Impacts Analyses Supporting the National Environmental Policy Act Environmental Assessment for the Resumption of Transient Testing Program

Schafer, Annette L. ; Brown, Lloyd C. ; Carathers, David C. ; Christensen, Boyd D. ; Dahl, James J. ; Miller, Mark L. ; Farnum, Cathy Ottinger ; Peterson, Steven ; Sondrup, A. Jeffrey ; Subaiya, Peter V. ; Wachs, Daniel M. ; Weiner, Ruth F.

Idaho National Laboratory

关键词: 99 General And Miscellaneous Environmental Assessment;    Impacts Analyses;    Environmental Assessment;    Nepa;    Treat;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1110329
RP-ID  :  INL/EXT-13-29397
RP-ID  :  DE-AC07-05ID14517
RP-ID  :  1110329

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【 摘 要 】

Environmental and health impacts are presented for activities associated with transient testing of nuclear fuel and material using two candidate test reactors. Transient testing involves irradiation of nuclear fuel or materials for short time-periods under high neutron flux rates. The transient testing process includes transportation of nuclear fuel or materials inside a robust shipping cask to a hot cell, removal from the shipping cask, pre-irradiation examination of the nuclear materials, assembly of an experiment assembly, transportation of the experiment assembly to the test reactor, irradiation in the test reactor, transport back to the hot cell, and post-irradiation examination of the nuclear fuel or material. The potential for environmental or health consequences during the transportation, examination, and irradiation actions are assessed for normal operations, off-normal (accident) scenarios, and transportation. Impacts to the environment (air, soil, and groundwater), are assessed during each phase of the transient testing process. This report documents the evaluation of potential consequences to the general public. This document supports the Environmental Assessment (EA) required by the U.S. National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) (42 USC Subsection 4321 et seq.).