Directions in low-level radioactive waste management: A brief history of commercial low-level radioactive waste disposal

Technical Report · Mon Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1994

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/10191219· OSTI ID:10191219

This report presents a history of commercial low-level radioactive waste disposal in the United States, with emphasis on the history of six commercially operated low-level radioactive waste disposal facilities. The report includes a brief description of important steps that have been taken during the last decade to ensure the safe disposal of low-level radioactive waste in the 1990s and beyond. These steps include the issuance of comprehensive State and Federal regulations governing the disposal of low-level radioactive waste, and the enactment of Federal laws making States responsible for the disposal of such waste generated within their borders.

• Research Organization: EG and G Idaho, Inc., Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC07-76ID01570
• OSTI ID: 10191219
• Report Number(s): DOE/LLW-103-Rev.1; INEL/MISC-94060; ON: DE95001911; TRN: 94:022702
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: Aug 1994
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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