How Will It Work for a Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Facility in Ohio?
The contractor selected by Ohio to build and operate the low-level radioactive waste disposal facility will be required to send an environmental report along with its license application to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will then produce a draft environmental statement, derived from the contractor’s environmental report and license application and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s own investigation. Throughout the process, both oral and written comments will be encouraged and accepted. Public meetings are likely. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will include all comments and responses in the final product, which will then be referred to as the environmental impact statement. It is possible that the formal process for documenting the environmental impact of a low-level radioactive waste disposal site in Ohio could be slightly different from the one outlined in this fact sheet. This would occur if Ohio becomes an agreement state. Ohio has request
