ML20141G899
| ML20141G899 | |
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| Issue date: | 01/08/1986 |
| From: | Romano S NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
| To: | Bunting J NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
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| NUDOCS 8604240018 | |
| Download: ML20141G899 (2) | |
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TRIP REPORT - CHICAG0, IL, CECEMBER 16-17,.1985 P
wnll4 G I accompanied Mr. Browning to a conference sponsored by the Illinois Department y lI of Nuclear Safety, " Managing Low-Level Radioactive Waste in Illinois: A Look l at the Interim Period," December 17, 1935, in Chicago. The primary conference ,, I audience was Illinois Waste generators. A number of public interest group ,
members also attended. Mr. Browning addressed the conference on NRC's low-level M.
waste procram. I followed Mr. Browning with a brief talk on the low-level waste Eid g outreach effort, and the mixed waste studies currently underway. The evening ,, f, ,
before the conference, Mr. Browning and I attended a conference reception and g gL latei met with IDNS Director, Dr. Terry Lash, and several of his staff, and Jr. Clark Bullard, Chairman of the Central Midwest Compact. The reception pro j%c d' vided an opportunity to speak with several generators, and other conference speakers. The subsequent meeting with Dr. Sullard and IDNS was scheduled at . -@ , '
our request to discuss compact siting plans, the upcoming IDNS international A symposium on alternative LLW treatment ar.d disposal methods, and other 7 low-level waste topics of mutual interest. Following the conference, I met with John Starmer to debrief him on the prior meetings to prepare him for effec-tive participation in an IDh5' advistry group meeting on alternative disposal methods. ~
Several trip highlights follow:
o Agreement was reached with ICNS to conduct staff-level discussions of technical aspects of the Sheffield site closure in near future. (John l Starmer has follow-up action.)
- o A better picture was obtair.ed of the alternatives to shallow land burial required by Illinois law. Dr. Lash appears most interested in the French earth-mounded concre
- e bunker system, cut believes " alternatives" essentially include any departure from conventional practice. l o NRC concerns and interests relative to the upcoming IDNS symposium on l alternative disposal methods were shared, and the agenda reviewed. l Mr. Browning has been placed on the agenda, as requested. -
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I o Rapport was established with Dr. Bullard, Chairman of the Central Midwest Compact, and an offer of technical assistance was personally extended.
Dr. Bullard (a former DOE Office Director and analyst at the Office of Technology Assessment)'seems very interested in a growing low-level waste involvement.
o Illinois projects IDNS involvement in both selection of a preferred disposal site (from among alternative sites proposed by a private con- 1 tractor) and licensing (based on anticipated Agreement State status). gl While IDNS does not believe that a conflict of interest would be l involved, I believe this matter should receive further scrutiny by NRC.
o Mr. Browning and I lunched with members of several public interest groups Wp that attended the conference. These included the Illinois League of Women
' Voters, the Sierra Club, Citizens For a Better Environment, and the G Illinois Farm Bureau. Major interest was expressed in waste retrievability, and use of above-ground structures. Mistrust in govern-mental assurances that disposal would prove safe and environmentally sound was expressed.
Please contact me if you have additional questions or concerns.
Stephen A. Romano Integration Section Policy and Program Control Branch
, Division of Waste Management cc: R. Browning, WM L. Higginbotham, WMLU J. Saltzman, OSP i R. Lickus, Regicn III i
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