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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, provides guidance to licensees on a fire protection program for licensees who have certified that their nuclear power plants have permanently ceased operations and that the fuel has been permanently removed from the reactor vessels. • RG 4.21, “Minimization of Contamination and Radioactive Waste Generation: Life-Cycle Planning” (Ref. 11), provides guidance to licensees on the steps they can take to minimize contamination and facilitate decommissioning using a risk-informed approach. • RG 4.22, “Decommissioning Planning during Operations” (Ref. 12), provides guidance on implementation of the Decommissioning Planning Rule (DPR). • NUREG-1713, “Standard Review Plan for Decommissioning Cost Estimates for Nuclear Power Reactors” (Ref. 13), provides information on how the NRC staff will review site-specific decommissioning cost estimates. • NUREG-1757, “Consolidated Decommissioning Guidance” (Ref. 14) o Volume 1, “Decommissioning Process for Materials Licensees,” contains guidance for decommissioning of materials facilities, o Volume 2, “Characterization, Survey, and Determination of Radiological Criteria,” provides guidance on compliance with the radiological criteria for license termination in 10 CFR Part 20, Subpart E, “Radiological Criteria for License Termination,” o Volume 3, “Financial Assurance, Recordkeeping, and Timeliness,” provides guidance on the requirements for financial assurance for decommissioning, and the recordkeeping requirements related to eventual decommissioning of material facilities. DG-1347 Revision 1, Page 4 Purpose of Regulatory Guides The NRC issues regulatory guides to describe to the public methods that the staff considers acceptable for use in implementing specific parts of the agency’s regulations, to explain techniques that the staff uses in evaluating specific problems or postulated events, and to provide guidance to applicants. Regulatory guides are not substitutes for regulations and