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Response<br />

49<br />

RADIOLOGICAL ISSUES<br />

A typographical error. 238Pu should have been 239u.<br />

Draft p. 3.1.54, Item 2<br />

Issue<br />

129<br />

The chemically separated high-level waste to be considered must include the 129 (aid<br />

the other volatiles) recovered from the fuel reprocessing plant as required by EPA's Uranium<br />

Fuel Cycle regulations (40 CFR 190, 10(b)). (113-EPA)<br />

Response<br />

The wording in question has been changed to avoid this misunderstanding. Control <strong>of</strong><br />

1291 and other volatiles is indeed required. While 129I is not included in the high-level<br />

waste, it is recovered in the reference waste management concept and sent to the repository<br />

with the TRU wastes. See Section 4.3 <strong>of</strong> the final Statement.<br />

Draft p. 3.1.60<br />

Issue<br />

The quote <strong>of</strong> 10 CFR 50, Appendix F, is in error. The regulatory policy stated therein<br />

is that liquid wastes at a reprocessing plant must be converted to a dry solid which is<br />

"....chemically, thermally, and radiolytically stable to the extent that the equilibrium<br />

pressure in the sealed container (required before shipping) will not exceed the safe opera-<br />

ting pressure for that container during the period from canning through a minimum <strong>of</strong> 90 days<br />

after receipt (transfer <strong>of</strong> physical custody) at the Federal repository." (208-NRC)<br />

Response<br />

The quote <strong>of</strong> 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix F was corrected in the final Statement.<br />

Draft p. 3.1.122<br />

Issue<br />

One commenter suggested that the discussion <strong>of</strong> the interaction <strong>of</strong> run-<strong>of</strong>f from storage<br />

piles as well as water pumped from the mine with freshwater systems should include a presen-<br />

tation <strong>of</strong> appropriate state and Federal discharge parameters. (43)<br />

Response<br />

State and Federal discharge limits could have been discussed in this generic Statement.<br />

However, the usefulness <strong>of</strong> including such limits is questioned.

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