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DOE OSTI · 23027894

Panel Session 14: US NRC - Current and Emerging US NRC Regulatory Topics

Abstract

This panel focused on several current and emerging US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) regulatory issues impacting the commercial radioactive waste arena in the US. The panelists provided different perspectives on key issues such as the revision of 10 Code of Federal Regulations Part 61 'Licensing Requirements For Land Disposal Of Radioactive Waste', the scoping study on very low-level waste, the consolidated interim storage of spent nuclear fuel and other timely regulatory topics. Panelists with presentations: Overview of NRC Low-Level Radioactive Waste Activities and Initiatives (Patricia Holahan); US Nuclear Power Plant Waste Management - US LLW Disposal Issues (Joe Weismann); Decommissioning Rule (Vern C. Rogers); What is TRU? Definition, Legislation, and Rulemaking (David Carlson); LLRW Regulatory Topics of Interest in Texas (Bobby Janecka); International Low Level Waste Management Practices (Richard McGrath)

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Camper, Larry, Lubinski, John, Bergeron, Marcel, Holahan, Patricia, Rogers, Vern, Carlson, David, Janecka, Bobby, Weismann, Joe, McGrath, Richard. 2020-07-01. Panel Session 14: US NRC - Current and Emerging US NRC Regulatory Topics. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/23027894

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