ML20236A388
| ML20236A388 | |
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| Issue date: | 03/01/1989 |
| From: | Zech L NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
| To: | Fitzpatrick D ENERGY, DEPT. OF |
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UNITED STATES
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION n
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%*****M March 1, 1989 CHAIRMAN The Honorable Donna Fitzpatrick Acting Secretary of Energy United States Department of Energy 1000 Independence Avenue, S.W.
Washington, D.C.
20585
Dear Madam Secretary:
I am responding to Mr. Samuel Rousso's (OCRWM) January 23, 1989 request for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC's) comments on the Department of Energy's (DOE's) " Final Version Dry Cask Storage Study" (DOE /RW-0196).
We have reviewed the final text and find that our November 18, 1988 comments on the draft version of the study have been accommodated.
- Moreover, we believe that the final version of the study remains a well-balanced presentation of the spent fuel storage requirements, the in-pool consolidated fuel storage and dry storage technologies available to address those requirements in at-reactor storage, and the impacts and costs of such storage.
We are pleased that DOE has responded positively to our concern about the need to ensure the compatibility of various steps in the storage, transport, and disposal of spent fuel to enhance the safety and efficiency of fuel handling.
The Commission encourages DOE to actively pursue the commitment that it has made in its final study to accomplish resolution of this matter, both through its own actions and in concert with industry.
The Commissic7 itself will continue to support such efforts.
I hope that our comments on this report have been helpful.
If you have any questions, please contact me or Mr. Robert M.
Bernero, Director of NRC's Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards (telephone number 492-3352).
Sincerely, Lv.
Lando W.
Ze
, Jr.
cc:
Samuel Rousso, OCRWM/ DOE l