NRC Decommissioning Process
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The NRC Reactor Decommissioning
Process –
Post Shutdown Decommissioning
Activities Report (PSDAR)
License Termination Plan (LTP)
Nuclear Decommissioning Citizens
Advisory Panel for Vermont Yankee
January 28, 2015
Bruce A. Watson, CHP
Chief, Reactor Decommissioning Branch
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Agenda
• Opening Remarks – Andrew Persinko,
Deputy Division Director - DUWP
• Meeting Announcements
• Reactor Decommissioning Process
Regulatory Basis
Decommissioning Experience
Post Shutdown Decommissioning Activities
Report
License Termination Plan
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Mission
• The NRC licenses and regulates the
Nation's civilian use of radioactive
materials to protect public health and
safety, promote the common defense and
security, and protect the environment.
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Meeting Announcements
• February 5th 3 - 4:30 PM – Webinar on
the Reactor Decommissioning Process
and Vermont Yankee. To register,
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/
5535875383432936961
• February 19th 6 – 9 PM – Public Meeting
on the Vermont Yankee Post Shutdown
Decommissioning Activities Report.
Brattleboro Quality Inn
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Power Reactor
Decommissioning Regulations Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as Amended
• 10 CFR Part 20 Subpart E “License
Termination Rule was implemented in
1997
• 10 CFR Part 50 – Operating License
• 10 CFR 50.75 Planning for
Decommissioning
• 10 CFR 50.82 - Termination of License
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10 CFR 50.82 License
Termination
• Certifies Permanently Shutdown
• Certifies Permanent Reactor Defueling
• Post Shutdown Decommissioning
Activities Report required within 2 years
of permanent cessation of operations to
NRC and affected States
• License Termination Plan
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NRC Decommissioning
Experience
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Power Reactors
Research Reactors
Materials Sites
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NRC Decommissioning
Experience Since 1997
• 7 Power Reactor Licenses Terminated
• 45 plus Complex Material Sites Licenses
Terminated
• 14 Research Reactor Licenses
Terminated
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Decommissioning
As defined in 10 CFR 50.2 “Decommission”
means to remove a facility or site safely
from service and reduce residual
radioactivity to levels that permits either:
• Release of the property for unrestricted
use and termination of the license;
or
• Release of the property for restricted
conditions and termination of the license.
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10 CFR 20 Release Criteria
• Unrestricted Release • Total Effective Dose Equivalent (TEDE) ≤ 25 mrem (0.25
mSv/a) and As Low As is Reasonably Achievable (ALARA)
• Average member of the critical group
• All pathways
• Period of performance - 1000 years
• Restricted release
• ≤ 25 mrem (0.25 mSv/a) TEDE and ALARA, with institutional
controls in effect
• Legally enforceable institutional controls
• If institutional controls fail, doses do not exceed 1 mSv/a, or 5
mSv/a, under specific circumstances
• Financial assurance - independent third party
• Licensee and NRC public input/outreach requirements
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Reactor Decommissioning
Performance Based Risk-Informed Regulations
• Reactor Decommissioning is required to be
completed in 60 years.
• Bases: 50 y in SAFSTOR + 10 y DECON
• Radiation Dose Rates reduced to 1-2 %
• Radioactive Waste Volumes reduced to 10%
• Allows Decommissioning Fund to increase
• Regulatory Guide 1.184 “Decommissioning of
Nuclear Power Reactors”
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Post Shutdown Decommissioning
Activities Report - Why 2 Years?
• Purpose of the PSDAR
• Decommissioning Planning Strategy – DECON
Prompt Dismantlement, SAFSTOR Deferred
Dismantlement or Entomb?
• Many factors to consider in the decision-making
process
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Post Shutdown
Decommissioning Activities Report PSDAR Content:
• A description and schedule for the planned decommissioning activities
• An estimate of the expected decommissioning costs
• A discussion that provides the means for concluding that the environmental impacts associated with the decommissioning activities will be bounded by appropriately issued Environmental Impact Statements.
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Post Shutdown
Decommissioning Activities Report
NRC Actions:
• Notices receipt of the PSDAR in the
Federal Register
• Makes the PSDAR publically available at
http://www.nrc.gov and Public Document
Room
• NRC holds a Public Meeting in the vicinity
of the licensee’s facility to discuss the
PSDAR and solicit public comments
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Post Shutdown Decommissioning
Activities Report
NRC Public Meeting Actions:
• Host a public meeting to obtain public comments
on the PSDAR
• Publish Meeting Notice in the Federal Register
and local newspapers/media
• During the informational meeting, invite
Licensee, State and Local Officials, and general
public to comment on the PSDAR
• A written transcript will be made publically
available
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NRC’s PSDAR
Review Process
• Content Requirements are in 10 CFR
50.82(a)(4)(i)
• Staff uses Regulatory Guide 1.185 to ensure the
document meets requirements
• Project Manager coordinates the PSDAR
technical reviews
• Requests for Additional Information may be
developed
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NRC’s PSDAR Review Process –
Decommissioning Activities
• Planned Decommissioning Activities and
Schedule
– Activities Unique to the Facility
– NRC Safety Review
– Determine NRC Oversight/Inspection
– Determine NRC Licensing Activities
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NRC’s PSDAR Review Process-
Decommissioning Cost Estimate
• Site Specific Decommissioning Cost Estimate
- Ensure reasonable assurance that funds
are there to perform the radiological cleanup
- If decommissioning is delayed, ensure the
licensee has a means of adjusting the cost
estimate and funding over the storage period
- Annually Update!
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NRC’s PSDAR
Review Process – NEPA
• Reasons for concluding that Environmental
Impacts associated with the decommissioning
activities are bounded by the previously issued
EISs.
– NUREG 0586, “Final Generic Environmental
Impact Statement on Decommissioning of
Nuclear Facilities”
– Inspection Program
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NRC’s PSDAR
Review Process
• After no additional information is required, NRC
will notify the Licensee.
• NRC does not approve the PSDAR
• Licensee may begin major decommissioning
activities 90 days after NRC receives the
PSDAR
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License Termination Plans
(LTP)
• Licensee conducts decommissioning in
accordance with the license and technical
specifications
• NRC continues on-site inspections
• Licensee submits the LTP at least 2 years prior
to requesting license termination
• NRC notices the LTP in the Federal Register
• NRC holds a Public Meeting to discuss the LTP
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License Termination Plan
• NRC will perform an acceptance and technical
review
• Request additional information, if necessary
• Public Meeting and Opportunity for Hearing
• NRC approves the LTP by license amendment
– Safety Evaluation Report
– Environmental Assessment
• License is terminated upon demonstration by the
licensee and NRC confirmatory survey that the
site meets the unrestricted release criteria.
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NRC’s Regulatory
Oversight Continues
Decommissioning Inspection Program
• Inspection Manual Chapter 2561
• ~ 40 Inspection Procedures
• 12 Core Inspection Procedures
• 28 Discretionary Inspection Procedures
• Inspection Program is adjusted to site
activities
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Reactor Decommissioning
Program
• 19 Power Reactors in Decommissioning
5 Active DECON
14 in SAFSTOR
1 in Transition to SAFSTOR
• 7 Research Reactors in Decommissioning
3 Active DECON
4 in SAFSTOR
1 expected to cease operations in 2015
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Thank You!!!
Questions?
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•OPTIONAL SLIDES
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Rancho Seco
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Fermi 1
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LaCrosse BWR
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Humboldt Bay Site
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Maine Yankee
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Reactors in Decommissioning
Status
• 5 Reactor Sites have new or additional
generation plants
• 6 Reactor Sites are at multi-unit nuclear
sites
• 8 Reactor Sites are “Greenfield” but 6
have ISFSIs
• 3 New Reactor Sites – TBD, San Onofre
has a 3rd party agreement with US Navy
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Reactor Decommissioning
Decision-Making Factors
• Multi-Unit Site Safety
• Financial – Decommissioning Funds Availability
• Access to Radioactive Waste Disposal Capacity
• Future use of the Site
• Stakeholders
- State Public Utility Commissions
- Local Communities
- Members of the Public/Rate Payers
• New Business Model
• Special Circumstances
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