Information Notice 1990-16, Compliance with New Decommissioning Rule

Compliance with New Decommissioning Rule

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Issue date:	03/07/1990
From:	Bangart R Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards
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FOIA/PA-2013-0151 IN-90-016, NUDOCS 9003010227
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UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY AND SAFEGUARDS

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555

March 7, 1990

NRC INFORMATION NOTICE NO. 90-16: COMPLIANCE WITH NEW DECOMMISSIONING RULE

Addressees

All materials licensees.

Purpose

This information notice is provided to remind licensees that the U.S. Nuclear

Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued a rule, "Guidance Requirements for De- commissioning Nuclear Facilities," in the Federal Register on June 27, 1988.

Licensees authorized to possess certain quantities

roduct, source, or

special nuclear material will need to submit financial assurance for de- commissioning no later than July 27, 1990. It is expected that licensees

will review this information for applicability to their licensed activities, and consider actions, if appropriate, to submit any required financial as- surance documentation to the NRC.

However, the information in this notice

does not constitute any new NRC requirements, and no written response is

required.

Background

The NRC staff notified licensees of the final rule on a number of occasions

since it became effective on July 27, 1988. Copies of the new regulation

were mailed to all licensees in 1988. The NMSS Licensee Newsletter issues

of September 1988, March 1989, and September 1989 discussed various aspects

of the rule, guidance that was issued, and the compliance deadline of

July 27, 1990, for holders of existing licenses.

Discussion:

The final rule, 'General Requirements for Decommissioning Nuclear Facilities,"

(53 FR 24108) sets forth technical and financial criteria on the decommissioning

of nuclear facilities and the termination of licenses. It applies to byproduct, source, and special nuclear material licenses issued pursuant to 10 CFR Parts 30,

40, 70 and 72. The new rule covers assuring funds for decommissioning, keeping

records important to decommissioning, and taking steps required to terminate a

license. All licensees have been required to comply with the recordkeeping and

license termination requirements since the rule became effective in 1988.

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IN 90-16 March 7, 1990 Licensees holding a Part 30, 40 or 70 license issued prior to July 27, 1988, have been allowed two years to submit any required financial assurance to the.

NRC.

If you have not done so, you should evaluate the quantity of material

authorized by your license and determine whether any financial assurance is

required. If financial assurance is required, you must submit the necessary

documentation or submit a request to reduce the quantity of material authorized

by your license by July 27, 1990.

The intent of the rule is to assure that

adequate licensee funds are available for decommissioning all licensed faci- lities. A draft regulatory guide entitled "Standard Format and Content of

Financial Assurance Mechanisms Required for Decommissioning Under 10 CFR

Parts 30, 40, 70 and 72," January 1990, has been issued for comment.

The

draft guide discusses the information to be provided in a materials license

application and establishes a uniform format for presenting the information

required to meet the decommissioning financial assurance requirements.

The

draft guide also provides recommended wording for financial assurance

instruments, cost estimating tables, and a conversion table for determining

the amount of financial assurance required as a function of radionuclide

activity levels.

With regard to recordkeeping, the new rule requires that licensees maintain

certain records important to safe and effective decommissioning, in an identi- fied location, until NRC terminates the license.

These include records of

spills or other contamination events, as-built drawings and modifications

of structures and equipment in restricted areas, and records of decommissioning

plans, cost estimates, and financial assurance measures. A draft Regulatory

Guide, entitled "Records Important for Decommissioning for Licensees Under 10 CFR Parts 30, 40, 70 and 72," July 1989, has been issued for comment.

This

draft guide discusses which records must be kept as information important

to safe and effective decommissioning.

With regard to license terminations, the new rule requires that licensees

apply for license termination, submit a completed form NRC-314, and submit

the results of a final radiation survey, when all activities involving

authorized materials have been terminated.

Where decommissioning work

could increase potential health and safety impacts to workers or the public, the licensee must submit a decommissionirg plan for review and approval, prior to performing the work.

The final plan, if required, must contain

an updated cost estimate for decommissioning and a plan for assuring the

availability of adequate funds.

Licensees should consult Regulatory

Guide 3.65, "Standard Format and Content of Deconmissioning Plans for

Licensees Under 10 CFR Parts 30, 40 and 70," August 1989.

It discusses

what is needed in preparing and submitting a decommissioning plan prior

to terminating a license.

IN 90-16 March 7, 1990 No written response is required by this notice. If

about this Information notice, please contact Louis

492-0572 or Timothy C. Johnson at (301) 492-0558 or

regional office.

you have any questions

M. Bykoski at (301)

the appropriate NRC

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Richard L. Bangart, Director.

Division of Low-Level Waste Management

and Decommissioning

Office of Nuclear Material Safety

and Safeguards

Technical Contacts:

Louis

(301)

Bykoski, NMSS

492-0572

Timothy C. Johnson, NMSS

(301) 492-0558 Attachments:

1. List of Recently

2. List of Recently

Issued NMSS Information Notices

Issued NRC Information Notices

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Attachment 1

IN 90-16

March 7, 1990 LIST OF RECENTLY ISSUED

NMSS INFORMATION NOTICES

In-formation

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Date of

Notice No.

Subject

Issuance

Issued to

90-15

90-14

90-09

90-01*

89-85

89-82

89-78 Reciprocity: Notification

of Agreement State Radiation

Control Directors before

beginning work in Agreement

States

Accidental Disposal of

Radioactive Materials

Extended Interim Storage of

Low-Level Radioactive Waste

by Fuel Cycle and Materials

Licensees

Importance of Proper

Response to Self-Identified

Violations by Licensees

EPA's Interim Final Rule

on Medical Waste Tracking

and Management

Recent Safety-Related

Incidents at Large

Irradiators

Failure of Packing Nuts on

One-Inch Uranium Hexafluoride

Cylinder Valves

03/07/90

03/06/90

02/05/90

01/12/90

12/15/89

12/07/89

11/22/89

All holders of NRC

materials licenses which

authorize use of radio- active material at

temporary job sites

All NRC Byproduct

Materials Licensees

All holders of NRC

materials licenses

All holders of NRC

materials licenses

All medical, academic, industrial, waste

broker, and waste

disposal site licensees

All U.S. NRC licensees

authorized to possess

and use sealed sources

at large irradiators

All U.S. NRC licensees

authorized to possess

and use source material

and/or special nuclear

material for the heating, emptying, filling, or

shipping of uranium

hexafluoride in 30- and

48-inch diameter cylinders

• Correct Number for 90-01 should be 90010145.

Attachment 2

IN 90-16

March 7, 1990

Page 1 of I

LIST OF RECENTLY ISSUED

NRC INFORMATION NOTICES

Information

Date of

Notice No.

Subject

Issuance

Issued to

90-15

90-14

90-13

90-12

90-11

90-10

90-09

88-30,

Supp. 1

90-08 Reciprocity:

Notification

of Agreement State Radiation

Control Directors Before

Beginning Wcrk in Agreement

States

Accidental Disposal of

Radioactive Materials

Importance of Review and

Analysis of Safeguards

Event Logs

Monitoring or Interruption

of Plant Communications

Maintenance Deficiency

Associated with Solenoid-

Operated Valves

Primary Water Stress

Corrosion Cracking (PWSCC)

of Irnconel 600

Extended Interim Storage of

Low-Level Radioactive Waste

by Fuel Cycle and Materials

Licensees

Target Rock Two-Stage SRV

Setpoint Drift Update

Kr-85 Hazards from Decayed

Fuel

3/7/90

3/6/90

3/5/90

2/28/90

2/28/90

2/23/90

2/5/90

2/2/90

2/1/90

All holders of NRC

materials licenses

which authorize use

of radioactive

material at temporary

job sites.

All U.S. NRC byproduct

material licensees.

All holders of OLs

or CPs for nuclear

power reactors.

All holders of OLs

or CPs for nuclear

power reactors.

All holders of OLs

or CPs for nuclear

power reactors.

All holders of OLs

or CPs for PWRs.

All holders of NRC

materials licenses.

All holders of OLs

or CPs for nuclear

power reactors.

All holders of OLs

or CPs for nuclear

power reactors and

holders of licenses

for permanently shut- down facilities with

fuel on site.

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OL = Operating License

CP = Construction Permit