Nuclear Waste Disposal: Alternatives to Yucca Mountain

Holt, Mark

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Radioactive waste disposal -- United States;    Radioactive waste disposal;    Government policy;    Nuclear weapons information;   

RP-ID  :  R40202
RP-ID  :  R40202_2009Feb06

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report discusses the options for the Yucca Mountainwaste repository application and the likely impact of indefinite delays in the waste program. It then discusses the mid- and long-term alternatives to the existing waste program, and finally reviews the history of U.S. efforts to site nuclear waste facilities.