What is NRC’s position regarding disposal of significant amounts of depleted uranium before the rulemaking is complete?
Because all of the low level waste disposal facilities are located in Agreement States and because no specific NRC regulations exist to impose additional requirements on the disposal of DU, the states in which the disposal facilities are located have the authority to determine the suitability of disposal during the rulemaking. Part of the decision-making process to allow disposal of any waste at a low-level radioactive waste disposal facility is to assess whether the site will continue to meet the performance objectives of 10 CFR Part 61, or the State equivalent. If a site wishes to dispose of significant amounts of depleted uranium, it would be prudent for the site operator and State regulator to review the existing performance assessment supporting the site and determine whether the issues that were raised in the technical analyses supporting the Commission decision to initiate this potential rulemaking and in the Federal Register Notice for the NRC public workshops are adequately ad
