ML20246M178

Response to Hastert Committee on Public Works & Transportation Question 1 for 890713 Hearing

ML20246M178
Person / Time
Issue date:	07/13/1989
From:	NRC
To:	Hastert J HOUSE OF REP.
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CCS, HASTERT-890713, NUDOCS 8909070113
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QUESTION 1.- Has the'NRC been. involved in projects involving the

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. transportation of-uranium or thorium tailings?

. ANSWER.

L Yes. Uranium mill. tailings have been transported from one NRC-licensed uranium milling facility located in Edgemont, South Dakota, Under this NRC

' license the Tennessee Valley' Authority (TVA). transported the' uranium mill

. tailings to'a. disposal site which is ~about 3 kilometers from the city of Edgemont, South Dakota. In addition, NRC has a concurrence role in. the U.S.

DepartmentofEnergy's(DOE's)UraniumMillTailingsRemedialActionProject (UMTRAP), which is being' carried out'under Title I of the Uranium Mill Tailings.

Radiation-ControlAct(UMTRCA). DOE'has relocated uranium mill tailings.from some of the sites, such as the former Vitro site'in Salt Lake City, Utah and

the site at Lakeview, Oregon. DOE -is considering moving uranium mill tailings-from other sites in the UMTRAP. This is discussed in detail in the answer to

' Question'2.

The NRC has not authorized the transport of thorium tailing from any site.

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i Thus, the following responses apply to uranium tailings only, l

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