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2.4<br />

With regard to receipt and storage <strong>of</strong> foreign spent fuel, the impacts described in the<br />

present Statement cover a range <strong>of</strong> future domestic power production which is sufficiently<br />

broad that it would encompass any possible impact due to quantities <strong>of</strong> spent fuel which<br />

might be shipped from other countries to the U.S. Foreign spent fuel which could be<br />

returned to the United States for storage or possible disposal would be predominately the<br />

LWR type.<br />

Because a decision has been made to implement the Spent Fuel Storage Policy if author-<br />

ized by Congress, an AFR spent fuel storage facility EIS will be prepared to provide the<br />

environmental input into the selection <strong>of</strong> facilities to meet the demand for spent fuel stor-<br />

age.(a) The environmental effects associated with the acquisition, construction and/or<br />

operation <strong>of</strong> the facilities and the transportation effects associated with the available<br />

options would be evaluated in this environmental documentation.<br />

2.1.6 Transportation<br />

The NRC and the Department <strong>of</strong> Transportation (DOT) regulate the transportation <strong>of</strong><br />

radioactive waste. Transportation and packaging criteria and standards are outlined in the<br />

Code <strong>of</strong> Federal Regulations (10 CFR 71 and 49 CFR 170-189). The environmental impacts <strong>of</strong><br />

transportation activities are addressed in Final Environmental Statement on the Transporta-<br />

tion <strong>of</strong> <strong>Radioactive</strong> Material by Air and Other Modes, NUREG-0170 (NRC 1977).<br />

The present Statement specifically examines the transportation <strong>of</strong> post-fission wastes<br />

(spent fuel, high-level waste and TRU waste) from commercial LWR fuel cycle facilities to<br />

both interim storage locations and final isolation sites.<br />

2.1.7 Alternative Reactor Types<br />

The present Statement discusses and compares the characteristics <strong>of</strong> the wastes gener-<br />

ated in the management <strong>of</strong> thorium fuels from the Light Water Breeder (Conversion) Reactor<br />

and High-Temperature Gas Cooled Reactor fuel cycle with those obtained from the LWR fuel<br />

cycle. No decisions to construct such reactors would be made before consideration is given<br />

to the disposal <strong>of</strong> waste from these reactors. However, the impact <strong>of</strong> wastes which would be<br />

generated by a future Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor (LMFBR) fuel cycle is not analyzed<br />

here. They were addressed in Final Environmental Statement, Liquid Metal Fast Breeder<br />

Reactor Program, ERDA-1535 (1975a).<br />

2.1.8 <strong>Waste</strong>s From National Defense Activities<br />

High-level waste from national defense activities is currently being stored on DOE<br />

reservations in Idaho, South Carolina, and Washington. EISs that consider the short term<br />

storage <strong>of</strong> these wastes at these sites have been prepared (ERDA 1975b, 1977b, and 1977c,<br />

respectively).<br />

(a) The Notice <strong>of</strong> Intent regarding prepartion <strong>of</strong> the spent fuel storage facilty EIS was<br />

issued in the Federal Register on August 15, 1980 (45FR54399).

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