RE: RAM license decommissioning plan for government facility

["Whitham, Kenneth R" <whithakr@id.doe.gov>]

When I was with Idaho State University, we had the Idaho State Board of
Education commit to the NRC that in the event ISU discontinued its NRC
Broad Scope License, that money would be made available to clean up the
facility and decommission our radiation facilities.  We were in a
similar condition, we mostly used P-32, I-125, and S-85 in our research
(we held an NRC Broad Scope license)  

NRC approved this approach and we were not required to write a
decommissioning plan nor were we required to post a bond.

Ken Whitham, 
DOE-ID Radiological Controls Manager
whithakr@id.doe.gov
208-526-4151

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Mr Jo [SMTP:mjo@scs.unr.edu]
> Sent:	Tuesday, May 26, 1998 10:30 AM
> To:	Multiple recipients of list
> Subject:	RAM license decommissioning plan for government facility
> 
> I need to write a decommissioning plan for my facility which is state
> funded university. We mostly use short lived, days to months,
> isotopes.
> The State regulators wants our commitment in writing as we can't put
> money
> up front.
> 
> One of item I need to address is estimated cost of decommissioning.
> 
> I would like to see an example of cost estimation (methods) if someone
> is
> willing to share. Thank you in advance. M. Jo
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