Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: 2654196f-c25a-40d1-8edc-e828353b6377
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Standard Format and Content of Environmental Reports for Near-Surface Disposal of Radioactive Waste + HISTORY - HISTORY 04/1982 – Draft WM 013-4
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 4
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1218/ML12187A698.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-4.18
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ions on the extent to which all the social and economic benefits and costs of a radioactive waste land disposal facility can be evaluated. The wide variety of benefits and costs are not only difficult to assess, but many are not amenable to quantification or even to estimation in commensurable units. Quantify primary benefits and costs such as the quantity of radioactive waste for disposal and the capital costs and operating and mainte- nance costs of the proposed facility. Other primary benefits and costs not amenable to quantification may be addressed qualitatively, using preestablished criteria recognized in the particular discipline. Second- and higher-order costs or benefits (i.e., impacts flowing from first-order social and economic impacts) need to be discussed only where they would significantly modify the aggregate of costs or benefits, thus affecting the overall cost-benefit balance. The primary benefits of a proposed project are those derived from the activities that generate the wastes and the value to these activities and necessity of the land disposal of radioactive wastes for these activities. Examples of economic costs directly associated with a disposal facility include: 1. Cost of siting, 2. Cost of land, 3. Cost of preparing all licensing submittals, 4. License fees, 5. Preoperational costs, 6. Costs during facility operation, 7. Revenues during facility operation, including escrow funds, 8. Site stabilization costs, and 9. Cost of maintaining the site for as long as is necessary. 30 Examples of economic costs indirectly associated with a disposal facility include: 1. Cost of preparing the wastes for shipping, 2. Transportation cost, 3. Disposal fees, 4. Impact of costs on utility, medical, and other industries, and 5. Impact of costs on the public. Other potential social and economic effects may include: 1. Tax revenues to be received by local and State governments, 2. Temporary and permanent new jobs created and payroll, 3. Incremental increase