ML20059L206
| ML20059L206 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 09/17/1990 |
| From: | Bernero R NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
| To: | Gilchrist J AMERICAN MINING CONGRESS |
| References | |
| REF-WM-3 NUDOCS 9009260212 | |
| Download: ML20059L206 (4) | |
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SEP ! 71990 Mr. James E. Gilchrist Vice President American Mining Congress Suite 300 1920 N Street N.W.
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Dear Mr. Gilchrist:
Commissioner Curtiss asked me to thank you for your letter to him, dated September 6, 1990, conveying comments of the American Mining Congress related to disposal of waste generated by in. situ uranium mills. We have recently issued an interim final position on this issue and I have attached a copy for your information and coisnent. We are sending copies of this position to our in. situ licensees' and Agreement States and requesting that any comments they have'be provided within 60 days.
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1 INTERIM POSITION ON DISPOSAL OF IN-SITU WASTES i
On August 29 1990, the Division of low-Level Waste Management and DecommissionIngbymemorandumfromRichardL.Bangart, Director to A. Bill Beach, Director, Division of Radiation Safety and i
1 Safeguards, Region IV, issued the following interim position.
Werecommendthefollowingthree(3)pointsbefollowedand applied when reviewing requests from in-situ licensees to dispose of in-situ wastes onsite.
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In-situ licensees should seek permanent disposal for in-situ wastes. The selection of any permanent disposal option should reflect existing policy guidance contained in Criterion 2 to avoid proliferation of small disposal sites and, therefore, associated long term surveillance obligations. Thus, licensees requesting onsite disposal should be encouraged to identify and use permanent disposal options and disposal options which will not lead to the establishment of small disposal areas at a number of sites. Such options could include commercial disposal at a facility such as Envirocare, disposal at a Part 61 licensed facility or disposal at a l
separate facility specifically established to serve multiple in-situ licensees.
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An in-situ licensee may demonstrate that no option other 1
than individual onsite disposal is currently available for in-situ wastes.
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a request to store in-situ wastes for a interim period of time until permanent disposal options become available. NRC i
would authorize storage for a period of time generally no greater than five years. As part of the license amendment i
request, the licensee would also be required to provide a l.
surety sufficient to cover the costs to properly dispose of the waste that is being stored and provide assurance that there are no legal or technical restrictions against onsite storage or disposal in the future. This would include some site characterization activities and analysis sufficient to demonstrate that the onsite disposal option is feasible and would not be in conflict with Appendix A, Part 40 requirements.
If onsite disposal is precluded because of site characterization pro)1 ems or by economic or other institutional factors, onsite storage must not be approved. In such a case, a licensing action to approve initial or continuing operation could only occur after an offsite permanent disposal option was formulated.
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