Dresden Nuclear Power Station, Unit 2 issued the following announcement on Nov. 19.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is seeking public comment on a draft Environmental
Impact Statement for United Nuclear Corp.’s proposed transfer of mine waste from the Church
Rock uranium mine in McKinley County, New Mexico.
United Nuclear has applied for a license amendment authorizing it to excavate
approximately 1 million cubic yards of mine waste from the Northeast Church Rock Mine Site and
dispose of it at an existing uranium mill site nearby. The proposal is part of a longstanding effort to
clean up the Church Rock site, which was contaminated during mine operations from 1967 to 1982.
The draft EIS concludes that most impacts, in areas such as groundwater, surface water, air
quality, traffic, and noise would occur primarily during the 3.5-year duration of the project. If
approved, the license amendment would facilitate the safe disposal of the mine waste from Navajo
Nation land.
The NRC staff will conduct two virtual public meetings, on Dec. 2 and Dec. 9, at
4 p.m. Eastern Time (2 p.m. Mountain Time) to present its preliminary findings and take comments
from the public. Details will be available on the agency’s public meetings webpage. Comments may
also be submitted over the federal government’s rulemaking site, www.regulations.gov, using
Docket ID NRC-2019-0026; by email to UNC-ChurchRockEIS.resource@nrc.gov; by voicemail to
1-888-672-3425; or by U.S. mail to Office of Administration, Mail Stop: TWFN-7-A60M,
ATTN: Program Management, Announcements and Editing Staff, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Comments will be accepted through Dec. 28.
Original source can be found here.
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