Waste Confidence
Related Information
- Continued Storage Draft
Final Rulemaking Documents - For Commission Review: Commission Rulemaking Issue (SECY-14-0072) - Final Rule: Continued Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel (RIN 3150-AJ20) [Document is not for public comment]
- For Commission Review: Draft Federal Register Notice [NRC-2012-0246]: Continued Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel - Final Rule [Document is not for public comment]
- For Commission Review: Draft NUREG-2157: Generic Environmental Impact Statement for Continued Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel - Final Report [Document is not for public comment]
On June 8, 2012, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit found that some aspects of the 2010 rulemaking did not satisfy the NRC's NEPA obligations and vacated the rulemaking. [New York v. NRC, 681 F.3d 471 (D.C. Cir. 2012)]. The court indicated that in making either a Finding Of No Significant Impact based on an Environmental Assessment or in an Environmental Impact Statement supporting the rulemaking, the Commission needed to add additional discussions concerning the impacts of failing to secure permanent disposal for spent nuclear fuel, and concerning the impacts of certain aspects of potential spent fuel pool leaks and spent fuel pool fires.
In response to the Court's decision, the Commission decided to stop all licensing activities that rely on the Waste Confidence rule (see CLI-12-016). The NRC created a Waste Confidence Directorate within the Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards to oversee the development of a Waste Confidence Generic Environmental Impact Statement and revised Rule. The Commission has instructed the Directorate to issue the final Generic Environmental Impact Statement and Rule by no later than fall 2014.
For additional information, please see the following pages:
No comments:
Post a Comment