Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project (AMWTP) Final Environmental Impact Statement
The AMWTP Final EIS assesses the potential environmental impacts associated with alternatives related to the construction and operation of a proposed waste treatment facility at the INEEL. The alternatives analyzed were: the No Action Alternative, the Proposed Action, the Non-Thermal Treatment Alternative, and the Treatment and Storage Alternative. The Proposed Action is the Preferred Alternative. Under the Proposed Action/Preferred Alternative, the AMWTP facility would treat transuranic waste, alpha-contaminated low-level mixed waste, and low-level mixed waste in preparation for disposal. After treatment, transuranic waste would be disposed of at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico. Low-level mixed waste would be disposed of at an approved disposal facility depending on decisions to be based on DOE's Final Waste Management Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement. Evaluation of impacts on land use, socioeconomics, cultural resources, aesthetic and scenic resources, geology, air resources, water resources, ecological resources, noise, traffic and transportation, occupational and public health and safety, INEEL services, and environmental justice were included in the assessment.
- Research Organization:
- Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Lab., Idaho Falls, ID (US)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of NEPA Policy and Assistance (EH-42) (US)
- OSTI ID:
- 823362
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/EIS-0290
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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GEOLOGY
ID
LAND USE
MIXED WASTE
PUBLIC HEALTH
SAFETY
STORAGE
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE PROCESSING
WASTES
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