Availability of Staff Recommendations to the Commission: Draft Regulations for Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Wastes at a Proposed Geologic Repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada

Samenvatting

The NRC is making available NRC staff recommendations for draft regulations governing disposal of high-level radioactive wastes at a proposed geologic repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. The Commission is presently reviewing these staff recommendations, and has not yet approved publication of the recommended draft regulations as a proposed rule. The Commission is making the staff recommendations available now to enable all stakeholders to have preliminary access to the document. When the Commission has approved a proposed rule, it will be published in the Federal Register for formal public comment.