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Environmental Impact Statement Comments, Management of Commercial High-Level and Transuranium-Contaminated Radioactive Waste
Environmental Impact Statement Comments, Management of Commercial High-Level and Transuranium-Contaminated Radioactive Waste
This report summarizes the results of EPA's review of the AEC
draft environmental statement, "Management of Commercial High-Level
and Transuranium-Contaminated Radioactive Waste" (WASH-1539). The
means by which high-level and long-lived radioactive wastes are
managed constitutes one of the most important questions upon which
the public acceptability of nuclear power, with its social and economic
benefits, will be determined. While the generation of power by
nuclear means offers certain benefits from the environmental viewpoint,
Identification of Sites within the Palo Duro Basin: Volume 1--Palo Duro Location A
Identification of Sites within the Palo Duro Basin: Volume 1--Palo Duro Location A
This three-volume document narrows to two sites for continued investigations for potential nuclear waste repository sites in the Palo Duro Basin of the Texas Panhandle. Volume 1 narrows a site previously identified in Deaf Smith County, Texas; Volume 2 narrows a site previously identified in Swisher County, Texas; and Volume 3 contains responses to comments received regarding the drafts of Volumes 1 and 2 (BMI/ONWI-531).<br/>These volumes discuss the methodology and logic used as well as the results that narrowed these sites.
Identification of Sites within the Palo Duro Basin: Volume 3--Responses to Comments
Identification of Sites within the Palo Duro Basin: Volume 3--Responses to Comments
This document responds to comments received by the U.S. Department<br/>of Energy (DOE) on the draft report entitled Identification of Sites Within the Palo Duro Basin: Volume I--Palo Duro Location A (in Deaf Smith County) and Volume II--Palo Duro Location B (in Swisher County), BMI/ONWI-531, February, 1984.
Identification of Sites within the Palo Duro Basin: Volume 2--Palo Duro Location B
Identification of Sites within the Palo Duro Basin: Volume 2--Palo Duro Location B
This three-volume document narrows to two sites for continued investigations for potential nuclear waste repository sites in the Palo Duro Basin of the Texas Panhandle. Volume 1 narrows a site previously identified in Deaf Smith County, Texas; Volume 2 narrows a site previously identified in Swisher County, Texas; and Volume 3 contains responses to comments received regarding the drafts of Volumes 1 and 2 (BMI/ONWI-531).<br/>These volumes discuss the methodology and logic used as well as the results that narrowed these sites.
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
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
Site Evaluation Process
Site Evaluation Process
Civilian Nuclear Waste Disposal
Civilian Nuclear Waste Disposal
Management of civilian radioactive waste has posed difficult issues for Congress since the beginning of the nuclear power industry in the 1950s. Federal policy is based on the premise that nuclear waste can be disposed of safely, but proposed storage and disposal facilities have frequently been challenged on safety, health, and environmental grounds.
Joint Convention Answers on Questions to Hungary in 2009
Joint Convention Answers on Questions to Hungary in 2009
Joint Convention Answers on Questions to Hungary in 2009
Joint Convention Questions Posted to Hungary 2006
Joint Convention Questions Posted to Hungary 2006
Joint Convention Questions Posted to Hungary in 2006
What Are the Key Lessons Learned from Site Evaluation Processes for the WIPP and Yucca Mountain Sites?
What Are the Key Lessons Learned from Site Evaluation Processes for the WIPP and Yucca Mountain Sites?
Comments by John Greeves, Former Director, Division of Waste Management, NRC, presented to BRC Disposal Subcommittee
Illuminating the Decision Path: The Yucca Mountain Site Recommendation
Illuminating the Decision Path: The Yucca Mountain Site Recommendation
On February 14, 2002, U.S.
Nuclear Waste Policy: How We Got Here
Nuclear Waste Policy: How We Got Here
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.
Enhancing the Role of State and Local Governments in America's Nuclear Future: An Idea Whose Time Has Come
Enhancing the Role of State and Local Governments in America's Nuclear Future: An Idea Whose Time Has Come
The Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future was formed by the Secretary of<br/>Energy at the direction of the President. The Commission was formed to conduct a<br/>comprehensive review of policies for managing the back end of the nuclear fuel cycle, including<br/>all alternatives for the storage, processing, and disposal of civilian and defense used nuclear fuel,<br/>high–level waste, and materials derived from nuclear activities.
Selected List of Publicly Available EPRI Technical Reports Relevant to Blue Ribbon Commission Subcommittee Topics, Electric Power Research Institute, Used Fuel and HLW Management Program
Selected List of Publicly Available EPRI Technical Reports Relevant to Blue Ribbon Commission Subcommittee Topics, Electric Power Research Institute, Used Fuel and HLW Management Program
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
Report to Congress on Reassessment of the Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Program, Report to the Congress by the Secretary of Energy
Report to Congress on Reassessment of the Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Program, Report to the Congress by the Secretary of Energy
The success of the Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Program of the U.S.
Department of Energy (DOE) is critical to U.S. ability to manage and dispose of
nuclear waste safely--and to the reestablishment of confidence in the nuclear energy
option in the United States. The program must conform with all applicable standards
and, in fact, set the example for a national policy on the safe disposal of radioactive
waste.
The Secretary of Energy has recently completed an extensive review of the
Internationalization of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle--Goals, Strategies, and Challenges
Internationalization of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle--Goals, Strategies, and Challenges
The so-called nuclear renaissance has increased worldwide interest in nuclear power.
This potential growth also has increased, in some quarters, concern that nonproliferation
considerations are not being given sufficient attention. In particular, since the introduction of
many new power reactors will lead to requiring an increase in uranium enrichment services to
provide the reactor fuel, the proliferation risk of adding enrichment facilities in countries that do
Report to the Secretary of Energy on the Conclusions and Recommendations of the Advisory Panel o Alternative Means of Financing and Managing (AMFM) Radioactive Waste Management Facilities
Report to the Secretary of Energy on the Conclusions and Recommendations of the Advisory Panel o Alternative Means of Financing and Managing (AMFM) Radioactive Waste Management Facilities
The AMFM Panel has submitted its report "Managing Nuclear
Waste - A Better Idea" to the Secretary. The report contains six
general conclusions and one general recommendation in Chapter
XII. In addition, Chapter X contains 14 specific enhancements
("Key Components of Any Waste Management Structure") that are
recommended for implementation by the Office of Civilian Radioactive
Waste Management (OCRWM) or any alternative organization.
This paper lists and discusses the 6 general conclusions, the
Federal Policy for the Disposal of Highly Radioactive Wastes from Commercial Nuclear Power Plans, An Historical Analysis
Federal Policy for the Disposal of Highly Radioactive Wastes from Commercial Nuclear Power Plans, An Historical Analysis
How to dispose of highly radioactive wastes from commercial nuclear power plants is a question that has remained unresolved in the face of rapidly changing technological, economic, and political requirements. In the three decades following World War II, two federal agencies--the Atomic Energy Commission and the Energy Research and Development Administration--tried unsuccessfully to develop a satisfactory plan for managing high level wastes.
Consolidated Interim Storage of Commercial Spent Nuclear Fuel-A Technical and Programmatic Assessment
Consolidated Interim Storage of Commercial Spent Nuclear Fuel-A Technical and Programmatic Assessment
Approximately 54,000 tons of spent nuclear fuel are stored at operating nuclear power plants and several decommissioned power plants throughout the country. Spent fuel storage at these sites was never intended to be permanent. The current Federal plan is to place the fuel in a repository for permanent disposal in Nevada at Yucca Mountain.
Environmental Impact Statement, Management of Commercially Generated Radioactive Waste. Volume 1
Environmental Impact Statement, Management of Commercially Generated Radioactive Waste. Volume 1
In the course of producing electrical power in light water reactors (LWRs), the uranium
fuel accumulates fission products until the fission process is no longer efficient.for power
production. At that point the fuel is removed from the reactor and stored in water basins
to allow radioactivity to partially decay before further disposition. This fuel is referred
to as "spent fuel." Although spent fuel as it is discharged from a reactor is intensely
radioactive, it has been stored safely in moderate quantities for decades. Spent fuel could