Yucca Mountain as a Radioactive-waste Repository
Author | : Thomas C. Hanks |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Radioactive waste disposal in the ground |
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Author | : Thomas C. Hanks |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Radioactive waste disposal in the ground |
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Author | : Allison Macfarlane |
Publisher | : MIT Press |
Total Pages | : 457 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 0262633329 |
Experts from science, industry, and government discuss the unresolved scientific and technical issues surrounding the Yucca Mountain site as a geologic repository for high-level nuclear waste.
Author | : J. Samuel Walker |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 242 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Radioactive waste disposal |
ISBN | : 9780520260450 |
Examines the United States government's efforts to deal with the technical and political problems associated with radioactive waste, describing various approaches used by the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission to deal with radioactive waste sites throughout the country.
Author | : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 250 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Law |
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Author | : Mark E. Gaffigan |
Publisher | : DIANE Publishing |
Total Pages | : 80 |
Release | : 2011-08 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1437985629 |
Spent nuclear fuel -- considered very hazardous -- is accumulating at commercial reactor sites in 33 states. The Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 directs the Dept. of Energy (DoE) to dispose of this waste in a repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. In June 2008, DoE submitted a license application for the repository, but in March 2010 moved to withdraw it. However, the NRC or the courts could compel DoE to resume the licensing process. This report examines: (1) the basis for DoE's decision to terminate the Yucca Mountain program; (2) the termination steps DoE has taken and their effects; (3) the major impacts if the repository were terminated; and (4) the principal lessons learned. Charts and tables. This is a print on demand report.
Author | : |
Publisher | : DIANE Publishing |
Total Pages | : 38 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 1428949127 |
Recognizing the critical need to address the issue of nuclear waste disposal, the Congress enacted the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to establish a comprehensive policy and program for the safe, permanent disposal of commercial spent fuel and other highly radioactive wastes in one or more mined geologic repositories. In the act, the Congress stated that federal efforts to devise a permanent solution for disposing of radioactive waste had been inadequate. The act charged DOE with (1) establishing criteria for the recommendation of sites for repositories; (2) "characterizing" (investigating) three sites to determine each site's suitability for a repository; (3) recommending one suitable site to the President who, if he considers the site is qualified for a license application, submits a recommendation of such site to the Congress; and (4) upon approval of a recommended site, seeking a license from NRC to construct and operate a repository at the approved site. The act created the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management within DOE to manage its nuclear waste program. When the act was passed, it was expected that a repository could be operational in 1998. Amendments to the act in 1987 directed DOE to investigate only the Yucca Mountain site. These amendments also established the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board (the Board). The Board's decision is to review the technical and scientific validity of DOE's activities associated with investigating the site and packaging and transporting wastes, and to report its findings and recommendations to the Congress and DOE at least twice each year. The act does not require DOE to implement the Board's recommendations.
Author | : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 72 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
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Author | : Mark Holt |
Publisher | : DIANE Publishing |
Total Pages | : 27 |
Release | : 2010-02 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 1437923275 |
Contents: (1) Proposals for a New Direction; (2) Baseline: Current Waste Program Projections; (3) Options for Halting or Delaying Yucca Mountain: Withdraw License Application; Reduce Appropriations; Key Policy Appointments; Waste Program Review; (4) Consequences of a Yucca Mountain Policy Shift: Federal Liabilities for Disposal Delays; Licensing Complications for New Power Reactors; Environmental Cleanup Penalties; Long-Term Risk; (5) Nuclear Waste Policy: Options; Institutional Changes; Extended On-Site Storage; Federal Central Interim Storage; Private Central Storage; Spent Fuel Reprocessing and Recycling; Non-Repository Options; New Repository Site; (6) Concluding Discussion.
Author | : Todd Garvey |
Publisher | : DIANE Publishing |
Total Pages | : 25 |
Release | : 2011-05 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1437983162 |
Passed in 1982, the Nuclear Waste Policy Act (NWPA) was an effort to establish an explicit statutory basis for the Dept. of Energy (DoE) to dispose of the nation's most highly radioactive nuclear waste. The NWPA requires DoE to remove spent nuclear fuel from commercial nuclear power plants and transport it to a permanent geologic repository. In 1987, Congress designated Yucca Mountain, NV (YM), as the repository. Contents of this report: Intro.; Establishing a Permanent Geologic Repository for High-Level Nuclear Waste and Spent Nuclear Fuel; YM and the Obama Admin.; Blue Ribbon Comm. on America's Nuclear Future; Withdrawal of the YM Construction License; NRC Halts YM License Review; The Future of YM. A print on demand report.