Document: NUREG-1555
Document ID: a9b45fbe-5646-4dc2-b916-d5972d90cbb7
Document Type: esrp
Title: NONRADIOACTIVE-WASTE-SYSTEM IMPACTS
Source: NUREG-1555
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1555/initial/
Revision Date: 2007-10
Chapter: 5
Section ID: 5.5.1
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ties and ensure regulatory compliance. III. REVIEW PROCEDURES The analysis should be closely linked with the nonradioactive waste system descriptions provided by the reviewers of ESRP 3.6 and with the environmental descriptions provided by the reviewers of ESRP Chapter 2.0 to establish the nonradioactive waste treatment system characteristics and effluents that are most likely to result in adverse environmental impacts. The reviewer should consult with the reviewers for ESRPs 5.1.1, 5.2.2, and 5.3.2.2 as an initial step in establishing the scope of this analysis. As a general rule, impacts affecting land use, water use, and aquatic biota will be covered by the reviewers for ESRPs 5.1.1, 5.2.2, and 5.3.2.2. This review should address impacts on terrestrial biota, air-quality impacts, water-use impacts not covered by the reviewer for ESRP 5.2.2 (e.g., sanitary waste system effluents), and any other nonradioactive waste system impacts identified in the consultation with the reviewers for ESRPs 5.1.1, 5.2.2, and 5.3.2.2, but not addressed by these reviewers. The reviewer should follow the analysis procedures outlined in ESRPs 5.1.1, 5.2.2, and 5.3.2.2, depending on the nature of the impacts that could be expected. The reviewer should follow the general analysis procedure of ESRP 4.3.1 to analyze and evaluate impacts on terrestrial ecosystems. For land disposal of nonradioactive wastes, the reviewer should consider the potential for short- and long-term damage to terrestrial ecosystems, especially for movement of toxic chemical materials to groundwater, root uptake, and transfer to shoots and into food chains from both dry and liquid waste disposal to the NUREG-1555 5.5.1-6 October 1999 ground. The reviewer should determine the nature and quantities of wastes to be disposed of by licensed waste disposal contractors, but will not assess the impacts of such disposals. The reviewer should prepare a list of all nonradioactive effluents (liquid, solid, and gaseous) and should