ML19318B868

Responds to Re Restrictions on Commercial Burial of Radwastes & Potential Impact on Lagoon Cleanout Schedule. Suggests Utilizing Commercial Radwaste Disposal Facilities, If DOE Negotiations Are Unsuccessful

ML19318B868
Person / Time
Site:	Wood River Junction
Issue date:	06/06/1980
From:	Page R NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS)
To:	Bowers C UNITED NUCLEAR CORP. (SUBS. OF UNC, INC.)
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NUDOCS 8006300214
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c-l Tnis is in response to your letter of February 19,1980, CEB 80-48, l

concerning restrictions on the concercial burial of your radioactive wastes and the potential igact on the lagoon cleanout schedule igosed by Condition 26 of License St06-777. -

First of all, as we understand the situation, the wastes resulted from the It would thus appear that DOE has some processing of DOE materials.

respar.sibility to provide for their disposal and we suggest that you explore this possibility with DOE.

If you still have active contracts with DOE, amendmnt to include waste disposal may be feasible.

Secondly, we do not consider stabilization of the lagoon wastes in situ (as mentioned in your letter) to be a practical solution to the problem since your site would have to be licensed under 20.302 of 10 CFR Part 20.

Octaining the eecessary local, state and federal government approvals for On -

the site would present difficulties and require years to accomplish.

site stabilization might require state ownership of the land to assure adequate long-tem control and would certainly add to site proliferation.

We are informed by a menber of NRC's Office of State Programs that State govemments, including Rhode Island, have not made sufficient progress in ceveloping state or regional radioactive waste burial sites to offer hope that such a solution will pnavide relief by toe 1982 deadline in Condition 26.

Proposed draft requirements for a licensed low level waste disposal facilit'y (ccpy enclosed) raise the possibility that packaging or material form There is thus a risk, as you are probably aware, requirenents could change.

that a backlog of dried packagM wastes could later prove unacceptable at the disposal sites.

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o;>erating corcercial radioactive waste disposal facilities to dispose of all possible wastes from the lagoods 'in an expeditious manner. It is not L

clear from your letter whether your failure to obtain a comitment from, tne site in Nevada related to imediate disposal or resulted from the-operator's rel.uctance to provide a long term comitment to future disposal.,

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