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HOL012 - Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Annual Capacity Report (June 1987)
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC.,

ENTERGY NUCLEAR PALISADES, LLC, HOLTEC INTERNATIONAL, and HOLTEC DECOMMISSIONING INTERNATIONAL, LLC (Palisades Nuclear Plant and Big Rock Point Site)

Docket No(s). 50-255-LT-2 50-155-LT-2 72-007-LT 72-043-LT-2 ASLBP No.

22-974-01-LT-BD01 Hearing Exhibit Exhibit Number:

Exhibit

Title:

HOL012 OFFICE OF CIVILIAN RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT ANNUAL CAPACITY REPORT (JUNE 1987)

DOE/RW-0146 Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management ValALerl Capacity Report June 1987 U.S. Department of Energy Othce of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Dairyland 04-106C Defendant's Exhibit 0073 HQR-001-2705 Holtec_PAL-001474

This report has been reproduced directly from the best available copy Available from the National Technical Information Service, US Department of Commerce, Springfield, Virginia 22161 Price Printed Copy Microfiche AO!

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DOE/RW-0146 Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management VAAL CTETaIy Report June 1987 U.S. Department of Frergy Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Washington, DC 20585 1Q0002706 HQR-001-2707 Holtec_PAL-001476

Department of Energy Washington, DC 20585 This Annual Capacity Report is the first in a series to be published by the Department of Energy.

The report, required by the Standard Contract for Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and/or High-Level Radioactive Waste, provides, for planning purposes, the projected annual receiving capacity and annual acceptance rankings for the first 10 years of waste management system operations.

The projections in this initial report are based on current plans and best available information; they are not contractually binding.

Nevertheless, this first report represents a significant milestone

-- it starts the essential process of communicating to owners and generators of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste how the Department intends to discharge its responsibilities under the Contract.

Even more importantly, it activates a mechanism through which Contract holders can express their views on how the waste management system can achieve maximum efficiency, while assuring equity among the parties.

Ina full-cost recovery program such as that mandated by the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, this represents no small challenge.

As the waste management system evolves, we will need to cooperate closely to ensure that the decisions that are made serve us well in the years ahead.

I am confident that, together, we will succeed.

nm Cc. Rusche, Director Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Celebrating the U.S. Constitution Bicentennial 1787-1987 HQ0002707 HQR-001-2708 Holtec_PAL-001477

CONTENTS

SUMMARY

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SUMMARY

The Standard Contract for Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel (SNF) and/or High-Level Radioactive Waste (HLW) requires the U.S.

Department of Energy (DOE) to issue, by July 1,

1987, an Annual Capacity Report (ACR) for planning purposes.

The ACR will set forth the projected annual receiving capacity of the Waste Management System (WMS) for 10 years following the expected commencement of facility operation, and the annual acceptance ranking of SNF and/or HLW to be received by the WMS.

This report is the first in the series of ACRs to be published by DOE.

The system configuration used as the basis for this report is defined in the Mission Plan Amendment.

It includes a Monitored Retrievable Storage (MRS) facility as an integral system component.

DOE's proposal for such a facility, as required by Section 141 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act, was submitted to Congress on March 31, 1987.

The illustrative waste acceptance schedule for this configuration reflects the amended first repository schedule and the proposed schedule for the MRS facility.

The schedule presumes Congressional approval of DOE's MRS proposal.

During the first 10 years of WMS operation, the total quantity of spent fuel that could be accepted is 18,600 metric tons uranium (MTU).

By starting WMS operations in 1998, the MRS facility could accept 6000 MTU of spent fuel by the time repository operations are projected to begin in 2003.

The allocation of "acceptance rights" is currently based on the projected annual capacity of the WMS to receive SNF and the age of permanently discharged spent fuel as determined from 1985 data provided to the Energy Information Administration by the Purchasers of waste disposal services on the 1986 Nuclear Fuel Data Form, RW-859.

The allocations are based on the oldest fuel having the highest priority.

Section 1.0 provides a discussion of the requirement for the ACR and the role the ACR will play in DOE's interaction with the Purchasers in implementing the provisions of the Standard Disposal Contract.

The currently projected annual acceptance capacity to be allocated is discussed and presented in Section 2.0.

Section 3.0 discusses the procedure and basis for allocation of this capacity {acceptance rights).

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and equivalent MTU, as summarized in Appendix A and detailed in Appendix B.

Some of the contingencies which May have an impact on Contract implementation and system operation considerations which could affect the projected annual capacity and its allocation are identified in Section 4.0.

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1.0 INTRODUCTION

The Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 19827 (the Act) assigns responsibility to the Federal Government to provide for the permanent disposal of spent nuclear fuel (SNF) and high-level radioactive waste (HLW).

The Director of the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (OCRWM) is responsible for carrying out the functions

.of the Secretary of Energy under the Act.

Section 302(a) of the Act authorizes the Secretary to enter into contracts*

for disposal services with owners or generators** of commercial SNF and/or HLW.

The Standard Disposal Contract represents the sole contractual mechanism for DOE disposal of SNF or HLW.

It establishes the requirements and operational responsibilities of the signatories in the areas of administrative matters, fees and terms of payment for disposal services, waste acceptance

criteria, and waste acceptance procedures.

The Standard Disposal Contract provides for the acquisition of title to the SNF and HLW by DOE, its transportation and subsequent disposal.

Article II of the Contract indicates these services are scheduled to begin

",..after commencement of facility operations, not later than January 31, 1998...."

1.1 STANDARD DISPOSAL CONTRACT REQUIREMENT FOR AN ANNUAL CAPACITY REPORT Under the terms of the Standard Disposal Contract [Article IV.B.5(b)]},

an Annual Capacity Report (ACR) will be issued by DOE, beginning not later than July 1, 1987, setting forth "...the projected annual receiving capacity for the DOE facility(ies) and Individual contracts are based upon the Standard Contract for Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and/or High-Level Radioactive Waste (10 CFR Part 961.11) which will be referred to as the Standard Disposal Contract" or "Contract" for subsequent discussion in this report.

Owners and generators of SNF and HLW who have entered into agreements with DOE for purchase of disposal services are referred to as "Purchasers."

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the annual acceptance ranking relating to DOE contracts for the disposal of SNF and/or HLW including, to the extent available, capacity information for ten (10) years following the projected commencement of operation of the initial DOE facility."

As specified in the Contract, the ACR is for planning purposes only

and, thus, is not contractually binding on either DOE or the Purchasers.

The ACR will be published each year through 1990.

Beginning in 1991, the ACR acceptance ranking will be converted into an Annual Priority Ranking for receipt of SNF/HLW.

In 1992, based on this priority ranking, the Purchasers will submit to DOE for approval, Delivery Commitment Schedules identifying the SNP/HLW that Purchasers propose to deliver to the DOE waste management system (WMS).

Once approved, these schedules will become the basis for Final Delivery Schedules to be submitted by the Purchasers not less than 12 months before the date of DOE's anticipated acceptance of title to the SNF/HLW and subsequent transport to a

DOE facility.

r 1.2 THE ROLE OF THE ANNUAL CAPACITY REPORT DOE recognizes that the Standard Disposal Contract May not provide sufficient detail and guidance to enable DOE and the Purchasers to carry out all of their contractual responsibilities and/or for the Purchasers to make certain spent fuel management decisions.

Additional information, beyond that required by the

Contract, could facilitate long-range waste management planning.

Consequently, future ACRs will be expanded to include documentation of the resolution of Contract-related issues and WMS decisions which might affect the Purchasers' planning and Operational decisions.

1.2.1 Expanded Scope of The Annual Capacity Report This report identifies several topics that go beyond the scope of the ACR reporting requirements.

Additional Contract guidance may be needed to fully address such issues as the criteria and procedures for acceptance of consolidated SNF, fuel storage containers, nonfuel-bearing components, or dual-purpose casks.

DOE also expects to develop and report on procedures for submittal and criteria for approval of Delivery Commitment 2

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Schedules, exchanges of approved Delivery Commitment Schedules, Final Delivery Schedules, and criteria for evaluation of requests for emergency deliveries and changes to the acceptance priority.

In addition, DOE will identify issues and system considerations which could affect annual acceptance capacity.

For example, capacity used to accommodate changes in SNF quantities resulting from the Contract's provision for a

20 percent adjustment to approved Delivery Commitment Schedules would reduce the capacity available for allocation.

DOE will also address instances when overall WMS efficiency considerations may affect delivery quantities.

If it is determined that casks used for shipping SNF need to be fully loaded when accepted for transport, reductions in the acceptance capacity available for allocation to some Purchasers in a given year may be required.

In the interest of operational efficiency, it may also be appropriate to delay the acceptance of SNF/HLW which requires Special handling.

Such delays would not result in changes to the acceptance ranking.

DOE acknowledges that uncertainty with regard to the waste acceptance schedule and the integrated WMS derives, in part, from decisions yet to be made by Congress.

DOE has presented the appropriate issyes to Congress in the form of the OCRWM Mission Plan Amendment.

DOE also recognizes that the development of procedures for effective and equitable implementation of the WMS is an iterative process that requires the cooperative efforts of both DOE and the Purchasers.

DOE intends to work with the Purchasers or their representatives to develop these procedures and to issue appropriate guidance to Purchasers for their use in planning for at-reactor storage and ultimate delivery of SNF/HLW to the WMS.

This ACR is intended as a major step in that process.

1.2.2 The Annual Capacity Report Approach Since the configuration and operational details of the WMS are J

still at the stage of conceptual design, this initial ACR uses a

projected waste acceptance schedule for an illustrative 3

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system configuration as defined in the Mission Plan Amendment (discussed in Section 2.0).

The waste acceptance schedule presumes Congressional approval of DOE's MRS proposal and reflects DOE's plans to integrate an MRS facility into the WMS to begin waste acceptance in 1998.

DOE is required to accept all SNF and HLW for permanent disposal.

However, since acceptance capacity is limited in any given year, a ranking or sequencing process is necessary for allocating available capacity.

Using the "oldest fuel first (OFF) criterion (discussed in Section 3.0),

the ranking is based on 1985 date-of-discharge data supplied to the Energy Information Administration (EIA) by the Purchasers on the 1986 Nuclear Fuel Data Form, RW-859.

Tables in Appendix A list the Purchasers anda their quantities of SNF for each year based on this ranking and current estimates of the available waste acceptance capacity.

The table in Appendix B lists eligible SNF (that SNF currently included in contracts with DOE) for the same 10-year period.

DOE has begun the process of identifying issues or questions that need to be resolved for efficient and equitable waste acceptance.

The identification and resolution of these issues is expected to be a cooperative and interactive effort between DOE and the Purchasers.

It is expected that mutual understanding of issues and their impacts will strengthen the waste management planning base and will result in system improvements.

Subsequent ACRs will document the progress made in issue resolution.

If such resolutions require Contract interpretations, clarifications or amendments, the Contracting Officer would then initiate the appropriate contractual action.

In those cases where adoption of a change would not be consistent with the Contract, formal rulemaking procedures would be followed.

1.2.3 Submittal of Comments on the Annual Capacity Report Written comments are requested, specifically from the Purchasers, on the content of this initial ACR.

Comments received will be used to identify issues that need to be addressed and will be considered in the development of the following year's ACR.

The data in Appendix B, used for the 4

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acceptance ranking and annual allocations in this report, reflect DOE's interpretation of the information supplied by the Purchasers on the Form RW-859.

Purchasers are urged to carefully review the data in Appendix B.

Comments on this ACR should be addressed to:

Mr.

Alan Brownstein Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management U.S. Department of Energy RW-13 1000 Independence Avenue, S.W.

Washington, D.C.

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system configuration as defined in the Mission Plan Amendment (discussed in Section 2.0).

The waste acceptance schedule presumes Congressional approval of DOE's MRS proposal and reflects DOE's plans to integrate an MRS facility into the WMS to begin waste acceptance in 1998.

DOE is required to accept all SNF and HLW for permanent disposal.

However, since acceptance capacity is limited in any given year, a ranking or sequencing process is necessary for allocating available capacity.

Using the oldest fuel first (OFF) criterion (discussed in Section 3.0),

the ranking is based on 1985 date-of-discharge data supplied to the Energy Information Administration (EIA) by the Purchasers on the 1986 Nuclear Fuel Data Form, RW-859.

Tables in Appendix A list the Purchasers ana their quantities of SNF for each year based on this ranking and current estimates of the available waste acceptance capacity.