NWTS program criteria for mined geologic disposal of nuclear waste: program objectives, functional requirements, and system performance criteria

Technical Report · Mon Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:5362235

The NWTS-33 series, of which this document is a part, provides guidance for the National Waste Terminal Storage (NWTS) program in the development and implementation of licensed mined geologic disposal systems for solidified high-level and TRU wastes. Program objectives, functional requirements, and system performance criteria are found in this document. At the present time final criteria have not been issued by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The criteria in these documents have been developed on the basis of DOE's judgment of what is required to protect the health and safety of the public and the quality of the environment. It is expected that these criteria will be consistent with regulatory standards. The criteria will be re-evaluated on a periodic basis to ensure that they remain consistent with national waste management policy and regulatory requirements. A re-evaluation will be made when final criteria are promulgated by the NRC and EPA. A background section that briefly describes the mined geologic disposal system and explains the hierarchy and application of the NWTS criteria is included in Section 2.0. Secton 3.0 presents the program objectives, Section 4.0 functional requirements, Secton 5.0 the system performance criteria, and Section 6.0 quality assurance and standards. A draft of this document was issued for public comment in April 1981. Appendix A contains the DOE responses to the comments received. Appendix B is a glossary.

• Research Organization: Battelle Memorial Inst., Columbus, OH (USA). National Waste Terminal Storage Integration
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 5362235
• Report Number(s): DOE/NWTS-33(1)(Final); ON: DE82014259
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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