Guidance

RSR guidance for nuclear sites undergoing decommissioning

Radioactive substances regulation guidance on the management of the generation and disposal of radioactive waste during the decommissioning of nuclear facilities.

• From: Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales
• Published: 21 October 2013
• Last updated: 8 February 2024
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  1. 8 February 2024

     The guidance has been rewritten to be more operator focused and published as HTML. It is set in context with guidance on requirements for release (GRR) and against the Radioactive Substances Regulation (RSR) objective and principles.

  2. 21 October 2013

     First published.

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RSR guidance for nuclear sites undergoing decommissioning

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This guidance describes our expectations for the management and disposal of radioactive waste when preparing for, or actively undertaking, the decommissioning of nuclear facilities.

An operator should plan for decommissioning at the start of a facility’s lifecycle. Once a facility’s operations have stopped, decontamination, dismantling and disposal will need to take place in compliance with the operator’s radioactive substances activity permit.

The Environment Agency has produced this guidance with Natural Resources Wales.