Decommissioning Funding Status Reports
NRC regulations require licensees of nuclear power plants to submit data every two years, and annually in some cases on the status of funds to be put aside to cover the cost of decommissioning their nuclear plants (known as the Decommissioning Funding Status (DFS) Report). The NRC staff independently analyzes each of these reports to determine whether the agency has reasonable assurance the licensees are providing sufficient funding for radiological decommissioning of the reactor when it is permanently shut down. This assurance is referred to as "decommissioning funding assurance (DFA)."
A summary of the DFS report for operating reactors is provided to the Commission on a biennial basis in the form of a SECY paper. A partial list of these reports are:
SECY
Number |
Description |
Date |
| SECY-23-0103 |
Summary of Staff Biennial Review and Findings of the 2023 Decommissioning Funding Status Reports from Operating and Decommissioning Power Reactor Licensees |
12/15/2023 |
| SECY-21-0108 |
Summary of Staff Biennial Review and Findings of the 2021 Decommissioning Funding Status Reports from Operating and Decommissioning Power Reactor Licensees |
12/16/2021 |
| SECY-20-0001 |
Summary of Staff Review and Findings of the 2019 Decommissioning Funding Status Reports from Operating and Decommissioning Power Reactor Licensees |
12/31/2019 |
| SECY-18-0078 |
Summary of Staff Review and Findings of the 2017 Decommissioning Fund Status Reports from Operating Power Reactor Licensees and Power Reactor Licensees in Decommissioning |
08/06/2018 |
| SECY-15-0122 |
Summary Findings Resulting from the Staff Review of the 2015 Decommissioning Funding Status Reports for Operating Power Reactor Licensees |
09/28/2015 |
| SECY-13-0105 |
Summary Findings Resulting from the Staff Review of the 2013 Decommissioning Funding Status Reports for Operating Power Reactor Licensees |
10/02/2013 |
| SECY-11-0149 |
Summary Findings Resulting from the Staff Review of the 2010 Decommissioning Funding Status Reports for Operating Power Reactor Licensees |
10/26/2011 |
| SECY-09-0146 |
2009 Summary of Decommissioning Funding Status Reports for Nuclear Power Reactors |
10/06/2009 |
| SECY-07-0200 |
2007 Summary of Decommissioning Funding Status Reports for Nuclear Power Reactors |
11/14/2007 |
More information on the decommissioning process is available on the NRC Web site. See our Fact Sheet on Decommissioning Nuclear Power Plants and an NRC statement regarding recent media coverage of Decommissioning Funding Assurance.
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