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Decommissioning Program Documents
The following key documents support or describe the decommissioning program.
- Final Rule on Decommissioning Planning, Federal Register Notice, June 17, 2011 (76 FR 35512, ML11272A154)
- Questions and Answers, Final Rule on Decommissioning Planning (ML11271A197)
- Consolidated NMSS Decommissioning Guidance (NUREG-1757)
- Overview of the NRC"s Consolidated NMSS Decommissioning Guidance
- Update to NRC Consolidated NMSS Decommissioning Guidance
- Method for Surveying and Averaging Concentrations of Thorium in Contaminated Subsurface Soil (AAR Paper)
- Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Environmental Protection Agency and NRC on Decommissioning and Decontamination of Contaminated Sites (EPA/NRC MOU) (2002)
- Lessons Learned Related to Recently Submitted Decommissioning Plans and License Termination Plans (NRC Regulatory Issue Summary 2002-02)
- Results of the License Termination Rule Analysis of the Use of Intentional Mixing of Contaminated Soil (SECY-04-0035)
- Results of the License Termination Rule Analysis (SECY 03-0069)
- Status of the Decommissioning Program 2023 Annual Report
- Status of the Decommissioning Program 2022 Annual Report
- Status of the Decommissioning Program 2021 Annual Report
- Status of the Decommissioning Program 2020 Annual Report
- Status of the Decommissioning Program 2019 Annual Report
- Status of the Decommissioning Program 2018 Annual Report
- Status of the Decommissioning Program 2017 Annual Report
- Status of the Decommissioning Program 2016 Annual Report
- Status of the Decommissioning Program 2015 Annual Report
- Status of the Decommissioning Program 2014 Annual Report
- Status of the Decommissioning Program 2013 Annual Report
- Status of the Decommissioning Program 2012 Annual Report
- Status of the Decommissioning Program 2011 Annual Report
- Status of the Decommissioning Program 2010 Annual Report
- Status of the Decommissioning Program 2009 Annual Report
- Integrated Decommissioning Improvement Plan, FY2010, Rev. 3 (June 8, 2010)
- Status of the Decommissioning Program 2008 Annual Report (NUREG-1814, Rev. 2)
- Status of the Decommissioning Program 2007 Annual Report
- Integrated Decommissioning Improvement Plan, FY2007-2009, Rev. 2 (April 26, 2007)
- Status of the Decommissioning Program 2006 Annual Report (NUREG-1814, Rev. 1)
- Status of the Decommissioning Program 2005 Annual Report
- Integrated Decommissioning Improvement Plan, FY2004-2007, Rev. 1 (March 29, 2005)
- Decommissioning Program Continuous Improvement Report for FY 2004-2005 (October 2005)
- Status of the Decommissioning Program 2004 Annual Report (NUREG-1814)
- Status of Decommissioning Program 2003 Annual Update (SECY-03-0161)
- Program Evaluation of Changes to the Decommissioning Program (September 2003)
- Status of Decommissioning Program 2002 Annual Update (SECY-02-0169)
- Status of Decommissioning Program 2001 Annual Update (SECY-01-0156)
- Status of Decommissioning Program (SECY-00-0094)
Documents for Grandfathered Site Decommissioning Management Plans Sites
- Status of Decommissioning Program and Site Decommissioning Management Plan Sites (SECY-99-035)
- Update on the Site Decommissioning Management Plan (SECY-97-0242)
- Termination of Operating Licenses for Nuclear Reactors (RG 1.86)
- Termination of Byproduct, Source and Special Nuclear Material Licenses (FC 83-23)
- Disposal or Onsite Storage of Residual Thorium or Uranium (Either as Natural Ores or Without Daughters Present) from past Operations (SECY-81-576)
- Action Plan to Ensure Timely Remediation of Sites Listed in the Site Decommissioning Management Plan (SECY-92-106)
Page Last Reviewed/Updated Thursday, August 27, 2026
Page Last Reviewed/Updated Thursday, August 27, 2026