Introductory remarks for the international high-level radioactive waste conference technical session on site characterization; Approaches, concepts, concerns

Conference · Thu Oct 01 04:00:00 UTC 1992

OSTI ID:140809

Justus, P S ^[1]; Stockey, J R ^[2]

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1. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC (United States). Div. of High-Level Nuclear Waste Management
2. USDOE Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, Washington, DC (United States)

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is required by the Nuclear Waste Policy Act (NWPA), the Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act and Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 60 (Part 60) to prepare a site characterization plan to obtain the information necessary to determine the suitability of the Yucca Mountain, Nevada Site for a geologic repository. This paper reports that as part of its development of the Site Characterization Plant (SCP), DOE issued a Consultation Draft Site Characterization Plan (CDSCP) for the Yucca Mountain site for the information of the review by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and the State of Nevada. DOE is to defer shaft sinking until there has been an opportunity for Commission comments to have been solicited and considered by DOE (Part 60.16). Further, DOE conducted an ESF Alternatives Study, in part, to identify and acceptable basis for the design and construction of an ESF at the Yucca Mountain site. The study identified various repository options and configurations e.g., accesses, construction methods, and the identification of preferred locations for accesses and underground facilities based on repository-ESF considerations and the ESF configuration and construction options.

• OSTI ID: 140809
• Report Number(s): CONF-920430--; ISBN 0-87262-891-4
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

05 NUCLEAR FUELS
DESIGN
FABRICATION
HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
MEETINGS
REVIEWS
SITE CHARACTERIZATION
US DOE
US NRC
YUCCA MOUNTAIN
Yucca Mountain Project