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 Executive Director for Operations D e co m m i s s i o n i n g a n d L o w - L eve l Wa ste 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 Presenters

• Branch Chief, Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery, and 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 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 Division Director Division o f Decommission in g ,

U r a n i u m R e c o v e r y, a n d W a s t e 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 R e c o v e r y, a n d W a 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 Uranium Recover y Material s D e commission in g Bra n c h Division o f Decommissioning ,

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 16

Uranium Recovery Decommissioning Process Long-Term Decommissioning Surveillance Plan Long-Term Care Long-Term Care 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 19 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 Cross Active Hiring Qualification Reactor Material Decommissioning Decommissioning Inspector Inspector Decommissioning Knowledge Inspector Transfer 21

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

Dan Dorman Executive Director for Operations Decommissioning and Low-Level Wa ste B u s i n e s s L i n e 23

Strategic Overview 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 States

• Tribal Nations 29

Innovations

• Investing in Technology

• Assessed Strategy for Increasing Number of Agreement States 30

Kevin Williams Division Director D i v i s i o n o f M a t e r i a l s S a f e t y, S e c u r i t y, S t a t e , a n d Tr i b a l 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 Safely and Securely

• Licensing Verification Process 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 Intergovernmental Liaison Project Manager State Agreement and Liaison Programs Branch Division of Materials S a f e t y, S e c u r i t y, S t a t e , a n d Tr i b a l P r o g r a 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, 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 a n d S e c u r i t y, R e g i o 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

NRC Sponsored Training

• Health Physics

• Medical Training and

• Regulatory Skills Knowledge

• Uranium Recovery Industrial/Commercial Management Is a *

• Decommissioning Continued Focus Area 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 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

• Expanding and improving interfaces for licensees:

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

Efforts In

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

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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 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 -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