1. SONGS Past, Current, and Future State May 4, 2016
Kelli A. Gallion
Manager, SONGS Emergency Planning and Preparedness

2. Decommissioning Principles: Safety Stewardship Engagement
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3. Past: Events that led to SONGS Decommissioning
April 2010:
Unit 2 (U2) Replacement Steam Generators (RSGs) are placed in service
February 2011:
Unit 3 (U3) Replacement Steam Generators (RSGs) are placed in service
January 2012:
U2 in Outage; U3 rapidly shutdown due to a coolant leak in RSG
January-August 2012:
Mitsubishi develops plan to safely return to 100% power
August June 2013:
Mitsubishi repair plans do not meet SCE requirements
June 7, 2013:
SCE announces decision to retire Units
2 & 3

4. NRC: Three Phases of Decommissioning

6. Current: Permanently Defueled Emergency Plan (PDEP)
Determine remaining credible events (Reactor Core offloaded)
NRC approved exemptions from portions of Emergency Planning regulations (10CFR50.47 and Appendix E)
Offsite Emergency Response Planning
Comprehensive (“All Hazards”) Plan
Onsite Emergency Planning
Emergency Action Levels (EALs)
Emergency Classification Levels- Unusual Event and Alert
Notifications
Facilities
Emergency Response Organization (ERO)
Operators
Radiation Protection
Security
Drills and Exercises

7. Future: ISFSI Pad Expansion
ISFSI= Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation

8. Future: ISFSI Only Emergency Plan (IOEP)
SCE performs accident analysis- 4Q16
SCE Submits IOEP to NRC- 4Q16
Begin Spent Fuel transfer from wet to dry storage- 4Q17
NRC Approves IOEP- 2Q18
Complete Spent Fuel transfer from wet to dry storage- 3Q19
SCE implements IOEP when all fuel is in dry storage
Emergency Plan associated with spent fuel storage (ISFSI)
Required until all fuel is offsite
ISFSI Only EALs
Unusual Event and Alert
ISFSI Tech Spec limits
Security
Emergency Response Organization (ERO)
Notification to selected Offsite agencies
Exercises

9. Decommissioning Principles: Safety Stewardship Engagement
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