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(a) The zero-release assumption, which was designed for the limited
purpose of individual licensing decisions and which is but a single
figure in Table S-3, is within the bounds of reasoned decision making
required by the APA. The NRC, in its statement announcing the final
Table S-3 rule, summarized the major uncertainties of long-term
storage of nuclear wastes, noted that the probability of intrusion was
small, and found the evidence "tentative but favorable" that an
appropriate storage site [462 U.S. 87, 88] could be found. Table S-3
refers interested persons to staff studies that discuss the
uncertainties in greater detail. In these circumstances, the NRC