ML11263A032

Email from S. Klementowicz, to B. Pham on Barnwell Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Site

ML11263A032
Person / Time
Site:	Salem, Hope Creek
Issue date:	09/27/2010
From:	Klementowicz S Division of License Renewal
To:	Bo Pham NRC/NRR/DLR/RARB
References
FOIA/PA-2011-0113, TAC ME1831
Download: ML11263A032 (2)

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Perkins, Leslie From:

Klementowicz, Stephen Sent:

Monday, September 27, 2010 12:25 PM To:

Pham, Bo Cc:

Perkins, Leslie

Subject:

Barnwell Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Site Bo, this is what is currently on the Barnwell web-site.

Steve K Atlantic Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact The Atlantic Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Manaaqement Compact (formerly the Northeast Compact) was approved by Congress in January 1986. In 2000, South Carolina joined Connecticut and New Jersey as the third member state.

The Compact was formed in response to the Federal Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act, 1980, which invited states to form interstate compacts for the disposal of radioactive waste. The Atlantic Compact regional disposal facility in Barnwell County, South Carolina, will be limited to waste generated within the three-state region beginning July 2008.

Radioactive Waste Disposal Program The South Carolina Budget and Control Board's Energy Office Radioactive Waste Disposal Program administers the following responsibilities for the Barnwell disposal site:

• Approving the release of money from the Decommissioning Trust Fund for the closure of the disposal site, as authorized by the Board; e Financial planning for post-closure monitoring and maintenance of the site; e Recommending charges and fees for disposal of waste for approval by the Board.

The Barnwell site is the regional disposal facility for low-level radioactive waste generated in the Atlantic Compact region.

Formerly known as the Northeast Compact, the Atlantic Compact was approved by Congress in 1985. South Carolina joined Connecticut and New Jersey as the third member state in 2000.

The Barnwell site is limited to the disposal of Class A, B and C radioactive waste as defined by federal regulations. Waste that exceeds Class C concentration limits for radioactivity cannot be disposed at the Barnwell site and must await the development by the federal government of a deep geologic repository.

Chem-Nuclear, LLC, a subsidiary of EnergySolutions, Inc., operates the disposal site under a lease with the Board. The Department of Health and Environmental Control licenses and regulates the site and oversees the safety of disposal operations. The South Carolina Public Service Commission approves compensation for the disposal site operator to cover its costs of operating the site.

Perkins, Leslie From:

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FYI Bo Pham Chief, Projects Branch 1 Pham, Bo Tuesday, September 28, 2010 9:50 AM Perkins, Leslie FW: ML102580564 - Evaluation of Severe Accident Mitigation Alternatives for Hope Creek Generating Station (TAC NO. ME1831)

ADAMS Document.ADC Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 301-415-8450 From: Curran, Bridget Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 9:48 AM To: Pham, Bo Cc: Harrison, Donnie; Ghosh, Tina; Gallucci, Ray; RidsNrrDraApla Resource; Alexander, Cheryl; Moore, Mary

Subject:

ML102580564 - Evaluation of Severe Accident Mitigation Alternatives for Hope Creek Generating Station (TAC NO. ME1831)

Memorandum Dated:

September 16, 2010 Memorandum To:

Bo Pham, Chief Projects Branch 1 Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Donnie Harrison, Chief Probabilistic Risk Assessment Licensing Branch Division of Risk Assessment Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation From:

Subject:

NO. ME1831)

Evaluation of Severe Accident Mitigation Alternatives for Hope Creek Generating Station (TAC ML102580564 Bridget Curran Division Administrative Assistant NRR/DRA 301-415-2884 1