ML20032E102
| ML20032E102 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 11/05/1981 |
| From: | Jennifer Davis NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
| To: | Goldstein G NEW MEXICO, STATE OF |
| References | |
| FRN-46FR28081, FRN-46FR38081, RULE-PR-170, RULE-PR-173, RULE-PR-19, RULE-PR-2, RULE-PR-20, RULE-PR-21, RULE-PR-30, RULE-PR-40, RULE-PR-51, RULE-PR-60, RULE-PR-73 46FR38081, NUDOCS 8111190652 | |
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Dear Dr. Goldstein:
s Thank you for your coments eq proposed 10 CFR Part 61, " Licensing Requirements for Land Disposal of. Radioactive Waste" transmitted by your letter dated October 16, 1981.
These comments and your earlier comments transmitted by letter dated September 11, 1 981 are being considere'd'in our {evelopment of the final rule. We appre'ciate' your interest and input)n'this. important effort.
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Docketing and Service Branch Gentlemen:
We have reviewed the " Licensing Requirements for Land Disposal of Radioactive Waste" (10CFR 61) and offer the following comments for your consideration.
Page 38085, Col. 3 (Institutional Control)
Some provision should be cade to require more obvious passive controls other than public records.
A " permanent" type of identification monument should be constructed describing the facility and its boundaries., Unlike individual trench markers this should be of sufficient height above the ground surface that it will remain visible for many hundreds of years.
Page 38096, 61.50 (a)(5)
Lower flood plain frequencies of 250 to 500 years should be considered since this is the time frame required for radioactive decay to innocuous levels.
Page 38096, 61.'52 (a)(6)
Exposure rates for gamma levels at the trench cap surfaces should be some specific value above background so that compliance may be readily determined.
Page 38097, Table 1, footnote 3 -
This footnote does not refer to any waste class but only to Class C intruder.~
wastes.
For clarity it should read:
" Maximum concentration for near surface' di sposal." '
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Page 38097, Col. 3, Line 6 It would be more technically correct to have this sentence read:
" Waste that har a radioisotope concentration that exceeds the numerical values shown in Colum 3 Tabl e 1.... "
It is inplicit, by definition, Inat tne concentration of H-3, C-14 and Co-60 cannot be in excess of their respective theoretical specific activities.
Page 38097, 61.55 (Waste Classification)
It -is not clear from the draft whether Ra-226 will be. permitted and in what concentrations.
Page 38099, 61.70 (Scope)
It is unclear what the role of an Agreement State would be in the licensing and regulation of land burial of radioactive wastes as opposed to a non-agreement State.
Page 38099, 61.72 (a)
Rather than relying on notification in the Federal Register, it would be more beneficial to State and tribal governments if the Director specifically inform the appropriate State and/or tribal official if a near-surface radioactive di sal facility is being proposed on lands under their jurisdiction.
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