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NRC RIN: 3150-AJ59 Publication ID: Fall 2015 
Title: Regulatory Improvements for Power Reactors Transitioning to Decommissioning [NRC-2015-0070] 
Abstract:

As power reactors transition from an operational status to the permanently shut down and defueled condition, a significant reduction of risk to public health and safety is achieved.  These shutdown reactors remain subject to many of the same requirements as operating reactors.  Because the development of regulations for operating nuclear power plants often did not consider decommissioning, the requirements imposed on decommissioning nuclear power reactors may be inappropriate, may not be applicable, or may not align with safety significance.  The Commission has directed the NRC staff to proceed with rulemaking on decommissioning and set an objective of early 2019 for completion of this rulemaking.

 

 
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission(NRC)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Prerule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 10 CFR 50    10 CFR 73    10 CFR 26    10 CFR 140   
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2201    42 U.S.C. 5841   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
ANPRM  11/00/2015 
Additional Information: The Commission directed the NRC staff to proceed with preliminary rulemaking efforts in the Staff Requirements Memorandum on SECY-14-0118, "Request by Duke Energy Florida, Inc., for Exemptions from Certain Emergency Planning Requirements," which can be accessed in ADAMS under Accession No. ML14364A111. The Commission also instructed the staff to continue processing licensing actions and exemptions associated with reactors transitioning to decommissioning in a timely manner. Therefore, the staff is conducting preliminary rulemaking efforts in FY 2015.
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Jason B. Carneal
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation,
Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone:301 415-1451
Email: jason.carneal@nrc.gov