ML20126H237

Forwards Clarification of Classification as Solid Waste for Vols of Low Level Radwaste Leaving Generator Facility for Processing

ML20126H237
Person / Time
Issue date:	12/21/1992
From:	Joseph Austin NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS)
To:	Tuite P WMG, INC. (FORMERLY WASTE MANAGEMENT GROUP, INC.)
Shared Package
ML20126H241	List: ML20126H237 ML20126H252
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REF-WM-3, RTR-REGGD-01.021, RTR-REGGD-1.021 NUDOCS 9301050110
Download: ML20126H237 (1)

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Mr. Peter P. Tufte WMG Inc. DEC 211992 93 Albany Post Road '

Montrose, New York 10548

Dear Mr. Tutte:

In your August 27, 1992 letter, you requested Nuclear Regulatory Commission clarification of whether volumes of low-level radioactive waste (LLW) that leave a generator's facility for processing or that are sent for disposal af ter processing should be specified as solid waste in the Regulatory Guide 1.21 report. You pointed out that changes in industry practice, involving the shipment of some LLW to processors for volume reduction, had led to reporting inconsistencies. This issue has also been brought up at recent NRC staff meetings and a resolution has recently been issued which I am providing as an enclosure.

If you have any questions or comments, please contact me at (301) 504-2560 or william Lahs at (301) 504-2569. We appreciate your bringing this issue to our attention.

Sincerely, '

Original Signed By John H. Austin, Chief Decommissioning and Regulatory Issues Branch Division of low-Level Waste Management '

and Decommissioning Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards

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