Third Report to the U.S. Congress and the U.S. Secretary of Energy from the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board

摘要

The Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board (the Board) was established by Congress in a 1987 amendment to the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982. The Board was charged with evaluating the technical and scientific validity of activities undertaken by the Department of Energy (DOE) as it designs and develops a system for managing the nation's civilian spent fuel and defense high-level radioactive waste. Specifically, the Board was asked to evaluate DOE activities pertinent to characterizing a site at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, for possible location of a mined geologic repository for permanent disposal of high-level radioactive waste. The Board also was asked to evaluate activities relating to packaging and transport of high-level radioactive waste. Congress requires the Board to report its findings and recommendations at least twice a year. The report summarizes activities undertaken by the Board from August 1, 1990, through January 31, 1991. Due to their timeliness, some activities, while listed here, were discussed in the Second Report. Although the Board traveled to Sweden and Germany in May/June 1990, its observations from that trip are discussed in Chapter 3 of the report.