Press Release-11-165, NRC Issues Second of Three Technical Evaluation Reports on Doe'S Yucca Mountain License Application

Press Release-11-165: NRC Issues Second of Three Technical Evaluation Reports on Doe'S Yucca Mountain License Application

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NRC NEWS U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Office of Public Affairs Telephone: 301/415-8200 Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 E-mail: opa.resource@nrc.gov Site: www.nrc.gov Blog: http://public-blog.nrc-gateway.gov No.11-165 September 1, 2011 NRC ISSUES SECOND OF THREE TECHNICAL EVALUATION REPORTS ON DOES YUCCA MOUNTAIN LICENSE APPLICATION The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has published the second of three technical evaluation reports (TERs) detailing the agency staffs review of the Department of Energys license application for a high-level waste repository at Yucca Mountain in Nevada.

Publication of the report provides the staffs technical review of the pre-closure information in the Yucca Mountain application. This TER does not include findings as to whether NRCs regulatory requirements have been satisfied.

Technical Evaluation Report on the Content of the U.S. Department of Energys Yucca Mountain Repository License Application; Preclosure Volume: Repository Safety Before Permanent Closure, is part of the agencys orderly closeout of the Yucca Mountain license review process and is intended as a public record of the staffs scientific and technical work in preparing for and reviewing the application. It was developed using the draft Volume 2 of the staffs Safety Evaluation Report (SER) on the application.

A TER on postclosure safety, based on what would have been Volume 3 of the SER, was issued publicly on July 21. (Volume 1 of the SER was published in August 2010, before the licensing review was stopped.) The TERs were prepared as part of the agencys knowledge management activities during the closeout of the Yucca Mountain licensing review. The closeout, including publication of the third TER, is expected to be complete by Sept. 30.

The TER is available on the NRC websites Yucca Mountain page.

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