ML18288A368

M181011: Scheduling Notes and Slides - Strategic Programmatic Overview of the Decommissioning and Low-Level Waste and Spent Fuel Storage and Transportation Business Lines (Public)

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SCHEDULING NOTE Title: STRATEGIC PROGRAMMATIC OVERVIEW OF THE DECOMMISSIONING AND LOW-LEVEL WASTE AND SPENT FUEL STORAGE AND TRANSPORTATION BUSINESS LINES (Public Meeting) Purpose: The purpose of the briefing is to provide the Commission with a discussion of strategic considerations associated with the Decommissioning and Low-Level Waste business line and Spent Fuel Storage and Transportation business line. Scheduled:

October 11, 2018 9:00 a.m. Duration:

Approx. 3 hours3.472222e-5 days <br />8.333333e-4 hours <br />4.960317e-6 weeks <br />1.1415e-6 months <br /> Location:

Commissioners

' Conference Room , 1 5 tfl OWFN Decommissioning and Low Level Waste Business Line Participants:

NRC Staff 1 Daniel Dorman, Acting Deputy Executive Director for Materials, Waste , Research, State, Tribal, Compliance, Administration and Human Capital Programs Marc Dapas, Director, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards (NMSS) Topic:

• Decommissioning and Low-Level Waste Business Line Safety and Security -Licensing and Oversight Successes and Challenges John Tappert, Director, Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery, and Waste Programs , NMSS Topic:

• Decommissioning and Uranium Recovery Program Update Chris McKenney, Chief, Risk and Technical Analysis Branch, NMSS Topic:

• Low-Level Waste Program Update 40 mins.* 1 Other business line partner office directors and regional administrators will be located in the well as appropriate James Trapp, Director, Division of Nuclear Materials Safety, Region I Topic:

• Decommissioning and Non-Military Radium Inspection Program Accomplishments and Challenges Commission Q & A Break Spent Fuel Storage and Transportation Business Line Participants:

NRC Staff1 Daniel Dorman, Acting Deputy Executive Director for Materials , Waste, Research, State , Tribal, Compliance , Administration and Human Capital Programs Marc Dapas, Director , Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards (NMSS) Topic:

• Spent Fuel Storage and Transportation Business Line -Licensing and Oversight Successes and Challenges Michael Layton, Director , Division of Spent Fuel Management, NMSS Topic:

• Spent Fuel Storage Update John McKirgan, Chief, Spent Fuel Licensing Branch Topic:

• Spent Fuel Licensing Activities Christian Araguas , Deputy Director, Division of Systems Analysis , Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Topic:

• Spent Fuel Research Activities Commission Q & A Discussion

-Wrap-Up *For presentation only and does not include time for Commiss i on Q & A 50 mins. 5 mins. 30 mins.* 50 mins. 5mins. 2 U.S.NRC United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Pr o tectin g Pe op l.e an d the Envir o nment Strategic Programmatic Overview Of the Decommissioning and Low-Level Waste and Spent Fuel Storage and Transportation Business Lines Commission Meeting October 11, 2018 U.S.NRC United States Nuclear R egulatory Commission Protecting People and t he Env ir onment Deputy Executive Director for Materials, Waste, Research, State, Tribal, Compliance, Administration and Human Capital Programs Daniel Dorman NRC Panel will Address the Following Topics:

• Licensing and Oversight Successes and Challenges

• Current Uranium Recovery and Decommissioning Environment

• Current Low-Level Waste Environment

• Decommissioning l_nspection Program U.S.NRC United Stares Nuclear Regulatory Commission Pr o tectin g P e op k an d the Envir o nment Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Marc Dapas, Director Ensuring Safety for a Broad Range of Activities

• Preparing for increased number of reactors in -decommissioning

• Working effectively with DOE regarding Waste Incidental to Reprocessing

{WIR) activities

• Responding to changes in the Low-Level Waste Program

• Implementing Commission direction on the 10 CFR Part 61 rulemaking and follow on activities Further Enhancing the Effectiveness of Licensing Processes

• Leveraging best licensing practices

• Completion of major licensing actions

• Ensuring equitable and transparent fees for all fee classes -Uranium Recovery Realizing Success Through Internal and External Interaction

• Transitioned uranium recovery licensees to Wyoming

• Continuing international engagement to share experienc_e and learn from others

• Near completion of the Non-Military Radium Program 7 U.S.NRC U nit e d States Nucl ea r R eg ul atory C ommi ssi on Pr o te c ting Peop le and t h e Envir o nment Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery, and Waste Programs John Tappert, Director Successfully Operating in a Dynamic Environment

• Ensuring resources and organizational structure ore consistent with anticipated workload

• Transitioning to a new decommissioning model for power reactors

• Evaluating decommissioning beyond the 60-year timeframe Continued Progress to Enhance Effectiveness and Efficiency

• Extended renewal period to align with risk and enhance efficiency

• Completed independent assessment of uranium recovery licensing practices

• Improved performance in meeting licensing timeliness metrics Safe and Effective Decommissioning

• Effective decommissioning of licensed sites -Hematite Centrus Lead Cascade -State University of New York Buffalo

• Progress at our most challenging sites -American Nuclear Corporation FMRI Engaging a Broad Range of Stakeholders

• Coordinating with the National Park Service on response action involving radioactive material

• Coordinating with the Environmental Protection Agency on Radium Remediation

• Holding public meetings to discuss technical issues regarding Greater-Than-Class C a~d Very Low-Level Waste U.S.NRC U nit e d States N ucl ear R eg ul atory Co m missio n Pr o tecting Peop le and the Envir o nment Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery, and Waste Programs Risk and Technical Analysis Branch Chris McKenney, Chief

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~~-Enhancing National Low-Level Waste Framework

• Actively updating our regulations and guidance

• Risk informing regulatory approaches in the US Ecology Hanford Enfflj y Solutions Cli v e Utah Specialists Low-Level Waste ..__ _______ ...... and WIR Programs Risk Informing 10 CFR Part 61

• Revising regulations on near surface land disposal -Risk Informing the regulations

-Addressing new waste types -Establishing performance based requirements considering site-specific factors

• Implementing Commission direction with respect to Part 61 proposed rule Evaluating Greater-Than-Class C (GTCC) Waste Disposal

• Developing a regulatory basis

• Analyzing whether disposal presents such a hazard that the NRC should retain regulatory authority

• Evaluating whether GTCC can be disposed in the near surface

• Risk-informing the approach to disposal of GTCC waste Evaluating Greater-Than-Class C (GTCC) Waste Disposal (cont'd)

• Outreaching to stakeholders to identify the various technical issues

• Coordinating with the Department of Energy

• Planning to issue a draft regulatory basis shortly after publishing the supplemental proposed Part 61 rule

• Finalize regulatory basis within 6 months thereafter Effectively Implementing Waste Incidental to Reprocessing Responsibilities

• DOE consultation with the NRC on waste determinations is required under the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005

• Evaluating whether waste that is incidental.

to reprocessing can be managed differently than high-level waste Monitoring DOE Disposal Actvities in a Risk-Informed Manner Savannah River Site's Saltstone Disposal Facility Responding to Changing National LLW Environment

• Working on a Very-Low-Level Waste Scoping Study -Anticipating increase in the amount of LLW -Soliciting stakeholder feedback -Preparing Commission paper including stakeholder inputs and perspectives 7 U.S.NRC U n i t ed S car es N u clea r Rc g ul aro r y Co mmi ssion Protecting People and the Environment Region I Division of Nuclear Materials Safety Jim Trapp, Director Ensuring Safety and Security During Power Reactor Decommissioning Efficient Oversight Programs NEVADA rancisco 0 Al FORNIA OLIS Vegas NORH* DAKOTA A p,eoe al natl.la! uanum ore ,JN ARIO oucen ,.., ., MINNE OTA Ottawa

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• GTCC -Greater-Than-Class C

• LLW -Low-Level Waste

• VLLW -Very Low-Level Waste

• WIR -Waste Incidental to Reprocessing

• DOE -Department of Energy

• EPA -Environmental Protection Agency

• NPS -National Park Service

• MOU -Memorandum of Understanding

• SECY -Office of the Secretary

_J U.S.NRC United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission P r otec t ing People and t he Env ir o nm en t Strategic Programmatic Overview Of the Decommissioning and Low-Level Waste and Spent Fuel Storage and Transportation Business Lines Commission Meeting October 11, 2018 U.S.NRC United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Protecting People and the Environment Deputy Executive Director for Materials, Waste, Research, State, Tribal, Compliance, Administration and Human Capital Programs Daniel Dorman Spent Fuel Storage and Transportation Business Line Meeting Agenda:

• Business Line Overview -Marc Dapas

• Current Spent Fuel Program Environment

-Michael Layton

• Spent Fuel Licensing Activities

-John McKirgan

• Spent Fuel Research Activities

-Christian Araguas 7 U.S.NRC U n i t ed States N u clear R egula tor y Commission Protecting People and the Environment Office of Nuclear -Material Safety and Safeguards Marc Dapas , Director Focusing on Our Priorities

• Ensuring safety and security through effective licensing and oversight activities

• Continuing to conduct lessons learned, self-assessments, and knowledge management in support of continuous improvement Making Significant Progress on Several Regulatory Initiatives

• Continuing to make progress in key . guidance documents

• Completing graded approach licensing review pilot

• Applying flexibilities in the regulatory

• review process U.S.NRC United States N u clear R egu l atory Commiss i on Protecting People and the Environment Division of Spent Fuel Management Michael Layton, Director Planning to Address Increase Workload

• Anticipating amendments and new applications

• Continuing to support Accident Tolerant Fuel activities

• Expecting an increase in license/certificate renewals

• Leveraging CNWRA contractor expertise Actively Seeking Improvements to Licensing and Oversight Processes

• Risk-informing our processes

• Closely coordinating with Regions on reviewing design changes

• Conducting training and knowledge management to improve Ii c ens in g /oversight

• Leveraging research activities 7 U.S.NRC United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Pr o tecting P e op le an d the Envir o nment Division of Spent Fuel Management Spent Fuel Licensing Branch John McKirgan, Chief Meeting the Challenges of a. Dynamic External Environment

• Proactively engaging and communicating with industry

• Mitigating unanticipated schedule changes by coordinated prioritization

• Addressing increase in technical complexity to meet accelerated reactor decommissioning schedules Focused Attention on Consolidated Interim Storage Facility Applications

• Good planning and communication

• Working across the agency to obtain critical skills for licensing reviews Out r each Opportunities with Consolidated Interim Storage

• Staff responded quickly to outreach opportunities with respect to Consolidated

• . Interim Storage Facility applications.

• . Higher than expected number and breadth of inquires offer outreach opportunities and challenges.

Successful Implementation of Enhanced Renewal Guidance

• Licensing

-Significant efficiency gains in renewal reviews demonstrated by reduced number of requests for information

-Active engagement with stakeholders yields early benefits

• Oversight

-Performing pre-inspection of Aging Management Programs enables the development of a high quality inspection procedure 7 U.S.NRC United States N u clea r Reg u latory Commission Protecting P eople and the Environmen t Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Division of System Analysis Christian Araguas, Acting Deputy Director Providing Technical Advice, Tools, and Information

• Research Needs Identified Through Cooperative User Need Process

• Technical Expertise Provided in Materials, Thermal, Fuels, and Criticality Safety ~U.S.NRC ..... ,.,. t-i,..,.,_.,.....,.._..

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• Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) relied on by industry and NRC ftff'll)et'aMt 39000 (Kl 38000 31000 36000 35000 3'000 33000 32000 31000 30000 :J Contours of Dry Sh i e l ded Ca ni ster she ll s u rface t empe ratu re -D * 'hcll-To p -D * 'hcll-Ri J:?hl 300 0. I I.. '.? _, 5 3 3.5 4 x i a l Di s tan ce C m) Temperature P r o fil e for a Dry S h ie l ded Canister w i t hin a Ho ri zo n tal St ora ge Mod ul e

• RES performs confirmatory analysis of applicant CFD methods Reducing Regulatory Burden Through Cooperative Research Programs

• Dry Cask Simulator Photo by Randy Montoya , Courtesy of Sand i a National Laboratory Reducing Regulatory Burden Through Cooperative Research Programs ( continued)

• North Anna High Burn-Up Cask Demonstration Project Photo Courtesy of Dominion Energy Acronyms

• CFD -Computational fluid dynamics

• CNWRA -Center of Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analysis

• EPRI -Electric Power Research Institute

• ISFSI -Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation

• MAPS -Managing Aging Processes in Storage

• SFST -Spent Fuel Storage and Transportation

• SNL -Sandia National Laboratory

• STIMS -Storage and Transportation Information Management System