ML19198A014

Summary of Meeting to Discuss Status of Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI) Security Requirement Rulemaking

ML19198A014
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Issue date:	07/10/2019
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U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Public Meeting Summary July 10, 2019

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Meeting with Stakeholders to Discuss the Status of the Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI) Security Requirements Rulemaking Meeting Identifier: 20190692 Date: July 10, 2019 Location: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Three White Flint North, 3WFN-1C03 11601 Landsdown Street North Bethesda, MD 20852 Category: Category 3 meeting Purpose of the Meeting: The purpose of this meeting was to discuss the status of the proposed rulemaking on ISFSI security requirements and consideration for potential discontinuation.

General Details: The meeting was attended by a total of 52 individuals, including industry representatives, members of the public, and NRC staff. Thirty-six individuals participated by Webinar or teleconference.

Summary of Presentations: The meeting slides are available in the Agencywide Document Access and Management System (ADAMS) package under Accession No. ML19190A076.

The NRC staff provided background on the rulemaking, discussed potential options for implementing the most recent Commission direction, the preliminary cost analysis for the options, and planned next steps. Then the NRC staff opened the discussion for stakeholder input on the option of discontinuing the ISFSI security requirements rulemaking activity with the exclusive scope of codifying the post-9/11 ISFSI security orders. The NRC staff also solicited for stakeholder input on whether the NRC should issue guidance relating to ISFSI security requirements.

Summary of Public Feedback: The NRC received two comments during the meeting. One commenter questioned the reason why the NRC was not continuing the rulemaking as presented in the 2009 draft regulatory basis (74 Federal Register (FR) 66589) (ADAMS Accession No. ML093280743). This commenter also questioned if the NRC staff still support conclusions in the 2009 draft regulatory basis regarding overall facility vulnerability. The NRC staff indicated that assessments have generally concluded that current ISFSI security requirements provide adequate protection of public health and safety. The NRC staff did not provide further details of the assessments during this public meeting due to the sensitive nature of the information. In addition to the staffs response during the public meeting, the staff notes that it has previously concluded in COMSECY-15-0024, Proposed Rulemaking on Security Requirements for Facilities Storing Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste, dated September 11, 2015 (ADAMS Accession No. ML15229A231) that the existing security requirements for ISFSIs and the additional post-9/11 security orders are adequate. That COMSECY also noted that triennial security inspections for ISFSIs ensure compliance with all

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Action Items/Next Steps: Staff will develop a SECY paper to the Commission with options and recommendation on the path forward for the ISFSI security requirements rulemaking, with consideration of public input.

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o Meeting notice and agenda - ML19183A159 o NRC staff presentations - ML19190A076 Accession Nos.:

Package ML19167A001; Notice ML19183A159; Summary ML19198A014; NRC Presentations ML19190A076 OFFICE NMSS/DRM/ NSIR/DPCP/ NMSS/DRM/ NMSS/DPCP/ NMSS/DRM/

MRPB/PM MWSB/PM MRPB/RS MWSB/BC MRPB/BC NAME ACarrera DWhite ALoveBlair ARivera JCai DATE 7/16/19 7/17/19 7/19/19 7/26/19 7/25/19 MEETING ATTENDANCE PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS THE STATUS OF THE PROPOSED RULEMAKING ON ISFSI SECURITY REQUIREMENTS AND CONSIDERATION FOR POTENTIAL DISCONTINUATION U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION THREE WHITE FLINT NORTH, 3WFN-01C03 11601 LANDSDOWN STREET NORTH BETHESDA, MD 20852 July 10, 2019, 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM Meeting Attendee Affiliation Andrew Carrera Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)

George Smith NRC Gary Purdy NRC Jim Maltese NRC Shana Helton NRC Ray Wharton NRC Mark Lombard NRC Russell Allwein NRC Fred Schofer NRC Tony Gomez NRC Cindy Bladey NRC June Cai NRC Patricia Holahan NRC Duane White NRC Angella Love Blair NRC Doug Gardner NRC Gene Bonano NRC Janelle Jessie NRC Thomas Hartman NRC Alan Anderson NRC Cynthia Jones NRC Jana Bergman Curtiss-Wright Corporation Rodney McCullum Nuclear Energy Institute Randall Granaas San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station Fuel Southern California Edison Trevor Marks Pacific Gas and Electric Company

Walter Fulton South Texas Project Electric Generating Station Kevin Deyette NuScale Power Mike Wright Pacific Gas and Electric Company Tom Tramm Certrec Corporation Clay Channell Southern Nuclear Company Gus Zepda Pacific Gas and Electric Company Terri Sforza South Carolina National Guard Larry Nicholson Certrec Corporation Sam Durbin Sandia National Laboratory Jack Wheeler Department of Energy John Schwertfeger NextEra Energy, Inc.

Edwin Lyman Union of Concerned Scientists Keith Waldrop Electric Power Research Institute Lucas Wessel Southern Nuclear Company Shawn Magaro Exelon Corporation Dave Berkenpas Entergy Company Dan Criswell Dominion Energy Veronica Cornell Pacific Gas and Electric Company Theresa Fredianelli San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station Fuel Southern California Edison Laura Schwartz International Technology and Trade Associates, Inc.

Chris Scheidmiller Exchange Monitor Matthew Widener Duke Energy Company Carlyn Greene UxC, LLC.

William Zipp Dominion Energy Steven Dolley SP Global Kenneth Weith Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation Robert Sweeney IBEX Engineering Services, Inc.