Environmental Assessment for the Barnwell Low-Level Waste Disposal Facility

摘要

This Environmental Assessment was prepared by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission in response to a request by the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental control, Bureau of Radiological Health, for technical assistance in evaluating the impacts of the Barnwell facility. Alternatives in the following areas were considered in the assessment: (1) No action; (2) Operational procedures; (3) Financial guarantees for compliance, and (4) Methods of minimizing the potential for radionuclide release and transport over the long term. Environmental impacts were evaluated for the following actions: (1) Closing the site and implementing site closure and stabilization plans; (2) Continuing operations under current conditions, and (3) Continuing operations under altered conditions.