Nuclear Regulatory Commission November 19, 2024 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for public comment a draft report entitled, NUREG-1307, Revision 20, "Report on Waste Burial Charges: Changes in Decommissioning Waste Disposal Costs at Low-Level Waste Burial Facilities." This report, which is revised periodically, explains the formula acceptable to the NRC for determining the minimum decommissioning fund requirements for nuclear power reactor licensees, as required by NRC regulations. Specifically, this report provides the adjustment factor and updates the values for the labor, energy, and waste burial escalation factors of the minimum formula.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued exemptions in response to a December 7, 2023, request from Constellation Energy Generation, LLC (Constellation), regarding the submittal of subsequent license renewal applications for Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2. Pursuant to these exemptions, if the licensee submits the subsequent license renewal applications at least 3 years prior to the expiration of the existing operating licenses, and if the NRC staff finds them acceptable for docketing, the existing operating licenses will be in timely renewal under NRC regulations until the NRC has made final determinations on whether to approve the subsequent license renewal applications.