ML20029E944
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| Issue date: | 01/27/2020 |
| From: | Clement J, Bruce Watson Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery and Waste Programs |
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Overview of the U.S. NRC Reactor Decommissioning Program - Challenges and Issues Health Physics Society Midyear Meeting February 2020 Bruce A. Watson, CHP, Chief, Reactor Decommissioning Branch Office of Nuclear Material and Safeguards
RCs Mission
- NRCs mission is to ensure plant safety, whether the plant is operating, or transitioning from operating to decommissioning, and through the entire process until the plant has been radiologically decommissioned and the license is terminated.
Present Status
- 13 Power Plants in active decommissioning
- 10 Power Plants in SAFSTOR
- 8 Announced shutdowns
Decommissioning Experience The NRCs current decommissioning regulations are performance-based and risk-informed Extensive decommissioning experience A total of 10 power reactor sites have completed decommissioning and had the reactor licenses terminated for unrestricted use Cumulative Completion of Decommissioning Sites 1998-2018 80 60 40 20 0
Materials Sites Research Reactors Power Reactors
Decommissioning Program Regulatory Framework Decommissioning Decommissioning Program Process Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as Amended, Statutory authority
- Integrated Decommissioning Program Comprehensive regulations:
- Public involvement
- Environmental review
- Financial assurance
- Site characterization
- Site remediation/Radiological clean-up
- Final site surveys Regulatory guidance Oversight and inspection 4
commissioning Process CFR 50.82/Regulatory Guide 1.184 Notification of intent to permanently shut down Submission of certifications of permanent shutdown and permanent removal of fuel from reactor vessel*
Post Shutdown Decommissioning Activities Report (PSDAR) and NRC public meeting Decommissioning must be completed within 60 years of permanent cessation of operations.
License Termination Plan (LTP) is submitted 2 years prior to requesting license termination and NRC public meeting to obtain public comments on the LTP.
NRC terminates the license by letter
- 2nd certification -- licensee cannot return fuel to the reactor and operate the plant
eactor Decommissioning spection Program
- Continues until the license is terminated
- 35 inspection procedures
- Minimum annual inspection - 12 core procedures are required each year
- Resident Inspector up to 1 year after shutdown, but can be extended
- Inspection Reports are publically available
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Present Status
- 13 power plants in active decommissioning
- 10 power plants in SAFSTOR
- 8 announced shutdowns 1
Questions?
Bruce Watson, CHP Chief, Reactor Decommissioning Branch Bruce.Watson@nrc.gov 301-415-6221