ML19289F644
| ML19289F644 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 04/18/1979 |
| From: | Boyle R NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
| To: | Malaro J NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
| References | |
| REF-WM-7 NUDOCS 7906150230 | |
| Download: ML19289F644 (2) | |
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..I.R WASHINGTON, D. C. 20555 gwg-APR 18 B79 UM-7 File MEMORAtlDUM FOR: James C. Malaro, Chief High-level Licensing Management Branch FROM:
Regis R. Boyle
SUBJECT:
MINUTES OF NRC/ DOE MEETING ON GE0 LOGIC EXPLORATION FOR HLW REPOSITORY SITES On April 11, 1979, the second in a series of meetings was held in.
Silver Spring with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and their contractors.
The purpose of this meeting was to provide the NRC staff and our contractors with a better understanding of the geo-logical exploration program being implemented by DOE to identify sites for nuclear waste repositories. NRC staff members from NMSS, SD, NRR, and RES attended.
A copy of the meeting notice was placed in the NRC public document room at 1717 H Street ana was sent to those individuals who had requested that they be notified of NRC/ DOE meetings on waste management matters. The total attendance at the meeting was about 100 persons including several individuals from the public, other Government agencies, and congressional staffs.
DOE briefly described their program for selecting a repository site.
Attached is a set of all vu-graphs which were used by DOE or the contractors during the meeting.
The sequence of geologic investigations in this process is to (1) identify reMogic formations of interest, (2) perform regional reconnaissance studies on favorable geologic formptions, (3) perform more detailed studies on smaller areas ( <-,1000 mi ) within a favor-able geologic formation, and (4) prepare detailed site specific confirmation studies on areas of no more than a few square miles.
The geologic exploration work in both salt and non-salt media by DOE is taking place in seven areas in the United States. These include the Gulf Interior Region (Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi),
the Paradox Basin (Colorado, Utah), the Permian Basin (Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico), the Salina Basin (Ohio, New York), the WIPP site.
By 1984, work should have progressed in these areas to the point where DOE will be able to determine the feasibility of developing a repository at specific sites within these regions, Hanford, and the Nevada Test Site.
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Mr. Malaro APR 1 B N DOE is starting a program to examine geologic media other than salt but DOE has not yet defined geographic regions of interest.
This work will focus primarily on argillaceous and crystaliine rocks.
The geologic exploration program in non-salt media will not be completed until 1985.
The next meeting between DOE and NRC on waste management matters is tentatively scheduled for April 27, 1979, when the topic of criteria development will be discussed.
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