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Site Suitability, Selection and Characterization: Branch Technical Position — Low-Level Radioactive Waste (NUREG-0902)
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Manuscript Completed: March 1982
Date Published: April 1982
D. Siefken, G. Pangburn, R. Pennifill, R. J. Starmer
Division of Waste Management
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Washington, D.C. 20555
Abstract
The staff provides an expanded interpretation of the site suitability requirements in the proposed rule 10 CFR Part 61, a description of the anticipated site selection process, and a detailed discussion of the site characterization program needed to support a license application and environmental report. The paper provides early-on guidance to prospective applicants in these three subject areas.
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