23.04.2013 Views

Management of Commercially Generated Radioactive Waste - U.S. ...

Management of Commercially Generated Radioactive Waste - U.S. ...

Management of Commercially Generated Radioactive Waste - U.S. ...

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

Create successful ePaper yourself

Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.

317<br />

ALTERNATIVE DISPOSAL CONCEPTS<br />

with the space environment would be necessary. The purpose <strong>of</strong> such analysis would be to<br />

evaluate the potential near-term and long-term impacts to human health and the natural envi-<br />

ronment. Evaluation <strong>of</strong> impacts to the sun has not as yet been considered, although disposal<br />

<strong>of</strong> waste by injection into the sun has been eliminated from consideration due to energy<br />

requirements.<br />

Draft pp. 1.1, 1.23-24, 3.2.1-23<br />

Issue<br />

Chemical Resynthesis(a)<br />

Several letters noted that chemical resynthesis is not a disposal alternative but a<br />

treatment option. (154, 181, 208-NRC)<br />

Response<br />

In the final Statement discussion <strong>of</strong> the chemical resynthesis concept is presented in<br />

the chapter dealing with predisposal systems (4.0), specifically in the section on waste<br />

treatment alternatives (4.3).<br />

Draft p. 1.23<br />

Issue<br />

218-DOI)<br />

Response<br />

Several commenters questioned why 600 m is selected as the disposal depth. (62,<br />

The use <strong>of</strong> 600 m is an arbitrary depth selected from work done at the Carlsbad, New<br />

Mexico site. It is based on the depth (700 m) and the thickness (600 m) <strong>of</strong> the Salado for-<br />

mation. See Section B.1 <strong>of</strong> the final Statement.<br />

Draft p. 1.23-24, 3.2.1-23<br />

Issue<br />

One commenter noted that the potential processing problems associated with Chemical<br />

Resynthesis should be pointed out. (154)<br />

(a) This concept was placed in the section discussing waste treatment and packaging alternatives<br />

in the final Statement (see Section 4.3.2).

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!