Public Information Materials
Available from the Siting Board
The Siting Board offers several publications to help inform New
Jerseyans about low-level radioactive waste and the voluntary siting process. If you would
like to obtain copies of any of these materials, please print out this page, mark the
items you would like, and mail it in to the Siting Board at the address at the bottom of
the page. In addition, some of these titles are available on line (follow the links).
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New Jersey's Voluntary Plan for Siting a Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal
Facility. This 28-page book lays out the reasons why New Jersey needs to find a site
at which generators can dependably and permanently dispose of the low-level radioactive
waste they generate. It explains the philosophy and objectives -- as well as the steps, or
phases -- of the voluntary siting process. |
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Hosting New Jersey's Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Facility: Could It Be
Right for Your Community? This 18-minute long video introduces the viewer to why waste
is generated, how it is minimized, why New Jersey needs a facility to ensure its safe
disposal, and what incentives and benefits the community that volunteers to host the
facility will receive. |
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Voluntary Site Evaluation Methodology for Siting a Low-Level Radioactive Waste
Disposal Facility in New Jersey . This technical report describes how potential sites
will be characterized, or evaluated to determine their viability and licensability for New
Jersey's disposal facility. |
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Preliminary Site Investigation Program for Evaluating a Potential Site for New
Jersey's Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Facility. This publication lays out the
objectives and timeframe for the initial phase of evaluating a potential site. |
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The Site Characterization Program for Evaluating a Potential Site for New Jersey's
Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Facility. This publication lays out the
objectives and timeframe for the full-scale site characterization, or evaluation, of a
site offered by a potential host community. |
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New Jersey Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Plan: 1996 Update. This
document describes the characteristics and management of the low-level radioactive waste
generated in New Jersey; offers projections for waste that is likely to be generated; and
discusses transportation, disposal methods, and commercial viability of the disposal
facility. |
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Should We Consider Hosting New Jersey's Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal
Facility? This one-page sheet offers ideas for how a potentially interested community
can begin learning about the issues. |
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Recent Annual Reports offer the accomplishments of the Siting Board for past
fiscal years. |
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1996 Annual Report offers the accomplishments of the
Siting Board for the 1996 fiscal year and agenda for 1997. |
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1997 Annual Report offers the accomplishments of the
Siting Board for the 1997 fiscal year and agenda for 1998. |
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1998 Annual Report offers the accomplishments of
the Siting Board for the 1997 fiscal year and agenda for 1999 (this file is in Adobe Acrobat format). |
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Sourcebook on Low-Level Radioactive Waste - is compiled to help people become
aware of organizations in addition to the Siting Board that have information, speakers and
other resources so that citizens can make informed and independent decisions about the
management of low-level radioactive waste in New Jersey. |
In addition to its own publications, the Siting Board
disseminates related publications from the United States Department of Energy, including:
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Answers to Most Frequently Asked Questions About Low-Level Radioactive Waste
Disposal. This booklet offers exactly what its title suggests. |
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Concepts for the Disposal of Low-Level Radioactive Waste. This booklet
illustrates the various models for disposal facility design. |
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Perspectives: Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management. This 30-page booklet
tells you everything you ever wanted to know and more about low-level radioactive waste. |
The Siting Board also can provide material developed by Rutgers University
Environmental Sciences Training Center:
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Fact Sheets: These eighteen 2-3 page training aids covers topics from the
basic atom to specific disposal criteria of radioactive waste. |
And the Siting Board can provide materials developed by the
League of Women Voters, including:
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Managing Low-Level Radioactive Waste in New Jersey: A Challenge for the Future. This
34-page booklet discusses various aspects of low-level radioactive waste management for
New Jersey. |
To order any of these materials, please print this page and note on this form how
many of each publication or videotape that you'd like, and send it to:
The NJ LLRW Siting Board
PO BOX 415
Trenton, N.J. 08625-0415
Phone: (609)777-4247
Fax: (609)777-4252
If you are printing out this page to order copies of the above
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Last updated October 1999