Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: 151ab883-1221-4a79-88d6-a2631cce2239
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Decommissioning of Nuclear Power Reactors (Rev. 1)
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2134/ML21347A080.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-05
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Section ID: RG-1.184
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ing. The PSDAR must contain a discussion whether the site-specific environmental impacts of the proposed decommissioning activities will be bounded by appropriate federally issued environmental review documents, such as (1) the final environmental statement (FES) for the plant’s construction permit or operating license (as supplemented), (2) the environmental impact statement (EIS) for a combined operating license, (3) the Decommissioning GEIS and NUREG-1496, “Generic Environmental Impact Statement in Support of Rulemaking on Radiological Criteria for License Termination of NRC-Licensed Nuclear Facilities,” issued July 1997 (Ref. 34), (4) supplemental EISs for license renewal or subsequent license renewal, (5) site-specific environmental assessments for extended power uprates or other license amendments, (6) programmatic agreements developed during consultations under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1996, as amended (NHPA) (54 United States Code (U.S.C.) 300101 et seq.) (Ref. 35), and (7) biological assessments or biological opinions issued as part of Section 7 consultations under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) (Ref. 36). The report must describe any decommissioning activities whose environmental impacts will not be so bounded and the anticipated schedule for conducting any such activities. For most resource areas, the Decommissioning GEIS provides generic conclusions about environmental impacts during decommissioning. Licensees should ensure that the predicted site-specific environmental impacts of the proposed decommissioning activities fall within the bounding estimates, descriptions, and assumptions stated in the Decommissioning GEIS or are otherwise considered in and bounded by other appropriate federally issued environmental review documents. Licensees should also provide a discussion of the reasons for the conclusions reached with respect to bounded impacts. If relying on the Decommissioning