United States of America: A summary of US record keeping requirements for decommissioning projects. Annex I-5

The NRC has formal requirements regarding record keeping and records management specifically addressing decommissioning projects. These requirements vary slightly depending on the nature of the nuclear facility or of nuclear materials licensed for a particular location. The regulations are somewhat scattered among the various parts and chapters of NRC regulations including: 10 CFR: 10.2108, 20.2101, 20.2110, 30.51(c)(1), 40.36(f), 40.61(c)(1), 50.75(g), 70.25(g), 70.52(i)(1) and 72.30(d). There is, however, a single unifying concept that underlies all of these regulations. That concept is that record keeping for decommissioning is ultimately record keeping for radiation protection. All requirements lead back to keeping meticulous, verifiable and accurate records concerning radiation protection. A link to all 10 CFR 20 regulations is provided. The NRC regulatory requirements for decommissioning record keeping (i.e. a decommissioning records management programme) have been brought together and synthesized in an NRC guidance document entitled Consolidated NMSS Decommissioning Guidance, issued in 2003 as NUREG 1757. Volume 3 of this reference contains universally applicable guidance for all decommissioning projects with respect to records management obligations. The following sections of this annex summarize and quote liberally from the guidance given, as relevant to the topics of this report