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SUMMARY CHARACTERIZATION AND RECOMMENDATION OF STUDY AREAS FOR THE GULF INTERIOR REGION
SUMMARY CHARACTERIZATION AND RECOMMENDATION OF STUDY AREAS FOR THE GULF INTERIOR REGION
This report is published as a product of the National Waste Terminal Storage (NWTS) program. The objective of this program is the development of terminal waste storage facilities in deep, stable geologic formations for high-level nuclear wastes, including spent fuel elements from commercial power reactors and transuranic nuclear waste for which the federal government is responsible. Pertinent environmental and geological information for the Gulf Interior Region (GIR) is summarized, including physical, biological, and cultural characteristics of the. region.
Siting Study For Hanford Advanced Fuels Test & Research Center
Siting Study For Hanford Advanced Fuels Test & Research Center
In January 2007, the Department of Energy (DOE) awarded a grant to the Tri City Development Council (TRIDEC) to manage a collaborative effort between the Columbia Basin Consulting Group (CBCG) and a TRIDEC-led consortium team. The purpose of the grant was to evaluate the Hanford Site as a potential location for critical fuels and advanced nuclear reactor facilities to support the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP).
PUBLIC CONCERNS AND CHOICES REGARDING NUCLEAR WASTE REPOSITORIES
PUBLIC CONCERNS AND CHOICES REGARDING NUCLEAR WASTE REPOSITORIES
Survey research on nuclear power issues conducted in the late 1970s has determined that nuclear waste management is now considered to be one of the most important nuclear power issues both by the U.S. public and by key leadership groups. The purpose of this research was to determine the importance placed on specific issues associated with high-level waste disposal. In addition, policy option choices were asked regarding the siting of both low-level and high-level nuclear waste repositories.
Public Involvement in Radioactive Waste Management Decisions
Public Involvement in Radioactive Waste Management Decisions
This report analyzes public participation as a key component of this openness, one that provides a means of garnering acceptance of, or reducing public opposition to, DOE's radioactive waste management activities, including facility siting and transportation.
Oak Ridge Waste Management Programs: Geologic Isolation and Actinide Partitioning
Oak Ridge Waste Management Programs: Geologic Isolation and Actinide Partitioning
There are two waste management R&D programs of national significance that are being administered for ERDA by the Union Carbide Corporation — Nuclear Division (UCC/ND). The National Waste Terminal Storage (NWTS) program is concerned with the development of geologic repositories for commercial nuclear fuel cycle wastes, and is organized as the Office of Waste Isolation within UCC/ND.
Site Selection and Evaluation Studies of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), Los Medanos, Eddy County, NM
Site Selection and Evaluation Studies of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), Los Medanos, Eddy County, NM
Bedded-salt deposits of the Salado Formation have been selected for evaluation for a proposed Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) to be located in Eddy County, NM, -26 mi east of Carlsbad, Site selection and evaluation studies that included geologic mapping, geophysical surveys, drilling, and resource appraisal were conducted over and under the prospective location. The lower portion of the Salado meets essential criteria for waste isolation. Beds chosen for waste storage lie 2074-2730 ft below the surface.
Report of the Peer review Panel on the Early Site Suitability Evaluation of the Potential Repository Site at Yucca Mountain, Nevada
Report of the Peer review Panel on the Early Site Suitability Evaluation of the Potential Repository Site at Yucca Mountain, Nevada
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Project Office (YMPO) assigned Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), the Technical and Management Support Services (T&MSS) contractor to the YMPO, the task of conducting an Early Site Suitability Evaluation (ESSE) of the Yucca Mountain site as a potential site for a high-level radioactive waste repository.
PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES IN NUCLEAR WASTE MANAGEMENT
PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES IN NUCLEAR WASTE MANAGEMENT
Environmental Assessment Overview: Richton Dome Site, Mississippi
Environmental Assessment Overview: Richton Dome Site, Mississippi
The Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (the Act) established a process for the selection of sites for the disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste in geologic repositories. The first steps in this process were the identification of potentially acceptable sites and the development of general guidelines for siting repositories. In February 1983, the DOE identified nine sites in six States as potentially acceptable for the first repository. The Richton Dome site in Perry County, Mississippi, was identified as one of those sites.
10 CFR Part 60 - Disposal of High-Level Radioative Wastes in Geologic Repositories
10 CFR Part 60 - Disposal of High-Level Radioative Wastes in Geologic Repositories
REGION-TO-AREA SCREENING METHODOLOGY FOR THE CRYSTALLINE REPOSITORY PROJECT
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.
National Waste Terminal Storage Program: Management and Technical Program Plan
National Waste Terminal Storage Program: Management and Technical Program Plan
This report presents a management plan and a technical program plan for the National Waste Terminal Storage (NWTS) program. It was prepared by the Office of Waste Isolation (OWI) which is part of Union Carbide Corporation-Nuclear Division (UCC-ND). These plans are based on guidance provided by the Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA). The technical plan is an extension of over 15 years of studies of waste storage in geologic formations.
SOCIAL ISSUES AND ENERGY ALTERNATIVES: THE CONTEXT OF CONFLICT OVER NUCLEAR WASTE
SOCIAL ISSUES AND ENERGY ALTERNATIVES: THE CONTEXT OF CONFLICT OVER NUCLEAR WASTE
In order to gain a satisfactory understanding of public attitudes toward issues in nuclear waste management, it is important to recognize the context in which the public views those issues. Nuclear waste, in the minds of the public, is just one aspect of the nuclear power issue. Nuclear power, in turn, is just one means of avoiding energy shortage.
Yucca Mountain: The Administration’s Impact on U.S. Nuclear Waste Management Policy
Yucca Mountain: The Administration’s Impact on U.S. Nuclear Waste Management Policy
Over the course of the last two and a half years, Committee Republicans have reviewed in depth Administration actions associated with the Yucca Mountain Project and disposal of the Nation‘s spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste. Focusing in particular on the scientific and technical information and processes associated with key policy decisions, the Committee‘s effort included numerous letters to Administration officials, extensive questioning at Committee hearings, and acquisition and review of thousands of pages of internal documents.
Waste Isolation Projects - FY 1977
Waste Isolation Projects - FY 1977
The primary goal of the ongoing LLL program is to develop the technology and data base required to license a nuclear repository in a crystalline rock medium, located at or near the Nevada Test Site (NTS). Our secondary goal is to apply this technology in helping the Department of Energy (DOE) develop repositories in other media and locations.
Spent Fuel Storage Requirements 1991-2040
Spent Fuel Storage Requirements 1991-2040
Historical inventories of spent fuel are combined with U.S Department of Energy (DOE) projections of future discharges from commercial nuclear reactors in the United States to provide estimates of spent fuel storage requirements over the next 50 years, through the year 2040. The needs for storage capacity beyond that presently available in the pools are estimated. These estimates incorporate the maximum capacities within current-and planned in-pool storage facilities and any planned transshipments of fuel to ther reactors or, facilities.
Siting GNEP at the Savannah River Site: Using Legacy and Infrastructure in a Commercial Energy Park Concept
Siting GNEP at the Savannah River Site: Using Legacy and Infrastructure in a Commercial Energy Park Concept
WIPP Chronology
WIPP Chronology
Voluntary vs. Directed Siting--Or Somewhere In Between?
Voluntary vs. Directed Siting--Or Somewhere In Between?
Waste siting gridlock in the United States and Canada has led to experimentation with voluntary and hybrid or "mixed mode" siting. We review nuclear and hazardous waste voluntary siting (VS) results for selected cases in the U.S. and Canada. Findings indicate that VS is not a panacea. but that current siting efforts are inadequate tests of its potential. We suggest trials of improved VS protocols and more effort on hybrid approaches in which the developer chooses the site but is required to reach agreement on conditions with local stakeholders.
WHITE PAPER Regarding OPPOSITION TO THE HIGH-LEVEL NUCLEAR WASTE STORAGE FACILITY Proposed By PRIVATE FUEL STORAGE On The SKULL VALLEY BAND OF GOSHUTE INDIAN RESERVATION SKULL VALLEY, UTAH
WHITE PAPER Regarding OPPOSITION TO THE HIGH-LEVEL NUCLEAR WASTE STORAGE FACILITY Proposed By PRIVATE FUEL STORAGE On The SKULL VALLEY BAND OF GOSHUTE INDIAN RESERVATION SKULL VALLEY, UTAH
There are no nuclear power plants in Utah. Despite that, Utah is targeted to be the site of the largest facility ever licensed for storage of spent nuclear fuel rods (high-level nuclear waste) from nuclear power plants. This proposed site would store up to 40,000 metric tons of spent nuclear fuel. The storage of this amount of waste in one location is equivalent to all the commercial spent nuclear fuel rods in the United States. The Federal government has responsibility for permanently storing this high-level nuclear waste, but after 18 years, it has missed the deadline.
The BRIDGE
The BRIDGE
Civilian Nuclear Spent Fuel Temporary Storage Options
Civilian Nuclear Spent Fuel Temporary Storage Options
The Department of Energy (DOE) is studying a site at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, for a permanent underground repository for highly radioactive spent fuel from nuclear reactors, but delays have pushed back the facility’s opening date to 2010 at the earliest. In the meantime, spent fuel is accumulating at U.S. nuclear plant sites at the rate of about 2,000 metric tons per year. Major options for managing those growing quantities of nuclear spent fuel include continued storage at reactors, construction of a DOE interim storage site near Yucca Mountain, and licensing of private storage facilities.
Yucca Mountain: The Hazards of Nuclear Waste Storage and Transportation
Yucca Mountain: The Hazards of Nuclear Waste Storage and Transportation
Geologic and Hydrologic Characterization and Evaluation of the Basin and Range Province Relative to the Disposal of High-level Radioactive Waste -- Part 2
Geologic and Hydrologic Characterization and Evaluation of the Basin and Range Province Relative to the Disposal of High-level Radioactive Waste -- Part 2
The U.S. Geological Survey's program for geologic and hydrologic evaluation of physiographic provinces to identify areas potentially suitable for locating repository sites for disposal of high-level nuclear wastes was announced to the Governors of the eight States in the Basin and Range Province on May 6, 1981. Representatives of Arizona, California, Idaho, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, Texas, and Utah, were invited to cooperate with the Federal Government in the evaluation process.