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INTERIM MANAGEMENT OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS

FOREWORD

SUMMARY

CHAPTER 1. PURPOSE AND NEED FOR ACTION

    1.1 Introduction and Background
    1.2 Purpose and Need for Action
    1.3 Categories of Nuclear Materials
    1.4 Categorization Methods
    1.4.1 Stable materials and Candidates for Stabilization
    1.4.1.1 Spent Fuel Working Group Report
    1.4.1.2 Plutonium Working Group Report
    1.4.1.3 Materials Not Included in the Spent Fuel and Plutonium Working Group Reviews
    1.4.2 Programmatic materials
    1.5 Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board Review
    1.6 Related National Environmental Policy Act Documents
    1.7 Relationship of Decisions

Chapter 2. ALTERNATIVES

    2.1 Stable Material
    2.2 Programmatic Material
    2.2.1 PLUTONIUM-242
    2.2.2 AMERICIUM AND CURIUM
    2.2.3 NEPTUNIUM-237
    2.3 Candidate Materials for Stabilization
    2.3.1 H-CANYON PLUTONIUM-239 SOLUTIONS
    2.3.2 H-CANYON URANIUM SOLUTION
    2.3.3 PLUTONIUM AND URANIUM STORED IN VAULTS
    2.3.4 MARK-31 TARGETS
    2.3.5 MARK-16 AND -22 FUELS
    2.3.6 OTHER ALUMINUM-CLAD FUEL AND TARGETS
    2.4 Comparison of Alternatives
    2.5 Other Factors
    2.5.1 NEW FACILITIES REQUIRED
    2.5.2 SECURITY AND NONPROLIFERATION
    2.5.3 IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE
    2.5.4 TECHNOLOGY AVAILABILITY AND TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY
    2.5.5 LABOR AVAILABILITY AND CORE COMPETENCY
    2.5.6 AGING FACILITIES
    2.5.7 MINIMUM CUSTODIAL CARE
    2.6 Other Activities for Reduction of Risk

CHAPTER 3. AFFECTED ENVIRONMENT

    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 Public and Worker 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

    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 Traffic and Transportation
    4.3.1 TRAFFIC
    4.3.2 TRANSPORTATION
    4.4 Air Resources
    4.4.1 Radiological IMPACTS
    4.4.2 NONRADIOLOGICAL IMPACTS
    4.5 Water Resources
    4.6 Utilities
    4.7 Waste Management

Chapter 5. CUMULATIVE IMPACTS

    5.1 Public and Worker Health
    5.2 Air Resources
    5.3 Water Resources
    5.4 Waste Generation
    5.5 Utilities and Energy

Chapter 6. short-term use versus long-term resource commitments

Chapter 7. irreversible or irretrievable resource commitments

    7.1 Materials
    7.2 Energy

CHAPTER 8. LAWS AND REQUIREMENTS

    8.1 Federal Statutes and Regulations
    8.2 Executive Orders
    8.3 Department of Energy Regulations and Orders

LIST OF PREPARERS AND CONTRIBUTORS

GLOSSARY

ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

APPENDIX A. List Of Nuclear Materials At The Savannah River Site

Appendix B. Unclassified Summary

APPENDIX C. FACILITY AND PROCESS DESCRIPTIONS

APPENDIX D: ANNUAL DATA FOR PHASES ASSOCIATED WITH THE MANAGEMENT OF MATERIALS

APPENDIX E. ACCIDENTS

LIST OF TABLES

LIST OF FIGURES

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