Site characterization plan overview: Yucca Mountain site, Nevada Research and Development Area, Nevada

Technical Report · Wed Nov 30 23:00:00 EST 1988

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/60640· OSTI ID:60640

To help the public better understand both the SCP and the site characterization program, the DOE has prepared this overview and the SCP Public Handbook. The overview presents summaries of selected topics covered in the SCP; it is not a substitute for the SCP. The organization of the overview is similar to that of the SCP itself, with brief descriptions of the Yucca Mountain site, the repository, and the containers in which the waste would be packaged, followed by a discussion of the characterization program to be carried out at the Yucca Mountain site. This overview is intended primarily for those persons who want to understand the general scope and basis of the site-characterization program, the activities to be conducted, and the facilities to be constructed without spending the time necessary to become familiar with all of the technical details presented in the SCP. For the readers of the SCP, the overview will be useful as a general guide to the plan. The SCP Public Handbook is a short document that contains brief descriptions of the SCP process and the contents of the SCP. It also explains how the public can submit comments on the SCP and lists the libraries and reading rooms at which the SCP is available. 9 refs., 18 tabs.

• Research Organization: USDOE Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, Washington, DC (United States)
• OSTI ID: 60640
• Report Number(s): DOE/RW--0198; ON: TI89004612
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

05 NUCLEAR FUELS
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
DESIGN
GEOLOGY
HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
HYDROLOGY
INFORMATION NEEDS
NEVADA
PLANNING
PUBLIC INFORMATION
PUBLIC POLICY
RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES
RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT
SITE CHARACTERIZATION
SPENT FUELS
UNDERGROUND DISPOSAL
YUCCA MOUNTAIN
Yucca Mountain Project