Environmental Statement Radioactive Waste Repository, Lyons, Kansas, June 1971

As nuclear power assumes an increasingly important role in meeting the nation&#39;s requirements for electrical energy, the quantity of radioactive wastes will also increase. The wastes of primary concern -<br/>designated &quot;high-level&quot; and &quot;alpha&quot; wastes - contain radioactive nuclides that decay so slowly as to require that they be isolated from the biosphere for thousands of years. This statement describes the initial measures to be taken as a part of the Commission&#39;s overall waste management policy and program for the permanent disposal of these wastes. The proposed facility will safely contain these wastes for the required period of time without any significant impact on the environment. This policy has, in part, been established with publication in the Federal Register on November 14, 1970, of Appendix F to 10 CFR 50 which requires that industry solidify their high-level liquid wastes and transfer these wastes to a federal repository. This policy was first proposed on June 3, 1969, when it was issued for public comment.