Comment Response Document for the Secretary of Energy's ''Report to Congress on Reassessment of the Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Program''
Title | Comment Response Document for the Secretary of Energy's ''Report to Congress on Reassessment of the Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Program'' PDF eBook |
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Pages | 133 |
Release | 1990 |
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On November 29, 1989, the Secretary of Energy published his ''Report to Congress on the Reassessment of the Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Program'' (Report), and sent copies to numerous interested parties for their review and comment. This document summarizes comments received on the Report and presents the DOE's current responses to those comments as a basis for further discussions. Included as appendixes are a list of commenters, a crosswalk showing where each comment is addressed, the comment letters themselves with specific comments delineated, and the DOE's response to those letters. Twenty-five individuals or organizations submitted comments on the Report. The DOE identified 130 individual comments and classified them into the following seven categories: Management, Institutional, Regulatory, Transportation, Monitored Retrievable Storage, Scheduling, and Yucca Mountain. For the responses, comments were than grouped into more specific topics under each of the major headings. The DOE attempted to respond to all comments.
OCRWM Mission Plan Amendment
Title | OCRWM Mission Plan Amendment PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Department of Energy. Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management |
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Pages | 536 |
Release | 1987 |
Genre | Government publications |
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Draft Mission Plan Amendment
Title | Draft Mission Plan Amendment PDF eBook |
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Pages | 224 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | Government publications |
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The Department of Energy`s Office Civilian Radioactive Waste Management has prepared this document to report plans for the Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Program, whose mission is to manage and dispose of the nation`s spent fuel and high-level radioactive waste in a manner that protects the health and safety of the public and of workers and the quality of the environment. The Congress established this program through the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982. Specifically, the Congress directed us to isolate these wastes in geologic repositories constructed in suitable rock formations deep beneath the surface of the earth. In the Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1987, the Congress mandated that only one repository was to be developed at present and that only the Yucca Mountain candidate site in Nevada was to be characterized at this time. The Amendments Act also authorized the construction of a facility for monitored retrievable storage (MRS) and established the Office of the Nuclear Waste Negotiator and the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board. After a reassessment in 1989, the Secretary of Energy restructured the program, focusing the repository effort scientific evaluations of the Yucca Mountain candidate site, deciding to proceed with the development of an MRS facility, and strengthening the management of the program. 48 refs., 32 figs.
Record of responses to public comments on the Draft Mission Plan
Title | Record of responses to public comments on the Draft Mission Plan PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Department of Energy. Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management |
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Pages | 376 |
Release | 1985 |
Genre | Radioactive waste disposal |
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Energy Research Abstracts
Title | Energy Research Abstracts PDF eBook |
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Pages | 806 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | Power resources |
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OCRWM Bulletin
Title | OCRWM Bulletin PDF eBook |
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Pages | 20 |
Release | 1991-02 |
Genre | Radioactive waste disposal |
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Second Waste Repository Site Selection
Title | Second Waste Repository Site Selection PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Subcommittee on Energy Research and Development |
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Pages | 262 |
Release | 1986 |
Genre | Radioactive waste disposal in the ground |
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