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Protecting People and the Environment

Briefing. on NMSS Programs,

Performance, and Plans

March 8, 2007

Jack Strosnider, Director

Nuclear Material Safety & Safeguards
Key Messages

* The NMSS mission spans breadth

of nuclear power cycle

* NMSS is reorganized to improve

focus on fuel cycle safety

* NMSS is preparing to meet, future

challenges as nuclear power

evolves

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Briefing on FCSS Programs,

Performance, and Plans

March 8, 2007

Robert Pierson, Director

Fuel Cycle Safety & Safeguards
Key Messages

Fuel Cycle Facilities

" Staff continues efficient reviews

of license applications

* Amount and timing of work is

uncertain

* New and different technologies

require new and different staff

knowledge, skills, and experience

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Program Accomplishments

Fuel Cycle Facilities

* Issued license for LES National

Enrichment Facility

" Issued SER and Final EIS for USEC

American Centrifuge Plant

• Accepted LA and Integrated Safety Analysis Summary for Mixed-Oxide

Fuel Fabrication Facility

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Program Accomplishments

Fuel Cycle Facilities

" Approved Areva-Lynchburg and

BWXT ISA Summaries

" Held first Fuel Cycle Information

Exchange

* Completed .downblending

verification with IAEA

" Negotiated ADR with fuel cycle

licensee in joint effort with R-II

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Program Accomplishments

Fuel Cycle Facilities

MC&A Rulemaking Activities:

Completed technical bases for

changes to Part 74- Additional

requirements for:

*SNM facilities

* Potential geologic repository

surface buildings

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Future Challenges

Fuel Cycle Facilities

" Reprocessing/Recycling

Technologies - GNEP

* Advanced Enrichment

Technologies - SILEX

* Mixed-Oxide Fuel Fabrication

* Uranium Conversion/Deconversion

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Future Challenges

Fuel Cycle Facilities

" New Facilities Safety and

Safeguards, Licensing, and

Inspection

* IAEA Safeguards

- At new facilities

Immplementation of Additional

Protocol

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Strategies for Success

Fuel Cycle Facilities

* Risk Inform Process

* Develop/Maintain Expertise

* Increase Resources

* Develop New Regulations and

Guidance

* Increase Staff Flexibility

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Commission Decisions

Fuel Cycle Facilities

* Commission Papers (FY 2007)

- GNEP - pace and scope of

development of regulatory

framework

- Conversion/Deconversion

facilities - NRC licensing, Part 40

rulemaking

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Commission Decisions

Fuel Cycle Facilities

MC&A Rulemakings

- Part 74 changes

e SNM facilities - FY 2009 final

rule

* Buildings at potential geologic

repository - FY 2008 final rule

- Enhanced requirements for

NMMSS data collection - FY 2008

final rule

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Briefing on SFST Programs.,

Performance, and Plans

March 8, 2007

E. William Brach, Director

Spent Fuel Storage and Transportation
Key Messages

Spent Fuel Storage & Transportation

* Significant growth in storage

facilities

" High stakeholder interest

" Evolving national strategy on

spent fuel management

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Program Accomplishments

Spent Fuel Storage & Transportation

" Private Fuel Storage license

* Casework timeliness and budget

metrics

W Technical support for storage

risk assessment

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Program Accomplishments

Spent Fuel Storage & Transportation

* Transportation tunnel fire studies

* Leadership in international arena

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Future Challenges

Spent Fuel Storage & Transportation

* Increasing casework demands

and complexity

" Maintaining staff expertise

* Uncertainties in national spent

fuel management

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Strategies for Success

Spent Fuel Storage & Transportation

" Aggressively recruit, develop, and

maintain staff expertise

" Enhance regulatory framework

* Integrate transport, aging and

disposal canister reviews

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Commission Decisions

Spent Fuel Storage & Transportation

" Moderator exclusion for spent

fuel transportation

" Storage certificate terms and

regulations

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Briefing on HLWRS Programs,

Performance, and Plans

March 8, 2007

Lawrence E. Kokajko, Director

High-Level Waste Repository Safety
Key Messages

High-Level Waste Repository Safety

" Staff maintains readiness to

review proposed Yucca Mountain

License Application

" The staff will continue its prelicensing interactions with DOE

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_Key Messages

High-Level Waste Repository Safety

* Staff review will be risk-informed

and performance-based

* The NRC has maintained its

openness policy, LSN collection,

and dedicated hearing facility in

Las Vegas

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Program Accomplishments

High-Level Waste Repository Safety

" Held public Technical Exchanges

with DOE

* Prepared Interim Staff Guidance

in several topical areas

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Program Accomplishments

High-Level Waste Repository Safety

* Worked with CNWRA to revise and

update NRC's Total-System

Performance Assessment code

* Observed DOE Quality Assurance

audits with Region IV and CNWRA

* Developed Knowledge Management

and Transfer system

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Future Challenges

HiqghLevel Waste Repository Safety

" Finalize revisions to Part 63 and

guidance

" Position resources necessary to

complete LA review and make all

necessary decisions in allotted time

" Maintain our excellent record in

LSN administration & certification

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Strategies for Success

High-Level Waste Repository Safety

" Continue to interact with DOE on

key topical areas in pre-licensing

* Coordinate reviews of TAD with

SFST

* Augment, train, and certify NRC

staff

" Maintain core competencies at

CNWRA

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Strategies for Success

High-Level Waste Repository Safety

* Continue public outreach

activities

" Maintain neutrality and

independence in what continues

to be a highly contentious debate

about Yucca Mountain

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Commission Decisions

High-Level Waste Repository Safety

* Final Rule: Revisions to Part 63

* Security Rulemaking for GROA

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

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Briefing on NMSS Program

Budgeting, Planning, and

Analysis

March 8, 2007

Mark Flynn, Director

Program Budgeting, Planning, and

Analysis Division
Key Messages

Program Budgeting, Planning, and

Analysis

* Manage NMSS Business

Activities through reorganization,

budget uncertainties, and move

to Executive Boulevard

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Program Accomplishments

Program Budgeting, Planning, and

Analysis

* NMSS Reorganization

" Management of NMSS

Resources

" Human Capital Management

" Knowledge Management

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Future Challenges

Program Budgeting, Planning, and

Analysis

" High Quality Resource

Management/Support

* Move to Executive Boulevard

" Staffing

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Strategies for Success

Program Budgeting, Planning, and

Analysis

* Identify/Implement Process

Improvements

* Utilize Shared Resources

* Collaborate with NRC Offices

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Protecting People and the Environment

Briefing on NMSS Programs,

Performance, and Plans

March 8, 2007

Jack Strosnider, Director

Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards
Organizational Capacity

Model

" Aspirations

" Strategies

• Organizational skills

" Human resources

* Systems and infrastructure

* Organizational structure

* Culture

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ABBREVIATIONS

ADR - alternative dispute resolution

BWXT - BWX Technologies

CNWRA - Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analysis

DOE - U.S. Department of Energy

EIS - Environmental Impact Statement

FCSS - Division of Fuel Cycle Safety & Safeguards

FSME- Office of Federal and Sate Materials and Environmental Management Programs

FY - Fiscal year

GNEP - Global Nuclear Energy Partnership

GROA - Geologic Repository Operations Area

HLW - High-Level Waste

HLWRS - Division of High-Level Waste Repository Safety

IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency

ISA - Integrated Safety Analysis

LA - License Application

LES - Louisiana Energy Services

LSN - Licensing Support Network

MC&A - Material control & accounting

MFFF - Mixed-oxide fuel fabrication

NMMSS - National Nuclear Materials Management and Safeguards System

NMSS - Office of Nuclear Material Safety & Safeguards

NRC - U,S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

PCSA - Pre-closure safety assessment (for Division-of High-Level Repository Safety)

SER - Safety Evaluation Report

SFST - Division of Spent Fuel Storage & Transportation

SILEX - Separation of isotopes by laser excitation

SNM - Special nuclear material

TAD - Transportation, Aging, and Disposal canister