Ford Nuclear Reactor Revision: 01 Date: 05 Jan 2006 Decommissioning Plan Choose One (X) University of Michigan Decommissioning Plan for the Ford Nuclear Reactor Rev. Effective Date Revision Description Change Minor Change Implemented 50.59 License Amendment 00 23 June 2004 Original Issue X 01 05 January 2006 Clarified the decommissioning cost estimate includes X cost of final status survey. Added legend to organizational chart. Updated list of potential radionuclides to identify activation as source for europiums, Added specific reference to 10CFR19.12 to general employee training, Provided more detail on the generation of the dose estimate including addressing internal dose, individual maximums, and specifically state no radionuclides with high specific internal doses potentials, Clarified release of fines, sand, silts, etc., Amplified that this is a license amendment and that accidents from decommissioning and are bounded by operational accidents already in licensing basis, Changed Technical Specifications change requese to Section 6 through out to be consistent with the current Technical Specifications, Claified the Reactor Manager had approval authority for the QA and performance elements of the Final Status Survey not specifically promulgated to the review committee, and other minor wording, spelling, and grammatical corrections. Ford Nuclear Reactor Revision: 01 Decommissioning Plan Date: DRAFT This page intentionally blank 1 Ford Nuclear Reactor Revision: 01 Decommissioning Plan Date: DRAFT Table of Contents 1.0 Summary of Plan................................................................................................................ 1-1 1.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................ 1-1 1.1.1 Overview ................................................................................................. 1-1 1.1.2 Decommissioning Plan Synopsis ......................................................... 1-1 1.2 Background............................................................................................................. 1-5 1.2.1 General..................................................................................................... 1-5 1.2.2 Phoenix Memorial Laboratory ............................................................. 1-5 1.2.3 Ford Nuclear Reactor (Figures 1-8 through 1-12) ............................ 1-11 1.2.4 Reactor Pool .......................................................................................... 1-18 1.2.5 Pneumatic Tube System ...................................................................... 1-22 1.2.6 Cooling System..................................................................................... 1-22 1.2.7 Emergency Makeup Water ................................................................. 1-23 1.2.8 Storage Ports ......................................................................................... 1-23 1.2.9 Building Crane...................................................................................... 1-23 1.2.10 Fire Alarm and Protection Systems ................................................... 1-23 1.2.11 Foundation Drain Tile ......................................................................... 1-24 1.3 Reactor Decommissioning Overview................................................................ 1-24 1.3.1 Decommissioning Alternative............................................................ 1-24 1.3.2 Estimated Cost...................................................................................... 1-26 1.3.3 Availability of Funds ........................................................................... 1-26 1.3.4 Program Quality Assurance ............................................................... 1-26 2.0 Decommissioning Activities............................................................................................ 2-1 2.1 Facility Radiological Status................................................................................... 2-1 2.1.1 Facility Operating History .................................................................... 2-1 2.1.2 Current Radiological Status of the Facility......................................... 2-8 2.1.3 Radionuclides ....................................................................................... 2-13 2.1.4 Cleanup or Decontamination Already Completed ......................... 2-14 2.1.5 Remediation Criteria............................................................................ 2-16 2.2 Decommissioning Tasks ..................................................................................... 2-21 2.2.1 Decommissioning Preparation ........................................................... 2-21 2.2.2 Dismantling and Decontaminating ................................................... 2-21 2.3 Schedule ................................................................................................................ 2-27 2.4 Decommissioning Organization and Responsibilities.................................... 2-29 2.4.1 Director of Occupational Safety and Environmental Health ......... 2-29 2.4.2 Nuclear Reactor Laboratory Manager............................................... 2-31 2.4.3 Radiation Safety Officer ...................................................................... 2-32 2.4.4 Prime Contractor .................................................................................. 2-33 2.4.5 Review Committee............................................................................... 2-35 2.5 Training Program................................................................................................. 2-38 2.6 Decontamination and Decommissioning Documents and Guides............... 2-40 3.0 Protection of the Health and Safety of Radiation Workers and the Public............ 3-1 3.1 Radiation Protection .............................................................................................. 3-1 3.1.1 Ensuring ALARA Radiation Exposures for Decommissioning Activities 3-1 3.1.2 Health Physics Program........................................................................ 3-4 3.1.3 Control of Radioactive Materials ....................................................... 3-10 3.1.4 Dose Estimates...................................................................................... 3-12 2 Ford Nuclear Reactor Revision: 01 Decommissioning Plan Date: DRAFT 3.2 Radioactive Waste Management ....................................................................... 3-14 3.2.1 Fuel Removal ........................................................................................ 3-16 3.2.2 Radioactive Waste Processing ............................................................ 3-16 3.2.3 Low-Level Liquid Radioactive Waste Disposal............................... 3-16 3.2.4 Solid Radioactive Waste Disposal...................................................... 3-18 3.2.5 Method of Estimating Types, Amounts and Radionuclide Concentrations of Radioactive Waste Generated During Decommissioning3-20 3.3 General Industry Safety Program...................................................................... 3-21 3.4 Radiological Accident Analyses ........................................................................ 3-21 3.4.1 Fire.......................................................................................................... 3-22 3.4.2 Pool leak ................................................................................................ 3-24 3.4.3 Tritium-Loaded Heavy Water Spill ................................................... 3-24 4.0 Proposed Final Status Survey Plan................................................................................. 4-1 4.1 General Survey Approach .................................................................................... 4-1 4.2 Final Status Survey Quality Assurance Program.............................................. 4-1 4.2.1 General..................................................................................................... 4-1 4.2.2 Organization ........................................................................................... 4-2 4.2.3 Written Quality Assurance Program................................................... 4-2 4.2.4 Training.................................................................................................... 4-2 4.2.5 Quality Assurance Records................................................................... 4-3 4.2.6 Control of Measuring Equipment........................................................ 4-3 4.2.7 Audits and Corrective Actions............................................................. 4-5 4.3 Isolation following Remediation ......................................................................... 4-5 4.3.1 Isolation Criteria..................................................................................... 4-5 4.3.2 Transfer of Control................................................................................. 4-6 4.3.3 Isolation and Control Measures ........................................................... 4-6 4.4 Data Quality Objectives ........................................................................................ 4-6 4.5 Classifications of Areas by Contamination Potential ....................................... 4-7 4.6 Identification of Survey Units .............................................................................. 4-8 4.7 Demonstrating Compliance