Environmental assessment for the Basalt Waste Isolation Project exploratory shaft construction, Hanford Site, Richland, Benton County, Washington
The Basalt Waste Isolation Project (BWIP) is the National Waste Terminal Storage (NWTS) Program organization conducting studies to assess the feasibility of safe geologic disposal of commercial high-level nuclear waste in basalt formations. This research involves detailed site studies on the Hanford Site through the construction of an exploratory shaft. This environmental assessment (EA) describes the environmental effects expected to result from construction of this shaft. Other activities undertaken to characterize the site, such as seismic surveys and underground testing at the base of the shaft, clearly have no potential for significant environmental impacts and, therefore, are not covered in this EA. 31 refs., 20 figs., 10 tabs.
- Research Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC
- OSTI ID:
- 6960495
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/EA-0188; ON: TI88008285
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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