Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: 151ab883-1221-4a79-88d6-a2631cce2239
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Decommissioning of Nuclear Power Reactors (Rev. 1)
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2134/ML21347A080.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-05
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Section ID: RG-1.184
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updates, if appropriate (e.g., consideration of accidents involving a newly installed gas pipeline within or near the facility). Conversely, as decommissioning progresses, the licensee may remove any design-basis accidents that are no longer possible from the FSAR or comparable document (e.g., the design basis of a facility that has transferred its spent fuel from the SFP to an ISFSI would be significantly changed; therefore, the licensee should update the FSAR to reflect this change). 8.5 Record Retention Requirements Nuclear power reactor licensees that have certified that they have ceased operations and permanently removed the fuel from the reactor vessel can eliminate records associated with SSCs that no longer serve any NRC-regulated function. This record disposal is allowed as long as appropriate change mechanisms, such as the 10 CFR 50.59 evaluation process or NRC-approved technical specification changes, are used to assess the removal of those records to determine that elimination of the records will not adversely impact public health and safety, and there are no other site-specific requirements requiring retention of certain records, such as a Commission Order. The records subject to removal are associated with SSCs that had been important to safety during power operation or operation of the SFP but can no longer cause an event, incident, or condition that would adversely impact public health and safety, as evidenced by their appropriate removal from the DG-1347 Revision 1, Page 20 licensing-basis documents. If the SSCs no longer have the potential to cause these scenarios, it is reasonable to conclude that the records associated with these SSCs would not be necessary to assist the NRC in determining compliance and noncompliance, taking action on possible noncompliance, and examining facts following an incident. Therefore, retention of such records would not serve the underlying purpose of the recordkeeping regulations. The following regulations ensure