Rocky Mountain Low-level Radioactive Waste Compact: Hearing Before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-eighth Congress, Second Session, on S. 1991 ... Cheyenne, Wyoming, January 12, 1984U.S. Government Printing Office, 1984 - 189 pages |
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Page 89 - Commission consist of establishing generally applicable environmental standards for the protection of the general environment from radioactive material. As used herein, standards mean limits on radiation exposures or levels, or concentrations or quantities of radioactive material, in the general environment outside the boundaries of locations under the control of persons possessing or using radioactive material.
Page 132 - In this part, make every reasonable effort to maintain radiation exposures, and releases of radioactive materials In effluents to unrestricted areas, as far below the limits specified in this part as practicable.
Page 21 - Compact provides a few examples of what high-level waste is, consistent with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) definition. Both exclude byproduct material as defined in Section lle.(2) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, with the Compact adding the phrase "as amended on November 8, 1978," so that we are not trying to hit a moving target.!
Page 47 - ... activities, but does not include solid or dissolved material in domestic sewage, or solid or dissolved materials in irrigation return, flows or industrial discharges which are point sources subject to permits under section 402 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended (86 Stat. 880), or source, special nuclear, or byproduct material as defined by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (68 Stat.
Page 55 - low-level radioactive waste" means radioactive material that — (A) is not high-level radioactive waste, spent nuclear fuel, transuranic waste, or by-product material as defined in section 11e(2) * of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 USC 2014(eX2)); and (B) the Commission, consistent with existing law, classifies as low-level radioactive waste. (17) The term "Office" means the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management established in section 305.
Page 24 - This provision was not included in the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act although it is understood that the exclusion of byproduct material as defined in Section 1 le.(2) of the Atomic Energy Act has the same effect. The Compact negotiators were compelled to add this provision after the uranium mining industry raised concerns that, without such additional language, low-level radioactive waste could be interpreted to include uranium mill tailings.
Page 46 - ... become effective only upon order of the Commission. The Director of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards may not issue a license under Part 61...
Page 71 - I appreciate the opportunity to appear before this committee to present the views of the Department of Agriculture on HR 13293, a proposal to provide food service programs for children in group activities outside the home.
Page 28 - With the development of an interstate Compact, its adoption by several states, the interest by a private firm in developing a facility to meet the region's needs, and the...
Page 39 - ... region. Whitman, M.; Slosky, L.; Mizner, S.; Murphy, C. (Colorado State Government, Denver (USA)). Sep 1983. Contract FG07-82ID12371. 70p. NTIS, PC A04/MF A01. Order Number DE84001146. Portions are illegible in microfiche products. Several low-level radioactive waste management techniques are examined to consider the pros and cons of their application in the Rocky Mountain region. Those techniques include shallow land burial, greater confinement disposal, near surface facilities, abandoned mines...