Environmental assessment overview, Reference repository location, Hanford site, Washington

Technical Report · Thu May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1986

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5578917· OSTI ID:5578917

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In February 1983, the US Department of Energy (DOE) identified a reference repository location at the Hanford Site in Washington as one of the nine potentially acceptable sites for a mined geologic repository for spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste. The site is in the Columbia Plateau, which is one of five distinct geohydrologic settings considered for the first repository. To determine their suitability, the Hanford site and the eight other potentially acceptable sites have been evaluated in accordance with the DOE's General Guidelines for the Recommendation of Sites for the Nuclear Waste Repositories. On the basis of the evaluations reported in this EA, the DOE has found that the Hanford site is not disqualified under the guidelines. On the basis of these findings, the DOE is nominating the Hanford site as one of five sites suitable for characterization. 3 figs.

• Research Organization: USDOE Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, Washington, DC (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• OSTI ID: 5578917
• Report Number(s): DOE/RW-0076; ON: TI91017495
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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