Open AccessAnnual Transportation Report for Radioactive Waste Shipments to and from the Nevada Test Site
Author(s) -
U.S. Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration Nevada Site Office
Publication year - 2009
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/946803
Subject(s) - radioactive waste , test site , environmental science , fiscal year , waste management , transport engineering , engineering , business , mining engineering , finance
In February 1997, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Nevada Operations Office (now known as the Nevada Site Office) issued the Mitigation Action Plan which addressed potential impacts described in the “Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Nevada Test Site and Off-Site Locations in the State of Nevada” (DOE/EIS 0243). The U.S. Department of Energy, Nevada Operations Office committed to several actions, including the preparation of an annual report, which summarizes waste shipments to and from the Nevada Test Site (NTS) Radioactive Waste Management Site (RWMS) at Area 5 and Area 3. No shipments were disposed of at Area 3 in fiscal year (FY) 2008. This document satisfies requirements regarding low-level radioactive waste (LLW) and mixed low-level radioactive waste (MLLW) transported to or from the NTS during FY 2008. No transuranic (TRU) waste shipments were made from or to the NTS during FY 2008