§72.30. Financial assurance and recordkeeping for decommissioning. — Inbound Citations

(q) A description of the decommissioning plan required under § 72.30.

(10) Except for DOE, the applicant's decommissioning plan and its financing pursuant to § 72.30 provide reasonable assurance that the decontamination and decommissioning of the ISFSI or MRS at the end of its useful life will provide adequate protection to the health and safety of the public;

(3) The application shall describe the financial assurance that will be provided for the decommissioning of the facility under § 72.30.

(e) Coincident with the notification required by paragraph (d) of this section, the licensee shall maintain in effect all decommissioning financial assurances established by the licensee pursuant to § 72.30 in conjunction with a license issuance or renewal or as required by this section. The amount of the financial assurance must be increased, or may be decreased, as appropriate, to cover the detailed cost estimate for decommissioning established pursuant to paragraph (g)(5) of this section.

(1) Any licensee who has not provided financial assurance to cover the detailed cost estimate submitted with the decommissioning plan shall do so when this rule becomes effective November 24, 1995.

(2) Following approval of the decommissioning plan, a licensee may reduce the amount of the financial assurance as decommissioning proceeds and radiological contamination is reduced at the site with the approval of the Commission.

(b) The approved information collection requirements contained in this part appear in §§ 72.7, 72.11, 72.16, 72.22 through 72.34, 72.42, 72.44, 72.48 through 72.56, 72.62, 72.70, through 72.80, 72.90, 72.92, 72.94, 72.98, 72.100, 72.102, 72.103, 72.104, 72.108, 72.120, 72.126, 72.140 through 72.176, 72.180 through 72.186, 72.192, 72.206, 72.212, 72.218, 72.230, 72.232, 72.234, 72.236, 72.240, 72.242, 72.244, 72.248.

(b) Notwithstanding § 20.2103(a), records from surveys describing the location and amount of subsurface residual radioactivity identified at the site must be kept with records important for decommissioning, and such records must be retained in accordance with § 30.35(g), § 40.36(f), § 50.75(g), subpart G of part 53, § 70.25(g), or § 72.30(d) of this chapter, as applicable.

(5) In the case of licensees who are issued a power reactor license under part 50 or part 53 of this chapter or ISFSI licensees who are an electric utility, as defined in part 50 or part 53 of this chapter, with a specific license issued under this part, the methods of § 50.75(b), (e), and (h) or § 53.1010, § 53.1040, § 53.1045(b), and § 53.1060 of this chapter, as applicable. In the event that funds remaining to be placed into the licensee's ISFSI decommissioning external sinking fund are no longer approved for recovery in rates by a competent rate making authority, the licensee must make changes to provide financial assurance using one or more of the methods stated in paragraphs (e)(1) through (4) of this section.

(5) In the case of licensees who are issued a power reactor license under part 50 or part 53 of this chapter or ISFSI licensees who are an electric utility, as defined in part 50 or part 53 of this chapter, with a specific license issued under this part, the methods of § 50.75(b), (e), and (h) or § 53.1010, § 53.1040, § 53.1045(b), and § 53.1060 of this chapter, as applicable. In the event that funds remaining to be placed into the licensee's ISFSI decommissioning external sinking fund are no longer approved for recovery in rates by a competent rate making authority, the licensee must make changes to provide financial assurance using one or more of the methods stated in paragraphs (e)(1) through (4) of this section.

(5) In the case of licensees who are issued a power reactor license under part 50 or part 53 of this chapter or ISFSI licensees who are an electric utility, as defined in part 50 or part 53 of this chapter, with a specific license issued under this part, the methods of § 50.75(b), (e), and (h) or § 53.1010, § 53.1040, § 53.1045(b), and § 53.1060 of this chapter, as applicable. In the event that funds remaining to be placed into the licensee's ISFSI decommissioning external sinking fund are no longer approved for recovery in rates by a competent rate making authority, the licensee must make changes to provide financial assurance using one or more of the methods stated in paragraphs (e)(1) through (4) of this section.

(5) In the case of licensees who are issued a power reactor license under part 50 or part 53 of this chapter or ISFSI licensees who are an electric utility, as defined in part 50 or part 53 of this chapter, with a specific license issued under this part, the methods of § 50.75(b), (e), and (h) or § 53.1010, § 53.1040, § 53.1045(b), and § 53.1060 of this chapter, as applicable. In the event that funds remaining to be placed into the licensee's ISFSI decommissioning external sinking fund are no longer approved for recovery in rates by a competent rate making authority, the licensee must make changes to provide financial assurance using one or more of the methods stated in paragraphs (e)(1) through (4) of this section.

(e) Before license termination, the licensee shall forward records required by § 20.2103(b)(4), of this chapter, and § 72.30(f) to the appropriate NRC Regional Office.

(ii) All areas outside of restricted areas that require documentation under § 72.30(f)(1).