The new decommissioning rules

摘要

Currently, the licensed owner of a commercial nuclear power reactor must seek exemptions and amendments to its operating license when the reactor is shut down and decommissioning work begins. That is because a permanently closed power reactor does not automatically transition to a new regulatory status as a decommissioned reactor, but instead continues to be regulated according to its operating license until the Nuclear Regulatory Commission approves the necessary license exemptions and amendments.