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Energia i regulacje · 26.02.1996

Uranium Mill Facilities: Availability of Final ``Staff Technical Position on Alternate Concentration Limits for Title II Uranium Mills''

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is announcing the availability of its final ``Staff Technical Position on Alternate Concentration Limits for Title II Uranium Mills.'' The purposes of this final Staff Technical Position (STP) are to provide: (1) Guidance on NRC staff's interpretation of the applicable regulations for establishing alternate concentration limits (ACLs) at uranium mills and tailings impoundment sites regulated under Title II of the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act (UMTRCA) of 1978; (2) a Standard Format and Content Guide for ACL applications; and (3) standard criteria and procedures for ACL application reviews by NRC and Agreement States. The final STP on ACLs for Title II uranium mills represents a revised and updated version of NRC's draft final STP, which was announced in the Federal Register on March 21, 1994 (59 FR 13345). The revisions were made largely in response to comments that NRC received on the draft final STP. The final STP on ACLs for Title II uranium mills was prepared pursuant to the regulatory requirements for ground-water protection in Criterion 5 of Appendix A to 10 CFR Part 40, and is therefore only applicable to uranium mil

Source: Federal Register — Nuclear Regulatory CommissionOpen original release →