ML18201A307
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| ML18201A307 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Oyster Creek |
| Issue date: | 07/17/2018 |
| From: | Bruce Watson Reactor Decommissioning Branch |
| To: | |
| Lamb J, NRR/DORL/LSPB, 415-3100 | |
| References | |
| EPID L-2018-LRO-0022 | |
| Download: ML18201A307 (11) | |
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Oyster Creek Post Shutdown Decommissioning Activities Report (PSDAR)
Public Meeting July 17, 2018 Lacey Township Community Hall Forked River, NJ Bruce A. Watson, CHP Chief, Reactor Decommissioning Branch Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards
Oyster Creek PSDAR Public Meeting
- NRC Category III Public Meeting
- Meeting Transcription
- Meeting Feedback Forms/Brochures
- Meeting Facilitator and Ground Rules Meeting Agenda
- Reactor Decommissioning Process
- Exelon Oyster Creek PSDAR
- PSDAR Review Process
- Comment Period
NRC Decommissioning Regulations are over 20 years old 12 10 8
6 4
2 0
Materials Sites Research Reactors Power Reactors
1997 NRC Decommissioning Regulations
- 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)
- Inspection Manual Chapter 2561 Dedicated to Reactor Decommissioning
Oyster Creek Decommissioning Milestones
- February 2018 - Exelon notification for Oyster Creek to Permanently Cease Operation by October 31, 2018
- May 11, 2018 - PSDAR submitted to NRC and was publically available in ADAMS (ML18141A775)
- June 11, 2018 - NRC published the Federal Register Notice for this PSDAR public meeting ADAMS (ML18149A094)
- NRC also advertised the meeting in local newspapers
Decommissioning Process
- DECON: Equipment, structures, etc. are promptly removed or decontaminated to a level that permits radiological release (6 plants in DECON, 4 reactor licenses expected to be terminated by 2020)
- 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)
- License Termination Plan is required within 2 years of requesting license termination
- 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 ML18141A775)
- NRC does not approve the PSDAR
- Licensee may begin major decommissioning activities 90 days after NRC receives the PSDAR
Summary
- Experienced NRC Reactor Decommissioning Regulatory Program Decommissioning Regulations Decommissioning Technical Guidance
- Proven NRC Decommissioning Oversight Licensing Requirements Inspection Program For more Information www.nrc.gov and search decommissioning
BACKUP SLIDE Oyster Creek PSDAR Summary
- 2018 Decom Fund has $982 M for radiological decommissioning and Spent Fuel Management
- SAFSTOR & complete decommissioning by 2078
- Estimates $1.1 B for decommissioning, $290 M for Spent Fuel Management and $60 M for site restoration
- The decommissioning activities will remain within the previous approved Environmental Impact Statements