Below Regulatory Concern Owners Group: Nonradiologic characterization and environmental assessment of BRC (Below-Regulatory Concern) waste: Final report
EPRI is characterizing nonradiologic properties and assessing the environmental impact of candidate BRC waste types in support of a utility rulemaking petition. Recent investigations confirmed that these chemical and physical properties resembled those of conventional wastes and would not preclude disposal by conventional methods. In accordance with the NRC policy statement on below regulatory concern (BRC) waste, petitions to exempt certain wastes from low-level radioactive waste (LLRW) disposal regulations must include an assessment of the waste's nonradiologic properties. Petitions must also assure no significant environmental impact from BRC waste disposal, compatibility of the nonradiologic properties with the intended method of disposal, and negligible potential for recycling. This document characterizes the nonradiologic properties of candidate BRC waste types, as well as the properties of conventional waste and other materials associated with BRC waste disposal, and performs an environmental impact assessment of BRC waste disposal options.
- Research Organization:
- Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA (USA); Science Applications International Corp., Pleasanton, CA (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 6381204
- Report Number(s):
- EPRI-NP-5674
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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