Environmental assessment overview, Yucca Mountain site, Nevada Research and Development Area, Nevada

Technical Report · Thu May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1986

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/138179· OSTI ID:138179

In February 1983, the US Department of Energy (DOE) identified the Yucca Mountain site in Nevada as one of nine potentially acceptable sites for a mined geologic repository for spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste. The site is in the Great Basin, which is one of five distinct geohydrologic settings considered for the first repository. To determine their suitability, the Yucca Mountain site and the eight other potentially acceptable sites have been evaluated in accordance with the DOE`s General Guidelines for the Recommendations of Sites for the Nuclear Waste Repositories. On the basis of the evaluations reported in this EA, the DOE has found that the Yucca Mountain site is not disqualified under the guidelines. On the basis of these findings, the DOE is nominating the Yucca Mountain site as one of five sites suitable for characterization. 3 figs.

• Research Organization: USDOE Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, Washington, DC (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• OSTI ID: 138179
• Report Number(s): DOE/RW--0079; ON: TI91017498
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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05 NUCLEAR FUELS
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
COMPLIANCE
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
GEOLOGY
HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
HYDROLOGY
NUCLEAR WASTE POLICY ACTS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES
RECOMMENDATIONS
REGIONAL ANALYSIS
REGULATIONS
SITE CHARACTERIZATION
SITE SELECTION
SITE SURVEYS
UNDERGROUND DISPOSAL
US DOE
WEATHER
YUCCA MOUNTAIN
Yucca Mountain Project