Nuclear Waste: Status of DOE's Nuclear Waste Site Characterization Activities : Fact Sheet for the Chairman, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives |
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Page 8 - Site characterization means activities, whether in the laboratory or in the field, undertaken to establish the geologic conditions and the ranges of the parameters of a candidate site relevant to the location of a repository, including borings, surface excavations, excavations of exploratory shafts, limited subsurface lateral excavations and borings, and in situ testing needed to evaluate the suitability of a candidate site for the location of a repository, but not including preliminary borings and...
Page 11 - System guideline. (a) Qualifying Condition. The geologic setting at the site shall allow for the physical separation of radioactive waste from the accessible environment after closure in accordance with the requirements of 40 CFR part 191, subpart B, as implemented by the provisions of 10 CFR part 60. The geologic setting at the site...
Page 19 - Los Alamos National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories, and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory...
Page 9 - ... geochemical, and other information. On-site work, for example, consists of surface-based activities, such as mapping, monitoring climate, and conducting geophysical surveys and seismologic and hydrologic studies. It also includes activities conducted in boreholes and trenches that will be used for groundwater monitoring, core extraction, laboratory testing, and studies of the earth's geological structure and chemical composition and of underground water. Finally, studies will be conducted in...
Page 11 - ISSUE 2: Will the projected releases of radioactive materials to restricted and unrestricted areas and the resulting radiation exposures of the general public and workers during repository operation, closure and decommissioning at...
Page 39 - Survey failed to properly document or maintain documentation of the core samples obtained from boreholes near the Yucca Mountain site. As a result, the project office may be unable to prove that "this core came from this hole at this depth...
Page 23 - ... 0014) Draft environmental assessment: Deaf Smith County site, Texas. Nuclear Waste Policy Act (Section 112). (USDOE Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, Washington, DC). Dec 1984. 816p. NTIS, PC A99/MF A01; 1; GPO Dep. File Number DE85005771. In February 1983, the US Department of Energy identified a location in Deaf Smith County, Texas, as one of nine potentially acceptable sites for a mined geologic repository for spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste. The potentially...
Page 9 - ... repository were tuff, at Yucca Mountain, Nevada; salt, in Deaf Smith County, Texas; and basalt, at Hanford, Washington. The NWPA Amendments limited site characterization to the Yucca Mountain site. The site characterization phase of the geologic repository program includes two kinds of activities: a program of extensive field and laboratory testing and studies to collect and evaluate geologic, hydrologic, and geochemical information and environmental and socioeconomic studies that assess the...
Page 11 - The issues hierarchy will be aawnded at that ti*s. 77-688 0-87 -20 KEY ISSUE 4: Will the construction, operation (including retrieval), closure, and decommissioning of the mined geological disposal system be feasible at [site name] on the basis of reasonably available technology, and will the associated costs be reasonable in accordance with the requirements set forth in 10 CFR Part g60?
Page 9 - The site characterization phase of the geologic repository program includes two kinds of activities: (1) a program of extensive field and laboratory testing and studies to collect and evaluate geologic, hydrologic, and geochemical information and (2) other studies that assess the potential environmental and socioeconomic impacts of repository development and operation.