ML20217P247
| ML20217P247 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 10/12/1999 |
| From: | Mcgaffigan E NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
| To: | Vietticook A NRC OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY (SECY) |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20217P164 | List: |
| References | |
| SECY-99-232-C, NUDOCS 9910290251 | |
| Download: ML20217P247 (2) | |
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NOTATION VOTE RESPONSE SHEET-TO: Annette Vietti-Cook, Secretary FROM: COMMISSIONER MCGAFFIGAN .
SUBJECT:
' SECY-99-232 - PUBLICATION, FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, OF A DRAFT POLICY STATEMENT ON DECOMMISSIONING ,
CRITERIA FOR WEST VALLEY Approved Y- Disapproved Abstain' Not Participatina COMMENTS:
See attached comments.
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CommissionerMcGaffigan's Comments on SECY-99-232 I approve publication of the draft policy statement on decommissioning criteria for the West {
Valley Demonstration Project and West Valley site in the Federal Reoister for public comment. I I suggest that the following edits to the draft policy statement be made prior to publication.
l Replace sentence 4 in " Decommissioning Criteria for the WVDP"with the following: i "Rather, it provides for a range of criteria. For unrestricted release, the LTR specifies a dnee criterion of 25 mrem / year to the average member of the critical group plus ALARA cons lderations (10 CFR 20.1402). For restricted release, the LTR specifies an individual dose criterion of 25 mrern/ year plus ALARA considerations utilizing legally enforceable institutional controls established after a public participatory orocess (10 CFR I 20.1403). Even if institutional controls fail, individual doses should generally not exceed 100 mrem / year. If it is demonstrated that the general 100 mrem / year criterion in the ,
event of failure of institutional controls is technically unachievable or prohibitively ,
expensive, the individual dose criterion in the event of failure of institutional controls may '
be as high as 500 mrem / year. However, in this circumstance this site would be rechecked by a responsible govemment entity no less frequently than every five years and resources would have to be set aside to provide for any necessary control and maintenance of the institutional controls. Finally, the LTR permits alternato individual dose criteria of up to 100 mrem / year plus ALARA considerations for restricted release with institutional controis established after a public participatory process (10 CFR 20.1^04). Use of attemate criteria must be approved by the Commission itself after coordination with the Environmental Protection Agency and after consideration of the NRC staffs recommendations and all public comments." ,
immediately after the section discussed above, add a new section as follows:
" Decommissioning Criteria for the NDA and SDA "NRC will apply the criteria in the LTR to the NRC-licensed radioactive waste disposal area (NDA) within the WVDP site boundary since the NDA is under NRC jurisdiction.
NRC will not apply the criteria in the LTR to the State-licensed radioactive waste disposal area (SDA) adjacent to the WVDP site boundary since the SDA is not under NRC jurisdiction."
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