NRC Follows Chairman's Lead, Delays Decision on Blended Waste in Utah

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Federal regulators have put off a decision on whether blended radioactive waste can be buried in Utah.rnThe U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission decided this week to develop new rules assessing the dangers of blended waste based on the risks at disposal sites. The decision is in keeping with an opinion by NRC Chairman Greg Jaczko that large-scaled blending of nuclear waste should not happen until the federal government entirely overhauls its low-level radioactive waste regulations.rn"The sense of the commission is that entities wishing to pursue large scale blending should be encouraged to wait," NRC commissioners told staff scientists in a recent memo.