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M240118: Slides - J. Lubinski - Strategic Programmatic Overview of the Decommissioning and Low-Level Waste and Nuclear Materials Users Business Lines
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Strategic Programmatic Overview of the Decommissioning and Low-Level Waste and Nuclear Materials Users Business Lines Commission Meeting January 18, 2024

John Lubinski D i re cto r Off ic e o f N u c le a r M ate ria l S afet y a n d S afe g u a rd s

Decommissioning and Low Level Waste Presenters

  • Director, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards John Lubinski
  • Director, Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery, and Waste Programs Jane Marshall
  • Senior Project Manager, Reactor Decommissioning Branch Amy Snyder
  • Senior Risk Analyst, Risk and Technical Analysis Branch Cynthia Barr
  • Health Physicist, Region III Gehan Flanders 3

P ro g ra m Ove r view 4

Decommissioning and Low-Level Waste Business Line

  • Regulation of Decommissioning, Low-Level Waste, and Uranium Recovery
  • Implementation of decommissioning oversight programs
  • Decommissioning activities:
  • 23 decommissioning power reactors, 16 in active decommissioning
  • 2 research test reactors, 8 complex materials sites
  • 3 uranium recovery sites, 5 licensed uranium recovery decommissioning sites
  • 19 Title I and 7 UMTRCA Title II sites
  • Surface Ship Support Barge
  • Low-Level Waste Program and support the DOE with Waste Incidental Reprocessing (WIR)

B u sin e s s L in e P rio rit i e s 5

Decommissioning and Low-Level Waste Business Line

  • Promote an organizational culture that values knowledge management, staff training, career development, and recognizes individual and group contributions
  • Integrated resource utilization and risk insights
  • Improve business processes and products
  • Inspire stakeholder confidence

Jane Marshall D i re cto r D ivisio n o f D e co m m iss io n in g,

U ra n iu m Re cove r y, a n d Wa ste P ro g ra m

7 Leveraging previous experience to better inform our reviews of future licensing actions

8 Ensuring that staff has the skills, knowledge, and tools to complete necessary decommissioning reviews

9 Communicating with external stakeholders to ensure effective and efficient decommissioning

Amy Snyder Se n i o r Pro j e ct Man age r Re a c to r D e co m m iss io n in g Bra n c h D ivisio n o f D e co m m iss io n in g, U ra n iu m Re cove r y, a n d Wa ste P ro g ra m

11 Using risk principles and information to inform decision making

12 Staff risk informed their confirmatory survey plans to increase confidence in our decision making

Cynthia Barr Se n i o r Ri s k A n al yst R isk a n d Te c h n ica l A n a lysis Bra n c h D ivisio n o f D e co m m iss io n in g,

U ra n iu m Re cove r y, a n d Wa ste P ro g ra m

14 Domestic operating experience has emphasized the need for enhancements in decommissioning guidance DUWP-ISG-2 was developed to address guidance needs by extending MARSSIM to hard to access locations in the subsurface.

The ISG is expected to increase transparency and better support risk-informed decision-making in the decommissioning process.

You can find the ISG and other reports on the NRCs What's New in Decommissioning web site.

Image Credit: Figure 2.9 Iso-Pacific S3 soil sorting system (bottom right).

15 NRC is benefiting from international collaboration to address more challenging surface and subsurface survey issues Leveraged the international community to address technical issues of importance to decommissioning in the United States.

Organized a Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) decommissioning innovation workshop.

Stood-up an NEA Expert Group to address guidance gaps to support more efficient and effective decision-making.

See WPTES Innovation Workshop web site for more information and presentations.

Image Credit: See Sven Alfelder IAEA DUM-GEM project presentation at the above link.

16 NRC is leveraging domestic and international experience to identify and shape research activities to address current and future challenges NRC is sponsoring work to update commonly used computer codes such as Visual Sample Plan (VSP) to design radiological surveys incorporating methodologies laid out in the updated guidance.

NRC is staying vigilant to ensure its regulatory readiness to address emerging and innovative technologies in the field of radiological survey methods See Drones for Decommissioning report for more information.

You can find this and other reports on the NRCs What's New in Decommissioning web site.

Gehan Flanders He al th Phys i ci st D ivisio n o f R a d io lo g ica l S afet y a n d S e c u rit y Re g io n I I I

18 Providing effective oversight of decommissioning activities to ensure safety and protect the environment Conducted extensive confirmatory surveys and sampling at the Zion site (Region III)

Utilized inspection activities at the GE-H Vallecitos BWR to confirm that the RPV removal did not create significant environmental impacts (Region IV)

Inspectors at Vermont Yankee observed radioactive waste movement and segmentation (Region I)

19 Building constructive relationships with local communities through public engagement Fostered transparency and engagement at Palisades, Pilgrim, and Indian Point community meetings.

Partnered with DOE-LM and the State of New Mexico to engage with the Pueblo of Acoma in New Mexico at decommissioning uranium recovery sites

John Lubinski D i re cto r Off ic e o f N u c le a r M ate ria l S afet y a n d S afe g u a rd s

NMU Presenters

  • Director, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards John Lubinski
  • Deputy Director, Division of Materials Safety, Security, State, and Tribal Programs (MSST)

Theresa Clark

  • Senior Intergovernmental Liaison Project Manager, MSST Sherrie Flaherty
  • Mechanical Engineer, MSST Joey Rolland 21

Leaders of the National Materials Program 22 Who We Regulate 8,258 industrial 7874 medical How We Regulate 11 NRC States 39 Agreement States 3 Letters of Intent 17,000+ licenses 884 other 693 academic

23 NMUs scope is diverse, highly visible, and cooperative

  • Major rulemakings on high-interest topics
  • Licensing and oversight using risk and data
  • National Materials Program infrastructure
  • Event response and operating experience
  • Stakeholder confidence

24 Work is achieved through partnership - at home and abroad

25 Were ready with a new cadre of recruits

Theresa Clark D e p u ty D i re cto r D ivisio n o f M ate ria l s S afet y, S e c u rit y, S tate, a n d Trib a l P ro g ra m s (M S ST)

27 NMU: Ready for the Future Enhancing Domestic and International Collaboration of Source Security Status of Training and Development of NRC and Agreement State Staff Advancements in Tribal Outreach

28 NRC is a recognized international leader in advancing source security

Solid, timely training positions NMP staff for the future 29

A realigned tribal team is increasing outreach and consultation 30

Sherrie Flaherty Se n i o r I nte rgove rn m e ntal L i ai s o n Pro je ct Man age r D ivisio n o f M ate ria l s S afet y, S e c u rit y, S tate, a n d Trib a l P ro g ra m s (M S ST)

32 National Materials Program & IMPEP

  • Working together to ensure protections of public health, safety, security, and the environment.
  • 40 Radiation Control Programs:

39 Agreement States and the NRC

  • Performance evaluated using the Integrated Materials Performance Evaluation Program (IMPEP)

33 NMP Assistance with Programmatic Challenges

  • NRC and Agreement States assisting each other
  • Challenges were self-identified and identified through IMPEP
  • Working group established to assist in early identification and support

34 Working Group Recommendations

  • Enhancing Awareness of Programs Performance
  • Meaningful performance metrics
  • Tools to identify potential issues and facilitate prompt corrective actions
  • NMP strategies to assist with performance challenges
  • Improving IMPEP Assessment
  • Consistent and risk-informed
  • Increase efficiencies

35 Assessing the Ability to Monitor National Materials Performance Working Group

  • Sherrie Flaherty, Co-Chair, NRC NMSS
  • Brian Harris, NRC OGC
  • Jen Scro, NRC OGC
  • Tammy Bloomer, NRC Region I

Robin Elliott Se n i o r He al th Phys i ci st D ivisio n o f R a d io lo g ica l S afet y a n d S e c u rit y, Re g io n I

37 Risk Informed Inspections

  • Risk informed inspections results:

Improved licensee safety & security Improved communications, understanding, event reporting Focus on highest priority activities Risk informed documentation review

38 Risk Informed Inspections

  • Inspection Procedure risk modules have:

Guided inspectors on the prioritization of focus areas Resulted in deeper evaluation of high-risk activities Focused inspectors on risk-informed value-added findings

39 Anticipating New Emerging Technologies

  • Reviews of new medical technologies Lutathera - Lu-177 Pluvicto - Lu-177 On the Horizon Ac-225 Ce-134 Pb-212 At-211

40 Anticipating New Emerging Technologies (Cont.)

  • Staff involvement ensures early engagement on emerging trends.
  • FDA
  • Manufacturers
  • Attending Professional Meetings
  • On-going staff training

Joey Rolland Me ch an i cal En g i n e e r D ivisio n o f M ate ria l s S afet y, S e c u rit y, S tate, a n d Trib a l P ro g ra m s (M S ST)

Scope IMC 1248 GENERAL QUALIFICATION GUIDANCE IMC 1248 APP A LICENSE REVIEWER IMC 1248 APP B INSPECTOR IMC 1248 APP C EXEMPT DISTRIBUTION REVIEWERS IMC 1248 APP D SEALED SOURCE DEVICE REVIEWERS Comprehensive revision to certain materials license reviewer and inspector qualification guidance facilitated by a diverse team representing the NRC regions and the Agreement States

  • Netra Patel, Region I
  • Elizabeth Tindle-Engelmann, Region III
  • Mohanned Kawasmi, Region IV
  • Kyle Bischoff, Region IV
  • Danielle Williams, NMSS
  • Sherrie Flaherty, NMSS
  • Tawny Morgan, North Carolina This effort benefits from a range of experience from the NRC and the Agreement States The Team 43 Steering Committee:

Theresa Clark, NMSS Jared Heck, Region III Tammy Bloomer, Region IV

44 Approach 44 Address learnings from the implementation of the qualification program in past years.

Add flexibilities so the qualification process works better for experienced and new employees.

Emphasize the importance of collaboration across the National Materials Program to best prepare license reviewers and inspectors.

45 Approach (Cont.)

45 Develop a basic qualification card that is consistent with other inspection programs in the agency.

Include a common signature authority process.

Develop tools to improve support of individuals seeking qualification.

Backup Pictures

47

Acronyms

  • AAPM - American Association of Physicists in Medicine
  • DRPs - Discrete Radiological Particles
  • DLLW-Decommissioning and Low-Level Waste
  • DOE -Department of Energy
  • EPA-Environmental Protection Agency
  • ET - Evapotranspiration
  • FTE - Full Time Equivalent
  • HDR - High Dose Rate
  • IMPEP - Integrated Materials Performance Evaluation Program
  • ISG - Interim Staff Guidance
  • LTP-License Termination Plan
  • MARSSIM-Multi-Agency Radiation Survey and Site Investigation Manual 48

Acronyms

  • NMP - National Materials Program
  • NMU - Nuclear Materials Users
  • NPL - National Priorities List
  • NSM - National Security Memorandum
  • PSDAR-Post Shutdown Decommissioning Activities Report
  • RAMP - Radiation Protection Computer Code Analysis and Maintenance Program
  • RCPs - Radiation Control Program
  • RESRAD - Residual Radioactivity Code
  • SSSB - Surface Ship Support Barge
  • VSP - Visual Sample Plan
  • WPTES - Working Party on the Technical, Environmental, and Safety Aspects of Decommissioning and Legacy Management 49
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