ML20129G729
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| Issue date: | 10/02/1996 |
| From: | Harris T NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
| To: | Nelson R AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
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| REF-WM-3 NUDOCS 9610070275 | |
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October 2, 1996 Mr. Robert A. Nelson 4
11761 NW 80 CT Chiefland, Florida 32626-4777
Dear Mr. Nelson:
This letter is in response te your undated cerrespondence to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), postmarked September 7, 1996.
You requested the locations of nuclear waste storage sites in Tennessee, Virginia, North j
Carolina, South Carolina, Arkansas, and Missouri.
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To help answer your question, I have enciosed a copy of the Nuclear Regulatory 3
i Commission Information Digest (1996). This document includes information relative to nuclear materials that are regulated by the NRC.
It should be noted that NRC does not regulate most nuclear materials or activities conducted by the Department of Energy (D0E).
DOE can be contacted at (202) 586-5000. Moreover, certain States called Agreement States have executed 4
agreements with NRC allowing those States to regulate nuclear materials within their State. Of the six States you listed, all but Missouri and Virginia are Agreement States.
That is Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina and Arkansas have State agencies which regulate nuclear materials in those States.
4 A list of contacts in the noted Agreement States is enclosed.
With respect to request, nuclear waste is divided into two basic categories:
(1) high-level waste; and (2) low-level waste.
Simply speaking, high-level waste is spent nuclear fuel, and low-level waste is essentially all other l
nuclear waste.
These terms are defined in greater detail in the Information Digest (pages 62 to 77).
The Information Digest identifies reactor sites on l
pages 34 and 35.
Fuel cycle facilities (facilities that are involved in the j
production of nuclear fuel) are listed on page 54.
There is an active low-level waste disposal facility in Barnwell, South Carolina, and a proposed facility in Wake County, North Carolina.
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Low-level waste may be stored at other facilities such as material licensees.
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Information on the quantity of low-level waste which is stored at these types of facilities is not maintained by the NRC or Agreement States.
Examples of these licensees include hospitals using nuclear medicine and universities i
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R. Nelson I trust this letter answers your questions.
If you have any further questions or comments regarding the enclosed, please contact me at (301) 415-6613.
Sincerely, (Original signed by]
Timothy E. Harris, Project Manager Low-Level Waste and Regulatory Issues Section Low-Level Waste and Decommissioning i
Projects Branch Division of Waste Management Office c? Nuclear Material Safety and (.feguards
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If you have any further questions or comments regarding the enclosed, please contact me at (301) 415-6613.
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a LIST OF AGREEMENT STATE CONTACTS Arkansas Bernard Bevil, Acting Director Division of Radiation Control and Emergency Management Department of Health 4815 West Markham Street Little Rock, AR 72205-3867 (501) 661-2301 North Carolina Dayne Brown, Director Division of Radiation Protection Department of Environmental, Health and Natural Resources 3825 Barrett Drive Raleigh, NC 27609-7221 (919) 571-4141 South Carolina Max Batavia, Chief Bureau of Radiological Health Department of Health and Environmental Control 2600 Bull Street Columbia, SC 29201 (803) 737-7400 Tennessee Michael Mobley, Director Division of Radiological Health Department of Environment and Conservation 401 Church Street Nashville, TN 37243-1532
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