Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: 94d9f3d5-978d-4aea-9ba7-486ca7f8503a
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Standard Format and Content of Decommissioning Cost Estimates for Nuclear Power Reactors
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0131/ML013100099.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-1.202
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hington, DC 20555; telephone (301)415-4737 or 1-(800)397-4209; fax (301)415-3548; e-mail <PDR@NRC.GOV>. 21 9. R. I. Smith et al., “Revised Analyses of Decommissioning for the Reference Boiling Water Reactor Power Station,” NUREG/CR-6174 (Prepared for the U.S. NRC by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington), July 1996.1 10. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, “Standard Format and Content of License Termination Plans for Nuclear Power Reactors,” Regulatory Guide 1.179, January 1999.2 11. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, "Standard Review Plan for Evaluating Nuclear Power Reactor License Termination Plans,” NUREG-1700, April 2000.1 12. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Regulatory Issue Summary 2001-05, “Guidance on Submitting Documents to the NRC by Electronic Information Exchange or on CD-ROM,” January 25, 2001.3 22 Table 1. Suggested Format for Tabulating Decommissioning Costs by Period Decommissioning Option Chosen DECON or SAFSTOR Decommissioning Period Duration (Years) / Decommissioning Cost (Millions of Estimate-Year Dollars) Period 1 Planning & Preparation Period 2 Plant Deacti- vation Period 3 Safe Storage Operations Period 4 Dismantle- ment Total Period Years Period Cost Table 2. Suggested Format for Tabulating Expected Costs Estimated Decommissioning Cost (Millions of Estimate-Year Dollars) Period 1 (X.X Years) Period 2 (X.X Years) Period 3 (X.X Years) Period 4 (X.X Years) Duration (X.X Years) Decommissioning Activity Planning & Preparation Plant Deactivation Safe Storage Operations Dismantle- ment Total Cost Radioactive Component Removal Decontamination and Dismantlement Management and Support LLW Packaging LLW Shipping LLW Burial/Waste Vendor Total Cost 23 Table 3. Suggested Format for Listing Contaminated Equipment and Piping Equipment Category(a) Length of Piping in Feet or Number of Items in each Category Piping diameter > 3 inches Piping diameter  3 inches Valves > 3 inches Valves  3 inches Tanks of all sizes