Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 52, December 27, 2024
a) Licensees required to perform cost
estimates, as described in Sections
326.60
and
326.70(b),
shall submit reclamation plans and cost estimates to the Agency for approval
prior to securing financial assurance arrangements. The Agency shall allow
material described in Section
326.50(b)
as exempt to be excluded from all financial assurance estimates. For licensees
described in Section
326.70(b),
the material described in Section
326.50(c)
shall also be excluded from financial assurance estimates. The plan shall
describe reclamation actions to be taken in order to terminate the license in
accordance with the requirements of 32 Ill. Adm. Code 330.
b) The reclamation plan and cost estimate
shall include the following:
1) The probable
extent of contamination resulting from the use or possession of radioactive
material as authorized by a radioactive material license at the facility or
site, and the probable cost of removal of the contamination in order to
terminate the license in accordance with the requirements of 32 Ill. Adm. Code
330. This consideration shall encompass probable contaminating events
associated with the licensee's methods or modes of operation and shall be based
on factors such as quantities, half-lives, radiation hazards and toxicities,
and chemical and physical forms;
2)
The extent of possible offsite property damage caused by operation of the
facility or site that is to be reclaimed;
3) The costs and methods of the following:
A) Removal and disposal of radioactive
material and sources of radiation that are or would be generated, stored,
processed or otherwise present at the facility or site, including the volume of
onsite subsurface material containing residual radioactivity in order to meet
32 Ill. Adm. Code
330.325
requirements for unrestricted use; and
B) Reclamation of the site or the property
where the facility is located and all other properties contaminated by
radioactive material authorized by the license in order to meet 32 Ill. Adm.
Code
330.325
requirements for unrestricted use;
4) The cost of an independent contractor to
perform all decommissioning and decontamination activities;
5) A contingency factor of 25 percent of the
total cost estimate;
6)
Identification of and justification for using key assumptions contained in the
reclamation plan;
7) A description
of the method of assuring funds for decommissioning from the financial
assurance arrangements authorized by Sections
326.100
through
326.160,
including means for adjusting cost estimates and associated funding levels
periodically over the life of the facility; and
8) A certification by the licensee that the
financial assurance for decommissioning has been provided in the amount of the
cost for decommissioning.
c) The Agency shall consider, but is not
limited to, the requirements of subsection (b) in approving the reclamation
plan and cost estimates and determining the financial assurance requirements
for each individual licensee.
d) At
the time of license renewal and at intervals not to exceed 3 years, the
reclamation funding plan shall be resubmitted to the Agency for approval, with
adjustments as necessary to account for changes in costs and the extent of
contamination. If the amount of financial assurance will be adjusted downward,
this cannot be done until the updated reclamation funding plan is approved. The
reclamation funding plan shall update the information submitted with the
original or prior approved plan and shall specifically consider the effect of
the following events on decommissioning costs:
1) Spills of radioactive material producing
additional residual radioactivity in onsite subsurface material;
2) Waste inventory increasing above the
amount previously estimated;
3)
Waste disposal costs increasing above the amount previously
estimated;
4) Facility
modifications;
5) Changes in
authorized possession limits;
6)
Actual remediation costs that exceed the previous cost estimate;
8) Use of a settling pond.
