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M180118: Scheduling Note and Slides - Strategic Programmatic Overview of the Decommissioning and Low-Level Waste and Spent Fuel Storage and Transportation Business Lines (Public)
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SCHEDULING NOTE

Title:

STRATEGIC PROGRAMMATIC OVERVIEW OF THE DECOMMISSIONING AND LOW-LEVEL WASTE AND SPENT FUEL STORAGE AND TRANSPORTATION BUSINESS LINES (Public Meeting)

Purpose:

The purpose of the briefing is to provide the Commission with a discussion of strategic considerations associated with the Decommissioning and Low-Level Waste business line and Spent Fuel Storage and Transportation business line.

Scheduled: January 18, 2018 9:00 a.m.

Duration: Approx. 3 hours3.472222e-5 days <br />8.333333e-4 hours <br />4.960317e-6 weeks <br />1.1415e-6 months <br /> Location: Commissioners' Conference Room, 1st fl OWFN Decommissioning and Low Level Waste Business Line

Participants:

NRC Staff' 45 mins.*

Victor Mccree, Executive Director for Operations Marc Dapas, Director, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards (NMSS)

Topic:

  • Decommissioning and Low-Level Waste Business Line Safety and Security - Licensing and Oversight Successes and Challenges John Tappert, Director, Division of Decommissioning , Uranium Recovery, and Waste Programs, NMSS Topic:
  • Current Uranium Recovery and Low-Level Waste Program Environment Bruce Watson, Chief, Reactor Decommissioning Branch , NMSS Topic:
  • Current Decommissioning Licensing Environment Jack Giessner, Director, Division of Nuclear Materials Safety, Region Ill 1 Other business line partner office directors and regional administrators will be located in the well as appropriate

Topic:

  • Decommissioning Inspection Program accomplishments and challenges Commission Q & A 30 mins.

Break 5 mins.

Spent Fuel Storage and Transportation Business Line

Participants:

NRC Staff1 30 mins.*

Victor Mccree, Executive Director for Operations Marc Dapas, Director, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards (NMSS)

Topic:

  • Spent Fuel Storage and Transportation Business Line -

Licensing and Oversight Successes and Challenges Michael Layton, Director, Division of Spent Fuel Management, NMSS Topic:

  • Current Spent Fuel Storage Environment Yoira Diaz-Sanabria, Chief, Containment, Structural and Thermal Branch Topic:
  • Current Technical Challenges in Licensing Activities for Spent Fuel Management Joseph Nick, Deputy Director, Division of Nuclear Materials Safety, Region I Topic:
  • Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation Inspection Program Accomplishments and Challenges Commission Q & A 30 mins.

Discussion - Wrap-Up 5mins .

  • For presentation only and does not include time for Commission Q & A 2

/ U.S.NRC United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Protecting People and the Environment Overview of the Decommissioning and Low-Level Waste Business Line January 18, 2018

~u.S.NRC United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Protecting People and the Environment Executive Director for Operations Victor Mccree

NRC Panel will Address the Following Topics:

  • Licensing and Oversight Successes and Challenges
  • Current Uranium Recovery and Low-Level Waste Environment
  • Current Decommissioning Licensing Environment
  • Decommissioning Inspection Program

7 U.S.NRC United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Protecting People and the Environment Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Marc Dapas, Director

Ensuring Safety Over a Broad Range of Activities

  • Preparing for increased number of reactors in
  • decommissioning
  • Planning for Wyoming becoming an Agreement State
  • Enhancing the nation's low-level waste program
  • Continuing international engagement
  • Working effectively with DOE regarding WIR activities

Realizing Success Through Internal and External Interaction

  • Development of recommendations to address complex policy matters
  • Support of significant public and Congressional meetings
  • Enhancement of licensing process
  • Progress in licensing of new and expanded in-situ uranium recovery facilities

Addressing Challenging and Complex Issues

  • Developing recommendations for the Commission regarding GTCC waste
  • Ensuring equitable and transparent fees for all fee classes - Uranium Recovery
  • Ensuring adequate resources for future licensing

7 U.S.NRC United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Protecting People and the Environment Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery, and Waste Programs John Tappert, Director

Supporting Several Priorities

  • Refining the national low-level waste framework
  • Continuing efforts to monitor certain DOE disposal actions
  • Preparing for Wyoming becoming an Agreement State

Enhancing Low-Level Waste Requirements and Guidance

  • Develop a regulatory basis for GTCC
  • Evaluate waste classification tables

Achieving Results and Planning for the Future within the Low-Level Waste Program

  • Issued the National Report for the Joint Convention
  • Completed monitoring milestones under the NOAA
  • Plan to conduct a sco_ p ing study on regulatory oversight of very low-level waste
  • Will implement Commission direction on rulemaking plan to evaluate changes to 10 CFR 30.35

Ongoing Activities Within the Uranium Recovery Program

  • Licensing and oversight for 11 facilities
  • Making progress on five major licensing actions and issuance of new licenses
  • Forecasting future work in an uncertain market

Uranium Recovery Program Continues to Enhance Effectiveness and Efficiency

  • Independent assessment of uranium recovery licensing practices
  • More efficient completion of licensing and oversight functions through a focus on risk significant activities
  • Proactively managing the impact of Wyoming's transition to an Agreement State

Engaging a Broad Range of Stakeholders

  • Extensively coordinating with EPA on two major rules

- Basic regulatory framework for groundwater protection at in-situ recovery sites

- Control of radon emissions under NESHAPs

  • Conducting Workshops
  • Knowledge transfer and international engagement

U.S.NRC United Scates Nuclear Regulatory Commission Protecting People and the Environment Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery, and Waste Programs Reactor Decommissioning Branch Bruce Watson, Chief

Supporting a Number of Priorities

  • Performing licensing actions and maintaining oversight of power reactor decommissioning sites
  • Conducting licensing and oversight activities for complex materials sites undergoing decommissioning
  • Providing oversight at sites with radium contamination (military and non-military)

Safe Decommissioning Leads to License Terminations 12 10 8

6 o Materials Sites EJ Research Reactors o Power Reactors

Ensuring Safe Reactor Decommissioning

  • Decommissioning Rulemaking
  • Power Reactor Inventory

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  • License Transfers
  • GE Vallecitos License Extension

Sharing Experience with International Partners

  • Taiwan
  • Republic of Korea
  • France
  • International Atomic Energy Agency

Continuing Progress Toward Decommissioning Legacy Sites

  • Secured funds during Westinghouse Bankruptcy
  • Issued Order to FMRI/Fansteel
  • Cooperated with the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality on American Nuclear Corporation

Effectively Coordinating with Federal and State Partners

  • Coordination with Federal Agencies and the Navajo Nation in implementing the five year plan

Supporting Stakeholder Engagement

  • Public Meetings
  • State and Local Government Meetings
  • Congressional Briefings

Making Substantial Progress in Radium Program Implementation

  • Risk Informed Approach
  • 33 initial sites assessed I
  • 14 sites had residual I Radium activity above background
  • 4 of the 14 sites exceeded access control levels

Continuing to Address Radium Program Implementation Challenges

  • Working with EPA to secure funding for site clean up
  • Coordinating with States to obtain cooperation from site owners that are reluctant to allow access for surveys
  • Continuing to effectively communicate with stakeholders

7 U.S.NRC United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Protecting People and the Environment Region Ill Division of Nuclear Materials Safety Jack Giessner, Division Director

Ensuring Safety and Security During Power Reactor Decommissioning

Addressing All Phases of Decommissioning

Applying Operating Experience

  • Sharing operating experience between agency partners
  • Emphasizing the importance of safety culture

Assuring Safe Licensee Performance through Oversight

Providing Independent Assessment During All Phases of Material 2003 Decommissioning 2015 Now 201

N RC Oversight Assures Safe Performance by Licensees

Effectively Performing Non-Military Radium Inspections

  • Setting quantitative thresholds based on risk significance
  • Capturing Lessons-Learned

Non-Military Radium Inspections Great Team Effort

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Strategic Workforce Planning:

Addressing Future Opportunities in an Agile Manner

  • Training and qualification for future inspectors

- Leverage completed Competency Modeling effort

- Operating and decommissioning reactor inspectors - create efficient transition

  • Broader cross-training to the Nuclear Materials Business Line jobs

U.S.NRC Uni ted States N uclear Regulato ry Commissio n Protecting People and the Environment Executive Director for Operations Victor Mccree

U.S.NRC UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Protecting People and the Environment Overview of the Spent Fuel Storage and Transportation Business Line January 18, 2018

U.S.NRC UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Protecting People and the Environment Opening Remarks Victor Mccree Executive Director for Operations

NRC Panel will Address the Following Topics:

  • Licensing and oversight successes, challenges, and opportunities
  • Spent fuel storage and transportation environment
  • Technical challenges in licensing activities for spent fuel management
  • Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation. Inspection Program Accomplishments and Challenges

U.S.NRC UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Protecting People and the Environment Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Marc Dapas Director

Capably Addressing Current and Forecasted Workload

  • Spent Fuel Storage Licensing
  • Transportation Certification
  • Consolidated Interim Storage
  • Disposal and Reprocessing
  • Risk-informing Processes

U.S.NRC UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Protecting People and the Environment Division of Spent Fuel Management Michael Layton, Director

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Increasing Agility to Accommodate Potential Emergent Work

  • Enhancing and modifying internal processes

- Internal tracking systems

- Developing, clarifying, and consolidating guidance

U.S.NRC UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Protecting People and the Environment Division of Spent Fuel Management Containment, Structural, and Thermal Branch Yoira K. Diaz-Sanabria, Chief

The Regulatory Framework is Robust

  • Comprehensive technical review processes have been developed
  • Appropriate treatment of cross-cutting issues is ensuring consistency in technical reviews
  • Licensing activities are proceeding effectively and efficiently

Demands on Storage and Transportation Result in Increasing Number of Design Changes IMPACT LIMITER Diameter: 98 In.

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New Licensing Actions Present Challenging Technical Issues

  • Accommodating higher heat loads and different fuel types

- Re-evaluating the technical basis for peak cladding temperature

- Design margin is reduced

- Uncertainties and conservatisms are increasingly important

Employing Improvements to Enhance Agility in Reviews

  • Guidance

- NUREG-2152 (Best Practices Guidelines)

  • Use of the Graded Approach for confirmatory analyses
  • Thermal Research Initiatives

- EPRI/DOE thermal modeling initiative

Other Ongoing Areas of Improvement

  • Consolidation of SRPs provides for technical consistency
  • Expectations for Change Process

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  • Management Oversight Enhanced
  • Leveraging Technical Assistance to the Regions

Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation Inspection Program Accomplishments and Challenges

Dry Cask Storage Systems Oversight - Safety and Security Inspections

Oversight - Resolution of Technical Issues at the Storage Sites and Interactions with the Public

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Consolidated Interim Storage Facilities

Regional Challenges 7

U.S.NRC United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Protecting People and the Environment Executive Director for Operations Victor Mccree

Acronyms

  • Certificate of Compliance {CoC)
  • Code of Federal Regulations {CFR)
  • Electric Power Research Institute {EPRI)
  • General Electric {GE)
  • Greater-Than Class C {GTCC)
  • Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation {ISFSI)
  • National Defense Authorization Act {NOAA)
  • National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants {NESHAPs)
  • Nuclear Energy Institute {NEI)
  • Nuclear Regulatory Commission {NRC) 59

Acronyms

  • Regulatory Issue Resolution Protocol (RIRP)
  • Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act (UMTRCA)
  • U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
  • Waste Incidental to Reprocessing (WIR) 60
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