Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: 8ebf2253-f3d2-4bcd-ac80-7cbf6ab8d420
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Assuring the Availability of Funds for Decommissioning Nuclear Reactors + HISTORY –HISTORY 02/2022 – DG-1348 Revision 1, Proposed Revision 3 06/2018 – DG-1348 , Proposed Revision 3 11/2016 – Periodic Review of Revision 2 – Reviewed with no issues identified 01/2011 – DG-1229 , Proposed Revision 2 05/2001 – DG-1106 , Proposed Revision 1 05/1989 – DG-1003 , Proposed Revision 0 (Rev. 1)
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2134/ML21347A081.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-05
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Section ID: RG-1.159
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) updated site-specific estimate of remaining decommissioning costs contained in the license termination plan, in accordance with 10 CFR 50.82(a)(9)(ii)(F) or 10 CFR 52.110(i)(2)(vi). The NRC guidance providing details on content and format for the reporting of these cost estimates is in RG 1.202 and in NUREG-1713. Additionally, after submitting its site-specific decommissioning cost estimate contained in the PSDAR, and until the licensee has completed its final radiation survey and demonstrated that residual radioactivity has been reduced to a level that permits termination of its license, the licensee must annually DG-1348 Revision 1, Page 13 submit to the NRC, by March 31, a financial assurance status report, in accordance with 10 CFR 50.82(a)(8)(v) or 10 CFR 52.110(h)(5). In general, decommissioning cost estimates are provided by major activity and major decommissioning phase or period. The cost estimate must account for the entire decommissioning work scope but not for items that are outside the definition of decommission in 10 CFR 50.2. Examples of activities outside the definition of decommission include, but are not limited to, (1) spent fuel management, (2) the design and/or construction of an independent spent fuel storage installation (ISFSI), (3) activities that are not directly related to supporting long-term storage of the facility, and (4) any other activities not directly related to radiological decontamination of the facility or site. Cost estimates should provide costs for each of the following (or similar) major activities and phases, with a level of detail appropriate to the type of cost estimate: (1) major radioactive component removal—reactor vessel and internals, steam generators, pressurizers, large-bore reactor coolant system piping, and other large components that are radioactive to a comparable degree; (2) radiological decontamination and decommissioning—removal of remaining radioactive plant systems, including radiological