| The agency is requiring that
certain licensees download and complete the survey noted below.
The agency will compile the information obtained from the various
licensees and pass this information onto the Low Level Radioactive Waste
Committee. This committee will then use the information to make
recommendations to the Radiation Protection Commission on the status of
LLRW management within North Carolina. The information will also
be used for compiling a report to the N.C. General Assembly on the
status of LLRW management within North Carolina. The April 2008
report provides current information on the status of LLRW management in
North Carolina and the related activities of the Radiation Protection
Commission and the Radiation Protection Section.
Based on the scheduled closure of Barnwell to out of compact generators
including North Carolina in 2008, it may be necessary for North Carolina
LLRW generators to develop long term on-site storage contingency plans
for dealing with some portion of their LLRW after June 30, 2008. For
this reason, the future of LLRW disposal remains unpredictable and will
need to be monitored closely over the next few
years.
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