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02462 - [A1752772]
Issues Related to the Closing of the Nuclear Fuel Services,
Incorporated, Reprocessing Plant at West Valley, New York. June
15, 1977. 14 pp.
Testimony before the House Committee on Science and Technology:
Environment and the Atmosphere Subcommittee; by Monte Canfield,
Jr., Director, Energy and minerals Div.
Issue Area: Energy: Making Nuclear Fission a Substantial Energy
Sonrce (1608).
Contact: Energy and Minerals Div.
Budget Function: Natural Resources, Environment, and Energy:
Energy (305).
Organization Concerned: Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc.; Nuclear
Regulatory Commission; Atomic Energy Commission; Energy
Research and Development Administration; New York: Energy
Research and Development Authority.
congressional Relevance: House Committee on Science and
Technology: Environment and the Atmosphere Snbcommittee.
The West Valley, New York, nuclear reproce3sing plant
of Nuclear Fuel Services, Incorporated (NFS), was, prior to its
closing, the only ccmmercial reprocessing facility in the Unitel
States. Three questions now confront the S'-te of New York, the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), and t,= Energy Research and
Development Administration (ERDA): What can be done with the
plart and wastes? How much will it cost? Who will be
responsible? Although WES is presently responsible for the care
of the facilities and wastes at its West Valley plant, it can
voluntarily surrender this responsibility to the State's Energy
Research and Development Authority before its agreements with
the Authority expire. When NFS's agreements with the Authority
expire on December 31, 1980, the transfer of responbility will
take place, assuming approval from the NRC. It appears that, at
a minimum, the Federal Gevernment will have to provide technical
assistance to New York to resolve the outstanding wa.te
management issues at West Valley., The NRC and PRDA should
develop a policy on Federal assistance to New York State for the
est Valley site. The NRC should assist in developing an
appropriate waste-disposal technology, and should conduct
further studies on the condition of the high-level waste tanks.
NFS and New York State should be required to submit a
decommissioning plan for the reprocessing plant and sit,. (SC)](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaobadxuj0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)