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Title: Selecting reasonable future land use scenarios

Conference ·
OSTI ID:240879
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  1. Idaho National Engineering Lab., Idaho Falls, ID (United States)

This paper examines a process to help select the most reasonable future land use scenarios for hazardous waste and/or low-level radioactive waste disposal sites. The process involves evaluating future land use scenarios by applying selected criteria currently used by commercial mortgage companies to determine the feasibility of obtaining a loan for purchasing such land. The basis for the process is that only land use activities for which a loan can be obtained will be considered. To examine the process, a low-level radioactive waste site, the Radioactive Waste Management Complex at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, is used as an example. The authors suggest that the process is a very precise, comprehensive, and systematic (common sense) approach for determining reasonable future use of land. Implementing such a process will help enhance the planning, decisionmaking, safe management, and cleanup of present and future disposal facilities.

Research Organization:
Lockheed Idaho Technologies Co., Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC07-94ID13223
OSTI ID:
240879
Report Number(s):
CONF-951209-; ON: DE96005882; TRN: 96:013538
Resource Relation:
Conference: 17. low-level radioactive waste management conference, Phoenix, AZ (United States), 12-14 Dec 1995; Other Information: PBD: [1995]; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings: 17th annual US Department of Energy low-level radioactive waste management conference; Lake, D. [ed.]; PB: 480 p.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English