Civilian Nuclear Waste Disposal

Holt, Mark

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Solid wastes;    Radioactive wastes;    Radioactive waste disposal - Law and legislation;   

RP-ID  :  RL33461
RP-ID  :  RL33461 2006-08-08

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

The Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (NWPA) calls for disposal of spent nuclear fuel in a deep geologic repository that is unlikely to be disturbed for thousands of years. Low-level waste sites are a state responsibility under the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act of 1980. Pursuant to that act, 10 regional compacts for disposal of low level waste have been approved by Congress. Three commercial low-level waste sites are currently operating, in the states of South Carolina, Utah, and Washington.