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Site selection handbook: Workshop on site selection for low-level radioactive waste disposal facilities

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:5409986

The Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1985 (LLRWPAA) requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to provide technical assistance to ...those compact regions, host States and nonmember States determined by the Secretary to require assistance.'' Technical assistance has been defined to include, but not be limited to, technical guidelines for site selection.'' This site selection workshop was developed to assist States and Compacts in developing new low-level radioactive waste (LLW) disposal sites in accordance with the requirements of the LLRWPAA. The workshop comprises a series of lectures, discussion topics, and exercises, supported by this Site Selection Workshop Handbook, designed to examine various aspects of a comprehensive site selection program. It is not an exhaustive treatment of all aspects of site selection, nor is it prescriptive. The workshop focuses on the major elements of site selection and the tools that can be used to implement the site selection program.

Research Organization:
EG and G Idaho, Inc., Idaho Falls, ID (United States). National Low-Level Waste Management Program; Golder Associates, Inc., Redmond, WA (United States); Weston (Roy F.), Inc., Seattle, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC07-76ID01570
OSTI ID:
5409986
Report Number(s):
DOE/LLW-64T; ON: DE92013945
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English