ML21189A215
| ML21189A215 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 07/09/2021 |
| From: | Maurice Heath NRC/NMSS/DDUWP/LLWB |
| To: | Patricia Holahan Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery and Waste Programs |
| Heath M | |
| References | |
| Download: ML21189A215 (4) | |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 July 9, 2021 MEMORANDUM TO:
Patricia K. Holahan, Director Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery, and Waste Programs Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards FROM:
Maurice L. Heath, Project Manager Low-Level Waste and Projects Branch Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery, and Waste Programs Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards
SUBJECT:
SUMMARY
OF JUNE 9, 2021, PUBLIC MEETING (via WEBINAR)
REGARDING NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION EFFORTS TO MODERNIZE THE FUEL CYCLE AND MATERIALS DECOMMISSIONING INSPECTION PROGRAM On June 9, 2021, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) held an Information Meeting where the NRC staff provided industry representatives, licensees, Agreement States, Tribes, public interest groups, and federal agencies with information regarding NRCs efforts to modernize the Fuel Cycle and Materials Decommissioning Inspection Program.
The webinar was noticed on the NRCs public website on May 14, 2021, and the notice and meeting agenda are available in the NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) at Accession No. ML21159A105. The NRC staffs presentation is available in ADAMS at Accession No. ML21155A051. The transcript of the meeting is available at Accession No. ML21167A213.
During this webinar, NRC staff provided background information on the NRCs Fuel Cycle and Materials Decommissioning Inspection Program Working Groups (WG) plans to update the fuel cycle and materials decommissioning inspection program guidance. The staff explained that the revised program will implement Commission policy regarding risk-informed, performance-based inspections, and will identify and incorporate recent decommissioning guidance and regulatory changes into the inspection program. The staff also noted that the WG plans to develop new and revise current decommissioning inspection procedures (IPs) for materials, complex materials, uranium recovery, and fuel cycle facilities. The revised procedures will provide the inspection staff with the necessary guidance for conducting inspections and will provide external stakeholders with a clear understanding of the NRCs inspection program.
CONTACT: Maurice L. Heath, NMSS/DUWP 301-415-3137
P. Holahan During the presentation, NRC staff also provided planned changes to IMC 2602 incorporating risks by program area (uranium recovery, fuel cycle, complex materials and non-complex materials sites), radiological risks, and implementation of Be riskSMART framework into the NRCs decision making process.
Staff indicated it was not actively soliciting comments toward regulatory decisions at this meeting; however, the public meeting provided stakeholders with the opportunity to ask questions or provide comments to NRC staff on the Fuel Cycle and Materials Decommissioning Inspection Program.
Several stakeholders asked questions or commented about the need for financial assurance for decommissioning sites, coordination with other NRC working groups, external non-state stakeholders comments on draft IPs, revisions to fuel cycle facilities inspection procedure, no-complex, and complex sites conditions, IPs incorporated in Integrated Materials Performance Evaluation Program (IMPEP) review, how potential new technologies could be addressed in decommissioning activities, and if there were any planned changes in the inspection process for low-level waste disposal facilities.
Staff provided clarification comments and questions. The WG is coordinating with other ongoing NRC initiatives and working groups to gain insights. The staff reiterated that the decommissioning inspection procedure for fuel cycle facilities is being updated by the WG.
Stakeholders asked how the IMPEP is integrated with potential new IPs. The revised IPs are a matter of Agreement State compatibility since they are a required program element and are subject to IMPEP review.
Enclosure:
List of Attendees
P. Holahan
SUBJECT:
SUMMARY
OF JUNE 9, 2021, PUBLIC MEETING (via WEBINAR) REGARDING NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION EFFORTS TO MODERNIZE THE FUEL CYCLE AND MATERIALS DECOMMISSIONING INSPECTION PROGRAM DATED July 9, 2021 DISTRIBUTION:
REvans, R-IV MHeath, NMSS DBrown, NMSS OMasnyk-Bailey, R-I RWomack, R-II JDalzell, R-III MMuessle, R-IV MPoston-Brown, NMSS ADAMS Accession Number: ML21189A215
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NAME MHeath JDalzell REvans DATE 07/8/2021 07/8/2021 07/8/2021 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY
Enclosure Attendee List NRC Bill Von Till Charles Morrison David Brown Jennifer Dalzell Joe Power Kelly Jamison Marti Poston Mary Musel Maurice Health Mirabelle Shoemaker Patricia Holahan Rob Evans Anthony McMurtray Blake Welling Bo Pham Carmen Rivera Cynthia Jones Heather Gepford Hipolito Gonzalez Jenny Weil Jill Shepherd Janelle Jessie Joseph Nick Krama Chanders Lanea Wilkens Leira Cuadrado Linda Howell Maria Arribas-Colon Michael LaFranzo Nathan Audia Nathan Denney Orysia Masnyk-Bailey Robert Williams Roland Womack Steven Koenick Tamara Bloomer Victoria Midling Charles Morrison (court reporter)
Members of Industry/Public Adam Arwayo Alisha Stallard Allison Pullman Betsy Foreignash Brad Broussard Bruce Montgomery Charlee Boger Dan Shrum Douglas Toncay Eric Skogak Esperanza Aguilar Esther Wagner Glenn Sullivan Heather Mickelson Hipolito Gonzalez Jeffrey Burmett Jennifer McCloskey Jennifer Ortega Jim Rickman Jody Weikart Katie Sweeney Kevin Siebert Larry Camper Michael Albanese Michael Gaither Nima Ashkeboussi Phil Globle Ryan Johnson Scott Clausen Scott Murray Steven Koneck Tamara Bloomer Tim Allsep Tom Rushing Tony Leshinskie Traven Michaels Vern Rogers Victoria Midling William Deforest