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PLUTONIUM-URANIUM<br />

FUELFABRICATION<br />

2.2<br />

MINING<br />

AND MILLING<br />

UF6 .. ^<br />

PRODUCTION RADIOACTIVE COMPONENTS<br />

OF WASTES FROM THESE<br />

PROCESSES ARE THE SAME AS<br />

URANIUM THOSE OCCURRING IN NATURE<br />

ENRICHMENT<br />

URANIUM FUEL _^<br />

FABRICATION<br />

NUCLEAR POWER _WASTES FROM THESE PROCESSES<br />

CONTAIN MANMADE RADIOACTIVE<br />

LIGHT SOLID LINES REPRESENT<br />

PRIMARY FUEL CYCLE STREAMS.<br />

RADIOACTIVE WASTES SHOWN AS<br />

SPENTFUEL<br />

ST RAGE -<br />

COMPONENTS AS WELL AS<br />

NATURAL RADIOACTIVE COMPONENTS<br />

HEAVY SOLID LINES ARE<br />

INCLUDED IN THIS STATEMENT.SPE F<br />

RADIOACTIVE WASTES SHOWN REPROCESSING<br />

AS DASHED LINES ARE NOT P<br />

INCLUDED IN THIS STATEMENT. -- I<br />

4 --<br />

HIGH-LEVEL (INCL.SPENT FUEL) SHALLOW LAND<br />

AND TRU RADIOACTIVE BURIAL OF NON-TRU I<br />

WASTE DISPOSAL I RADIOACTIVE WASTES<br />

FIGURE 2.1.1. Processes and <strong>Waste</strong> Streams in the Commercial Fuel Cycle<br />

wastes from spent fuel storage, reprocessing and plutonium-uranium fuel fabrication are also<br />

also covered. In addition to these wastes, a number <strong>of</strong> other radioactive wastes must be<br />

properly managed and disposed. This section describes the status <strong>of</strong> program and environmen-<br />

tal statements covering these other wastes and also the status <strong>of</strong> statements covering broad<br />

areas (e.g., spent fuel storage and transportation) that are partially included in the over-<br />

all system addressed in this Statement.<br />

2.1.1 Mining and Milling<br />

Mining and milling operations are currently regulated by either the Nuclear Regulatory<br />

Commission (NRC) or by Agreement States (states which have entered into an agreement with<br />

NRC pursuant to Section 274 <strong>of</strong> the Atomic Energy Act <strong>of</strong> 1954 as amended (42 U.S.C. 2021)<br />

under which the state government assumes regulatory authority and responsibility). Environ-<br />

mental impacts are considered programmatically in Uranium Milling, NUREG-0511 (NRC 1979a).<br />

Individual EISs have been prepared for each operation licensed. An example is Final Envi-<br />

ronmental Statement Related to the Plateau Resources Limited Shootering Canyon Uranium Pro-<br />

ject, NUREG-0583 (NRC 1979b).

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