Published 1987
| Version v1
Report
Nuclear waste: Status of DOE's nuclear waste site characterization activities
Description
Three potential nuclear waste repository sites have been selected to carry out characterization activities-the detailed geological testing to determine the suitability of each site as a repository. The sites are Hanford in south-central Washington State, Yucca Mountain in southern Nevada, and Deaf Smith in the Texas Panhandle. Two key issues affecting the total program are the estimations of the site characterization completion data and costs and DOE's relationship with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission which has been limited and its relations with affected states and Indian tribes which continue to be difficult
Availability note (English)
General Accounting Office, P.O. Box 6015, Gaithersburg, MD 20877.Additional details
Publishing Information
- Imprint Pagination
- 41 p.
- Report number
- GAO/RCED--87-103FS
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 19047130
- Subject category
- S12: MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY; S11: NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Non-conventional Literature
- Descriptors DEI
- COST ESTIMATION; GEOLOGY; GOVERNMENT POLICIES; HANFORD RESERVATION; HUMAN POPULATIONS; MANAGEMENT; NEVADA; PLANNING; PUBLIC OPINION; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES; SCHEDULES; SITE SELECTION; STATE GOVERNMENT; STORAGE FACILITIES; TESTING; TEXAS; US DOE; US NRC; USA; WASHINGTON
- Descriptors DEC
- DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; NORTH AMERICA; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; POPULATIONS; US ORGANIZATIONS