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Overview of the Decommissioning and Low Level Waste Business Line

October 1, 2015

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Victor M. McCree, Executive Director for Operations

Ope Opening Remarks ning Remarks

Office Office of

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Nuclear lear Material Material Safety Safety and and Safegu Safeguards ards

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Catherine Haney Director

NRC Resourc NRC Resources es

FY 2015 Enacted FTE*

FY 2015 Enacted CS&T by Business Line* (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.

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FY FY 2015 E 2015 Enacted nacted FT FTE*

FY 2015 Enacted ted CS&T &T by B y Busine siness ss Line* * (D (Dollars rs in Mi Millions) s)

*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.

International Ac Activities 7.2 Licensing 97.2 Oversight 37.3 Re Research 2.8 Ru Rulema making 9.9 International Ac Activities $0.6 Licensing $11.5 Oversight $3.4 Re Research $0.2 Ru Rulema making $1.2

DLLW has DLLW has significant bread significant breadth th and s and scope cope

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Decommis Decommissioning sioning Completions Completions

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Materials Sites RTRs Power Reactors

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5 10 15 20 25 30 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Workload by Number of Work Units Fiscal Year Actions in Hearing Major Actions Under Review Licensed Facilities/Not Operating Operational Facilities

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Uranium Recov Uranium Recovery ery Program Growth Program Growth

LLW Prog LLW Program ram

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LLW Program

Uniform Waste Manifest Programmatic Assessment CA BTP Implementation International Byproduct Material Financial Scoping Study Waste Incidental to Reprocessing GTCC Waste Transuranic Waste Part 61 Rulemaking

DLL DLLW Initiat W Initiatives ives close closely ly align with P align with Project A roject Aim im

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am Assessments Assessments

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Business s Impr Improvement ement

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Division Division of

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Decommissioning, Decommissioning, Uranium Uranium Recovery Recovery, , and and Waste Programs, NMSS Waste Programs, NMSS

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Andrew Persinko Deputy Director

DLLW Workloa DLLW Workload d – Current Current and Future and Future

• Decommissioning

– Reactors – Materials Sites – Uranium Sites

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DLLW Workloa DLLW Workload d – Current Current and Future (cont’d)

• Uranium Recovery Licensing

and Oversight

• Waste Incidental to

Reprocessing

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DLLW Workloa DLLW Workload d – Current Current and Future (cont’d)

• LLW Activities
• International

Activities

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External and Internal External and Internal influences influences

• Commission Policy Decisions
• Premature and Planned

Shutdown of Power Reactors

• Findings at Non-Military

Radium Sites

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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

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Optimization of Resour Optimization of Resources ces

• Workload distribution
• Rotations from other Offices
• Identification of critical skills

and experience

• Knowledge transfer

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Programmatic E Programmatic Evaluations valuations

• Reactor decommissioning
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LLW

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Uranium anium reco ecover ery y

– Licen License se dur duration tion – Licens Licensing ing ef efficienc ficiency

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Region Region IV IV Division Division of

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Nuclear Materia Materials ls Safety Safety

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Mark Shaffer Director

Inspection Ove Inspection Oversight: rsight:

• Power Reactors
• Complex Sites
• Research &

Test Reactors

• DOE site visits

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Focus Focus Areas Areas:

• Safety
• Security
• Emergency Planning
• Public Outreach

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Regional A Regional Activities ctivities - Decommis Decommissioning sioning

Reactors & Complex Sites:

• Transition Oversight
• Active Decommissioning Sites
• Terminations

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Uranium Recover Uranium Recovery y Sites in Sites in the U.S the U.S.

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Regional A Regional Activities ctivities – Uranium Recov Uranium Recovery ery

• Pre-operational Inspections
• Reactive Inspections

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On the On the Horizon: Horizon:

• Increased Workload
• Support for Hearings
• Wyoming

Wyoming - Agr Agreement State eement State

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Offi Office ce of

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Nuclear Regulatory Research Regulatory Research

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Rebecca Tadesse, Chief Radiation Protection Branch

Research Support f Research Support for

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DLLW W Progra Program m

• Computer Code Development

– RESRAD Family Code – MILDOS-Area Code – Visual Sample Plan Code

• Other Areas of Technical

Support

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RESRAD Family of Computer RESRAD Family of Computer Codes Codes

• Residual

Radioactivity (RESRAD)

• Current

Activities

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MILDOS MILDOS-AREA Computer AREA Computer Code Code

• MILDOS-AREA
• Current Activities

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Visu Visual S al Sample ample Plan Plan

• Visual Sample Plan (VSP)
• Current Activities

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Other Areas of Technical Other Areas of Technical Suppor Support

• Engineering Cover design
• Groundwater Modeling
• Geochemistry Review
• Hearings

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Challenges Challenges and Strategies and Strategies To Mov To Move e Forw

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ard

• Resources for Code

Maintenance and Updates

• Leveraging resources among
• ther Federal Agencies
• Utilizing the Radiation

Protection Computer Code Analysis and Maintenance Program (RAMP)

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Victor M. McCree, Executive Director for Operations

Clos Closing ing Remark Remarks

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

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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

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Commiss Commission ion Briefing Briefing Spent Fuel Storage and Spent Fuel Storage and Transp Transportation Busines

• rtation Business

s Line Line

October 1, 2015

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Ope Opening Remarks ning Remarks

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Victor M. McCree, Executive Director for Operations

Office Office of

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Nuclear lear Material Material Safety Safety and and Safegu Safeguards ards

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Cathy Haney Director

NRC Resourc NRC Resources es

FY 20 Y 2015 En Enacted FTE TE*

Operating Re Reactors 2,195.6 New Re Reactors 695.9 Sp Spent Fuel St Storage and Tra Transport rtati tion 162.1 Nuclear Materials Users 315.7 De Decommi mmissioning and Low Level Wa Waste 154.4 Fuel Facilities 191.8

FY FY 20 2015 15 Ena Enacte cted C d CS&T S&T by by Bu Busine siness ss Lin Line* e* (Dollars (Dollars in in Millions) Millions)

Operating Re Reactors $225.2 New Re Reactors $81.0 Sp Spent Fuel St Storage and Tr Transportation $19.2 Nuclear r Ma Mate teri rials Users $36.5 De Decommi mmissioning and Low Low-Level Wa Waste $16.9 Fuel Facilities $18.8

*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.

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SFST SFST h has significant as significant breadth breadth and scope and scope

FY 20 Y 2015 En Enacted FTE TE*

FY FY 2015 Enacted CS&T by 2015 Enacted CS&T by Business Business Line* Line* (Dollars (Dollars in in Millions) Millions)

*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.

Generic Home meland Se Security .7 .7 International Ac Activities 4.2 Licensing 74.3 Oversight 27.7 Re Research 14.2 Ru Rulema making 41.0 Generic Home meland Se Security $.05 International Ac Activities $.5 Licensing $7.4 Oversight $1.9 Re Research $4.0 Ru Rulema making $5.3

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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

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Divis Division ion of

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Spent Fuel nt Fuel Management, Management, NMSS NMSS

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Mark Lombard Director

Spent Fuel Storage and Spent Fuel Storage and Transport Transportation Business ation Business Line Line

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Paradigm shifts Paradigm shifts

• Longer storage periods
• Possible 72 – 71 – 72 scenario

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External and intern External and internal al influences influences

• Away-from-reactor ISFSIs
• DOE Topical Report
• Potential legislative actions

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External and intern External and internal al influences influences

• Evolving national strategy
• Increased public interaction
• Resources

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Divis Division ion of

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Spent Fuel nt Fuel Manageme Management nt Renew Renewals als and and Materials Materials Branch Branch

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Aladar Csontos Chief

Curre Current Licensing nt Licensing and and Rese Research Activities arch Activities

• Renewal regulatory

framework

• Impending renewal surge
• Updated renewal guidance
• Operational Experience
• Technical issue resolution

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Ensure Safety throug Ensure Safety through h Storage Rene Storage Renewal wal Regulato Regulatory ry Framewor Framework

• Maintain intended functions

during renewal period

• Modeled after reactor

renewal methodology

• Renewal period up to 40 years

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Ensure Safety throug Ensure Safety through h Storage Rene Storage Renewal wal Regulato Regulatory ry Framework (cont’d)

• Aging Management Program
• Time-Limited Aging Analyses
• NUREG-1927 Rev. 0: SRP for

Renewal of Spent Fuel DCSS Licenses and CoC

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Storage Rene Storage Renewal wal Surge Surge

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17 Si Sites tes 35 Si Sites tes 2 Si Sites tes

Peak

3 Si Sites tes 3 Si Sites tes 1 Si Site te

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DOE/ANL Report MAPS NUREG SRP 1927R1 NEI 14-03 Storage/ Reactor OpE Technical Issue Resolution

Managing Aging Processes in Storage (MAPS) Report

Staff consideration of Stakeholder inputs

Updated Storage Renewal Updated Storage Renewal Guidance Framew Guidance Framework

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SRP 1927R0 Consensus Codes

Operational Experience: Operational Experience: Con Concret crete Aging e Aging

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Operational Experience: Operational Experience: Can Caniste ister S r Syst ystem Aging em Aging

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Technical Issue Res Technical Issue Resolution

• lution
• CI-SCC
• Inservice inspection
• Consensus Codes
• High burnup fuel
• Thermal modeling
• International

coordination

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Divis Division ion of

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Nuclear ar Materi Materials als Safety, Safety, Region Region IV IV

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Mark Shaffer Director

ISFS ISFSI I Oversight Oversight Program: Program:

• Design
• Fabrication
• Preoperational

Testing

• Operations

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Inspection Inspection Activities Activities:

• Construction
• Initial Testing
• Final Loading
• New Systems

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Continuo Continuous us Impro Improvement: vement:

• Operational Experience
• Program Enhancements
• Public Outreach

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Victor M. McCree, Executive Director for Operations

Clos Closing ing Remark Remarks

Acrony Acronyms and ms and Initialisms Initialisms

• ISFSI – Independent Spent

Fuel Storage Installation

• FY – Fiscal Year
• ICSF – Interim Consolidated

Storage Facility

• TSAR – Topical Safety

Analysis Report

• DOE – Department of Energy

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Acrony Acronyms and ms and Initialisms Initialisms (cont’d)

• SRP: Standard Review Plan
• AMP: Aging Management

Program

• TLAA: Time Limited Aging

Analyses

• CoC: Certificate of

Compliance

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Acrony Acronyms ms and and Initialisms Initialisms (cont’d)

• MAPS: Managing Aging

Processes for Storage NUREG

• CI-SCC: Chloride Induced

Stress Corrosion Cracking

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