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Presentation Slides: NRC SONGS Presentation December 2018, Victor

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Community Engagement In the Decommissioning Process:

Implications for Spent Fuel David G Victor Chairman, Community Engagement Panel NRC REG CON Seminar Rockville, MD December 2018

Community Engagement Panel (CEP)

Who we are: Functions as a Two-Way Conduit

• 18 Members

• Public Officials, NGO's, Labor, Business,

• Provides for SCE to learn about the Environmental, Native American concerns of the Community

• Quarterly Meetings

• Workshops

• Provides for Community to learn

• Expert Presentations about the impact of the

• Not a Formal Decision Making Body decommissioning process

• No Official Oversight Function

• SCE (plant operator) provides resources for meetings, funded by decom trust fund

Public CEP Meetings

• Update From Edison With Timeline

• Expert Presentation

• Questions and Dialogue with CEP Members

• Public Comment and Question Period

• Questions Directed to Expert or SCE

• Currently trying to revamp public comment and public engagement

Planned Future State A Surprise For Many!

Today Late 2020's

Public Concerns (a selective list)

• Removal of the spent fuel

• Integrity of Canisters (Corrosion, seismic, sea level rise, possible terrorist attack)

• Radiation Monitoring (including real time)

• Environmental (e.g., Disposition of the Offshore Conduits)

• Preparedness for first responders

• Jobs

• Cost

Preparing for ISFSI-only status: Defense In Depth

• Regular monitoring (and what is learned from monitoring)

• Inspection of canisters

• Test canister

• Dealing with potential worst case scenarios

Expect the Unexpected

• At the August 9th CEP Meeting, a safety worker described a loading incident.

• A spent fuel canister got caught on an inner guide ring during lowering.

• Hung unsuspended for about an hour

Current Status At

• Transfer of spent fuel has been SONGS temporarily halted.

• NRC investigation with findings and enforcement actions.

• Public meetings (NRC webinar; SONGS CEP with Scott Morris, Region IV)

• It is anticipated that upon implementation of NRCs and SCEs recommendations, transfer of spent fuel will resume.

• Update letter from Victor, Stetson and Kern on songscommunity.com

Community Struggles With: Who To Trust?

• Utility - SCE?

• Government - NRC?

• NGO's - Union of Concerned Scientists?

• Outside Experts?

Emerging Issues around Spent Fuel

1. What is the Pathway to a Change in Federal Law?

• Is the upcoming session the time to get this done?

• How big is the deal needed?

• Is a change in law essential?

2. Is a Permanent Repository needed?

• Political answers to that question

• Groundhog day problem

• Technical answers to that question

3. Will Consolidated Interim Storage Work?

• We must learn the lesson of Yucca, Canada, Finland, PFC and others:

the key to success is multiple sites

• Consent is very important

• Consent vs. holdup

• Lots of support for this: BRC, Switch, others

• How long will the NM and TX sites keep moving along?

• When can we begin serious transportation planning?

• Lots of models and institutions to build on

• This is a political and organizational challenge, not technical

4. What will ISFSI Defense-in-Depth Look like?

• Industry has clear visions (AMP), but the public knows little about those and most of the key concepts are not explained in English

• Reliance upon non-existent technologies worries many people

• Stress Corrosion Cracking is an ongoing concern

• The expansive definition of retrievable worries many people

• Loss of onsite pools; nonexistent hot cells

• Need more robustness around Russian doll and welding responses

• Failure to get this right will lead to pressure for expensive systems that do not add safety

• Must articulate a vision in plain English that is dynamic and responsive to public concerns

5. What is the Right Risk Analysis and Oversight for Fuel Offloading?

• SONGS August 3rd incident has raised serious questions about whether delegation to vendors and assumptions of low risk site footprints are correct

• Calls for more inspection oversight

• Calls for better analysis of safety systemsengineering, personnel, training

• Akin to the airlines

6. Can we have a serious, non-classified discussion of worst case outcomes at an ISFSI only site?

• Keen community interest in this topic

• Planning for a 1Q 2019 meeting (highly likely)

• Derailed a bit by the canister incident

• Must identify plausible pathways and responses

• Must include discussion of radiationlevels, safety, impacts

7. Can the decommissioned plants get better organized?

• Political organization

• Learning across the industry

• Taking advantage of consolidation in the decom industry