1. Decommissioning Issues
Paulette Comeau
NextEra Energy Inc.
July 13, 2015

2. Decontamination Decommissioning and Remediation Overview
Pete Leombruni
Director of Technology and Project Integration, Westinghouse electric Company
July 13, 2015

3. U.S. Nuclear Power Plant Decommissioning
Andy Kelsey, P.E.
Vice President, Bechtel Environmental, Inc.
July 14, 2015

4. Lifecycle of a Nuclear Power Plant
Construction
Operation
Decommissioning

5. Lifecycle of a Nuclear Power Plant

6. Lifecycle of a Nuclear Power Plant

7. Lifecycle of a Nuclear Power Plant

8. Lifecycle of a Nuclear Power Plant

9. Lifecycle of a Nuclear Power Plant

10. Lifecycle of a Nuclear Power Plant

11. Lifecycle of a Nuclear Power Plant

12. Why Shut Down / Decommission?
End of life
40 years or 60 years with license extension
Economics
Politics
A plant event!

13. NRC Requirements
10CFR20 Subpart E – Radiological criteria for license termination
10CFR50.75 – Reporting and record keeping for decommissioning planning
10CFR50.82 – Termination of license
10CFR51.53 – Postconstruction environmental reports
10CFR – Requirements to consider final EIS

14. NRC Requirements Permanently cease operations
Certify within 30 days
60-year clock
Post-shutdown Decommissioning Activities Report (PSDAR)
Within 2 years of ceasing operations
Describes activities and schedule

15. NRC Requirements Decommissioning Cost Estimate (DCE)
Within 2 years of PSDAR
Allows full use of Nuclear Decommissioning Trust (NDT) funds
License Termination Plan (LTP)
2 years in advance of license termination date
Specifies final radiation survey and end use

16. Decommissioning Funding
Nuclear Decommissioning Trust (NDT) funds
Collected from ratepayers during operation
Invested
NRC oversight
Funds through License Termination

17. Decommissioning Funding
$ in millions
$ in billions
$2500
$2000
$1500
$1000
$500 $0
$90
$80
$70
$60
$50
$40
$30
$20
$10 $0

18. Decommissioning Approach
Described in PSDAR
DECON
SAFSTOR
ENTOMB
What about the fuel?
Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI)
ISFSI Only

19. Decommissioning Approach
How to decide?
Funding
Multi-unit site
Community and stakeholders
Endpoint
License terminated
25 mrem/year
Or is it?

20. Decommissioning Status
Trojan
Humboldt Bay 3
Rancho Seco
Vallecitos
San Onofre 1
San Onofre 2 & 3
Pathfinder
Fort St. Vrain
(DOE License)
ISFI (Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation)
License Terminated
Decommissioning Completed
Crystal River 3
Dresden 1
Zion 1 & 2
Kewaunee
LaCrosse
Big Rock Point
Vermont Yankee
Maine Yankee
Haddam Neck
Millstone 1
Shoreham
Peach Bottom 1
N.S. Savannah
(Baltimore Harbor)
Saxton
Fermi 1
Three Mile Island 2
Indian Point 1
Yankee Rowe
DECON
SAFSTOR
Power Reactors Decommissioning Status
U.S. NRC data, May, 2015

21. The Decommissioning Difference
Nuclear, but no longer nuclear power plant
Upon shutdown, no longer a power plant
Not even “nuclear” once the fuel is out
Project, but not a construction project
It is radioactive
It is waste
It is as-built, as-is

22. The Decommissioning Difference

23. The Decommissioning Difference

24. Decommissioning Mindset
Safety – it is different
Project, not operations
Waste, not a nuclear power plant
A characterization problem, not a design problem
Look to reduce requirements
Keep the end state in mind

25. Learn More NRC MARSSIM SONGS Zion
MARSSIM
SONGS
Zion

26. U.S. Nuclear Power Plant Decommissioning
John Sauger.
Executive Vice President, Energy Solution.
July 14, 2015