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KEY MESSAGES
Program improvements
- Comprehensive approach
- Implementation overview
- Accomplishments
- Apply lessons learned
- Challenges
DECOMMISSIONING PROGRAM Larry W. Camper, NMSS 1 KEY MESSAGES - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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DECOMMISSIONING PROGRAM Larry W. Camper, NMSS 1 KEY MESSAGES Program improvements Comprehensive approach Implementation overview Accomplishments Apply lessons learned Challenges 2 PROGRAM IMPROVEMENTS
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PROGRAM IMPROVEMENTS
Efficiency and effectiveness gains
- Guidance consolidation
- Risk informed/performance oriented
- Realistic scenarios
- Stakeholder involvement
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COMPREHENSIVE DECOMMISSIONING PROGRAM
NMSS, NRR, RES, REGIONS, OGC
- Decommissioning Management Board
- EPA/States
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RES ACTIVITIES
Probabilistic version of RESRAD-BUILD
- Slag solubility & leaching data
- Data on release of radionuclides and
- chelating agents from ion exchange resins
Effects of hydrologic uncertainty
- assessments on performance predictions
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PROGRAM SUMMARY
Programmatic direction/guidance
- Material decommissioning
- Fuel cycle decommissioning
- Uranium mill tailings decommissioning
- Reactor decommissioning
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MATERIAL DECOMMISSIONING
Oversight of complex sites
- License termination file reviews
- Pilot Study for decommissioning w/o a DP
- West Valley oversight
- Decommissioning funding analysis
- International activities
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COMPLEX SITES
SDMP/Complex decommissioning sites
- Newly identified sites
- Remediated/transferred sites
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COMPLEX SITES
5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 # OF SITES 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 YEAR
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LICENSE TERMINATION FILE REVIEWS
ORNL reviewed about 37,000 license files
- About 1200 licenses needed further review
- 40 sites warranted further action
- Released/transferred/remediated
- Completed in September 2001
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WEST VALLEY OVERSIGHT
Final Policy Statement
- Working with DOE/NYSERDA
- Focus on preferred alternative
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DECOMMISSIONING FUNDING ANALYSIS
SECY-00-0180 (Aug 2000)
- Analysis of Costs and Financial Viability
- Findings in SECY-02-0079
- DOE stewardship
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FUEL CYCLE FACILITIES DECOMMISSIONING
Most facilities in operation 20 plus years
- Decommissioning due to Timeliness Rule
- In 2002; 1 conversion facility, 2 Navy and
- 4 commercial fuel manufacturers
Complex technical issues
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URANIUM MILL TAILINGS FACILITIES DECOMMISSIONING
PM/technical review - Part 40, Appendix A
- 12 Title II sites in decommissioning
- 6 Title I sites completing GW restoration
- 8 additional Title I in 2002
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REACTOR DECOMMISSIONING
PM responsibility for Fermi 1 and Peach
- Bottom 1
Reviewing LTPs for Maine Yankee,
- Connecticut Yankee, and Saxton
Expect LTP for Big Rock Point in 2003
- Change PM transfer point
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REACTOR DECOMMISSIONING
PM for 18 power, and 12 research & test
- reactors
Approved Maine Yankee partial site release
- Dresden 1 & Rancho Seco completed fuel
- transfer
Yankee Rowe & Maine Yankee began fuel
- transfer
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REACTOR DECOMMISSIONING
CONTINUED
Integrated rulemaking deferred
- Partial site release Final Rule to
- Commission in November 2002
GEIS - October 2002
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LESSONS LEARNED
Key decommissioning process findings
- NRC/industry cooperation
- Augmented acceptance reviews
- Phased reviews
- Proactive licensee interactions
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ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Sites remediation
- Key licensing actions
- Guidance development
- Practical tools
- Programmatic direction
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CHALLENGES
LTR analysis
- Alternative options for restricted release
- Financial assurance
- Preventing legacy sites