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History and Framework of Commercial Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management in the United States (NUREG-1853)
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Publication Information
Manuscript Completed: August 2006
Date Published: January 2007
Prepared by:
M.T. Ryan, M.P. Lee, and H.J. Larson
Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Washington, DC 20555-0001
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Abstract
The Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste
(ACNW or the Committee) examined issues
associated with management and the disposal of
commercial low-level radioactive waste (LLW).
As a first step in that examination, the Committee
developed this background document, or White
Paper, that includes a review of the literature.
This LLW White Paper is organized into three
parts. Part I provides a historic perspective of
past programs for the management and disposal
of commercial LLW. Part II describes the U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission's commercial
LLW regulatory framework found at Title 10,
Part 61, "Licensing Requirements for Land
Disposal of Radioactive Waste," of the Code of Federal Regulations. Part III summarizes past
ACNW advice in this area, as well as advice
provided previously by the Advisory Committee
on Reactor Safety before the establishment of the
ACNW in 1988. This LLW White Paper also
includes six appendices which, among other
things, describe the Department of Energy's
approach to the management of Government-owned
LLW and the regulatory evolution of
the "LLW" definition. The White Paper also
identifies several emerging staff initiatives, as
well as other ongoing initiatives by outside
organizations and agencies that could have a
bearing on the management of commercial LLW.
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