Review of New York State low-level radioactive waste siting process / Committee to Review New York State's Siting and Methodology Selection for Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal ; Board on Radioactive Waste Management, Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources, National Research Council.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee to Review New York State's Siting and Methodology Selection for Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal.

National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Radioactive Waste Management.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Low level radioactive waste disposal facilities--Location--New York (State).

Low level radioactive waste disposal facilities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book reviews the efforts of New York state to site a low-level radioactive waste disposal facility. It evaluates the nature, sources, and quality of the data, analyses, and procedures used by the New York State Siting Commission in its decisionmaking process, which identified five potential sites for low-level waste disposal. Finally, the committee offers a chapter highlighting the lessons in siting low-level radioactive waste facilities that can be learned from New York State's experience.

Contents:

Review of New York State Low-Level Radioactive Waste Siting Process

Copyright

Preface

Contents

Executive Summary

REVIEW OF THE SITING PROCESS

Statewide Exclusionary Screening

Candidate Area Identification

Potential Sites Identification

DISCUSSION

LESSONS TO BE LEARNED

1 Introduction

WORK PLAN

SCOPE AND ORGANIZATION OF THIS REPORT

2 Federal and State Low-Level Radioactive Waste Acts

FEDERAL LLRW POLICY ACT OF 1980

FEDERAL LLRW AMENDMENTS ACT OF 1985

Implementation of the 1985 Amendments Act

NEW YORK STATE LLRW MANAGEMENT ACT OF 1986

Agency Responsibilities

Site Development

Public Participation

Technical Guidelines

Implementation

REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS

DEC Responsibilities

Siting Criteria

ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION

3 Overview of the Siting Process

SITING PLAN

Screening Criteria

Disposal Methodology

Application of Screening Criteria

Quality Assurance Program

4 Statewide Exclusionary Screening

SCREENING CRITERIA

Criterion 11-Ground Water Hydrology

Criterion 32-Population Density

Criterion 36-Federally Protected Lands

Criterion 38-State-Protected Lands

Criterion 41-Indian Lands

DATA SOURCES

SCREENING RESULTS

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION

5 Candidate Area Identification

EXCLUSIONARY SCREENING

INITIAL PREFERENCE SCREENING

COMPARATIVE PREFERENCE ANALYSIS

Criterion 2-Seismic Hazards

Criterion 4-Existing Mine Exclusion

Criteria 11 and 12-Protection of Ground Water Resources

Criteria 12, 13, and 18-Buffers from Water Resources

Criterion 22-Best Usage of Surface Waters

Criterion 26-Air Quality Nonattainment

Initial and Comparative Preference Screening.

SUMMARY

Screening Process

6 Potential Sites Identification

GIS SCREENING

QUALITATIVE MAP ASSESSMENTS

FIELD SURVEYS

RESCREENING USING ALL CRITERIA

SITE CHARACTERIZATION

VOLUNTEER AND OFFERED SITES

CONTRIBUTED INFORMATION

SENSITIVITY ANALYSES

Criterion 1-Geologic Complexity

Criterion 3-Subsurface Dissolution

Criterion 20-Erosion

Criterion 44-Mineral Soil Groups

Surface and Subsurface Drainage

GIS Screening

Map Assessments

Field Surveys

Rescreening Using All Criteria

Volunteer and Offered Sites

Contributed Information

Sensitivity Analyses

SUMMARY

Screening

7 Discussion and Conclusions

EXTERNAL CAUSES

INTERNAL CAUSES

Ambiguity of Goals

Technical Problems with Screening Process

Strategic Planning and Quality Assurance

Public Perceptions of Nuclear Waste

8 Responses to Questions in Statement of Task

QUESTION 1

QUESTION 2

QUESTION 3

QUESTION 4

QUESTION 5

QUESTION 6

QUESTION 7

QUESTION 8

References

Appendixes

Appendix A List of Acronyms and Abbreviations

Appendix B Statement of Task

Appendix C Biographical Sketches of Committee Members

Appendix D List of Presenters to the Committee

Appendix E List of Materials Reviewed

Additional Materials Reviewed:

Appendix F The Committee's Questions to New York State

I. Regulatory Issues

A. The Siting Plan

B. Criteria

C. Application of Criteria

D. Quality Assurance Program

E. Process and Procedures

F. Public Involvement Program

II. Technical Issues

A. General

B. Depth of Mines

C. Ground Water Aquifers

D. Wetlands

E. Air Quality Nonattainment Areas

F. Population Density.

G. Mineral Soil Groups 1-4

B. Ground Water/Aquifers

C. Wetlands

D. Other Criteria

Appendix G Classification of Wastes

Appendix H Federal and New York State Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Acts

1. Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act of 1980

Short Title

Definitions

General Provisions

Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal

2. Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1985

An Act

Title I-

3. New York State Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Act

Chapter 673

Article 29 Low-Level Radioactive Waste Facilities

TITLE 1. Siting.

Title 1 Siting

Title 3 Commission for Siting Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Facilities

Title 5 Advisory Committee on Permanent Disposal Facilities Siting and Disposal Method Selection

Title 7 Financial Assurance

Article 24-C Information Program on Low-Level Radioactive Waste

State Operations-Miscellaneous Low-Level Radioactive Waste Siting Program

Chapter 674. (See Fiscal Note at end of Chapter.)

Appendix I Tables of Exclusionary and Preference Criteria

Appendix J Quality Assurance Documents

Appendix K Examples of Windshield Survey Forms

First Impressions

FIRST IMPRESSIONS.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786610191932

9780309175302

0309175305

9781280191930

1280191937

9780309561211

0309561213

9780585149974

0585149976

OCLC:

726823114