APPENDIX F

Publications from OCRWM and Other Organizations

This appendix lists publications released by Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (OCRWM) during Fiscal Year 2000 that are relevant to work discussed in this Annual Report. The appendix also lists selected publications issued by other parties whose work bears on the Program, as well as a number of trade publications that report on OCRWM's work and related activities on a regular basis. Those publications were identified in the course of a limited survey; the list is not intended to be comprehensive.

OCRWM publications

Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Major System Management Policy, Revision 1, August 2000

The OCRWM Enterprise, June 2000 (DOE/RW-0527)

OCRWM Fiscal Year 1999 Annual Report to Congress, May 2000 (DOE/RW-0524)

Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Program Plan, Revision 3, February 2000, (DOE/RW-0520)

Comments on the Proposed Environmental Protection Standards for Yucca Mountain, Nevada, November 1999

The OCRWM Enterprise, November 1999 (DOE/RW-0518)

Publications from other organizations Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board

U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board Fiscal Year 2000 Performance Plan and Evaluation, Revised March 2001 [http://www.NWTRB.gov/plans/pp2000.pdf]

Report to the U.S. Congress and the Secretary of Energy: January to December 2000, April 2001 [http://www.NWTRB.gov/reports/reports.html]

Environmental Protection Agency

40 CFR 197 Public Health and Environmental Radiation Protection Standards for Yucca Mountain, Nevada, August 27, 1999 [http://www.epa.gov/radiation/yucca/docs/yucca_mtn_standards_060501.pdf]

Background Information Document for 40 CFR 197: Environmental Radiation Protection Standards for Yucca Mountain, Nevada, August 1999 [http://www.epa.gov/radiation/yucca/bid.htm]

Evaluation of the Potential Economic Impacts of 40 CFR 197: Environmental Radiation Standards for Yucca Mountain, Nevada, August 1999 (EPA-402-R-95-020) [http://www.epa.gov/radiation/yucca/docs/econ_imp.pdf]

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Information Digest 2000 Edition, June 2000 (NUREG-1350, Vol. 12) [http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/NUREGS/SR1350/V12/sr1350v12.html]

Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Construction and Operation of an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation on the Reservation of the Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians and the Related Transportation Facility in Tooele County, Nevada, June 2000 (NUREG-1714) [http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/NUREGS/SR1714/index.html]

Annual Safeguards Summary Event List (SSEL) 1999, April 2000 (NUREG-0525, Vol. 3) [http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/NUREGS/SR0525/V3/sr0525.html]

Reexamination of Spent Fuel Shipment Risk Estimates, March 2000 (NUREG/CR-6672) [http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/NUREGS/CR6672/index.html]

Standard Review Plan for Transportation Packages for Spent Nuclear Fuel, March 2000 (NUREG-1617) [http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/NUREGS/SR1617/index.html]

Standard Review Plan for Spent Fuel Dry Storage Facilities, March 2000 (NUREG-1567) [http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/NUREGS/SR1567/index.html]

Fiscal Year 2000-2005 Strategic Plan, February 2000 (SR 1614 Vol. 2, Part 1 and Vol. 2, Part 2, Appendix) [http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/NUREGS/SR1614/V2/index.html]

Budget Estimates Fiscal Year 2001, February 2000 (NUREG 1100, Vol. 16) [http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/NUREGS/SR1100/V16/sr1100v16.html]

Office of the Inspector General, Semiannual Report to Congress - October 1, 1999 to March 31, 2000, April 2000 (NUREG-1415, Vol. 12, No. 2) [http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/NUREGS/SR1415/v12n2/index.html]

1998 Annual Report, September 1999 (NUREG-1145, Vol. 15) [http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/NUREGS/SR1145/V15/index.html]

Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste [ACNW] 2000 Action Plan and Priority Issues, April 18, 2000 [http://www.nrc.gov/ACRS/rrs1/Trans_Let/index_top/ACNW_letters/1180152.html]

Letter from the Chairman, ACNW, to the Executive Director for Operations, Nuclear Regulatory Commission - Subject: Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste 2000 Action Plan, August 2, 2000 [http://www.nrc.gov/ACRS/rrs1/Trans_Let/index_top/ACNW_letters/1200157.html]

Letter from the Chairman, ACNW, to the Chairman, Nuclear Regulatory Commission - Subject: Comments and Recommendations on the Draft Final Rule, 10 CFR Part 63, "Disposal of High-level Radioactive Waste in a Proposed Geological Repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada," March 31, 2000 [http://www.nrc.gov/ACRS/rrs1/Trans_Let/index_top/ACNW_letters/1180151.html]

Letter from the Chairman, ACNW, to the Chairman, Nuclear Regulatory Commission - Subject: Comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Yucca Mountain, January 20, 2000 [http://www.nrc.gov/ACRS/rrs1/Trans_Let/index_top/ACNW_letters/1160148.html]

Letter from the Chairman, ACNW, to the Chairman, Nuclear Regulatory Commission - Subject: Comments on the Importance of Chemistry in the Near Field to DOE's Yucca Mountain Repository License Application, January 11, 2000 [http://www.nrc.gov/ACRS/rrs1/Trans_Let/index_top/ACNW_letters/1160147.html]

Letter from the Chairman, ACNW, to the Chairman, Nuclear Regulatory Commission - Subject: Round-table Discussion with Yucca Mountain Stakeholders on the Role of Safety Assessment in Regulatory Decision-making - Observations and Recommendations, December 23, 1999 [http://www.nrc.gov/ACRS/rrs1/Trans_Let/index_top/ACNW_letters/1150146.html]

National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council

Technical Bases for Yucca Mountain Standards, 1995, National Academy Press, Washington, D.C. [http://books.nap.edu/catalog/4943.html]

General Accounting Office

Department of Energy: Uncertainties and Management Problems Have Hindered Cleanup at Two Nuclear Waste Sites, July 12, 2000, Testimony before the Task Force on Natural Resources and the Environment, Committee on the Budget, U.S. House of Representatives (GAO/T-RCED-00-248) [http://www.gao.gov/new.items/rc00248t.pdf]

Nuclear Waste Cleanup: DOE's Cleanup Plan for the Paducah, Kentucky Site Faces Uncertainties and Excludes Costly Activities, June 27, 2000, Testimony before the Subcommittee on Energy Research, Development, Production and Regulation, Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, U.S. Senate (GAO/T-RCED-00-225) [http://www.gao.gov/new.items/rc00225t.pdf]

Nuclear Waste: Observations on DOE's Privatization Initiative for Complex Cleanup Projects, June 22, 2000, Testimony before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Committee on Commerce, U.S. House of Representatives (GAO/T-RCED-00-215) [http://www.gao.gov/new.items/rc00215t.pdf]

Observations on the Department of Energy's Fiscal Year 1999 Accountability Report and Fiscal Year 2000/2001 Performance Plans, June 30, 2000 (GAO/RCED-00-209R) [http://www.gao.gov/new.items/rc00209r.pdf]

Observations on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Fiscal Year 1999 Performance Report and FiscalYear 2001 Performance Plan, June 30, 2000 (GAO/RCED-00-200R) [http://www.gao.gov/new.items/rc00200r.pdf]

Radiation Standards: Scientific Basis Inconclusive, and EPA and NRC Disagreement Continues, June 2000 (GAO/RCED-00-152) [http://www.gao.gov/new.items/rc00152.pdf]

State of Nevada

Earthquakes in the Vicinity of Yucca Mountain [http://www.state.nv.us/nucwaste/yucca/seismo01.htm]

The DOE Yucca Mountain Project, Contributions to the Nye County and Nevada Economies, Current Patterns of Workforce Assignment, Residency and Procurement, Nye County Economic-Demographic Report #1, March 2000 [http://www.nyecounty.com/Reports.htm]

The DOE Yucca Mountain Project, Contributions to the Nye County and Nevada Economies, Alternative Patterns of Workforce Assignment, Residency and Procurement, Nye County Economic-Demographic Report #2, March 2000 [http://www.nyecounty.com/Reports.htm]

Nye County Comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for a Geologic Repository for the Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste at Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada, February 2000 [http://www.nyecounty.com/reports.htm]

Nye County Anomalous Results Found in EWDP [Early Warning Drilling Program] Hole, February 29, 2000 [http://www.nyecounty.com/articles/pressrelease.pdf]

Nye County Aeromagnetic Survey Progress Reports, Office of Independent Scientific Investigations Program, 1999 [http://www.nyecounty.com/aero_progrpts.htm]

Nye County Nuclear Waste Repository Office Update [http://www.nyecounty.com/Newsletters.htm] Nye County Comments on Proposed Guidelines for the Recommendation Sites for Nuclear Waste Repositories: Yucca Mountain Site Suitability Guidelines [http://www.nyecounty.com/Reports.htm]

Final Comments of Nye County, Nevada, on Environmental Protection Agency's Proposed Radiation Protection Standards for Yucca Mountain - 40 CFR Part 197, (RIN 2060-AG14) [http://www.nyecounty.com/Reports.htm]

Clark County, Nevada, Comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for a Geologic Repository for the Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-level Radioactive Waste at Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada, February 25, 2000 [http://www.co.clark.nv.us/comprehensive_planning/NuclearWaste/Deis/cc_pdf_comments/main_cc_comments/4main_comments.pdf]

Final State of Nevada Comments on the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Proposed Rulemaking - Disposal of High-level Radioactive Wastes in a Proposed Geologic Repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, June 25, 1999 [http://www.state.nv.us/nucwaste/yucca/com9904.htm]

Nuclear Waste Update, Eureka County Yucca Mountain Information Office, Summer 2000 [http://www.yuccamountain.org/newslett00.htm]

Nuclear Waste Update, Eureka County Yucca Mountain Information Office, Winter 2000 [http://www.yuccamountain.org/newslet10.htm]

Nuclear Waste Update, Eureka County Yucca Mountain Information Office, November/December 1999 [http://www.yuccamountain.org/newslet9.htm]

Organizations with which the Department has Cooperative Agreements

Directory of State and Federal Agencies Involved with the Transportation of Radioactive Materials with Notes on Their Statutory Authority and Regulations as of October 2000, Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors, Inc., October 2000 [http://www.crcpd.org/publications_other.html]

Final Comments to DOE on the Development of Transportation Protocols, Letter from the Western Interstate Energy Board to DOE, March 12, 1999 [http://www.westgov.org/wieb/reports/protoco1.htm]

Nuclear Energy Institute

Nuclear Energy, The Renaissance Revealed, A Strategic Direction for the 21st Century, May 2000
[http://www.nei.org/documents/strategicdirection.pdf]

Meeting Our Clean Air Needs with Emission-free Generation: The Need for Nuclear Energy [http://www.nei.org/documents/meetingneeds.pdf]

Guide to Nuclear Energy, December 1999 [http://www.nei.org/documents/guidetonuclearenergy.pdf]

Other Offices within the Department of Energy

Status Report on the Paths to Closure, Office of Environmental Management, March 2000 (DOE/EM-0526) [http://www.em.doe.gov/closure/fy2000/index.html]

From Cleanup to Stewardship, A Companion Report to Accelerating Cleanup: Paths to Closure, Office of Environmental Management, October 1999 [http://lts.apps.em.doe.gov/center/reports/pdf/doc130.pdf]

Waste Management Year-End Fiscal Year 1999 Progress Report, Office of Environmental Management, December 1999 [http://www.em.doe.gov/ftplink/em30/endyear99.pdf]

The Fiscal Year 2001 Environmental Management Budget Request, Office of Environmental Management, February 2000 [http://www.em.doe.gov/ftplink/budget/fy2001.pdf]

EM Progress Newsletter, Vol. 9, No. 2, Fall 2000 [http://www.em.doe.gov/emprog/fall00.html]

EM Progress Newsletter, Vol. 9, No. 1, Winter/Spring 2000 [http://www.em.doe.gov/emprog/spr00.html]

Annual Energy Outlook 2001 with Projections to 2020, December 2000 (DOE/EIA-0383(2001)) Energy Information Administration [http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/aeo/index.html]

Commercial Nuclear Fuel from U.S. and Russian Surplus Defense Inventories: Materials, Policies and Market Effects, May 1998 (DOE/EIA-0619) Energy Information Administration [http://www.eia.doe.gov/nuclear/com_fuel/com_fuel.pdf]

Trade publications

A number of trade publications report on OCRWM and related activities on a regular basis.

Arms Control Today [http://www.armscontrol.org/ACT/act.html]

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists [http://www.bullatomsci.org/]

Energy Daily [http://www.kingpublishing.com/publications/ed/] - by subscription only

Greenwire [http://www.nationaljournal.com/pubs/greenwire/] - by subscription only

Inside Energy with Federal Lands [http://www.infostore.mhenergy.com/cgi-bin/infostore/] - by subscription only

Inside NRC [http://www.infostore.mhenergy.com/cgi-bin/infostore/] - by subscription only

National Radioactive Waste Management Exchange [http://www.exchangemonitor.com/newsorder.htm] - by subscription only

NuclearFuel [http://www.infostore.mhenergy.com/cgi-bin/infostore/] - by subscription only

Nuclear News Flashes [http://www.infostore.mhenergy.com/cgi-bin/infostore/] - by subscription only

Nuclear Waste News [http://www.bpinews.com/enviro/pages/nwn.htm] - by subscription only

Nuclear Weapons & Materials Monitor [http://www.exchangemonitor.com/newsorder.htm] - by subscription only

Nucleonics Week [http://www.infostore.mhenergy.com/cgi-bin/infostore/] - by subscription only

Science [http://www.sciencemag.org/]

Weapons Complex Monitor: Waste Management & Cleanup [http://www.exchangemonitor.com/newsorder.htm] - by subscription only