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Since current costs in developing and producing a feasible waste iso- Response<br />

lation program could be perceived as a nuclear power subsidy, compara- Statement has been revised to reflect more<br />

This final Statement has been revised to reflect more<br />

tive analysis with other regulated systems and large-scale enterprises clearly the objective evaluation <strong>of</strong> candidate disposal media.<br />

could be made as, for example, railroads, airlines, and automobiles. It is pointed out that salt has had relatively more investi-<br />

Costs are affected by the availability <strong>of</strong> materials here and abroad. In gation than other candidate media at this time, but as with<br />

the others, it is only recommended for further investigation.<br />

the array <strong>of</strong> materials proposed as canisters, for example, there may be the ther, it i only recommended for further investigation.<br />

This Statement considers that repositories are potentially<br />

problems <strong>of</strong> cost and access to necessary quantities <strong>of</strong> such metals as<br />

feasible in all media. However, medium selected based on its<br />

titanium, zirconium, gold, platinum, nickel and others.<br />

physical properties will have to be in a favorable and safe<br />

s. TPMES AND CHARACTERISTICS OF HOST ROCK geological environment.<br />

The final statement should be modified to reflect that an objective The discussion <strong>of</strong> the four rock types presented in this.<br />

evaluation has been made for all potential host rocks. Statement is not intended to exclude any geologic media as a<br />

repository host rock, but rather to be representative <strong>of</strong> the<br />

More present information about one alternative over another does not potential geologic disposal media. Tuff will therefore<br />

necessarily translate into a clear-cut technological advantage nor receive consideration as a potential disposal medium. Exam-<br />

support a preference for, or emphasis on, any one rock type. The present ination <strong>of</strong> the four rock types (salt, shale, granite and<br />

Statement, moreover, reflects an emphasis on salt which may not be supported basalt) provide the foundation for determining the suita-<br />

even by all the facts currently available, bility <strong>of</strong> geologic media for nuclear waste storage and dis-<br />

The advantages and disadvantages <strong>of</strong> all host rocks as repositories, in-<br />

eluding salt, should be compiled and compared objectively.<br />

posal as well as providing a focus for a research and<br />

development program for geologic disposal.

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