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CONTENTS (contd)<br />

5.3.3 Effect <strong>of</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> Age on Repository Capacity . . . . . . 5.42<br />

5.3.4 Regional Repository Concept . . . . . . . . . 5.43<br />

REFERENCES FOR 5.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.45<br />

5.4 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS RELATED TO REPOSITORY CONSTRUCTION<br />

AND OPERATION . . . . . . . 5.46<br />

4 R1esource Commitments . . . . . . 5.46<br />

5.4.2 Nonradiological Effluents . . . . . . . . . 5.48<br />

5.4.3 Radiological Effects . . . . . . . . . . 5.52<br />

5.4.4 Evaluation <strong>of</strong> Ecological Impacts Related to Repositories . . . 5.53<br />

5.4.4.1 Ecological Effects Related to Repositories in Salt . . . 5.53<br />

5.4.4.2 Ecological Effects for a Repository in Granite . . . 5.54<br />

5.4.4.3 Ecological Effects for a Repository in Shale . . . . 5.55<br />

5.4.4.4 Ecological Effects for a Repository in Basalt . . . . 5.56<br />

5.4.4.5 Ecological Impacts Related to Repositories for<br />

Reprocessing <strong>Waste</strong>s . . . . . . . . . 5.56<br />

5.4.5 Nonradiological Accidents . . . . . . . . 5.56<br />

5.4.6 Environmental Effects Related to Repository Operation . . . 5.57<br />

5.4.6.1 Resource Commitments . . . . . . . . 5.58<br />

5.4.6.2 Nonradiological Effluents . . . . . . . 5.58<br />

5.4.6.3 Radiological Releases . . . . . . . . 5.60<br />

5.4.6.4 Ecological Impacts . . . . . . . . . 5.60<br />

5.4.6.5 Socioeconomic Impacts . . . . . . . . 5.61<br />

5.4.6.6 Environmental Effects Related to Postulated<br />

Radiological Accidents . . . . . . . . 5.66<br />

5.4.6.7 Radiological Impacts <strong>of</strong> Operating Accidents<br />

on the Work Force . . . . . . . . . 5.69<br />

5.4.6.8 Other Environmental Impacts . . . . . . . 5.69<br />

REFERENCES FOR SECTION 5.4 . . . . . . . . . . . 5.71<br />

5.5 LONG-TERM ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS OF GEOLOGIC DISPOSAL OF<br />

RADIOACTIVE WASTES . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.72<br />

5.5.1 Repository Breach by Meteorite . . . . . . . . 5.74<br />

5.5.2 Breach <strong>of</strong> Repository by Fault, Fracture, and Flooding . 5.80

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