Radioactive Waste Transportation Projects

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1 Radioactive Waste Transportation Projects Presented to: National Academies Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board February 12, 2018 Presented by: Christopher Wells Assistant Director, Nuclear Programs

2 Southern States Energy Board (SSEB) The Southern States Energy Board is a non-profit interstate compact organization created in The Board s mission is to enhance economic development and the quality of life in the South through innovations in energy and environmental programs and technologies.

3 The SSEB Region 16 U.S. States and 2 Territories Each jurisdiction represented by the governor, a legislator from the House and Senate and a governor s alternate Federal Representative appointed by U.S. President 3

4 Nuclear Energy in the South

5 Mechanisms for the Advancement of Nuclear Power Technical Initiatives

6 Mechanisms for the Advancement of Nuclear Power Legislative Initiatives Supporting Advancement of a National Repository for Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-level Radioactive Waste Encouraging Completion of a Fuel Fabrication Facility in South Carolina

7 Historic DOE shipping campaigns served as conduits for the methods currently employed by SSEB s committees to address radioactive materials, emergency response, and transportation planning issues in the South: Low Specific Activity Nitric Acid Shipments (1995) Cesium Capsule Shipping Campaign (1996)

8 Outcomes of Stakeholder Participation: Public Meetings Press Coverage Weekly Conference Calls Routing Criteria (selection, alternates, mode) Communications and Collaboration Carrier Familiarity Extra-Regulatory Protocols Emergency Preparedness and Training Formal Agreements and Funding Lessons Learned (institutional programs, building relationships, transportation chronicles)

9 Four committees address radioactive materials, emergency response, and transportation planning issues in the South: Foreign Research Reactor Spent Nuclear Fuel Transportation Working Group and Cross-Country Transportation Working Group Transuranic Waste Transportation Working Group Radioactive Materials Transportation Committee Southern Emergency Response Council

10 COMMITTEE BY-LAWS Name Purpose and Objectives Membership Officers Voting Committee Staff Other General Rules

11 Foreign Research Reactor Spent Nuclear Fuel Transportation Working Group and Cross-Country Transportation Working Group History SSEB became involved with the campaign during the Urgent-Relief Acceptance of FRRSNF in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida were participatory states. DOE s National Nuclear Security Administration is the lead federal agency for the project. Duration 23 year shipping campaign ( ) under which the United States would accept up to 19.2 metric tons of spent nuclear fuel from research reactors in 31 countries. Transportation Protocols 3-4 shipments per year, the majority entering the U.S. via the Joint Base Charleston - Naval Weapons Station / several cross-country shipments from SRS to INL / ongoing Canadian campaign to SRS Routing experiences of the committees were relayed to the National Academy of Sciences Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board and referenced in their publication entitled Going The Distance? The Safe Transport of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High- Level Radioactive Waste in the United States.

12 Highway Routes Selected for Cross-Country Shipments of FRR SNF

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14 Transuranic Waste Transportation Working Group Purpose: Work with DOE-Carlsbad Field Office to identify, prioritize, and resolve regional issues related to the transportation of transuranic waste within the region. Methodology: SSEB issues subgrants annually in the amount of $1.2 million to the states along the initial shipping corridor. This funding supports: Equipment purchases; Emergency response preparedness activities; Public outreach programs; and Other planning activities in each state.

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16 GEORGIA WIPPTREX

17 DOE-Office of Environmental Management

18 Radioactive Materials Transportation Committee Primary Focus: Planning for shipments of spent nuclear fuel from commercial nuclear power plants to a federal repository. Program History: Collaboration with DOE's Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management / Blue Ribbon Commission / DOE Office of Nuclear Energy s Nuclear Fuels Storage and Transportation Planning Project / Office of Integrated Waste Management Current Tasks and Activities: Implementation of Section 180(c) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act / Study Transportation Routes / Examine Site Infrastructure for Decommissioned Nuclear Power Plants

19 Spent Nuclear Fuel Rail/Routing Workshop Colorado Springs, Colorado August 24-25, 2017 Click to add a caption for your graphic

20 Tour of the Transportation Technology Center

21 Cask and Fuel Transportation Testing

22 Routing Exercise

23 Routing Criteria

24 Stakeholder Tool to Assess Radioactive Transportation Click to add a caption for your graphic

25 Crystal River Site Visit February 2015 Click to add a caption for your graphic

26 Canadian Campaign Road Show Rock Hill, SC Click to add a caption for your graphic

27 Southern Emergency Response Council SSEB created the Southern Emergency Response Council (SERC) in 1972 to formalize an emergency response agreement for the southern region to respond to a radiological incident. SERC is comprised of representatives from the majority of SSEB member states. The mutual aid agreement for radiological assistance is implemented through the Southern Mutual Radiation Assistance Plan (SMRAP). As the Secretariat, SSEB partakes in regional nuclear power plant exercises to invoke SMRAP.

28 Other Federal Programs

29 2018 Meeting/Activities Schedule 2018 Mississippi WIPPTREX March 22-24, 2018, in Pearl, Mississippi. National Transportation Stakeholders Forum in on June 4-7, 2018, in Omaha, Nebraska. Radioactive Materials Committee and TRU Working Group Winter Meeting December 2018, location TBD.

30 Questions?