Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: 05969442-49ea-4f4a-a9e2-de3a14628b5e
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Minimization of Contamination and Radioactive Waste Generation:  Life-Cycle Planning - HISTORY 07/2013 – Periodic Review of Revision 0 – No issues identified
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 4
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0805/ML080500187.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-4.21
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nnect components • ease of insulation removal • setdown areas Appendix A to RG 4.21, Page A-7 A-4. Minimizing the Generation of Waste To minimize the generation of waste, 10 CFR 20.1406 applicants should consider the following specific measures (or a combination thereof): a. Since the minimization of radioactive waste is both a design and an operational consideration, a life-cycle approach should be taken to waste management, with attention given to eventual decommissioning of the facility. Life-cycle planning for waste management should define the strategy for its conditioning, storage, or disposal, and this strategy should be applied to any new waste stream during operation of the facility. b. System designs should enable operators to perform decontamination efficiently while minimizing collective dose and the production of radioactive waste. c. Onsite decontamination facilities and/or waste segregation facilities should be provided for the orderly management and segregation of large quantities of radioactive material/waste. The design and operation of such facilities, even if temporary, should follow the guidance contained in this document. d. Although continuous concrete pours for structures eliminate potential leakage paths through seams used for non-continuous concrete pours, structures using continuous concrete pours are difficult to dismantle and could create significant quantities of contaminated waste at decommissioning. Consideration should be given to modular construction for those structures in which liquid leakage is not a concern. Modular designs permit the removal of separate layers of contaminated material, thereby minimizing the volume of contaminated waste.