ML20058M717
| ML20058M717 | |
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| Issue date: | 08/08/1990 |
| From: | Bernero R NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
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', s NUCLEAR REGULATORY. COMMISSION 10 CFR PART 60
" PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES RELATING TO ISOLATION OF THE WASTE" m
' AGENCY:
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
-ACTION:
Notice of Availability L St,"i".ArJ.
' Trie Nuclear Reg > Gator', Commission (NRC) is announcing the availability of a Staff Position SP 60-002, the meaning of the phrase-
" Performance Objectives Relating to Isolation of the Waste" [10 CFR 60.122(a)].
. ADDRESSES:
Copies of SP 60-002 are available for public inspection and/or copying at the'NRC Public Document Room, 2120 L Street (lower level), N.W.,.
Washington, D.C. 20555,:and the Local Public Document Rooms located at the James R; Dickinson Library,.Special Collections Department, University of
' Nevada-Las Vegas, 4505 Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, Nevada 89154'and University Library,' University of Nevada-Reno, Reno, Nevada 89557.
Copies are.also available from the National. Technical Information Service, 5285 Port Royal,
. Springfield, Virginia-22161.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATI0h~ CONTACT:
Dr. Robert Neel, Geosciences and Systems Performance Branch, Division of High-Level Waste Management, U.S. Nuc'sar Regulatory. Commission,11555 Rockville-Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
4 Telephone 301/492-0448 m SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The Commission's. regulations include certain -
" siting critaria" for geologic repositories for high-level adioactive waste.
"The siting criteria include a number of factors that pertain to the ability of
.the geologic repository "to meet the performance objectives relating to isolation of the waste," 10 CFR 60.122(a).
In this document, the staff 1
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objectives set out in S60.113 as well as 560,112, but not to the perfoisance objectives set out in $60.111 (relating to the period before permanent closure).
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. Staff Positions are prepared for the guidance of the Office of Nuclear Material Safety ind Safeguards staff responsible for the review of a license h
app 11 cati 5n proposing the construction and operation of a geologic repository f ar_ high-Jevel radioactive waste.
These documents are made available to the pubile a', part of the Commission's policy to inform the U.S. Department of Energy. affected parties, and the general pi" including the nuclear
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industry, cf regulatory procedures and polict Stdf Positions are not Li inten'ded as s:ibstitutes for the Commission's regulations and are not binding upon ti,9 other parties to any 'i nising proceeding.
Published Staff' Positions will be revised, as appropriate, to accommodate comments and to reflect new information and experience.
Comments and suggestions for improvement are invited and should be_sent to the U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commissioi Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, Division of High-Level Waste Management, Repository Licensing and Quality Assurance Project Directorate, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
E Dated-at Rockville, Maryland this 8th day of August
,.1990 For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
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w Robert M. Bernero, Director Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Saieguards ENCLOSURE mr b
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