ML13191B263

F1045 B. Watson Presentation - Decommissioning Process - PSDAR Mtg

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The US NRCs Power Reactor Decommissioning Process Bruce A. Watson, CHP Division Waste Management and Environmental Protection Office of Federal and State Material Safety and Environmental Management Programs U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

NRC Regulations

• 10 CFR Part 20 Subpart E License Termination Rule was implemented in 1997

• 10 CFR Part 50 - Operating License

• 10 CFR Part 72 - Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation License (ISFSI) 2

Reactor Decommissioning Options

• DECON: Equipment, structures, etc. removed or decontaminated to a level that permits release

• SAFSTOR: Plant placed in a safe, stable condition and maintained in that state until it is subsequently q y decontaminated to levels that permits release

• ENTOMB: Plant is encased in a structurally long-lived long lived substance to allow decay until levels permit unrestricted release (not currently available) 3

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1998199920002001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Power Reactors 2012 2013 RTRs Materials Sites 4

Power Reactor Decommissioning Process

• Licensee notifies (certifies) NRC within 30 days of permanently ceasing operations

• Certification C tifi ti also l required i d once the th ffuell h has b been permanently tl removed from the reactor vessel

• Licensee submits Post Shutdown Decommissioning Activities Report (PSDAR) prior to or within 2 years of cessation of operations 5

Power Reactor Decommissioning Process

• Licensee performs site decommissioning

• NRC continues to conduct on-site inspections

• Licensee submits License Termination Plan (LTP) at least 2 years prior to requesting license termination

• NRC notices LTP in the Federal Register

• NRC holds a Public Meeting to discuss LTP 6

License Termination Plan Contents

• Site characterization information

• Identification of remaining dismantlement activities

• Plans for site remediation

• Detailed plans for the final radiation survey

• Updated site-specific cost estimate

• Supplemental environmental report, if any changes 7

Power Reactor Decommissioning Process NRC review of the LTP

• Acceptance review

• Technical review

• Additi Additional l information, i f ti if necessary

• Public Meetings/Opportunity for Hearing 8

Power Reactor Decommissioning Process

• NRC approves pp LTP by y amendingg the license

• Licensee performs remaining decommissioning activities

• NRC performs in-process inspections

• Decommissioning must be completed within 60 years 9

Power Reactor Decommissioning Process

• Licensee submits Final Status Survey Report (FSSR)

• NRC Reviews/approves FSSR

• NRC performs confirmatory surveys, if needed

• NRC terminates license 10

Power Reactor Current Status

• 10 licenses Terminated, 7 under the License Termination Rule

• 4 Units in active DECON (decommissioning) without an approved pp License Termination Plan

• 8 Units in SAFSTOR, principally at multi-unit operating sites 11

12 Power Reactors in SAFSTOR

• Dresden 1

• Fermi 1

• GE Vallecitios

• Indian Point 1

• NS Savannah

• Millstone 1

• Three Mile Island Unit 2*

• Peach Bottom 1

• San Onofre 1 13

Fermi 1 Back in SAFSTOR 2013 14

San Onofre 1 -

Partial Site Release SAFSTOR SAFSTOR 15

Power Reactors Decommissioned 2005-2010 2005 2010

• Trojan - 2005

• Maine Yankee - 2005

• Big Rock Point - 2007

• Pathfinder - 2007

• Yankee Rowe - 2007

• Connecticut Yankee - 2007

• Rancho Seco - 2009 16

Maine Yankee - 2005 17

Yankee Rowe - 2007 18

Big Rock Point - 2007 19

Thank You!

Please visit our public website for additional information:

http://www.nrc.gov/

Click on About NRC Click on How We Regulate Click on Decommissioning in the text 20