ML22151A165

Public Meeting Slides - NRC Staff'S Consideration of Options for a Potential Rulemaking on Security for Special Nuclear Material

ML22151A165
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Issue date:	06/01/2022
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Public Meeting to Discuss the NRC Staffs Consideration of Options for a Potential Rulemaking on Security for Special Nuclear Material June 1, 2022

Purpose of this Meeting

• Update stakeholders on the NRC staffs progress and receive comments on development of a Commission paper regarding enhanced security for special nuclear material (SNM)

• This is a Comment-Gathering meeting

• Attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions and/or make comments about the issues discussed; however, the NRC will not provide written responses to comments or questions raised

Key Messages

• Staff is evaluating the pros and cons of multiple options to inform a recommendation to the Commission in response to Staff Requirements Memorandum (SRM)-SECY-19-0095, Discontinuation of Rulemaking - Enhanced Security of Special Nuclear Material (ML21217A065)

• Staff has made some adjustments to the options

• For currently-licensed SNM, the existing regulatory framework provides adequate protection of public health and safety and the common defense and security

Key Messages

• Staff took into account previous stakeholder comments on the 2015 regulatory basis document (ML14321A007) - made physical protection measures more performance-based and added clarity

• Staff intends to consider stakeholder comments in development of the Commission paper

Background

• January 2015 - Final regulatory basis on Enhanced Security for SNM (ML14321A007)

• April/June 2016 - Direction to suspend rulemaking activities

• August 2018 - Direction to staff to complete expedited, limited-scope rulemaking

• October 2019 - SECY-19-0095, Discontinuation of Rulemaking - Enhanced Security of Special Nuclear Material (ML19157A084)

• August 2021 - SRM-SECY-19-0095 - Provide a notation vote paper with options on enhanced security of SNM and the potential regulatory, resource, and timing impacts of the options, per the Commissions direction (ML21217A065)

Initial Options Under Consideration Previous Current Option 1 Status Quo Option 1 Status Quo Option 2 Resume 2015 rulemaking Major Topic 1 - Option 2 Resume 2015 rulemaking Physical Protection Of Option 2a Resume 2015 rulemaking and include SNF Unirradiated SNM Option 3 Update regulations only for Cat II SNM Option 3 Update regulations only for Cat II SNM Option 4 Revise regulations for Cat I/II to be more performance-based; revise regulations for Cat III Option 4 Revise regulations for Cat I/II to be more performance- Option 5 Status Quo based; revise regulations for Cat III Option 4a Revise regulations for Cat I/II to be more performance- Option 6 Revise regulations on physical protection of based and include SNF; revise regulations for Cat III Major Topic 2 - irradiated SNM, including SNF and HLW Physical Protection Of Irradiated SNM Option 7 Revise regulations to include physical protection requirements for significant quantities of ANM Option 8 Revise regulations to increase self-protecting radiation threshold above 1 Gy/hr

Marshall Kohen Tim Harris Marshall.Kohen@nrc.gov Tim.Harris@nrc.gov 301-287-3689 301-287-3594