Civilian Nuclear Waste Disposal

Holt, Mark

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Hazardous waste disposal;    Radioactive waste disposal;    Solid wastes;    Waste products;   

RP-ID  :  RL33461
RP-ID  :  RL33461_2015Apr24

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report looks at the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (NWPA), Yucca Mountain, and the Obama Administration's de-funding of Yucca Mountain. Federal policy is based on the premise that nuclear waste can be disposed of safely, but proposed storage and disposal facilities have frequently been challenged on safety, health, and environmental grounds. Most of the current debate surrounding civilian radioactive waste focuses on highly radioactive spent fuel from nuclear power plants.