risk sucmary L Regional risk summary
a. Costs of nuclear waste tansportation f Emergency response D. Expected Effects an Socioeconomic Con.

ditions

. Economnic conditions

a. Labor
b. Materials and m ourues C. Cost 4 Income
a. Land use I Tourism L Population density and distribution a Community services A. Housing
b. Education
c. Water supply

. Waste-water teatment

a. Public safety servtces I. Medical services
g. Transportation
4. Social conditions
a. Social structure and social organiztion U Standard effects on social structure and social organization II. Special effects on social structure and social oganiaation
b. Culture and lifestyle
c. Attitudes and perceptions

. Fiscal conditions and govertnent struc-ture C Suitability of the Yucca Mountain Site for Site Characterization and for Development as a Repository A. Suitability of the Yucca Mountain Site for Development as a Repository: Evaluation Against the Guidelines That Do Not Re.

quirt Site Characterization

1. Technical guidelines
a. Postclosure sIte ownership and control L Data relevant to the evaluation
i. Favorable condition ii. Potentially adverse condition Iv. Evaluation and conclusion for the qualify-lng condition on the postdosure sit own-ership and control guidelines
b. Population density and distribution L Data relevant to the evaluation U. Favorable condition iii. Potentially advert condition Iv. Disqualifying condition
v. Evaluation and conclusion for the qualify.

Ing condition on the population density and distribution guideline C Preclosure rite ownership and control L Data relevant to the evaluation ii Favorable condition ilL Potentially adverse condition Iv. Evaluation and conclusion for the qualify-Ing condition on the preclosure site owner-ship and control guideline d Meteorology L Data relevant to the evaluation iL Favomble conditions UL Potentially adverse conditions hv. Evaluation and conclusion for the qualify-ing condition on the meteorology guideline

a. Offslte installations and operations L Data relevant to the evaluation 1iL Favorable conditions IL Potentially adverse conditions Iv. Disqualifying conditions
v. Evaluation and eonclusion for the qualify Ing condition on the oialste bstalltions operations guideline L Environmental quality L Data relevant to the evaluation IL Favorable conditions iIl. Potentially adverse conditions Iv. Disqualifying condition
v. Evaluation and conclusion for the quafy.

Ing condition on the environmental quality guidelines

g. SocioeconomIc Impacts L Data relevant to the evaluation U Favorable conditions MLL Potentially adverse conditions Iv. Disqualifying condition
v. Evaluation and conclusion for the qualify-Ing condition on the socioeconomic guide-line
h. Transportation L Data relevant to the evaluation L Favorable conditions Mi. Potentially adverse conditions Iv. Evaluation and conclusion for the qualify-ing condition on the transportation guide.
2. Preclosure System
a. Preclosure system: radiological safety L Data relevant to the evaluation
11. Evaluation of the Yucca Mountain site Lt Conclusion for the qualifying condition on the preclosure system quideline radiologi-Cal safety
b. Pretosure system: envionment. socioe-conomic. and transportation L Dats relevant to the evaluation IL Evaluation of the Yucca Mountain site li. Conclusion for the qualifying condition On the preclosure system guideline: environ-ment. socioeconomics. and transportation S. Postclosure technical
a. Geohydrology L Data relevant to the evaluation U. Favorable conditions Ill Potentially adverse conditions Iv. Disqualifying condition
v. Evaluation and conclusion for the qualify.

Ing condition on the postclosure geobydro.

logy guideline

h. Geochemistry L Data relevant to the as-pluation U. Favorablt cjudidonr Iil Potentially ;jdvei;e conditions Iv. Evaluation snd concluaion for thb slify ing cbndition qn hia postclosure grxhem iltry guidelIoe
v. Plans for sita chaiacterizaion
c. Rock characteratic i L. Data relevant to the Qvsluation iL Favorbla u^nd' 7

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lution guideline

8. Tectonics L Dats relevant to ie valuation
i. Favorable c=ntion tii Votern ally idvwers condtim
v. Disqrnlifylzg ffdition te. Evaluation and conclusion for lh cqualily fnt condition on She postdonre teCtonics guideline

.Human interfeeicrc snwal monrs and site Cnersnhp and contol

5. Data televant to the evaluatio ti. Favorable conditions Ui. Potentially ad...n toriftiora tv. Disqualifying conditions
v. Evaluation Wd conclusion for tbe qualify.

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cal guideline

4. Posiclosure system A. Evaluation CK Ute Yusa MoUitain Site L Quantitative analysis
b. Qualitative analysis
b. Summary end conclusion for She qualify-n8g condition on the postelosure stem Tuideline S. Preclosur teddical
a. Surface cWacterstilcs J. DBaa "Ievart lothe evaluation
i. Favorable canditions
1. Poteolially adverse conditions iv. Evaluation a=

conclusi for the quaiify.

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b. Rock character is
i. Dots relevant Wo & evaluatios i6 Favorable coditions iii. Polentihiy adverse ctdins iv. Disqualiying condition
r. Evaluation and conclusion tor the qualify.

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e. Hydrokgy A.

Data relevant ts Ge evalatitm Bi. Favorable coudiis

11. Famtlafly adverse condition 1

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a. Predosure nidiaon protection atandsrds
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L Preliminary analysis of postclom pr.

formance

a. Subsystem description L Enginered barier rubsysten U. The satanrl tarrier subsystem
b. Peiminary performance analysw of gs major opooents of the tystam I Th waste package letime ii. Release ita from the engineered barrier subsstem
c. Preliminary system pedormance iesorip-tion and analyis
6. Comparisons with nrgatory rerfomance cmecives
e. Prelimbary evahation cd dirp w esnts emptive aatul rcoes L Conclusions S. TinlorLortatof A. Regulations Related so Sa£euards
1. Safeguards z Conclusion B. Packaging,
1. ?ackqajg desig lesting. aa tanasis I Types of pSazkqlig a Spent fuel
b. Casks lor defense kg-level waste and

'West Valley WSS-leve! waste

c. Casks for use from an )RS to lbe Seposi.

lowy

3. Possible fture developmnents
a. Mode-specific regulations
b. Overweight tuck casks
c. Rod consolidation
d. Advanced branding toncept
a. Combination atorageshipping casks C. Potential Hazards of Transportation 1 Potea cnserqetncS ID un bXditIdual exposed to a maximum eitent a Normal transport
b. Accidents 2 Potential consequences to a large popule-4aa kus eary severe g eportatin acci-dents LiUsk assessmnt
a. outline of method tor estimating popula-sion thaks
b. Computational sodels and melmds Sor popclilion islks
c.

ances to fie analytical moodch and methds for populion risks d r sapartaticomnas etiltuaod for hedk amahis

.Aseumaptioa aut wastes L Operational t aodeabons Loa ae In Alk analysis

g. ValI e r for ct=tened t calculate population Ssk$

Resulta of population sal analyses J Uncertainties I lusts aasoclsted with defective cask con-stwtion. hbc of qcuaity ostdrare. inad-equate iiwweanor ridman wror

.Oitflne asGand Z Assuzoas

3. Modes
4. C estimates
5. lItationsato results E Barge Transport to Irposaoris F. Effect of a Monitored Reievabit Stoage Faciity an Trimaportatlon Estimates G. Effect of At-Reactor Rod Comsolidation on Transportation Estimates H 0iteria A* AplWyl Tianspwraton Guideline I. DOE Responslsbiits for Transportation
1. P re ot k tl a 2.Emergency response
3. Insurance coverate for fraAsportatin ac-cidets

. Modal Mix

1. Train slDmewt
a. Ordinary
b. Dedicated re 2.T r u c k l p m u
a. Legal weigh
o. Ovwweiht Envfrocmensta hpaw CalexackA Exclusion

'he NRC has determined that this Lial rule Is ie typ of action described in categorical viusion 10 CFR SL2214)(1).Therelore, nelither an envirznmenW Impact statement nor an environmental assessment has been prepared for tfisnal aule.

I'parwacd Widtom Acd Statement Thi rule does t coLain ilfomatlon collectio requirements that are subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 18so (44 U.S.C. 350 e1 seq.).

RegnlatMr Anullyms The DOE atlysis of the costs and benefli of She LSS (US Departmant of Enes.

Senrsing Sapport System

&.rttCostl Analysig" fuly. 1988) and companion DOE reports ("Preliminary Needs Analysigr '1Prelminary Data Scope Analysis'. and -Conceptual Design Analysis;) are available for Iispaction In the NRC Public Document Room. 212D L Steel NW.. Washlngton.

DC Sknge copies may be obtaied from Frands X, Came

. Office of General CskeL U.S. Nudetr Regulatory cmuion. Washington DC. 2055W Telephone-. (3Z1--Z4B23.

Reglato:y fleibilty Ainalyasi In accordance with the Regulatory Flexiility Act of J1s t5 U.S.C. 05(b)).

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DISPOSITION OF THE INTERIM TOPICAL GUIDELINES On April 14, 1989, the final rule amending the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC's) Rules of Practice in 10 CFR Part 2 for the adjudicatory proceeding on the application for a license to receive and possess high-level radioactive waste (HLW) at a geologic repository operations area, pursuant to 10 CFR Part 60, was published in the Federal Register [54FR14925 (1989)] under the title:

"Submission and Management of Records and Documents Related to the Licensing of a Geologic Repository for the Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Waste."

Topical guidelines identifying the information that should be submitted by the Licensing Support System (LSS) participants for entry into the LSS were recommended by all parties to the negotiated rulemaking. All of the recommendations werpublished as interim topical guidelines in the supplementary information on the tule, with the understanding that the list might be modified by the NRC after the rulemaking was completed. Subsequently, the NRC directed the staff to review, clarify, and modify the topical guidelines with the results being published as a regulatory guide. This document discusses the results of the NRC staff's review, clarification, and modification of the interim topical guidelines.

free lists were included in the interim topical guidelines. The first list, "Categories of Documents" was retained (with some additions) and is Appendix A to the proposed "Draft Regulatory Guide Topical Guidelines for the Licensing Support System" (the draft regulatory guide). The second list was comprised of 17 general topics. The staff's disposition of each of these general topics is discussed later in this document. In summary, it is the staff's position that all information relevant to the licensing proceeding, which was requested in the second list, has been included in the draft regulatory guide. The third list was comprised of specific topics. It covers a broad range of material, including some that is well outside the scope of information that would be needed in the proceedings to license the HLW repository.

The information in the third list, which Is outside the scope of what would be needed in the proceedings to license the HLW repository, generally deals with transportation and environmental issues. Requests for information on transportation of waste from reactor or temporary storage sites to the repository is clearly beyond the scope of the licensing requirements in 10 CFR Part 60.

The Nuclear Waste Policy Act (NKPA) clearly states, in Sections 9 and 137, that it does not affect the regulation of transportation of spent nuclear fuel or high-level radioactive waste. The list of specific topics also includes requests for information on a range of environmental concerns which the staff assumes will have been resolved during the development and adoption by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) of the Environmental Impact Statement I

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(EIS) which must accompany an application to possess HLW at the repository.

Therefore environmental information required to be included In the LSS has been limited to that information needed for NRC's adoption or modification of the DOE EIS.

The remaining information from the third list fell into two areas: information directly related to the repository systems defined in 10 CFR Part 60 (i.e; the natural, geologic repository operations area, and engineered barrier systems) and other topics described in 10 CFR Part 60 for which information is required in order for DOE to submit a complete license application (e.g., quality assurance, repository operations, etc.). Since the staff had recently completed a proposed "Draft Format and Content Regulatory Guide for the License Application for the High-Level Waste Repository" (FCRG), it was decided to develop the topical guidelines such that they would parallel the approach taken In this document. Therefore, the draft regulatory guide follows, as closely as practicable, the repository systems-based approach used in the FCRG.

In cases where topical information crosses system boundaries in the FCRG, it has been redefined as a specific topic in the draft regulatory guide (e.g.,

Radiation Protection).

It should be noted that the FCRG contains an appendix that depicts the rvlationship of the 10 CFR Part 60 regulatory requirements to sections of the FCRG.

Thus, the staff believed that patterning the topical guidelines after the FCRG would help ensure that the topical guidelines would be complete with regard to the information required for the HLW repository license application process.

In developing the topical guidelines included in the draft regulatory guide, the staff attempted to provide a list of the topics for which LSS participants should submit documentary materials for entry into the LSS under 10 CFR 2.1003.

As revised, the topical guidelines are designed to be broad enough to encompass all potential licensing issues. Most of the guidelines include several subheadings. In these cases, the higher level guideline is meant to cover any more detailed item that falls under it. The topical guidelines will not be used as the detailed topical index for locating documents within the LSS.

This function will be served by the document header, whose fields are being developed by the LSS Administrator, with guidance from the LSS Advisory Review Panel.

If such a document is developed, it will be developed separately by the LSS Administrator. The topical guidelines have been kept broad. Each guideline is all-inclusive, with regard to all documents germane to that topic, for the site.

As discussed above, a list of 17 general topics was included in the interim topical guidelines. Listed below are the 17 general topics and the staff's response (R) to each one.

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1. Any document pertaining to the location and potential of valuable natural resources, hydrology, geophysics, tectonics (including volcanism),

geomorphology, seismic activity atomic energy defense activities, proximity to water supplies, proximity to populations, the effect upon the rights of users of water, proximity to components of the National Park System, the National Wildlife Refuge Systems, and the National Wildlife and Scenic River System, the National Wilderness Preservation System or National Forest Land, proximity to sites where high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel is generated or temporarily stored, spent fuel and nuclear waste transportation, safety factors involved in moving spent fuel or nuclear waste to repository, the cost and impact of transporting spent fuel and nuclear waste to a repository site, the advantages of regional distribution in siting of repositories, and various geologic media in which sites for repositories may be located.

R. It is NRC's position that the LSS should be limited to information relevant to licensing of the HLW repository. Information relevant to: natural resources, hydrology, geophysics, tectonics, volcanism, geomorphology, and seismic activity are covered under Topic II. Natural Systems of the Geologic Setting. The relevance of the rest of the information described in this general topic would seem to be primarily to development and

'* consideration of DOE's EIS.

As stated on page one of the draft regulatory guide:

Pursuant to section 114(f)(4) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 as amended, (42 U.S.C.

10134(f)(4), the Commission is required "to the extent practicable," to adopt the environmental impact statement (EIS) prepared by the Department of Energy (DOE). The Commission's regulations have been amended to be in accord with this statutory provision. See 10 CFR § 51.26(c). Therefore, the environmental issues in the topical guidelines will be limited to those documents relevant to the Commission's adoption or modification of the DOE EIS.

2. Any document related to repository design, siting, construction, or operation, or the transportation of spent nuclear fuel and high-level nuclear'waste not categorized as an "excluded document," generated by or in the possession of any contractor of the Department of Energy, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, or any other party to the HLW licensing proceeding.

R. This general topic, with the exception of requirements for information on

ransportation which are beyond the scope of the LSS, is simply a requirement for all relevent information not considered to be excluded documents. Sections 9 and 137 of the NWPA state that it (the NWPA) does
  • ot affect regulation of transportation of spent nuclear fuel or igh-level radioactive waste. Since the inclusion of all relevent nformation is a requirement for participation in the LSS and the sensing procedings, this seems to be an unnecessary or redundant topic.

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3. All documents related to the physical attributes of the Basin and Range Province of the continental United States.

R. The Basin and Range Province basically encompasses the entire western part of the United States.

10 CFR Part 60 defines the geologic setting at a more appropriate level for repository licensing.

The draft regulatory guide is based on the information requirements of 10 CFR Part 60.

The topic which speaks to the Geologic Setting is Topic II. Natural Systems of the Geologic Setting.

4. Any document listing and/or considering any site or location other than Yucca Mountain as possible location for a high level nuclear waste repository, or any alternative technology to deep geologic disposal.

R. The LSS will be used in the licensing procedings for the site being proposed in DOE's license application.

The topical guidelines have been written to be as generic as 10 CFR Part 60 is. Any relevance other sites might have had was removed by the amendments to the NWPA. The NRC staff could not see the relevance of information about alternative technology to deep geologic disposal to the HLW licensing process as defined in 10 CFR Part 60.

S. Any document analyzing the effect of the development of a repository at Yucca Mountain on the rights of users of water in the Amargosa ground-water basin in Nevada.

R. The topic of water rights is included in the draft regulatory guide. Topic VII is Land Ownership and Control. Under this heading is subtopic Id, Plans for Restricting Access to the Controlled Area-Water Rights. To the extent that questions of radionuclide transport would be appropriate for discussion in the license application, they would be covered in Topic IT. Natural Systems of the Geologic Setting (11.2 Hydrologic System) and X. Radiation Protection (X.6 Estimated Offsite Dose Assessment). The draft regulatory guide makes it clear that each topic Is to be considered all inclusive in terms of information required for the HLW licensing process. In addition, it is assumed that environmental issues relevant to the Amargosa groundwater basin will have been considered in the development of DOE's EIS.

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6. Any document analyzing the health and safety implications to the people and environment of the transportation of spent fuel between locations where spent fuel is generated or stored and Yucca Mountain, Nevada, or any other site nominated for repository characterization on May 28, 1986, including, but not limited to:
a. Any analysis of possible human error in the manufacture of spent fuel casks;
b. Any analysis of the actual population density along all of any specific projected routes of travel;
c. Any analysis of releases from any actual radioactive material transportation incidents;
d. Any analysis of the emergency response time in any actual radioactive materials transportation incident;
e. Any actual accident data on any specific projected routes of travel;
f. Any calculations or projections on the probabilities of accidents on any specific projected routes of travel;
g. Any data on the physical properties or containment capabilities of spent fuel are projected to be used at any any hypothetical or actual.

projected repository; Em

h. Any analysis of modeling of the containment capabilities of spent fuel casks under a stress scenario;
1. Any analysis or comparison of spent fuel casks projected to be used against the spent fuel cask certification standards of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; J. Any analysis of the containment capabilities of spent fuel casks containing spent fuel which has been burned up over an extended period.

R. Transportation is beyond the scope of the licensing process for the HLW repository, as defined by 10 CFR Part 60 and the NWPA. Therefore, this topic has not been included in the draft regulatory guide.

7. Any document analyzing or comparing Yucca Mountain, Nevada, with any other site.in the same geohydrologic setting.

R. This topic was excluded because under the NWPA, as amended, no other site Is to be considered concurrently.

8. Any document relating to potential interference or incompatibility between a Yucca Mountain, Nevada, high-level nuclear waste repository 5

and atomic energy activities at the Nevada Test Site and Nellis Air force base.

R. It is the view of the NRC staff that this is primarily an issue which would be addressed in DOE's EIS. However, information about activities at Nellis Air Force Base or the Nevada Test Site which could affect the safety or performance of the repository would fall under several of the topics in the draft regulatory guide (e.g., II. Natural Systems of the Geologic Setting, III. Geologic Repository Operations Area, IV. Engineered Barrier Systems, VI. Conduct of Repository Operations, etc.).

9. Any document related to the land status, use or ownership of Yucca Mountain, Nevada.

R. This is covered under Topic VIII. Land Ownership and Control.

10.- Any document considering or analyzing the attributes or detriments of any engineered barrier upon the radionuclide isolation capability of Yucca Mountain, Nevada, or any other site considered.

R. This would be covered under Topic IV. Engineered Barrier Systems for the site proposed in the application.

11. Any document evaluating the effect of extended fuel burn-up on Yucca Mountain, Nevada's adequacy as a repository site for disposal of spent fuel or upon the design of any such theoretical repository.

R. Topic XI. is Any Alternatives Considered (e.g., design interpretations, models)

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Any document analyzing or investigating the potential for discharge of radionuclides into the Death Valley National Monument.

R. This topic would be addressed in DOE's EIS.

13. Any document analyzing the recharge of the underlying saturated zone or the hydroconductivity of the unsaturated zone at Yucca Mountain.

R. This is covered under-Topic II., Natural Systems of the Geologic Setting (II.2 Hydrologic System).

14. Any document containing any data or analysis of volcanism in the geologic setting of which Yucca Mountain 4s A part.

R. This is covered in Topic II.. Hatural Systems of the Geologic Setting, (II.1 Geologic System).

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15. Any document containing any data or analysis of tectonic events at Yucca Mountain, or pertaining to the tectonic framework of the Yucca Mountain area or any document containing any data or analysis of faults within or without surface expression in the area of Yucca Mountain.

R. This is covered in Topic II., Natural Systems of the Geologic Setting, (II.1 Geologic System).

16. Any document containing instructions or other limitations on the scope of work to be performed by Department of Energy personnel or contractor's personnel.

R. Appendix A to the draft regulatory guide contains a list of examples of categories of documents to be included In the LSS. Among the categories which apply here are: external correspondence, internal memoranda, and DOE program management documents. Specific documents would fall under various topical headings within the guide depending on subject matter.

17. Any document pertaining to prevention or control of human intrusion at the Yucca Mountain site.

R"t Depending on the focus of the document, it would fall under Topic I.

General Information (1.5 Any Publicly Available Information on the Physical Security Plan); VI. Conduct of Repository Operations (VI.9 Site Markers); or VII Land Ownership and Control (passim).

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