Notice of Public Meeting to Solicit Stakeholder Input on the Use of Risk Information in the Nuclear Materials and Waste Regulatory Process: Case Study on the TMI-2 Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation Seismic Exemption

Résumé

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC's) Office of Nuclear Materials Safety and Safeguards is developing criteria for determining when risk information should be used in the regulation of nuclear materials and waste. As part of this effort, the NRC staff is conducting case studies on a spectrum of activities in the nuclear materials and waste arenas, including independent spent fuel storage installations (ISFSIs). The purpose of the case studies is (1) to illustrate what has been done and what could be done in the materials and waste arenas to alter the regulatory approach in a risk-informed manner and (2) to establish a framework for using a risk-informed approach in the materials and waste arenas by testing a set of draft screening criteria, and determining the feasibility of safety goals. NRC staff is in the initial phase of its case study on ISFSIs. Specifically, this case study is focusing on the exemption to the seismological requirements in 10 CFR 72.102(f)(1) for the Three Mile Island Unit 2 (TMI-2) ISFSI, which is located at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory in Eastern Idaho. The purpose of this meeting is to: (1) communicate to stakeholders th