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Category: Greater-than-Class C (GTCC)

NRC’S PATH FORWARD AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CERTAIN LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL RULEMAKINGS

04/06/2022
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 |  Categories: 10 CFR Part 61, Greater-than-Class C (GTCC), NRC, Rulemaking

MEMORANDUM TO: Daniel H. Dorman, Executive Director for OperationsFROM: Brooke P. Clark, SecretaryDATE: April 5, 2022SUBJECT: STAFF REQUIREMENTS – SECY-20-0098 – PATH FORWARD AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CERTAIN LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL RULEMAKINGS The Commission has approved the staff’s recommended Option 1, to issue a new proposed rule that consolidates and integrates criteria for licensing the…

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GTCC DRAFT REGULATORY BASIS DECOUPLED FROM PART 61 RULEMAKING

11/01/2018
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 |  Categories: Announcements, Greater-than-Class C (GTCC)

On October 23, 2018, a Staff Requirements Memorandum (SRM) was issued that directs U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff to “decouple to the extent practicable the issuance of the draft Regulatory Basis directed in SRM-SECY-15-0094, ‘Historical and Current Issues Related to Disposal of Greater-than-Class C Low-Level Radioactive Waste,’ from Commission action on Part 61.” The SRM states, “This decoupling…

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NRC TO HOST PUBLIC MEETING RE VERY LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE SCOPING STUDY AND DISPOSAL OF GREATER-THAN-CLASS C WASTE

02/19/2018
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 |  Categories: 10 CFR Part 61, Greater-than-Class C (GTCC), Meetings and Conferences

On February 22, 2018, the Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards (NMSS) of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will host a public meeting to discuss the Very Low-Level Radioactive Waste (VLLW) Scoping Study and concerns associated with the disposal of Greater-than-Class C (GTCC) waste. Logistics The public meeting will be held in the…

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NRC SEEKS PUBLIC COMMENT RE DEVELOPMENT OF REGULATORY BASIS FOR ALTERNATIVE MEANS OF DISPOSAL OF GTCC AND TRANSURANIC WASTE

02/16/2018
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 |  Categories: 10 CFR Part 61, Comment Seeking, Greater-than-Class C (GTCC), Meetings and Conferences

On February 14, 2018, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued a Federal Register notice announcing that the agency is seeking stakeholder participation and involvement in identifying the various technical issues that should be considered in the development of a regulatory basis for the disposal of Greater-than-Class C (GTCC) and transuranic radioactive waste through means…

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