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

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

  • Publisher: National Academies Press
  • ISBN: 9780309055390
  • eISBN Pdf: 9780309561211
  • eISBN Epub: 9780309175302
  • Place of publication:  United States
  • Year of digital publication: 1996
  • Month: July
  • Pages: 306
  • Language: English

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.

  • 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
      • Public Participation
      • Siting Criteria
    • ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION
  • 3 Overview of the Siting Process
    • SITING PLAN
      • Screening Criteria
      • Disposal Methodology
      • Application of Screening Criteria
      • Quality Assurance Program
      • Public Participation
    • ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION
  • 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
    • ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION
  • 5 Candidate Area Identification
    • EXCLUSIONARY SCREENING
    • INITIAL PREFERENCE SCREENING
    • COMPARATIVE PREFERENCE ANALYSIS
    • PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
    • ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION
      • 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 Criteria
      • 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
    • PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
    • ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION
      • 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 Criteria
      • Screening
  • 7 Discussion and Conclusions
    • EXTERNAL CAUSES
    • INTERNAL CAUSES
      • Ambiguity of Goals
      • Technical Problems with Screening Process
      • Strategic Planning and Quality Assurance
      • Public Participation
    • LESSONS TO BE LEARNED
      • 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
      • 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. 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

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