Overview of the Decommissioning and Low Level Waste Business Line October 1, 2015 1
Ope Opening Remarks ning Remarks Victor M. McCree, Executive Director for Operations 2
Office Office of of Nuc Nuclear lear Material Material Safety Safety and and Safegu Safeguards ards Catherine Haney Director 3
NRC Resourc NRC Resources es FY 2015 Enacted CS&T by Business Line* FY 2015 Enacted FTE* (Dollars in Millions) *C *Contr tract t Su Support rt & & Travel Travel (CS& S&T) T) and Full-Ti Time me Eq Equivalent t (FTE) TE) rep report rted at t Full Cost. t. 4
DLLW has DLLW has significant bread significant breadth th and s and scope cope FY FY 2015 E 2015 Enacted nacted FT FTE* FY 2015 Enacted ted CS&T &T by B y Busine siness ss Line* * (Dollars (D rs in Mi Millions) s) International Rulema Ru making Activities Ac International 9.9 Ru Rulema making 7.2 Ac Activities $1.2 Re Research $0.6 Re Research 2.8 $0.2 Oversight $3.4 Oversight 37.3 Licensing Licensing 97.2 $11.5 *C *Contr tract t Su Support rt & & Travel Travel (CS& S&T) T) and Full-Ti Time me Eq Equivalent t (FTE) TE) rep report rted at t Full Cost. t. 5
Decommis Decommissioning sioning Completions Completions 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 Materials Sites RTRs Power Reactors 6
Uranium Recov Uranium Recovery ery Program Growth Program Growth 30 25 Workload by Number of Work Units 20 Actions in Hearing 15 Major Actions Under Review Licensed Facilities/Not Operating 10 Operational Facilities 5 0 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Fiscal Year 7
LLW Prog LLW Program ram Uniform Waste Manifest Part 61 Programmatic Rulemaking Assessment LLW Transuranic CA BTP Waste Implementation Program GTCC Waste International Byproduct Waste Material Incidental to Financial Reprocessing Scoping Study 8
DLL DLLW Initiat W Initiatives ives close closely ly align with P align with Project A roject Aim im • Pr Prog ogram am Assessments Assessments • Busines Business s Impr Improvement ement 9
Division Division of of Decommissioning, Decommissioning, Uranium Uranium Recovery Recovery, , and and Waste Programs, NMSS Waste Programs, NMSS Andrew Persinko Deputy Director 10
DLLW Workloa DLLW Workload d – Current Current and Future and Future • Decommissioning – Reactors – Materials Sites – Uranium Sites 11
DLLW Workloa DLLW Workload d – Current Current and Future (cont’d) • Uranium Recovery Licensing and Oversight • Waste Incidental to Reprocessing 12
DLLW Workloa DLLW Workload d – Current Current and Future (cont’d) • LLW Activities • International Activities 13
External and Internal External and Internal influences influences • Commission Policy Decisions • Premature and Planned Shutdown of Power Reactors • Findings at Non-Military Radium Sites 14
External and Internal External and Internal influences (cont’d) • Uranium Recovery Growth – Uranium market – Environmental reviews and consultations – Number and extent of hearings – New Agreement State 15
Optimization of Resour Optimization of Resources ces • Workload distribution • Rotations from other Offices • Identification of critical skills and experience • Knowledge transfer 16
Programmatic E Programmatic Evaluations valuations • Reactor decommissioning • LL LLW • Ur Uranium anium reco ecover ery y – Licen License se dur duration tion – Licens Licensing ing ef efficienc ficiency 17
Region Region IV IV Division Division of of Nuclear Nuclear Materia Materials ls Safety Safety Mark Shaffer Director 18
Inspection Ove Inspection Oversight: rsight: • Power Reactors • Complex Sites • Research & Test Reactors • DOE site visits 19
Focus Focus Areas Areas: • Safety • Security • Emergency Planning • Public Outreach 20
Regional A Regional Activities ctivities - Decommis Decommissioning sioning Reactors & Complex Sites: • Transition Oversight • Active Decommissioning Sites • Terminations 21
Uranium Recover Uranium Recovery y Sites in Sites in the U.S the U.S. 22
Regional A Regional Activities ctivities – Uranium Recov Uranium Recovery ery • Pre-operational Inspections • Reactive Inspections 23
On the On the Horizon: Horizon: • Increased Workload • Support for Hearings • Wyoming Wyoming - Agr Agreement State eement State 24
Offi Office ce of of Nuclear Nuclear Regulatory Research Regulatory Research Rebecca Tadesse, Chief Radiation Protection Branch 25
Research Support f Research Support for or DLL DLLW W Progra Program m • Computer Code Development – RESRAD Family Code – MILDOS-Area Code – Visual Sample Plan Code • Other Areas of Technical Support 26
RESRAD Family of Computer RESRAD Family of Computer Codes Codes • Residual Radioactivity (RESRAD) • Current Activities 27
MILDOS MILDOS-AREA Computer AREA Computer Code Code • MILDOS-AREA • Current Activities 28
Visu Visual S al Sample ample Plan Plan • Visual Sample Plan (VSP) • Current Activities 29
Other Areas of Technical Other Areas of Technical Suppor Support • Engineering Cover design • Groundwater Modeling • Geochemistry Review • Hearings 30
Challenges Challenges and Strategies and Strategies To Mov To Move e Forw orward ard • Resources for Code Maintenance and Updates • Leveraging resources among other Federal Agencies • Utilizing the Radiation Protection Computer Code Analysis and Maintenance Program (RAMP) 31
Clos Closing ing Remark Remarks Victor M. McCree, Executive Director for Operations 32
Acrony Acronyms and ms and Initialisms Initialisms • CA BTP – Concentration Averaging Branch Technical Position • DLLW – Decommissioning and Low Level Waste • DOE – Department of Energy • FY – Fiscal Year • GTCC – Greater-Than-Class C 33
Acrony Acronyms and ms and Initialisms Initialisms (cont’d) • LLW – Low Level Waste • NMSS – Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards • RTRs – Research and Test Reactors • WIR – Waste Incidental to Reprocessing 34
Commiss Commission ion Briefing Briefing Spent Fuel Storage and Spent Fuel Storage and Transp Transportation Busines ortation Business s Line Line October 1, 2015 35
Ope Opening Remarks ning Remarks Victor M. McCree, Executive Director for Operations 36
Office Office of of Nuc Nuclear lear Material Material Safety Safety and and Safegu Safeguards ards Cathy Haney Director 37
NRC Resourc NRC Resources es FY 20 Y 2015 En Enacted FTE TE* FY FY 20 2015 15 Ena Enacte cted C d CS&T S&T by by Bu Busine siness ss Lin Line* e* (Dollars in (Dollars in Millions) Millions) Fuel Facilities De Decommi mmissioning and De Decommi mmissioning and Fuel Facilities 191.8 Low Level Wa Waste Low Low-Level Wa Waste $16.9 $18.8 154.4 Nuclear Nuclear r Ma Mate teri rials Materials Users $36.5 Users 315.7 Sp Spent Fuel Storage and St Sp Spent Fuel Tr Transportation Storage and St $19.2 Transport Tra rtati tion 162.1 Operating Re Reactors $225.2 Operating Reactors Re New Re Reactors New Re Reactors 2,195.6 695.9 $81.0 *Con *Contr tract t Support rt & & Trav ravel (C (CS&T) &T) and Full-Time me Equiva valent t (FT (FTE) ) rep report rted at t Full Cost. st. 38
SFST SFST h has significant as significant breadth breadth and scope and scope FY FY 2015 Enacted CS&T by 2015 Enacted CS&T by Business Business Line* Line* FY 20 Y 2015 En Enacted FTE TE* (Dollars (Dollars in in Millions) Millions) Generic International International Generic Home meland Home meland Activities Ac Activities Ac Security Se Se Security 4.2 $.5 .7 .7 $.05 Rulema Ru making Rulema Ru making 41.0 $5.3 Licensing Licensing $7.4 74.3 Re Research 14.2 Research Re $4.0 Oversight 27.7 Oversight $1.9 *Contr *Con tract t Support rt & & Trav ravel (C (CS&T) &T) and Full-Time me Equiva valent t (FT (FTE) ) rep report rted at t Full Cost. st. 39
Continue Continue to improve to improve efficiency with Project Aim efficiency with Project Aim • Licensing Process Improvements • Renewal Regulatory Framework • Resolving technical issues • Risk Informing Regulatory Framework • Safety-security interface 40
Divis Division ion of of Spe Spent Fuel nt Fuel Management, Management, NMSS NMSS Mark Lombard Director 41
Spent Fuel Storage and Spent Fuel Storage and Transport Transportation Business ation Business Line Line 42
Paradigm shifts Paradigm shifts • Longer storage periods • Possible 72 – 71 – 72 scenario Storage Transportation Storage 43
External and intern External and internal al influences influences • Away-from-reactor ISFSIs • DOE Topical Report • Potential legislative actions 44
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