Consultation draft: Site characterization plan overview, Deaf Smith County Site, Texas: Nuclear Waste Policy Act (Section 113) (open access)

Consultation draft: Site characterization plan overview, Deaf Smith County Site, Texas: Nuclear Waste Policy Act (Section 113)

The Department of Energy (DOE) is preparing a site characterization plan for the candidate site in Deaf Smith County, Texas. The DOE has provided, for information and review, a consultation draft of the plan to the State of Texas and the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The site characterization plan is a lengthy document that describes in considerable detail the program that will be conducted to characterize the geologic, hydrologic, and other conditions relevant to the suitability of the site for a repository. The overview presented here consists of brief summaries of important topics covered in the consultation draft of the site characterization plan; it is not a substitute for the site characterization plan. The arrangement of the overview is similar to that of the plan itself, with brief descriptions of the repository system - the site, the repository, and the waste package - preceding the discussion of the characterization program to be carried out at the Deaf Smith County site. It is intended primarily for the management staff of organizations involved in the DOE's repository program or other persons who might wish to understand the general scope of the site-characterization program, the activities to be conducted, and the facilities to …
Date: January 1, 1988
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Environmental assessment: Deaf Smith County site, Texas, Volume I (open access)

Environmental assessment: Deaf Smith County site, Texas, Volume I

In February 1983, the US Department of Energy (DOE) identified a location in Deaf Smith County, Texas, as one of nine potentially acceptable sites for a mined geologic repository for spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste. To determine their suitability, the Deaf Smith County site and the eight other potentially sites have been evaluated in accordance with the DOE's General Guidelines for the Recommendation of Sites for the Nuclear Waste Repositories. The Deaf Smith County site is in the Permian Basin, which is one of five distinct geohydrologic settings considered for the first repository. On the basis of the evaluations reported in this EA, the DOE has found that the Deaf Smith County site is not disqualified under the guidelines. On the basis of these findings, the DOE is nominating the Deaf Smith County site as one of the five sites suitable for characterization. 591 refs., 147 figs., 173 tabs.
Date: May 1986
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Environmental assessment, Deaf Smith County site, Texas Volume II (open access)

Environmental assessment, Deaf Smith County site, Texas Volume II

The Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 USC sections 10101-10226) requires the environmental assessment of a proposed site to include a statement of the basis for nominating a site as suitable for characterization. Volume 2 provides a detailed statement evaluating the site suitability of the Deaf Smith County Site under DOE siting guidelines, as well as a comparison of the Deaf Smith County Site to the other sites under consideration. The evaluation of the Deaf Smith County Site is based on the impacts associated with the reference repository design, but the evaluation will not change if based on the Mission Plan repository concept. The second part of this document compares the Deaf Smith County Site to Davis Canyon, Hanford, Richton Dome and Yucca Mountain. This comparison is required under DOE guidelines and is not intended to directly support subsequent recommendation of three sites for characterization as candidate sites. 259 refs., 29 figs., 66 refs. (MHB)
Date: May 1986
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Environmental assessment: Deaf Smith County site, Texas Volume III (open access)

Environmental assessment: Deaf Smith County site, Texas Volume III

In February 1983, the US Department of Energy (DOE) identified a location in Deaf Smith County, Texas, as one of the nine potentially acceptable sites for mined geologic repository for spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste. To determine their suitability, the Deaf Smith County site and eight other potentially acceptable sites have been evaluated in accordance with the DOE's General Guidelines for the Recommendation of Sites for the Nuclear Waste Repositories. The Deaf Smith County site is in the Permian Basin, which is one of five distinct geohydrologic settings considered for the first repository. On the basis of the evaluations reported in this EA, the DOE has found that the Deaf Smith County site is not disqualified under the guidelines.
Date: May 1986
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Environmental assessment overview, Deaf Smith County site, Texas (open access)

Environmental assessment overview, Deaf Smith County site, Texas

In February 1983, the US Department of Energy (DOE) identified a location in Deaf Smith County, Texas, as one of nine potentially acceptable sites for mined geologic repository for spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste. To determine their suitability, the Deaf Smith County site and eight other potentially acceptable sites have been evaluated in accordance with the DOE's General Guidelines for the Recommendation of Sites for the Nuclear Waste Repositories. The Deaf Smith County site is in the Permian Basin, which is one of five distinct geohydrologic settings considered for the first repository. On the basis of the evaluations reported in this EA, the DOE has found that the Deaf Smith County site is not disqualified under the guidelines. On the basis of these findings, the DOE is nominating the Deaf Smith County site as one of five sites suitable for characterization. 3 figs.
Date: May 1986
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Texas crop receipts] (open access)

[News Script: Texas crop receipts]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the State Agriculture Commissioner stating only Iowa and California showing higher cash receipts than Texas for crops and livestocks in the past year.
Date: September 13, 1972, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Nuclear Waste] captions transcript

[News Clip: Nuclear Waste]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story by Robert Elliot at KRPC Houston about the proposal to build a high-level underground nuclear waste dump in Deaf Smith County, Texas. The story includes statements by Texas Attorney General Jim Mattox and Governor Mark White who oppose the proposal as well as interviews with local businessman John Smith and rancher Walter Vogler.
Date: 1984
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Actuating Device for Circuit Closers (open access)

Actuating Device for Circuit Closers

Patent for an actuating device for circuit closers. Illustration included.
Date: November 5, 1912
Creator: Young, George D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crude-Oil Burner (open access)

Crude-Oil Burner

Patent for an invention that is "an improved crude-oil burner" (lines 8-9). Illustrations are included.
Date: January 31, 1902
Creator: Tucker, Holling G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Deaf Smith

Cadastral map of Deaf Smith County, Texas, showing property lines, ownership, land grants, and plat numbers. The map also includes towns, roads, rivers, creeks, capitol land reservation, and the edge of the Staked Plain. Relief shown in hachures. Scale [ca. 1:133,333] (4000 varas to the inch).
Date: February 10, 1881
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Texas Ranches Panhandle Section

Survey map of large ranches in the Texas Panhandle region, including the name and/or the owner(s) of each ranch. Map also includes labeled counties, towns, rivers, creeks, and roads. Handwritten notes have been made to the map in pencil to denote the approximate acreage of a number of ranches.
Date: 1949
Creator: Williams, J. W. & Neal, A. D., Sr.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Clovis

Topographic quadrangle map of Clovis, New Mexico, and the surrounding area, showing populated areas, boundaries, water bodies, railroads, roads, and landmarks, with relief shown by contours (interval 100 feet with supplementary contours at 50 foot intervals) and spot heights. Location and sectionalized township diagrams are included in the lower-right corner. Scale 1:250,000
Date: 1955
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Deaf Smith County

Blue line print of survey map of Deaf Smith County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, blocks of land, cities, towns, and railroads. A handwritten note has been made on the published map in pencil to denote the addition of Old Fort Sumner Road. Scale [ca. 1:228,571] (6000 varas to 7/8 of an inch).
Date: 1926
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Tucumcari

Topographic quadrangle map of Tucumcari, New Mexico, showing populated areas, boundaries, water bodies, railroads, roads, and landmarks. Relief shown by contours (interval 100 feet with supplementary contours at 50 foot intervals) and spot heights and includes location and sectionalized township diagrams. Scale 1:250,000
Date: 1955
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 87, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 23, 1987 (open access)

The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 87, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 23, 1987

Daily newspaper from Hereford, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 23, 1987
Creator: Brooks, John
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 33, Ed. 1 Friday, September 25, 1908 (open access)

The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 33, Ed. 1 Friday, September 25, 1908

Weekly newspaper from Hereford, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 25, 1908
Creator: Elliot, A. C.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, October 2, 1908 (open access)

The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, October 2, 1908

Weekly newspaper from Hereford, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 2, 1908
Creator: Elliot, A. C.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, October 9, 1908 (open access)

The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, October 9, 1908

Weekly newspaper from Hereford, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 9, 1908
Creator: Elliot, A. C.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, October 16, 1908 (open access)

The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, October 16, 1908

Weekly newspaper from Hereford, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 16, 1908
Creator: Elliot, A. C.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 37, Ed. 1 Friday, October 23, 1908 (open access)

The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 37, Ed. 1 Friday, October 23, 1908

Weekly newspaper from Hereford, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 23, 1908
Creator: Elliot, A. C.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 38, Ed. 1 Friday, October 30, 1908 (open access)

The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 38, Ed. 1 Friday, October 30, 1908

Weekly newspaper from Hereford, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 30, 1908
Creator: Elliot, A. C.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, November 6, 1908 (open access)

The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, November 6, 1908

Weekly newspaper from Hereford, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 6, 1908
Creator: Elliot, A. C.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, November 13, 1908 (open access)

The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, November 13, 1908

Weekly newspaper from Hereford, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 13, 1908
Creator: Elliot, A. C.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 41, Ed. 1 Friday, November 20, 1908 (open access)

The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 41, Ed. 1 Friday, November 20, 1908

Weekly newspaper from Hereford, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 20, 1908
Creator: Elliot, A. C.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History