ML20043C001
| ML20043C001 | |
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| Issue date: | 08/17/1988 |
| From: | Fraley R Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards |
| To: | Bates A Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards |
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| FRN-53FR49886, RULE-PR-CHP1 NACNUCLE, NUDOCS 9006010169 | |
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MEMORANDUM.FOR: Andrew L. Bates. Acting Advisory Comittee Manecerent Offi r
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R. F. Fraiey, Executive ector, ACRS
SUBJECT:
FEDERAL REG l STER MEETIfic NOTICE FOR THE FOURTH ACfS! MEETIf;G - SEPTEMBER 13-14, 1988 Attached is e rieeting netice for the third rneeting of the AChV which will he helc on September 13 14, 1968.
It is forverded for your ap-proval and pblicat'Or, in the Federal Register as soon as possibic.
Attachment:
FR Notice for the Fourth AChW Meeting, 9/13-14/88 CC:
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cc: ACNW Meeting Notice ACRS/ACNW Mer.bers and Staff J. Kopeck, OPA 3217 M. Nord11nger, OGC ISB-10 V. Stello EDO 17G-13 T. Rehm EDO 17G-13 F. N. Brenneman, NRR 12E-4 D. Persinko, NRR 1EE-4 H. L. Thompson,flMSS 6A-4 R. E. Browning, NMSS 4H-3 M. R. Knapp. NilSS SE-4 1
R. Bernero, NMSS 6A-4 G. Lear,i: MSS 6A-4 R. F. Burnett, NMSS 4E-4 R. Cunninghtm, i; MSS 6H-3 T., E. Hurley. NRR 12G-18 F. Miraglia, NKR 12G '
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& Tech. Assessment, i;RP S. Varga,i:P.P 14E-4 D. M. Cratchfitid NRR 13A-2
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Federal Register Notice ADVISORY CO>ti!TTEE ON NUCLEAR WASTE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Meeting Notice The Advisory Comittee on Nuclear Waste (ACNW) will hold an open meeting on September 13-14, 1988, 8:30 a.m., Room P-110, 7920 Norfolk Avenue, Bethesda, MD.
Low-level Waste and Deconrissioning Division (0 pen) - estimated time: 1.5 hrs. - The Comittee will be briefed by the Director of the Division of Low Level Waste and Decomissioning on plans for FY 1989.
Regulatory Responsibility (0 pen) - estimated time: 1.5 hrs. - The Comittee will be briefeu on an ASilE peper on proposed reguletory responsibilities for mixed waste.
Low-level Waste Handling Processes (0 pen 1 estimated time: 1.5 hrs. - The Comittee will be briefed by the hRC Sta"f on cement-based Lt.W fortns.
High Density Polyethylene HICs (0 pen / Closed) - estimeted time: 2 hrs. -
L The Comittee will be brief t'd by the NRC Steff on High Densit.v Polyethylene HICs.
Below R I hr. - The Comittee BWc6)Jc4 tory Concern (O'ctn) - estim6ted tire:ntUiue its review ot'~tfiE Below F l
L the goal of developing a positior. which could be incorporated in an NRC policy statement before the International Meeting on BRC is held in l
Wathington, DC, in October 1988.
Decomissionine Rule (0 pen). estimated time: 0.5 hr. - The Comittee will be briefed on the rulereking on " General Reytrements for Decomissionirg Nuclear Facilities.
COE's Dry Spent Fuel Storece Cask Study (0 pen) - estimated time: 45 mins.
- The Comittee will be briefed by the NM55/IMNS staff on the DOE study on' dry cask design and use.
Comittee Activities (0 pen) - estimated time: 2 hrs. - The Comittee will discuss anticipated and proposed Comittee activities, future meeting schedule, and administrative matters, as appropriate.
Procedures for the conduct of and participation in ACNW meetings were published in the Federal Register on June 6,1988(53FR20699).
In accordance with these arocedures, oral or written statements may be presented by members of tie public, recordings will be pemitted only during those portions of the meeting when a transcript is being kept,
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and questions may be asked only by members of the Comittee, its consul-tents, and Steff. The Office of the ACRS is providing Staff support for the ACNW.
Persers desiring to make oral statements should notify the Executive Director of the Office of the ACRS as far in advance as practi-l cable so that apprcpriate arrangements can be made to allow the necessary timo during the meeting for such statements. Use of still, motion picture and television cameras during this meeting may be limited to selected i
portions of the meeting as detemined by the ACNW Cheiman.
Infomation regarding the time to be set aside for this purpose may be obtained by a prepeid telephcne call to the Executive Director of the Office of the ACRS,lir. Raymond F. Traley (telephone 202/634-3265) until August 26 and afterAugust29(telephonc 301/492-8049), prior to the meeting. In view 1
of the possibility thet the schedule for ACW meetings may be adjusted by tht Chaiman es necessary to facilitate the conduct of the meeting, persons planning to t.ttend should check with the ACR5 Executive Director
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if txch rescheduling would result in major inconvenience.
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AUG B 11988 oo MEMORANDUM FOR: Chairman Zech FROM:
Victor Stello, Jr., Executive Director for Operations J
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DRAFT (PARTIAL) CANADIAN REPORT ON DE MINIMIS DOSE RATE
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The purpose of this memorandum is to respond to your request of July 26, 1988, f
for NRC staff review and coments on the subject proprietary document. The 1
staff will further address this subject in its efforts to develop a Comission policy statement on exemptions from regulatory control for practices whose However, the public health and safety impacts are below regulatory concern.
staff would like to take this opportunity to discuss several points regarding the Canadian report which should enhance a common understanding on this subject.
The policy statement being developed by the NRC staff incorporates many of the features of the Canadian troposal; however, the staff's propcsal is directed at ell pra:ti:es involving use of radioactive material including consurer products and recycled equipment and materials as well as waste. These practices involve possible t:ide distribution of radioactive material directly to members of the I
general public -- p fact which forces consideration of' exposures to multipic exempt yrcctices. The Censdian proposal is principally directed at disposal of icw-level radioactive waste (see na In its use of de minimis dose, the AtomicEnergyControlCcard(AECB)ge5).has stated that the value applies l
the radiological impact is localized and the potential for exposures of large populations is small.
The Canadian proposal for 50-uSv yr'I (5 mrem / year) individual dose f r exempt disposal of waste is related to the IAEA recomendation of 10-uSv yr~9 (1 mrem / year) for an exemption based on the assumption that a single individual might be exposed to as many as 10 exemptions, including those from consumer l
products, etc. However, this conservatism can be subject to lentimate argu-ment if the concept of de minimis dose rates is intended to cov e this single practice and other exposures resulting from consumer 1roducts an recycled As a point of comparison, tie NRC poh.;y statement, N
equipment and materials.
General Statement of Policy and Procedures Concerning Petitions Pursuant to j
82.802 for Disposal of Radioactive Waste Streams Below Regulatory Concern, (51FR308392) dated August 29, 1986, indicated that petitions for a specific disposal practice which involves individual doses in the range of a 'few mrem" l
would be acceptable as candidates for expedited exemption consideration.
The Canadian position also includes a collective dose rate of the one person-Sv yr*3 (100 person-rem / year). This collective dose is consistent with the IAEA recomendation. Since this collective dose criterion apparently involves cost-benefit considerations (page 8 - NRPB), the staff, in its current thinking, would not describe these radiation dose rates as "de minimis" but as "below WWF0Jo2Lb qfy
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In sumary, there are significant differences in the subjects covered by the staff's proposed Comission policy and the Canadian proposal, however, the use of a risk-based approach and the definition of acceptably low-levels of individual and collective dose as a practical basis for exempting practices from regulatory control are similar in both documents.
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PWR BWR Dry Active Waste Dry !,ctive Waste Weste Oil Weste Oil Contaminated Soil Contaminated Soil Secondary Ion Exchange Resins Sandblasting Grit The petition would result in a dose of about 10-15 mrem / year to the maximum individual (the truck driver) and about 4 mrem / year to the general public.
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ll Reasons include costs of documenting the wastes that become BRC and possible state-legislated costs of supporting some Compacts' low-level disposal sites, L
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