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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• RG 1.159, “Assuring the Availability of Funds for Decommissioning Nuclear Reactors” (Ref. 9), provides guidance on estimating the amount of funds for decommissioning and methods acceptable for demonstrating financial assurance. • RG 4.21, “Minimization of Contamination and Radioactive Waste Generation: Life Cycle Planning” (Ref. 10), provides guidance to licensees on the steps they can take to minimize contamination and facilitate decommissioning using a risk-informed approach. • RG 4.22, “Decommissioning Planning During Operations” (Ref. 11), provides guidance on determining if changes to operations or monitoring programs are needed to comply with 10 CFR Part 20, conducting appropriate radiological surveys including of the subsurface, and providing adequate funding to complete decommissioning. • NUREG-1713, “Standard Review Plan for Decommissioning Cost Estimates for Nuclear Power Reactors” (Ref. 12), provides information on how the NRC staff will review site-specific decommissioning cost estimates. Purpose of Regulatory Guides The NRC issues RGs to describe to the public methods that the staff considers acceptable for use in implementing specific parts of the agency’s regulations, to explain techniques that the staff uses in evaluating specific problems or postulated events, and to provide guidance to applicants. Regulatory guides are not substitutes for regulations and compliance with them is not required. Methods and solutions that differ from those set forth in RGs will be deemed acceptable if they provide a basis for the findings required for the issuance or continuance of a permit or license by the Commission. Paperwork Reduction Act This RG provides voluntary guidance for implementing mandatory information collections covered by 10 CFR 20, 50, 51, 52, 72, and 140 that are subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et. seq.). These information collections were approved by the Office of Management and Budget