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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for safeguarding decommissioning funds. • 10 CFR 50.82 “Termination of license,” describes the actions that production and utilization facility licensees must take to apply for termination of a license. It includes provisions for spending decommissioning funds collected under 10 CFR 50.75 and requires a site specific projected cost of managing irradiated fuel associated with the facility. 10 CFR 52.110 “Termination of license,” contains similar requirements for nuclear power reactors licensed under 10 CFR Part 52. • Appendix A to 10 CFR Part 30 “Criteria Relating to Use of Financial Tests and Parent Company Guarantees for Providing Reasonable Assurance of Funds for Decommissioning,” establishes criteria for byproduct material applicants or licensees to pass the financial test for decommissioning funds and for obtaining parent company guarantees. Related Guidance • NUREG-1307, “Report on Waste Burial Charges: Changes in Decommissioning Waste Disposal Costs at Low-level Waste Burial Facilities” (Ref. 3), provides information that can be used in cost estimates for low-level radioactive waste disposal. • NUREG-1713, “Standard Review Plan for Decommissioning Cost Estimates for Nuclear Power Reactors” (Ref. 4), provides guidance to the NRC staff for reviewing decommissioning cost estimates for nuclear power reactors. • NUREG/CR-1756, “Technology, Safety, and Costs of Decommissioning Reference Nuclear Research and Test Reactors” (Ref. 5), provides a methodology that can be applied to estimating decommissioning costs of nuclear research and test reactors. • Regulatory Guide 1.202, “Standard Format and Content of Decommissioning Cost Estimates for Nuclear Power Reactors” (Ref. 6), provides applicants a standard format and content that can be used in submittals of decommissioning cost estimates for nuclear power reactors. • NUREG-1537, Parts 1 and 2, “Guidelines for Preparing and Reviewing Applications for the Licensing of