Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 02/12/1997

Notice of Revised Draft Request for Proposals for Waste Acceptance and Transportation Services

The Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (OCRWM) is responsible under the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, as amended (NWPA), for accepting and transporting spent nuclear fuel (SNF) from commercial nuclear reactor sites to a federal facility for storage or disposal. The Standard Contract for Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and/ or High-Level Radioactive Waste (10 CFR part 961) details the arrangements between the Department of Energy (DOE) and the owners and generators of SNF (Purchasers) for the Department to accept the SNF at the Purchasers' sites for transport to a federal facility. Section 137(a)(2) of the NWPA requires the utilization of private industry to the ``fullest extent possible'' in the transportation of SNF. OCRWM anticipates seeking competitive proposals for commercial SNF acceptance and transportation services, including the provision of storage equipment, in accordance with the final version of this revised draft Request for Proposals (RFP). In May 1996, OCRWM published in the Federal Register (61 FR 26508) and the Commerce Business Daily, a Request for Expression of Interest and Comments on a previous draft Statement of Work for these services. In July