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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nation Plans for Nuclear Power Reactors.” This RG also addresses the irradiated fuel management plan (IFMP) (alternatively referred to as the spent fuel management plan) requirements described in 10 CFR 50.54(bb) because a licensee’s ability to properly plan and safely implement decommissioning is closely related to the licensee’s ability to manage its spent fuel until title to, and possession of, the spent fuel is transferred to the U.S. Department of Energy. The regulations in 10 CFR Part 72 address the requirements for the licensing and decommissioning of facilities for the independent storage of spent nuclear fuel. This RG addresses aspects of decommissioning 10 CFR Part 72 general license ISFSIs because the licensees must decommission these ISFSIs in accordance with the requirements in 10 CFR 50.82 or 10 CFR 52.110. This RG does not address the shipment of these materials or disposal of low-level, high-level, or greater-than- Class-C waste. The regulations in 10 CFR Part 71, “Packaging and Transportation of Radioactive Material” (Ref. 15), cover the shipment of the materials, and 10 CFR Part 60, “Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Wastes in Geologic Repositories” (Ref. 16), and 10 CFR Part 61, “Licensing Requirements for Land Disposal of Radioactive Waste” (Ref. 17), address the disposal of waste. This RG applies only to power reactor licensees. The decommissioning regulations for non-power production or utilization facilities and fuel reprocessing plants appear in 10 CFR 50.82(b). The NRC staff discusses the procedures for decommissioning these facilities, in part, in NUREG-1537, “Guidelines for Preparing and Reviewing Applications for the Licensing of Non-Power Reactors” (Ref. 18), and the Interim Staff Guidance Augmenting NUREG-1537 for licensing radioisotope production facilities and aqueous homogeneous reactors (Ref. 19). DG-1347 Revision 1, Page 6 Background As defined by 10 CFR 50.2, “decommission” means to remove a facility or