OCRWM PERFORMANCE IN BRIEF
From the Secretary's Fiscal Year 2000 Performance Agreement with the President
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Complete public hearing on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement that was published in July 1999.
RESULTS: A total of 21 public hearings 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, were held across the Nation between September 27, 1999, and February 22, 2000. Written comments were also received throughout the public coment period, which continued to February 28, 2000.
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Select the reference design for site recommendation and license application.
RESULTS: The Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management developed the reference design to be used in the preliminary site suitability evaluation that will be performed in order to decide whether or not to recommend the Yucca Mountain site for development as a repository. The reference design was based on comments received from stakeholders, including oversight bodies, such as the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board. If the site is approved, the license application design will be based on the current reference design as it evolves and may include adjustments to ensure public health and safety and cost effectiveness.
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Select the reference natural systems models for site recommendation and license application.
RESULTS: The process models for use in a potential site recommendation were selected. The data were verified, and the model codes were validated. Abstractions of the models were used in a total system performance assessment of the repository. The process models, which are based on the most recently available scientific information, will be updated, as necessary, to support a possible license application, using an iterative, integrated process. This process will ensure that our performance assessment capability is fully consistent with additional confirmatory data being collected.