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M220127: Slides - Strategic Programmatic Overview of the Decommissioning and Low-Level Waste and Nuclear Materials Users Business Lines

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Issue date:	01/27/2022
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Strategic Overview of Decommissioning and Low-Level Waste and Nuclear Materials Users Business Lines Commission Briefing January 27, 2022

Dan Dorman E xe c u t i v e D i r e c t o r f o r O p e r a t i o n s Decommissioning and Low-Level Waste Business Line

John Lubinski General Program Overview; Priorities and Challenges Ashley Roberts Key Successes and Strategic Direction for the Decommissioning and Low-Level Waste Business Line Decommissioning Ted Smith Trends in Reactor Decommissioning and Low-Level Richard Turtil Waste License Transfers for Purposes of Decommissioning Decommissioning Funding Assurance Katherine Warner Reactor and Materials Decommissioning Inspection Activities 3

John Lubinski O f f i c e D i r e c t o r, N M S S General Program Over view; Priorities and Challenges

NMSS Focus Areas Meet our Mission Ensuring safety and security decisions and protecting the environment by making timely, risk-informed decisions.

Focus on our People and our Future Embracing a hybrid telework environment to support our mission, embrace a culture of continuous learning, and professional development.

Optimize Use workload management tools to streamline information and leverage prioritization within and across business lines and programs.

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Overview of the Decommissioning and Low-Level Waste Business Line

• Licensing and Oversight for Power Reactors

• Licensing and Oversight of Uranium Recovery facilities

• Low-level Radioactive waste

• Waste Incidental to Reprocessing

• DOE activities related to the West Valley Demonstration Project Act 6

Evolution of Licensing and Oversight Activities

• Adjusting to the increasing number of power reactors entering decommissioning and accelerated decommissioning

• Assessing and strengthen existing inspection guidance

• Adapting to an increase in the uranium recovery workload 7

Promoting Professional Growth and Knowledge Management Training Nuclepedia Decommissioning topics 8

Ashley Roberts D e p u t y D i r e c t o r, D U W P, N M S S Key Successes and Strategic Direction for the Decommissioning and Low-Level Waste Business Line

10 Overview of the Power Reactor Decommissioning Process 11

Meeting our Mission in an Innovative Manner 12

Professional Development Cross qualification IdeaScale 13

Striving Towards Systematic Optimization 14

Ted Smith P r o j e c t M a n a g e r, D U W P, N M S S Trends in Reactor Decommissioning

16 Systematic Approach to Planning 17

Revisiting the Systematic Approach How do we adjust for accelerated schedules in the phased approach?

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Enhancing Guidance and Staff Resources

• Guidance

• NUREG-1575, Radiological Surveys

• NUREG-1757, Volume 2

• NEI Guidance

• Staffing

• Strategic Workforce Planning

• Nuclear Regulator Apprenticeship Network

• Inspector Cross-Qualification

• Regional Reorganization

• Training 19

Richard Turtil Senior Financial Analyst, REFS, NMSS License Transfers for Purposes of Decommissioning Decommissioning Funding Assurance

NMSS Financial Center of Expertise (FCOE) - Who We Are?

Agency-wide resource

• Nuclear Materials

• Nuclear Reactor Licensing Staff

• Engineering

• Finance and Business

• Accounting

• Economics and Public Policy

• Nuclear Navy Experience

• Nuclear Security Experience 21

Provides direct support to:

• NMSS Reactor Decommissioning Branch

• NRRs Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Branches

• Regions FCOE - What Evaluates:

We Do?

• Financial Qualifications and Decommissioning Funding Assurance of Licensees

• Foreign Ownership, Control, or Domination

• On-site Insurance and Price-Anderson Indemnity 22

Decommissioning Funding Assurance - What it does?

• Regulation-based decommissioning funding oversight program

• Reasonable Assurance regulatory standard

• Establishes funding at initiation of operations;

• Maintains acceptable financial assurance and continuous funding to Minimum Formula amount throughout operating life; and

• Status of funds reported throughout life of operations.

• Processes are available to address decommissioning funding shortfalls 23

Decommissioning Funding Assurance-How is it done?

• 24 decommissioning reactors reviewed (annual review)

Recent

• Over $12 billion in decommissioning trusts Reporting

• All plants in decommissioning met NRC funding requirements

• Financial Procedures and Guidance

• Improvements in oversight Current

• Awareness of decommissioning activities and affiliated activities spending

• Improvement of the funding review process controls and internal guidance

Katherine Warner Senior Health Physicist, DRSS, Region I Reactor and Materials Decommissioning Inspection Activities

Staffing Challenges in the Decommissioning Oversight Program Increased Workload &

Attrition Cross-train current Hire and inspectors Improve train new oversight inspectors documents 26

Risk-Informing Decommissioning Inspection Oversight Guidance IMC 2602, IMC 1248, Appendix F, IMC 2561, Decommissioning Training Requirements Decommissioning Oversight and and Qualification Power Reactor Inspection Program for Journal for Inspection Program Fuel Cycle Facilities and Decommissioning Materials Licensees Inspectors" 27

COVID-19 Influence on Oversight Document Revisions 28

Dan Dorman E xe c u t i v e D i r e c t o r f o r Operations Closing Remarks

Dan Dorman E xe c u t i v e D i r e c t o r f o r Operations Nuclear Materials Users Business Line

Rob Lewis General Program Overview; Priorities and Challenges Theresa Clark Key Successes and Future Considerations Transforming our Health Physics Workforce Strategy Nuclear The NMSS Data Foundation Materials Maryann Ayoade Users Update on Emerging Medical Technologies Review Process Leveraging External Partnerships to Identify New Technologies James Thompson Programmatic Enhancements in a Dynamic Environment Cross-Regional Support Efforts 31

Rob Lewis D e p u t y D i r e c t o r, N M S S General Program Overview Priorities and Challenges

How We Regulate 11 NRC States Leaders of the 39 Agreement States 2 Letters of Intent National Materials Program Who We Regulate 18,000+ licenses 8,631 industrial 543 other 8,082 medical 309 academic 33

Supporting a Culture of Continuous Learning and Professional Growth STORYTIME WITH DUNCAN MEDICAL REGULATIONS 101 11 EPISODES 10 VIDEOS 34

Adapting and

• Evaluated oversight activities Sharing during the pandemic

• Held 2 public meetings and 1 meeting with Agreement Insights States

• Sharing insights and lessons During learned across NRC and Agreement States COVID-19 35

Theresa Clark D e p u t y D i r e c t o r, M S S T, N M S S Key Successes and Future Considerations Transforming Our Health Physics Workforce Strategy The NMSS Data Foundation

Evaluated Regional and HQ materials programs at the same time NRR staff managed preparations to maintain independence Receptive to 3 Agreement State staff and New Ideas 5 NRC staff All indicators determined to be NRC as One satisfactory IMPEP MRB recommended next IMPEP in 5 years 37

Receptive to New Ideas Rulemaking Innovations

• Codify existing EMTs EMT

• Provide flexibility for future EMTs Rulemaking

• Address requirements for Rb-82 generators

• Piloted with extravasations PRM

• PRB 6 weeks ahead of schedule Agile PRM

• Reduced resources and late Reviews redirection

• Plan to do a 2nd pilot 38

Getting Ahead of Challenges through Extensive Outreach NMP Meetings Champions Chats 39

Evaluating the Future of the National Materials Program What will What are the FUTURE the NMP look IMPACTS like? to NRC and States?

Will we have How will we the implement a RESOURCES COHERENT needed? NMP?

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Partnering to Grow Our Health Physics Expertise PIPELINE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 41

Using Data to Manage Our Workload and Make Decisions 42

43 44 Maryann Ayoade Medical Physicist, NMSS Update on Emerging Medical Technologies Review Process Leveraging External Partnerships to Identify New Technologies

Ensuring Safety

• Flexible approach for licensing of emerging medical technologies Through a

• Ensures patient access to new technologies in a timely One-of-a-Kind manner

• Captures medical uses and technologies not addressed in Approach our current regulatory framework 46

NorthStar RadioGenix RadioMedix TM GeGant Generator System Ge-68/Ga-68 Generator System 20 Years of Experience Licensing EMTs under Y-90 Microspheres Radioactive Seed Localization Novoste Beta-Cath Intravascular Brachytherapy with 10 CFR System 35.1000 Gamma Stereotactic Gamma Stereotactic ViewRayTM System RadioSurgery RadioSurgery Co-60 Radiation Perfexion and Icon GammaPod Therapy Device 47

Piloting New Streamlined Process 48

New Emerging Medical Technologies Under Review Liberty Vision Y-90 Disc CivaDerm Alpha DaRT' Source Alpha radiation therapy Temporary radiation Brachytherapy for treatment of therapy for skin cancer and for solid cancer tumors ocular tumors and benign other lesions growths 49

Leveraging External Partnerships to Identify New Technologies FDA Manufacturers &

Early Users ACMUI ACMUI Medical Professional Societies Agreement States 50

Leveraging External Partnerships to Identify New Technologies FDA Manufacturers &

Early Users ACMUI ACMUI Medical Professional Societies Agreement States 51

James Thompson Senior Health Physicist, Region IV Programmatic Enhancements in a Dynamic Environment Cross-Regional Support Efforts

Aligning our IPs to Focus on Greater Risk

• Risk modules based on higher risk activities and the type of material

• New IPs to better align risk modules to licensed activities 53

Inspecting in Pandemic Conditions Leveraged All Available Tools

• Email

• Telephone

• Video conferencing

• Secure file sharing Announced Inspections

• Ensure safety of inspector and licensee staff

• Comply with licensee pandemic protocols 54

Cross-Regional Support Efforts

• Include inspectors Composition of Inspection Teams and/or license reviewers from other Regions or HQ on team inspections

• Leverage experiences and knowledge across the agency 55

Cross-Regional Support Efforts L i ce n s i n g a n d I n s p e c t i o n A s s i sta n ce

• Collaborating across NMSS and the Regions to manage inspection and licensing workload as one unit

• Aligning our training of new inspectors and license reviewers to manage attrition 56

Dan Dorman E xe c u t i v e D i r e c t o r f o r Operations Closing Remarks

ACRONYMS

• ACMUI - Advisory Committee on the Medical Uses of Isotopes

• CFR - Code of Federal Regulations

• Co Cobalt-60

• DOE - Department of Energy

• D&D - Deactivation & Decommissioning

• DRSS - Division of Radiological Safety and Security

• DUWP - Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery, and Waste Programs

• EMT - Emerging Medical Technology(ies)

• FDA - Food and Drug Administration

• FTE - Full-time Equivalent 58

ACRONYMS (continued)

• Ge Germanium-68

• Ga Gallium-68

• HQ - Headquarters

• IMPEP - Integrated Materials Performance Evaluation Program

• IMC - Inspection Manual Chapter

• IP - Inspection Procedure

• LTP - License Termination Plan

• MRB - Management Review Board

• NEI - Nuclear Energy Institute

• NMSS - Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards 59

ACRONYMS (continued)

• NMP - National Materials Program

• NMU - Nuclear Materials Users

• NRC - Nuclear Regulatory Commission

• NRR - Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

• PRB - Petition Review Board

• PRM - Petition for Rulemaking

• REFS - Division of Rulemaking, Environmental, and Financial Support

• Rb Rubidium-82

• Y Yttrium-90 60