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SAFEGUARDS<br />

effort would be needed to mine the waste nor does it address the issue <strong>of</strong> how the repository<br />

management would assure the public that all waste material is in its authorized location if<br />

faced with a blackmail threat after closure <strong>of</strong> a repository. Finally, the draft GEIS should<br />

make clear the kind <strong>of</strong> adversary that is considered when a safeguards system is designed.<br />

(208-NRC)<br />

Response<br />

The uranium-only cycle has been deleted from consideration in the final Statement. An<br />

expanded discussion <strong>of</strong> safeguards considerations for other waste forms is included in the<br />

final Statement (see Section 4.10, 5.7, and 3.2.9).<br />

Issue<br />

The possibility <strong>of</strong> deliberate reopening <strong>of</strong> a radioactive waste disposal site should be<br />

presented in the final Statement. (218-DOI)<br />

Response<br />

Section 5.7 <strong>of</strong> the final Statement presents a discussion <strong>of</strong> safeguards and physical<br />

protection measures for geologic disposal. Following repository closure waste would be<br />

available only through re-excavation or mining. The position taken on this Statement is<br />

that theft or sabotage after closure and decommissioning is not credible, but that inadver-<br />

tent intrusion must be guarded against.

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