ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This report was prepared to document work performed by the Center for Nuclear Waste
Regulatory Analyses (CNWRA) for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) under
Contract NRC–02–06–021. The activities reported here were performed on behalf of the
NRC Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and
Safeguards. The report is an independent product of CNWRA and does not necessarily reflect
the views or regulatory position of NRC.

The authors thank D. Pomerening for technical review, D. Turner for programmatic review, and
L. Mulverhill for skillful editorial review. The authors also appreciate R. Mantooth for providing
word processing support in the preparation of this document.

QUALITY OF DATA, ANALYSES, AND CODE DEVELOPMENT

DATA: No CNWRA-generated original data are contained in this report. Sources for other data
should be consulted for determining the level of quality for those data.

ANALYSES AND CODES: No CNWRA computer analysis results are used in this report.

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