The National Low-Level Radioactive Waste Act: Success or failure?
Prior to 1980, Washington, Nevada, and South Carolina had the only commercial low-level radioactive waste (LLW) disposal sites in the country. Tired of shouldering the nation`s burden for LLW disposal, these three states restricted and closed access to the disposal facilities located within their states. Without safe disposal access for the hundreds of commercial LLW generators nationwide, an environmental and political crisis developed. In 1980, Congress passed the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act (the Act) as a means to avert the crisis. Nine compact regions with 44 states have been formed to develop a reasonable framework to ensure that a long-term national waste disposal system is in place. So why do we not have one?
- OSTI ID:
- 569863
- Journal Information:
- Radwaste Magazine, Vol. 4, Issue 4; Other Information: PBD: Jul 1997
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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