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Front Matter and Reference Materials
Cover SheetTABLE OF CONTENTS
Summary
S.2.1 Purpose and Need S.2.2 Background S.2.2.1 Legislative History S.2.2.2 Related Activities and Decisions
S.3 Proposed Action and No-Action Alternative S.3.1 Proposed Action S.3.1.1 Repository and Waste Package Design S.3.1.2 Preconstruction Testing and Performance Confirmation, Construction, Operation
and Monitoring, and Closure S.3.1.3 Transportation S.3.1.4 Costs S.3.2 No-Action Alternative S.3.2.1 Reclamation and Decommissioning at Yucca Mountain S.3.2.2 Continued Storage at Commercial and DOE Sites S.3.2.3 Costs
S.4 Issues Raised by the Public S.4.1 Issues Raised in Public Scoping S.4.2 Issues Raised on the Draft EIS and the Supplement to the Draft EIS S.4.3 Changes Made in the Final EIS
S.5 Environmental Consequences of the Proposed Action S.5.1 Yucca Mountain Site and Vicinity S.5.1.1 Land Use and Ownership S.5.1.2 Air Quality S.5.1.3 Geology S.5.1.4 Hydrology S.5.1.5 Biological Resources and Soils S.5.1.6 Cultural Resources S.5.1.7 Socioeconomics S.5.1.8 Occupational and Public Health and Safety S.5.1.9 Accident Scenarios S.5.1.10 Noise and Vibration S.5.1.11 Aesthetics S.5.1.12 Utilities, Energy, Materials, and Site Services S.5.1.13 Waste Management S.5.1.14 Environmental Justice S.5.1.15 Sabotage S.5.2 Transportation S.5.2.1 National Transportation Impacts S.5.2.2 Nevada Transportation Impacts
S.6 Environmental Consequences of the No-Action Alternative S.6.1 Reclamation and Decommissioning at the Yucca Mountain Site S.6.2 Continued Storage at Commercial and DOE Sites S.6.2.1 No-Action Scenario 1 S.6.2.2 No-Action Scenario 2 S.6.2.3 Sabotage
S.7 Cumulative Impacts of the Proposed Action S.7.1 Inventory Modules 1 and 2 S.7.2 Other Federal and Non-Federal Actions S.7.3 Transportation
S.8 Cumulative Impacts of the No-Action Alternative
S.9 Management Actions to Mitigate Potential Adverse Environmental Impacts
S.10 Unavoidable Adverse Impacts; Short-Term Uses and Long-Term Productivity; and Irreversible or Irretrievable Commitments of Resources
S.11 Statutory and Other Applicable Requirements
S.12 Conclusions S.12.1 Major Conclusions of the EIS S.12.2 Distinctions between Impacts of the Proposed Action and No-Action Alternative S.12.3 Areas of Controversy S.12.4 Issues To Be Resolved
S.13 Detailed Nevada Transportation Maps
TABLES
S-1 Impacts associated with the Proposed Action and No-Action AlternativeFIGURES
S-1 Locations of commercial and DOE sites and Yucca Mountain S-2 Sequence of past disposal decisions and future repository activities S-3 Location of the proposed repository at Yucca Mountain S-4 Spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste handling, transportation, and disposal S-5 Waste package for commercial spent nuclear fuel S-6 Typical section of emplacement drift with waste packages and drip shields in place S-7 Potential repository surface facilities site plan S-8 Repository subsurface facility plan S-9 Monitored geologic repository range of milestones used for analysis S-10 Commercial and DOE sites and Yucca Mountain in relation to the U.S. Interstate Highway System S-11 Commercial and DOE sites and Yucca Mountain in relation to the U.S. railroad system S-12 Potential Nevada routes for legal-weight truck shipments of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste to Yucca Mountain S-13 Potential Nevada rail routes to Yucca Mountain S-14 Potential intermodal transfer station locations and potential routes in Nevada for heavy-haul trucks S-15 Relationship of Nevada and national transportation S-16 Conceptual timelines for events at commercial and DOE sites for No-Action Scenarios 1 and 2 S-17 Land use and ownership in the Yucca Mountain region S-18 Land withdrawal area used for analytical purposes S-19 Physiographic subdivisions of the Yucca Mountain area S-20 Groundwater basins in the Yucca Mountain vicinity S-21 Traditional boundaries and locations of tribes in the Yucca Mountain region S-22 Schematic illustration of the processes modeled for Total System Performance Assessment S-23 Candidate rail corridors (Index) S-24 Candidate rail corridors (Map One) S-25 Candidate rail corridors (Map Two) S-26 Candidate rail corridors (Map Three) S-27 Candidate rail corridors (Map Four) S-28 Candidate rail corridors (Map Five) S-29 Candidate rail corridors (Map Six) S-30 Candidate heavy-haul truck routes (Index) S-31 Candidate heavy-haul truck routes (Map One) S-32 Candidate heavy-haul truck routes (Map Two) S-33 Candidate heavy-haul truck routes (Map Three) S-34 Candidate heavy-haul truck routes (Map Four) S-35 Legend for candidate rail corridors and heavy-haul truck routes