§ 53.1030 — Annual adjustments to cost estimates for decommissioning.

§ 53.1030 Annual adjustments to cost estimates for decommissioning.

Each holder of an OL or COL under this part must annually adjust the cost estimate for decommissioning to account for escalation in labor, energy, and waste burial costs. Licensees may elect to use either a site-specific adjustment factor, approved as part of the plan and associated decommissioning report required by § 53.1010, in paragraph (a) of this section or the generic adjustment factor in paragraph (b) of this section.

(a) A site-specific adjustment factor must address the estimated contributions and escalation of costs for the following aspects of decommissioning:

(1) Labor, materials, and services;

(2) Energy and waste transportation; and

(3) Radioactive waste burial or other disposition.

(b) A generic adjustment factor must be at least equal to 0.65 L + 0.13 E + 0.22 B, where L and E are escalation factors for labor and energy, respectively, and are to be taken from regional data of U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics and B is an escalation factor for waste burial and is to be taken from NRC report NUREG-1307, “Report on Waste Burial Charges.”