Disposal of high-level nuclear waste. Hearing before the Committee on Environment and Public Works, United States Senate, Ninety-Ninth Congress, First Session, October 30, 1985

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OSTI ID:5557758

Representatives of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), the Environmental Protection Agency, state public service commissions and waste offices, and the general public testified at a hearing on the siting of siting waste disposal facilities. At issue was the possibility of placing such a site in Vermont because of its geographic location, its extreme winter climate, and its unsuitable geology. Concerns at public hearings in Vermont and elsewhere emphasized the need to review the current Nuclear Waste Policy Act to see that legislative intent has been followed and whether its focus on political rather than technological solutions is sound. Speakers focused on health and environmental issues in the siting question. NRC Chairman Palladino described how the DOE has performed its mission plan under the program. Material submitted for the record follows the testimony of 15 witnesses.

• OSTI ID: 5557758
• Resource Relation: Related Information: S. Hrg. 99-564
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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