Site Map: Radioactive Waste

This page shows how the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has organized the waste-related information available through our public Web site. These links will take you directly to the indicated pages on our site.

• Regulated Materials
  • Low-Level Waste (LLW)
  • Waste Incidental to Reprocessing (WIR)
    • Regulatory Authority and Responsibilities for WIR
    • Section 3116 of the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)
    • West Valley Demonstration Project Act (WVDPA)
    • Criteria for WIR
    • Disposal Process for WIR
      • Regulations, Guidance, and Communications
      • Waste Determination Process for WIR
      • Monitoring of Disposal Actions for WIR
      • Locations of Disposal Facilities for WIR
        • Idaho National Laboratory Disposal Facility
        • Savannah River Site Disposal Facility
        • Hanford Site Disposal Facility
  • High-Level Waste (HLW)
  • Uranium Mill Tailings
• Regulated Activities
  • Low-Level Waste Disposal
    • Regulations, Guidance and Communications
    • Licensing
      • Locations
      • Disposal Statistics
      • Compacts
    • Oversight
    • Decision Support
      • Branch Technical Position (BTP) on Concentration Averaging and Encapsulation
        • Public Meetings
      • Blending of Low-Level Radioactive Waste
        • Background on LLWR Blending
        • Commission Decision on LLWR Blending
        • Stakeholder Views on Blending of LLWR
    • Public Outreach
      • Impacts of Lack of Disposal Access to Beneficial Uses of Radioactive Materials
    • Low-Level Waste Disposal Under 10 CFR 20.2002
  • High-Level Waste Disposal
    • Regulations, Guidance, and Communications
    • Conceptual Design of the Yucca Mountain Disposal Plan
    • Pre-Licensing Activities
      • Review of DOE’s Site Characterization Process
        • Review of DOE's Quality Assurance Program
        • Resolution of Key Technical Issues for High-Level Waste Disposal
          • List and Status of KTIs for High-Level Waste
      • Review of DOE’s Site Recommendation
      • Review of DOE’s Environmental Impact Statement for Yucca Mountain
      • Development of Licensing Criteria
    • DOE's License Application for a High-Level Waste Geologic Repository at Yucca Mountain
      • Location of Yucca Mountain
      • General Information
      • Safety Analysis Report (SAR)
      • References cited by U.S. Department of Energy
      • NRC Docketing and EIS Adoption Review
      • Federal Register Notices
      • Press Releases
      • NRC Docketing Review and Hearing Opportunity Schedule
      • Contact Us
    • NRC’s Yucca Mountain Licensing Activities
      • Licensing Process
        • DOE Projected Schedule for Licensing a Geologic Repository
      • Licensing Criteria
      • Acceptance and Safety Review of the Yucca Mountain Geologic Repository
        • Acceptance Review
        • Safety Review
        • NRC’s Process for Deciding Whether or Not to Authorize Construction of a Repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada
      • Adoption Review of DOE's Environmental Impact Statement
        • The NRC's Environmental Responsibilities for Yucca Mountain
        • The NRC's Role in DOE's EIS Development Process
        • The NRC's Criteria for Adoption of DOE's EIS
        • EIS Adoption Review Schedule and Possible Outcomes
    • Regulatory Oversight
    • Public Involvement
      • High-Level Waste Disposal Meeting Archive
      • Informational Materials Related to High-Level Waste
      • Links to Web Sites with High-Level Waste Information
  • Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel
• What We Regulate
  • Spent Fuel Pools
  • Dry Cask Storage
    • Dry Spent Fuel Storage Designs: NRC Approved for General Use
    • Design of a Typical Dry Cask Storage System
• How We Regulate
  • Regulations, Guidance, and Communications
    • Status of Regulatory Guides for Spent Fuel Storage
  • Licensing
    • Licensing Process for Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installations (ISFSIs)
    • General License Considerations for Spent Fuel Storage in an ISFSI at a Reactor Site
    • Certification Process for Spent Fuel Storage Casks
    • Diablo Canyon ISFSI License Application
  • Oversight
  • Public Involvement
  • Transportation of Spent Nuclear Fuel
• Related information
  • Radioactive Waste Quick Links

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