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Author Staff, National Research Council

Title Review of New York State Low-Level Radioactive Waste Siting Process
Published Washington : National Academies Press, 1900

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Description 1 online resource (306 pages)
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""; ""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""
Notes ""Technical Problems with Screening Process""
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Subject Low level radioactive waste disposal facilities -- Location -- New York (State)
Low level radioactive waste disposal facilities -- Location
New York (State)
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780309561211
0309561213