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NRC staff to hold a second virtual public meeting on its Integrated Low-level Radioactive Waste Disposal rulemaking on January 23, 2024 from 2-4pm EDT

12/11/2023
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The following is an update on the NRC’s plans for a public meeting on its Integrated Low-level Radioactive Waste Disposal rulemaking: On May 17, 2023, the NRC staff held a public meeting on its Integrated Low-level Radioactive Waste Disposal rulemaking that will integrate disposal criteria for the near-surface disposal of Greater-than-Class C waste and the…

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NRC Comment Seeking: “Use of the Decommissioning Trust Fund During Operations for Major Radioactive Component Disposal.”

07/04/2023
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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for public comment draft Interim Staff Guidance (ISG) “Use of the Decommissioning Trust Fund During Operations for Major Radioactive Component Disposal.” The purpose of this proposed ISG is to provide the NRC staff’s regulatory position to licensees of nuclear power reactors regarding the use of funds from…

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NRC Posts New Proposed Rule re Decommissioning of Production and Utilization Facilities

03/09/2022
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On March 3, 2022, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) published a proposed rule to amend its regulations that relate to the decommissioning of production and utilization facilities.  The NRC’s goals in amending these regulations are to maintain a safe, effective, and efficient decommissioning process; reduce the need for license amendment requests and exemptions from…

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NRC SEEKS PUBLIC COMMENT ON DRAFT REGULATORY BASIS FOR GREATER-THAN-CLASS C WASTE DISPOSAL

07/19/2019
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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is seeking public comment on a draftregulatory basis for potential new regulations governing thenear-surface disposal of certain low-level radioactive waste. The NRC classifies low-level radioactive waste based on its potentialhazards and has specified disposal and waste requirements for threeclasses of waste with progressively higher concentrations of radioactivematerial. Class A is the…

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DOE EXTENDS PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD RE INTERPRETATION OF HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE

11/26/2018
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has agreed to extend the public comment period on the Department’s interpretation of the definition of the statutory term “high-level radioactive waste” (HLW) as set forth in the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 and the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982.  (See LLW Notes, September/October 2018, pp. 1, 28-31.) …

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