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REVIEW OF POTENTIAL HOST ROCKS FOR RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL IN THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES
REVIEW OF POTENTIAL HOST ROCKS FOR RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL IN THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES
The geology of the southeastern United States was studied to recommend areas that should be considered for field exploration in order to select a site for a radioactive waste repository. The region studied included the Piedmont Province, the Triassic Hasins, and the Atlantic Coastal Plain in Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. This study was -entirely a review of literature and existing knowledge from a geotechnical point of view and was performed by subcontractors whose individual reports are listed in the bibliography. No field work was involved.
Nuclear Waste Management and Environmental Mediation: An Exploratory Analysis
Nuclear Waste Management and Environmental Mediation: An Exploratory Analysis
The purpose of this paper is to explore the possible application of environmental conflict mediation techniques to the siting of a nuclear waste repository. Since much has been written about the issues in nuclear waste management ~n other contexts (see particularly Bishop, et al., 1978; Abrams, 1979; Hewlett, 1978; Interagency Review Group, 1979; Schilling & Nealey, 1979) our focus will be to describe and analyze the major characteristics of a range of techniques that can broadly be called environmental mediation.
Radioactive Wastes: Publc Attitudes toward Disposal Facilities
Radioactive Wastes: Publc Attitudes toward Disposal Facilities
Although some observers have concluded that the technology required to assure safe disposal of nuclear wastes is currently available, others have expressed concern about the stability of the institutions that might be required to maintain the isolation of nuclear wastes. Questions about institutional stability and other factors associated with nuclear power and nuclear waste have been the subject of some study in public opinion research.
A Persepctive on U.S. Nuclear Waste Policies for the Last 40 Years
A Persepctive on U.S. Nuclear Waste Policies for the Last 40 Years
Environmental Views on the Geologic Disposal of Nuclear Materials
Environmental Views on the Geologic Disposal of Nuclear Materials
Presented at the International Conference on Geologic Repositories, Denver, CO, November 1, 1999
The DOE Position on the MRS Facility
The DOE Position on the MRS Facility
The position of the Department of Energy (DOE) on the facility for monitored retrievable storage (MRS) can be summarized as follows: · ·<br/>• The DOE supports: the development of an MRS facility as an integral part of the waste-management system because an MRS facility would allow the DOE to better meet its strategic objectives of timely disposal, timely and adequate waste acceptance, schedule confidence, and system flexibility.
Final Environmental Impact Statement, Management of Commercially Generated Radioactive Waste, Volume 2 Appendices
Final Environmental Impact Statement, Management of Commercially Generated Radioactive Waste, Volume 2 Appendices
In the course of producing electrical power in light water reactors (LWRs), the uranium<br/>fuel accumulates fission products until the fission process is no longer efficient for power<br/>production. At that point the fuel is removed from the reactor and stored in water basins<br/>to allow radioactivity to partially decay before further disposition. This fuel is referred<br/>to as "spent fuel." Although spent fuel as it is discharged from a reactor is intensely<br/>radioactive, it has been stored safely in moderate quantities for decades.
Slides - EPA Geologic Disposal Standards, Overview and Experience
Slides - EPA Geologic Disposal Standards, Overview and Experience
Presented to Disposal Subcommittee of the Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future
Final Report on Geological Studies Pertinent to Site Suitability Criteria for High-Level Waste Repositories, Purchase Order No. 6562803
Final Report on Geological Studies Pertinent to Site Suitability Criteria for High-Level Waste Repositories, Purchase Order No. 6562803
From the very early stages of the nuclear waste management<br/>program, salt has been advocated as the most suitable geologic<br/>medium in which to store high-level radioactive wastes (HLW).<br/>The primary reason for this is based on the fact that, relative<br/>to other rock types, salt has a low yield strength with the<br/>result that, at the confining pressures that exist at depths<br/>of a few thousand feet, salt will deform plastically.
Fighting Nuclear Waste at Skull Valley
Fighting Nuclear Waste at Skull Valley
Native American Forum on Nuclear Issues
Response to Comments - Amendments to the Public Health and Environmental Radiation Protection Standards for Yucca Mountain, Nevada, 40 CFR Part 197 Final Rule
Response to Comments - Amendments to the Public Health and Environmental Radiation Protection Standards for Yucca Mountain, Nevada, 40 CFR Part 197 Final Rule
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has promulgated amendments to its public health and safety standards for radioactive material stored or disposed of in the potential repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada (40 CFR Part 197). Section 801 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 [(EnPA, Public Law 102-486, 42 U.S.C. § 10141 n. (1994)] directed EPA to develop these standards.
Global Nuclear Energy Partnership Siting Study, Final Report, The Central Savannah River Area Community Team
Global Nuclear Energy Partnership Siting Study, Final Report, The Central Savannah River Area Community Team
The Central Savannah River Area Community Team (The CSRA Team) is pleased to submit this report in<br/>fulfillment of its requirements under DOE Financial Assistance Agreement DE-FG07-07ID14794.
Slides - Geologic Disposal - Elements of Technical Credible, Workable, and Publicly Acceptable Regulations
Slides - Geologic Disposal - Elements of Technical Credible, Workable, and Publicly Acceptable Regulations
Presented to the Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future Subcommittee on Disposal
BRC Disposal Subcommittee, Essential Elelents of a State Technical Review and Lessons Unlearned on RAWD
BRC Disposal Subcommittee, Essential Elelents of a State Technical Review and Lessons Unlearned on RAWD
Presented to Disposal Subcommittee of the Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future
The Use of Performance Assessment as a Tool in Focusing Scientific Evaluation of the WIPP Site
The Use of Performance Assessment as a Tool in Focusing Scientific Evaluation of the WIPP Site
Summary of comments for the Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future
DOE Sends Proposal to Congress for Monitored Retrievable Storage Facility in Tennessee
DOE Sends Proposal to Congress for Monitored Retrievable Storage Facility in Tennessee
OCRWM Bulletin (DOE/RW-0130) - DOE Sends Proposal to Congress for Monitored Retrievable Storage Facility in Tennessee
DOE Announces Three Potential Sites for Proposed Monitored Retrievable Storage Facility
DOE Announces Three Potential Sites for Proposed Monitored Retrievable Storage Facility
Press Release - Three potential candidate sites for a facility to handle, package and temporarily store spent nuclear fuel have been identified by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). If approved by Congress, the facility would receive spent fuel from commercial nuclear power plants nationwide and package it for delivery to a permanent repository for final disposal.
Additional Media Studies for Site Suitability Criteria
Additional Media Studies for Site Suitability Criteria
Site suitability studies at LLL to date have considered repositories in bedded salt and shale.
GNEP Announcement
GNEP Announcement
U.S. Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman today announced that the Department of Energy (DOE) is seeking expressions of interest from the public and private sectors by March 31, 2006, to propose and evaluate sites suitable for demonstrating advanced recycling technologies under the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP).
Environmental Statement Radioactive Waste Repository, Lyons, Kansas, June 1971
Environmental Statement Radioactive Waste Repository, Lyons, Kansas, June 1971
As nuclear power assumes an increasingly important role in meeting the nation's requirements for electrical energy, the quantity of radioactive wastes will also increase. The wastes of primary concern -<br/>designated "high-level" and "alpha" wastes - contain radioactive nuclides that decay so slowly as to require that they be isolated from the biosphere for thousands of years.
Nuclear Waste - Funds Spent to Identify a Monitored Retrievable Storage Facility Site
Nuclear Waste - Funds Spent to Identify a Monitored Retrievable Storage Facility Site
The Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1987 established the federal<br/>Office of the Nuclear Waste Negotiator for a 5-year period. The Nuclear<br/>Waste Negotiator, appointed by the President and confirmed by the<br/>Senate, was empowered to attempt to find a state or Indian tribe willing<br/>to host a repository or a monitored retrievable storage (MB) facility for the<br/>permanent or temporary storage of nuclear waste, respectively.
Should High-Level Nuclear Waste be Disposed of at Geographically Dispersed Sites?
Should High-Level Nuclear Waste be Disposed of at Geographically Dispersed Sites?
Consideration of the technical feasibility of Yucca Mountain in Nevada as the site for a high-level nuclear<br/>waste repository has led to an intense debate regarding the economic, social, and political impacts of the<br/>repository.
Geologic Disposal of Radioactive Waste - 1983
Geologic Disposal of Radioactive Waste - 1983
Geologic repositories for radioactive waste are evolving<br/>from conceptualization to the development of specific<br/>designs. Estimates of long-term hazards must be based<br/>upon quantitative predictions of environmental releases<br/>over time periods of hundreds of thousands of years and<br/>longer.
ISFSI Location Information
ISFSI Location Information
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