[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 133 (Tuesday, July 11, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42734-42735]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-17465]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Staff Responses to Frequently Asked Questions Concerning 
Decommissioning of Nuclear Power Plants, Availability of NUREG

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is announcing the completion 
and availability of NUREG-1628, ``Staff Responses to Frequently Asked 
Questions Concerning Decommissioning Of Nuclear Power Plants,'' a final 
report dated June 2000.

ADDRESSES: A single copy of NUREG-1628 is available free upon written 
request to the Office of the Chief Information Officer, Reproduction 
and Distribution Services Section, U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by faxing a request to 301-415-2289, or 
by e-mail to [email protected]. Multiple copies may be purchased 
from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, 
P.O. Box 37082, Washington, DC 20402-9328; www.access.gpo.gov/su--docs; 
202-512-1800 or The National Technical Information Service, 
Springfield, Virginia 22161-0002; www.ntis.gov; 1-800-553-6847 or, 
locally, 703-605-6000.
    A copy of the document is also available for inspection and/or 
copying for a fee in the NRC Public Document Room, 2120 L Street NW, 
(lower level), Washington, DC. You may also electronically access 
NUREG-series publications and other NRC records at NRC's Public 
Electronic Reading Room at www.nrc.gov/NRC/ADAMS/index.html.
    This publication is also posted at NRC's Web site address http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/NUREGS/SR1628/index.html

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John L. Minns, Division of Licensing 
Project Management, Washington, DC 20555-0001 (telephone 301-415-3166).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This report, through a question-and-answer 
format, provides NRC staff responses to frequently asked questions on 
the decommissioning of commercial power reactors. The document was 
prepared in response to the increase in the number of power reactors in 
the decommissioning process and significant changes in the regulations 
since 1996. The staff realized that there was a general lack of public 
understanding of the decommissioning process and the risks associated 
with decommissioning. The document was developed to assist the public 
in understanding the decommissioning process for commercial nuclear 
power plants. A draft of this report was issued for comment in April 
1998. The June 2000 Final Report incorporates the comments received on 
the draft and updates responses to questions with current information. 
The staff also included additional questions and answers from the 
public meeting transcripts and written correspondence to members of the 
public. The report contains a definition of decommissioning and a 
discussion of decommissioning alternatives. It also provides a focus on 
decommissioning experiences in the United States and how the NRC 
regulates the decommissioning process. Questions on spent fuel, low-
level waste, and transportation related to decommissioning are 
answered. Questions on socioeconomics, partial site releases, 
independent spent fuel storage installation (ISFSI), license 
termination, the ultimate disposition of the facility, fiances for 
completing decommissioning, and hazards associated with decommissioning 
are also addressed. This document also provides responses to questions 
related to public involvement in decommissioning as well as providing 
the public with sources for obtaining additional information on 
decommissioning.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 5th day of July 2000.

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For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Michael T. Masnik,
Chief, Decommissioning Section, Project Directorate IV & 
Decommissioning, Division of Licensing Project Management, Office of 
Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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