FINAL F-CANYON PLUTONIUM SOLUTIONS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT AND RECORD OF DECISION -EIS-0219
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1.1 Background
1.2 Purpose and Need for Action
1.3 Related National Environmental Policy Act Documents
CHAPTER 2. PROPOSED ACTION AND ALTERNATIVES
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2.1 No Action
2.2 Processing to Plutonium Metal
2.3 Processing to Plutonium Oxide
2.4 Vitrification (Defense Waste Processing Facility)
2.5 Vitrification (F-Canyon)
2.6 Other Activities for Reduction of Risk
2.7 Comparison of Alternatives
2.8 Other Factors
2.8.1 New Facilities Required
2.8.2 Security and Nonproliferation
2.8.3 Implementation Schedule 2.8.4 Technology Availability and Technical Feasibility
2.8.5 Labor Availability and Core Competency
2.8.6 Aging Facilities
2.8.7 Minimum Custodial Care
CHAPTER 3. AFFECTED ENVIRONMENT
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3.1 Geologic Setting and Seismicity
3.1.1 Subsurface Features
3.1.2 Seismicity
3.2 Water Resources
3.2.1 Surface-Water and Groundwater Features
3.2.2 Surface-Water and Groundwater Quality
3.3 Air Resources
3.3.1 Severe Weather Conditions
3.3.2 Radiological Air Quality
3.3.3 Nonradiological Air Quality
3.4 Socioeconomics
3.4.1 Employment
3.4.2 Population
3.4.3 Community Characteristics
3.5 Occupational and Public Health
3.5.1 Public Radiological Health
3.5.2 Public Nonradiological Health
3.5.3 Worker Radiological Health
3.5.4 Worker Nonradiological Health and Safety
CHAPTER 4. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
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4.1 Health Effects of Normal Operations
4.1.1 Radiological Health Effects
4.1.2 Nonradiological Health Effects
4.1.3 Environmental Justice Assessment
4.2 Health Effects from Accidents
4.3 Air Resources
4.3.1 Radiological Air Quality
4.3.2 Nonradiological Air Quality
4.4 Water Resources
4.5 Utilities
4.6 Waste Management
4.7 Land Use and Transportation
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5.1 Public and Worker Health
5.2 Air Resources
5.3 Water Resources
5.4 Waste Generation
5.5 Socioeconomics
CHAPTER 6. SHORT-TERM USE VERSUS LONG-TERM RESOURCE COMMITMENTS
CHAPTER 7. IRREVERSIBLE OR IRRETRIEVABLE RESOURCE COMMITMENTS
CHAPTER 8. LAWS AND REQUIREMENTS
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8.1 Federal Statutes and Regulations
8.2 Executive Orders
8.3 Department of Energy Regulations and Orders
LIST OF PREPARERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
APPENDIX A. FACILITY AND PROCESS DESCRIPTION
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A.1 F-Canyon Facility Description
A.2 F-Canyon Chemical Separation Process (PUREX Process)
A.3 FB-Line
A.4 F-Area Outside Facilities
A.5 New Facilities
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B.1 General Accident Information
B.2 Accident Analysis Methodology
B.3 Postulated Facility Accidents Involving Radioactive Materials
B.4 Postulated Accidents Involving Extremely Hazardous Substances
B.5 Secondary Impacts from Postulated Accidents
B.6 Accident Mitigation
REFERENCES
APPENDIX C. RESPONSES TO PUBLIC COMMENTS
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Comment letter L1, Paul D. Coverdell, U.S. Senator
Comment letter L2, South Carolina Department of Archives and History (Ian D. Hill, State Historic Preservation Officer)
Response to comment letter L2:
Comment letter L3, Michael R. Williams
Response to comment letter L3:
Comment letter L4, U.S. Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Charleston District (Clarence A. Ham, Chief, Regulatory Branch)
Comment letter L5, Scott H. Richardson, South Carolina House of Representatives
Responses to comment letter L5:
Comment letter L6, Thomas M. Slack
Response to comment letter L6:
Comment letter L7, South Carolina Governor's Office (Rodney P. Grizzle, Grants Services Supervisor)
Comment letter L8, Nazir S. Khalil
Responses to comment letter L8:
Comment letter L9, U.S. Department of the Interior, Office of Environmental Policy and Compliance (James H. Lee, Regional Environmental Officer)
Comment letter L10, Citizens for Nuclear Technology Awareness (William C. Reinig, Vice Chairman)
Responses to comment letter L10:
Comment letter L11, David C. Losey
Comment letter L12, Georgia State Clearinghouse (Charles H. Badger, Administrator, Office of Planing and Budget)
Comment letter L13, U.S. Department of Commerce, National Marine Fisheries Service (Andreas Mager, Jr., Assistant Regional Director, Habitat Conservation Division)
Responses to comment letter L13:
Comment letter L14, Robert H. Wilcox
Responses to comment letter L14:
Comment letter L15, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IV (Heinz J. Mueller, Chief, Environmental Policy Section)
Responses to comment letter L15:
Comment letter L16, Energy Research Foundation and Natural Resource Defense Council (Brian Costner and Andrew Caputo)
Responses to comment letter L16:
Comment letter L17, Mary T. Kelly (League of Women Voters of South Carolina)
Responses to comment letter L17:
Comment letter L18, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Kenneth W. Holt, National Center for Environmental Health)
Responses to comment letter L18:
Comment letter L19, Donald A. Orth
Responses to comment letter L19:
Oral comment H1, Wayne Gaul, Rust Federal Services (Columbia, October 4)
Response to oral comment H1:
Oral comment H2, Tolly Honeycutt (Columbia, October 4)
Oral comment H3, Michael F. Sujka (North Augusta, October 6)
Oral comment H4, J. W. Morris (North Augusta, October 6) Oral comment H5 Mrs. Virginia Cordova (North Augusta, October 6)
Oral comment H6, Frank O'Brien (North Augusta, October 6)
Oral comment H7, Frederick Nadelman (Savannah, October 11)
Response to oral comment H7:
Savannah River Operations Office Record of Decision: Stabilization of Plutonium Solutions Stored in the F-Canyon Facility at the Savannah River Site, Aiken, SC.
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