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CONTENTS (contd)
APPENDIX E - RADIOLOGICALLY RELATED HEALTH EFFECTS . . E.1
E.1 LATE SOMATIC EFFECTS . E.2
E.2 GENETIC EFFECTS E.7
E.3 SUMMARY . E.10
E.4 SPECIFIC CONSIDERATION OF HEALTH EFFECTS FROM TRANSURANICS E.12
E.5 SPECIFIC CONSIDERATION OF HEALTH EFFECTS FROM KRYPTON-85 E.14
E.6 SPECIFIC CONSIDERATION OF HEALTH EFFECTS FROM TRITIUM E.15
E.7 SPECIFIC CONSIDERATION OF HEALTH EFFECTS FROM CARBON-14 . . E.18
REFERENCES FOR APPENDIX E . . . E.17
APPENDIX F - REFERENCE ENVIRONMENT FOR ASSESSING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS .F.1
F.1 LOCATION OF SITE . . . . . . . . . . F.
F.2 REGIONAL DEMOGRAPHY AND LAND USE . . . . . . . F.2
F.3 GEOLOGY . . . . . . . . . . . F.4
F.4 HYDROLOGY . . . . . . . . . . . F.5
F.5 METEOROLOGY . . . . . . . . . . . F.8
F.6 PATHWAY PARAMETERS RELEVANT TO RADIOLOGICAL DOSE CALCULATIONS .F.10
APPENDIX G - REFERENCE SITES FOR ASSESSING SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACTS . G.1
G.1 CRITERIA FOR REFERENCE SITE SELECTION . . . . . . . . G.1
G.2 CHARACTERISTICS OF REFERENCE SITES . . . . . . G.2
APPENDIX H - HAZARD INDICES . . . . . . . H.
REFERENCES FOR APPENDIX H . . . . . . . . H.4
APPENDIX I - COMPARISON OF DEFENSE PROGRAM WASTE TO COMMERCIAL RADIOACTIVE WASTE . I.1
I.1 HIGH-LEVEL WASTE COMPARISON . . . . . . . . I.1
1.2 TRU WASTE COMPARISONS . . . . . . . . . . 1.2
APPENDIX J - NOT USED(a)
APPENDIX K - GEOLOGIC REPOSITORY DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS . . . . . . K.1
K.1 THERMAL CRITERIA . . . . . . . . . . . K.
(a) Essential information from this appendix appears in Volume 1 of the final Statement.