Energia i regulacje · 23.01.1995

Availability of Final Staff Technical Position on Concentration Averaging and Encapsulation

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is announcing the availability of a final revision, in part, to the 1983 Staff Technical Position on Radioactive Waste Classification. The revision is entitled, ``Technical Position on Concentration Averaging and Encapsulation,'' and has involved from earlier proposals that were noticed in the Federal Register on June 30, 1992 (57 FR 29105) and September 22, 1993 (58 FR 4933). The final position has been developed after considering the comments received on the two earlier proposals. The position provides guidance on the interpretation of Sec. 61.55(a)(8) of 10 CFR Part 61 as it applies to the classification (e.g., Class A, B, or C waste) of a variety of different types and forms of low-level radioactive waste. The Technical Position on Radioactive Waste Classification was initially developed in 1983 to provide guidance to low-level radioactive waste generators on four specific topics regarding waste classification: (1) Acceptable Materials Accountability Programs; (2) Determination and Verification of Radionuclide Concentrations and Correlations; (3) Concentration Volumes and Masses; and (4) Reporting on Manifests. Because of the desirability of at