Emergency Preparedness Rulemaking on Transition to Decommissioning and Small Modular Reactors and Other New Technologies Robert Kahler, Chief Policy and Oversight Branch Division of Preparedness and Response Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response National Radiological Emergency Preparedness Conference April 17, 2018
22
Embed
Emergency Preparedness Rulemaking on Transition to ... · • Change processes to minimize licensing actions ... –Draft guidance will accompany the proposed rule ... •Current
This document is posted to help you gain knowledge. Please leave a comment to let me know what you think about it! Share it to your friends and learn new things together.
Transcript
Emergency Preparedness Rulemaking on Transition to Decommissioning and
Small Modular Reactors and Other New Technologies
Robert Kahler, Chief
Policy and Oversight Branch
Division of Preparedness and Response
Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response
National Radiological Emergency Preparedness Conference April 17, 2018
Decommissioning Rulemaking
2 National Radiological Emergency Preparedness Conference April 17, 2018
• Current Emergency Preparedness (EP)
Regulatory Framework
• Operating Power Reactor
• 10 CFR 50.47
• 10 CFR 50.54(q), (s), and (t)
• 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix E
• Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation
(ISFSI) and Monitored retrievable (pool)
storage (MRS)
• 10 CFR 72.32
3 National Radiological Emergency Preparedness Conference April 17, 2018
• Current EP Regulatory Framework
• EP regulations for operating reactors • Do not address risk for permanently shutdown and
defueled reactors
• Exemptions from regulations provide
regulatory relief on a case-by-case basis • Requires multiple filings on the licensees docket
4 National Radiological Emergency Preparedness Conference April 17, 2018
Current and Future Sites
Ft. Calhoun
Oct 24, 2016
Indian Point
Unit 2 April 2020
Unit 3 April 2021
Palisades Spring 2022
Pilgrim May 2019
Oyster Creek Oct 2018
5 National Radiological Emergency Preparedness Conference April 17, 2018
Commission-Directed Rulemaking
• SRM SECY-14-0118 • Crystal River Exemption Request Approval
• Graded Approach to EP • Commensurate with reductions in
radiological risk
6 National Radiological Emergency Preparedness Conference April 17, 2018
Proposed Rulemaking Areas
Emergency
Preparedness Physical Security Fitness for Duty
Training Requirements
for Certified Fuel
Handlers
Current Regulatory
Approach for
Decommissioning
Application of
Backfitting Protection
Decommissioning
Trust Funds
Offsite and Onsite
Liability Protection
General Questions
(e.g., Cumulative
Effects of Regulation)
7 National Radiological Emergency Preparedness Conference April 17, 2018
EP Regulatory Documents
• RIN Number: 3150-AJ59 • www.Regulations.Gov • Docket ID NRC–2015–0070 • Appendix A – Emergency Preparedness
• ADAMS No. ML17018A040 • EP Research Study
• ADAMS No. ML16110A416 o Analysis of Mitigative Actions o Spent Fuel Decay Time o Dose Rate of Accidental Radiological Release from