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Returning a Decommissioning Plant to Operating Status
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission published this proposed rule in the Federal Register on September 19, 2024. Comments closed on December 3, 2024.
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What the agency says
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has received a petition for rulemaking from Alan Blind and Roger Rapoport, dated July 1, 2024, requesting that the NRC revise its regulations to include a Commission-approved process for returning a decommissioning plant to operational status. The petition was docketed by the NRC on July 23, 2024, and has been assigned Docket No. PRM-50-125. The NRC is examining the issues raised in PRM-50-125 to determine whether they should be considered in rulemaking. The NRC is requesting public comment on this petition at this time.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2024-20936
- Type
- Proposed rule
- Action
- Petition for rulemaking; notice of docketing and request for comment
- Agency
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- Published
- September 19, 2024
- Comments due
- December 3, 2024
- Dates
- Submit comments by December 3, 2024. Comments received after this date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the NRC is able to assure consideration only for comments received on or before this date.
- Docket
- Docket No. PRM-50-125; NRC-2024-0135
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 10 CFR 50
- Pages
- 2
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