ML20058N454
| ML20058N454 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| 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 9008140146 | |
| Download: ML20058N454 (1) | |
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OVESTION 9:-
How many agency FTE were expended iri FY 1989 on.-inspections of non-reactor-licensees to_ ensure compliance with low-level o
waste disposal regulations?'
ANSWER.
In FY 1989 the NRC expended approximately.100 FTE for fuel facility 'and materials-(non-reactor) licensee inspections.
Routine materials inspections cover a broad range of aspects,; including review of low-level waste storage, packaging, transfer, and disposal. However, inspection resources
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are not maintained.in such.a way that'we can determine the. level of resources i
devoted specifically to low-level waste disposal inspections. All three of-the licensed LLW disposal facilities are located in Agreement' States, and NRC-has issued licenses for the disposal of wastes containing special nuclear.
1 material at the facilities at Barnwell, Soutt Carolina, and'Richland,-
NRC inspects.NRC licensed disposa; activities at.each of these sites. at least once a year.
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