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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Notice of Availability of Draft Waste
Incidental to Reprocessing Evaluation
for the Concentrator Feed Makeup
Tank and Melter Feed Hold Tank at the
West Valley Demonstration Project for
West Valley, NY
AGENCY:
Office of Environmental
Management, U.S. Department of
Energy.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY:
The Department of Energy
(DOE) announces the availability of a
draft evaluation which shows that the
concentrator feed makeup tank and
melter feed hold tank (the vessels)
which were used in conjunction with
vitrifying waste from reprocessing of
spent nuclear fuel and certain treatment
material at the West Valley
Demonstration Project (WVDP), located
at the Western New York Service Center
in West Valley, New York, are waste
incidental to reprocessing and thus are
not high-level radioactive waste (HLW)
and may be managed and disposed of
offsite as low-level waste (LLW). DOE
prepared the draft evaluation pursuant
to DOE Manual 435.1–1, Radioactive
Waste Management Manual. DOE is
consulting with the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) before finalizing this
evaluation. Although it is not required
by DOE Manual 435.1–1, DOE is making
the draft evaluation available for public
and state review and comment during
the NRC consultative review period.
DOE will make its final evaluation and
determination as to whether the vessels
are HLW, or are waste incidental to
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reprocessing which can be managed and
disposed of as LLW, after consideration
of any public, state, and NRC comments
on this draft evaluation.
DATES: The comment period will end
August 13, 2012. Comments received
after that time will be considered to the
extent practicable.
ADDRESSES: The draft waste evaluation
is available on the Internet at https://
www.wv.doe.gov/Document_Index/
vessels.pdf, and is publicly available for
review at the following location: U.S.
Department of Energy, West Valley
Demonstration Project Public Reading
Room located at the Ashford Office
Complex, 9030 US Route 219, Ashford,
NY 14171–9799, during the office hours
of Monday through Thursday, 8:00
a.m.–5:00 p.m., phone: (716) 942–4601.
Written comments should be submitted
to: Mr. Daniel Sullivan, U.S. Department
of Energy, West Valley Demonstration
Project, 10282 Rock Springs Road, West
Valley, New York 14171–9799.
Alternatively, comments may also be
filed electronically by email to
vessels@wv.doe.gov or by fax at (716)
942–4703.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
further information about this draft
waste evaluation, please contact Mr.
Daniel Sullivan at the mailing address
or Web site listed in ADDRESSES.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
vessels were used in the vitrification
process to prepare and temporarily store
pre-treated HLW slurry supplied to the
vitrification melter. They were used as
part of the process to solidify the HLW
which had been generated by
commercial reprocessing of spent
nuclear fuel at the Western New York
Nuclear Service Center in West Valley,
New York, by Nuclear Fuel Services,
Inc., from 1966 through 1972. DOE
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undertook the solidification activities
pursuant to DOE’s responsibilities
under the WVDP Act. To solidify the
waste, DOE vitrified the waste
(combined it at a high temperature with
borosilicate glass) and transferred the
molten glass-waste mixture into
specially developed stainless steel
canisters where the mixture hardened
into a solid glass waste form.
DOE operated the vitrification system
between 1996 and 2002. In 2002, prior
to shut down, the vessels were flushed
with high pressure demineralized water
so as to remove key radionuclides to the
maximum extent technically and
economically practical. The vessels with
their remaining residual waste were
characterized for radioactivity and
determined to have radionuclide
concentrations that do not exceed
concentration limits for Class C LLW.
They were removed from the
vitrification cell in 2004 and are
presently safely stored at the WVDP in
transportation containers that meet
Department of Transportation Industrial
Package 2 requirements. The vessels
were further stabilized by filling them
with cement grout. As explained in the
draft evaluation, they would be
disposed of at a suitable off-site LLW
waste disposal facility, either the Area
5 Radioactive Waste Management Site at
DOE’s Nevada National Security Site
(NNSS) in Nevada or the Waste Control
Specialists Federal Facility Waste
Disposal Facility near Andrews, Texas.
DOE would dispose of the vessel waste
packages in accordance with applicable
waste acceptance criteria using specific
waste profile documentation.
DOE Manual 435.1–1, which
implements DOE Order 435.1,
Radioactive Waste Management,
contains a rigorous evaluation process
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which DOE uses to determine whether
or not certain waste from the
reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel is
incidental to reprocessing and therefore
is not HLW and can be managed as
LLW. This process, in relevant part,
requires demonstrating that:
(1) Key radionuclides have been
removed to the maximum extent that is
technically and economically practical;
(2) The waste will be managed to meet
safety requirements comparable to the
performance objectives set out in 10
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part
61, subpart C, Performance Objectives;
and
(3) The waste will be managed,
pursuant to DOE’s authority under the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended,
and in accordance with the provisions
of Chapter IV of DOE Manual 435.1–1,
provided the waste will be incorporated
in a solid physical form at a
concentration that does not exceed the
applicable concentration limits for Class
C LLW as set out in 10 CFR 61.55, Waste
Classification.
The draft waste-incidental-toreprocessing evaluation summarizes
DOE’s analysis and shows that the
vessels:
(1) Have had key radionuclides
removed to the maximum extent
technically and economically practical;
(2) Will be managed to meet safety
requirements comparable to the NRC
performance objectives at 10 CFR part
61, subpart C; and
(3) Will be in a solid physical form
that does not exceed concentration
limits for Class C LLW and will be
managed and disposed of pursuant to
DOE’s authority under the Atomic
Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and in
accordance with applicable provisions
of Chapter IV of DOE Manual 435.1–1.
Accordingly, the draft evaluation
demonstrates using the waste-
incidental-to-reprocessing evaluation
process that the West Valley vessel
waste packages may be managed and
disposed of as LLW. The vessel waste
packages will meet the applicable waste
acceptance criteria for the selected
offsite LLW disposal facility, either the
NNSS Area 5 Radioactive Waste
Management Site or the Waste Control
Specialists Federal Facility Waste
Disposal Facility in Texas. The vessel
waste packages have been approved for
disposal by the NNSS in case a final
decision is made to send the waste
package to that site for disposal.
DOE is consulting with the NRC
before finalizing this evaluation.
Although not required by DOE Manual
435.1–1, DOE is making the draft
evaluation available for public and state
review and comment during the NRC
consultative review period. DOE plans
to issue a final determination as to
whether the vessels are HLW or can be
managed and disposed of as LLW
following review and consultation with
the NRC and consideration of public
and state comments.
DOE’s decision on the disposal site to
be used is not within the scope of this
draft evaluation. Any DOE decision on
the facility to which the vessel waste
packages would be sent would be made
after the final DOE evaluation and
determination, following consideration
of NRC and public comments on this
draft evaluation, and after DOE confers
with appropriate State officials in the
state where the waste packages may be
disposed.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[FE Docket Nos. 12–21–NG; 12–43–NG; 12–
48–LNG]
Noble Americas Gas & Power Corp.,
LNG Development Company, LLC, LNG
Development Company, LLC (d/b/a
Oregon LNG); Notice of Orders
Granting Authority To Import and
Export Natural Gas and Liquefied
Natural Gas During May 2012
AGENCY:
Office of Fossil Energy,
Department of Energy (DOE).
ACTION:
Notice of orders.
SUMMARY:
The Office of Fossil Energy
(FE) of the Department of Energy gives
notice that during May 2012, it issued
Orders granting authority to import and
export natural gas and liquefied natural
gas. These Orders are summarized in the
attached appendix and may be found on
the FE Web site at https://
www.fossil.energy.gov/programs/
gasregulation/authorizations/Orders2012.html. They are also available for
inspection and copying in the Office of
Fossil Energy, Office of Natural Gas
Regulatory Activities, Docket Room
3E–033, Forrestal Building, 1000
Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586–9478.
The Docket Room is open between the
hours of 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
Issued in Washington, DC, on June 20,
2012.
Frank Marcinowski,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Waste
Management, Office of Environmental
Management.
Issued in Washington, DC, on June 25,
2012.
John A. Anderson,
Manager, Natural Gas Regulatory Activities,
Office of Oil and Gas Global Security and
Supply, Office of Fossil Energy.
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DOE/FE ORDERS GRANTING IMPORT/EXPORT AUTHORIZATIONS
Date Issued
FE
Docket No.
3098 .............................
05/03/12
12–21–NG
Noble Americas Gas &
Power Corp.
3099 .............................
05/31/12
12–43–NG
3100 .............................
05/31/12
12–48–LNG
LNG Development Company, LLC.
LNG Development Company, LLC (d/b/a Oregon
LNG).
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Description of Action
Order granting blanket authority to import/export natural
gas from/to Canada/Mexico, and to import LNG from
various international sources by vessel.
Order granting blanket authority to import natural gas
from Canada.
Order granting long-term multi-contract authority to export
LNG by vessel from the proposed LNG Terminal in
Warrenton, Clatsop County, Oregon to Free Trade
Agreement nations.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Notice of Availability of Draft Waste Incidental to Reprocessing
Evaluation for the Concentrator Feed Makeup Tank and Melter Feed Hold
Tank at the West Valley Demonstration Project for West Valley, NY
AGENCY: Office of Environmental Management, U.S. Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) announces the availability of a
draft evaluation which shows that the concentrator feed makeup tank and
melter feed hold tank (the vessels) which were used in conjunction with
vitrifying waste from reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel and certain
treatment material at the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP),
located at the Western New York Service Center in West Valley, New
York, are waste incidental to reprocessing and thus are not high-level
radioactive waste (HLW) and may be managed and disposed of offsite as
low-level waste (LLW). DOE prepared the draft evaluation pursuant to
DOE Manual 435.1-1, Radioactive Waste Management Manual. DOE is
consulting with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) before
finalizing this evaluation. Although it is not required by DOE Manual
435.1-1, DOE is making the draft evaluation available for public and
state review and comment during the NRC consultative review period. DOE
will make its final evaluation and determination as to whether the
vessels are HLW, or are waste incidental to reprocessing which can be
managed and disposed of as LLW, after consideration of any public,
state, and NRC comments on this draft evaluation.
DATES: The comment period will end August 13, 2012. Comments received
after that time will be considered to the extent practicable.
ADDRESSES: The draft waste evaluation is available on the Internet at
https://www.wv.doe.gov/Document_Index/vessels.pdf, and is publicly
available for review at the following location: U.S. Department of
Energy, West Valley Demonstration Project Public Reading Room located
at the Ashford Office Complex, 9030 US Route 219, Ashford, NY 14171-
9799, during the office hours of Monday through Thursday, 8:00 a.m.-
5:00 p.m., phone: (716) 942-4601. Written comments should be submitted
to: Mr. Daniel Sullivan, U.S. Department of Energy, West Valley
Demonstration Project, 10282 Rock Springs Road, West Valley, New York
14171-9799. Alternatively, comments may also be filed electronically by
email to vessels@wv.doe.gov or by fax at (716) 942-4703.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information about this
draft waste evaluation, please contact Mr. Daniel Sullivan at the
mailing address or Web site listed in ADDRESSES.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The vessels were used in the vitrification
process to prepare and temporarily store pre-treated HLW slurry
supplied to the vitrification melter. They were used as part of the
process to solidify the HLW which had been generated by commercial
reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel at the Western New York Nuclear
Service Center in West Valley, New York, by Nuclear Fuel Services,
Inc., from 1966 through 1972. DOE undertook the solidification
activities pursuant to DOE's responsibilities under the WVDP Act. To
solidify the waste, DOE vitrified the waste (combined it at a high
temperature with borosilicate glass) and transferred the molten glass-
waste mixture into specially developed stainless steel canisters where
the mixture hardened into a solid glass waste form.
DOE operated the vitrification system between 1996 and 2002. In
2002, prior to shut down, the vessels were flushed with high pressure
demineralized water so as to remove key radionuclides to the maximum
extent technically and economically practical. The vessels with their
remaining residual waste were characterized for radioactivity and
determined to have radionuclide concentrations that do not exceed
concentration limits for Class C LLW. They were removed from the
vitrification cell in 2004 and are presently safely stored at the WVDP
in transportation containers that meet Department of Transportation
Industrial Package 2 requirements. The vessels were further stabilized
by filling them with cement grout. As explained in the draft
evaluation, they would be disposed of at a suitable off-site LLW waste
disposal facility, either the Area 5 Radioactive Waste Management Site
at DOE's Nevada National Security Site (NNSS) in Nevada or the Waste
Control Specialists Federal Facility Waste Disposal Facility near
Andrews, Texas. DOE would dispose of the vessel waste packages in
accordance with applicable waste acceptance criteria using specific
waste profile documentation.
DOE Manual 435.1-1, which implements DOE Order 435.1, Radioactive
Waste Management, contains a rigorous evaluation process
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which DOE uses to determine whether or not certain waste from the
reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel is incidental to reprocessing and
therefore is not HLW and can be managed as LLW. This process, in
relevant part, requires demonstrating that:
(1) Key radionuclides have been removed to the maximum extent that
is technically and economically practical;
(2) The waste will be managed to meet safety requirements
comparable to the performance objectives set out in 10 Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) part 61, subpart C, Performance Objectives; and
(3) The waste will be managed, pursuant to DOE's authority under
the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and in accordance with the
provisions of Chapter IV of DOE Manual 435.1-1, provided the waste will
be incorporated in a solid physical form at a concentration that does
not exceed the applicable concentration limits for Class C LLW as set
out in 10 CFR 61.55, Waste Classification.
The draft waste-incidental-to-reprocessing evaluation summarizes
DOE's analysis and shows that the vessels:
(1) Have had key radionuclides removed to the maximum extent
technically and economically practical;
(2) Will be managed to meet safety requirements comparable to the
NRC performance objectives at 10 CFR part 61, subpart C; and
(3) Will be in a solid physical form that does not exceed
concentration limits for Class C LLW and will be managed and disposed
of pursuant to DOE's authority under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as
amended, and in accordance with applicable provisions of Chapter IV of
DOE Manual 435.1-1.
Accordingly, the draft evaluation demonstrates using the waste-
incidental-to-reprocessing evaluation process that the West Valley
vessel waste packages may be managed and disposed of as LLW. The vessel
waste packages will meet the applicable waste acceptance criteria for
the selected offsite LLW disposal facility, either the NNSS Area 5
Radioactive Waste Management Site or the Waste Control Specialists
Federal Facility Waste Disposal Facility in Texas. The vessel waste
packages have been approved for disposal by the NNSS in case a final
decision is made to send the waste package to that site for disposal.
DOE is consulting with the NRC before finalizing this evaluation.
Although not required by DOE Manual 435.1-1, DOE is making the draft
evaluation available for public and state review and comment during the
NRC consultative review period. DOE plans to issue a final
determination as to whether the vessels are HLW or can be managed and
disposed of as LLW following review and consultation with the NRC and
consideration of public and state comments.
DOE's decision on the disposal site to be used is not within the
scope of this draft evaluation. Any DOE decision on the facility to
which the vessel waste packages would be sent would be made after the
final DOE evaluation and determination, following consideration of NRC
and public comments on this draft evaluation, and after DOE confers
with appropriate State officials in the state where the waste packages
may be disposed.
Issued in Washington, DC, on June 20, 2012.
Frank Marcinowski,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Waste Management, Office of
Environmental Management.
[FR Doc. 2012-15986 Filed 6-28-12; 8:45 am]
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