Draft environmental assessment: Yucca Mountain site, Nevada research and development area, Nevada. Nuclear Waste Policy Act (Section 112)

Technical Report · Fri Nov 30 23:00:00 EST 1984

OSTI ID:59089

In February 1983, the US Department of Energy (DOE) identified the Yucca Mountain site in Nevada as one of nine potentially acceptable sites for a mined geologic repository for spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste. To determine their suitability, the Yucca Mountain 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 Nuclear Waste Repositories. These evaluations are reported in this draft environmental assessment (EA), which is being issued for public review and comment. The DOE findings and determinations that are based on these evaluations are preliminary and subject to public review and comment. A final EA will be prepared after considering the comments received on the draft EA. The Yucca Mountain site is located in the Great Basin, one of five distinct geohydrologic settings that are being considered for the first repository. On the basis of the evaluations reported in this draft EA, the DOE has found that the Yucca Mountain site is not disqualified under the guidelines. The DOE has also found that it is suitable for site characterization because the evidence does not support a conclusion that the site will not be able to meet each of the qualifying conditions specified in the guidelines. On the basis of these findings, the DOE is proposing to nominate the Yucca Mountain site as one of five sites suitable for characterization. Furthermore, having performed a comparative evaluation of the five sites proposed for nomination, the DOE has determined that the Yucca Mountain site is one of three sites preferred for site characterization.

• Research Organization: USDOE Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, Washington, DC (United States)
• OSTI ID: 59089
• Report Number(s): DOE/RW--0012; ON: DE85005783
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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05 NUCLEAR FUELS
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AIR QUALITY
AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
ECONOMIC IMPACT
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS
GEOLOGY
HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
HYDROLOGY
LAND USE
METEOROLOGY
NEVADA
RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES
RAIL TRANSPORT
ROAD TRANSPORT
SCREENING
SITE SELECTION
SOCIAL IMPACT
TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS
TUFF
WASTE TRANSPORTATION
YUCCA MOUNTAIN
Yucca Mountain Project