ML20049A022
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| ML20049A022 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 02/18/2020 |
| From: | Nicole Fields, Omid Tabatabai NRC/NMSS/DREFS/RRPB |
| To: | |
| Fields N | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20049A021 | List: |
| References | |
| NRC-2019-0063, PRM-50-117 | |
| Download: ML20049A022 (1) | |
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Topics for Discussion The NRC offers the following topics to guide the discussion in todays public meeting. NRC welcomes this opportunity for informal and frank engagement with you on these topics but will not be providing a written response to any insights offered at the meeting. NRC is not requesting written comment at this time.
- 1. Resumption of operation for decommissioning power reactors
- a. Interest in a regulatory framework that would enable a licensee to resume operations after the docketing of both certifications under 10 CFR 50.82 or 10 CFR 52.110
- b. Licensing and physical configurations of a decommissioning power reactor that would be a viable candidate to resume operations (e.g., a reactor in SAFSTOR, a reactor that still employs certain personnel, a reactor that has maintained specific equipment)
- c. Actions that may be necessary for a licensee to resume operation
- d. Structure for the re-licensing transition process from decommissioning to operating (e.g., similar to current license amendment process, similar to initial licensing process)
- 2. Deferred status for operating power reactors
- a. Interest in a regulatory framework for a deferred status, i.e., an interim non-operating status for a power reactor that has not yet decided to decommission and would enable a possible future resumption of operation
- b. Operating power reactor requirements, if any, that may not be necessary for a power reactor licensee in a deferred status, until that licensee either returns to an operating status or enters decommissioning
- c. Factors, if any, that make an extended shutdown without docketing of both certifications under 10 CFR 50.82 or 10 CFR 52.110 cost-prohibitive under the current regulatory framework (e.g., fees, personnel costs, equipment maintenance costs)
- 3. Reinstatement of terminated combined licenses (COLs)
- a. Factors that staff should consider, aside from rulemaking cost, in evaluating whether a rulemaking is needed to create a framework for reinstating a COL
- b. Innovative approaches that could accomplish this objective without rulemaking