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The US Department of Energy`s attempt to site the Monitored Retrievable Storage Facility (MRS) in Tennessee, 1985--1987

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:137595
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  1. Tennessee Univ., Knoxville, TN (USA). Energy, Environment and Resources Center
This report is concerned with how America`s public sector is handling the challenge of implementing a technical, environmental policy, that of managing the nation`s high-level nuclear waste, as reflected in the attempt of the US Department of Energy (DOE) to site a Monitored Retrievable Storage Facility (MRS) for high-level radioactive waste in Tennessee. It has been observed that ``radioactive wastes present some of societies` most complex and vexing choices.`` There is deep and abiding disagreement about almost every aspect of radioactive waste management (RWM).
Research Organization:
Nevada Nuclear Waste Project Office, Carson City, NV (United States); Tennessee Univ., Knoxville, TN (United States). Energy, Environment and Resources Center
DOE Contract Number:
FG08-85NV10461
OSTI ID:
137595
Report Number(s):
DOE/NV/10461--T16; ON: DE90004725; IN: NWPO-SE-014-88
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English