ML20212G498
| ML20212G498 | |
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| Issue date: | 09/22/1999 |
| From: | Camper L NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
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U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION STANDARD REVIEW PLAN: LICENSEE REQUESTS TO DELAY INITIATION OF DECOMMISSIONING ACTIVITIES NRC's " Timeliness in Decommissioning of Materials Facility" rule (hereafter the Timeliness Rule), became effective on August 15,1994. The Timeliness Rule established the criteria necessary to avoid future problems resulting from delayed decommissioning of contaminated i inactive facilities, separate buildings, and outdoor areas.
In May 1996, the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) filed a petition for rulemaking to amend the Timeliness Rule to allow licensees to delay decommissioning and operate in a " standby" mode.
NRC denied NEl's petition for rulemaking because the Timeliness Rule contains provisions ,
I which allow licensee's to request delays or postponement of decommissioning, provided they j can demonstrate that the delay is not detrimental to the public health and safety and is )
otherwise in the public interest. However, along with denying the petition, the Commission
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requested that NRC staff prepare guidance to identify the acceptance criteria necessary to demonstrate that postponement of decommissioning activities will not be detrimental to the public health and safety and is otherwise in the public interest. l In response to the Commission request, NRC staff has developed the draft Standard i
Review Plan (SRP) titled, " Licensee Requests to Delay Initiation of Decommissioning Activities."
O NRC posted the draft SRP on the internet {www.nrc.aov/NMSS/DWM/DECOM/decomm.html l on August 11,1999, to provide interested parties an opportunity to review and comment on c i
i NRC's acceptance criteria necessary to demonstrate that postponement of decommissioning activities will not be detrimental to the public health and safety and is otherwise in the public interest. NRC staff received no comments on the draft SRP by the end of the initial comment period. Therefore, NRC staff is extending the comment period until October 15,1999. NRC
- will consider all comments received in finalizing the SRP for implementation.
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Therefore, NRC staff is extending the comment period until October 15,1999. NRC will l
consider all comments received in finalizing the SRP for implementation. ,
The draft SRP is available for inspection at the NRC's Public Document Room, 2120 L Street NW., Washington, DC 20555-0001.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 22,/ nd day of September 1999.
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Trie draft SRP is available for inspection at the NRC's Public Document Room, 2120 L Street NW., Washington, DC 20555-0001.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this nd day of September 1999.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (Original signed by:]
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