ML22021A339
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| Issue date: | 01/27/2022 |
| From: | NRC/OCM |
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Strategic Overview of Decommissioning and Low-Level Waste and Nuclear Materials Users Business Lines Commission Briefing January 27, 2022
Dan Dorman Executive Director for Operations Decommissioning and Low-Level Waste Business Line
Decommissioning and Low-Level Waste 3
John Lubinski General Program Overview; Priorities and Challenges Ashley Roberts Key Successes and Strategic Direction for the Decommissioning and Low-Level Waste Business Line Ted Smith Trends in Reactor Decommissioning Richard Turtil License Transfers for Purposes of Decommissioning Decommissioning Funding Assurance Katherine Warner Reactor and Materials Decommissioning Inspection Activities
John Lubinski Office Director, NMSS General Program Overview; Priorities and Challenges
NMSS Focus Areas 5
Meet our Mission Ensuring safety and security decisions and protecting the environment by making timely, risk-informed decisions.
Focus on our People and our Future Embracing a hybrid telework environment to support our mission, embrace a culture of continuous learning, and professional development.
Optimize Use workload management tools to streamline information and leverage prioritization within and across business lines and programs.
Overview of the Decommissioning and Low-Level Waste Business Line
- Licensing and Oversight for Power Reactors
- Licensing and Oversight of Uranium Recovery facilities
- Low-level Radioactive waste
- Waste Incidental to Reprocessing
- DOE activities related to the West Valley Demonstration Project Act 6
Evolution of Licensing and Oversight Activities
- Adjusting to the increasing number of power reactors entering decommissioning and accelerated decommissioning
- Assessing and strengthen existing inspection guidance
- Adapting to an increase in the uranium recovery workload 7
Promoting Professional Growth and Knowledge Management 8
Training Nuclepedia Decommissioning topics
Ashley Roberts Deputy Director, DUWP, NMSS Key Successes and Strategic Direction for the Decommissioning and Low-Level Waste Business Line
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Overview of the Power Reactor Decommissioning Process 11
Meeting our Mission in an Innovative Manner 12
13 Professional Development Cross qualification IdeaScale
Striving Towards Systematic Optimization 14
Ted Smith Project Manager, DUWP, NMSS Trends in Reactor Decommissioning
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Systematic Approach to Planning 17
18 Revisiting the Systematic Approach How do we adjust for accelerated schedules in the phased approach?
Enhancing Guidance and Staff Resources
- Guidance
- NUREG-1575, Radiological Surveys
- NUREG-1757, Volume 2
- NEI Guidance
- Staffing
- Strategic Workforce Planning
- Nuclear Regulator Apprenticeship Network
- Inspector Cross-Qualification
- Regional Reorganization
- Training 19
Richard Turtil Senior Financial Analyst, REFS, NMSS License Transfers for Purposes of Decommissioning Decommissioning Funding Assurance
NMSS Financial Center of Expertise (FCOE) - Who We Are?
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- Nuclear Materials
- Nuclear Reactor Licensing Agency-wide resource
- Engineering
- Finance and Business
- Accounting
- Economics and Public Policy
- Nuclear Navy Experience
- Nuclear Security Experience Staff
FCOE - What We Do?
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- NMSS Reactor Decommissioning Branch
- NRRs Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Branches
- Regions Provides direct support to:
- Financial Qualifications and Decommissioning Funding Assurance of Licensees
- Foreign Ownership, Control, or Domination
- On-site Insurance and Price-Anderson Indemnity Evaluates:
Decommissioning Funding Assurance - What it does?
- Regulation-based decommissioning funding oversight program
- Reasonable Assurance regulatory standard
- Establishes funding at initiation of operations;
- Maintains acceptable financial assurance and continuous funding to Minimum Formula amount throughout operating life; and
- Status of funds reported throughout life of operations.
- Processes are available to address decommissioning funding shortfalls 23
Decommissioning Funding Assurance-How is it done?
- 24 decommissioning reactors reviewed (annual review)
- Over $12 billion in decommissioning trusts
- All plants in decommissioning met NRC funding requirements Recent Reporting Recent Reporting
- Financial Procedures and Guidance
- Improvements in oversight
- Awareness of decommissioning activities and affiliated spending
- Improvement of the funding review process controls and internal guidance Current activities Current activities
Katherine Warner Senior Health Physicist, DRSS, Region I Reactor and Materials Decommissioning Inspection Activities
26 Staffing Challenges in the Decommissioning Oversight Program Increased Workload &
Attrition Cross-train current inspectors Improve oversight documents Hire and train new inspectors
Risk-Informing Decommissioning Inspection Oversight Guidance IMC 2561, Decommissioning Power Reactor Inspection Program IMC 2602, Decommissioning Oversight and Inspection Program for Fuel Cycle Facilities and Materials Licensees IMC 1248, Appendix F, Training Requirements and Qualification Journal for Decommissioning Inspectors" 27
COVID-19 Influence on Oversight Document Revisions 28
Dan Dorman Executive Director for Operations Closing Remarks
Dan Dorman Executive Director for Operations Nuclear Materials Users Business Line
Nuclear Materials Users 31 General Program Overview; Priorities and Challenges Rob Lewis Key Successes and Future Considerations Transforming our Health Physics Workforce Strategy The NMSS Data Foundation Theresa Clark Update on Emerging Medical Technologies Review Process Leveraging External Partnerships to Identify New Technologies Maryann Ayoade Programmatic Enhancements in a Dynamic Environment Cross-Regional Support Efforts James Thompson
Rob Lewis Deputy Director, NMSS General Program Overview Priorities and Challenges
Leaders of the National Materials Program 33 Who We Regulate 8,631 industrial 8,082 medical How We Regulate 11 NRC States 39 Agreement States 2 Letters of Intent 18,000+ licenses 543 other 309 academic
Supporting a Culture of Continuous Learning and Professional Growth 34 STORYTIME WITH DUNCAN 11 EPISODES MEDICAL REGULATIONS 101 10 VIDEOS
Adapting and Sharing Insights During COVID-19
- Evaluated oversight activities during the pandemic
- Held 2 public meetings and 1 meeting with Agreement States
- Sharing insights and lessons learned across NRC and Agreement States 35
Theresa Clark Deputy Director, MSST, NMSS Key Successes and Future Considerations Transforming Our Health Physics Workforce Strategy The NMSS Data Foundation
Receptive to New Ideas 37 Evaluated Regional and HQ materials programs at the same time NRR staff managed preparations to maintain independence 3 Agreement State staff and 5 NRC staff All indicators determined to be satisfactory MRB recommended next IMPEP in 5 years NRC as One IMPEP
38 Receptive to New Ideas Rulemaking Innovations
- Codify existing EMTs
- Provide flexibility for future EMTs
- Piloted with extravasations PRM
- PRB 6 weeks ahead of schedule
- Reduced resources and late redirection
- Plan to do a 2nd pilot Agile PRM Reviews
Getting Ahead of Challenges through Extensive Outreach 39 NMP Meetings Champions Chats
Evaluating the Future of the National Materials Program What will the FUTURE NMP look like?
What are the IMPACTS to NRC and States?
Will we have the RESOURCES needed?
How will we implement a COHERENT NMP?
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Partnering to Grow Our Health Physics Expertise 41 PIPELINE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY
42 Using Data to Manage Our Workload and Make Decisions
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Maryann Ayoade Update on Emerging Medical Technologies Review Process Leveraging External Partnerships to Identify New Technologies Medical Physicist, NMSS
Ensuring Safety Through a One-of-a-Kind Approach
- Flexible approach for licensing of emerging medical technologies
- Ensures patient access to new technologies in a timely manner
- Captures medical uses and technologies not addressed in our current regulatory framework 46
20 Years of Experience Licensing EMTs under with 10 CFR 35.1000 47 NorthStar RadioGenix Generator System NorthStar RadioGenix Generator System RadioMedixTM GeGant Ge-68/Ga-68 Generator System RadioMedixTM GeGant Ge-68/Ga-68 Generator System Y-90 Microspheres Y-90 Microspheres Radioactive Seed Localization Radioactive Seed Localization Novoste Beta-Cath Intravascular Brachytherapy System Novoste Beta-Cath Intravascular Brachytherapy System Gamma Stereotactic RadioSurgery Perfexion and Icon Gamma Stereotactic RadioSurgery Perfexion and Icon Gamma Stereotactic RadioSurgery GammaPod Gamma Stereotactic RadioSurgery GammaPod ViewRayTM System Co-60 Radiation Therapy Device ViewRayTM System Co-60 Radiation Therapy Device
48 Piloting New Streamlined Process
New Emerging Medical Technologies Under Review 49 Liberty Vision Y-90 Disc Source Brachytherapy for treatment of ocular tumors and benign growths CivaDerm Temporary radiation therapy for skin cancer and other lesions Alpha DaRT' Alpha radiation therapy for solid cancer tumors
Leveraging External Partnerships to Identify New Technologies 50 FDA ACMUI Manufacturers &
Early Users Medical Professional Societies Agreement States ACMUI
Leveraging External Partnerships to Identify New Technologies 51 FDA ACMUI Manufacturers &
Early Users Medical Professional Societies Agreement States ACMUI
James Thompson Programmatic Enhancements in a Dynamic Environment Cross-Regional Support Efforts Senior Health Physicist, Region IV
Aligning our IPs to Focus on Greater Risk
- Risk modules based on higher risk activities and the type of material
- New IPs to better align risk modules to licensed activities 53
54 Inspecting in Pandemic Conditions Leveraged All Available Tools Announced Inspections Email Telephone Video conferencing Secure file sharing Ensure safety of inspector and licensee staff Comply with licensee pandemic protocols
Cross-Regional Support Efforts
- Include inspectors and/or license reviewers from other Regions or HQ on team inspections
- Leverage experiences and knowledge across the agency 55 Composition of Inspection Teams
- Collaborating across NMSS and the Regions to manage inspection and licensing workload as one unit
- Aligning our training of new inspectors and license reviewers to manage attrition Licensing and Inspection Assistance Cross-Regional Support Efforts 56
Dan Dorman Executive Director for Operations Closing Remarks
58 ACRONYMS
- CFR - Code of Federal Regulations
- Co Cobalt-60
- DOE - Department of Energy
- D&D - Deactivation & Decommissioning
- DRSS - Division of Radiological Safety and Security
- EMT - Emerging Medical Technology(ies)
- FDA - Food and Drug Administration
- FTE - Full-time Equivalent
59 ACRONYMS (continued)
- Ge Germanium-68
- Ga Gallium-68
- HQ - Headquarters
- IMPEP - Integrated Materials Performance Evaluation Program
- IMC - Inspection Manual Chapter
- IP - Inspection Procedure
- LTP - License Termination Plan
- MRB - Management Review Board
- NEI - Nuclear Energy Institute
- NMSS - Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards
60 ACRONYMS (continued)
- NMP - National Materials Program
- NMU - Nuclear Materials Users
- NRC - Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- NRR - Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
- PRB - Petition Review Board
- PRM - Petition for Rulemaking
- REFS - Division of Rulemaking, Environmental, and Financial Support
- Rb Rubidium-82