Site characterization progress report, Yucca Mountain, Nevada. [Nuclear Waste Policy Act (Section 113). October 1, 1998 - March 30, 1999. Number 20]
The 20th semiannual report of the Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Project (YMP) summarizes activities during the period from October 1, 1998 through March 31, 1999. YMP activities are aimed at evaluating Yucca Mountain as a suitable site for permanent geologic disposal of nuclear materials, as directed by the Nuclear Waste Policy Act (NWPA). The progress report documents activities this period that contributed to completing the YMP's near-term programmatic and statutory objectives. These objectives include completing the Viability Assessment of a Repository at Yucca Mountain (VA), the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), a possible U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretarial Site Recommendation to the President, and, if the recommendation is approved, submittal of a license application to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). The first of these objectives was attained with submittal of the VA (DOE 1998) to the President and the Congress. The other objectives are scheduled for completion in the next several years. The YMP's science and engineering work is now focused on supporting a decision on a site recommendation. YMP work this period continued to be concentrated in three integrated activities: site characterization, engineering design and construction, and repository performance. Accomplishments this period and their relation to near-term objectives are briefly summarized below. The near-term objectives and the three integrated activities are presented in more detail in Sections 2 through 6.
- Research Organization:
- Yucca Mountain Project, Las Vegas, Nevada (US)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- US Department of Energy (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC08-91RW00134
- OSTI ID:
- 762185
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/RW-0517
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
CONSTRUCTION
DESIGN
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS
LICENSE APPLICATIONS
NUCLEAR WASTE POLICY ACTS
PERFORMANCE
PROGRESS REPORT
RECOMMENDATIONS
SITE CHARACTERIZATION
VIABILITY
WASTES
YUCCA MOUNTAIN