Date Issued
Report Number
OIG-NRC-25-M-03
Report Type
Other
Description
Crowe identified areas where opportunities exist for the NRC to improve its oversight of decommissioning trust funds (DTFs). Specifically, the four areas focus on creating policies and procedures, workflows, and other support to enhance the oversight of the use of DTFs: 1. Additional monitoring or detailed review on the use of the DTFs; 2. Additional financial oversight assistance when reviewing and monitoring the use of DTFs; 3. Documented policies, procedures, and workflows; and, 4. Master list of sites with license conditions. We also identified best practices developed by the NRC for the use of DTFs when licensees are restarting nuclear reactors thatwere formerly in decommissioning status. Key best practices include a universal process for establishing a regulatory holdpoint, tracking the level of effort, and instituting a license condition for the restarting plant related to the use of its DTFs.
Joint Report
No
Agency Wide
Yes (agency-wide)
Questioned Costs
$0
Funds for Better Use
$0