The decommissioning of nuclear reactor facilities shall adopt the method of dismantlement and shall be completed within the period prescribed by the competent authorities.
The dismantlement referred to in the preceding Paragraph shall be within the scope of radioactively-contaminated equipment, structure, and materials.

As to the decommissioning of nuclear reactor facilities, the radiation dose in the site of dismantled facilities shall be complied with the standards prescribed by the competent authorities.

For the decommissioning of nuclear reactor facilities, an application, appending the decommissioning plan, shall be filed by the licensee with the competent authorities, and the decommissioning thereof shall not commence until the application has been reviewed and approved by the competent authorities to comply with the following prescription and a decommissioning permit has been granted:
1.The activities of decommissioning shall be sufficient to protect the public health and safety;
2.The impact to the environmental protection and ecological protection shall comply with the prescription under relevant laws/statutes and decrees;
3.The activities of radiation protection and the administration of radioactive materials shall be complied with the prescription under relevant laws/statutes and decrees;
4.The technical, the management ability and the financial data, etc., of the applicant shall be competent to execute the decommissioning.
The decommissioning plan referred to in the preceding Paragraph shall be submitted by the licensee three years prior to the scheduled permanent cessation of operation of nuclear reactor facilities.
If within the valid period of the operating license, nuclear reactor facilities have not been operated continually due to certain reasons, the licensee shall submit the decommissioning plan within three years of the permanent cessation of operation thereof.
The regulations for the documents requisite for an application for the permit for decommissioning of nuclear reactor facilities, review and approval procedures, and other matters to be complied therewith shall be prescribed by the competent authorities.

For the off-commissioning of nuclear reactor facilities, the licensee shall submit the plan on off-commissioning to and apply with the competent authorities for approval.
The regulations for the documents requisite for an application for off-commissioning of nuclear reactor facilities, review and approval procedures, and the administrative regulations as to the off-commissioning shall be prescribed by the competent authorities.
Where nuclear reactor facilities have been ceased operation for more than one year consecutively but the licensee does not report it to the competent authorities for approval, it shall be deemed as the permanent cessation of operation; and the decommissioning procedures shall follow the prescription of Paragraph 3 of the preceding Article.

After the decommissioning permit issued by the competent authorities has been obtained, the licensee shall execute the decommissioning plan approved by the competent authorities.
After the decommissioning plan has been approved by the competent authorities, any amendment, if involved in the significant regulating items, shall be submitted to and approved by the competent authorities before being made.
The significant regulating items referred to in the preceding Paragraph shall be prescribed by the competent authorities.

Article 14 shall be applicable, mutatis mutandis, to the regulations during the decommissioning period of nuclear reactor facilities.

After the issuance of decommissioning permit, the competent authorities may, subject to the circumstances, in consultation with the Ministry of Interior, the government of municipality under the direct jurisdiction of the Executive Yuan, the county (city) government and relevant authorities about the removal or the amendment of the exclusion area and the low population zone, which, after being approved by the Executive Yuan, shall be publicized.

Within six months of completion of the decommissioning plan of nuclear reactor facilities, the licensee shall submit to the competent authorities for review and examination the report on environmental radiation monitoring on the site.