ML20151S747
| ML20151S747 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 04/01/1988 |
| From: | Stello V NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO) |
| To: | Breaux J SENATE, ENVIRONMENT & PUBLIC WORKS |
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| REF-WM-3 NUDOCS 8808160093 | |
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The Honorable John B. Breaux, Chairman Subcomittee on Nuclear Regulation Comittee on Environment and Public Works United States Senate Washington, DC 20510
Dear Mr. Chairman:
Unoer the Low-level Radioactive Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1985 (LLRWPAA),
the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission (NRC) was assigned a number of responsibilities. This letter )rovides a report on the actions we have completed to date, to fulfill tiose responsibilities (authority citations are bracketed).
1.
The NRC has established standards and procedures and developed the technical capability for acting upon petitions to exempt specific waste streams from NRC regulation. This was completed in August 1986, by publishing a Comission Policy Statement and staff implementation plan.
The procedures provide for expeditious determinations and actions to t waste streams found not to raquire NRC regulation.
[Section10(a) exemp(b)]
and 2.
The NRC established procedures and developed the technical capability for processing licensing applications for low-level waste disposal facilities.
This was completed in January 1987, by two actions; (1) providing a "Standard Format and Content of a License Application for Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal"; and (2) providing a "Standard Review Plan for the Review of a License Application for a low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Facility." These procedures, to the extent practicable, provide for completion of all processing and reviews (except for the licensing hearing) within 15 months after receipt of an applicution.
[Section o(1)]
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In consultation with States and other interested parties, the NRC has identified methods, other than shallow land burial, for the disposal of low-level radioactive waste and issued technical guidance on licensing of these alternative disposal methods. This was completed in December 1986, by publishing the Branch Technical Position, "Licensing of Alternative Methods of Disposal of Low-Lovel Radioactive Waste." [Section8(a)]
4 The NRC has identified and published a'l relevant technical information that must be submitted to NRC to pursue un alternative disposal method, together with the technical requirements for licensing alternative disposal facilities. This was completed by the staff in January 1988, by revising the Standard Fornat and Content and Standard Review Plans to include detailed technical information on alternative disposal methods.
[Section8(b)]
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I hope the information contained here is useful to you.
Should you have any questions or require further information, do not hesitate to call on me.
Sincerely, Victor Stello, Jr.
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I hope the information contained here is useful to you.
Should you have any questions or require further information, do not hesitate to call on ne.
Sincerely, Victor Stello, Jr.
Executive Director for Operations cc:
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