ML20058N451
| ML20058N451 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 07/26/1990 |
| From: | Carr K NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
| To: | Geoffrey Miller HOUSE OF REP., INTERIOR & INSULAR AFFAIRS |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20055H726 | List: |
| References | |
| FRN-53FR49886, RULE-PR-CHP1 CCS, MILLER-900726, NUDOCS 9008140144 | |
| Download: ML20058N451 (1) | |
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QUESTION 8:
How many NRC non-reactor licensees currently. generate low-level radioactive waste? How many on-site inspections did NRC personnel conduct of these licensees-in'1989?
How many of these 1.icensees have.not been subjected to an-d on-site inspection over the past two years,.three years and four years?
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i Anyone who uses radioactive material is a potential generator of low-level radioactive waste. Currently, NRC has approximately-8,000 specific licensees and 35,000 general licensees. NRC inspects most:of its specific licensees'or prescribed frequencies ranging from one to five' years based on the'potentir risks of their licensed activities. A few= categories of specific licensees are inspected only a response to problems, in FY 1989, NRC conducted 2,740 i
inspections of specific licensees. Of the 8,000 specific licensees, about--
1,420 have not been inspected in the last four years', 2,360 in the last three years and 3,750 in the last two years.
General licensees are normally inspected only in response to' problems because of the relatively low level of risk involved.
However, during: the past year-22,000 telephone contacts were made with general licensees.to obtain informa-tion about the status of material in their possession.
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