National Spent Nuclear Fuel Program Meeting

April 14, 2009

Stephen O’Connor, DirectorOffice of Packaging and Transportation

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Office of Packaging and Transportation

•Historical Perspective•Transportation Safety Benchmarking

•DOE Packaging Certification Program

•Transportation Operations Support•Outreach

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Excellent Safety Record

•Successfully completed over 81,000 shipments in the past 5 years (FY04-FY08)

•Waste types• 4,900 TRU• 62,000 LLW• 5,500 MLLW• 5,700 DUF6• 3,400 Others (e.g., SNM, SNF, HAZMAT, etc.)

•Mode• 64,900 Highway• 16,600 Rail

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Foreign Research Reactor Program

•As of August 2008, completed:

• 44 shipments • 228 casks • 8,365 total

assemblies or elements

No. of Shipments

Dest.

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Fuel Assemblies or Elements

34 SRS 196 6,947 MTR

8 INL 19 1,383 TRIGA

2 Y-12 13 35 MTR

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Transportation Safety Benchmarking

• Benchmarking on transportation recordable accidents (FMCSA criteria – 49 CFR 390.5):• (i) Fatality;• (ii) Bodily injury to a person who, as a result of the injury,

immediately receives medical treatment away from the scene of the accident; or

• (iii) Motor vehicles incurring disabling damage as a result of the accident, requiring the motor vehicle(s) to be transported away from the scene by a tow truck or other motor vehicle.

• Benchmarking with industry - American Chemistry Council (ACC).

• Average DOT recordable accident rate for partner carriers remains at about 0.5 accident per million miles driven • 0.18 average annual accidents per million miles driven for

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Applicable DOE Orders and Manuals

•DOE O 460.1B, Packaging and Transportation Safety

•DOE O 460.2A, Departmental Materials Transportation and Packaging Management

•DOE M 460.2-1A, Radioactive Material Transportation Practices Manual

•DOE O 461.1A, Packaging and Transfer or Transportation of Materials of National Security Interest

•DOE M 461.1-1, Packaging and Transfer of Materials of National Security Interest Manual

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DOE Packaging Certification Program

•More than 700 dockets (new designs and amendments) completed from FY86 to FY08

•Provide support to entire DOE complex

•Non-EM programs provide funding to EM-63 directly for support in obtaining CoCs

•RAMPAC Website• http://rampac.energy.gov

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DOE vs. NRC Certified Packages

•Shipper of Record decides which CoC to use

•Can use either DOE or NRC CoC in some cases

• NRC and EM-63 discuss to decide as to which certification is appropriate

•Examples of shipments requiring NRC CoCs • FRR shipments on land within US• DRR shipments (e.g., universities)• Source Recovery shipments by universities

or hospitals

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DOE Certificates

•Authority from DOT Regulations Title 49 CFR Part 173.7(d)

•DOE must use equivalent packaging standards to those in 10 CFR Part 71 (NRC)

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NRC Certificates

•Packaging Standards specified in 10 CFR Part 71

•Users of NRC certificates must be registered as an NRC Licensee with an approved NRC QA program

•DOE can be registered user while contractors can be shipper

•DOE contractors must have QA program in place that meets NRC requirements

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Transportation Operations Support

•Package Management Council• Forum for identification, analysis, and resolution of

packaging issues• Integration of packaging activities to ensure

coordination and maintain compliance with procurement, quality assurance and regulatory requirements

•Transportation Management Council• Forum for identification, analysis and resolution of

traffic management, transportation operations and transportation safety issues to support shipping needs

• Promotes cooperation and communication, effective resource utilization, consistent application of requirements, and standardization of traffic management, transportation operations and motor carrier safety

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Operations Support

•Motor Carrier Evaluation Program• Assists DOE/NNSA sites and their

contractors in evaluating motor carriers used to transport DOE-owned goods and materials.

• Provides tools to sites in ensuring only highly qualified carriers are used to transport goods and materials for DOE

•Transportation Safety and Operations Compliance Assurance Program

• Promotes continuous improvement in transportation operations, safety and regulatory compliance

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Outreach Activities

•Partner with Transportation Community Awareness and Emergency Response (TransCAER) to assist in emergency planning and share lessons learned with communities.

•Conduct Commodity Flow Surveys (CFS) to provide information to states and communities on the types and amounts of hazardous materials being transported through communities along a designated route.

•Share CFS data with Local Emergency Planning Committees to ensure emergency response plans are adequate to address potential transportation incidents involving hazardous materials and to identify training needs.

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Transportation Emergency Preparedness Program

• Department-wide program• Provides planning, training, and technical

assistance to promote a coordinated response to transportation incidents involving radioactive material

• Serves as a link between emergency preparedness and transportation planning

• Supports states/communities in training and conducting tabletops, drills, or full scale exercises.

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State & Tribal Outreach

• Interact with state representatives through the four regional groups of the Council of State Governments (CSG):

• Western Governors’ Association• Southern States Energy Board• CSG - Midwest• CSG - Eastern Regional Conference

• Communicate with CSG as issues arise, and to address transportation issues related to DOE’s ongoing and planned shipment of radioactive materials.

• Keep tribal staff fully informed on transportation issues and assure that their views and perspectives are considered in transportation planning.