Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: 05969442-49ea-4f4a-a9e2-de3a14628b5e
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Minimization of Contamination and Radioactive Waste Generation:  Life-Cycle Planning - HISTORY 07/2013 – Periodic Review of Revision 0 – No issues identified
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 4
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0805/ML080500187.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-4.21
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` U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION June 2008 REGULATORY GUIDE OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REGULATORY RESEARCH REGULATORY GUIDE 4.21 (Draft was issued as DG-4012) MINIMIZATION OF CONTAMINATION AND RADIOACTIVE WASTE GENERATION: LIFE-CYCLE PLANNING A. INTRODUCTION This guide describes a method acceptable to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for use in the implementation of Title 10, Section 20.1406, “Minimization of Contamination,” of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR 20.1406) (Ref. 1). License, approval, and certification applicants should strive to minimize contamination and radioactive waste generation over the total life cycle of a facility, from initial facility layout and design through procedures for operation and concluding with final decontamination and dismantling at the time of decommissioning. 10 CFR 20.1406 applies to applicants for licenses (other than early site permits and renewals), design certifications, approvals of standard designs, and manufacturing licenses. The regulation requires the submittal of design information and operational procedures for (1) minimizing radioactive waste generation and contamination of the facility and the environment, and (2) facilitating decommissioning. As specifically stated in 10 CFR 20.1406: (a) Applicants for licenses, other than early site permits and manufacturing licenses under part 52 of this chapter and renewals, whose applications are submitted after August 20, 1997, shall describe in the application how facility design and procedures for operation The NRC issues regulatory guides to describe and make available to the public methods that the NRC staff considers acceptable for use in implementing specific parts of the agency’s regulations, techniques that the staff uses in evaluating specific problems or postulated accidents, and data that the staff needs in reviewing applications for permits and licenses. Regulatory guides are not substitutes for regulations, and compliance with them is not