LLRW disposal site selection process. Southeast Compact -- State of North Carolina: A combined technical and public information approach
- Ebasco Services Incorporated, Greensboro, NC (United States)
- NC Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Authority, Raleigh, NC (United States)
The State of North Carolina has been designated to host the second commercial low level radioactive waste disposal facility for the Southeast Compact. The North Carolina facility is to be operational on January 1, 1993, concurrent with the closing of the present facility in Barnwell, South Carolina. The NC Low Level Radioactive Waste Management Authority and its contractor, Ebasco Services Incorporated, initiated the site selection process in July of 1988. The present schedule calls for the identification of two or more sites for detailed characterization in the latter half of 1989. The site selection process is following two concurrent and parallel paths. The first is the technical site screening process, which is focusing the search for a suitable site by the systematic application of state and federal laws and regulations regarding exclusion and suitability factors. In a parallel effort, the NCLL Radioactive Waste Management Authority has embarked on an extensive public information program. In addition to newsletters, fact sheets, brochures, video tapes, and news releases, a total of six regional meetings and 26 public forums have been held across the state. A total of 4,764 people attended the forums, 1,241 questions were asked, and 243 public statements were made. The combination of a systematic, defensible technical siting process and the concurrent release of information and numerous statewide public meetings and forums is proving to be an effective strategy for the eventual identification of sites that are both technically suitable and publicly acceptable.
- Research Organization:
- EG and G Idaho, Inc., Idaho Falls, ID (United States). National Low-Level Waste Management Program
- OSTI ID:
- 334058
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-890854-Vol.2; ON: DE98050436; TRN: IM9917%%22
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 11. annual DOE low level waste management conference, Pittsburgh, PA (United States), 22-24 Aug 1989; Other Information: PBD: Nov 1989; Related Information: Is Part Of Eleventh annual Department of Energy low-level waste management conference. Volume 2: Low-level waste strategy and planning, decontamination and decommissioning, compliance monitoring; PB: 214 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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