Consolidated NMSS Decommissioning Guidance. Decommissioning Process for Materials Licensees;Final rept

摘要

As part of its redesign of the materials license program, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards (NMSS) has consolidated and updated numerous decommissioning guidance documents into a three-volume NUREG. Specifically, the three volumes address the following topics: (1) 'Decommissioning Process for Materials Licensees'; (2) 'Characterization, Survey, and Determination of Radiological Criteria'; and (3) 'Financial Assurance, Recordkeeping, and Timeliness.' Volume 1 of this NUREG series, entitled 'Consolidated NMSS Decommissioning Guidance: Decommissioning Process for Materials Licensees,' Rev. 1, dated September 2003, is the first revision of the three volumes. While intended for use by NRC staff and licensees, it is also available to Agreement States and the public. The approaches to license termination described in this NUREG will help to identify the information (subject matter and level of detail) needed to terminate a license by considering the specific circumstances of the wide range of radioactive materials users licensed by NRC. This three-volume guidance replaces NUREG-1727 (NMSS Decommissioning Standard Review Plan) and NUREG/BR-0241 (NMSS Handbook for Decommissioning Fuel Cycle and Materials Licensees). Many of the documents evaluated as part of the consolidation effort are listed in Chapter 4. This guidance takes a risk-informed, performance-based approach to the information needed to support an application for decommissioning a materials license. Licensees should use this guidance in preparing license amendment requests. NRC staff will use this volume of the guidance in reviewing these amendment requests.