Fissile Material Disposition Program: Deep Borehole Disposal Facility PEIS data input report for direct disposal. Direct disposal of plutonium metal/plutonium dioxide in compound metal canisters. Version 3.0
The US Department of Energy (DOE) is examining options for disposing of excess weapons-usable nuclear materials [principally plutonium (Pu) and highly enriched uranium (HEU)] in a form or condition that is substantially and inherently more difficult to recover and reuse in weapons production. This report is the data input report for the Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS). The PEIS examines the environmental, safety, and health impacts of implementing each disposition alternative on land use, facility operations, and site infrastructure; air quality and noise; water, geology, and soils; biotic, cultural, and paleontological resources; socioeconomics; human health; normal operations and facility accidents; waste management; and transportation. This data report is prepared to assist in estimating the environmental effects associated with the construction and operation of a Deep Borehole Disposal Facility, an alternative currently included in the PEIS. The facility projects under consideration are, not site specific. This report therefore concentrates on environmental, safety, and health impacts at a generic site appropriate for siting a Deep Borehole Disposal Facility.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- OSTI ID:
- 207053
- Report Number(s):
- UCRL-LR-119481; ON: DE96006403; TRN: 96:009411
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 15 Jan 1996
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
56 BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
APPLIED STUDIES
FISSILE MATERIALS
UNDERGROUND DISPOSAL
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
SAFETY
SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
GEOLOGY
SOILS
CULTURAL RESOURCES
LAND USE
RADIATION HAZARDS
WASTE TRANSPORTATION
BOREHOLES
CONTAINMENT