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…