Author: United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Radiation ProgramsPublisher:
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Category : Radioactive waste disposal
Languages : en
Pages : 85
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Regulatory Impact Analysis for EPA's High-level Waste Standard (40 CFR Part 191)
Author: United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Radiation ProgramsPublisher:
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Category : Radioactive waste disposal
Languages : en
Pages : 85
Book Description
Draft Regulatory Impact Analysis, 40 CFR Part 191
Author: Critical Comments on the US Environmental Protection Agency Standards 40 CFR 191
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 45
Book Description
This paper is about the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ''Environmental Standards for the Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel, High-Level and Transuranic Wastes, '' 40 CFR 191. These standards regulate the disposal of radioactive wastes in geologic repositories. Currently, two repository sites are under investigation: The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) site, located near Carlsbad, New Mexico, may become the repository for defense-generated transuranic waste (TRU); and the Yucca Mountain site, located near Las Vegas, Nevada, may become the repository for spent reactor fuel and a small amount of reprocessing waste (hereinafter called high-level radioactive waste or HLW). The paper was written for readers who have an interest in 40 CFR 191 but do not have the time or inclination to ponder the technical details.
Response to Comments for Amendments to 40 CFR Part 191
Author: United States. Environmental Protection AgencyPublisher:
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Category : Radioactive waste disposal
Languages : en
Pages :
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Evaluation of Guidelines for Exposures to Technologically Enhanced Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309062977
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
Naturally occurring radionuclides are found throughout the earth's crust, and they form part of the natural background of radiation to which all humans are exposed. Many human activities-such as mining and milling of ores, extraction of petroleum products, use of groundwater for domestic purposes, and living in houses-alter the natural background of radiation either by moving naturally occurring radionuclides from inaccessible locations to locations where humans are present or by concentrating the radionuclides in the exposure environment. Such alterations of the natural environment can increase, sometimes substantially, radiation exposures of the public. Exposures of the public to naturally occurring radioactive materials (NORM) that result from human activities that alter the natural environment can be subjected to regulatory control, at least to some degree. The regulation of public exposures to such technologically enhanced naturally occurring radioactive materials (TENORM) by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other regulatory and advisory organizations is the subject of this study by the National Research Council's Committee on the Evaluation of EPA Guidelines for Exposures to Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials.
Environmental Standards for Management and Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel, High-level and Transuranic Radioactive Wastes
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Radioactive waste disposal
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Superfund Implementation Issues
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources SubcommitteePublisher:
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Rules and Regulations
Author: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory CommissionPublisher:
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Category : Nuclear energy
Languages : en
Pages : 900
Book Description
Nevada Test Site (NTS) and Off-site Locations in the State of Nevada, Tonopah Test Range, Portions of the Nellis AFB Range (NAFR) Complex, the Central Nevada Test Area, and Shoal Area, Nye County
Author: Final Environmental Impact Statement for a Geologic Repository for the Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-level Radioactive Waste at Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada: pt. 1. Comment-response document, Introduction, etc
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Category : Radioactive waste disposal in the ground
Languages : en
Pages : 624
Book Description
The purpose of this environmental impact statement (EIS) is to provide information on potential environmental impacts that could result from a Proposed Action to construct, operate and monitor, and eventually close a geologic repository for the disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste at the Yucca Mountain site in Nye County, Nevada. The EIS also provides information on potential environmental impacts from an alternative referred to as the No-Action Alternative, under which there would be no development of a geologic repository at Yucca Mountain.