Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management; General Guidelines for the Recommendation of Sites for Nuclear Waste Repositories; Yucca Mountain Site Suitability Guidelines

Samenvatting

DOE invites public comment on a revised proposal to amend the policies under the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 for evaluating the suitability of Yucca Mountain, Nevada, as a site for development of a nuclear waste repository. Today's revised proposal focuses on the criteria and methodology to be used for evaluating relevant geological and other related aspects of the Yucca Mountain site. Consistent with longstanding policy to conform DOE regulations regarding its nuclear waste repository program to comparable regulations of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, DOE's proposed criteria and methodology are based on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's recently proposed regulations for licensing a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain.