Environmental assessment for the depleted uranium testing program at the Nevada Test Site by the United States Army Ballistics Research Laboratory
This proposed action provides the Department of Energy (DOE) authorization to the US Army to conduct a testing program using Depleted Uranium (DU) in Area 25 at the Nevada Test Site (NTS). The US Army Ballistic Research Laboratory (BRL) would be the managing agency for the program. The proposed action site would utilize existing facilities, and human activity would be confined to areas identified as having no tortoise activity. Two classifications of tests would be conducted under the testing program: (1) open-air tests, and (2) X-Tunnel tests. A series of investigative tests would be conducted to obtain information on DU use under the conditions of each classification. The open-air tests would include DU ammunition hazard classification and combat systems activity tests. Upon completion of each test or series of tests, the area would be decontaminated to meet requirements of DOE Order 5400.5, Radiation Protection of the Public and Environment. All contaminated materials would be decontaminated or disposed of as radioactive waste in an approved low-level Radioactive Waste Management Site (RWMS) by personnel trained specifically for this purpose.
- Research Organization:
- USDOE Nevada Field Office, Las Vegas, NV (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 10115573
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/EA--0398; ON: DE93005490; NC: NONE
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
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AIR QUALITY
AMMUNITION
ANIMALS
CULTURAL RESOURCES
DEPLETED URANIUM
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
LAND USE
LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
NEVADA TEST SITE
NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS AND EXPLOSIVES
PLANTS
PUBLIC HEALTH
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS MONITORING AND TRANSPORT
RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE DISPOSAL AND STORAGE
WATER