Final Environmental Impact Statement Related to Reclamation of the Uranium Mill211 Tailings at the Atlas Site, Moab, Utah. Appendix J. Source Material License No. 211 SUA 917, Docket No. 40-3453, Atlas Corporation

摘要

This Final Environment Impact Statement (FESI) has been prepared by the Nuclear211u001eRegulatory Commission (NRC), Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, to 211u001eaddress potential environmental impacts associated with a request by Atlas 211u001eCorporation to amend its existing NRC License No. SUA-917 to reclaim in place an 211u001eexisting uranium mill taiings pile near Moab, Utah. The proposed reclamation 211u001ewould allow Atlas to (1) reclaim the tailings pile for permanent disposal and 211u001elong-term custodial care by a government agency in its current location on the 211u001eMoab site, and (2) prepare the 162-ha (400-acre) Moab site for site closure. The 211u001eFEIS describes and evaluates (1) the purpose of and need for the proposed action, 211u001e(2) alternatives considered, (3) potentially affected environmental resources, 211u001e(4) environmental consequences of the proposed action, and (5) costs and benefits 211u001eassociated with reclamation alternatives.