Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: d812c779-c17b-4eb3-9d66-b532cd68bd03
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Decommissioning Planning During Operations + HISTORY - HISTORY 12/2011 – DG-4014 , Proposed New Guide
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 4
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1115/ML111590642.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-4.22
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EXPLANATION OF RISK-INFORMED APPROACH TO DETERMINING ACTIONS TO COMPLY WITH THE DECOMMISSIONING PLANNING RULE Appendix A-1 to DG-4014, Page A-1-1 APPENDIX A-1 DISCUSSION OF FIGURES 1–3 This appendix discusses the individual pieces of Figures 1 through 3 in the guidance on implementing the Decommissioning Planning Rule (DPR). It does not present any regulatory information. This appendix only provides additional information on the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff’s intentions in developing the risk-informed approach to implementing the DPR. Appendix A-1 to DG-4014, Page A-1-2 Discussion of Figure 1. Does the DPR affect me? The first step in the process is for each licensee to determine if it needs to take any action because of the changes to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), sections 20.1406, “Minimization of Contamination,” and 20.1501, “General.” The first action that any licensee would have to perform would be a comprehensive review of its existing monitoring and surveillance plans. The first question to ask in making this determination is whether or not the current license is a uranium recovery license under 10 CFR Part 40, “Domestic Licensing of Source Material,” Appendix A, “Criteria Relating to the Operation of Uranium Mills and the Disposition of Tailings or Wastes Produced by the Extraction or Concentration of Source Material from Ores Processed Primarily for Their Source Material Content.” If the answer is no, further actions are necessary because these licensees are specifically exempt from the requirements of the DPR under 10 CFR 20.1401(a). The second question is whether or not the licensee is a power plant licensed under 10 CFR Part 50, “Domestic Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities.” If so, the NRC has determined that the monitoring and surveillance activities that Part 50 licensees are conducting as part of existing as low as is reasonably achievable (ALARA) and radiological and