NRC Update on EP Activities

Rick Kinard, EP SpecialistReactor Licensing Branch

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

FEMA Region III REP Workshop, October 5, 2017

Recent EP Decommissioning Exemptions, 2014 – 2015

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Kewaunee Power Station

Crystal River Unit 3

SONGS Units 2 and 3

Vermont Yankee

Plant Currently in EP Decommissioning Exemption

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Fort Calhoun (NRC R4/FEMA R7)• SECY-17-0080 currently with the Commission [ADAMS

Accession No. ML17116A430]o Staff Recommendation to approve EP Exemption

• Safety Evaluation Reports Under Developmento Exemption o License Amendment Request – Permanently

Defueled Emergency Plan and EAL Scheme

• License Amendment Issued – Revise Emergency Plan to address permanently defueled condition [ADAMS Accession No. ML17123A348] Pre-Exemption

Plants PotentiallyShutting Down in Near Term

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Palisades (NRC R3/FEMA R5)• Possible shut down October 1, 2018Pilgrim (NRC R1/FEMA R1) • Possible shut down June 1, 2019Three Mile Island (NRC R1/FEMA R3)• Possible shut down September 30, 2019Oyster Creek (NRC R1/FEMA R2) • Possible shut down NLT

December 31, 2019

Plants No Longer Planning to Shut down in Near Term

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Clinton (NRC R3/FEMA R5) • Withdrawn December 27, 2016

Fitzpatrick (NRC R1/FEMA R2) • Withdrawn January 4, 2017

Quad Cities (NRC R3/FEMA R5) • Withdrawn January 19, 2017

“Pre-Exemption” License Amendment Requests

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Requested reduction in E-Plan commitments, under existing regulatory requirements, based on permanent shutdown and defueled condition• Typically involves eliminating some ERO positions,

while ensuring effective response to applicable emergencies

• Review coordinated with FEMA regarding impacts on existing State/local E-Plans. Recent reviews:o Fort Calhoun, no potential adverse impacts: FEMA – 2/1/17o Oyster Creek, no potential impacts: FEMA – 5/23/17 o Palisades – forwarded to FEMA for review

• NRC approval of LAR

The EP Decommissioning Exemption Process - TMI

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Exelon expected to submit a Post-Shutdown Emergency Plan (pre-exemption) LAR• NRC will conduct a comprehensive review of proposed

changes to existing Emergency Plan• NRC will transmit a request to REP HQ (which will

forward to Region 3) for review of offsite impacts• Licensee/ORO Drill: NRC/FEMA observers• FEMA response will be incorporated into Safety

Evaluation Report

Tentative TMI Timeline

Assuming a shutdown of September 30, 2019:• Post-Shutdown Emergency Plan: early 2018• Exemption: mid 2018 (Commission approval)• License Amendment: mid 2018 (Staff approval)

NRC Actions• Staff develops SECY Paper to Commission (FEMA

offered opportunity to comment on Staff position)• Commission formally votes on Staff recommendation• SERs developed: Exemption and LAR• Approval to Licensee

ORO Study – Update The NRC seeks to better understand ORO capabilities and

practices for protective action decisions in the intermediate phase in order to inform the modeling of

consequence analysesStudy Areas• Identification of radiological hot spots• Relaxation of evacuation and relocation orders• Food condemnation or embargo• Drinking water safety• Beyond the 10-mile emergency planning zone (EPZ) • Notable observations Status• Presenting results at conferences and to users of the MACCS

consequence analysis code• Final NUREG publication late 2017/early 2018

ETE Study – Update Applied research study to examine topics associated with the modeling and simulation of evacuations and

independent verification of the NRC’s methodology for ETE development .

Study Areas• Shadow evacuation analysis• Distance of evacuation travel• Manual traffic control• Determination of variables of importanceStatus• Model development complete (small, medium, large population density

sites)• Continuing task analyses• Final NUREG/CR report late 2018

Points of Contact

Rick Kinard – EP Decommissioning Exemption ProcessEmergency Preparedness SpecialistUS Nuclear Regulatory Commission(301) 287-3768Richard.kinard@nrc.gov

Todd Smith – EP StudiesEmergency Preparedness SpecialistUS Nuclear Regulatory Commission(301) 287-3744Todd.Smith@nrc.gov

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