ML13130A154

Slides for ISFSI Briefing for Town of Plymouth

ML13130A154
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Site:	Pilgrim
Issue date:	05/10/2013
From:	Bellamy R NRC/RGN-I/DRP/PB5
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Memo to File: May 10, 2013 Attached are the NRC Slides presented at the Pilgrim ISFSI Briefing for the Town of Plymouth on April 2, 2013.

ML13130A154

Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI)

Board of Selectmen of the Town of Plymouth April 2, 2013 Eric Benner, Chief Marc Ferdas, Chief Rules, Inspection, & Operations Branch Decommissioning Branch Office of Nuclear Materials Safety & Safeguards Region I

Overview of Presentation

• Overview - Pilgrim ISFSI

• NRC Roles & Responsibilities

• ISFSI General License Requirements & Obligations

• Storage Cask Certification Process

• NRC Inspection & Oversight

• Summary 2

Overview - Pilgrim ISFSI

• 10 CFR Part 50 & 72

• General License

• 18th ISFSI in Region I

• Plant Modifications & Construction in Summer 2013

• Cask Loading in Summer 2014

• Initial Campaign - 3 Casks 3

ISFSIs at Other Sites 4

NRC Roles & Responsibilities

• Office of Nuclear Materials Safety & Safeguards

- Licensing and Certification

- Vendor Inspection

- Regional Inspection Support

• Region I

- Baseline ISFSI Inspections

• Pre-Operational

• Operational

- Event Response & Reactive Inspections 5

ISFSI Licensing Requirements

• Pilgrim plans to utilize the General License option under 10 CFR Part 72, Subpart K.

- Added in 1990 in response to Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982

- Available only to Part 50/Part 52 licensees

- Requires use of storage cask certified by NRC through rulemaking (10 CFR Part 72.214)

- Requires site evaluation for compatibility with cask design and subject to NRC inspection (10 CFR Part 72.212) 6

General Licensee Obligations

• A general licensee must (10 CFR Part 72.212):

- Notify the NRC at least 90 days before the first storage of spent fuel in an ISFSI

- Register use of each cask with the NRC no later than 30 days after using that cask to store spent fuel

- Perform a site-specific evaluation to ensure compliance with the requirements of the certified storage cask

• Reactor decommissioning funds are not used for ISFSI construction or operations.

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Storage Cask Certification Process

• Cask vendor submits application to NRC

• NRC technical review performed by NRC staff using publically available standard review plan (NUREG-1536)

• Cask is certified through rulemaking:

- Certified casks are listed in 10 CFR 72.214

- Term is up to 40 years, but can be renewed

- Rulemaking process includes opportunity for public comment

- Rulemaking process includes an Environmental Assessment 8

Storage Cask Certification Process

• Technical Areas Considered:

- Structural - Thermal

- Shielding - Criticality

- Confinement - Materials

- Quality Assurance

• Accidents Considered:

- Earthquakes - Fires

- Floods - Lightning

- Tornado - Air Flow Blockage

- Cask Drops - Cask Tip-Over 9

NRC Inspection & Oversight

• NRC Inspection Manual Chapter (IMC) 2690, Inspection Program for Dry Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel at ISFSIs, details the ISFSI oversight program

• Two primary inspection components:

- Vendor

- Part 50/72 Licensee

• Headquarters, Regional, and Resident Inspectors perform inspection and oversight activities in accordance with NRC inspection procedures (IP) 10

NRC Inspection & Oversight

• Initial ISFSI operations program inspected by headquarters and regional inspectors during pad construction through first cask loading

• ISFSI operations program inspected every 2 years by regional inspectors

• Resident Inspectors perform day-to-day oversight of ISFSI through reactor oversight process (ROP)

• Vendor design and fabrication programs inspected every 3 years by headquarters inspectors 11

NRC Inspection & Oversight IP IP Subject 60851 Design Control of ISFSI Components 60852 ISFSI Component Fabrication by Outside Fabricators 60853 On-Site Fabrication of Components & Construction of an ISFSI 60854 Pre-Operational Testing of an ISFSI 60855 Operation of an ISFSI 60856 Review of 10 CFR 72.212(b) Evaluations 60857 Review of 10 CFR 72.48 Evaluations 81311 Physical Security Requirements for ISFSIs 12

Summary

• Pilgrim plans to construct and operate an ISFSI in accordance with the general license requirements

• NRC has extensive experience in the regulation and oversight of ISFSIs and plans to perform inspection activities at Pilgrim in accordance with IMC 2690

• Licensees have effectively demonstrated that they can safely load spent fuel into dry cask storage systems and transfer loaded casks into ISFSIs 13