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Stakeholder Dialogue: Experience and Analysis
Stakeholder Dialogue: Experience and Analysis
The report begins with a consideration of the factors which have led to a growth in the use of dialogue processes, a clarification of key concepts and a classification of dialogue processes. A description of recent and current activities in Europe and North America is followed by discussion of the relationship of processes and contexts. This then leads to an identification of the key aims and evaluation criteria which will be used in the design of dialogue processes to be conducted in subsequent phases of the project.
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
CRS Report for Congress, EPA's Final Health and Safety Standard for Yucca Mountain
CRS Report for Congress, EPA's Final Health and Safety Standard for Yucca Mountain
On September 30, 2008, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued the long-awaited revision to its 2001 Public Health and Safety Standard for the proposed Yucca Mountain deep geologic repository for high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel. While the issuance of the standard allows the Nuclear<br/>Regulatory Commission (NRC) to issue its final conforming standards and move forward toward a final license decision for the facility, EPA’s standard raises several unprecedented regulatory issues and is likely to be further challenged in court.
Preliminary Site Requirements and Considerations for a Monitored Retrievable Storage Facility
Preliminary Site Requirements and Considerations for a Monitored Retrievable Storage Facility
In the November 1989 Report to Congress on Reassessment of the Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Program (DOE/RW-0247), the Secretary of Energy announced an initiative for developing a monitored retrievable storage (MRS) facility that is to start spent-fuel acceptance in 1998. This facility, which will be licensed by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), will receive spent fuel from commercial nuclear power plants and provide a limited amount of storage for this spent fuel.
Strategy for the Management and Disposal of Used Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste
Strategy for the Management and Disposal of Used Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste
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
Email from Steven Kraft to Alex Thrower
Map-U.S. Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installations
Map-U.S. Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installations
Map-U.S. Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installations
Using Geologic Conditions and Multiattribute Decision Analysis to Determine the Relative Favorability of selected Areas for Siting a High-level Radioactive Waste Repository
Using Geologic Conditions and Multiattribute Decision Analysis to Determine the Relative Favorability of selected Areas for Siting a High-level Radioactive Waste Repository
A method is presented for determining the relative favorability<br/>of geologically complex areas for isolating high-level<br/>radioactive wastes. In applying the method to the northeastern region<br/>of the United States, seismieity and tectonic activity were the<br/>screening criteria used to divide the region into three areas of<br/>increasing seismotectonic risk. The following criteria, specified by<br/>the U.S.
Geologic and Hydrologic Characterization and Evaluation of the Basin and Range Province Relative to the Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Waste-Part III-Geologic and Hydrologic Evaluation
Geologic and Hydrologic Characterization and Evaluation of the Basin and Range Province Relative to the Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Waste-Part III-Geologic and Hydrologic Evaluation
This report describes the first phase in evaluating the<br/>geology and hydrology of the Basin and Range Province for<br/>potential suitability of geohydrologic environments for isolation<br/>of high-level radioactive waste.
How to Shape a Successful Repository Program: Staged Development of Geologic Repositories for High-level Waste
How to Shape a Successful Repository Program: Staged Development of Geologic Repositories for High-level Waste
Programs to manage and ultimately dispose of high-level radioactive wastes are unique from scientific and technological as well as socio-political aspects. From a scientific and technological perspective, high-level radioactive wastes remain potentially hazardous for geological time periods—many millennia—and scientific and technological programs must be put in place that result in a system that provides high confidence that the wastes will be isolated from the accessible environment for these many thousands of years.
Nuclear Waste Policy Act (Section 112) - Environmental Assessment, Reference Repository Location, Hanford Site, Washington, Volume III, pages 501-725
Nuclear Waste Policy Act (Section 112) - Environmental Assessment, Reference Repository Location, Hanford Site, Washington, Volume III, pages 501-725
This appendix responds to the issues raised by Federal, State, and local governments, affected Indian Tribes, private citizens, and other organizations on the draft environmental assessment (EA) that was prepared pursuant to Section 112 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (the Act). In addition to presenting the issues raised in the comments and the responses, it describes where changes were made in the final EA.
Nuclear Waste Policy Act (Section 112) Environmental Assessment, Reference Repository Location, Hanford Site, Washington, Volume III, pages 726-800
Nuclear Waste Policy Act (Section 112) Environmental Assessment, Reference Repository Location, Hanford Site, Washington, Volume III, pages 726-800
Index of Comments on the Draft Environmental Assessment for the Hanford Site
Nuclear Waste Policy Act (Section 112) Environmental Assessment, Reference Repository Location, Hanford Site, Washington, Volume II
Nuclear Waste Policy Act (Section 112) Environmental Assessment, Reference Repository Location, Hanford Site, Washington, Volume II
In February 1983, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) identified a reference repository location at the Hanford Site in Washington as one of the nine potentially acceptable sites for a mined geologic repository for spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste. The site is in the Columbia Plateau, which is one of five distinct geohydrologic settings considered for the first repository.
Nuclear Waste Policy Act (Section 112) Environmental Assessment, Reference Repository Location, Hanford Site, Washington, Volume I
Nuclear Waste Policy Act (Section 112) Environmental Assessment, Reference Repository Location, Hanford Site, Washington, Volume I
In February 1983, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) identified a reference repository location at the Hanford Site in Washington as one of the nine potentially acceptable sites for a mined geologic repository for spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste. The site is in the Columbia Plateau, which is one of five distinct geohydrologic settings considered for the first repository.
Report to Congress on the Demonstration of the Interim Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel from Decommissioned Nuclear Power Reactor Sites
Report to Congress on the Demonstration of the Interim Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel from Decommissioned Nuclear Power Reactor Sites
This report has been produced at the request of Congress. The House Appropriations Committee Print that accompanied the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008, requests that the U.S. Department of Energy (the Department):<br/>…develop a plan to take custody of spent fuel currently stored at decommissioned reactor sites to both reduce costs that are ultimately borne by the taxpayer and demonstrate that DOE can move forward in the near term with at least some element of nuclear waste policy.