ML20136B836

Responds to 790625 Ltr Re Location of Waste Disposal Sites. NRC Licenses Six Commercial low-level Waste Facilities. Spent Nuclear Fuel Is Stored at Commercial Power Plants Around Country

ML20136B836
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Site:	02700039
Issue date:	07/05/1979
From:	Kammerer C NRC OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS (OCA)
To:	Williams H SENATE
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FOIA-92-71 NUDOCS 7909120552
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, UNITED $TATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

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..... July 5, 1979 The Honorable Harrison Williams .

United States Senate Washington, D.C. 20510

Dear Senator Williams:

Thnak you for your letter of June 25, 1979 on behalf of your constituent.

Mr. Francis Olsen, reque. sting information on the location of nuclear waste disposal sites.

The Nuclear Regulatory Comission licenses six comercial low level waste facilities. These are located at West Valley, New York; Maxey Flats, Kentucky; Sheffield Illinois; Barnwell, South Carolinat Beatty. Hevada and Hanford, Washington. At present only the Barnwell, Beatty and Hanford sites are receiving waste. Spent nuclear fuel is currently stored on site at the comercial power plants around the country.

I hope Mr. Olsen finds this inforration helpful. If I can be of any further assistance please do not hesitate to call me.

Sincerely, Carlton Kamerer, Director Office of Congressional Affairs

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