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published Thursday, September 20, 2007  63 Views :: 0 Comments

 

ANA Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Disposal of Greater-Than-Class C Low-Level Radioactive Waste. 

ANA Comments for GTCC Scoping Process

ANA staff and colleagues have prepared these scoping comments on the Department of Energy's plans to dispose of Greater-Than-Class-C radioactive waste.







RE: Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Disposal of Greater-Than-Class-C Low-Level Radioactive Waste. 72FR140, July 23, 2007, pp. 40135-40139.


Dear Mr. Joyce:


This letter is to provide comments of the Alliance for Nuclear Accountability on the above cited Notice of Intent (NOI).

As the following comments detail, we ask that the scope of the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) include:

· more specific definition of GTCC and GTCC-like waste and rules and regulations regarding any processes of concentration or dilution of waste materials that would affect it’s classification as GTCC or GTCC-like waste;

· a more complete inventory of known and estimated amounts of Greater-Than-Class-C (GTCC) and GTCC-like wastes, particularly regarding potential waste from new nuclear weapons programs, new nuclear reactors and the proposed reprocessing activities of the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership

· consideration of the alternative of Hardened-On-Site-Storage (HOSS) both conceptually and with specific examples;

· thorough definition of public health and environmental protection standards, monitoring and remediation plans;

· specific information regarding transportation of waste including transportation containers, routes, accident projections and emergency response.

The following sections deal with these topics in greater detail.


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published Friday, September 14, 2007  0 Views :: 0 Comments

Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility

4554 12th Ave. NE

Seattle, WA 98105

(206) 547-2630

 

September 14, 2007


Greater-Than-Class C Low-Level Radioactive Waste EIS Scoping


James Joyce

Office of Regulatory Compliance (EM-10)

U.S. Department of Energy

1000 Independence Avenue,SW.

Washington, DC 20585–0119


Comments submitted via www.gtcceis.anl.gov/involve/comments/index.cfm.

Deadline September 21, 2007


Dear James Joyce:

We appreciate the opportunity to submit comments on the subject EIS Scoping. We also
appreciate the measures taken by the Department of Energy (DOE) to facilitate public

comments, by allowing electronic submittal and by placing relevant documents on a

publicly available web site. Below please find comments from the Hanford Task Force

of Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility.

Download PDF:  GTCC/0709gtccscopingcomm_wpsr.pdf


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published Thursday, September 06, 2007  0 Views :: 0 Comments

Fact Sheet by Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety and Nuclear Watch New Mexico on Greater Than Class C Waste

New Mexico May Be the Dump for DOE’s Catch-all Category of Radioactive Wastes
The United States has a lot of nuclear waste that we don’t know what to do with. For one type of waste, the Department of Energy (DOE) proposed solution is sadly, once again, to bury it in the ground -- perhaps in New Mexico. After 20 years of essentially ignoring “Greater Than Class C” (GTCC) waste, DOE is now giving the public a chance to comment on its disposal plans.

Download PDF:  GTCC fact sheet CCNS NWNM.pdf

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published Wednesday, August 15, 2007  0 Views :: 0 Comments

Slides from the DOE PowerPoint presentation on Greater-Than-Class-C Waste
August, 2007

Download PDF:  GTCC presentation.pdf

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published Saturday, July 07, 2007  73 Views :: 0 Comments

Sample Scoping Comments for DOE’s GTCC Environmental Impact Statement

Nuclear Watch New Mexico
Greater-Than-Class-C (GTCC) wastes are the most radioactive form of Low-Level Waste (LLW) and are dangerous for hundreds of years. DOE will be choosing one or more locations to bury GTCC radioactive wastes using one or more disposal methods. These radioactive wastes must be handled in a manner that is safe and secure for future generations. Environmental Impact Statements are required by NEPA for all major proposed federal actions. This is your chance to comment on the Department of Energy’s latest proposal to handle GTCC radioactive wastes.

Suggested sample comments follow.
• Analyze hardened on-site storage (HOSS): GTCC radioactive wastes must be safely
stored



Download PDF:  GTCC/GTCC Sample Comments NWNM.pdf


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published Wednesday, September 06, 2006  0 Views :: 0 Comments

Principles for Safeguarding Nuclear Waste at Reactors

The following principles are based on the urgent need to protect the public from the threats posed by the current vulnerable storage of commercial irradiated fuel. The United States does not have a near-term solution for the permanent storage of high-level nuclear waste. The proposed Yucca Mountain site is unsafe for geologic storage of nuclear waste and the program remains mired in bad science, mismanagement, and yet another design overhaul. Even if licensed, Yucca Mountain could not legally contain all of the waste produced by existing reactors. Under the U.S. Department of Energy’s unrealistically optimistic scenario, Yucca Mountain is not predicted to begin receiving waste until at least 2017 and transporting waste to the site would take more than 30 years. Meanwhile, irradiated fuel at reactor sites remains vulnerable to accidents and attacks.

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