Initial plan for NPP decommissioning

For new nuclear power plants to be built, consideration of decommissioning shall begin early in the design stage and shall continue through to the termination of the practice or the final release of the facility from regulatory control. The regulatory body shall ensure that operators take into account eventual decommissioning activities in the design, construction and operation of the facility. The points of developing an initial decommissioning plan is design considerations to facilitate decommissioning, decommissioning project cost, and decommissioning activities. ACP1000 as an example, the paper had showed the decommissioning activities content from safety shutdown to dismantling. (authors)