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Title: Results of screening activities in salt states prior to the enactment of the Nationall Waste Policy Act

Abstract

The identification of potential sites for a nuclear waste repository through screening procedures in the salt states is a well-established, deliberate process. This screening process has made it possible to carry out detailed studies of many of the most promising potential sites, and general studies of all the sites, in anticipation of the siting guidelines specified in the Nuclear Waste Policy Act. The screening work completed prior to the passage of the Act allowed the Secretary of Energy to identify seven salt sites as potentially acceptable under the provisions of Section 116(a) of the Act. These sites were formally identified by letters from Secretary Hodel to the states of Texas, Utah, Mississippi, and Louisiana on February 2, 1983. The potentially acceptable salt sites were in Deaf Smith and Swisher Counties in Texas; Davis and Lavender Canyons in the Gibson Dome location in Utah; Richton and Cypress Creek Domes in Mississippi; and Vacherie Dome in Louisiana. Further screening will include comparison of each potentially acceptable site against disqualification factors and selection of a preferred site in each of the three geohydrologic settings from those remaining, in accordance with the siting guidelines. These steps will be documented in statutory Environmental Assessments preparedmore » for each site to be nominated for detailed characterization. 9 references.« less

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Battelle Memorial Inst., Columbus, OH (USA). Office of Nuclear Waste Isolation
OSTI Identifier:
5393389
Report Number(s):
CONF-831217-7
ON: DE84005288
DOE Contract Number:  
AC02-83CH10140
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: 5. civilian radioactive waste management information meeting, Washington, DC, USA, 12 Dec 1983; Other Information: Portions are illegible in microfiche products
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; 58 GEOSCIENCES; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; SITE SELECTION; SALT DEPOSITS; SCREENING; HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; LOUISIANA; MISSISSIPPI; TEXAS; UTAH; FEDERAL REGION IV; FEDERAL REGION VI; FEDERAL REGION VIII; GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS; MANAGEMENT; MATERIALS; NORTH AMERICA; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; USA; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTES; 052002* - Nuclear Fuels- Waste Disposal & Storage; 580100 - Geology & Hydrology- (-1989); 510500 - Environment, Terrestrial- Site Resource & Use Studies- (-1989)

Citation Formats

Carbiener, W A. Results of screening activities in salt states prior to the enactment of the Nationall Waste Policy Act. United States: N. p., 1983. Web.
Carbiener, W A. Results of screening activities in salt states prior to the enactment of the Nationall Waste Policy Act. United States.
Carbiener, W A. 1983. "Results of screening activities in salt states prior to the enactment of the Nationall Waste Policy Act". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/5393389.
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abstractNote = {The identification of potential sites for a nuclear waste repository through screening procedures in the salt states is a well-established, deliberate process. This screening process has made it possible to carry out detailed studies of many of the most promising potential sites, and general studies of all the sites, in anticipation of the siting guidelines specified in the Nuclear Waste Policy Act. The screening work completed prior to the passage of the Act allowed the Secretary of Energy to identify seven salt sites as potentially acceptable under the provisions of Section 116(a) of the Act. These sites were formally identified by letters from Secretary Hodel to the states of Texas, Utah, Mississippi, and Louisiana on February 2, 1983. The potentially acceptable salt sites were in Deaf Smith and Swisher Counties in Texas; Davis and Lavender Canyons in the Gibson Dome location in Utah; Richton and Cypress Creek Domes in Mississippi; and Vacherie Dome in Louisiana. Further screening will include comparison of each potentially acceptable site against disqualification factors and selection of a preferred site in each of the three geohydrologic settings from those remaining, in accordance with the siting guidelines. These steps will be documented in statutory Environmental Assessments prepared for each site to be nominated for detailed characterization. 9 references.},
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year = {Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1983},
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