ML20055F371
| ML20055F371 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 05/03/1990 |
| From: | Miller V NRC OFFICE OF GOVERNMENTAL & PUBLIC AFFAIRS (GPA) |
| To: | AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20055F368 | List: |
| References | |
| FOIA-90-268 IEIN-90-009, IEIN-90-9, NUDOCS 9007160352 | |
| Download: ML20055F371 (1) | |
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- V STORAGE OF LOW LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASIC (509080).
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in a letter dated February 16,1990 (SP 90-27) we transmitted to you b'
a copy of a Nuclear Regulatory Comission-(NRC) Information Notice No. 90-09, ' Extended Interim Storage of low level Radioactive Waste by
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ruel Cycle and Materials Licensees.' This notice provided guidance to licensees planning to submit license amendment request for extended interim storage of waste.
The notice stated that storage is not a sg,^tJtute for disposal, and that waste shoulc be stored only when dw, Mal capacity is not available and for no longer than necessary, f
Also, the notice stated that license amendment requests-should include final disposal, plans which specify when and wtere waste will be shipped for disposal, and thn storage authorizations will not normally be granted for more than five years.
This notice is consistent with discouraging long term storage beyond January 1,1996.
l Since this information notice was sent to you, the Comission in a memorandum dated February 14, 1990 inforr.ed the NRC staff that. '...the y
Comission will not look favorably upon long term onsite storage of F
low-level waste beyond January 1,1996.' That date is the final deadline for development of low level radioactive waste (LLW) disposal capacity.
States, either acting alone or as part of a Regional Compact, which are unable to provide LLW disposal by that date mst take title to, and possession of LLW generated in their States, as well as be liable
.for any direct or indirect damages for failing to do so promptly.
The purpose of this letter is to encourage Agreement States to adopt a similar view regarding storage of LLW beyond January 1,1996, and to inform their licensees, as appropriate, of their policy on extended storage of LLW.
If you have a different view on extended LLW storage we would be i
interested in your position.
A written expression.of your position on this matter would be appreciated, if you have any questions, please contact Ms. Cardelia Maupin at.301492-0312.
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