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Figure 5. Tasks Pequired to Pass Go/No Go Gates for Each Phase 



Gate 1: FEASI BILITY ASSESSIVIENT FROM HISTORICAL DATA (Completed) 



Gate 2: TECHNICAL AND ENVIRONIVIENTAL FEASIBILITY 



All Units Of System Model Made Operational 



All Properties Bracketed But Not Verified 



Verification Tests Completed On Certain Property And Model 



Units 

 At Least One Site In Each Of The Northern Atlantic And 



Pacific Oceans Identified And Initially Characterized 

 Technical And Environmental Feasibility Document Prepared 



Gate 3: ENGINEERING FEASIBILITY 



All Units Of The System Model Developed And Verified 



All Properties Verified 



Several Sites In The Atlantic And Pacific Oceans Identified 



And Characterized 

 Engineering Feasibility Document Completed And Reviewed 

 Long-Term In -Situ Experiments Initiated 

 Conceptual Design Completed 

 National And International Legal And Political Positions 



Established 

 Draft Environmental Impact Statement Written And Reviewed, 



And License Application Submitted 



Gate 4: DEMONSTRATION OF DISPOSAL CAPABILITY 



Title I And Title II Designs Completed 



License Or Permit Received 



Dock And Ship Built And Tested 



Land Transportation Network Made Operational 



Monitoring Network Developed 



