REGION-TO-AREA SCREENING METHODOLOGY FOR THE CRYSTALLINE REPOSITORY PROJECT

The Crystalline Repository Project (CRP) of the Department of Energy's Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Program is responsible for identifying sites which could be considered by the Department for construction and operation of the second deep geologic repository for permanent disposal of high-level radioactive waste. The CRP is currently evaluating exposed and near surface crystalline rock bodies in three geographic regions in an effort to identify potentially suitable rock bodies for continued evaluations and eventual field investigations. The rock bodies being evaluated are located in the North Central Region, the Northeastern Region, and the Southeastern Region. This document describes the methodology that will be applied by the CRP in conducting the region-to-area screening of the crystalline rock bodies in these three geographic regions. This Region-to-Area Screening Methodology Document for the CRP is complementary to the Regional Geologic and Environmental Characterization Reports which are currently scheduled for release as final reports in the summer of 1985 and will contain the data to be used in the region-to-area screening.