Initial Site-Specific De-Inventory Report for Big Rock Point Report No.: RPT-3014537-002
10.0 RECOMMENDED NEXT STEPS Based on the results of this study, the following recommendations are provided to assist DOE in development of activities needed to support implementation of the de-inventory program. These recommendations are not necessarily listed in any order (priority or temporal): 1. Potential revisions of, or exemptions from, the CoC necessary to allow transportation of canisters from the BRP ISFSI using the TS125 cask include: a. The current CoC is based on the older -85 regulations and does not allow fabrication of casks. Prior to fabricating a TS125 cask for use at BRP, the CoC will need to be upgraded to comply with the current -96 regulations. b. The GTCC LLW contents loaded in one canister at BRP is not included as allowable contents in CoC 71-9276, hence a CoC revision or an exemption request is required prior to transporting this canister (refer to discussion in Section 2.3). 2. Review the use of existing transportation casks, instead of the TS125, to transport the previously loaded W74 canisters. Currently the only need for the TS125 cask is at BRP for the eight W74 canisters. This cask has not been built and will require significant licensing work to update the CoC to a “-96” approval, as well as to include the GTCC LLW as an allowable content. It may be more economical to update a license of an existing cask system to transport the W74 canisters. By using alternative transportation casks, the results from the MUA may change for this site as multiple casks may then be used to transfer the W74 canisters from the site, as opposed to the single transportation cask evaluated in this report. Furthermore, consider either repackaging the fuel from these W74 canisters into canisters similar to, or the same as, those currently utilized and supported by the industry or into storage cask systems currently utilized and supported by the industry. This will bring synergies and potential life cycle cost savings associated with: the licensing and future renewals for these systems, aging management programs with like systems, recovery activities with like systems, and disposal activities of like systems, as applicable. 3. Establish preferred route(s) from the BRP ISFSI to Class I rail line: a. Examine the viability of grounding a barge on the shoreline in front of the BRP site: i. This would require a formal marine survey to be conducted to establish viability to land an empty barge and to float off a full barge from the shoreline. ii. A survey would also be required to establish landing location with consideration of need for rolling on and rolling off a goldhofer trailer with tractor and/or utilizing a crane to transfer cask system to barge.
b. Examine the feasibility to reinstate the rail line to the BRP site: i.
This would require a formal survey to be conducted to determine the terrain, grade of the previous roadbed, and current land ownerships between BRP and the desired destination.
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Initial Site-Specific De-Inventory Report for Big Rock Point May 10, 2017
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