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NRC proposes new LLW rule interpretation

Mon, Mar 9, 2020, 2:48PMNuclear News

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is issuing a proposed interpretation of its low-level radioactive waste disposal regulations that would permit licensees to dispose of waste by transfer to persons who hold specific disposal exemptions. The NRC said that it will consider approval of requests for specific exemptions only if they are for the disposal of very low-level radioactive waste by land burial. Notice of the proposed interpretive rule was published in the March 6 Federal Register.

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