EIS Report for a Geologic Repository for High-Level Radioactive Waste at Yucca Mountain, NV

The Proposed Action addressed in this Final EIS is to construct, operate and monitor, and eventually close a geologic repository at Yucca Mountain in southern Nevada for the disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste currently in storage or projected to be generated at 72 commercial and 5 DOE sites across the United States. The EIS evaluates (1) projected impacts on the Yucca Mountain environment of the construction, operation and monitoring, and eventual closure of the geologic repository; (2) the potential long-term impacts of repository disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste; (3) the potential impacts of transporting these materials nationally and in the State of Nevada; and (4) the potential impacts of not proceeding with the Proposed Action.

The preferred alternative is to proceed with the Proposed Action and to use mostly rail, both nationally and in Nevada, to transport spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste. This report can be found at: "ocrwm.doe.gov/documents/feis_2/index.htm"