Document: NUREG-1555
Document ID: 724f7f82-1d60-46ea-9aab-949a05da6c1d
Document Type: esrp
Title: DECOMMISSIONING
Source: NUREG-1555
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1555/initial/
Revision Date: 2007-10
Chapter: 5
Section ID: 5.9
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ty bond, letter of credit, or line of credit. Any surety or insurance method used to provide financial assurance for decommissioning must meet specific conditions; for example, it must be payable to a trust established for decommissioning costs. Federal Government licensees are permitted to provide a statement of intent containing a cost estimate for decommissioning and indicating that funds for decommissioning will be obtained when necessary (10 CFR 50.75). NRC regulations do not require the applicant to inform the NRC of its plans for decommissioning the facility at either the construction permit or operating license stage; consequently, no definite plan for the decommissioning of the plant has been developed. require a licensee who has decided to permanently cease operations to submit written certification to the NRC within 30 days of the decision or requirement to permanently cease operations. Once the fuel has been permanently removed, the licensee must provide a certification of this event to the NRC. At this point, the 10 CFR 50 license would no longer authorize operation of the reactor or allow the replacement of the fuel into the reactor vessel . Within 2 years following permanent cessation of operations, the licensee is required to submit a post-shutdown decommissioning activities report (PSDAR), which contains a description of the licensee’s planned decommissioning activities, a schedule for the accomplishment of significant milestones, and an estimate of expected costs . The PSDAR also contains the documentation that the environmental impacts associated with the site-specific decommissioning activities have been considered in previously approved environmental impacts. If October 1999 5.9-7 NUREG-1555 the environmental impacts that are identified have not been considered in existing environmental assessments, the licensee will address the impacts in a request for a license amendment regarding the activities and must submit a supplement to the