Draft Report on Using Engineered Structures to Provide Enhanced Containment for LLRW Disposal [27 Pa.B. 6620] The draft guidance report titled ''Using Engineered Structures to Provide Enhanced Containment'' is available for public inspection and comment. Comments from the public will be accepted until January 12, 1998.
The regulations in 25 Pa. Code Chapter 236, ''Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management and Disposal,'' identify the design criteria for the Pennsylvania Low-Level Radioactive Waste (LLRW) disposal facility. Among the specific design requirements of the regulations is one that calls for the use of engineered structures in the design and construction of the disposal facility. The function of these engineered structures is to provide enhanced containment, or additional isolation, of the LLRW from the environment.
This report discusses important issues in designing, constructing, monitoring and closing the LLRW disposal facility. Key aspects of the long-term performance of engineered concrete structures are also addressed.
For more information on this report and the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Facility Siting Program contact Rich Janati, Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Radiation Protection, P. O. Box 8469, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8469 at (800) 232-2786 or by e-mail at janati.rich@a1.dep.state.pa.us. You can also check out the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Program on the Department's World Wide Web Site at http://www.dep.state.pa.us (choose information by Environmental Subject; then choose Radiation Protection).
JAMES M. SEIF,
Secretary[Pa.B. Doc. No. 97-2047. Filed for public inspection December 19, 1997, 9:00 a.m.]
