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NRC Presentation: LLW Forum Fall 2019
ML19308A002
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Issue date: 10/31/2019
From: Bo Pham
Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery and Waste Programs
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NRC Decommissioning/LLW Activities October 31, 2019 Low Level Waste Forum Fall 2019 Chicago, IL Bo Pham, Deputy Director Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery & Waste Programs Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards

Topics

  • Draft Regulatory Basis for Disposal of GreaterthanClass C (GTCC) and Transuranic Waste (TRU)
  • Very LowLevel Waste
  • Decommissioning rulemaking 2

10 CFR part 61 rulemaking

  • February 12, 2014: Commission Approved Proposed Rule
  • March 26, 2015: Proposed Rule and Associated Draft Guidance Issued
  • September 15, 2016: Draft Final Rule to Commission (SECY160106: ML16188A290)
  • September 8, 2017: Commission Issues Staff Requirements Memorandum (SRMSECY160106: ML17251B147) 3

10 CFR part 61 rulemaking (cont.)

  • Adds requirement for sitespecific analyses
  • Introduces a compliance period of 1,000 years for traditional lowlevel waste
  • Adds an analysis for longlived lowlevel waste for a post 1,000year performance period
  • Allows flexibility for Agreement States to analyze longer timeframes
  • Restores grandfathering provision 4

Draft Regulatory Basis for Disposal of Greaterthan Class C (GTCC) and Transuranic Waste (TRU)

  • January 30, 2015: Texas requested clarification on Agreement State authority
  • July 17, 2015: SECY150094
  • December 22, 2015: SRMSECY150094
  • October 23, 2018: SRMM181011
  • July 22, 2019: Published Draft Regulatory Basis for comment in the Federal Register on (84 FR 35037)
  • August 2019: Webinar and Public Meeting in Austin, TX
  • 120day public comment period ends November 19, 2019 5

Draft Regulatory Basis for Disposal of GTCC and TRU (cont.)

  • Evaluated GTCC waste described in DOEs Final Environmental Impact Statement for GTCC Waste (published in 2016)
  • Presented three alternatives for implementation of GTCC disposal under 10 CFR Part 61 (i.e., no regulatory change, develop new guidance, and conduct a rulemaking)
  • Found the majority of GTCC waste is potentially suitable for nearsurface disposal (approximately 80% by volume)
  • Found that most (approximately 95%) of the potentially suitable GTCC waste could be regulated by an Agreement State 6

Draft Regulatory Basis for Disposal of GTCC and TRU (cont.)

  • Comment period ends November 19, 2019
  • Federal Register notice (84 FR 35307) provides various methods of submitting comments:

- Federal Rulemaking Website:

- Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC20170081

- Email comments: Rulemaking.Comments@nrc.gov

- Fax comments: 3014151101

- Mail comments to: Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 205550001, ATTN: Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff

- Hand deliver comments: 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD. 20852; between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. (ET) on Federal workdays; telephone: 3014151677

  • Include Docket ID NRC20170081 on all correspondence 7

Very LowLevel Waste

  • Regulatory Issue Summary 201611, Requests to Dispose of Very Lowlevel Radioactive Waste Pursuant to 10 CFR 20.2002 (ML16007A488)

Very LowLevel Waste (cont.)

  • 20.2002 twostep process

- 1st: approval of the proposed alternate procedures

- 2nd: approval of the disposal

  • NRC to update guidance to address both review aspects

- Develop guidance for 20.2002 review and issue for comment in early 2020

- Incorporate lessons learned and comments to issue final guidance

- Solicitation for comments will also include interpretation of authorized recipient under 20.2001(a)(1)

  • Includes entities specifically exempted (to receive and dispose of waste) in addition to licensed persons 9

Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act (NEIMA) Section 108

  • Section 108 requires a report to Congress by July 14, 2020 identifying best practices for establishment and operation of local community advisory boards (CABs) for decommissioning nuclear power reactors, including lessons learned from such organizations.

- Federal Register Notice soliciting requests for public meetings to discuss CAB best practices issued on March 18, 2019

- Public meeting locations were determined in June 2019

- Nationwide Webinar & public meetings at 11 locations August - October 2019 10

Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act (NEIMA) Section 108 (cont.)

  • Section 108 seeks:

- topics that could be brought before a local community advisory board

- how such a boards input could be used to inform the decision making processes of stakeholders for various decommissioning activities

- what interactions such a board could have with the NRC and other Federal regulatory bodies to support the board members overall understanding of the decommissioning process and promote dialogue between the affected stakeholders and the licensee involved in decommissioning activities

- how such a board could offer opportunities for public engagement throughout all phases of the decommissioning process 11

Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act (NEIMA) Section 108 (cont.)

  • Report to capture best practices for:

- CAB membership composi on, selec on process, terms

- When the CAB was established and the frequency of CAB mee ngs

- Speci"c logis cs required to support the CAB

- Other identified best practices or activities 12

Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act (NEIMA) Section 108 (cont.)

  • Comment period ends November 15, 2019
  • Fill out the NEIMA questionnaire online at:

https://www.nrc.gov/waste/decommissioning/neimalocalcomm advisoryboardquestionnaire.html

  • Scan completed questionnaires and send to:

NEIMA108.Resource@nrc.gov

  • Mail completed questionnaires to:

Kim Conway, U.S. NRC 11545 Rockville Pike, Mail Stop T5 A10 Rockville, MD 20852

  • Additional information located on the web site:

https://www.nrc.gov/waste/decommissioning/neimasection108.html 13

Decommissioning rulemaking

  • Proposed rule submitted to Commission May 7, 2018 (SECY180055)

- Goals: provide for an efficient decommissioning process; reduce the need for exemptions from existing regulations; and support the principles of good regulation, including openness, clarity, and reliability

- Fourteen technical topical areas

- Four dra guidance documents

  • Next steps:

- Upon Commission vote, staff will publish proposed rule for 75day public comment period

- Public mee ng during comment period

- Public meeting to discuss implementation of rule prior to delivering the draft final rule to the Commission

- Submit the draft final rule to the Commission 14

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