Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: 8ebf2253-f3d2-4bcd-ac80-7cbf6ab8d420
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Assuring the Availability of Funds for Decommissioning Nuclear Reactors + HISTORY –HISTORY 02/2022 – DG-1348 Revision 1, Proposed Revision 3 06/2018 – DG-1348 , Proposed Revision 3 11/2016 – Periodic Review of Revision 2 – Reviewed with no issues identified 01/2011 – DG-1229 , Proposed Revision 2 05/2001 – DG-1106 , Proposed Revision 1 05/1989 – DG-1003 , Proposed Revision 0 (Rev. 1)
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2134/ML21347A081.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-05
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Section ID: RG-1.159
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tended period) on the cost estimate should be determined. This could include reasonably determined recent developments in decontamination, waste processing and disposal, or cutting equipment and other technology; updated information about the facility conditions, such as larger levels of contamination than anticipated; updated waste disposal conditions; updated residual radioactivity limits; and experience gained from the actual decommissioning of similar facilities. 1.4.3 Frequency of Adjustment Adjustment to the certification amount and site-specific decommissioning cost estimates should be made at least once a year for the effects described in Regulatory Position C.1.4.1. Adjustment to site- specific decommissioning cost estimates for the effects described in Regulatory Position C.1.4.2 should be made according to the amount of change experienced, as appropriate, but in no event, less than once every 5 years. Regulatory Position C.2.1.5 addresses adjustments to funding levels to account for adjustments to the certification amount or site-specific decommissioning cost estimates. 2. Methods of Financial Assurance Methods to provide reasonable financial assurance for funds to decommission are in 10 CFR 50.75. The following sections provide specific guidance to licensees for complying with the various methods specified in 10 CFR 50.75. 2.1 Guidance Applicable to All Methods of Financial Assurance 2.1.1 If more than one licensee owns a facility, the method should provide a clear indication of the funding provisions made by each licensee or agent acting for a licensee. Multiple licensees may, at their discretion, pool decommissioning funds for a jointly-owned facility or facilities, as long as the contribution of each licensee and each facility is separately identifiable within the methods being used. Decommissioning funding plans may be submitted either jointly or separately by co- licensees. However, each licensee should ensure the accuracy of its share of the total