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What is the Economic Impact of 40 CFR 197 on Yucca Mountain.

DE2004828976

Publication Date	2002
Personal Author	Foutes, C. E.; Czyscinski, K.; Bartlett, J.; Kozak, M.
Page Count	18
Abstract	In this paper, DOE's strategy for development of a proposed repository at Yucca Mountain is reviewed to determine the impact of EPA's 40 CFR 197 rule making on the repository. This review is conducted through two major, converging perspectives. The first, an historical perspective, traces the evolution of the repository design from principal reliance for safety on natural barriers to a design having principal reliance on engineered barriers. This perspective demonstrates that this change evolved as a result of site characterization findings and their resulting impact on repository design, together with criticism and recommendations from external reviews of the DOE program. The second perspective, performance assessment, traces the evolution of strategy to achieve current performance, i.e., no expected radionuclide releases and no potential for radiation doses for more than 10,000 years. Together, these perspectives lead to the conclusion that the Yucca Mountain Repository has evolved in such a way that EPA's 40 CFR Part 197 standards have had and will have no impact on the costs of repository program development.
Keywords	Yucca Mountain Economic impact Radioactive waste disposal History Design Safety Engineered safety systems Barriers Site characterization Performance evaluation Economic analysis Radiation doses Radioactive waste management Recommendations
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.; Cohen (S.) and Associates, Inc., McLean, VA.
Supplemental Notes	Prepared in cooperation with Cohen (S.) and Associates, Inc., McLean, VA. Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200510

What is the Economic Impact of 40 CFR 197 on Yucca Mountain.

What is the Economic Impact of 40 CFR 197 on Yucca Mountain.
DE2004828976

Publication Date	2002
Personal Author	Foutes, C. E.; Czyscinski, K.; Bartlett, J.; Kozak, M.
Page Count	18
Abstract	In this paper, DOE's strategy for development of a proposed repository at Yucca Mountain is reviewed to determine the impact of EPA's 40 CFR 197 rule making on the repository. This review is conducted through two major, converging perspectives. The first, an historical perspective, traces the evolution of the repository design from principal reliance for safety on natural barriers to a design having principal reliance on engineered barriers. This perspective demonstrates that this change evolved as a result of site characterization findings and their resulting impact on repository design, together with criticism and recommendations from external reviews of the DOE program. The second perspective, performance assessment, traces the evolution of strategy to achieve current performance, i.e., no expected radionuclide releases and no potential for radiation doses for more than 10,000 years. Together, these perspectives lead to the conclusion that the Yucca Mountain Repository has evolved in such a way that EPA's 40 CFR Part 197 standards have had and will have no impact on the costs of repository program development.
Keywords	Yucca Mountain Economic impact Radioactive waste disposal History Design Safety Engineered safety systems Barriers Site characterization Performance evaluation Economic analysis Radiation doses Radioactive waste management Recommendations
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.; Cohen (S.) and Associates, Inc., McLean, VA.
Supplemental Notes	Prepared in cooperation with Cohen (S.) and Associates, Inc., McLean, VA. Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200510