ML20148H072

Notation Vote Approving W/Comments SECY-97-083, Classification of Hanford Low Activity Tank Waste Fraction as Incidental

ML20148H072
Person / Time
Site:	07003091
Issue date:	05/02/1997
From:	Shirley Ann Jackson, The Chairman NRC COMMISSION (OCM)
To:	Hoyle J NRC OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY (SECY)
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ML20148H068	List: ML20148H064 ML20148H072 ML20148H077 ML20148H083 ML20148H091 ML20148H097
References
SECY-97-083-C, SECY-97-83-C, NUDOCS 9706090158
Download: ML20148H072 (2)

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-NOTATION VOTE RESPONSE SHEET TO:

John C. Hoyle, Secretary FROM:

CHAIRMAN JACKSON

SUBJECT:

SECY-97-083 - CLASSIFICATION OF HANFORD LOW-ACTIVITY TANK WASTE FRACTION AS INCIDENTAL i

Approved X w/ Comment Disapproved Abstain Not Participating Request Discussion COMMENTS:

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8 SIGNXTURE Release Vote

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May 2, 1997 DATE I

Withhold vote

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Entered on "AS" Yes X

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9706090158 970528 PDR COMMS NRCC CORRESPONDENCE PDR

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COMMENTS OF CHAIRMAN' JACKSON ON SECY-97-083 E

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I approve the staff. proposal to send a letter (Attachment 1 to l

SECY-97-083) to DOE that gives NRC's preliminary' finding on the portion of Hanford tank waste that can be considered as

- incidental waste rather than high-level radioactive waste.

i I would direct the External Regulation Task Force, however, to i

include the incidental. waste disposal facility to be constructed by DOE at Hanford as a candidate for possible external oversight l

by NRC.

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In SECY-97-083, the staff identified three criteria that it was.

I applying to the Hanford waste to determine if the waste could be considered to be incidental waste (i.e., low-level waste) rather i

than high-level radioactive waste.

Two of the three criteria I

that are being applied by the staff are directed at assuring that l

DOE will dispose of the waste in a manner that is consistent with L

10 CFR Part 61.

l Since it would appear that NRC has the framework, that is, the i

l regulations, regulatory guides, technical. positions, and

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qualified staff, for conducting a licensing review of the type of i

I facility-being proposed by DOE for the disposal of incidental waste at Hanford, I suggest that the External Regulatory Task j

Force consider the Hanford incidental waste disposal facility as 1

L a-candidate for external regulation by NRC.

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