Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: b7d7ea63-50b9-4156-8ee3-03cf08b5ef34
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Guidance for Selecting Sites for Near-Surface Disposal of Low-Level Radioactive Waste + HISTORY - HISTORY 10/2016 – Periodic Review of Revision 0 – Issues identified for future consideration 11/2011 – Periodic Review of Revision 0 – No issues identified 03/1987 – Draft WM 408-4 (Rev. 0)
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 4
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1628/ML16281A472.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-4.19
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Regulatory Guide Periodic Review Regulatory Guide Number: 4.19, Revision 0 Title: Guidance for Selecting Sites for Near-Surface Disposal of Low-Level Radioactive Waste Office/division/branch: NMSS/DUWP/LLWB Technical Lead: Eric H. Reber Staff Action Decided: Reviewed with issues identified for future consideration 1. What are the known technical or regulatory issues with the current version of the Regulatory Guide (RG)? RG 4.19, “Guidance for Selecting Sites for Near-Surface Disposal of Low-Level Radioactive Waste,” was published in August 1988, to provide guidance on screening areas to identify a site or sites for near-surface disposal of low-level radioactive waste. While the text is applicable to the current regulations in 10 CFR Part 61, “Licensing Requirements for Land Disposal of Radioactive Waste,” certain text is out-of-date and certain references to documents should be updated or removed. For example, Appendix A, of 10 CFR Part 61, “Geographic Information Computer Mapping,” is based on techniques and information technology that existed in 1988. None of the following NUREGs referenced in the document appears on the lists of NRC’s NUREGs found at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/: • NUREG-0902, “Site Suitability, Selection and Characterization” • NUREG-1199, “Standard Format and Content of a License Application for a Low- Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Facility” • NUREG/CR-2861, “Image Analysis for Facility Siting: A Comparison of Low- and High-Altitude Image Interpretability for Land Use/Land Cover Mapping” • NUREG/CR-3247, “Site Characterization Information Using LANDSAT Satellite and Other Remote Sensing Data: Integration of Remote Sensing Data with Geographic Information Systems” • NUREG/CR-3583, “Evaluation of Low-Altitude Remote Sensing Techniques for Obtaining Site Characteristic Information” The lists of the NRC’s NUREGs are not exhaustive, but the absence of these NUREGs from the