ML19305D934
| ML19305D934 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 03/12/1980 |
| From: | Ahearne J NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
| To: | Goldschmidt N TRANSPORTATION, DEPT. OF |
| Shared Package | |
| ML19305D921 | List: |
| References | |
| FRN-44FR61372, RULE-PR-50, RULE-PR-51 NUDOCS 8004160212 | |
| Download: ML19305D934 (2) | |
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March 12,1980 CHAIRMAN The Honorable fleil Goldschmidt Secretary U.S. Department of Transportation Washington, DC 20590
Dear fir. Secretary:
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has initiated a rulemaking proceeding to reassess its degree of confidence that radioactive wastes produced by nuclear facilities will be safely disposed of, to determine when such disposal will be available, and if disposal or off-site storage is unavailable prior to the expiration of a facility's license, whether wastes can be safely stored on-site until such disposal is available.
See enclosed flotice of Proposed Rulemaking.
The Commission believes that the views of your agency on the subject matter of this proceeding would of great value.
Therefore, I take this opportunity to solicit your comments on:
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the degree of confidence 5.hich exists that safe off-site disposal of radioactive waste from licensed facilities will be available; 2.
when any such disposal or off-site storage will be available; 3.
if disposal or off-site storage will not be available until after the expiration of the licenses of certain nuclear facilities, whether the wastes generated by those facilities can be safely stored on-site until such disposal is available; 4.
the conclusions of the Report to the President by the Interagency Review Group on Waste !!anagement, TID-29442 (March 1979); and 5.
any other information or views which you believe are necessary to support a reasoned judgment on waste management issues.
Your comments and documents you rely on will be made a part of the record of this proceeding and will be placed in the " data bank" of materials being made available to all participants.
It is our intent to make your comments and those of other agencies available early in the proceeding to enable parti-cipants to address them in their formal submissions.
Consequently, I would appreciate receiving any comments you might wish to make and a copy of relevant documents by April 15, 1980.
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i The Honorable Neil Goldschmidt 2
Please note that by providing these comments you are under no obligation to participate further in this proceeding unless you so desire.
If you wish to comment upon the issues at future stages of this proceeding or receive future documents in this proceeding, plcase notify the Secretary of the Commission, i
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC, 20555, Attention: Docket and Service Branch.
Sincerely, I
th John F. Ahearne Enclosu re: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking l
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