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

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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TEXAS COMPACT FACILITY LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT REPORT RELEASED

On December 1, 2018, the Joint Compact Facility Legislative Oversight Committee (Joint Committee) submitted its report on the Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact (Texas Compact) facility to the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Economic Development and the House Committee on Environmental Regulation.   The Joint Committee was established pursuant to House Bill (HB) 2662,…

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