US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Exempts Westinghouse Electric Company, US Ecology, Inc. from Regulations for Low-Activity Radioactive Waste Disposal

Summary

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has granted exemptions to Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC and US Ecology, Inc. to dispose of low-activity radioactive waste from the Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility in South Carolina without a license, allowing the waste to be transferred to a hazardous waste disposal facility in Idaho.

Original source language: Federal Register — Nuclear Regulatory CommissionOpen original release →

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