Generic Environmental Impact Statement for Continued Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel
other · Nuclear Regulatory Commission · Published 2014-09-19 · 79 FR 56263
Document
Document number
2014-22250
Federal Register citation
79 FR 56263
CFR reference
10 CFR 51
Type
Rule
Action
Generic environmental impact statement.
Category
other
Sub-agency
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Publication date
2014-09-19
Energy docket
NRC-2012-0246
Abstract
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has published the final generic environmental impact statement (GEIS), NUREG-2157, "Generic Environmental Impact Statement for Continued Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel." NUREG-2157 addresses the environmental impacts of continued storage of spent nuclear fuel beyond the licensed life for operations of a reactor and provides a regulatory basis for the NRC's final rule on the environmental impacts of continued storage of spent nuclear fuel beyond the licensed life for operations of a reactor.