ML20207A659
| ML20207A659 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 12/17/1987 |
| From: | Liza Cunningham Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Ryan Alexander NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REGULATORY RESEARCH (RES) |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20195E797 | List: |
| References | |
| FRN-53FR32914, RULE-PR-20, RULE-PRM-20-15 AC14-1, AC14-1-22, NUDOCS 8801190148 | |
| Download: ML20207A659 (1) | |
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DEC 171887 AC14-1 t
POR MEMORANDUM FOR: Robert E. Alexander, Chief Radiation Protecti,n and Health Effects Branch Division of Regulatory Applications Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research FROM: LeMoine J. Cunningham, Chief Radiation Protection Branch Division of Radiation Protection and Emergency Preparedness Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation GUBJECT: REGULATION OF RADWASTE INCINERATION AT hUCLEAR POWER PLANTS We understand that your staff is drafting a proposed amendment to 10 CFR Part 20 that would permit incineration of radwaste at nuclear power plants without specific prior approval by the NRC staff. It is recommended that this effort be coordinated between our two branches from the beginning.
We support efforts such as this to simplify the regulatory process provided, of course, that adequate controls are established. We agree in principle with your earlier draft proposal on the incineration of contaminated oil. It is not yet evident that adequate controls can be established for broad scope radwaste incineration without system-specific reviews, but we are prepared to work with you on the problem.
If the reguir.tions are to be changed, care should be taken to avoid the impit-cation that $50.59 has adequate provisions for radiation control and environ-mental protection. Radwaste systems are not classified as "safety related" so virtually any proposed radwaste operation would pass a 150.59 review. As a minimum, it seems that an incineration system should be designed and documented in the FSAR in accordance with 150.34a and the associated releases should be monitored and controlled in accordance with 150.36a.
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