Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: 9c2e51dc-3cee-46a8-8d56-738b8eca7e2e
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Standard Format and Content for Post-Shutdown Decommissioning Activities Report (Rev. 1)
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2134/ML21347A138.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-05
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Section ID: RG-1.185
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issioning process. 6. Factors that Could Cause the NRC to Find the PSDAR Deficient A number of factors could cause the NRC to find the PSDAR deficient. These factors are directly related to the topics required to be included in the PSDAR, in accordance with 10 CFR 50.82 and 10 CFR 52.110, as discussed above. The NRC could find the PSDAR deficient under one or more of the following circumstances: a. The licensee could not complete its plan for decommissioning as described (e.g., if the plan called for immediate decontamination and dismantlement of the facility but no waste disposal facilities were available for use by the facility at that time). b. The schedule includes a decommissioning process that the licensee could not complete within 60 years of the permanent cessation of operations as required by 10 CFR 50.82(a)(3), unless the NRC approves decommissioning beyond 60 years when necessary to protect public health and safety. The NRC would consider such actions on a case-by-case basis. c. The licensee’s decommissioning plans, as presented in the PSDAR, include a decommissioning process that could not be completed for the estimated cost using the generic guidelines in the Decommissioning GEIS and previous site-specific decommissioning cost estimates, or that could not be completed if the estimated costs were less than the minimum amount in 10 CFR 50.75(c). d. The PSDAR includes activities that would endanger public health and safety by proposing activities that do not comply with the NRC’s regulations. e. The PSDAR does not provide an adequate basis for whether the environmental impacts associated with site-specific decommissioning activities will be bounded by appropriate federally issued environmental review documents or does not include a description of any decommissioning activities whose environmental impacts will not be so bounded and will be evaluated prior to the performance of the activities. f. The licensee fails to state how it intends to comply with