February 19, 2015 Joseph R. Lynch Manager, Government Affairs - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

February 19, 2015

Joseph R. Lynch Manager, Government Affairs Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee, LLC (ENVY)

 Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station (VYNPS) ceased power

• perations on December 29, 2014 after 633 days of continuous

power operation – a record for the VY site.

 On January 12, 2015, all nuclear fuel was removed from the reactor

and placed in the Spent Fuel Pool (SFP).

 On January 12, 2015, VYNPS certified to the NRC that the reactor

had permanently ceased operations and was permanently defueled.

 VYNPS exited the NRC Reactor Oversight Process (ROP) and

commenced the decommissioning inspection program on January 20, 2015.

 The focus

us of VYNPS S and its employe yees conti tinu nues to be be our ongoing ng commitment ment to sa safety ty.

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 Negotiated a Settlement Agreement with the State benefitting

both parties, including:

• $25M Site Restoration Fund

 $10M in 2014 and $5M/Year from 2015-2017

• $ 5M+ Clean Energy Development Fund
• $10M Economic Development Fund

 $2M/Year from 2014-2018  Certificate of Public Good (CPG) issued March 28th, 2014  Issued Site Assessment Study (SAS) on October 17, 2014,

which included:

• Decommissioning Cost Estimate (DCE)
• Draft PSDAR
• Historical Site Assessments (Radiological & Non-Radiological)

 Post-Shutdown Decommissioning Activities Report (PSDAR)

Submitted to NRC on December 19, 2014.

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2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 - 2020 2021+

Operation

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Dormancy cy Prepa paration tion SAFST STOR Site e Operation  Operation Safety ty

~550 Personn nnel

Decom Planning

Organizat anizations ions

Wet Fuel (Hot) ) Managem ement ent

~316 Personn nnel

Wet Fuel (Cool) Managemen ement

~127 Personn nnel l

Dry Fuel Managem ement ent

~58 Perso sonne nel

Defuel el Fuel Cool Fuel in D Dry Storage rage

1st

st ISFSI

I Pad Full; 2nd

nd Pad Neede

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Requ quirem iremen ents ts/G /Guidan idance

 10 CFR 50.82(a)(4)  NRC Regulatory Guide 1.185, Revision 1 (June 2013)  Review of recent PSDAR submittals to the USNRC by plants in

decommissioning

 Written by an experienced team including TLG Services and

VY Decommissioning Project Organization. PSDAR AR Con

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 Description of Planned Decommissioning Activities  Decommissioning Schedule  Decommissioning Cost Estimate (DCE)  Discussion of Environmental Impacts

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Decomm mmissio ioni ning ng Activi vity ty Start End Approxim imate ate Durati tion

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(Year ars) Trans nsition tion from Operati ation

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Plant Shutdown 12/29/14

• Preparations for SAFSTOR

Dormancy 12/29/14 4/30/16 1.3 SAFSTOR TOR Dormancy ncy Dormancy Period w/Wet Fuel Storage 2016 2020 4.2 Dormancy Period w/Dry Fuel Storage 2020 2052* 32.5 Dormancy Period w/No Stored Fuel 2053 2067* 15

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* May be sooner if NDT funds are adequate to complete decommissioning, including any remaining spent fuel management activities.

Decomm mmissio ioni ning ng Activi vity ty Start End Approxim imate ate Durati tion

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(Year ars) Prepar arati ation

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smantlin ntling g & Decont

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amin inat atio ion n (D&D) Preparation for D&D 2068 2069* 1.5 Active ve D&D Large Component Removal 2069 2070* 1.3 Plant Systems Removal & Building Decontamination 2070 2073* 2.5 License Termination 2073 2073* 0.7 Site Resto torat ratio ion Site Restoration 2073 2075* 1.5 Total - Shutdown to Completion

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* May be sooner if NDT funds are adequate to complete decommissioning, including any remaining spent fuel management activities.

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• Thirteen (13) Dry Cask Storage Casks are safely loaded and

stored on the first of two (2) Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI) pads.

• Application for a second ISFSI pad was submitted on June 30th,

2014 to the Vermont Public Service Board (PSB) seeking a Certificate of Public Good (CPG).

• An additional forty-five (45) Dry Cask Storage Casks for a total
• f fifty-eight (58) will be loaded and stored on the two pads.
• Current plan is to transfer all spent fuel to Dry Cask Storage

by 2020.

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Requir ireme ements/ nts/Guid Guidance nce

 10 CFR 50.54 (bb)  NRC review is conducted in accordance with its standard process

Irrad radia iate ted Fuel l Manageme ement nt Plan Conte tent nt

 Written notification submitted to USNRC on December 19, 2014

discussing changes to the VYNPS Program for Management of Irradiated Fuel.

 Program by which VYNPS intends to manage and provide funding

for the management of all spent nuclear fuel until it is transferred to the Department of Energy for ultimate disposal.

 Describes ENVY plan to move the fuel from the Spent Fuel Pool

(Wet Storage) to the ISFSI (Dry Storage).

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• The Spent Fuel Pool currently stores

2,996 spent fuel assemblies at VYNPS.

• The thirteen (13) Dry Cask Storage

Casks contain 884 spent fuel assemblies.

• A total of 3,880 spent fuel assemblies

are stored at VYNPS.

• Current Program assumes that DOE will

begin moving fuel from VYNPS in 2026.

• Current Program assumes that DOE will

complete fuel removal from the site by 2052.

• The Program describes the strategy for

funding the management of the spent nuclear fuel.

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Requ quirem iremen ents ts/G /Guidan idance

 10 CFR 50.75(c), 10 CFR 72.30, 10 CFR 50.54(bb)  TLG Services cost estimating model and data  Plant specific data from walk downs and plant design info

DCE E Con

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 Discusses the Decommissioning Plan assumptions  Specific Costs for:

• License Termination
• Spent Fuel Management
• Site Restoration

 Provides Total Costs by Decommissioning Period

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Key Assumpt mptions ions

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Second ISFSI Pad Installed by 2017

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Off-Loading of Spent Fuel (Wet to Dry) by 2020

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DOE Commences Spent Fuel Removal in 2026

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DOE Completes Spent Fuel Removal by 2052

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SAFSTOR Dormancy Period – 52 years*

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Start of Decontamination & Dismantlement (D&D) in 2068*

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Duration of D&D – 6 years

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Site Restoration – 1.5 years

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* May be sooner if NDT funds are adequate to complete decommissioning, including any remaining spent fuel management activities.

 Updated Cost Estimate to Decommission VYNPS is

$1.242 Billion in 2014 dollars for SAFSTOR.

• Termination of the NRC Operating License - $817 Million
• Site Restoration - $57 Million
• Spent Fuel Management - $368 Million

 Nuclear Decommissioning Trust (NDT) Fund is

currently $664.5 Million (as of December 31, 2014)

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Tota tal Cost

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akdown n (2014 014 $ $ in Milli lions)

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License Termination Spent Fuel Management Site Restoration

$ 817 $ 368 $ 57

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Total

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t = $ 1.242 242B

 Spent Fuel Management - $368 Million

• Operational costs - $225 Million
• “Transfer to dry storage” - $143 Million

 To fund “transfer to dry storage”, ENVY established

two (2) credit lines totaling $145 Million

• Reduces Spent Fuel Management impact to NDT

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 Continued Compliance with the Settlement Agreement/MOU  Decommissioning Preparation Activities

• System Draining/Lay-Up
• Building Power Removal to “Cold and Dark”
• Security Modifications

 Select Structure/Building Removal  Ongoing Environmental Monitoring  Establishment of Site Restoration Standards with the State of

Vermont

 Completion of Second ISFSI Pad and Transfer of Spent Fuel

from Pool to Pad

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 Nuclear Decommissioning Citizens Advisory

Panel (NDCAP)

 Stakeholder Outreach

• Speaking Engagements
• Community Involvement

 Tours for key stakeholders  The Vermont Yankee Decommissioning

website:

• www.vydecommissioning.com

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