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Designation:E242115Standard Guide forPreparing Waste Management Plans for DecommissioningNuclear Facilities1This standard is issued under the fixed designation E2421;the number immediately following the designation indicates the year oforiginal adoption or,in the case of revision,the year of last revision.A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.Asuperscript epsilon()indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.1.Scope1.1 This guide addresses the development of waste manage-ment plans for potential waste streams resulting from decom-missioning activities at nuclear facilities,including identifying,categorizing,and handling the waste from generation to finaldisposal.1.2 This guide is applicable to potential waste streamsanticipated from decommissioning activities of nuclear facili-ties whose operations were governed by the Nuclear Regula-tory Commission(NRC)or Agreement State license,underDepartment of Energy(DOE)Orders,or Department of De-fense(DoD)regulations.1.3 This guide provides a description of the key elements ofwaste management plans that if followed will successfullyallow for the characterization,packaging,transportation,andoff-site treatment or disposal,or both,of conventional,hazardous,and radioactive waste streams.1.4 This guide does not address the on-site treatment,longterm storage,or on-site disposal of these potential wastestreams.1.5 This standard does not purport to address all of thesafety concerns,if any,associated with its use.It is theresponsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.2.Referenced Documents2.1 ASTM Standards:2D5283 Practice for Generation of Environmental Data Re-lated to Waste Management Activities:Quality Assuranceand Quality Control Planning and ImplementationD5792 Practice for Generation of Environmental Data Re-lated to Waste Management Activities:Development ofData Quality ObjectivesE1892 Guide for Preparing Characterization Plans for De-commissioning Nuclear Facilities2.2 Code of Federal Regulations:310 CFR 60 Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Wastes inGeologic Repositories10 CFR 61 Licensing Requirements for Land Disposal ofRadioactive Waste10 CFR 71 Packaging and Transportation of RadioactiveMaterials10 CFR 830.120 Nuclear Safety Management,Subpart A,“Quality Assurance Requirements”29 CFRSubpart H,“Hazardous Materials:Section1910.120,“Hazardous Waste Operations and EmergencyResponse”40 CFR 261 Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste40 CFR 262 Standards Applicable to Generators of Hazard-ous Waste40CFR761 PolychlorinatedBiphenyls(PCBs)Manufacturing,Processing,Distribution in Commerce,and Use Prohibitions40 CFR 763 Asbestos49 CFR 172 Hazardous Materials Table,Special Provisions,Hazardous Materials Communications,Emergency Re-sponse Information,and Training Requirements49 CFR 173 ShippersGeneral Requirements for Ship-ments and Packagings49 CFR 397 Transportation of Hazardous Materials;Drivingand Parking Rules2.3 DOE Documents:3DOE Order 460.1A Packaging and Transportation SafetyDOE Order 460.2A Departmental Materials Transportationand Packaging ManagementDOE Order 414.1C Quality AssuranceDOE Manual M 435.1-1 Radioactive Waste ManagementManual2.4 United States Code:3USC 2014 Definitions1This guide is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee E10 on NuclearTechnology and Applicationsand is the direct responsibility of SubcommitteeE10.03 on Radiological Protection for Decontamination and Decommissioning ofNuclear Facilities and Components.Current edition approved June 1,2015.Published July 2015.Originally approvedin 2005.Last previous edition approved in 2010 as E2421-10.DOI:10.1520/E2421-15.2For referenced ASTM standards,visit the ASTM website,www.astm.org,orcontact ASTM Customer Service at serviceastm.org.For Annual Book of ASTMStandards volume information,refer to the standards Document Summary page onthe ASTM website.3Available from U.S.Government Printing Office Superintendent of Documents,732 N.Capitol St.,NW,Mail Stop:SDE,Washington,DC 20401.Copyright ASTM International,100 Barr Harbor Drive,PO Box C700,West Conshohocken,PA 19428-2959.United States1 2.5 NRC Standards and Guides:3NUREG-1575 Multi-Agency Radiation Survey and Site In-vestigation Manual(MARSSIM)NUREG-1575,Supplement 1 Multi-Agency Radiation Sur-vey and Assessment of Materials and Equipment(MAR-SAME)NUREG-1576 Multi-Agency Radiologial Laboratory Ana-lytical Protocols(MARLAP)2.6 Other Documents:EPA QA/R-2 Requirements for Quality Management Plans4EPA QA/G-4 Guidance on Systematic Planning Using theData Quality Objectives Process4NQA-1-2000 American Society of Mechanical Engineers,200843.Terminology3.1 Definitions:3.1.1 documentsinstructions,procedures and drawingsthat control policy,administrative,and technical information.3.1.2 recordselectronic,written,printed,microfilm,photographs,radiographs,or optical disks that contain data th