Published 1989 | Version v1
Book

Status of the nuclear industry's petition for BRC waste disposal rule

  • 1. Nuclear Management and Resources Council (United States)

Description

This paper discusses the petition for rulemaking regarding disposal of the Below Regulatory Concern radioactive waste from commercial nuclear power plants. The author addresses Section 10 of the Low Level Radioactive Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1985 which directed NRC to develop standards and procedures for expeditious handling of rulemaking petitions to exempt specific radioactive waste streams from regulation by the Commission due to the presence of radionuclides in sufficiently low concentrations or quantities as to be below regulatory concern. Basically, this means that NRC may grant rulemaking petitions for alternative disposal of waste that is low enough in radioactivity to present no undue risk to public health and safety

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
U.S. Council for Energy Awareness.
Imprint Place
Washington, DC (United States)
Imprint Title
Uranium seminar '89
Imprint Pagination
vp.
Journal Page Range
p. 1-4.

Conference

Title
Uranium seminar '89.
Dates
17-20 Sep 1989.
Place
Santa Fe, NM (United States).

Optional Information

Secondary number(s)
CONF-890907--.