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14,6<br />

WASTE MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS<br />

To avoid confusion regarding the use <strong>of</strong> the terms intermediate-level TRU waste and low-<br />

level TRU wastes, DOE has adopted the convention in the final Statement <strong>of</strong> referring to<br />

these wastes as remotely-handled TRU waste and contact-handled TRU wastes.<br />

Draft p. 1.9<br />

Issue<br />

One commenter requested an explanation <strong>of</strong> the method used to obtain the values in<br />

Table 1.1 (208-NRC)<br />

Response<br />

This table does not appear in the final Statement. The basis for Table 1.1 can be<br />

found in Table 2.1.8 and Appendix A, Tables A.19, A.26, and A.35 <strong>of</strong> the draft Statement.<br />

Assumptions relative to waste treatment and treated waste volumes are discussed in Sec-<br />

tion 4.3 <strong>of</strong> the final Statement.<br />

Draft p. 1.11<br />

Issue<br />

Some sort <strong>of</strong> conversion factor should be provided so that realistic comparisons can be<br />

made between storage requirements for spent fuel and waste containers for reprocessed<br />

wastes. (147)<br />

Response<br />

Information on waste container requirements for treated wastes is provided in the final<br />

Statement in Section 4.3.6.<br />

Draft p. 1.17<br />

Issue<br />

(.62)<br />

Response<br />

.The process <strong>of</strong> incinerating combustible waste has not been shown to be a safe method.<br />

The final Statement includes references to the operation <strong>of</strong> combustible radioactive<br />

waste incinerators (see Section 4.3).

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