ML19347E255
| ML19347E255 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 03/19/1981 |
| From: | Mikulski B HOUSE OF REP. |
| To: | Kammerer C NRC OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS (OCA) |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8104240396 | |
| Download: ML19347E255 (1) | |
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Mr. Carlton Kammerer Director, Office of Congressional Affairs Nuclear Regulatory Commission 1717 H Street N.W.
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20505 Dear Mr. Kammerer; og-I am concerned about the high level wastes at Three-Mile Island.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commisson's draft Programmatic Environmental Impact statement has failed to address any alternatives which pro' vide assurance that the radioactive wastes will be removed from the island without decades of delay.
The draft environmental impact statement reveals that federal agencies are following a course of action that will make Three Mile Island a long-term storage dump f or radioactive waste.
Nothing could be more dangerous to Chesapeake Bay and the people of Maryland.
There is little or no hope for a commercial site for many, many years to come at which such highlevel radioac tive material can be disposed.
There is one option which can guarantee the capability for timely removal from the island of the wastes.
i The one option would be for DOE to accept these vastes for
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storage with the similar wastes that DOE now handles from the defense-related nuclear proj ects.
I would like to know the position of the NRC in regard to considering the technical feasibility of this option.
I am aware that DOE policy does not allow for disposal of TMI low-level wastes at government facilities, and that DOE is studying the high level waste problems.
I look fe: ward to hearing from you.
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