ML17163A019

Post Shutdown Decommissioning Activities Report Public Meeting

ML17163A019
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Site:	Fort Calhoun
Issue date:	06/09/2017
From:	James Kim Special Projects and Process Branch
To:	Fisher M Omaha Public Power District
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Fort Calhoun Post Shutdown Decommissioning Activities Report Public Meeting May 31, 2017 Omaha, Nebraska Bruce A. Watson, CHP Chief, Reactor Decommissioning Branch Office of the Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards

Fort Calhoun PSDAR Public Meeting

• NRC Category III Public Meeting

• Fire exits

• Meeting Transcription

• Meeting Feedback Forms

• Agenda

• Reactor Decommissioning Process

• OPPD PSDAR

• PSDAR Review Process

• Inspection Program

NRC Decommissioning Regulations - 1997

• 10 CFR Part 20 Subpart E License Termination

• 10 CFR Part 50 - Power Reactor License

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

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Fort Calhoun Decommissioning Milestones

• October 24, 2016 - Fort Calhoun Permanent Cessation of Operation

• November 13, 2016 - OPPD certified FC permanent cessation of operations and the reactor was permanently defueled

• March 30, 2017 - PSDAR submitted

• April 4, 2017, the PSDAR was available in ADAMS at ML17089A759

• April 14, 2017 NRC issued the public notice for this PSDAR public meeting

Reactor Decommissioning Options

• DECON: Equipment, structures, etc. are promptly removed or decontaminated to a level that permits radiological release (6 plants in DECON)

• SAFSTOR: Plant placed in a safe, stable condition and maintained in that state until it is subsequently decontaminated to levels that permit radiological release (14 plants in SAFSTOR)

• Radiological Decommissioning must be completed within 60 years

Post Shutdown Decommissioning Activities Report Contents (10 CFR 50.82 - Regulatory Guide 1.185)

• A description and schedule for the planned decommissioning activities

• A site-specific decommissioning cost estimate, including the costs of managing irradiated fuel

• A discussion that provides the means for concluding that the environmental impacts associated with the decommissioning activities will be bounded by appropriately issued Environmental Impact Statements

Power Reactor Decommissioning Process - Post Shutdown Decommissioning Activities Report

• NRC regulations require that a public meeting be held in the vicinity of the facility to discuss the PSDAR and its contents, as well as to solicit comments

• NRC shall make the PSDAR available for public comment (ADAMS ML )

• NRC does not approve the PSDAR

• Licensee may begin major decommissioning activities 90 days after NRC receives the PSDAR

Fort Calhoun PSDAR The NRC Review Process May 31, 2017 Omaha, Nebraska Douglas Broaddus Chief, Special Projects and Process Branch Office of the Nuclear Reactor Regulation

• Content requirements in 10 CFR 50.82(a)(4)(i)

• Regulatory Guide 1.185 describes the type of information to be included in a PSDAR

• NRR project manager coordinates technical reviews of the PSDAR

• NRC staff may submit Requests for Additional Information (RAIs)

NRCs PSDAR Review Process

• Does the PSDAR contain the information required by regulation?

• Can the decommissioning be completed as described, and within 60 years?

• Can the radiological decommissioning be completed for the estimated cost?

• Do the decommissioning activities endanger public health and safety or the environment?

NRCs PSDAR Review Process:

Evaluation Criteria

• Site-specific Decommissioning Cost Estimate

- Reasonable assurance funds are available to perform the radiological cleanup

- If plans are delayed, ensure licensee has a means of adjusting the cost estimate and funding over the storage period

• Decommissioning Cost Estimate (DCE) and funding level are updated annually NRCs PSDAR Review Process:

Decommissioning Cost Estimate

• Reasons for concluding that environmental impacts of site-specific decommissioning activities are bounded by previous Environmental Impact Statement(s)

- NUREG-0586, Final Generic Environmental Impact Statement on Decommissioning of Nuclear Facilities

- Inspection program NRCs PSDAR Review Process:

Environmental Review / NEPA

• Review considers public comments

• Staff will notify licensee when no additional information is required

- NRC does not approve the PSDAR

- Staff documents NRC review is complete

• Licensee may not begin major decommissioning activities until 90 days after NRC receives the PSDAR, per 10 CFR 50.82(a)(5)

NRCs PSDAR Review Process

• This public meeting

• Federal Rulemaking Web site:

http://www.regulations.gov Search for Docket ID NRC-2017-0099

• By Mail:

Cindy Bladey Office of Administration, Mail Stop: OWFN-12-H08 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001

• Due by July 7, 2017 Comment on the PSDAR