ML18201A307

Post Shutdown Decommissioning Activities Report (PSDAR) Public Meeting Presentation

ML18201A307
Person / Time
Site:	Oyster Creek
Issue date:	07/17/2018
From:	Bruce Watson Reactor Decommissioning Branch
To:
Lamb J, NRR/DORL/LSPB, 415-3100
References
EPID L-2018-LRO-0022
Download: ML18201A307 (11)

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Oyster CreekPost Shutdown Decommissioning Activities Report (PSDAR)Public Meeting July 17, 2018Lacey Township Community HallForked River, NJBruce A. Watson, CHPChief, Reactor Decommissioning BranchOffice of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Oyster Creek PSDAR Public Meeting

• NRC Category III Public Meeting

• Meeting Transcription

• Meeting Feedback Forms/Brochures

• Meeting Facilitator and Ground RulesMeeting Agenda

• Reactor Decommissioning Process

• Exelon Oyster Creek PSDAR

• PSDAR Review Process

• Comment Period NRC Decommissioning Regulationsare over 20 years old 0 2 4 6 8 10 12Materials SitesResearch ReactorsPower Reactors 1997 NRCDecommissioning Regulations

• 10 CFR Part 20 Subpart E "License Termination"

• 10 CFR Part 50

-Power Reactor License

• 10 CFR Part 72

-Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation License (ISFSI)

• Inspection Manual Chapter 2561 Dedicated to Reactor Decommissioning Oyster Creek Decommissioning Milestones

• February 2018

-Exelon notification for Oyster Creek to Permanently Cease Operation by October 31, 2018

• May 11, 2018

-PSDAR submitted to NRC and was publically available in ADAMS (ML18141A775)

• June 11, 2018

-NRC published the Federal Register Notice for this PSDAR public meeting ADAMS (ML18149A094)

• NRC also advertised the meeting in local newspapers Decommissioning Process

• DECON: Equipment, structures, etc. are promptly removed or decontaminated to a level that permits radiological release (6plants in DECON, 4 reactor licenses expected to be terminated by 2020)

• SAFSTOR: Plant placed in a safe, stable condition and maintained in that state until it is subsequently decontaminated to levels that permit radiological release (14plants in SAFSTOR)

• License Termination Planis required within 2 years of requesting license termination

• Radiological Decommissioningmust be completed within 60 years Post Shutdown Decommissioning Activities Report Contents(10 CFR 50.82

-Regulatory Guide 1.185)

• A description and schedule for the planned decommissioning activities

• A site-specific decommissioning cost estimate, including the costs of managing irradiated fuel

• A discussion that provides the means for concluding that the environmental impacts associated with the decommissioning activities will be bounded by appropriately issued Environmental Impact Statements Power Reactor Decommissioning Process -Post Shutdown Decommissioning Activities Report

• NRC regulations require that a public meeting be held in the vicinity of the facility to discuss the PSDAR and its contents, as well as to solicit comments*NRC shall make the PSDAR available for public comment (ADAMS ML18141A775)

• NRC does not approve the PSDAR

• Licensee may begin major decommissioning activities 90 days after NRC receives the PSDAR Summary*Experienced NRC Reactor Decommissioning Regulatory Program Decommissioning Regulations Decommissioning Technical Guidance

• Proven NRC Decommissioning OversightLicensing RequirementsInspection ProgramFor more Information www.nrc.gov and search decommissioning BACKUP SLIDE Oyster Creek PSDAR Summary

• 2018 Decom Fund has $982 M for radiological decommissioning and Spent Fuel Management

• SAFSTOR & complete decommissioning by 2078

• Estimates $1.1 B for decommissioning, $290 M for Spent Fuel Management and $60 M for site restoration

• The decommissioning activities will remain within the previous approved Environmental Impact Statements