ML16316A089
| ML16316A089 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 05/13/1986 |
| From: | Ward D Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards |
| To: | Palladino N NRC/Chairman |
| References | |
| D860513 | |
| Download: ML16316A089 (1) | |
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D860513 Honorable Nunzio J. Palladino Chairman U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D. C. 20555 Dear Dr. Palladino
SUBJECT:
ACRS COMMENTS ON THE DEFINITION OF LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE According to the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1985, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is authorized to classify certain materials as low-level radioactive waste.
This being the case, we believe this law provides the NRC an excellent opportunity to bring within the low-level radioactive waste definition a category of wastes which heretofore has not been properly addressed or controlled. These are the so-called "Naturally Occurring and Accel-erator Produced Radioactive Materials," commonly referred to as NARM wastes.
We recommend that you encourage the NRC Staff and the Commission to expand the definition of low-level radioactive waste to include those categories of NARM wastes that are important to public health and safety. Such a change would bring under regulatory control a category of radioactive waste that for too long has been neglected.
Sincerely, David A. Ward Chairman