ML20244D859
| ML20244D859 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 05/13/1986 |
| From: | Ward D Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards |
| To: | Palladino N NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
| References | |
| ACRS-R-1194, ACRS-R-1194CRS, NUDOCS 8605190371 | |
| Download: ML20244D859 (1) | |
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O W ASHINGTON, D. C. 20555 May 13, 1986 Honorable Nunzio J. Palladino Chairman U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D. C. 20555 Dear Dr. Palladino
SUBJECT:
ACRS COMMENTS ON THE DEFINITION OF LOW-LEVEL RADI0 ACTIVE WASTE According to the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1985, the Nuclear Regulatory Comission is authorized to classify certain materials as low-level radioactive waste.
This being the case, we believe this law provides the NRC an excellent opportunity to bring within the low-level radioactive waste definition a category of wastes which heretofore has not been properly addressed or controlled.
These are the so-called " Naturally Occurring and Accel-erator Produced Radioactive Materials," comonly referred to as NARM wastes.
We recomend that you encourage the NRC Staff and the Comission to expand the definition of low-level radioactive waste to include those categories of NARM wastes that are important to public health and safety.
Such a change would bring under regulatory control a category of radioactive waste that for too long has been neglected.
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