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Improving the Regulation and Management of Low-Activity Radioactive Wastes Interim Report on Current Regulations, Inventories, and Practices (2003) / Chapter Skim
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... the committee to the findings that conclucle this interim report. The committee will assess options for improving the current practices and provide recommendations in its final report.
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... Like uranium and thorium wastes, they arise in large volumes and their radiological hazards result from uranium, thorium, and their radioactive decay products, radium and raclon. Throughout this report the committee will use these categories to illustrate gaps and inconsistencies in the current regulations for wastes with very different levels of radioactivity, volumes, and radioactive half-lives; anal inconsistencies in reline at that are racliolo~icallv similar to each other - —7 ~ ^~ v 444 ~—4~£~ YY Ail At least 12 federal statutes apply to low-activity wastes.
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... An especially important role for the states is the regulation of NORM and TENORM wastes from a number of activities, including mining, oil and gas production, and water treatment. Of the wastes clescribecl in this interim report, LLW from DOE and commercial nuclear facilities have received the most attention from regulators and the public.
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... Current regulations for low-activity wastes are not based on a systematic consideration of risks. Interim Report
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... These factors have apparently raised doubts about the current system's capability for protecting public health. The task of this interim report was to clevelop an overview of current regulatory and management practices for low-activity waste, and thus set the stage for the committee's final report, which will assess policy anal technical options for improving the current practices.
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... This interim report, which concludes phase one, addresses current low-activity waste regulations and practices according to the following parts of the study's task statement: ( 1 ) Using available information from public domain sources, provide a summary of the sources, forms, quantities, hazards, and other identifying characteristics of low-activity waste in the United States; and (2)
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Key Terms

  • radioactive materials
  • waste management
  • regulatory authority
  • policy act
  • radioactive wastes

  • tenorm wastes
  • waste policy
  • facility decommissioning
  • nuclear regulatory
  • nuclear facilities

  • current practices
  • regulatory commission
  • wastes produced
  • nuclear materials
  • mill tailings

  • water treatment
  • nuclear waste
  • waste regulations
  • decay products
  • radiation exposure

  • disposal facilities
  • contaminated soils
  • thorium wastes
  • spent nuclear
  • radioactive decay

  • site cleanup
  • radiological hazards
  • anal inconsistencies
  • enhanced naturally
  • exercise regulatory


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