ML20148H072
| ML20148H072 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| 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) |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20148H068 | List: |
| 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 /x / May 2, 1997 DATE I
Withhold vote / /
! Entered on "AS" Yes X No l
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9706090158 970528 PDR COMMS NRCC CORRESPONDENCE PDR
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i i COMMENTS OF CHAIRMAN' JACKSON ON SECY-97-083 l 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. 1 L i L 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 )
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. i l
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