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3. SEQUENCE OF COHFARATIVE ENVIRONMNTAL- ANALYSES BY STAGES, Response<br />

BEGINNING WITH SPENT FUEL<br />

The entire chain <strong>of</strong> environmental consequences <strong>of</strong> managing The draft Statement did analyze the entire cycle <strong>of</strong> post-<br />

commercially generated high-level wastes should be treated con- fission waste management activities. However, to ensure that<br />

sistently and compared for each viable alternative course <strong>of</strong> the reader understads the scope <strong>of</strong> the analysis carried out,<br />

action, beginning with spent fuel at the reactor. the final document is structured such that the predisposal<br />

activities (waste treatment and packaging, waste storage,<br />

The Statement does not provide information at each appropiate stage <strong>of</strong> waste transportation, and decommissioning) are presented first<br />

the entire spent fuel cycle about environmental consequences, beginning with (see Chapter 4.0) and disposal activities are then outlined<br />

on-site storage and going through chemical treatment, encapsulation, handling, in subsequent chapters (Chapters 5.0 and 6.0).<br />

transportation, site selection, testing, emplacement, and storage.<br />

Response -<br />

4. TESTING AND EXPERIfENTAL PROGRAMS -<br />

Ongoing and planned research and development efforts in<br />

Since the feasibility <strong>of</strong> proposed options must be verified by appropriate this country and abroad have been addressed in a revised<br />

experiments, the Statement should disclose more fully and explain the section on Technical Feasibility (Section 5.2). Where deemed<br />

nature and extent <strong>of</strong> the testing and experimentation now under way and appropriate, experimental work in other countries has been<br />

planned, mentioned in this Statement.<br />

Experimental work already under way in this country and abroad, including An international exchange <strong>of</strong> information is provided<br />

the extent <strong>of</strong> U.S.-international cooperation, should be more adequately through a cooperative program with the United States, Canada,<br />

treated in the final Statement. In addition to the work in Sweden mentioned Sweden and West Germany as the participants. Ongoing and<br />

treated in the final Statement. In addition to the work in Sweden mentioned<br />

in the Statement, experiments are also under way in India, West Germany, planned research and development efforts in this country and<br />

abroad have been addressed in a revised section on Technical<br />

Prance, Great Britain, Canada, Japan, and the Soviet Union, among others.<br />

Feasibility (Section 5.2) <strong>of</strong> the final Statement.

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