Post by pavel on Mar 1, 2016 7:48:53 GMT -6
SRS off list of possible sites for radioactive waste disposal
A federal document shows that Savannah River Site, often considered for the treatment and disposal of nuclear waste, will likely get passed over as one of the destinations for about 12,000 cubic meters of radioactive material.
According to the document released last week – the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Disposal of Greater-Than-Class C Low-Level Radioactive Waste and GTCC-Like Waste – the Department of Energy considered five alternatives for disposing of the material, including taking no action. The material contains about 160 million curies of radioactivity.
The preferred alternative is New Mexico’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant geologic repository, which is being considered alongside land disposal at “generic commercial facilities.”
The environmental impact statement previously considered disposal methods at six federally owned sites, including SRS, which was an attractive option because it manages high- and low-level radioactive waste.
Read more: chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2016-02-29/srs-list-possible-sites-radioactive-waste-disposal?v=1456783050
A federal document shows that Savannah River Site, often considered for the treatment and disposal of nuclear waste, will likely get passed over as one of the destinations for about 12,000 cubic meters of radioactive material.
According to the document released last week – the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Disposal of Greater-Than-Class C Low-Level Radioactive Waste and GTCC-Like Waste – the Department of Energy considered five alternatives for disposing of the material, including taking no action. The material contains about 160 million curies of radioactivity.
The preferred alternative is New Mexico’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant geologic repository, which is being considered alongside land disposal at “generic commercial facilities.”
The environmental impact statement previously considered disposal methods at six federally owned sites, including SRS, which was an attractive option because it manages high- and low-level radioactive waste.
Read more: chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2016-02-29/srs-list-possible-sites-radioactive-waste-disposal?v=1456783050