Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: 9c2e51dc-3cee-46a8-8d56-738b8eca7e2e
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Standard Format and Content for Post-Shutdown Decommissioning Activities Report (Rev. 1)
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2134/ML21347A138.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-05
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Section ID: RG-1.185
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the NRC does not have the authority to direct governmental and nongovernmental DG-1349 Revision 1, Page 15 entities (other than NRC licensees) to participate in the decommissioning of a facility, NRC regulations currently offer the public an opportunity to review licensee submittals and provide input after the licensee has submitted its PSDAR and after the licensee has submitted its LTP. Specifically, 10 CFR 50.82(a)(4)(ii) and 10 CFR 52.110(d)(2), with respect to the PSDAR, and 10 CFR 50.82(a)(9)(iii) and 10 CFR 52.110(i)(3), with respect to the LTP, require the NRC to publish a notice of receipt, make the PSDAR or LTP, as appropriate, available for public comment, schedule public meetings in the vicinity of the licensed facility to discuss the PSDAR or the LTP, and publish a notice of the meetings in the Federal Register and another forum readily accessible to individuals in the vicinity of the site. The NRC staff also routinely engages with State and local government stakeholders by participating, as requested, in meetings or through other interactions with these governmental bodies (e.g., the public utility commission, the coastal commission, environmental and radiological control boards). In addition, for many years, the NRC has recommended that licensees involved in decommissioning activities form a community committee or other advisory organization aimed at fostering communication and information exchange between the licensee and members of the community that decommissioning may affect. By actively engaging the community and obtaining local citizen views and concerns about the decommissioning process and spent fuel storage issues, licensees can better understand and consider these views, improve relations with the local citizens, and keep local communities informed of the licensee’s decommissioning activities in a timely manner. Although not an NRC regulatory requirement, many power reactor decommissioning licensees, or the applicable state or local