Status of NEPA activities in the (Nevada Nuclear Waste Storage Investigation) program
Sandia National Laboratories, in the role of Technical Overview Contractor for the Nevada Nuclear Waste Storage Investigation (NNWSI) is, among other things, responsible for: (1) coordinating the development and integration of technical data and criteria for environmental documentation; (2) performing repository environmental analyses; and (3) preparing environmental documentation as required by the National Siting Plan and the NWTS Licensing Plan. The objective of the FY 81 studies was to prepare an Environmental Area Characterization Report (EACR) that will be the initial data base for subsequent impact analyses and to identify environmental factors and information significant for area-to-location screening. A comprehensive literature survey and evaluation was performed for each of eight topics: biology, meteorology/air quality, cultural resources, water resources, background radiation, socioeconomics, energy and mineral resources and paleontology.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-76DP00789
- OSTI ID:
- 59420
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-81-2007C; CONF-811119-5; ON: DE82001776; TRN: 82:000946
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: NWTS program information meeting, Columbus, OH (United States), 17-19 Nov 1981; Other Information: PBD: 1981
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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