Criteria needs for siting, licensing, operation, closure, stabilization, and decommissioning of shallow land-disposal sites for radioactive waste. National Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Program

Technical Report · Mon Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:6899906

The identified criteria needs are as follows: (1) long-term objective and time frame for the isolation of radioactive waste in a shallow land burial site must be specified; objective for optimum and minimum acceptable geological formations for the shallow land disposal of low-level radioactive waste must be specified; type of radioactive waste acceptable for shallow land burial must be specified; appropriate segregation of radioactive waste for burial into shallow land must be specified; acceptability of site design for both dry and humid regions must be specified; objectives to be accomplished through proper operational methods and procedures during burial must be specified; minimum acceptable nonradiological occupational protection program for a shallow land burial site must be identified; objectives of a recordkeeping system for burial of radioactive waste in shallow land must be identified; objectives of an emergency response plan for a shallow land burial site for radioactive waste must be identified; recommended limits of radiation exposure to the general population from the disposal of radioactive waste into shallow land must be identified; what constitutes a stabilized site, acceptable for final closure must be identified; long-term objectives during institutional care by a governmental agency following closure must be specified; minimum financial surety required to avoid expenditure of government funds in the event of premature closure of a shallow land burial site must be identified;long-term financial requirements to properly maintain a shallow land burial site after closure must be identified; objectives of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the burial of radioactive waste into shallow land must be identified; objectives of environmental monitoring during preoperational, operational, closure, and postclosure of a shallow land burial site muste be specified.

• Research Organization: Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors, Inc. (USA); EG and G Idaho, Inc., Idaho Falls (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: FC07-80ID12109; AC07-76ID01570
• OSTI ID: 6899906
• Report Number(s): DOE/LLW-4T; ON: DE83003583
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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