Part 1 - Draft - Area Recommendation Report for the Crystalline Repository Project, Volume 1

This Draft Area Recommendation Report for the Crystalline Repository Project identifies portions of crystalline rock bodies as proposed potentially acceptable sites for consideration in the second high-level radioactive waste repository program. <br>The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) evaluated available geologic and environmental data for 235 crystalline rock bodies in the North Central, Northeastern, and Southeastern Regions to identify preliminary candidate areas. Further evaluation of these preliminary candidate areas resulted in the selection of 12 as proposed potentially acceptable sites. The process used for these evaluations and the narrowing of the number and size of crystalline rock bodies is in accordance with 10 CFR 960.3-2-1 of General Guidelines for the Recommendation of Sites for the Nuclear Waste Repositories and is described in the Region-to-Area Screening Methodology for the Crystalline Repository Project. <br>The 12 proposed potentially acceptable sites are located in the States of Georgia (1), Maine (2), Minnesota (3), New Hampshire (1), North Carolina (2), Virginia (2), and Wisconsin (1). Portions of the proposed potentially acceptable site in Wisconsin are located within the Menominee and Stockbridge-Munsee Indian Reservations and portions of one of the sites in Maine are located within the Penobscot and Passamaquoddy Reservations. <br>The data, analyses, and rationale with which the 12 proposed potentially acceptable sites were selected are presented in this draft report. The analyses presented demonstrate that the evidence available for each proposed potentially acceptable site supports (i) a finding that the site is not disqualified in accordance with the application requirements of Appendix III of the siting guidelines and (ii) a decision to proceed with the continued investigation of the site on the basis of the favorable and potentially adverse conditions identified to date.