Second report to the U.S. Congress and the U.S. Secretary of Energy from the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board
The Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board (Board) herewith submits its second report as required by the Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1987, Public Law 100-203. Congress created the Board to evaluate the scientific and technical validity of activities undertaken by the Department of Energy (DOE) in its civilian high-level nuclear waste disposal program. The Board is charged with evaluating the DOE`s characterization of Yucca Mountain as a potential location for a repository for the permanent disposal of high-level radioactive waste (HLW). The Board also will evaluate activities relating to the packaging and transportation of HLW. During the seven months since its First Report, the Board pursued the issues it outlined in that report as planned future activities. In the report the Board evaluates its interactions with the DOE and other organizations. It also assesses information from other sources and comments on recent developments at the DOE. At this time, the Board has no specific recommendations that require congressional action. It does, however, make a number of recommendations regarding the DOE program for radioactive waste management that are intended to improve ongoing technical work.
- Research Organization:
- Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board, Washington, DC (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 140742
- Report Number(s):
- PB--92-187616/XAB
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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