ML20059H121
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FOR NUCLEAR REACTORS A. INTRODUCTION A licensee having a possessionenly license' must -
retain, with the Part 50 license, authorization for special Section 50.51, " Duration of license, renewal," of 10 nuclear material (10 CFR Part 70, "Special Nuclear CFR Part 5, " Licensing of Production and Utilization Material"), byproduct material (10 CFR Part 30," Rules Facilities," requires that each license to operate a of General Applicability to Licensing of Byproduct production and utilization facility be issued for a Material"), and source material (10 CFR Part 40, specified duration. Upon expiration of the specified
" Licensing of Source Material"), until the fuel, radio-period, the license may be either renewed or terminated active components, and sources are removed from the by the Commission. Section 50.82, " Applications for facility. Appropriate administrative controls and facility termination of licenses," specifies the requirements that requirements are imposed by the Part 50 license end the must be satisfied to terminate an operating license, technical specifications to assure that proper surveillance including the requirement that the dis'nantlement of the is performed and that the reactor facility is maintained facility and disposal of the component parts not be in a safe condition and not operated, inimical to the common defense and security or to the health and safety of the public. This guide describes A possessionenly license permits various options and methods and procedures considered acceptable by the procedures for decommissioning, sach as mothballing, Regulatory staff for the termination of operating entombment, or dismantling. The requirements imposed licenses for nuclear reactors. The Advisory Committee depend on the option selected, on Reactor Safeguards has been consulted concerning this guide and has concurred in the regulatory position.
Section 50.82 provides that the licensee may dis-mantle and dispose of the component parts of a nuclear B. DISCUSSION reactor in accordance with existing regulations. For -
research reactors and critical facilities, this has usually When a licensee decides to terminate his nuclear meant the disassembly of a reactor and its shipment reactor operating license, he may, as a first step in the offsite, sometimes to another appropriately licensed process, request that his operating license be amended to organization for further use. The site from which a restrict him to possess but not operate the facility. The reactor has been removed must be decontaminated, as advantage to the licensee of converting to such a necessary, and inspected by the Commission to deter.
possessionenly license is reduced surveillance require-mine whether unrestricted access can be approved, in ments in that periodic surveillance of equipment im.
the case of nuclear power reactors, dismantling has portant to the safety of reactor operation is no longer usually been accomplished by shipping fuel offsite, required. Once this possessionenly license is issued, making the reactor inoperable, and disposing of some of reactor operation is not permitted. Other activities the radioactive components.
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from the reactor and placing it in storage (either onsite Radioactive compenents may be either shipped off.
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on the site. Those radioactive materials remaining on the
. fluids.and waste should be removed from the site, alte must be isolated from the public by physical barriers Adequate radiation monitoring, environmental survell-or other means' to prevent public access to hazardous lance, and appropriate security procedures should be levels of radfation. Surveillance is necessary to assure the established under a possession only license to ensure that long term integrity of the barriers. The amount of the health and safety of the public is not endangered.
surveillance required depends upon (1) the potential hazard to the health and safety of the public from
- b. In-Place Entombment. In place entombment con-radioactive material remaining on the site and (2) the sists of sealing all the remaining highly radioactive or integrity of the physical barriers. Before areas may be contaminated components (e.g., the pressure vessel and released for unrestricted use, they must have been reactor internals) within a structure integral with the decontaminated or the radioactivity must have decayed biological shield after having all fuel assemblies, radio.
to less than prescribed limits (Table 1).
active fluids and westes, and certain selected com-2 ponents shipped offsite. The structure should provide The hazard associated with the retired facility is integrity over the period of time in which significant evaluated by considering the amount and type of quantities (greater than Table I levels) of radioactivity remaining contamination, the degree of confinement of remain with the material in the entombment. An the remaining radioactive materials, the physical security appropriate and continuing surveillance program should provided by the conf'mement, the susceptibility to be established under a possession only lice ise.
release of radiation as a result of natural phenomena, and the duration of required surveillance,
- c. Removal of Radioactive Components and Dis-mantling. All fuel assemblies, radioactive fluids and C. REGULATORY POSITION waste, and other materials having activities above ac-cepted unrestricted activity levels (Table I) should be
- 1. APPLICATION FOR A LICENSE TO POSSESS BtJT removed from the site. The facility owner may then have NOT OPERATE (POSSESSION ONLY LICENSE) unrestricted use of the site with no requirement for a license. If the facility owner so desires, the remainder of A request to amend an operating license to a the reactor facility may be dismantled and all vestiges possession only license should be made to the Director removed and disposed of.
of Licensing, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Washing-ton, D.C. 20545. The request should include the
- d. Conversion to a New Nuclese System or a Fossil following information:
Fuel System. This alternative, which applies only to nuclear power plants utilizes the existing turbine system
- a. A description of the current status of the facility, with a new steam supply system. The original nuclear steam-supply system should be separated from the
- b. A description of measures that will be taken to electric generating system and disposed ofin accordance prever.t criticality or reactivity changes and to minimire with one of the previous three retirement alternatives, releases of radioactivity from the facility.
- 3. SURVEILLANCE AND SECURITY FOR THE RE-
- c. Any proposed changes to the technical specifica-TIREMENT ALTERNATIVES WHOSE FINAL tions that reflect the possession.only facility status and STATUS REQUIRES A POSSESSION-ONLY the necessary disassembly / retirement activities to be LICENSE perfctmed.
A facility which has been licensed under a posses-
- d. A safety analysis of both the activities to be sion only license may contain a significant amount of accomplished and the proposed changes to the technical radioactivity in the form of activated and contaminated specifications.
hardware and structural materials. Surveillance and commensurate security should be provided to assure that
- e. An inventory of activated materials and their the public health and safety are not endangered.
location in the facility,
- a. Physical security to prevent inadvertent exposure
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- 2. ALTERNATIVES FOR REACTOR RETIREMENT of personnel should be provided by multiple locked barriers. The presence of these barriers s'iould make it Four alternatives for retirement of nuclear reactor extremely difficult for an unauthorized person to gain facilities are considered acceptable by the Regulatory access to areas where radiation or contamination levels staff. These are:
exceed those specified in Regulatory Position C.4. To prevent inadvertent exposure, radiation areas above 5
- a. Mothballing. Mothbt' ling of a nuclear reactor mR/hr, such as near the activated primary system of a facility consists of putting the facihty in a state of power plant, should be appropriately marked and should protective storage, in general, the facility may be left not be accessible except by cutting of welded closures or intact except that all fuel assemblies and the radioactive the disassembly and removal of substantial structures 1.86-2
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i and/or shielding material. Means such as a temote-(1) Environmental surveys.
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is penetrated. Security. personnel that provide access control to the facility may be used instead of the (3) Inspections of the physical barriers, and physical barriers anJ the intrusion alarm systems.
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- b. The physical barriers to unauthorized entrance I
into' the facility, e.g., fences, buildings, welded doors.
and access openings, should be inspected at least
- 4. DECONTAMINATION FOR RELEASE FOR UN-quarterly to assure that these barrier.s have not deterior-RESTRICTED USE ated and that locks and locking apparatus are intact.
if it is desired to terminate a license and to eliminate
- c. A facility radiation survey should be performed at any further surveillance requirements,the facility should least quarterly to verify that no radioactive materialis be sufficiently. decontaminated to prevent risk to.the escaping or veing transported through the containment public health and safety. After the decontamination is barriers in the facility. Sarnpling should be done along satisfactorily accomplished and the site, inspected by the most probable path by which radioactive material the Commission, the Commission may authorize the s
L such as that stored in the inner containment regions licena to be terminated and the facility abandoned or could be transported to the outer regions of the facility released for unrestricted use. The licensee should per.
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form the decontamination using the following guide.
lines:
- d. An environmental radiation survey should be t
performed at least semiannually to verify that no
- a. The licenset should make a reasonable effort to signficant amounts of ndiation have been released to the eliminate residual contamination; environment from the facility, Samples such as soil,
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vegtation, and watt:r should be taken at locations for
- b. No covering should be applied.to' radioactive which statistical data has been established during reactor surfaces of equipment or structures by paint, plating,or operations, ether covering material untilit is known that contamina > -
tion levels (determined by a survey and documented) are
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- e. A site representative should be designated to be below the limits specified in Table 1. In addition, a responsible for controlling authorized access into and reasonable effort should be made (and documented) to movement within the facility, further minimize contamination prior to any such I
covering.
- f. Administrative procedures should be established
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- c. The radioactivity of the interior surfaces of pipes, rences such as (1) the entrance of an unauthorized drain lines, or ductwork should be determined by person or persons into the facility and (2) a significant making measurements at all traps and other appropriate l
change in the radiation or contamination levels in the access points, provided contamination at these locations facility or the offsite environment, is likely to be representative of contamination on the interior of the pipes, drain lines, or ductwork. Surfaces a
- g. The following reports should be made:
of premises, equipment, or scrap which are likely to be contaminated but are of such size, construction, or
. (1) An atmual report to the Director of Licensing, location as to make the surface inaccessible for purposes
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of measurement should be assumed to be contaminated 20545, describing tbc results of the environmental and in excess of the permissable radiation limits, facility radiation surveys, the status of the facility, and a
an evaluation of the performance of security and
- d. Upon request, the Commission may authorize a -
surveillance measures.
licensee to relinquish possession or control of premises, equipment, or scrap having surfaces contaminated in 4
(2) An abnormal occurrence report to the Regula-excess of the limits specified. This may include, but is tory Operations Regional Office by telephone within 24 not limited to, special circumstances such as the transfer -
hours of discovery of an abnormal occurrence. The of premises to another licensed organization that will abnormal occurrence will also be reported in the annual continue to work with radioactive materials. Requests report described in the preceding item.
for such authorization should provide:
- h. Records or logs relative to the following items (1) Detailed, specific information describing the O
should be kept and retained until the license is termi-premises, equipment, scrap, and radioactive contami-(
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(2) A detailed health and safety analysis indi.
or a change in the technical specifications should be cating that the residual amounts of materials on surface reviewed'and approved in accordance with the require-ar:ss, together with other considerations such as the ments of 10 CFR 650.59.
prospective use of the premises, equipment,or scrap,are unlikely to result in an unreasonable risk to the health if major structural changes to radioactive components and safety of the public.
of the facility are planned, such as removal of the pressure vessel or 7jor components of the primary
- e. Prior to release of the premhet for unrestricted system, a dismant' ent plan including the information use, the licensee'should make a comprehensive radiation required by 650.f.hould be submitted to the Commis-survey establishing that contamination is within the sion. A dismantlement plan should be submitted for all limits specified in Tahe 1. A survey report should be the alternatives of Regulatory Position C.2 except filed with the Director of Licensing, U.S. Atomic Energy mothballing. However, minor disauembly activities may Commission, Washington, D.C. 20545, with a copy to still be perforrned in the absence of such a plan, the Director of the Regulatory Operations Regional provided they are permitted by existing operating and Office having jurisdiction. The report should be filed at maintenance procedures. A dismantlement plan should lent 30 days prior to the planned date of abandonment.
include the following:
The survey report should:
- a. A description of the ultimate status of the facility 1
(1) Identify the premises;
- b. A description of the dismantling activities and the (2) Show that reasonable effort has been made to precautions to be taken.
reduce residual contamination to as low as practicable levels;
- c. A safety analysis of the dismantling activities including any effluents which may be released.
(3) Describe the scope of the survey and the general procedures followed;and
- d. A safety analysis of the facility in its ultimate status.
(4) State the finding of the survey in units specified in Table 1.
Upon satisfactory review and approval of the dis-mantling plan, a dismantling order is issued by the After review of the report, the Commission may Commission in accordance with $50.82. When dis-inspect the facilities to confirm the survey prior to mantling is completed and the Commission has been granting approval for abandonment.
notified by letter, the appropriate Regulatory Opera-tions Regional Office inspects the facility and verifies
$. REACTOR RETIREMENT PROCEDURES completion in accordance with the dismantlement plan.
If residual radiation levels do not exceed the values in As indicated in Regulatory Position C.2, several Table 1, the Commission may terminate the license,if alternatives are acceptable for reactor facility retirement, these levels are exceeded, the licensee retains the If minor disassembly or "mothballing" is planned, this possession only license under which the dismantling could be done by the existing operating and mainte.
activities have been conducted or,as an alternative,may nance procedures under the license in effect. Any make application to the State (if a. Agreement State) planned actions involving an unreviewed safety question for a byproduct matenals license.
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associated decay products 15,000 dpm a/100 cm2 1,000 dpm n/100 cm2 U nat. U 235, U 238, and 5,000 dpm alt 00 cm Transuranics, Ra 226, Ra 228, 100 dpm/100 cm2 300 dpm/100 cm2 20 dpm/100 cm2 j.
w Th 230,Th 228,Pa 231, Ac 227,1 125,1129 Th nat.Th 232, Sr 90, 1000 dpm/100 cm2 3000 dpm/100 cm2 200 dpm/100 cm2 Ra 223. Ra 224, U 232, 1126,1131,1133 bee gamma emitters (nuclides.
$000 dpm $4/100 cm2 15,000 dpm $9/100 cm2 1000 dpm Aq/100 cm2 with decay modes other than alpha emission or spontaneous fission) except St 90 and others noted above.
aWhere surface contamination by both alpha and beta-gammaemitting nuchdes exists, the limits estabinhed for siphe and tW samma omitting nuchdes should apply independently-bas used in this table, dpm (dinintegrations per eninete) means the rete of eminion by radioactive material as determined by correcting L the counts per minute observed by an appropriate detector for backg'sund, emclency, and pometric factots anociated with the instrumentation.
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soft absorbent paper, applying moderate pressure, and amessing the amount of radioactive maternal on the wrpe with en appropriate.
nnstisment of known efficiency When removable contamination on otjects of less surft.t area is determined, the pertinent levels should be reduced proportionally and the entire surfece should be wiped-t c /,
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. lect, cont raci number, mul report number-pa star nu'mbem participate as witnesses ~
t Theseindexes are cumulated semi-throughout the year before various commit-Y
- annually and annually, tees of the llouse and Senate interested in.
aspects of NitC's resp (msibilities.
EllA islikely to be found in U.S. llegional Libraries and in university libraries, but NitC maintains an Office of Governmental,
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not in most public libraries. It is avail.
I ublic Affairs,andCongressional Affairs.
able without charge 1o certain govern-(GI /CA) to facilitate providing information to.
' ment organizations and on an exchange Congress. G PAICA routinely makes available.
basis to universities and others. Wm-to Congress and Congressional committees publications that are requeste
.j p to answn Congn'ssional ingw, d, tha bers of the public'may subscribe to it directly through GPO. Inquiries should rn s, or q
,M be directed to DOE, Office of Seimtifle Omt concem policy or regulatory matters that '
and Technical Information, P.O. Ilox Go simuld W bnmght to the attentiori of Con-4 Oak itidge, Tennessee 37831.
gress. As a point of contact for Congressional '
- L inquiries, Gl%1CA can be reached by tele-gentralinquiries phone at (301) 492-1776, or by mall at the
. following address: Office of Governmental, For types of information not specincally
- Public Affairs and Congressional Affairs,U.S.
described in this Citizen's Guide, members of Nuclear llegulat ory Com mission, Washington, the public may call or write to Public Affairs, DC 20555, U.S. Nuclear llegulatory Conunission, Wash.
ington,DC 20555,(301)402 0240,which is the s
lleadquarter's Public Affairs Office. llegiorml
- Public Aflairs Officers are al a available to '
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answer questions from the public on NitC policies, programs, and activities.Their tele.
phone numbers are listed on page 25 of 1
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With the g assw e of the Nuclear Waste Policy r
State Officials and Organizations Act (NWPA; ofi982, NitC also maintains close Mlu While NitC's contacts with states are far-communications with affected states and E
- reaching and involve activities o'many of the Indian tribes in order to provide timely and b
agency's omces, as well as the Commission complete information on all high-level radio-U
- itself, the principal reslumsibility fo; N!!Cl active waste repository determinations or state intemetion is centered in State, l.ocal plans. In addition, NitC regulations (10 Cell f;
_.and Indian Tribe Programs (SLITP)of the Part 60, Subpart C) specify a variety of mecha.
NitcomceofGovernmentaland Public Affairs' nisms by which affected states and tribes may A
State, bocal and Indian Tribe Programs.
participate in NitC's NWPA activities, s
One focus of NitC! state cooperation is the
.' Parties!' to NRC Proceedings i
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Agreemem State Program under which 29 l
For NitC proceedings held in connection with y
states have assumed regulatory responsibility i
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_ over specified types of nuclear material under the licensing or regulation of nuclear power agreements wit h NitC. NitC conducts annual plants, nuclear materials, or other NHC-7
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A reviews of state activities and provides them licensed activities and rulemakings, the Secre-w wit h technical assistance in a number of areas.
ta y of the NRC,in cooperation with the prt siding omeer or lxmrd, or the Commission, n
est iblishes a " service list" for that proceeding.
This assistance, rendered to both Agrec cem and non Agreement states, includes training Th s list includes the applicantilicensee, NRC of personnel, conducting conferences, and str ff, and all others (intervenors, statellocal performing surveillance of the tnmsportation otheials, etc.) who have been granted " party" of radioactive material. NitC has also estab-st stus or are othenvise permitted to formally lished special state mailing lists to dissemi-Inrticipate in the proceeding. At the discre-1 nate information ofinterest to a variety of tion of the Secretary or presiding omeer or yg U W state omeials, including:
board, other interested persons who are not formal parties or participants may be added to Agreement States i
" S"IC" US' Emergency Management Agencies Energy Advisors
. hose persons on the service list routinely Governors '
receive,without charge:
' lhullation Control Prognun Directors
. Formal issuances of the Commission and i
Governor-Appointed State Liaison Omcers boards which pertain to that proceeding.
j State Tra*nsportation OfR..,.
. Copies of all filings made by all parties in that k
State Utility Commissioners proceeding before any presiding board or,
the Commission included in such material i
't.ow-lievel Waste Compact Commissioners are formal pleadings and correspondence between the parties with associated docu-
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- NitC also engages in cooperative efibrts with ments. Safety evaluation reports and envi-j a~
regional bodies, such as the Western Interstate ronmental impact statements prepared by Energy floard, the Southern States Energy the staff concerning a specific facility are in c
Iloard, and with natinnal state organizations, such as the National Governors' Association, this category.
the National Conference of State Legislatures,
. Iloard Notifications made by the NRC staff,
.-the National Association of Regulatory Utility which transmit information found to be rele-e Commissioners, ti,e Council of Stat e Govern.
- vant and material to the issuea in the pro- -
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ments, the National Association of Counties, ceeding, are also sent to individuals on the the League of Cities,and the National Associa, service list. Board Notifications may concern s
' tion of Towns and Townships.
the particular facility involved in the pro-1 ceeding or another facility if the infonnation -
L is of a generic nature but also applicable to the specific proceeding. For example, the a
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Congressional Aff6s.,,.(202)634 1776 International Prognim._
.(301)492 0347 a..
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- News Media and the Public 4
NitC issues public announcements covering.
l Information.,
_.(301)492-7536 significart events or actions within its super and(800)638 8081-vision. Itepresentatives of the news media and 1 ibrary
..(301)492 7748-public may 13e placed on a mailing list to Fational Technical Information Service
- receive all ip divid ual annou ncements and /or a (gyg,g
,.(703)487-4650
- weekly digest of the announcements by writ-Nuclear l>ocuments System.(301)492-8603.
V ing to orphoning the NitC, Public Affairs, Washington, DC 20555;(301) 492-0240. Public Prucurement.
..(301)427-4460, Affairs also endeavors to answer incpiirles Public I)ocumeni Itoom.
.(202)634 3273 from media representatives and the public.
Public Amdrs
,.(301)492-0240' The news media can also request publications GPO Sales of Nlte from the Public Affairs Omce.
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4202) 2L's.2000.
lleginaal Public Affairs Omees Nm~ dia may also contact NitC public.
al.h Accrs stationed at each of NItC's llegion 1-Philadelphia...(215)337-5000
.tive k w.ul Omces throughout the United llegion Il-Atlanta.
.(404)331 4503 Statesd : telephone numbers for these lleg on III--Chicago.
..(312)790 5500-i omees appear on page 25.
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4817)800 8128-llegion V-San 14rmelsco.(415) D43-3700 Switchboard
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State Programs.
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