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Presentation Slides: NRC SONGS Presentation December 2018, Victor

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Community Engagement In the Decommissioning Process:

Implications for Spent Fuel David G Victor

Chairman, Community Engagement Panel NRC REG CON Seminar Rockville, MD December 2018

Community Engagement Panel (CEP)

Who we are:

• 18 Members

• Public Officials, NGO's, Labor, Business, Environmental, Native American

• Quarterly Meetings

• Workshops

• Expert Presentations

• Not a Formal Decision Making Body

• No Official Oversight Function

• SCE (plant operator) provides resources for meetings, funded by decom trust fund Functions as a Two-Way Conduit

• Provides for SCE to learn about the concerns of the Community

• Provides for Community to learn about the impact of the decommissioning process

Public CEP Meetings

• Update From Edison With Timeline

• Expert Presentation

• Questions and Dialogue with CEP Members

• Public Comment and Question Period

• Questions Directed to Expert or SCE

• Currently trying to revamp public comment and public engagement

Planned Future State A Surprise For Many!

Today Late 2020's

Public Concerns (a selective list)

Removal of the spent fuel Integrity of Canisters (Corrosion, seismic, sea level rise, possible terrorist attack)

Radiation Monitoring (including real time)

Environmental (e.g., Disposition of the Offshore Conduits)

Preparedness for first responders Jobs Cost

Preparing for ISFSI-only status: Defense In Depth

• Regular monitoring (and what is learned from monitoring)

• Inspection of canisters

• Test canister

• Dealing with potential worst case scenarios

Expect the Unexpected At the August 9th CEP Meeting, a safety worker described a loading incident.

A spent fuel canister got caught on an inner guide ring during lowering.

Hung unsuspended for about an hour

Current Status At SONGS

• Transfer of spent fuel has been temporarily halted.

• NRC investigation with findings and enforcement actions.

• Public meetings (NRC webinar; SONGS CEP with Scott Morris, Region IV)

• It is anticipated that upon implementation of NRCs and SCEs recommendations, transfer of spent fuel will resume.

• Update letter from Victor, Stetson and Kern on songscommunity.com

Community Struggles With: Who To Trust?

• Utility - SCE?

• Government - NRC?

• NGO's - Union of Concerned Scientists?

• Outside Experts?

Emerging Issues around Spent Fuel

1. What is the Pathway to a Change in Federal Law?

• Is the upcoming session the time to get this done?

• How big is the deal needed?

• Is a change in law essential?

2. Is a Permanent Repository needed?

• Political answers to that question

• Groundhog day problem

• Technical answers to that question

3. Will Consolidated Interim Storage Work?

• We must learn the lesson of Yucca, Canada, Finland, PFC and others:

the key to success is multiple sites

• Consent is very important

• Consent vs. holdup

• Lots of support for this: BRC, Switch, others

• How long will the NM and TX sites keep moving along?

• When can we begin serious transportation planning?

• Lots of models and institutions to build on

• This is a political and organizational challenge, not technical

4. What will ISFSI Defense-in-Depth Look like?

• Industry has clear visions (AMP), but the public knows little about those and most of the key concepts are not explained in English

• Reliance upon non-existent technologies worries many people

• Stress Corrosion Cracking is an ongoing concern

• The expansive definition of retrievable worries many people

• Loss of onsite pools; nonexistent hot cells

• Need more robustness around Russian doll and welding responses

• Failure to get this right will lead to pressure for expensive systems that do not add safety

• Must articulate a vision in plain English that is dynamic and responsive to public concerns

5. What is the Right Risk Analysis and Oversight for Fuel Offloading?

• SONGS August 3rd incident has raised serious questions about whether delegation to vendors and assumptions of low risk site footprints are correct

• Calls for more inspection oversight

• Calls for better analysis of safety systemsengineering, personnel, training

• Akin to the airlines

6. Can we have a serious, non-classified discussion of worst case outcomes at an ISFSI only site?

• Keen community interest in this topic

• Planning for a 1Q 2019 meeting (highly likely)

• Derailed a bit by the canister incident

• Must identify plausible pathways and responses

• Must include discussion of radiationlevels, safety, impacts

7. Can the decommissioned plants get better organized?

• Political organization

• Learning across the industry

• Taking advantage of consolidation in the decom industry