ML19219A675
| ML19219A675 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 01/16/1981 |
| From: | Bradford P NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
| To: | Ahearne J, Gilinsky V, Hendrie J NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
| Shared Package | |
| ML19219A664 | List: |
| References | |
| REF-10CFR9.7 SECY-81-048, SECY-81-48, NUDOCS 8102260373 | |
| Download: ML19219A675 (5) | |
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January 15, 1.051 CF Ft0E OF THE COMMtSS:ON ER MEMCPM DUM FOR:
Chairr.an Ahearne Co:x::issicner Gilinsky Comissioner Hendrie PB FROM:
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I understand that the attached modifications are consistent with the Hendrie/Gilinsky version cf the final rule' cn geologic disposal of high-level waste.
I would therefere propese that they be substituted.
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Th e C =i s-sien c:nsiders three sites in two ge:1:gic cedia t: he the ini=um nutter needed to satisfy NEPA.
That is. the C:=ission can foresee ne cir:d: stance that would permit it *e e:nclude, en the basis of a e:re limited investica-tien that alternatives have been eensidered in zecerdance with the " rule of
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nu=ber of geoicgic =edia and sites that DCE =ust chahacterice during multipie site characterication.
What is i=pertant is that there be sufficient infor-caticn for NP.C to be able to evaluate real alternatives, in a ti=ely canner, in acc:rdance with ME?A.
(Infc=ation en plans for c:nsidering alternative sites is to be in:1uded in the Site Characterication Repert.
This previ-sien was questiened by s==e ec= enters.
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that any deficiency =zy be the subject of a " specific rec:=mendatien" by the Direct;r. cf the NEC's Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguart;, -
(Director) as provided in 560.HCe), with respect to additional infe=atien that cight needed by the C =ission in reviewing a license appifcation in acc:rdance with NE?A. The NEC aisc centinues to believe that vaste-fo--.
research is an appropriate t pic for treat =ent in the site charactericatien repert, as the discussicn =ay lead to specific recc==cr.dati:ns by the Direct:
and, as well, c:ntrit: rte to early-ext =inatien and broader underrtanding of pessib[e waste f:rc hest r:ck interacti:ns.) Further, wording of E60. H (a) has been changed frc: " waste form" te "vaste forc anc packaging" to better : nvey that the NRC was seeking inf:r=atien relating to' the interacti:n cf the wa::ta as e=placed (hence including packaging) with the best r:ck.
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identifies the State and 10:atien at which the proposed geel ;ic rep sit: y
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[Eir]23. 10 CFR 51.41 is a: ended to read as f=11cvs:
151.41 Ad=inistrative precedures.
Except as the c:ntext :ny otherwise require, pr:cedures and measures similar to these described in 5551.21-51.25 vill be fc11:wed in pr ceed-p-
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551.5(a) but not c:vered by 551.20 er 51.21.
i Tne precedures folicwed with respect to raterials licanses vill. reflect the fact that, unlike the' licensing cf producticn and utilizatien facilities, the licensing of.
=a'terials dees nct require separate authorizati:ns f r c:nst ucti:n and cperatien.
In the' case of an applicati:n f r a license to receive and possess high-level radicactive vaste at a geclegic repesit:q cperatiens area pursuant to Part 60 of this chepter, h:vever, the envir:n= ental i= pact statement required by 551.5(a) shall be prenared and circulated prier to the, issuance cf a c:nstructicn auth rizatien; the envirentental impact' statement shall be supplemented prier : issuance Of a 11:ense t:
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