Energia i regulacje · 30.01.1996

Atlas Corporation; Draft Environmental Impact Statement

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), in cooperation with the National Park Service (NPS), U.S. Department of Interior, has published a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) regarding the proposed reclamation by Atlas Corporation (Atlas) of an existing uranium mill tailings pile near Moab, Utah. This DEIS describes and evaluates the potential environmental impacts of approving Atlas' request to amend its existing NRC License No. SUA-917 to reclaim the tailings pile in place. Based on the evaluations in this DEIS, the NRC staff's preliminary conclusion is that the Atlas proposal is acceptable with respect to environmental costs and benefits. The NRC has also published a Draft Technical Evaluation Report (DTER) evaluating the proposed reclamation with respect to appropriate NRC safety regulations, primarily Appendix A of 10 CFR, Part 40. Until and unless open issues identified in geology, seismology, geotechnical engineering, erosion protection, water resources protection, and radon attenuation are adequately resolved, NRC will not approve the proposed reclamation plan.