[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 63 (Thursday, April 3, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14663-14664]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-05747]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2024-0210]
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Plan for Monitoring Disposal
Actions Taken by the U.S. Department of Energy at the Savannah River
Site Saltstone Disposal Facility in Accordance With the Ronald W.
Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005,
Revision 2
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of issuance; availability.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is announcing the
availability of ``U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Plan for
Monitoring Disposal Actions Taken by the U.S. Department of Energy at
the Savannah River Site Saltstone Disposal Facility in Accordance with
the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2005, Revision 2.'' This monitoring plan describes how the NRC staff
intends to complete its assessment of compliance with NRC's performance
objectives for the Department of Energy (DOE) disposal actions at the
Savannah River Site (SRS) Saltstone Disposal Facility (SDF).
DATES: April 3, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2024-0210 when contacting the
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You
may access publicly available information related to this document
using any of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2024-0210. Address
questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Bridget Curran;
telephone: 301-415-1003; email: [email protected]. For technical
questions, contact the individual listed in the For Further Information
Contact section of this document.
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the
ADAMS Public Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ``Begin Web-based ADAMS
Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC's Public
Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, at 301-415-4737,
or by email to [email protected]. For the convenience of the reader,
instructions about obtaining materials referenced in this document are
provided in the ``Availability of Documents'' section.
NRC's PDR: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies
of publicly available documents, is open by appointment. To make an
appointment to visit the PDR, please send an email to
[email protected] or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, between 8
a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern time (ET), Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Harry Felsher, Office of Nuclear
Material Safety and Safeguards; U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-6559; email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Discussion
The monitoring plan describes the NRC staff's planned activities in
carrying out its responsibilities for monitoring the DOE disposal
actions at the Savannah River Site (SRS) Saltstone Disposal Facility
(SDF) in accordance with the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (NDAA). In 2005, the DOE
provided the Draft Basis for Waste Determination for the SRS SDF to the
NRC, as part of the DOE's consultation with the NRC required by NDAA
Section 3116(a). After its review, the NRC issued a Technical
Evaluation Report (TER) for the SRS SDF in December 2005. In the 2005
TER, the NRC staff documented the results of its review and concluded
that there was reasonable assurance that the applicable criteria of
NDAA could be met by the DOE, provided certain assumptions made in the
DOE analyses were verified via monitoring. Taking into consideration
the assumptions, conclusions, and recommendations in both the 2005 NRC
TER and the 2006 DOE Final Basis for Waste Determination for the SRS
SDF, the Secretary of Energy issued the SRS SDF Waste Determination in
January 2006 that stated SRS treated salt waste is not high-level waste
and may be disposed of at the SRS SDF. After issuance of the 2006
Secretary of Energy Waste Determination for the SRS SDF document, the
NRC began monitoring the DOE disposal actions at the SRS SDF under NDAA
Section 3116(b) in coordination with the NDAA-Covered State of South
Carolina. In 2007, the NRC issued Revision 0 of the SRS SDF Monitoring
Plan based on both the 2005 NRC TER and the 2006 DOE Final Basis for
Waste Determination documents. In 2009, the DOE provided a revised SRS
SDF Performance Assessment to the NRC. After its review of the revised
DOE Performance Assessment, the NRC issued Revision 1 of the TER for
the SRS SDF in April 2012. In the 2012 TER, the NRC staff documented
the results of its review and concluded that it did not have reasonable
assurance that salt waste disposal at the SDF met the Performance
Objectives in part 61, subpart C, of title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR), specifically 10 CFR 61.41 ``Protection of the
General Population from Releases of Radioactivity.'' In 2013, the NRC
issued Revision 1 of the SRS SDF Monitoring
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Plan based on the 2012 NRC TER. In 2020, the DOE provided a revised SRS
SDF Performance Assessment to the NRC. After its review, the NRC issued
Revision 2 of the TER for the SRS SDF in April 2023. In the 2023 TER,
the NRC staff documented its review and concluded that if the DOE
Closure Cap design and implementation achieve the DOE expected
performance, as described in the 2020 SDF Performance Assessment, then
there was reasonable assurance that the DOE disposal actions at the SDF
meet or will meet all the 10 CFR part 61, subpart C, Performance
Objectives, including the 10 CFR 61.40 Performance Objective.
In the issued monitoring plan, the NRC staff identified specific
areas that it intends to monitor in assessing the DOE compliance with
the 10 CFR part 61, subpart C Performance Objectives. The document
describes what the NRC staff intends to do in each of those areas, as
well as other activities that will be performed to allow a complete
assessment of compliance with the 10 CFR part 61, subpart C,
Performance Objectives. In finalizing the monitoring plan, the NRC
staff considered comments and input from the NDAA-Covered State of
South Carolina.
II. Availability of Documents
The documents identified in the following table are available to
interested persons through one or more of the following methods, as
indicated.
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ADAMS accession No./
Document description internet link
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Ronald W. Reagan National Defense https://www.congress.gov/
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005. 108/plaws/publ375/PLAW-
108publ375.pdf.
DOE Waste Determination for the Savannah ML17136A069.
River Site Saltstone Disposal Facility,
dated January 2006.
NRC Technical Evaluation Report, Final ML23024A099.
Report, Revision 2, for the DOE Savannah
River Site Saltstone Disposal Facility,
dated April 2023.
Revised DOE Performance Assessment for the ML20190A056.
Savannah River Site Saltstone Disposal
Facility, dated March 2020.
NRC Monitoring Plan, Revision 1, for the DOE ML13100A113.
Savannah River Site Saltstone Disposal
Facility, dated September 2013.
NRC Technical Evaluation Report, Final ML121170309.
Report, Revision 1, for the DOE Savannah
River Site Saltstone Disposal Facility,
dated April 2012.
Revised DOE Performance Assessment for the ML101590008.
Savannah River Site Saltstone Disposal
Facility, dated October 2009.
NRC Monitoring Plan, Revision 0, for the DOE ML070730363.
Savannah River Site Saltstone Disposal
Facility, dated May 2007.
DOE Final Basis for Waste Determination for ML102850319.
the Savannah River Site Saltstone Disposal
Facility, dated January 2006.
NRC Technical Evaluation Report, Revision 0, ML053010225.
for the DOE Savannah River Site Saltstone
Disposal Facility, dated December 2005.
DOE Draft Basis for Waste Determination for ML051020072.
the Savannah River Site Saltstone Disposal
Facility, dated February 2005.
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Dated: March 31, 2025.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Jane Marshall,
Director, Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery, and Waste
Programs, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 2025-05747 Filed 4-2-25; 8:45 am]
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