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NRC’s LLW Regulatory Program: Update of Emerging Issues

This document provides an update on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Low-Level Radioactive Waste (LLW) Program, including discussions on programmatic assessment, ongoing Part 61 rulemaking, and the Low-Activity Waste Scoping Study. It also addresses topics such as uniform waste manifesting, international LLW programs, waste incidental to reprocessing, and financial assurance for radioactive byproduct material.

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NRC’s LLW Regulatory Program: Update of Emerging Issues

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  1. NRC’s LLW Regulatory Program: Update of Emerging Issues November 7, 2016 LLW Forum Meeting Saratoga Springs, New York Andrea Kock, Deputy Director Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery and Waste Programs (DUWP) Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards (NMSS)

  2. Objective • To discuss the NRC’s Low-Level Radioactive Waste (LLW) Program with a focus on: • Programmatic Assessment completed by the NRC staff • Ongoing Part 61 Rulemaking • Low-Activity Waste Scoping Study

  3. Overview Uniform Waste Manifest Next Part 61 Rulemaking?? Part 61 Rulemaking Programmatic Assessment International LLW Program CA BTP Implementation Low-Activity Waste Waste Incidental to Reprocessing (WIR) Financial Assurance for Radioactive Byproduct Material GTCC and Transuranic Waste

  4. Programmatic Assessment

  5. LLW Programmatic Assessment Q: Why are we doing this assessment? A: To address the constantly evolving nature of LLW issues.

  6. Status • Draft list of 14 tasks was published in the Federal Register on March 13, 2015 • Comment period expired on April 13, 2015 • Staff evaluated comments received • Results of staff’s assessment have been presented to the Commission in an information SECY paper

  7. Programmatic Assessment Results

  8. 10 CFR Part 61 Rulemaking

  9. Status • Proposed Rule and Associated Draft Guidance Issued Final Rule to Commission • Commission Approved Proposed Rule SECY-16-0106: ML16188A290

  10. Major Changes in the Proposed Final Rule • Analyses Timeframe • Defense-in-Depth • Intruder scenarios • Compatibility • Grandfathering • Move some details to guidance

  11. Low-Activity Waste (LAW)

  12. LAW Scoping Study Considerations • Divergent stakeholder comments • The need for an enhanced and more consistent approach for regulating LAW • Coordination with other agencies • Long-term LAW disposal actions • The impact of LAW disposal following a radiological dispersal device (RDD) event • Lessons learned from regulatory precedents • LAW disposal in other countries

  13. LAW Scoping Study Possible Results • Rulemaking • Additional guidance documents • More coordination with other agencies • Further analysis needed • No action

  14. Questions?

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