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Management and Disposition of Greater-Than-Class C and Transuranic Waste October 23, 2015 LLW Forum Meeting Chicago, IL Melanie Wong, Senior Project Manager LLW Branch Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery and Waste Programs Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards

Purpose To summarize the NRC staff’s evaluation on the jurisdictional authority of an Agreement State to license and regulate GTCC and transuranic waste disposal

GTCC and Transuranic Waste Disposal DOE’s EIS on GTCC LLW and GTCC-Like Waste State of Texas’ Inquiry SRM’s Direction

Legislative History Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (AEA) Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act of 1980 (1980 LLW Policy Act) Amendments Act of 1985

Regulatory Framework 10 CFR § 61.55(a)(2)(iv) More stringent methods Default disposal in Part 60 or 63 geologic disposal Commission approves alternative

LLW and Transuranic Waste Class A Class B Class C GTCC

What is LLW? 1980 LLW Policy Act “radioactive waste not classified as high-level radioactive waste, transuranic waste, spent nuclear fuel, or byproduct material…”

What is LLW? (cont’d) 10 CFR Part 61 Purpose and scope does not exclude transuranic waste but definition does Table 1 includes concentrations for transuranic nuclides

What is LLW? (cont’d) Amendments Act “radioactive material that: (i) is not high-level radioactive waste, spent nuclear fuel, or byproduct material…and (ii) the [NRC]…classifies as [LLW]”

What is Transuranic Waste? Price-Anderson Amendments Act “material contaminated with elements that have an atomic number > 92…concentrations > 10 [nCi/gm], or…as the [NRC] may prescribe”

Transuranic Nuclides Disposal Alpha emitting transuranic nuclides with half-life greater than 5 years and a concentration less than 100 nCi/gm

Option 1: NRC License NRC conducts the following: License application review Site-specific technical requirement development EIS preparation Rulemaking

Option 2: Texas License Texas submits proposal for the Commission consideration Texas develops technical criteria (assisted by NRC) NRC conducts rulemaking

Option 3: No-Action Commission declines to extend the licensing scheme to allow near-surface disposal of GTCC and transuranic waste Industry continues to rely on safe storage of GTCC and transuranic waste

Staff Recommendation Option 2 with rulemaking Establishes clear-cut Federal and State licensing pathways for disposal of GTCC and transuranic waste Offers additional efficiency

Summary Complex legislative and regulatory history on GTCC and transuranic waste disposal Inconsistent definitions of LLW and transuranic waste The staff recommends allowing the State of Texas to license and regulate the disposal of GTCC waste and NRC staff would pursue a rulemaking to address transuranic waste disposal in Part 61 SRM’s Direction