Nuclear Regulation Nrc Needs More Effective Analysis To Ensure Accumulation Of Funds To Decommission Nuclear Power Plants

Following the shutdown of a nuclear power plant, a significant radioactive waste hazard remains until the waste is removed & the plant site decommissioned. In 1999, it was reported that the combined value of the owners' decommissioning funds (DF) was insufficient to ensure enough funds would be available for decommissioning. This report updates the 1999 report & evaluates the Nuclear Regulatory. Commission's (NRC) analysis of the owners' DF & its process for acting on reports that show insufficient DF. NRC should: develop an effective method for determining whether owners are accumulating DF at sufficient rates, & establish criteria for taking action when it is determined that an owner is not accumulating sufficient DF. Charts & tables. Also includes 15-page testimony before the Comm. on Govt. Reform, U.S. House of Representatives, by Jim Wells, Dir., Natural Resources & Environment, Sept. 14, 2004, on Nuclear Regulatory Commission: Preliminary Observations on Efforts to Improve Security at Nuclear Power Plants.ÓWells, Jim is the author of 'Nuclear Regulation Nrc Needs More Effective Analysis To Ensure Accumulation Of Funds To Decommission Nuclear Power Plants', published 2004 under ISBN 9780756740733 and ISBN 0756740738.