Supplement analysis 2 of environmental impacts resulting from modifications in the West Valley Demonstration Project

Technical Report · Tue Jun 23 00:00:00 EDT 1998

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/290961· OSTI ID:290961

The West Valley Demonstration Project, located in western New York, has approximately 600,000 gallons of liquid high-level radioactive waste (HLW) in storage in underground tanks. While corrosion analysis has revealed that only limited tank degradation has taken place, the failure of these tanks could release HLW to the environment. Congress requires DOE to demonstrate the technology for removal and solidification of HLW. DOE issued the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) in 1982. The purpose of this second supplement analysis is to re-assess the 1982 Final Environmental Impact Statement's continued adequacy. This report provides the necessary and appropriate data for DOE to determine whether the environmental impacts presented by the ongoing refinements in the design, process, and operations of the Project are considered sufficiently bounded within the envelope of impacts presented in the FEIS and supporting documentation.

• Research Organization: West Valley Nuclear Services Co., Inc., NY (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy, Washington, DC (US)
• OSTI ID: 290961
• Report Number(s): DOE/EIS-0081-Suppl.; WVDP-321; ON: DE98006339; NC: NONE; ON: DE98006339; NC: NONE; TRN: US0102957
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Supercedes report DE98006339; PBD: 23 Jun 1998
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
29 ENERGY PLANNING
POLICY AND ECONOMY
RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES
RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE
TANKS
CORROSION
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
MODIFICATIONS
NEW YORK
REMOVAL
SOLIDIFICATION
WASTE RETRIEVAL
REMEDIAL ACTION