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-Level Waste and Nuclear Materials Users Business Lines Commission Meeting January 26, 2023 1

Dan Dorman Exe cu ti ve D i re cto r fo r Op e rati o n s D e co m m iss io n in g a n d L ow - L eve l Wa ste B u sin e s s L in e 2

DLLW Presenters

• Deputy Director, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Robert Lewis

• Division Director, Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery, and Waste Programs, NMSS Jane Marshall

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

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

• Senior Health Physicist, Region IV Stephanie Anderson, 3

Robert Lewis D e p u ty D i re cto r Off ic e o f N u c le a r M ate ria l S afet y a n d S afe g u a rd s 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 Waste 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 Workforce Planning for Specific 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 D i v i s i o n D i r e c t o r Division o f Decommission in g,

U r anium R e c ov e r y, a n d Wast e P r o g r a m s 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 B r a n c h C h i e f R e a c t o r D e c o m m i s s i o n i n g B r a n c h D i v i s i o n o f D e c o m m i s s i o n i n g, U r a n i u m R e c o v e r y, a n d Wa s t e P r o g r a m s 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 U r a n i u m R e c o v e r y M a t e r i a l s D e c om m ission in g B r a n c h Division o f Decommissioning,

U r an ium R e c ov e r y, a n d Wast e P r o g r a m s 16

Uranium Recovery Decommissioning Process Decommissioning License Termination Long-Term Care Long-Term Care Fee Determination Long-Term Surveillance Plan 17

Best Practices for Effective Decommissioning of Uranium Recovery Facilities 18

Leading the Path into the Future Uranium Price History 2000-2021 NRC Staff generated figure. Data from U.S. Energy Information Administration Domestic Uranium Production Report - Annual, dated May 2021.

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Stephanie Anderson Se n i o r He al th Phys i ci st Re g io n I V 20

Consistency in Decommissioning Inspection Programs Active Hiring Cross Qualification Reactor Decommissioning Inspector Material Decommissioning Inspector Decommissioning Inspector Knowledge Transfer 21

Risk-Informed, Performance Based Decommissioning Inspection Oversight Guidance IMC 2561 Decommissioning Power Reactor Inspection Program IMC 2602 Decommissioning Fuel Cycle, Uranium Recovery, and Materials Inspection Program IMC 2801 Uranium Recovery and 11e.(2) Byproduct Material Facility Inspection Program 22

Dan Dorman Exe cu ti ve D i re cto r fo r Op e rati o n s D e co m m iss io n in g a n d L ow - L eve l Wa ste B u sin e s s Lin e 23

Strategic Overview of Nuclear Materials Users Business Line Commission Meeting January 26, 2023 24

Dan Dorman Exe cu ti ve D i re cto r fo r Op e rati o n s N u c le a r M ate ria l s U se rs 25

Nuclear Materials Users

• Deputy Director, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Robert Lewis

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

• Intergovernmental Liaison Project Manager, State Agreement and Liaison Programs Branch, NMSS Huda Akhavannik

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

• Director, Division of Resource Management and Administration, NMSS Melissa Ralph 26

Robert Lewis D e p u ty D i re cto r Off ic e o f N u c le a r M ate ria l S afet y a n d S afe g u a rd s 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 States Tribal Nations 29

Innovations

• Investing in Technology

• Assessed Strategy for Increasing Number of Agreement States 30

Kevin Williams D i v i s i o n D i re cto r D ivisio n o f M ate ria l s S afet y, S e c u rit y, S tate, a n d Trib a l P ro g ra m s 31

Dashboards to Assist with Planning and Follow Up 32

Tracking Inspections 33

• Rulemaking for Category 3 Source Security

• NRC and Agreement States Evaluate the Capability of the Applicant/Licensee to Manage their Sources Safely and Securely

• Licensing Verification Process Assuring the Security of Radioactive Sources 34

Enhancing Tribal Nations Engagement

• SA-700 Handbook for Processing an Agreement Procedure

• Early engagement with Tribal Nations

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

• Leveraging the Tribal Radioactive Materials Transportation and Nuclear Energy Tribal Working Group 35

Huda Akhavannik I nte rgove rn m e ntal L i ai s o n Pro j e ct Man age r S tate A g re e m e nt a n d L ia iso n P ro g ra m s B ra n c h D ivisio n o f M ate ria l s S afet y, S e c u rit y, S tate, a n d Trib a l P ro g ra m s 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.

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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.

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Our Working Group Huda Akhavannik, NRC/NMSS, Co-Chair Auggie Ong, OAS/NH, Co-Chair Michelle Beardsley, NRC/NMSS, Alternate Co-Chair Duncan White, NRC/NMSS, Advisor Leira Cuadrado, NRC/NMSS, Member Keisha Cornelius, OAS/OK, Member Tracy Jue, OAS/CA, Member Zubaida Gulshan, OAS/CA, Member Brian Harris, NRC/OGC, Attorney Farrah Gaskins, NRC/RI, Member Jenni Dalzell, NRC/RIII, Member Sara Forster, NRC/RIII, Member Randy Erickson, NRC/RIV, Member Allyce Bolger, NRC/RIV, Member 40

Joseph Nick Sp e ci al A s s i stant D ivisio n o f R a d io lo g ica l S afet y a n d S e c u rit y, Re g io n I 41

Success in Hiring New Staff!

• Sharing Posting Information/Joint Job Postings

• Coordination Between Regions

& NMSS

• Advertising with HPS and other Organizations 42

Training and Knowledge Management Is a Continued Focus Area 43 NRC Sponsored Training

• Health Physics

• Medical

• Regulatory Skills

• Uranium Recovery

• Industrial/Commercial

• Decommissioning

Collaboration Across the NMP

• Sharing Expertise Across Working Groups

• Developing Methods to Share Resources for Licensing and Inspection Actions 44

Melissa Ralph D i v i s i o n D i re cto r D ivisio n o f Re so u rc e M a n a ge m e nt a n d A d m in ist rat io n 45

What is Integrated 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.

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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.

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The License Verification System

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

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The Web-Based Licensing System

• The Web-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.

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ISMP Modernization Accomplishments

• Inspection Planning (Byproduct Materials Licenses)

• Generation of Inspection Reports

• WBL to ADAMS Interface 50

ISMP Modernization Efforts In Progress

• Expanding and improving interfaces for licensees:

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

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

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52 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 Data-Driven Decision Making

Dan Dorman Exe cu ti ve D i re cto r fo r Op e rati o n s N u c le a r M ate ria l s U se rs 53

Acronyms

• BIA-Bureau of Indian Affairs

• BLM-Bureau of Land Management

• DLLW-Decommissioning and Low-Level Waste

• DOE -Department of Energy

• DOI-Department of the Interior

• DOJ-Department of Justice

• EMT-Emerging Medical Technology

• EPA-Environmental Protection Agency

• ISMP-Integrated Source Management Portfolio

• LTP-License Termination Plan

• MARSSIM-Multi-Agency Radiation Survey and Site Investigation Manual

• NMP - National Materials Program

• PSDAR-Post Shutdown Decommissioning Activities Report 54

Acronyms (Cont.)

• SWP-Strategic Workforce Planning

• WBL-Web-Based Licensing

• WIR-Waste Incidental to Reprocessing 55