ML23023A064

M230126: Slides/Supporting Presentation Material - Staff Slides - Strategic Programmatic Overview of the Decommissioning and Low-Level Waste and Nuclear Materials Users Business Lines

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Issue date:	01/26/2023
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Strategic Overview of the Decommissioning and Low-L evel Waste and Nuclear Materials Users B usiness L ines

Commission Meeting January 26, 2023

1 Dan Dorman

Executive Director for Operations Decommissioning and Low-Level Waste Business Line

2 Robert Lewis

• Deputy Director, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards

Jane Marshall

• Division Director, Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery, and Waste Programs, NMSS DLLW Shaun Anderson

• Branch Chief, Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery, and Presenters Waste Programs, NMSS

Douglas Mandeville

• Senior Project Manager, Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery, and Waste Programs, NMSS

Stephanie Anderson,

• Senior Health Physicist, Region IV

3 Robert Lewis Deputy Director Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards

4 Responsibilities of the Decommissioning and Low-Level Waste Business Line

• Licensing and Oversight for Decommissioning Reactors and Materials Licensees

• Licensing and Oversight of Uranium Recovery Facilities

• Low-level Radioactive Wa ste Program

• Waste Incidental to Reprocessing (WIR)

• DOE/Naval Reactors decommissioning of the Surface Ship Support Barge

5 Workforce Drivers

• Recruiting, Developing, and Retaining our Workforce

• Strategic WPlanning for Specific orkforce Technical Expertise (e. g.,

Health Physicists)

• Ensuring a Strong Organizational Culture

6 Workload Drivers

• Accelerated Reactor Decommissioning

• Uranium Fuel Supply

7 Innovations

• Risk informing

• Technologies applied to decommissioning

8 Jane Marshall Division Director Division o f Decommission in g,

Uranium Recovery, a n d Waste Programs

9 Meeting our Mission and Preparing for the Future

10 Public Outreach and International Engagements are a Priority

11 Leveraging the Use of Technology and Data in DLLW Licensing and Oversight Programs to Facilitate Data Driven Decision Making 12 Shaun Anderson Branch Chief Reactor Decommissioning Branch Division o f Decommissioning, Uranium Recover y, and Waste Pro grams

13 Managing the Workload

• Building a Strong and Diverse Workforce:

• Strategic Schedule Planning

• Strategic Workforce Planning

• Training and Qualification

14 Path Forward for the Decommissioning Program

• Accountability and transparency throughout the decommissioning process:

• Guidance

• Licensee and Stakeholder Engagement

15 Douglas Mandeville

Senior Project Manager Uranium Recover y Material s D e commission in g Bra n c h Division o f Decommissioning,

U ran ium Re cove r y, a n d Waste Pro grams

16 Uranium Recovery Decommissioning Process

Decommissioning Long-Te r m Long-Term Care Long-Term Care Surveillance Plan Fee License Determination Termination

17 Best Practices for Effective Decommissioning of Uranium Recovery Facilities

18 Leading the Path into the Future

Uranium Price History 2000-2021

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NRC Staff generated figure. Data from U.S. Energy Information Administration Domestic Uranium Production Report - Annual, dated May 2021.

Stephanie Anderson Senior Health Physicist Region IV

20 Consistency in Decommissioning Inspection Programs

Active Hiring Cross Qualification

Reactor Material Decommissioning Decommissioning Inspector Inspector

Decommissioning Knowledge Inspector Tr a n s f e r

21 IMC 2561 Decommissioning Power Reactor Inspection Program

IMC 2602 Decommissioning Fuel Cycle, Uranium Recovery, and Materials Inspection Program

IMC 2801 Risk-Informed, Performance Based Uranium Recovery and 11e.(2) Byproduct Material Decommissioning Inspection Facility Inspection Program Oversight Guidance 22 Dan Dorman Executive Director for Operations Decommissioning and Low-Level Waste Business Line

23 Strategic Over view of Nuclear Materials Users Business Line

Commission Meeting January 26, 2023

24 Dan Dorman Executive Director for Operations Nuclear Materials Users

25 Robert Lewis

• Deputy Director, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards

Kevin Williams

• Director, Division of Materials Safety, Security, State, and Tribal Programs, NMSS Nuclear Huda Akhavannik Materials

• Intergovernmental Liaison Project Manager, State Agreement and Liaison Programs Branch, NMSS Users Joseph Nick

• Special Assistant, Division of Radiological Safety and Security, Region I

Melissa Ralph

• Director, Division of Resource Management and Administration, NMSS

26 Robert Lewis Deputy Director Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards

27 Workforce Drivers

• Need for Health Physics Professionals

• Sharing Resources Across Headquarters and Regions

28 Workload Drivers

• Source Security

• Pace of Medical Technology

• Increased Engagement

• Agreement S tate s

• Tribal Nations

29 Innovations

• Investing in Technology

• Assessed Strategy for Increasing Number of Agreement States

30 Kevin Williams Division Director Division of Materials Safety, Security, State, and Tribal Programs

31 Dashboards to Assist with Planning and Follow Up

32 Tracking Inspections

33 Assuring the Security of Radioactive Sources

• Rulemaking for Category 3 Source Security

• NRC and Agreement States Evaluate the Capability of the Applicant/Licensee to Manage their Sources Sa fe l y and Securely

• Licensing Verification Process

34 Enhancing Tribal Nations Engagement

• SA-700 Handbook for Processing an Agreement Procedure

• Early engagement with TNationsribal

• Internal TWork to Engage and Implement the ribal video to Highlight the Tribal Policy Statement

• Leveraging the TMaterials Transportation and Nuclear ribal Radioactive Energy Tribal Working Group

35 Huda Akhavannik Intergovernmental Liaison Project Manager State Agreement and Liaison Programs Branch Division of Materials S a f e t y, Security, State, and Tribal Programs

36 The Future of the National Materials Program (NMP) Working Group Evaluation

• Goal - assess:

• Challenges to the NMP assuming increasing Agreement States and emerging technologies.

• Continued need for consistency through knowledge management, communication, and collaboration.

37 Impacts to Program Elements Affect the NRC and Agreement States Differently

38 The NMP Should Continue to Focus on Consistency and Appropriate Resource Planning

• Working group recommendations:

• Keep the current structure of the NMP with increased focus on consistency.

• Support knowledge management, collaboration, communication, and resource planning.

• Continued focus on outreach activities.

• Working group recommendations will be documented in a memo to NMSS and staff plans a Commission paper in Spring 2023.

39 Our Working Group

Huda Akhavannik, Auggie Ong, Michelle Beardsley, Duncan White, Leira Cuadrado, NRC/NMSS, OAS/NH, NRC/NMSS, NRC/NMSS, NRC/NMSS, Co-Chair Co-Chair Alternate Co-Chair Advisor Member

Keisha Cornelius, Tracy Jue, Zubaida Gulshan, Brian Harris, Farrah Gaskins, OAS/OK, OAS/CA, OAS/CA, NRC/OGC, NRC/RI, Member Member Member Attorney Member

Jenni Dalzell, Sara Forster, Randy Erickson, Allyce Bolger, NRC/RIII, NRC/RIII, NRC/RIV, NRC/RIV, Member Member Member Member

40 Joseph Nick Special Assistant Division of Radiological Safety and Security, Region I

41 Success in Hiring New Staff!

• Sharing Posting Information/Joint Job Postings

• Coordination Between Regions

& NMSS

• Advertising with HPS and other Organizations

42 NRC Sponsored Training

• Health Physics

• Medical Training and

• Regulatory Skills Knowledge

• Uranium Recovery Management Is a

• Industrial/Commercial Continued Focus

• Decommissioning A re a

43 Collaboration Across the NMP

• Sharing Expertise Across Working Groups

• Developing Methods to Share Resources for Licensing and Inspection Actions 44 Melissa Ralph Division Director Division of Resource Management and Administration

45 What is I nte g rate d Source Management Portfolio (ISMP)?

• ISMP is a set of information technology tools that supports the Radioactive Materials Security Program and related radioactive materials licensing and tracking activities of the NRC.

46 The National Source Tracking System (NSTS)

• The NSTS is a major security initiative of the NRC to track high-risk radioactive sources from the time they are manufactured or imported through the time of their disposal or export, or until they decay.

47 The License Verification Syste m

• The License Verification System ser ves as a "national verification system" to ensure that only authorized licensees obtain radioactive materials in authorized amounts.

48 The Web-Based Licensing System

• The We b-Based Licensing system is a materials licensing system that supports the NRC and Agreement States in managing the licensing information of businesses that use radioactive materials.

49 ISMP Modernization Accomplishments

• Inspection Planning (Byproduct Materials Licenses)

• Generation of Inspection Reports

• WBL to ADAMS Interface

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• Expanding and improving interfaces for licensees:

• Form submission for new byproduct material license and amendment ISMP applications - modern online submission with real-time communication between Modernization the NRC reviewer and the applicant.

Efforts In

• Online submission of NSTS transaction Progress reports (e. g., transfer, receipt, manufacture) improved data validation which would result in faster processing time and reduced staff effort to correct submission errors.

51 ISMP is Vital to the Effective Program Management in Four Materials and Waste Business Lines

• ISMP Modernization Efforts:

• Support Project Management

• Provide Transparency

• Facilitate Data Analytics

• Enable D ata-Driven Decision Making

52 Dan Dorman Executive Director for Operations Nuclear Materials Users

53 Acronyms

• BIA-Bureau of Indian Affairs

• BLM-Bureau of Land Management

• DLLW-Decommissioning and Low-Level Waste

• DOE -D epartment of Energy

• DOI-Department of the Interior

• DOJ-Department of Justice

• EMT-Emerging Medical Technology

• EPA-Environmental Protection Agency

• ISMP-Integrated S ource Management Portfolio

• LTP-License Termination Plan

• MARSSIM-Multi-A gency Radiation Survey and Site Investigation Manual

• NMP - National Materials Program

• PSDAR-Post Shutdown De commissioning Ac tivities Report 54 Acronyms (Cont.)

• SWP-Strategic Workforce Planning

• WBL-Web-Based Licensing

• WIR-Waste Incidental to Reprocessing

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