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Package Performance Study Issues Being ConsideredSandia National Laboratories wrote "Spent Nuclear Fuel Transportation Package Performance Study Issues Report" (NUREG/CR-6768) that presents the issues raised at this project's public meetings before 2003, by questions submitted to this Web site, and in documents submitted to the NRC. On this page:
Specific Comments on the Test ProtocolsComments were being solicited on the "Package Performance Study Test Protocols" (NUREG-1768). Refer to the specific questions listed in the Executive Summary (Public Comments Section, pages 6 and 7) of the PPS Test Protocols Report. Staff have reviewed over 2,300 individual public comments. Staff considered public comments (written and meeting comments). As a result, staff saw a need to focus on the following areas:
The alternative testing that the staff identified were grouped into three categories:
Options Reflective of Public CommentsIn February 2004, the staff developed a commission paper (SECY-04-0029) asking the Commission for guidance on which testing options to pursue. In the commission paper, staff identified the five major public comment themes and presented four testing options. There were main themes resulting from the public comments:
The four testing options were—
Commission DecisionIn May 2004, the Commission directed the staff to perform rail demonstration testing and to consider truck testing in the future (Revised SRM-SECY-04-0029). Staff wrote a detailed test plan and submitted it to the Commission for approval in July 2004 (SECY-04-0135). Path ForwardStaff plans to do the following:
The public will be invited to witness the tests to better understand the testing and results. Also, NRC plans to engage the public throughout the project. Reports and other communication tools will be used to inform the public about the results and what NRC will do with the results as a regulator and how they will affect (if applicable) the safety of future shipments of spent fuel. |
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