Decommissioning and Low-Level Waste

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The major activities in the Decommissioning and Low-Level Waste Business Line include the following: Support licensing and oversight for 19 power reactors in various stages of decommissioning. The expected workload includes License Termination Plans, Decommissioning Plans, and/or Final Status Survey Reviews to support License Termination Reviews: Crystal River Unit 3 Nuclear Generating Plant; General Electric Test Reactor; Empire State Atomic Development Associates Vallecitos; Experimental Superheat Reactor; N.S. Savannah; Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station; Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station; Ft. Calhoun Station; and Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station. Resources also support the licensing and oversight for 3 NPUFs (Aerotest, GE-Hitachi Nuclear Test Reactor, and General Electric Research and Test Reactor) undergoing decommissioning ($5,732K, 21 FTE). Support licensing and oversight of 5 private uranium mill sites undergoing decommissioning, 22 decommissioned Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act (UMTRCA) Title I processing sites and uranium mill disposal facilities, and 8 decommissioned UMTRCA Title II sites that are under long-term care and maintenance by the DOE. For FY 2027, the expected workload includes revised groundwater compliance action plans (GCAP) for Shiprock and Riverton, both on Tribal Lands, and a GCAP and completion report for the Moab site in addition to other work at DOE sites. Resources support licensing actions for the Crow Butte in situ recovery (ISR) site (in standby), including a license renewal and wellfield restoration completion reports review, with a request for alternate concentration limits, and license renewals for NuFuels and Dewey Burdock ISR sites that have not been constructed or operated. These resources also support activities for potential hearings associated with license renewals if requested and granted ($1,926K, 9 FTE). Support licensing and oversight for nine complex materials sites undergoing decommissioning, including active decommissioning at West Valley Demonstration Project, Cimarron, BWXT Shallow Land Disposal Area, and Fansteel Metals, Inc. ($941K, 4 FTE). Support the coordination of the National Low-Level Waste Program, including development of guidance, assistance to the Integrated Materials Performance Evaluation Program, requests under Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Section 20.2002, "Method for obtaining approval of proposed disposal procedures"; and support to the Agreement States ($742K, 3 FTE). Support Waste Incidental to Reprocessing activities, including monitoring the DOE Savannah River Site and Idaho National Laboratory ($702K, 3 FTE). Support rulemaking activities, including those associated with the NRC's wholesale review and revision of regulations and guidance documents to implement Executive Order 14300, "Ordering the Reform of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission;"," dated May 23, 2025; and development and maintenance of regulatory analysis guidance and rulemaking infrastructure ($722K, 3 FTE). Support research activities related to the implementation of subsurface characterization tools, surveys using autonomous vehicles, assessment of cover and long-term groundwater performance and updating of codes and models related to Decommissioning and Low-Level Waste sites ($654K, 1 FTE). 11 The list of activities described in the "Major Activities" section of each business line chapter in the FY 2027 budget request represents a subset of activities in the business line budget request. Resource amounts in parentheses will not add to the total resources for the business line. FY 2027 Congressional Budget Justification | 43 DECOMMISSIONING AND LOW-LEVEL WASTE Support agency-provided and external training in radiation sciences and security; maintain a highly qualified workforce through recruitment and staffing of entry-level positions to support the agency's Strategic Workforce Planning

Extracted from NRC, p. 12. Verbatim; nothing here is paraphrased.

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