ML20247A179
| ML20247A179 | |
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| Issue date: | 05/12/1988 |
| From: | Zech L NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
| To: | Udall M HOUSE OF REP., INTERIOR & INSULAR AFFAIRS |
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| OWENS-880512, NUDOCS 8903290060 | |
| Download: ML20247A179 (1) | |
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HESTION 7:
.How many NRC inspectors devote their full time to the inspection of nuclear waste shipments?
When are such inspections conducted, i.e.,
before or after shipments, etc.?
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The NRC currently has no full time inspectors dedicated to the inspection of nuclear waste shipments.
At the present time, i
the shipment of spent fuel and high-level waste from NRC licensees is limited, since there are no commercial repository or s torage f acilities for these materials.
Some transfers of spent fuel have taken place between facilities, usually for the i
purpose of optimizing use of onsite storage capacity.
l Inspection of transportation activities (consisting primarily of shipment of low-level wastes) at NRC licensed facilities is i
typically performed as part of a facility inspection, and therefore inspectors are normally not dedicated full time to transportation activities.
In 1986, NRC conducted 1,458 trans-portation inspections at various facilities throughout the U.S.
These inspections would normally be performed after a shipment has taken place and consist of a review of documenta-tion generated during shipment preparation and transport.
If transportation activities are taking place during an inspec-tion, an inspector may observe and review these activities.
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Dear Mr. Chairman:
1 Thank you for your assistance in arranging for Hugh Thompson to j
testify before the Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment's May 12 hearing on nuclear waste transportation.
Two members of the Subcommittee have submitted questions they would like answered for the record.
I would be grateful if you would supply answers to all of Mr. Owens' questions and Mr. Markey's first, third, and fourth questions.
Thank you for your help.
Sincerely, MORRIS K. UDALL Chairman Attachment V
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