Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada.

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Abstract:

This environmental statement has been prepared by the Energy Research and Development Administration ERDA. As has been done in the preparation of environmental statements in the past for the testing activities at the Nevada Test Site, this environmental statement considers underground nuclear detonations which yields of one megaton or less, along with the preparations necessary for such detonations. The testing activities considered also include other continuing and intermittent activities, both nuclear and nonnuclear, which can best be conducted in the remote and controlled area of the Nevada Test Site. Specifically, this environmental statement does not include consideration of 1 Nuclear detonations for excavation purposes 2 Underground nuclear detonations planned above one megaton in yield or 3 Nuclear detonations conducted away from the Nevada Test Site. Geologic formations at the Nevada Test Site are being studied for possible use in the ERDA program for management of commercially generated high-level radioactive wastes. If the Nevada Test Site is selected as a storage site, a separate site-specific environmental statement will be prepared for that activity.

Author(s):
No Author(s) Identified
Author Organization(s):
REISS-DAVIS CHILD STUDY CENTER LOS ANGELES CA
Descriptive Note:
Final environmental impact statement.
Pagination:
0389

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release

RECORD

Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Report Number(s):
ERDA-1551
Monitor Series:
USAF
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_3.2_Engagement; JCA_3_Force Application; JCA_3.2.1_Kinetic Means
Communities of Interest:
No COI(s) Identified
Descriptor(s):
*ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS, *NUCLEAR EXPLOSION TESTING, *RADIOACTIVE WASTES, *UNDERGROUND EXPLOSIONS, *ECOLOGY, *LAND USE, HAZARDOUS WASTES, WASTES(INDUSTRIAL), AIR QUALITY, TEST FACILITIES, EXPLOSION EFFECTS, NEVADA, HISTORIC SITES, HIGH EXPLOSIVES, SITE SELECTION, ARCHEOLOGY, YIELD(NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS), SAFETY, POPULATION, RECREATION, ROADS, NUCLEAR RADIATION, TOPOGRAPHY, CLIMATE, HYDROLOGY, GROUND MOTION, STRUCTURAL RESPONSE, SEISMOLOGY, ACCIDENTS
Field(s)/Group(s):
Nuclear Weapons, Radiation Pollution and Control, Environmental Health and Safety, Civil Engineering, Ecology, Geology, Geochemistry and Mineralogy, Hydrology, Limnology and Potamology, Meteorology
Keyword(s):
Nye County(Nevada), Seismicity, U A Reports
Report Date:
1977 Sep 01