US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Approves Alternate Disposal Plan for Westinghouse Electric Company's Nuclear Waste

Summary

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued an environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact for a plan to dispose of nuclear waste from Westinghouse Electric Company's Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility in South Carolina without a license, and has also considered approving exemptions for US Ecology, Inc. to receive and dispose of the waste without a license.