ML20209F421
| ML20209F421 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 12/21/1998 |
| From: | Surmeier J NRC |
| To: | Paperiello C NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
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| NUDOCS 9907160019 | |
| Download: ML20209F421 (1) | |
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Carl J. Paperiello, Director Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards ,
l l FROM: John J. Surmeier, Chairman + N+ .
Differing Professional View ' nel l l
SUBJECT:
DIFFERING PROFESSIONAL VIEW PANEL REPORT ON HANDLING OF LIQUID EFFLUENT RELEASES FROM IN SITO LEACH OPERATIONS AT LICENSED FACILITIES Pursuant to the Management Directive 10.159 entitled " Differing Professional Views and Opinions," you established a Differing Professional View (DPV) Panel to review DPVs from two ,
l individuals on a related issue concerning the handling of liquid effluent releases from in situ l i
leach (ISL) uranium extraction operations at licensed facilities. The two DPVs were submitted by Mr. William H. Ford on October 20,1998 and Dr. Myron Fliegel on November 19,1998.
Initially, you established a DPV Panel, consisting of Stuart Treby, Duane Schmidt, and me, to review Mr. Ford's concems. After receiving second DPV on the same subject, however, it appeared useful for our Panel to evaluate the concems of both staff members. Dr. Fliegel agreed to use the existing Panel.
Both Mr. Ford's and Dr. Fliegel's DPVs raise a number of complex issues that they assert have been created by staff redefining what is or is not waste under section 11e.(2) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended by the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978.
1 The Panel finds that many of the concerns expressed in the DPVs are reasonable and that they should be addressed and considered by senior management in accordance with the Panel's recommendations in the anached Report.
The Panel would be pleased to discuss our Report at your convenience.
Attachment': As stated cc: M. Fliegel W. Ford i
J. Greeves J. Holonich N. Stablein l
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