The Idaho National Engineering Laboratory site environmental report for calendar year 1989

Final environmental impact statement for the construction and operation of an independent spent fuel storage installation to store the Three Mile Island Unit 2 spent fuel at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory. Docket Number 72-20

“…Effluents are not discharged to natural surface waters. In addition, surface water does not flow directly off the site (Hoff et al, 1990). However, water from the Big Lost River, as well as seepage from evaporation basins and stormwater injection wells, does infiltrate the Snake River Plain (SRP) Aquifer (Robertson et al, 1974;Wood and Low, 1988;Bennett, 1990 Subsurface water at the site occurs in the Snake River Plain Aquifer and the vadose zone.…”