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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elated to undistributed costs such as property taxes and nuclear insurance required while in decommissioning until the license terminated; • Expenses directly related to improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the decommissioning process (demonstrated through a cost-benefit analysis to reduce expenses and preserve the decommissioning fund), and to improve the safety and security of the site. While in operation, the licensee should not reallocate or use the amount set aside for radiological decommissioning, as required by 10 CFR 50.75, for (1) the maintenance and storage of spent fuel in the spent fuel pool (SFP), (2) the design, construction, or operation of spent fuel storage facilities on the reactor site, or (3) other activities not directly related to radiological decontamination or dismantlement of the facility or site. To emphasize, an exemption is required to spend DTF funds on anything other than radiological decommissioning activities except as allowed in 10 CFR 50.82 or 10 CFR 52.110. Consideration of International Standards The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) works with member states and other partners to promote the safe, secure, and peaceful use of nuclear technologies. The IAEA develops Safety Requirements and Safety Guides for protecting people and the environment from harmful effects of ionizing radiation. This system of safety fundamentals, safety requirements, safety guides, and other relevant reports, reflects an international perspective on what constitutes a high level of safety. To inform its development of this RG, the NRC considered IAEA Safety Requirements and Safety Guides pursuant to the Commission’s International Policy Statement (Ref. 26) and Management Directive and Handbook 6.6, “Regulatory Guides” (Ref. 27). The following IAEA Safety Requirements and Guides were considered in the update of this RG: • IAEA General Safety Requirements Part 6, “Decommissioning of Facilities,” issued July 2014 (Ref. 28) •