Current through Register No. 40, October 3, 2024
(a) A licensee
shall submit a decommissioning plan if:
(1)
The licensee intends to terminate the license using radiological criteria
specified in He-P 4024.10 and
He-P
4024.11;
(2) Otherwise required by these
rules;
(3) Required by license
condition; or
(4) The procedures
and activities necessary to carry out decommissioning of the site or separate
building or outdoor area have not been previously approved by the DHHS/RHS and
the procedures could increase potential health and safety impacts to workers or
to the public, including but not limited to the following cases:
a. Procedures involving techniques not
applied routinely during cleanup or maintenance operations;
b. Workers entering areas not normally
occupied where surface contamination and radiation levels are significantly
higher than routinely encountered during the operation for which the license
was issued;
c. Procedures that
could result in significantly greater airborne concentrations of radioactive
materials than are present during operation; or
d. Procedures that could result in
significantly greater releases of radioactive material to the environment than
those associated with the operation for which the license was issued.
(b) Procedures with
potential health and safety impacts shall not be carried out prior to approval
of the decommissioning plan.
(c)
The proposed decommissioning plan for the facility or site, or separate
building or outdoor area, shall include:
(1)
A description of the conditions of the facility or site sufficient to evaluate
the acceptability of the plan;
(2)
A description of planned decommissioning activities;
(3) A description of methods used to ensure
protection of workers and the environment against radiation hazards during
decommissioning;
(4) A description
of the radiation survey planned to demonstrate compliance with
He-P
4024.08(d) and
He-P
4024.09(a) , or if applicable,
He-P
4024.09 or
He-P
4024.11; and
(5) An updated, detailed cost estimate for
decommissioning, comparison of that estimate with present funds set aside for
decommissioning, and a plan for assuring the availability of adequate funds for
completion of decommissioning.
(d) For decommissioning plans calling for
completion of decommissioning later than 24 months after plan approval, the
plan shall include a justification for the delay.
(e) The proposed decommissioning plan shall
be approved by the DHHS/RHS only if the information therein demonstrates that
the decommissioning will be completed as soon as practicable and that the
health and safety of workers and the public will be adequately
protected.
#8393, eff 7-23-05; ss by #10492, eff
12-24-13
