Radioactive Waste Quick Links

• Photo and Location of Yucca Mountain

• Locations
• Compacts

• Independent Spent Fuel Storage Facilities

Disposal Facilities for Waste Incidental to Reprocessing

• Locations

Current Legislation and Regulations

• Low-Level Waste Disposal
• Waste Incidental to Reprocessing (WIR)
  • Section 3116 of the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)
  • West Valley Demonstration Project Act
  • Disposal Process for WIR
• High-Level Waste Disposal
• Spent Fuel Storage
• NRC-maintained 10 CFR (updated weekly)

• Find a Federal Register notice - select "Today's issue of the Federal Register, or expand a particular year and month; scroll to NRC.
• NRC Rulemaking page - background, how to participate
• Rulemaking Dockets

• Regulatory Guides - index, some available online
• NRC Publications (NUREG series)

Licensing Activities

• High-Level Waste Disposal
  • Licensing
• Low-Level Waste Disposal
• Spent Fuel Storage

Consultation

• Guidance and Communications Related to Waste Incidental to Reprocessing

Inspection, Assessment, and Monitoring

• Low-Level Waste Disposal
• Spent Fuel Storage
• Disposal Process for Waste Incidental to Reprocessing (WIR)
  • Waste Determination Process for WIR
  • Monitoring of Disposal Actions for WIR

• Enforcement page
• Petitions for Enforcement (2.206)
• Spent Fuel Facility Security Orders

• Allegation Page
• Report a Safety or Security Concern

• Preliminary Notifications
• Part 21 Reports

• A Prioritization of Generic Safety Issues (NUREG-0933)

Radiation Protection

• Radiation Protection
• Regulatory Guides Related to Radiation Protection
• Form 3, Form 4, and Form 5 for recording and reporting occupational radiation exposure

Incident Response

• Emergency Preparedness and Response

• Waste Research
• Computer Codes

Performance Assessment

• Decision Support for Low-Level Waste Disposal
• Waste Determination Process for Waste Incidental to Reprocessing

Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste (ACNW)

• Schedules and Agendas
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• Letter Reports

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