# Generic Environmental Impact Statement for Continued Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel
> **Nuclear Regulatory Commission** · Generic environmental impact statement. · Published 2014-09-19 · 79 FR 56263
## Document
- **Document number:** 2014-22250
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- **Federal Register citation:** 79 FR 56263
- **CFR reference:** 10 CFR 51
- **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.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2014/09/19/2014-22250/generic-environmental-impact-statement-for-continued-storage-of-spent-nuclear-fuel)
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