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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 November 13, 2019 MEMORANDUM TO: Bruce A. Watson, CHP, Chief Reactor Decommissioning Branch Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery and Waste Programs Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards FROM: Amy M. Snyder, Project Manager /RA/
Reactor Decommissioning Branch Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery and Waste Programs Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards ACTIVITY: Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act (NEIMA)
Section 108 Public Meetings to Collect Feedback on Establishment and Operation of Community Advisory Boards FACILITY: Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station, Plymouth, MA
SUBJECT:
SUMMARY
OF THE SEPTEMBER 11, 2019, PUBLIC MEETING NEAR THE PILGRIM NUCLEAR POWER STATION REGARDING THE ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARDS
Background
On September 11, 2019, a Category 3 public meeting was held between U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff, members of the public and interested stakeholders at the Hotel 1620 Plymouth Harbor, 180 Water Street, Plymouth, Massachusetts. The purpose of the meeting was to assist the NRC staff in identifying best practices and lessons learned for establishment and operation of local community advisory boards (CABs) associated with power reactor decommissioning activities.
These actions are being taken in response to Section 108 of Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act (NEIMA), which was signed into law on January 14, 2019, and requires the NRC to provide a report to Congress no later than July 14, 2020, identifying best practices for establishing and operating local community advisory boards to foster communication and information exchange between a decommissioning licensee and the local community, including lessons learned from such organizations.
CONTACT: Amy Snyder, NMSS/DUWP 301-415-6822
B. Watson The meeting notice can be found in the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) under Accession No. ML19219B393. A list of attendees is provided in (note that the names of some participants were not captured), the meeting transcript is available in ADAMS at Accession No. ML19274B663, and is linked in Enclosure 2.
Meeting On September 11, 2019, the NRC staff held a public meeting to discuss the agencys activities in accordance with Section 108 of NEIMA to collect information on the use local community advisory boards during decommissioning activities and issue a best practices report. The contents of this report will include a description of the type of topics that could be brought before a community advisory board; how the board's input could inform the decision-making process of stakeholders for various decommissioning activities; how the board could interact with the NRC and other Federal regulatory bodies to promote dialogue between the licensee and affected stakeholders; and how the board could offer opportunities for public engagement throughout all phases of the decommissioning process. The report will also include a discussion of the composition of existing community advisory boards and best practices identified during the establishment and operation of such boards, including logistical considerations, frequency of meetings, and the selection of board members.
Representatives from the NRC staff gave a presentation on the requirements of NEIMA Section 108 and presented the various methods to provide feedback on best practices and lessons learned from community advisory boards. This presentation can be found in ADAMS at Accession No. ML19248C239, and is linked in Enclosure 3. Additional information on NEIMA Section 108, as well as an electronic means of providing comments, are available at the NRC public website at: https://www.nrc.gov/waste/decommissioning/neima-section-108.html.
At the end of the presentation, the NRC staff received feedback from members of the public and other stakeholders on the various topics outlined in NEIMA Section 108. The comments and questions received are summarized in Enclosure 4, and focused primarily on the membership of community panels, the desire for panels to have decommissioning decision making ability, the independence of the panel as an advisory body, the ways in which the panel can establish outreach with the community, and panel funding mechanisms. To date, no Public Meeting Feedback forms were received.
Docket No. 50-293 License No. DPR-35
Enclosures:
- 1. List of Attendees
- 2. Public Meeting Transcript
- 3. NRC Presentation Slides
- 4. Summary of Public Comments cc: w/enclosures: Distribution via ListServ
ML19274B663
- via email OFFICE DUWP DUWP DUWP DUWP NAME ASnyder CHolston BWatson MDoell DATE 11/13/19 11/13/19 11/13/19 11/13/19
LIST OF ATTENDEES SEPTEMBER 11, 2019, PUBLIC MEETING NEAR THE PILGRIM NUCLER POWER STATION REGARDING THE ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARDS U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Trish Holahan, NMSS/DUWP Bruce Watson, NMSS/DUWP Amy Snyder, NMSS/DUWP Kim Conway, NMSS/DUWP Ted Smith, NMSS/DUWP Scott Wall, NRR Jenny Weil, OCA Eugene Dacus, OCA Tison Campbell, OGC Jennifer Scro, OGC Nicholas Mertz, OGC Craig Gordon, RIV Brett Klukan, Facilitator Chin Yuan Lin, Taiwanese Regulator Meeting Attendees*
Jim Cantwell, State Director for the U.S. Peter Brown Senator Edward Markey Mary Lampert, Director Pilgrim Watch Hannah Benson, Senator Warrens Office Elaine Dickinson, Cape Downwinders Michael Jackman, Congressman Keatings Diane Turco, Cape Downwinders Office Jim Lampert, Pilgrim Watch State Senator, Vinny deMacedo John Kleiman State Representative, Matt Muratore Henrietta Cosentino, Plymouth Area League Ken Tavares, Chair of Board of Selectman of Women Voters Plymouth Susan Carpenter, Cape Downwinders Sean Mullin, Chair of Massachusetts Joanne Corrigan, Cape Downwinders Nuclear Decommissioning Citizens Claire Miller, Toxics Action Center Advisory Panel (NDCAP) Margaret Stevens, Cape Downwinders Senator Dan Wolf Rosemary Shields, League of Women Kevin OReilly, Vice Chair of NDCAP Voters Cape Cod Area Pine duBois, NDCAP member John Gulley Rebecca Chin, Co-Chair of the Duxbury Frank Mand Nuclear Advisory Commission Gerry Londergan Richard Rothstein, NDCAP member Stephen Buckley, Open Metrics Janet Azarovitz
- note that name spelling is approximate Enclosure 1
Enclosure 2 PILGRIM NEIMA Section 108 Public Meeting Transcript ML19274B663 Enclosure 2
Enclosure 3 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Presentation Slides ML19248C239 Enclosure 3
SUMMARY
OF COMMENTS FROM THE SEPTEMBER 11, 2019, PUBLIC MEETING NEAR THE PILGRIM NUCLEAR POWER STATION REGARDING THE ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARDS During the public comment portion of the Pilgrim Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act (NEIMA) Section 108 public meeting, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff received feedback from members of the public and other stakeholders on the various topics outlined in NEIMA Section 108 regarding best practices and lessons learned for community advisory boards. Comments specific to NEIMA were received on the following topics:
AUTHORITY:
- Congress should return power to local and state stakeholders.
Citizen Advisory Boards (CABs) should not be advisory, but they should have real authority so, concerns will be addressed and enacted.
- CABs should have a more meaningful role beyond an advisory role in the decommissioning process.
- Advise can be ignore. CABs should not be advisory, but they should have the authority to make decommissioning decisions or have a voice.
- CABs should facilitate a more effective solution or search for solutions.
- CABs should provide input (to their principal(s)) on how to mitigate local impacts.
FUNDING:
- Specific to CABs, CABs or Nuclear Decommissioning Citizens Advisor Panels (NDCAPs) should be more independent and should be provided funding by the NRC or another government federal agency, even if mandated by State Legislation.
- CABs should be interacting with the same agency staff members throughout decommissioning.
- Federal money should go to CABs to support CAB work and so that CABs can hire consultants to support CABs, have administrative support, and to develop their information websites.
- CABs should be given the resources to do what the NRC wont.
MEMBERSHIP:
- CABs should have more local representation that are voting members of the CAB.
- CABs should have a member from each local Emergency Planning Community organization on the CAB and they should be appointed by the Boards selectman (local government representative).
- Plant operators should not be allowed to be involved on the CAB because it has a negative effect on the Panels ability to discuss and deliberate critical decommissioning issues. If the plant owner is on the CAB, it should not be a voting CAB member.
- CABs should also include members from unique geographic areas, such as Cape Cod and some pertinent state agencies that will appear to the CAB meetings.
- For State mandated CABs, State Legislators should not dictate terms of the CABs regarding membership and restricted by State open meeting laws that curtail the role of the CAB by limiting the open and transparent discussions.
- CAB members should have the authority to independently vote and not gain approval from their home agency first, as with many state official CAB members.
Enclosure 4
GENERAL INTERACTIONS:
- CABs should bring young people into the decommissioning discussion.
- CABs should be interacting with the same agency staff members throughout decommissioning.
- CABs should not be prohibited from learning the details of or from participating in meetings, discussions, or negotiations between the State and the plants owner on decommissioning.
- CABs should draw on experience from CABs from other communities and their best practices should be adopted and embraced.
- Licensees should be required to negotiate in good faith with the State and not refuse to even discuss CAB critical issues (even if proprietary) with the CAB and the local town.
- CABs should be provided information about the experience level of those doing the work and those regulators overseeing the work.
- CABs should be given characterization information so that they can clean up the site as well as watch the clean-up progress.
- CABs should have subcommittees to get more done beyond monthly CAB meetings.
- CABs should report whether the CAB trusts and respects the NRC and felt listened to by the NRC.
- CABs should be formed early, well before the plant is going to shut down and decommissioning is determined, to enable the CAB to have input on the planning.
- CABs and local communities should be provided with more educational and site information.
PROPOSED NRC-CAB INTERACTIONS:
- NRC should listen more and provide more time (in its licensing process and hearing process) to allow for input from the states and the community advisory boards (CABs).
- NRC should listen to CAB concerns and address them.
- NRC should be invited/attend each CAB meeting to provide input.
- NRC should substantially participate in the CAB and provide NRC expertise to the CAB.
At minimum, there should be an NRC representative on each CAB so that the NRC can hear for themselves the concerns.
- NRC should work with CABs (as a resource).
- CABs should be required by the NRC.
- NRC should be required to mandate that CABs become part of the decommissioning process and they should be supported and funded by the NRC.
- If the NRC does not agree with the CAB concerns it should be required to explain why in writing (in SER or other vehicle) so that CABs do not feel ignored.
- Congress should require that NRC provide written responses to CAB legitimate questions and concerns (in Safety Evaluation Report or other vehicle), even if it means causing a delay in completing the regulatory review process.
- CAB members should be provided (detailed) NRC justification (SER or other vehicle) on how licensing transfer actions were approved so that CAB members can advise their principal(s).
- CAB process is a farce because NRC should act on the CAB concerns and not favor the licensee. Congress needs to ensure this current practice (not addressing CAB concerns) stops.