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ML18353A749 | |
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Site: | San Onofre ![]() |
Issue date: | 12/12/2018 |
From: | Victor D Southern California Edison Co |
To: | Haile Lindsay NRC/NMSS/DSFM/IOB |
Lindsay H | |
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Download: ML18353A749 (17) | |
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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: Functions as a Two-Way Conduit
- 18 Members
- Public Officials, NGO's, Labor, Business,
- Provides for SCE to learn about the Environmental, Native American concerns of the Community
- Quarterly Meetings
- Workshops
- Provides for Community to learn
- Expert Presentations about the impact of the
- Not a Formal Decision Making Body decommissioning process
- No Official Oversight Function
- SCE (plant operator) provides resources for meetings, funded by decom trust fund
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
- Transfer of spent fuel has been SONGS 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