ML22347A164
| ML22347A164 | |
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| Issue date: | 12/09/2022 |
| From: | NRC/OCIO |
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| ML22347A161 | List: |
| References | |
| NRC-2022-000230, FOIA | |
| Download: ML22347A164 (1) | |
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NRC Drop-ins January 24, 2022 (in person) and January 31, 2022 (virtual)
Schedule:
Name Date Meeting Time Contact Executive Director of Operations, Daniel Dorman & Deputy Executive Director of Operations, Cathy Haney 24-Jan 11-11:30am Patricia Sprogeris Chairman, Christopher Hanson 24-Jan 1:30pm - 2pm Kathleen Blake NMSS Office Director, John Lubinski & NMSS Office Deputy Director, Robert Lewis /
Decommissioning and Waste Division Director, Jane Marshall & Deputy Director, Ashley Roberts 24-Jan 3 - 4:00pm Hannah Ding Commissioner David Wright 24-Jan 9:30am (remote)
Kimberly Lora Commissioner Jeff Baran 31-Jan 1pm (remote)
Lin Chen Discussion Topics:
- Decommissioning Progress - We will discuss the decommissioning status at Zion, La Crosse, San Onofre, Ft. Calhoun and Three Mile Island, Unit 2. Newest project is Kewaunee.
- Disposal of Very Low-Level Radioactive Waste in Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Facilities - We will discuss our current efforts to establish a facility in Utah and potentially elsewhere. The NRC Staff issued VLLW scoping study results. The path forward is to continue with the current regulatory framework to provide protection of public health and safety while providing licensees with flexibility under a risk-informed, performance-based framework. We support this approach.
- Use of Decommissioning Funds for Major Radioactive Component Disposal -
EnergySolutions has filed a Petition for Rulemaking requesting a change to the definition of decommissioning to allow operating plants to have access to excess funds in the decommissioning trust fund to dispose of major radioactive components that are typically stored on site for decades until the plant is permanently shutdown. The public comments
received were supportive and NEI has changed their position from neutral to supportive based on nuclear industry feedback. This petition will aid operating plants in continuing to be competitive in the market place. We would like to see a decision on this petition in 2022.
- Risk Informed Decision Making - Risk informed decision making is needed in more areas in NMSS and particularly in license termination. It would be beneficial to provide further guidance in areas not covered by MARSSIM such as underground structures, discrete radioactive particles and the use of the basement fill model. The July 2021 workshop is a good start and additional NRC workshops are planned in 2022 for these topics. The draft NEI guidance document includes industry experience and incorporate lessons learned and is undergoing internal review. The document further defines scope and content of the license termination plan and the final status survey reports to reach industry and NRC consensus on improving the back end of the license termination process.
- GTCC Rulemaking - We support GTCC rulemaking as a means to dispose of this form of low level waste. Now tied with Part 61 rulemaking that is in its eleventh year. This should be moved up in priority.
- Decommissioning Rulemaking - Plants relying on state support to continue operation are more likely to permanently shut down in the future. This rulemaking would improve efficiency and save resources for both the NRC and the industry as plants transition from operations to permanent shutdown and move the spent fuel to the ISFSI.