CHAPTER 8
INDEX
8. INDEX
A
accident scenarios ....................................................................................................................................................................... C-16
Accident Severity Categories ......................................................................................................................................................D-13
acts of sabotage or terrorism .......................................................................................................................................................D-15
Advanced Test Reactor (ATR).....................................................................................................................................................2-19
ALOHA computer code .................................................................................................................................................... C-18, B-15
American Indian Religious Freedom Act.....................................................................................................................................5-10
Antiquities Act of 1906..................................................................................................................................................................5-8
Archaeological and Historic Preservation Act ...............................................................................................................................5-8
Argonne National Laboratory-West ...............................................................................................................................................1-3
Assembly and Testing Facility ............................................................................................................................................. 2-5, 2-23
Atomic Energy Act of 1954 ................................................................................................................................................... 5-2, 5-3
Aviators’ Cave ................................................................................................................................................................... 3-36, 4-34
B
Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act ..........................................................................................................................................5-9
Bandelier National Monument........................................................................................................................................... 3-54, 3-79
Bethel Valley Road ......................................................................................................................................................................3-97
Big Lost River.................................................................................................................................................................... 3-15, 3-20
Birch Creek ........................................................................................................................................................................ 3-15, 3-20
Bureau of Land Management Classification of the Visual Resources........................................................................................... B-2
C
Cerro Grande Fire ......................................................................................................................... 3-56, 3-57, 3-63, 3-73, 3-78, 3-79
Clean Air Act .................................................................................................................................................................................5-4
Clean Water Act.............................................................................................................................................................................5-4
Clinch River.......................................................................................................................................................... 3-99, 3-103, 3-115
Cochiti Lake.................................................................................................................................................................................3-76
Colorado Plateau Province...........................................................................................................................................................3-73
Craters of the Moon .....................................................................................................................................................................3-15
D
DOE Nuclear Weapons Complex.................................................................................................................................................. E-4
DOE Orders and Directives .........................................................................................................................................................5-15
E
East Fork Poplar Creek ..............................................................................................................................................................3-103
East Power Line Road..................................................................................................................................................................2-30
East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP) ....................................................................................................................................3-93
Eastern Snake River Plain............................................................................................................................................................3-10
Endangered Species Act.................................................................................................................................................................5-9
Española Basin.............................................................................................................................................................................3-66
Executive Orders.................................................................................................................................................................. 5-2, 5-11
Experimental Breeder Reactor I ...................................................................................................................................................3-36
Experimental Breeder Reactor II................................................................................................................................. 2-32, 3-3, 3-36
exposure pathways ........................................................................................................................................................................ C-4
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Draft EIS for the Proposed Consolidation of Nuclear Operations Related to Production of Radioisotope Power Systems
F
Farmland Protection Policy Act ...................................................................................................................................................5-10
Fast Flux Test Facility (FFTF) ............................................................................................................................................. 1-7, 2-12
Federal Emergency Management and Response Laws.................................................................................................................5-19
Federal Emergency Management and Response Regulations ......................................................................................................5-20
Federal Facility Compliance Act....................................................................................................................................................5-7
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act.....................................................................................................................5-8
Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act.............................................................................................................................................5-10
Fluorinel Dissolution Process and Fuel Storage Facility (FDPF) ................................................................................................2-14
food production and consumption data....................................................................................................................................... C-12
Fort Hall Indian Reservation........................................................................................................................................................3-43
Fuel Manufacturing Facility.........................................................................................................................................................2-23
G
GENII Computer Code ..................................................................................................................................................... B-15, C-10
Guaye Mountain Fault Zone ........................................................................................................................................................3-64
H
Hanford Site.................................................................................................................................................................................2-12
Haw Ridge ...................................................................................................................................................................................3-95
Health Effects of Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiation.................................................................................................. C-6
High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) ..............................................................................................................................................2-21
Hot Fuel Examination Facility .......................................................................................................................................................3-3
I
Idaho National Laboratory (INL)...................................................................................................................................................3-3
climate......................................................................................................................................................................................3-23
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit........................................................................................3-18
National Priorities List ............................................................................................................................................................3-49
natural background radiation ..................................................................................................................................................3-40
Radioactive Waste Management Complex...............................................................................................................................3-47
radiological releases .................................................................................................................................................................3-28
seismicity .................................................................................................................................................................................3-14
storm water pollution prevention ............................................................................................................................................3-18
waste generation.......................................................................................................................................................................3-45
Industrial Source Complex Short Term (ISCST3) ........................................................................................................................ B-6
J
Jemez Mountains .........................................................................................................................................................................3-60
K
Knox Aquifer .............................................................................................................................................................................3-106
L
latent cancer fatalities.................................................................................................................................................................... C-6
limits of radiation exposure........................................................................................................................................................... C-5
Little Lost River ................................................................................................................................................................. 3-17, 3-20
long-term impacts of transportation ............................................................................................................................................D-19
Los Alamos County............................................................................................................................................................ 3-56, 3-60
Los Alamos County Landfill........................................................................................................................................................3-91
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) ...................................................................................................................................3-51
climate......................................................................................................................................................................................3-68
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit........................................................................................3-64
National Priorities List ............................................................................................................................................................3-93
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natural background radiation ..................................................................................................................................................3-83
radiological releases .................................................................................................................................................................3-71
seismicity .................................................................................................................................................................................3-61
Technical Area-3 Co-generation Complex...............................................................................................................................3-58
Technical Area-54, Area G ......................................................................................................................................................3-89
Technical Area-55 (TA-55)......................................................................................................................................................3-54
technical areas ..........................................................................................................................................................................3-53
Threatened and Endangered Species Habitat Management Plan..............................................................................................3-76
waste generation.......................................................................................................................................................................3-89
Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act .....................................................................................................................................5-5
M
MACCS2 Code ................................................................................................................................................................. B-15, C-16
Materials and Fuels Complex (MFC).....................................................................................................................2-30, 3-3, 3-5, 3-7
maximally exposed individual........................................................................................................................................... C-11, C-16
Melton Hill Lake..........................................................................................................................................................................3-95
Melton Valley ..............................................................................................................................................................................3-95
Mesita del Buey ...........................................................................................................................................................................3-66
Mexican spotted owl ....................................................................................................................................................................3-77
Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 ................................................................................................................................................5-9
Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale of 1931.................................................................................................................................... B-9
Mound Site............................................................................................................................................................................. 1-7, 2-4
N
Nake’muu.....................................................................................................................................................................................3-72
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) ..................................................................................................... 1-2, 2-6
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) .................................................................................................................................5-3
National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 ...................................................................................................................................5-8
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990..............................................................................................5-10
nature of radiation and its effects on humans................................................................................................................................ C-1
neptunium-237 .............................................................................................................................................................................. E-2
neptunium-237 inventory...............................................................................................................................................................2-6
Noise Control Act ........................................................................................................................................................................5-11
nominal health risk estimators....................................................................................................................................................... C-7
O
Oak Ridge National Environmental Research Park .....................................................................................................................3-95
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).....................................................................................................................................3-93
climate....................................................................................................................................................................................3-107
radiological releases ...............................................................................................................................................................3-110
seismicity ...............................................................................................................................................................................3-101
waste generation.....................................................................................................................................................................3-128
Oak Ridge Reservation (ORR)...................................................................................................................................................3-118
chemical environment ............................................................................................................................................................3-123
historic resources ...................................................................................................................................................................3-118
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit......................................................................................3-103
National Priorities List ..........................................................................................................................................................3-135
natural background radiation ................................................................................................................................................3-121
P
Pajarito Fault................................................................................................................................................................................3-63
Pajarito Plateau ............................................................................................................................................................................3-60
Pajarito Road ...............................................................................................................................................................................3-57
Pantex Plant ...................................................................................................................................................................................2-5
Plutonium Facility at the Los Alamos National Laboratory.........................................................................................................2-22
plutonium-238........................................................................................................................................................................2-3, E-2
Plutonium-238 Facility ................................................................................................................................................................2-25
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Draft EIS for the Proposed Consolidation of Nuclear Operations Related to Production of Radioisotope Power Systems
plutonium-238 inventory ...............................................................................................................................................................2-6
Pollution Prevention Act................................................................................................................................................................5-7
post-irradiation target processing...................................................................................................................................................2-3
Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) regulations........................................................................................................... B-6
production of plutonium-238 .........................................................................................................................................................1-3
public scoping comments.................................................................................................................................................... 1-12, A-1
public scoping meetings...............................................................................................................................................................1-11
public scoping process .................................................................................................................................................................1-10
Pueblo of San Ildefonso ..................................................................................................................................................... 3-54, 3-56
purification, pelletization, and encapsulation......................................................................................................................... 1-4, 2-4
R
rad ................................................................................................................................................................................................. C-3
radiation protection guides............................................................................................................................................................ C-5
Radioactive Material Packaging and Transportation Regulations................................................................................................5-14
radioactive material shipments......................................................................................................................................................D-7
Radiochemical Engineering Development Center (REDC) .........................................................................................................2-16
radioisotope heater units ................................................................................................................................................................1-2
radioisotope power systems (RPS) assembly and testing...............................................................................................................2-4
radioisotope thermoelectric generators ..........................................................................................................................................1-2
radiological accident scenarios ................................................................................................................................................... C-20
Radiological Welding Laboratory................................................................................................................................................2-28
RADTRAN 5 computer code ..............................................................................................................................................B-16, D-5
Reactor Technology Complex (RTC) ............................................................................................................................................3-3
regions of influence........................................................................................................................................................................3-2
Religious Freedom Restoration Act .............................................................................................................................................5-10
Rendija Canyon Fault ..................................................................................................................................................................3-64
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act .....................................................................................................................................5-6
Rio Grande......................................................................................................................................................................... 3-60, 3-64
RISKIND computer code....................................................................................................................................................B-16, D-6
roentgen equivalent man (rem) ..................................................................................................................................................... C-3
S
Safe Drinking Water Act................................................................................................................................................................5-5
Sangre de Cristo Mountains.........................................................................................................................................................3-60
Santa Fe National Forest ..............................................................................................................................................................3-54
Savannah River Site (SRS) ..........................................................................................................................................................2-14
SCREEN 3 .................................................................................................................................................................................... B-6
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes ...........................................................................................................................................................3-36
Snake River Plain Aquifer ................................................................................................................................................. 3-19, 3-22
source material (SM)..................................................................................................................................................................... E-1
sources of radiation ....................................................................................................................................................................... C-3
Space and Security Power Systems Facility (SSPSF) ....................................................................................................................2-1
special fissionable material (SFM)................................................................................................................................................ E-1
special nuclear material (SNM)..................................................................................................................................................... E-1
State Environmental Laws, Regulations, and Agreements...........................................................................................................5-16
storage of available plutonium-238 inventory.................................................................................................................... 2-10, 2-11
storage of target material......................................................................................................................................................2-1, C-14
Support Building..........................................................................................................................................................................2-28
T
target fabrication ............................................................................................................................................................................2-2
target irradiation.............................................................................................................................................................................2-2
Tennessee Department of Environmental Conservation ............................................................................................................3-103
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) .............................................................................................................................................3-98
thermoelectric generators ...............................................................................................................................................................1-2
Three Bend Scenic and Wildlife Management Refuge Area........................................................................................................3-95
Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976 ..........................................................................................................................................5-7
TRAGIS program........................................................................................................................................................................ B-17
8-4
Chapter 8 – Index
transportation ...............................................................................................................................................................................2-33
impact analysis methodology ....................................................................................................................................................D-4
modes ........................................................................................................................................................................................D-2
offsite route characteristics........................................................................................................................................................D-6
onsite route characteristics ........................................................................................................................................................D-7
overland transportation risk assessment ....................................................................................................................................D-5
regulations.................................................................................................................................................................................D-3
routes.........................................................................................................................................................................................D-6
tracking and communications system (TRANSCOM) ............................................................................................................4-15
Twomile Canyon..........................................................................................................................................................................3-66
T-3 Road ......................................................................................................................................................................................2-30
T-24 Road ....................................................................................................................................................................................2-30
U
Unirradiated Fuel Storage Facility (UFSF) .................................................................................................................................2-15
units for measuring radiation ........................................................................................................................................................ C-3
W
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Land Withdrawal Act, as amended .....................................................................................................5-6
White Oak Creek........................................................................................................................................................................3-115
White Oak Creek Basin..............................................................................................................................................................3-103
Y
Y-12 Plant....................................................................................................................................................................................3-93
Yellowstone Plateau.....................................................................................................................................................................3-10
Z
Zero Power Physics Reactor ....................................................................................................................................... 2-23, 2-28, 3-3
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