ML20198J014
| ML20198J014 | |
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| Issue date: | 12/20/1985 |
| From: | Miller H NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
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7590-01 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION AVAILABILITY OF FINAL GENERIC TECHNICAL POSITION IN HIGH-LEVEL WASTE PROGRAM AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of Availability.
SUMMARY
- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is announcing the availability of the " Generic Technical Position on in Situ Testing During Site Characterization for High-level Nuclear Waste Repositories."
ADDRESSES: This document is available for public inspection and copying at the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission, Public Document Room,1717 M Street, NW, Washington, DC 20555, telephone 202/634-3273.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Mysore Nataraja, Section Leader, Engineering Branch, Division of Waste Management, U. S. Nuclear Regulatory [
Comission, Washington, DC 20555, telephone 301/427-4319.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (NWPA) (Public Law 97-425) and the Commission regulation 10 CFR Part 60 promote interaction 3
between the Department of Energy (00E) and NPC prior to submittal of a Ifcense application for a geologic repository. These interactions are to 'ully inform 0,gM3N 3 pig WM-1
7590-01 00E about the level of information that must be provided in a license application to allow a licensing decision to be made by NRC.
The principal mechanism for providing guidance to the 00E is completion by the NRC staff of Site Characterization Analyses (SCA) which document staff reviews of 00E Site Characterization Plans (SCP) submitted according to the NWPA and 10 CFR Part 60. Additional means have been developed to supplement the guidance provided in the SCA's. These include staff technical positions on both generic and site specific issues. Generic Technical Positions (GTP) establish the staff's position on broad technical issues that would be applicable to any site. Site Technical Positions establish the staff's position on a site specific technical issue. A number of GTP's will be developed by the staff to establish lists of generic issues or information requirements for sites being investigated by 00E.
On October 10, 1984, the NPC published for comment a draft version of the
" Generic Technical Position on In Situ Testing During Site Characterization for High-Level Nuclear Waste Repositorfas" (49 FR 39763). Public comment on the draft version was received from ten groups and individuals. Changes and clarifications have been made in the final GTP as a result of comments received. Copies of comments may be examined in the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Conmission Public Document Roon - 1717 H Street, NW, Washington, DC 20555.
Section 113(b) of NWPA reouires the DOE to include plans for on-site testing in its plan for site characterization. This GTP provides guidance to DOE
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on the kind of in situ testing the staff considers necessary for inclusion in the SCP's to enable the NRC to fulfill its NWPA responsibilities. Before i submitting a license application, sufficient in situ testing at depth on the host rock, coupled with surface based and laboratory investigations, must be
' performed to support detenninations on whether or not technical criteria of 10 CFR 60 have been met. The intent of the GTP is to provide guidance to the DOE
- that is applicable throughout the site characterization period. In situ testing is essential to assess the suitability of a geologic repository site for hosting high-level nuclear waste and to provide realistic input parameters for the repository design. The GTP summarizes guidance which has been given to t 00E through technical correspondence, documented technical meetings, and other mechanisms provided by the NRC/00E Procedural Agreement (48 FR 38701, dated August 25,1983). The plans for in situ exploration and testing proaram must be addressed in the SCP's for each site.
Dated at Silver Spring, Maryland, this k day of ',' -
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For the Nuclear Reculatory Commission.
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Hubert J. Miller, Chief Repository Projects Branch Division of Waste Panagement Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards
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